Friday, November 13, 2009
The guy was planning on slaughtering people in a shopping mall before the FBI locked him up. He had another day in court yesterday, and 100-150 people showed up to support him. Here's a micro sneak-peak of what's in store for us with Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.
No bail for Tarek: Prosecutor argues Sudbury terror suspect too 'radicalized' for bail
A federal prosecutor argued today that a Sudbury man should not be released on bail while awaiting trial on terrorism charges because "he has radicalized himself'' and there are no conditions that would "short-circuit'' his thinking and prevent him from being a danger if he's freed from jail.
While other young people were getting together to watch "American Idol,'' Tarek Mehanna, 27, who is charged with providing material support to terrorists, gathered with his radical friends to watch videos of Americans being beheaded overseas, said Assistant US Attorney Aloke S. Chakravarty.
But Mehanna's lawyer, J. W. Carney Jr. argued that Mehanna, who earned a doctorate degree last year from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, is being prosecuted for unpopular views and statements that are protected by the First Amendment. He noted that some of the videos that the FBI says Mehanna had downloaded to his computer came from reports on major media outlets, including CNN and FOX TV.
"Listening to the prosecutors makes me afraid about where the First Amendment stands in the eyes of this government,'' Carney said...
...Dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit and wearing shackles, Mehanna was led into US District Court in Boston under heavy security. About 150 supporters gathered at the courthouse, but only about 20 of them, including Mehanna's family, were able to get into the small courtroom. He blew kisses to his parents and held one finger in the air as he nodded to supporters...
NECN report, with video: Terror suspect from Sudbury, Mass., in court for bail hearing
Boston Herald: Many rally for alleged terrorist
A jailed Sudbury terror suspect fighting to be put under house arrest yesterday drew more than 100 outraged supporters to federal court, where his lawyer disclosed the trained pharmacist was charged only after he refused to become an FBI informant.
As prosecutors argued Tarek Mehanna, 27, is too "radicalized" to be sprung from Plymouth County Correctional Center, his supporters, including children wearing "Justice for Tarek" T-shirts, insisted outside the packed courtroom that he did nothing wrong.
"We believe he's innocent and that the government is trying to create this Islamophobia," said Abdullah Tawheed, 27, of Brooklyn, N.Y., who was among those keeping vigil outside the packed courtroom during the hearing...
Oh, look who was there!:
Supporter David Rolde of Weston said he attended a session Sunday at the Islamic Center of Boston in Wayland where people discussed Mehanna's case and discrimination against Muslims.
Finally, at The Boston Globe: Lawyer says FBI sought terror suspect's help
Nice job by our friend Ilya Feoktistov, of Americans for Peace and Tolerance, for being quoted in all of these articles.
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While I am in no way a fan of trying Sheik Rosy in NYC in civilian courts.
I think it will be a good thing for Americans to see many Muslims and Muslim Americans (and Leftwing Americans) out there supporting this Islamic terrorist.
With every incident, more and more people reject Islam and Leftist self hating appeasers...even if they wont do so openly, they will in the secret ballot box.
Before you agree to having 12 idiots deciding the fate of these people please remember that Rabbi Kahane was assassinated by El-Sayyid Nosair, who was found not guilty of murder, even after shooting Kahane in front of a crowd, but of illegally possessing a weapon.
Now with hindsight go over what the prosecution did. There are too many American "realists" only too willing to practice their realpolitik of getting rich at the expense of the common man.
This El-Sayyid Nosair, an Egyptian and member of an Arab terrorist cell operating in New York in 1990. Nosair was one of Sheikh Omar Abdul-Rahman's men, who would later be convicted for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; today, he is serving life in prison. The gun that was used to kill Rabbi Kahane was supplied to Nosair by Wadih El-Hage, who is a member of Al-Qaeda convicted of conspiracy to kill American citizens in the 1998 US embassy bombings.
After seeing the disgrace that American security has degenerated to with the Fort Hood massacre I would honestly question the integrity of your law makers. They seem too intent on casting a blind eye to uncomfortable facts.