A terror suspect who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide support to al-Qaida could serve a little less than a year in prison and then be deported to Canada.

U.S. District John R. Tunheim sentenced 35-year-old Mohammed Abdullah Warsame Thursday to seven years and eight months in prison, but gave him credit for the time he has already spent in custody. With credit for good behavior, Warsame could be out of prison in about 10 months.

Warsame has spent over 5 years in solitary confinement at Minnesota's maximum-security prison in Oak Park Heights while awaiting trial.

Prosecutors sought a longer prison sentence.

In the plea agreement, Warsame admitted to conspiring with others to help al-Qaida beginning in 2000. Authorities say he attended al-Qaida training camps, dined with Osama bin Laden and fought with the Taliban.