Yet another. This woman is Turkish, not Pakistani. That makes it likely that the only interest she would have in sending money to Pakistan to pay for attacks on U.S. forces was motivated by Islam's jihad doctrine. But that will once again be glossed over or ignored entirely by investigating authorities. "California woman faces terrorism-related charge," from the Associated Press, December 21 (thanks to Kenneth):
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A woman was indicted Wednesday on charges accusing her of sending money to Pakistan to help fund terrorist attacks against U.S. military personnel, authorities said.Oytun Ayse Mihalik, 39, of La Palma, faces three counts of providing material support to terrorists and one count of making a false statement. If convicted of all counts, Mihalik could face up to 53 years in prison.
Mihalik funneled about $2,000 to a person in Pakistan over a three-week period beginning late last year, knowing the money would be used to prepare for and carry out attacks against the U.S. military and others overseas, federal prosecutors said....
Mihalik, who worked as a pharmacist, has been in federal custody since she was arrested in August after she attempted to board a flight to Turkey, her native country....
Mihalik lied to federal agents during an interview at Los Angeles International Airport following a six-month trip to Turkey by telling them she never used an alias to wire money overseas and she had only sent funds once, authorities said.
She told investigators the money was meant for a family friend who was having financial problems, according to an affidavit. Authorities wouldn't elaborate about how they know the money Mihalik wired overseas was going to be used for terrorist attacks.
However, court documents reveal Mihalik's arrest is "related to national security investigations in other areas of the United States." As of August, Mihalik had been cooperating with investigators, records show.
"The charges are based on the defendant's intent to cause harm to U.S. military personnel," said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles. "We have not alleged any attacks that may have resulted from the funding because the legal issue is the defendant's intent as to what the money would be used for."...
This prosecution confuses me. Don't we already send enough taxpayer dollars to fund Jihad war terror operations in the PA, Gaza, Iraq, Afghan and Pak? Now we can add Egypt to that dole. There should be plenty to go around.
Is it that the taxpayers aren't forking over enough to make these operations go? Why should an Amero-Moslem be forced to take money out of her private funds to augment what was supposed to be adequate funding for terror?
Either the costs of terror are out of control, which can happen in any industry, or the American taxpayers are short changing the terrorists working in these Dar al-Islam ally nation states.
Which raises the question what happened to that $5 billion last seen sitting on a pallet in an Iraqi warehouse. Did this money go to fund terror as intended, or was it stolen for personal use by greedy self-centered Moslems?
Trouble is, costs ran amok funding all those Last Suppers.
Our money supposedly is for humanitarian aid, but we know where it really goes,
To Ahmed the insurgent to fight in the Cause, doing jobs costing God only knows,
How much to set the tables, not with meat & bread, but C4 and triggers, that deal,
We made with the Devil, for peace & quiet, to stop them bitching about the meal.
- the Holy Prophet APF
strip the citizenship and deport her and her entire family..
Ooo! Another pharmacist. You know, I hear tell the interview process for even getting into pharmacy school is incredibly rigorous.
I think we might consider adding just a few more questions to the interview.
Along those lines, a retail pharmacy cannot be open without at least one pharmacist present, and maybe you have all encountered a lunch hour or half-hour for stores with just one pharmacist on staff.
Imagine how this poor Turkish jihadist must have suffered not being able to pray at the exact time some cretin with an astrolabe told her it was time to chant repetitive phrases to "Allah." Boo hoo.
CHECK OUT
"The Koran says the Jews are,in effect,the Chosen People,but it is not permanent"
http://www.antisharia.com/2011/12/22/the-koran-says-the-jews-arein-effectthe-chosen-peoplebut-it-is-not-permanent/
AND ALSO
"Article 5 of Jesus in World Literature"
It is in French but you can translate using Google Translate
http://translate.google.com/
The article itself has links to the other four articles on Jesus in World Literature
http://www.avraidire.com/2011/12/v-article-sur-jesus-dans-la-litteraturelentrevue-imaginaire-par-voltaire-ou-il-parle-a-jesus/
Yet another stoopid jihadist uses a transparent, infidel network to support global jihad. Fine! Lock her up!
Clown!
