An 'Antiwar' Jihadi (Antiwar.com writer pleads guilty to terror charges – Dennis must be proud!)

The Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal ^ | January 19, 2004 | James Taranto ['Best of the Web Today']

[quidnunc]

"A key member of an alleged Virginia jihad network pleaded guilty to federal weapons and explosives charges [Friday], denying that he intended to harm Americans but acknowledging that he and his co-defendants had sought to fight on behalf of Muslim causes abroad," the Washington Post reports:

Randall Todd Royer, 30, of Falls Church, entered his surprise plea in U.S. District Court in Alexandria. He faces at least 20 years in prison when he is sentenced April 9. Another of the 11 men originally charged in the case, Ibrahim Ahmed al-Hamdi, 26, of Alexandria, pleaded guilty to similar charges and faces at least 15 years in prison.

Royer also goes by the name Ismail, and in September 2002 he penned an article for the crackpot libertarian site Antiwar.com titled " 'Pro-Democracy' Think Tank Is Front for Israeli Lobby." As Glenn Reynolds would say, are these guys antiwar, or just on the other side?

[dighton]

Quidnunc, you've made my day.

[hellinahandcart]

I think you're gonna HAVE to ask the mods to remove Ismael Royer's article:

Received from Justin Raimondo: Re: Re: From Justin Raimondo | 12/18/2003 8:53:38 AM PST new Free Republic does not have permission to reprint my articles, or any of my written works. This thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1042727/posts is a violation of my copyright. Please remove it. ------------------------------------------------------- Please do not post anything from antiwar.com

[hellinahandcart]

It is excellent news, though.

[hellinahandcart]

You might enjoy this.

[Admin Moderator]

'Pro-Democracy' Think Tank is Front for Israeli Lobby
by Ismail Royer
September 26, 2002

[quidnunc]

Taranto did get one thing wrong though, antiwar.com isn't a crackpot libertarian site, it's a crackpot paleoconservative site.

[Incorrigible]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[hellinahandcart]

I know. Har!

[dennisw]

Thanks. I don't know how I ever could have missed that Raimondo thread.

[dennisw]

Taranto did get one thing wrong though, antiwar.com isn't a crackpot libertarian site, it's a crackpot paleoconservative site............

Justin Raimondo heads up antiwar.com. On numerous occaisions he has described himself as libertarian. Paleo-libertarian would describe him well.

[Alouette]

antiwar.com isn't a crackpot libertarian site, it's a crackpot paleoconservative site.

How 'bout it's just a crackpot crackhead site.

[TheAngryClam]

...which was, for a long time, linked on the frontpage of FR.

[hellinahandcart]

I didn't know about it until a couple weeks ago, either...I felt like the last grape on the vine!

[freebilly]

I never gloat except when forced to.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[dighton]

"There is no bard but Rothbard, and Justin is His prophet."

[quidnunc]

TheAngryClamwrote: ...which was, for a long time, linked on the frontpage of FR.

'Pon my soul, is that you Dennis?

[sinkspur]

Justine must be proud! One of his own is being persecuted for the cause.