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Thursday, August 16, 2007

Padilla guilty on all counts.

WaPo reports:
Jose Padilla... was convicted today by a federal jury in Miami along with two co-defendants of supporting al-Qaeda and other violent Muslim extremist groups....

They were found guilty on all three counts against them: conspiracy to murder, maim and kidnap as part of a terrorist campaign overseas, conspiracy to provide material support for terrorism and providing material support for terrorism....

In closing arguments, Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Frazier told the jury of seven men and five women that Padilla "provided himself to al-Qaeda to murder, kidnap and maim."

Padilla's lawyers disputed that, arguing that he went overseas to study Islam and learn Arabic. "His intent was to study, not to murder," defense attorney Michael Caruso told the jury in his own closing argument.

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