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New York: Muslim pleads not guilty to aiding jihadis, getting firearms training

Mar 4, 2015 7:48 pm By Robert Spencer

Minh-Quang-Pham_“Pham was arrested at Heathrow International Airport when he returned in July 2011 from a six-month trip to Yemen, where prosecutors say he pledged his support to high-level members of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and vowed to fight jihad. They say he told his wife before leaving their United Kingdom home that he was going to Ireland.”

Ah, no doubt he meant to join the IRA, and just got confused.

Anyway, note that “prosecutors said a second American wrote a feature article for the publication titled: ‘I Am Proud to be a Traitor to America.'” This is because Islam is a political as well as religious system, calling upon the Muslim to give it political as well as religious allegiance. This is why we see so many converts to Islam turn against the land of their birth. But this point is lost on the learned analysts.

“Vietnamese Man Pleads Not Guilty in US Terrorism Case,” by Larry Neumeister, Associated Press, March 4, 2015:

A Vietnamese man extradited to the United States from London last week pleaded not guilty Wednesday to supporting al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula in a case built partly on his interactions with two Americans who prosecutors say were once members of the organization.

Minh Quang Pham, 32, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court to charges that he provided material support to terrorists and underwent military-style training before using firearms.

Pham was arrested at Heathrow International Airport when he returned in July 2011 from a six-month trip to Yemen, where prosecutors say he pledged his support to high-level members of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and vowed to fight jihad. They say he told his wife before leaving their United Kingdom home that he was going to Ireland.

Defense attorney Steven Frankel said outside court his client never harmed anyone and never did things described in the indictment.

U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan did not immediately set a trial date, saying she wanted to wait until the government clarified whether there would be classified evidence in the case. She said she would set deadlines for pre-trial motions by attorneys at an April 9 conference.

In court papers, prosecutors said a cooperating witness described Pham’s interactions with two Americans who joined al-Qaida and are now dead. They say Pham provided valuable assistance to an American who edited and published an English-language publication used by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula to distribute propaganda and recruit individuals from Western cultures to join the group.

Prosecutors said a second American wrote a feature article for the publication titled: “I Am Proud to be a Traitor to America.”…

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  1. Angemon says

    Mar 4, 2015 at 8:01 pm

    Prosecutors said a second American wrote a feature article for the publication titled: “I Am Proud to be a Traitor to America.”

    I hope that he’s on trial for treason…

  2. Peter Buckley says

    Mar 5, 2015 at 3:50 am

    “I have been made victorious with terror”.

    The only quote you really need to know to prove that Islam and terrorism are inextricably linked. Muhammad himself admitted he was a terrorist:

    http://www.exmuslim.org/i-have-been-made-victorious-by-terror.html

  3. Shirley A. Smith-Rhodes says

    Mar 5, 2015 at 6:01 am

    IFTHIS PROVES TO BE TRUE, He has betrayed his Country! This is Treason to join our enemy! A rough estimate of the death of non-muslims by the political act of jihad. 120 million Africans – 60 million Christians – 80 million Hindus – 10 million Buddhists – Rough Estimate 270 million killed by Jihad! Islam Exposed Anyone who joins our enemy and it is proven in a court of law must be sentenced and executed! This cannot be tolerated!

    • M S case says

      Mar 5, 2015 at 9:53 pm

      Sounds good Shirley But and there always has to be a “but” We have grown too soft in our old age too gullible, to ignorant of the goal of islam and just plain dumb. Our prisons are full There are many on death row for murderous crimes that have been there ages. Just today,I believe it was, that the jury in Jodi what’s her name trial was hung so now she gets sentenced by the judge to life imprisonment So who feeds clothes houses and doctors inmates who are serving life that should have been executed and if this guy is found guilty of treason He won’t be executed. so the people will take care of him for years and years

      Any U. S citizen who has gone over to the side of the terrorist, whatever their name ,ISIS or something e
      and are caught on the streets of America or if in another country after extradition should be tried for treason. I’ll go further and say that if any are found to help the enemy IN ANY WAY SHOULD BE TRIED AS TRAITORS AND EXECUTED. if foud guilty of course, We are still America, for a while, and everyone is innocent till proven guilty, Right???

  4. BC says

    Mar 5, 2015 at 6:48 am

    I am glad to see that he got extradited, UK courts usually will not send them to USA in case you are ‘unpleasant to them!

  5. Lioness says

    Mar 5, 2015 at 10:19 am

    I wonder if that article “I am Proud to be a Traitor to America” was actually written by Obama.

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