Meanwhile, Egypt's salafist leader shows the love for Hillary and the son of a muzlim spouse abandoner.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/12/201112201177306217.html
yes indeed deport these individuals who commit crimes against the State! if they hate America,, West so much they should not have the luxury to live in the West!
If she is an American citizen why not charge her with treason?
"The charges are based on the defendant's intent to cause harm to U.S. military personnel,"
That's a little thin isn't it? How are they going to show intent? Do they have written documents? e-mails? Video's? A confession? She may be guilty as charged, but intent is a little hard to prove...
Great, we caught this Pure Lander but how many thousands of others are guilty of the same crime? We must stop Pure Landers from coming here. Make that... We must stop Muslims from coming here.
*Another pharmacist*. As though a pharmacist intent on wrecking havoc on Infidels can't do enough damage, even if they are not wiring their savings to Dar-al-Jihad...
APF, your commentary is beginning to smack of common sense. Is that something you're starting to apply whole hog? I axe you, have you got some reason to question uncommon sense, the uber progressive trend of our time? If so, I'm with you.
Me myself, I got a bad history starting mass movements. Witness SIGNALISM, a mass movement of three lasting three days.
Hell man, I'm an anti-jihadist, which elicits a roll of the eyes from the people I meet, as in, "Mutt, where's your uncommon sense?"
I'm thinking I'm gonna do me some rebranding and call meself a "CommonSenser". That way I can get in a few knocks agin the globo-socialists and the Islamaloids before they finish that drink I bought them and move on with a contemptuous downward wave of their left hand.
"Scorn the enemies, without and within,
The existers, whistling in no-man's land."
by Common Senser.
Article:
"Mihalik, who worked as a pharmacist,..."
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Oh, that's just f'ing groovy.
Another scheming musloid wench from hell working in one of the most sensitive positions in American society - dispensing potentially life-ending drugs to the Kuffar.
Send this bit*h and all her spawn straight back to wherever they came from. Strip her of her citizenship, if she has it.
We can't have these traitors working in the medical profession; and how the hell are we to know who to trust and who not to, when many of these vipers insist on going to work looking like bee-keepers?
Why blame this poor woman. She was just following what was being promoted on this TURKISH ISLAMIC WEBSITE:
http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/5202.htm
without having to dirty her own dainty hands, of course.
Good point! It's very unfair to prosecute her when our own government is guilty of the same charge. Guess that's why they harp on "intent," because Congress doesn't necessarily "intend" for the billions in foreign aid to support terrorism.
But the end result is the same.
AD, responding to APF:
"Good point! It's very unfair to prosecute her when our own government is guilty of the same charge. Guess that's why they harp on "intent," because Congress doesn't necessarily "intend" for the billions in foreign aid to support terrorism."
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No. That's not a satisfying conflation.
The notion of what the U.S. Government may have intended in any scenario, vis a vis the actions of an individual, or through aid, is not the question at hand.
The legal issue revolves around introducing and proving
"a state of mind that is conducive" to the committing of a criminal act, "hate"-based, or otherwise.
Analyzing "intent" is very important to jurors, logical or not, no matter how hard it is to prove.
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And that is, indeed, a hazardous road to follow, regardless of the prevailing wind or who the Plaintiff might happen to be...
David Dowse wrote, replying to American Delight:
Analyzing "intent" is very important to jurors, logical or not, no matter how hard it is to prove.
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And that is, indeed, a hazardous road to follow, regardless of the prevailing wind or who the Plaintiff might happen to be...
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True, David—but it *is* centrally important.
If this woman were just wiring money to her family (yes, I know she *is not* Pakistani) or believed she was contributing to a genuine charity, this would not be a crime.
The entire case *hinges* on intent—it is that she knowingly funded Jihad.
Hi GI -
"If this woman were just wiring money to her family (yes, I know she *is not* Pakistani) or believed she was contributing to a genuine charity, this would not be a crime."
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Actually, it might still be, depending on whether it could be proven that she had attempted to conceal her intent. We would need more information to speculate more closely, but if she lied in any regard as to her true intent, regardless of feigned ignorance, she would be guilty.
True, David—but again, her lying would likely have gone to intent.
It can be hard to prove, yes—but is at the heart of Western legal systems.