He was duped, you see. Duped.
"Doctor sentenced in NY terrorism case," by Larry Neumeister for Associated Press (thanks to Sr. Soph):
NEW YORK - A doctor convicted of conspiring to treat injured al-Qaida fighters was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison, with the judge reasoning that a sentence to deter others was needed because terrorists cannot carry out their deadly aims without help.U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska noted Dr. Rafiq Sabir, 53, showed no remorse after his May conviction for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists by agreeing to treat injured al-Qaida members so they could return to Iraq to battle Americans.
The judge said there was "no reason to believe that this defendant has abandoned any criminal intentions."
She said terrorism offenses were among the most serious crimes prosecuted and required stern punishments.
"If not for assistance to terrorists, then terrorist acts would not take place," she said.
Just before the announcement of the sentence in a crowded courtroom, Sabir, of Boca Raton, Fla., insisted he was "completely innocent."
He said a co-defendant, jazz musician and martial arts expert Tarik Shah, had duped him into taking an oath with an FBI agent who posed as an al-Qaida recruiter, never explaining that he was pledging loyalty to al-Qaida or its leader, Osama bin Laden.
"I'm an extremely gullible man," he said.
Sabir said he learned more about Shah at his trial than he had learned in the previous 20 years when they had become close friends.
He said he now realizes Shah tried to sell his services to al-Qaida.
"My intentions were entirely within the law," he said. "I had no idea I was being asked to be an al-Qaida member."
The judge said she concluded Sabir perjured himself when he testified during trial that he did not understand the accent of the FBI agent during the pledging ceremony and did not realize that "al-Qaida" was said or that references to "Osama" were about bin Laden.
Yes, he thought they were talking about Osama Smith, the local plumber. War Is Deceit, after all.
Reminds me of the case against Dr.Samuel Mudd and his involvement with the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Though Dr. Mudd was given a life sentence, on later review President Johnson pardoned Dr. Mudd in 1869.
It may show that we still have some tough judges in the judicial system after 140 years.
""I had no idea I was being asked to be an al-Qaida member.""
Funny how no one ever has any idea.
Wow, sometimes their is justice in our courts.
The only "sentence to deter others" is solitary life imprisonment. The death penalty deters one perpetrator, not others who believe in the 72 virgins, paradise, and all that.
The worst part about this is that we have these illegitimates embedded in our society. There are lots of them in Florida--probably because of the climate--sun belt, palm trees, Moslem-welcoming colleges and all. There is no place in these United States, however, that is not infested with them. A scourge loosed upon us, financed by the Saudis.
Wow! What’s really needed now is more dedicated imams doing da’wa in our Christian dominated prisons. Dr. Rafiq Sabir can be extremely effective in such a noble diversity endeavor!
If he was taken in, if he was merely "gullible," if he merely bought a line, then why is he not now, at this point, showing a little of that famous buyer's remorse? The fact that he implacably has shown not the slightest remorse tells us everything. Speaks volumes, possibly more than the 26 that make up the eleventh (onion-skin) edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
I understand this guy was water-ballooned into confessing.
So, we go from the "Twinkies Defense" to the "Mis-translation/Gullible Defense". Fortunately it didn't work. Know we need the rest of the court system to show the same insight as this judge and deny the appeals that are sure to come.
"The judge said there was "no reason to believe that this defendant has abandoned any criminal intentions."
..well just DUH.....
"A doctor convicted of conspiring to treat injured al-Qaida fighters was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison,"
...Now he can thank Allah....Allah hates Muslims, he gives them poverty, misery and death...
"Just before the announcement of the sentence in a crowded courtroom, Sabir, of Boca Raton, Fla., insisted he was 'completely innocent.'"
There's that "INNOCENT" word again, as in there are no 'innocent' infidels.
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"'I'm an extremely gullible man,' he said."
That can be set of most cult followers.
I love this lady judge. Refer the flying imams to her
He's already suffering the worst possible punishment, you realize that? Total humiliation.
Here he sits, a member of the lordly Ummah, the Best of People - and he must, perforce, submit to Infidel laws, administered by an Infidel judge who is - just to add insult to injury - a WOMAN.
And she's seen right through him.
Somebody send her a bouquet of flowers and a thank-you note.