From Reuters, "British Businessman Found Guilty in U.S. Weapons Case"
NEWARK, N.J. - A British man was found guilty of trying to provide material support to terrorists on Wednesday for selling a shoulder-launched missile to an undercover FBI informant posing as an Islamic militant seeking to attack the United States.Hemant Lakhani, 69, a British citizen born in India, was found guilty of five criminal charges by a U.S. District Court jury in Newark, New Jersey, that began deliberating on Tuesday.
Lakhani was arrested in August 2003 after a two-year international sting operation and charged with trying to provide material support to terrorists, unlawful arms sales, smuggling and money laundering. He faces 25 years in prison.
Prosecutors provided videotapes and taped telephone conversations of Lakhani making the deal with an undercover FBI informant posing as an Islamic militant.
But while the prosecution depicted Lakhani as an enthusiastic broker eager to supply a terrorist group, the defense said he was a victim of overzealous law enforcement in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
What could the defense say? He was "trying to smuggle shoulder-held missiles into the United States and offering to obtain a radioactive "dirty bomb" for terrorists." Other than that, he was a wonderful man.
Al-Jazeerah lite says that Robert Spencer is trying to "discredit" the demon possessed pedophile.
http://www.aljazeerah.info/27%20o/Determined%20to%20change%20the%20very%20face%20of%20Islam%20By%20Abid%20Ullah%20Jan.htm
Actually Robert is just having fun.
Al Jizzira is looking for protection.
Muslims need protection, Mohammed needs protection...
good one! I always thought we need to be protected from them?
Al Jazeera should ask themselves that if wasn't for oil, why they would still be living in the stone age.
Sounds like the judge 'misunderstood' the essence of this case:
-that wanting to sell shoulder-fired missiles to bring down infidel jetliners or to smuggle components for a dirty bomb to kill kafirs are perfectly legitimate aims within the tenets of Islam, and therefore cannot be considered illegal, except by infidels and kafirs - like the judge.
Only Sharia Law applies to the activity of such defendants, thus the case, and any like it, should be dismissed.
If things keep going as they are in the West, that very type of logic and defense will actually work outside of a Muslim state in the near future.
Why is it so hard for kafirs to 'get it'?
Or, to use the "Shurki defense":
"Well, he hadn't actually FIRED any weapons, had he? I notice no one talks about THAT. Hmmph!"
Followed by the "Shurki Defense Extension":
"Well, even if he fired any weapons, he only did it to promote understanding, and defend the ulema against traitors and little kids. Even if he was a US citizen. Although I'D never do something like that, or even build pipe bombs in my bedroom. Honestly, we used to use pipe bombs like firecrackers in the madrassas. Did I say 'we'? I meant 'they'. Not 'us', as in 'me'. Say, where's my passport?"
And, then the 'Shurki Defense Redux':
"Well, piles on piles of these crimes, day in and day out 365 days a year, can't be used to demonize islam. Are you forgetting about the 'Mennonite International Liberation Front'? Those fornicating MILFs illustrate that you evil Christians are just as bad as muslims. Did I say 'evil'? I meant 'fornicating'."
And, finally, the 'Shurki Defense Positional':
"Well, the Quran says we can kill as many filthy Westerners as we want - it's clearly written in sharia law, as you well know, or should know, since it's the rootinest-tootinest bestest law there is, even if we beat women and kill adulterers and apostates. Oh, and Jews. It's all very legal."
Fornicate off.
Geoff