Replies

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016480.php

May 16, 2007

“Judge in Internet Jihad trial: “I don’t really understand what a Web site is””
(REUTERS)

LONDON (Reuters) -

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Violent Islamist material posted on the Internet, including beheadings of Western hostages, is central to the case....

Younes Tsouli, 23, Waseem Mughal, 24, and Tariq al-Daour, 21, deny a range of charges under Britain’s Terrorism Act, including inciting another person to commit an act of terrorism “wholly or partly” outside Britain.”

Adding 1 link:

Note: The folloiwing post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1834820/posts

(Terrorism) Judge to prosecutor: ‘So what’s a Web site?’
MSN ^ | 5/16/07

Posted on 05/16/2007 4:34:15 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside

Judge to prosecutor: ‘So what’s a Web site?’

During Internet terrorism trial, judge asks attorneys to keep it simple

By Mark Trevelyan

Updated: 3:05 p.m. ET May 16, 2007 LONDON - A British judge admitted on Wednesday he was struggling to cope with basic terms like “Web site” in the trial of three men accused of inciting terrorism via the Internet.

Judge Peter Openshaw broke into the questioning of a witness about a Web forum used by alleged Islamist radicals.

“The trouble is I don’t understand the language. I don’t really understand what a Web site is,” he told a London court during the trial of three men charged under anti-terrorism laws.

Prosecutor Mark Ellison briefly set aside his questioning to explain the terms “Web site” and “forum.” An exchange followed in which the 59-year-old judge acknowledged: “I haven’t quite grasped the concepts.”

Violent Islamist material posted on the Internet, including beheadings of Western hostages, is central to the case.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...