Give 'er a break, fellows, the lady just lost her head!
Posted on 02/03/2012 5:31:46 AM PST by NCjim
WILMINGTON, N.C. — A Raleigh school administrator accused of paying a hit man to behead three witnesses in a North Carolina terrorism case will find out Friday if she can get out of jail while she awaits trial.
Nevine Aly Elshiekh is scheduled to appear Friday in federal court. She was arrested last month after FBI agents tracked her to a meeting in Wilmington with a government informant posing as a hit man's representative.
Agents say the 46-year-old educator provided the informant with the names of those to be killed and a $750 down payment toward the first hit.
Elshiekh has led the special education program at Sterling Montessori Academy and Charter School in Morrisville for nine years. She is now on leave from the school.
Elshiekh has hired two-high powered attorneys to represent her. Charles Swift is a Navy JAG officer who represented Osama Bin Laden's driver in a U.S. Supreme Court case.
Linda Moreno is also working the case. Moreno defended Sami Al-Arian, the former NC State professor who was convicted of supporting terrorism, and was also paid $2 million by the Pakistani government to defend a convicted Al-Qaida operative.
Prosecutors say the plot was masterminded by Hysen Sherifi, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison for a conspiracy to attack the Marine base at Quantico, Va.
Also arrested in the beheading plot is Shkumbin Sherifi, the 21-year-old brother of the terror defendant. A judge decided to detain him last week, calling him a flight risk.
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So who’s paying for those “high-powered” lawyers?
I was going to say beheading = Muslim but you beat me to it with your link.
Good question. Who is paying for them?
If you think THIS is something, just wait until Dear Leader declares Sharia Law in the USA!
Me thinks that she is probably more that just a 46-year-old educator. FBI at one end, ONI at the other. This should be good. Making popcorn.
Beheading the witnesses in a trial for a terrorist plot. Now that wouldn’t look fishy at all...
They don’t care how fishy it looks. They want it to look fishy. The whole point is to intimidate so that the rule of law can be overtaken by thugs in America just like it has been in Mexico, where the drug cartels currently beheading, hanging bodies from bridges, etc got their great ideas from the beheading of Daniel Perle. And their guns from the supposed “top cop” of the US, Eric Holder.
Thanks for posting. BTTT!
Here’s a hint from the article:
Elshiekh has hired two-high powered attorneys to represent her. Charles Swift is a Navy JAG officer who represented Osama Bin Laden’s driver in a U.S. Supreme Court case.
Linda Moreno is also working the case. Moreno defended Sami Al-Arian, the former NC State professor who was convicted of supporting terrorism, and was also paid $2 million by the Pakistani government to defend a convicted Al-Qaida operative.
Good question.
Wow, this is creepier than most crime stories.
Genius move, lady. Broadcast some more terrorist connections, that ought to help your case. I heard she was going to hire the defense counsel from the Nuremburg Trials if this dream team wasn’t available.
Give 'er a break, fellows, the lady just lost her head!
No mention of her religion in the first few paragraphs. That’s something that could be relevant.
Must be a tea party terrorist.
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