http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/04/american_jihadist_ticking_time.php
“American Jihadist, “Ticking Time Bomb,” to Plead Guilty to Terrorism Charges”
By Andrew Cochran
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “WNBC in New York City reports that Mahmud Faruq Brent, of Gwynn Oak, MD, will admit that he supported terrorists and traveled to Pakistan to train with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the Pakistani-based terrorist organization.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A federal prosecutor told Steven Emerson that Brent was a “ticking time bomb” who could have carried out attacks here in U.S. His guilty plea represents another success (at least 12 convictions, including the Brent plea, that I can remember) in the effort to take apart the LeT network of committed and trained jihadists in the U.S.”
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/custom/attack/bal-brent0402,0,1932813.story
“Ex-city cab driver pleads guilty in terror case
Charges involve attending terror camp, martial arts training to plan for jihad”
By Matthew Dolan
Sun Reporter
Originally published April 2, 2007, 4:17 PM EDT
I am still praying for your release from prison, Kareem.
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Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1810897/posts
Getting Kareem Freed
NRO ^ | March 29, 2007 | Tom G. Palmer
Posted on 04/02/2007 5:39:46 PM PDT by JTN
Four years in prison for blogging: three of them for inciting “hatred of Islam” and one for “insulting the president.” That’s the sentence handed down by an Egyptian judge to a young Egyptian blogger, Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman, generally known in the blogosphere as “Kareem.” On his website, he had criticized his university, Al Azhar, for being close minded and for suppressing thought — for which he was expelled. He called Egypt’s president Mubarak a dictator — for which he was arrested and imprisoned. As he noted, “I broke the widespread traditions in the Great Jail of the Arab Republic of Egypt!” For that he was sent to jail.
A more sensitive issue is that he openly criticized the practices of the founders of Islam and argued that they were not models for modern life. His remarks inflamed radical political Islamists. They even offended some who have defended him, although that has not dampened their resolve. His two staunchest defenders are Dalia Ziada and Esraa Al Shafei, two young Muslim women who have worked tirelessly in behalf of his freedom. Both are outspoken in defense both of their religion and of Kareem’s right to be critical of it.
Kareem’s problems with the authorities started in March of last year, when he wrote about riots against the Coptic minority in his home city of Alexandria. On his blog he wrote:
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