: From: Travis Subject: Caglepost: Political Soap Opera Date: Friday, December 5, 2008,
[image: THE CAGLE POST] <http://caglepost.com/> Would you like to reprint our cartoons on your site or in your publication? It's easy! Visit us here <http://politicalcartoons.com/>. * <http://caglepost.com/ticker.aspx>* Cartoon by David Fitzsimmons<http://cagle.com/politicalcartoons/PCcartoons/fitzsimmons.asp> Comment on the cartoon<http://caglepost.com/cartoon.aspx?id=41563830-4494-454C-8927-0779CA98493D> We have a great collection of cartoons called "Terror In India" LOOK!<http://cagle.com/news/TerrorIndia08> *From Paintball To Mumbai*<http://www.caglepost.com/column/Terrence+Jeffrey/8774/From+Paintball+To+Mumbai.html> by Terrence Jeffrey <http://www.caglepost.com/c/36/Terrence+Jeffrey.html> - Comment on the column<http://www.caglepost.com/column/Terrence+Jeffrey/8774/From+Paintball+To+Mumbai.html> The defiant words a former third-grade teacher spat at a judge in Alexandria, Va., in April are more poignant now that sources in the Indian and U.S. governments are saying they believe Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET), a Pakistan-based terrorist group, was behind the mass murder in Mumbai, India, last week. "What government was supposed to be intimidated by my actions?" Ali Asad Chandia asked U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton at the April hearing where the judge reconfirmed Chandia's 15-year prison sentence, according to The Associated Press. "Do you think the government of India will feel intimidated by a few boxes of paintballs?" Chandia taught at an Islamic school in the Maryland suburbs before being convicted in 2006 of "providing material support to terrorists." In a Jan. 23, 2008, opinion affirming Chandia's conviction but remanding his sentence to the district court for reconsideration, Judge Blane Michael of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit summarized the government's case against the schoolteacher. "Specifically, the government alleged that (LET official) Ajmal Khan traveled to the United States to secure high-tech equipment and other materials for LET and that Chandia provided material support to Ajmal Khan during his trips," wrote Michael. "The alleged material support included picking up Ajmal Khan at the airport, providing him access to a computer and e-mail at Chandia's residence, and assisting him in shipping paintballs to Pakistan for LET use in military training operations." How many paintballs? "Chandia was found guilty of ... helping Khan ship 50,000 paintball pellets from the U.S. to Pakistan," reported ... *READ MORE<http://www.caglepost.com/column/Terrence+Jeffrey/8774/From+Paintball+To+Mumbai.html> * *OUR NEW BOOK IS OUT! * <http://caglebook.com/> Follow Daryl each day on Twitter at: twitter.com/dcagle<http://twitter.com/dcagle> [image: Visit the newest cartoons by all of our cartoonists!]<http://caglepost.com/ticker.aspx> ------------------------------ *TO UNSUBSCRIBE (Do Not Reply): email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or CLICK HERE<http://list.caglepost.com/unsubscribe.aspx> . Copyright Cagle Cartoons Inc, Columns and cartoons copyright the respective cartoonists and columnists. All Rights Reserved.* -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
