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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 956. Conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim, or injure persons or damage property in a foreign country
(a)(1) Whoever, within the jurisdiction of the United States,
conspires with one or more other persons, regardless of where such
other person or persons are located, to commit at any place outside
the United States an act that would constitute the offense of
murder, kidnapping, or maiming if committed in the special maritime
and territorial jurisdiction of the United States shall, if any of
the conspirators commits an act within the jurisdiction of the
United States to effect any object of the conspiracy, be punished
as provided in subsection (a)(2).
(2) The punishment for an offense under subsection (a)(1) of this
section is -
(A) imprisonment for any term of years or for life if the
offense is conspiracy to murder or kidnap; and
(B) imprisonment for not more than 35 years if the offense is
conspiracy to maim.
(b) Whoever, within the jurisdiction of the United States,
conspires with one or more persons, regardless of where such other
person or persons are located, to damage or destroy specific
property situated within a foreign country and belonging to a
foreign government or to any political subdivision thereof with
which the United States is at peace, or any railroad, canal,
bridge, airport, airfield, or other public utility, public
conveyance, or public structure, or any religious, educational, or
cultural property so situated, shall, if any of the conspirators
commits an act within the jurisdiction of the United States to
effect any object of the conspiracy, be imprisoned not more than 25
years.
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