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?

[Catspaw]

I'm so disappointed that I missed the Justine thread. I missed my chance to post my favorite picture of Eva Braun in a fetching two-piece swim suit and title it "Justine R."

Oh, foo.

[Catspaw]

Antiwar will never be able to delete this scar. Isn't technology wonderful.

Nice job!

[NMC EXP]

'Pro-Democracy' Think Tank Is Front for Israeli Lobby."

Is this inaccurate?

Regards

J.R.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Antiwar.com, the "website of peace".

[aculeus]

Jeez, this guy could get 20 long ones!

And Raimondo doesn't want to be quoted on FR! (Missed that one.)

What's next? Crazy Howard is committed by Dr. Judy?

[general_re]

And Raimondo doesn't want to be quoted on FR! (Missed that one.)

Yep - and we don't have Justine himself to kick around any more, either...

[BlueLancer]

Thanks for the ping ... enjoyed it immensely.

[Petronski]

I can understand why Justine would want to hide it.

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

[SJackson]

Thanks for the ping. I'm not surprised.

[Tolik]

Thanks for the ping.
When somebody makes such leaps in logic like antiwar.com, it just might lead to the logical end.

[js1138]

This must be a first. Comment #1 removed by moderator. Cool.

[Alouette]

Hairy dwarf alert

[hellinahandcart]

I can't decide who should be more insulted by that-- Justine or Khalid...

[TigersEye]

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

Psychotic punk is more like it. He will likely refer to himself as a zucchini or a banana one of these days.

[Catspaw]

Wow. That looks like a pix of KSM shortly after his arrest.

[1rudeboy]

Didn't Justin Raimondo post his work (in entirety) here himself?

[hellinahandcart]

Yes, and he had a coterie of antiwar.com groupies who did the same.

"Things has changed", LOL.

[Catspaw]

Didn't Justin Raimondo post his work (in entirety) here himself?

why, yes. And then Justine would closely monitor the thread, attacking anyone who disagreed with him.

[1rudeboy]

Just think, if the controversial work was posted here in its entirety (or if a link to an earlier thread exists), it likely contained a number of "no one is addressing the substance, but instead simply attacking the author" comments.