Northern Ireland man faces Syria terror charges

Associated Press ^ | Nov 8, 2014 11:34 AM EST

[Olog-hai]

A Northern Ireland man who says he fought against the Islamic State group in Syria appeared in court Saturday charged with terrorism offenses.

Eamon Bradley of Londonderry is charged with possessing a grenade and receiving training in arms and explosives.

A police officer told the court that the 25-year-old convert to Islam traveled to Syria earlier this year and joined the Army of Islam, a group fighting both the Syrian government and IS. He says he took part in two battles against the regime and one against the Islamic State group. …

[Cowboy Bob]

Kill him. Now.

[SunkenCiv]

> he fought against the Islamic State group in Syria appeared in court Saturday ... charged with possessing a grenade and receiving training in arms and explosives.

[Sherman Logan]

“And I would find it very hard for the state to argue that fighting against (IS) was an act of terrorism.”

Sounds reasonable to me.

[Olog-hai]

Problem is, the Army of Islam is Salafi.

[Sherman Logan]

Enemy of my enemy and all that.

Salafis who don’t commit terrorism shouldn’t be classified as terrorists.

Terrorism is not a belief system, it’s what a person or group does.

[Olog-hai]

Saying “Salafis who don’t commit terrorism” is like saying Nazis who don’t commit genocide, or for that matter communists who don’t commit mass murder.

The Koran solidifies Islam as a belief system of terror.

[SevenofNine]

OH Man Northern Ireland change throughout the year

[DoughtyOne]

Sounds like the judge isn't quite buying the terrorism charge.

He was in possession of a grenade though.  That's not good.


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[cardinal4]

Islam=Terrorism. Spare me the “moderates”, and the “millions of law abiding” Muslims crap. If you adhere to the Koran, at the very least you are tacitly approving bloodshed. It no different than claiming not to be a pedophile, but getting the NAMBLA newsletter every month. Flame away, but I think the silence from the “millions of peaceful Muslims is tacit approval of what folks like ISIS and Hezbollah, et al do..

[Olog-hai]

You’re preaching to the choir, here. I’ve read a few translations of the Koran and everything you say is in there is indeed in there. That’s aside from every “revolutionary” Islamist regime adopting both (Arab) nationalism and (Islamic) socialism (no need to guess what those two put together is).

[cardinal4]

That wasn’t directed at you, I hate Islam and am so sick of the coddling of them by our government and the Left. I lived in the Middle East so it’s not like I’m a keyboard warrior. They are a backward, blood thirsty, misogynistic, people who have no business in the West much less the 21st century. Those slave markets in Mosul horrify me and operate with impunity. And in my opinion is a perfect description of everything Islamic..

[Olog-hai]

I know; I’m just speaking up.

I’m trying to remember how often the phrase “slaves which thy right hand possesseth” appears in the Koran (so rendered in certain translations). Those are just as much for the male’s sexual gratification as the four wives that he can divorce twice. And of course, there’s “Your woman is your field; go now into your field and plow it”.

[Revenge of Sith]

Is he a Catholic extremist or a Protestant extremist?;-)

[dfwgator]

Peoples Front of Judea vs the Judean Peoples’ Front. SPLITTERS!

[gusty]

For possession of a grenade and training in firearms and explosives, they could arrest half the men over 40 in this guy’s neighborhood.