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Padilla's life and times
Washington Times ^
| 4/29/04
| Debra J. Saunders
Posted on 04/28/2004 11:32:10 PM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:14:50 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The New York Times' Sunday profile of accused dirty-bomb terrorist Jose Padilla reports, at age 14, he was involved in a fateful armed robbery. Padilla's accomplice fatally stabbed a Mexican immigrant, and Padilla kicked victim Elio Evangelista in the head "because he felt like it," records say.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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posted on
04/28/2004 11:32:10 PM PDT
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Padilla is John Doe #2 from OKC!
To: Duke of Milan
Yet Muhammed Javed, the Florida man who helped convert Padilla to Islam, told the New York Times that when Padilla told him he was going to Egypt to teach English, he said, "I was baffled, thinking, You yourself don't speak proper English.' "
LOL, that's pretty funny!
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posted on
04/29/2004 4:54:21 AM PDT
by
jocon307
(The dems don't get it, the American people do.)
To: kattracks
On the other hand, authorities argue only the certainty of severe punishment will push Padilla to trade information for a break in his sentence.It is vital that we know who turned him and provided the means for his Middle East "Adventure."
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posted on
04/29/2004 6:17:58 AM PDT
by
happygrl
(this war is for all the marbles...we can't go Spanish!)
To: happygrl
We also note that even the Washington Times does not adress Padilla by his current name, Abdullah al-Muhajir.
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