Posted on 01/24/2010 10:41:35 AM PST by AJKauf
Muhammad’s father, Melvin Bledsoe, told the New York Times that he does not believe his son has ties to al-Qaeda. This despite the fact that in the fall of 2007, his son went to Yemen, where he lived for 16 months. He married a woman from Yemen and was imprisoned for using a false passport. Sometime after his release from the Yemeni prison he returned to America, where the JTTF picked up his trail.
In his interview with the Times, Melvin Beldsoe “suggested that [his son] might be trying to link himself to al-Qaeda because he believes it will lead to his execution and make him a martyr.” Bledsoe said he considers his son “unable to process” reality and that he has been “brainwashed.”...
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Just another “isolated extremist” with NO relation to Islam. Nothing to see here, move on.
Imagine that. Brainwashed by mooselimb exstreamist, who knew?
If the DOJ had interrogated this guy instead of reading him his rights, the Ft. Hood massacre might never have happened.
/mark
I see Zero’s plan now. Don’t interrogate, they will feel sorry for our stupid ass behavior and proclaim their affiliation, but if the timing is wrong we will have to deny it and ignore it.
The people in our justice department seem to have similar connections, they just don’t openly admit it.
Remember that Nigerian guy who 3 years ago on an international flight “TRIED TO COMMITT SUICIDE” (by opening the plane door mid-flight).
I think it’s possible he was simply trying to bring the plane down...
June 1, 2009
I think this just another reason why we need to EXPAND the use of the death penalty & start charging those that are already in prison w/ treason if they are radicalizing other inmates. We need to use the death penalty EARLY & OFTEN for the worst of the worst.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Cry me a river.
He changed his plea to guilty and wrote the judge a letter:
“My lawyer has no defense. … I wasn’t insane or post-traumatic nor was I forced to do this act. Which I believe and it is justified according to Islamic laws and the Islamic religion jihad — to fight those who wage war on Islam and Muslims.”
Another one that should be before a military tribunal. 90% of the public doesn’t even know about this successful jihadist/terrorist act on US soil, thanks to the media (that day they covered the murder of the abortionist and ignored this story) and Obama.
See perp’s photo:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2434562/posts?page=3#3
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