Jihad Thomas Update: justice done in Australia. From the BBC, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist:
An Australian man who changed his name to Jihad Jack has been convicted of receiving funds from al-Qaeda.
Jack Thomas, a Muslim convert, was found guilty of accepting $3,500 (£2,000) and a plane ticket home from an al-Qaeda agent in Pakistan.
A Melbourne court heard that Thomas had visited al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan shortly before the 9/11 attacks.
He is the first Australian to be charged under laws on the funding of terrorism passed in 2002.
‘No terrorist’
The 32-year-old former taxi driver could face up to 25 years in jail when he is sentenced by the Supreme Court in the next few days.
He was also found guilty of possessing a false passport, but he was found not guilty of intentionally providing resources for al-Qaeda.
The prosecution alleged that Thomas trained in al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan before moving to Pakistan.