January 16, 2009

U.S. Traitors Plead Guilty to Terror Charges

Two Ohio residents have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. They plotted to kill American soldiers in Iraq. Why isn't this a treason case?

One of the two, Zubair Ahmed, was born in Chicago. The other, his cousin Khaleel Ahmed, was born in India but is a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Robert Spencer reprints this:

The two were part of a plot organized by three men living in Toledo who were convicted last year of recruiting terrorists and raising money to fund their plans to wage a holy war against U.S. troops, prosecutors said.

The two cousins received training in firearms and counter-surveillance so they could join the insurgency, prosecutors said....

Prosecutors also said that the cousins had traveled to Egypt in 2004 with plans to kill U.S. troops, but they were stopped and returned to the U.S.

So, two American citizens plot to join the "resistance" in Iraq and kill American soldiers. Apparently if you're bad at treason it doesn't count.

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 11:47 AM | |