Jury in Sears Tower terrorism case asks if oath to al-Qaida a crime

Excuse me? Why is this even a question? What possible debate could there be?

If, during WWII, someone within the boundaries of the United States had taken the sacred blood oath to join Hitler's SS, would they not then be treated as an enemy of the United States and perhaps even a traitor?

If a person takes an oath to murder as many Americans as possible in fulfillment of their membership in a terrorist organization, and indeed that terrorist organization (Al Qaeda) has already murdered thousands of innocent Americans, would the new terrorist member's promise to do more murders, to support more terrorism, not be part of a criminal conspiracy?

Since when is aiding and abetting NOT a crime? Since when is giving support to the enemy NOT a crime?

Hello... why is this even an issue?

READ THE STORY.

Trial of US citizens charged with plotting to train terrorists begins

Opening statements were to begin Tuesday in the trial of three men charged with plotting to recruit and train terrorists to attack US and allied troops overseas.

Federal prosecutors say the men, who all lived in the Toledo area for a while, attended a Muslim convention in Cleveland during the summer of 2004 where they talked about training in explosives, guns and sniper tactics.

The men were there with a former US military man who worked undercover and helped foil the plot, prosecutors said.

Mohammad Zaki Amawi, Marwan Othman El-Hindi and Wassim I. Mazloum are accused of conspiring to kill or maim people outside the United States, including military personnel in Iraq. They have all pleaded not guilty.

All are US citizens except Mazloum, who came to the US legally from Lebanon while El-Hindi and Amawi are Jordanian-Americans.

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Hate crimes rose 8 percent in 2006

Hate crimes rose 8 percent in 2006

Horrible headline, isn't it? Gee, I wonder why it is that the right-wing fanatics (so similiar to the Islamofacists) are so adamant there is no such thing as a hate-crime but if there was such a thing, white people would be the only victims and all peoples of color (but, especially Mexicans and blacks these days) would be the only perps?

Yes, I've seen it posted daily on the Bully Pulpit Forum at Delphi Forums and once, I actually posted a link to a news story about a horrific gang rape, where the victim was tortured and all manner of nasty indignities perpetrated against her and I noted at the end of my post, "Guess which race these 'subhumans' are?"

NOTE: "Subhuman" is white racist codespeak for a black person. So, if you use that word, you're tipping off your audience what color to expect.

They clicked the link to the story in gleeful anticipation of yet more "evidence" of the subhumaness of anybody not the same skin pigmentation as them, and they were ABSOLUTELY HOWLING WITH OUTRAGE when they discovered it was the victim who was black and the criminals who were white.

They whined over and over, "What's race got to do with it?" "It's the crime that matters, not the race," and so on.

My point exactly. I did thank them for expressing my view in such strong fashion. Now, about those articles they posted...