I think the use of the term "mass destruction" is a little unwarranted. Murder and destruction, yes, but mass destruction brings to mind more than a single building, no matter how many people are there.
But besides that, I don't think I've ever seen a more apologetic news piece in my life. Most of it looked like it was trying to explain away their crimes. They were poor, or of lower intelligence, or had this problem, or that problem. It really looked like MSNBC was trying to make me feel sorry for these guys. One thing that is played down is their prison conversion to Islam. The AP article says an important thing in that area: "His (Payen) statements on Islam often had to be corrected, according to Assistant Imam Hamin Rashada" http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hXaournxorG5EDGGyJA9X-K9Y3KwD98AKR0O0 Yes, what they are basically saying is that the Islam that Payen converted to was not the one that Hamin knew. In other words, prison Islam is something different. I've read a number of articles about the version of Islam taught in prisons and the type of conversions going on. The Islam there is a very militant, anti-America, anti-Jew, war based one that is not always true to the words of the Koran, let alone the spirit. Maybe to some of the Hadith, but.... I doubt that there is any peace taught in prison Islam. And one countries name keeps coming up as sponsoring the material or the training of the prison Imams. Guess which one. On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30856404?GT1=43001 > > "James Cromitie, 55; David Williams, 28; Onta Williams, 32; and Laguerre > Payen, all of Newburgh, were charged with conspiracy to use weapons of mass > destruction within the United States and conspiracy to acquire and use > anti-aircraft missiles. > > All the suspects except Payen appeared in federal court in White Plains on > Thursday, their hands shackled to their waists. Payen was expected to > appear > in court later Thursday. > > Lawyers for the defendants, all of whom are U.S. citizens, did not seek > bail." > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:297401 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
