Posted on 02/06/2007 11:05:27 AM PST by JZelle
A Virginia man who three years ago was acquitted of giving aid to the Taliban was convicted yesterday of lying to a federal grand jury about his training with a Pakistani militant group. A jury in U.S. District Court in Alexandria convicted Sabri Benkahla, 31, of Falls Church, of four felony counts, including perjury and obstruction of justice. He faces up to 25 years in prison when sentenced April 27. Prosecutors said Benkahla, a U.S. citizen, lied about training he received from Lashkar-e-Taiba, which the U.S. government has since designated a terrorist group.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Guilty.
"Some Dar al-Arqam members used paintball games in the Virginia woods in 2000 and 2001 to train for holy war around the globe. Some admitted they traveled shortly after the September 11 attacks to Pakistan to receive jihad training, with the eventual goal of joining the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and fighting U.S. troops...." I propose a new law. You leave here to visit your natal/ancestral hell hole, Pakistan and like, and you can't come back. Ever.
Well, this answers one question I have been asking for years: are the crimes of treason and sedition still existing and prosecutable?
It appears that they are, but going by what the pukes in the Main Stream Media allow to be reported, one would never know...
It vexes me to no end that Jane Fonda isn't resting in a grave after being hung for treason back in the sixties.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.