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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. [history]

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.


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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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1 posted on 04/28/2004 11:32:10 PM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Padilla is John Doe #2 from OKC!
2 posted on 04/29/2004 2:37:55 AM PDT by Duke of Milan
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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!
3 posted on 04/29/2004 4:54:21 AM PDT by jocon307 (The dems don't get it, the American people do.)
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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."

4 posted on 04/29/2004 6:17:58 AM PDT by happygrl (this war is for all the marbles...we can't go Spanish!)
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To: happygrl
We also note that even the Washington Times does not adress Padilla by his current name, Abdullah al-Muhajir.
5 posted on 04/29/2004 12:17:40 PM PDT by shamusotoole
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