Posted on 05/03/2016 9:57:45 AM PDT by Olog-hai
A German jihadist suspect went on trial Tuesday for war crimes in Syria after allegedly posing for photographs holding the severed heads of two victims of the conflict. […]
The photographs in which (Aria) Ladjedvardi appears were taken in the spring of 2014 and posted on Facebook. Federal prosecutors believe he and two fellow fighters took the pictures to belittle their victims, whom they considered infidels or non-believers. They also believe that Ladjedvardi, a German of Iranian origin, traveled to Syria in early 2014 to join one of the jihadist groups engaged in the fight against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
But Ladjedvardi, who risks at least one year in prison, contested the claims at the opening of his trial in Frankfurt, arguing that he was in Syria to help victims of Assad’s regime. …
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They need to Hang the scum.
War Crimes Trials FOR REAL!!!!!!
I suspect that, a la Marc Rich, obama may be adding their names to his January 19th pardon list.
(Please don’t point out that Rich was wanted in the US rather than convicted in Germany, and was a US citizen, unlike these two. Thanks)
If found guulty, Angela Merkel will give him a kiss and a free house and car.
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