Somali immigrant pleads not guilty in bombing plot

Why does this Toledo Blade story (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist) go out of its way in the second paragraph to quote the phrase that begins every court session all over the country? Is it trying to draw a parallel or equivalence between the global jihad of which Nuradin Abdi is probably a part and the United States?

COLUMBUS - A Somali immigrant accused of plotting with an al-Qaeda operative to blow up a shopping mall in the Columbus area pleaded not guilty yesterday.

Shortly after the court opened with "God save the United States and this honorable court," Nuradin Abdi was arraigned in U.S. District Court.

Judge Algenon Marbley set trial for Sept. 12.

At a June, 14, 2004, news conference, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said Mr. Abdi, a Columbus resident who co-owned a small cell-phone firm, received "military-style" training in Ethiopia and then worked with Iyman Faris, an al-Qaeda member and former truck driver from Ohio, in a plot to bomb a mall.

In addition to two charges of conspiracy to provide support to terrorists, Mr. Abdi faces two counts of fraud and misuse of immigration documents to commit a terrorist act, according to the four-count indictment.

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My guess is this Somali is one of Allah's idiots. An incompetent as far as Jihad and terror. But I could be wrong, give me one glance of him on Court TV and I can read him.

isn't it ironic that these parasites seem to own businesses related to innerworkings of terroism.or they own hotels and motels probadly paid for by uncle sam and george wants to open the gates and let more come in.

Posted by: DIXIEHAMMER at January 14, 2005 08:13 AM

Dixie,
What I find most ironic is these sucessful western arabs/muslims infiltrating our country as part of the global jihad against the west, are trying to take the west into the islamic dark ages so they can live as virtual peasants in comparison to the rich sucessful businessmen they were beforehand.
Won't they miss their rich, privaledged, "hollywood class" lifestyles if the USA went Sharia.

Another misunderstanding by ignorant Islamophobes,the poor man's only crime was he took up a odd hobby that we in the west just don't get it.

I don't see the paper as making a comparison between global jihad and the U.S. It seems more like irony to me, having someone who undoubtedly hates Christians brought before a court that starts its proceedings with an invocation of the Christians' God.

Jeez- just when I was about to donate evil infidel dollars to tsunami relief in Somalia!

I guess I'll just have to buy more ammunition instead. (Semi-auto is so wasteful!)

Forewarned is forearmed:

"Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appelant."
(They create a desert, and call it 'peace'.)
-Tacitus.

jUST A REMINDER??

No, he was not targeted because he is a Muslim. He was ARRESTED because he is a religiously-insane mass murderer. But don't worry; when he gets to prison they will treat him like a prophet.

You guys are right; if the FBI botches this, it will be par for the course. I was speechless when I heard that THOUSANDS of documents related to the Al-Aryan case were "accidentally shredded."

Posted by: keithjoy at June 14, 2004 04:06 PM


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God Bless the USA and her Fighting Forces and ALL who Fight with her give them Strength,Wisdom,Sight and Courage to stay the course to Victory[FREEDOM] to Destory ALL Islamic Terrorist and ALL who Support them Open the Worlds Eyes to their Evil Amen