Posted on 03/01/2007 6:47:07 PM PST by george76
An Internet story on Wednesday identified a Kent State faculty member as the author of a jihadist news service on the Web.
The Drudge Report story accused Julio ``Assad'' Pino of posting ``Global War'' at global-war.bloghi.com.
Pino, 46, a Muslim convert and associate professor of history at KSU, did not return phone calls seeking comment.
His department head, John Jameson, defended him as a good teacher and said the allegations in the story appeared to have been blown out of proportion.
He said Pino told him he provided news stories to the Web site but didn't accept any ownership of it.
The Web site does not name the originator, but a photo of a bearded man there is not of Pino, the description of the originator does not fit Pino and none of the postings on it can be tied to Kent State, Jameson said.
While Pino did operate a pro-Palestinian Web site in the past, he told Jameson he gave it up ``when the hate response got to be too much,'' Jameson said.
The jihadist Web site ``doesn't have any connection to Kent State,'' university spokesman Ron Kirksey said. ``We object to our name being used in connection with it.''
The turmoil began Wednesday when a column by Mike S. Adams on conservative townhall.com, Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard, was posted on the Drudge Report, a collection of news stories from throughout the world.
``All we want is to get Allah's pleasure,'' the jihadist Web site reads. ``We will write `Jihad' across our foreheads, and the stars. The angels will carry our message through the world.''
Adams accused Pino of ``drawing a paycheck from the people of the State of Ohio while trying to launch a jihad against people like me.''
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As a recent KSU grad, I can say that this doesn't surprise me. Kent is obviously very liberal. When forming a conservative student group, we had trouble finding a professor who would sponsor us. I've seen professors recalling their marijuana use, blaming all terrorism on the President, and the like.
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His department head, John Jameson, defended him as a good teacher and said the allegations in the story appeared to have been blown out of proportion.
He said Pino told him he provided news stories to the Web site but didn't accept any ownership of it.
In other words, the story was essentially true, but some details were wrong? I haven't been following this story, but from this article it sure sounds like the department head is making the argument that, instead of Pino being the author of a jihadist news service on the Web, in actuality Pino is one of the authors of a jihadist news service on the Web.
A distinction without much of a difference...
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They are trying to make a distinction, but we are not buying it.
Cheer up old chum, in the UK and in Australia they do it while living on welfare. /sarc.
How many more homegrown jihadist moles & sleepers are lurking, waiting to strike?
I don't understand why you had trouble. You should have gone directly to president Carol Cartwright. After all, she supports free speech.
How f$%#ed up do you have to be to actually convert to Islam? I pity the billion or so who are born into it, but to consciously make that choice is like thinking plus-size Spandex was a good idea.
Can Professors be fired ?
Ward is still getting his paycheck, benefits...from the taxpayers. He just has no classes.
How many more homegrown jihadist moles & sleepers are lurking, waiting to strike?
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The Plain Dealer just ran with a story in yesterday's (Sunday's) paper (March 18) on this story. It seems to have teeth. The original story I saw made it sound like the blogger exaggerated and that facts were in question. It now appears that this guy IS a traitor to this country.
I want to write a letter but don't know where to start. Got any suggestions?
This is important for any Ohioan because we know there are cells here. Also, the proximity to Detroit, or should I say, "Little Arabia" is not a happy thought.
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