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Suspect Pleads Guilty in Ohio Mall Plot ( Religion of Peace ? )
Associated Press ^ | Jul 31 | ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

Posted on 07/31/2007 6:17:03 PM PDT by george76

A Somali immigrant the government says plotted to blow up an Ohio shopping mall pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.

Nuradin Abdi, 35, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley a week before his trial had been expected to start Aug. 6.

"In this climate an American jury, we felt, could potentially find him guilty because of all this negative stuff that's coming in, and if they found him guilty he was looking at spending the rest of his life in custody," said Abdi's attorney, Mahir Sherif. "The government came back with another offer, so he decided to take it."

Under a plea deal, Abdi is expected to receive a 10-year sentence on the count, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years. Three other charges were dropped and he will be deported after serving his sentence.

The Justice Department accused Abdi of suggesting the plan to attack an unidentified Columbus shopping mall during an August 2002 meeting with now-convicted al-Qaida terrorist Iyman Faris and ...

Abdi testified under oath that he talked with Faris and Paul at a coffee shop in suburban Columbus where he suggested they "plan to detonate a bomb in a shopping mall to avenge U.S. policy and military action in Afghanistan," ...

An attorney for Abdi said Abdi was acknowledging only that he made that statement under oath, not that the conversation regarding the attack actually happened.

Abdi's attorneys said he was merely upset at the war in Afghanistan and...

(Excerpt) Read more at story.news.ask.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Ohio; War on Terror
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No mention of his religion ?

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1 posted on 07/31/2007 6:17:07 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76
Often, when people convert to Islam, they change their name to reflect this. If Muslims in the was convert to something else, do they change their names to end the usual stigma?
2 posted on 07/31/2007 6:23:45 PM PDT by John Leland 1789
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To: george76
“Abdi’s attorneys said he was merely upset at the war in Afghanistan”

I sure hope he’s enrolled in some anger management classes.

3 posted on 07/31/2007 6:27:01 PM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: John Leland 1789

When Buckwheat converted to Islam, he changed his name to Cream O’Wheat.


4 posted on 07/31/2007 6:34:34 PM PDT by Keli Kilohana (Editor, ZARR CHASM CHRONICAL [sic], Sore, WV)
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To: george76
Under a plea deal, Abdi is expected to receive a 10-year sentence on the count, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years. Three other charges were dropped and he will be deported after serving his sentence.

...at which time he will set in motion the terrorist plans against US innocents he worked to complete over the time served.

5 posted on 07/31/2007 6:35:03 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: george76

bump for publicity


6 posted on 07/31/2007 6:36:17 PM PDT by VOA
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To: george76

Check the article at http://michellemalkin.com/.


7 posted on 07/31/2007 6:43:52 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Our first responsibility is to keep the power of the Presidency out of the hands of the Clintons.)
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To: John Leland 1789
If Muslims... convert to something else, do they change their names...

They need not only to change name but the whole identity and to go someplace far away... because "to convert to something" from Islam is called apostasy and is capital offence. The convertor becomes fair game for any real moozy, who not only is can, but must kill him.

9 posted on 07/31/2007 7:19:26 PM PDT by Neophyte (Nazis, Communists, Islamists... what the heck is the difference?)
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To: Slump Tester
Actually that "Black Raghead" comment was racist bullshit.

Some of my heroes are black and I work with a group of Hindu Sikhs (who wear a head dress) that are second to none in humility, ethics and competence.

11 posted on 07/31/2007 7:47:05 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: george76


Islam: What the West Needs to Know

The complete 10 segment video. View one of these video segments a day for 10 days.

You will then be prepared to refute the silly liberal notion that Islam is a "Religion of Peace."


13 posted on 08/01/2007 4:41:59 AM PDT by Beckwith (dhimmicrats and the liberal media have chosen sides -- Islamofascism)
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To: george76

Didn’t know this was posted. ONN has more information though...like religion...and very interesting statements from those involved too.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875157/posts


14 posted on 08/02/2007 4:24:28 AM PDT by EBH
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To: george76

Round up every one of those Polacks!


15 posted on 08/02/2007 6:36:40 AM PDT by NRA1995 (To Congress and Mr. President: This is OUR country, and don't you forget it!)
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