Aussie gets 18 years in US jail

An Australian (2R) who spied for al-Qaeda associates has been sentenced to 18 years in
prison in the US.

The Australian man, who was arrested in Pakistan in 2008, was sentenced in a New York court on Friday.

He was convicted of spying for al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

The man, who was identified only as 2R, was arrested in Pakistan in 2008 and