YouTube basement terrorist sentenced
December 19, 2008
Egyptian student gets 15 years in Fla. terror case:
I originally posted about Ahmed Mohamed here. He’s the student from University of South Florida who was busted in South Carolina for having explosives in his car and for creating a YouTube video where he instructs how to turn a remote control car into an IED.
Previously I posted that this basement terrorist reached a plea deal that would garner him 15 years in prison. Yesterday he was in fact sentenced to 15 years.
Also arrested with Mohamed was 22-year-old Youssef Samir Megahed. He claims that he had no knowledge of the explosives. He is still awaiting trial for transporting explosives.
And for those who think this is a free speech issue guess again…
In the video, Mohamed demonstrates how to convert a remote-controlled car from Wal-Mart into a bomb detonator. He speaks in Arabic, saying he wants to teach “martyrdoms” and “suiciders” how to save themselves so they can continue to fight invaders, including U.S. soldiers.
“Instead of the brethren going to, to carry out martyrdom operations, no, may God bless him, he can use the explosion tools from a distance and preserve his life … for the real battles,” he says, according to a translation in the plea agreement.
That’s not protected speech kiddies.
Did I also mention that they were arrested near a military base?
Again I wonder how long the video was up on YouTube before it got pulled.
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