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2013/03/29 10:39:25
Subject: US Vet Arrested For Fighting With Al Qaeda
So a US vet goes to Syria and joins al Nursa Front, known as Al Qaeda in Iraq, to fight the against the Assad regime and posted pics on Facebook about it. When he came back into the US he was arrested, the specific charges relating to using an RPG apparently. So, there is that.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
2013/03/29 11:18:30
Subject: US Vet Arrested For Fighting With Al Qaeda
Evidently the Lincoln Brigade is no longer the hip thing. Course they got slaughtered too...
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2013/03/29 11:29:16
Subject: US Vet Arrested For Fighting With Al Qaeda
AlexHolker wrote: When did the US start using that definition for "weapon of mass destruction"? Because it sounds deliberately deceptive.
After some UN inspectors discovered a bathroom I'd visited after some particularly spicy enchiladas. As the immortal bard said:
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2013/03/29 13:50:22
Subject: US Vet Arrested For Fighting With Al Qaeda
AlexHolker wrote: When did the US start using that definition for "weapon of mass destruction"? Because it sounds deliberately deceptive.
Yeah, if an RPG counts as a "weapon of mass destruction" now, then Iraq had loads and loads of WMDs in 2003 (along with a ton of other Middle Eastern, South American, Asian, and African countries). There are WMDs all over the place!
AlexHolker wrote: When did the US start using that definition for "weapon of mass destruction"? Because it sounds deliberately deceptive.
It's been used like that for quite awhile, as far as I know.
You have to remember that there are multiple "definitions" that are used. This is one instance where Wikipedia comes quite in handy.
Nice info, I wasn't aware of the difference before now;
Criminal (Civilian)
For the purposes of US Criminal law concerning terrorism,[28] weapons of mass destruction are defined as:
any destructive device defined as any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas bomb, grenade, rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces, missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce, mine, or device similar to any of the devices described in the preceding clauses[29]
any weapon that is designed or intended to cause death or serious bodily injury through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals, or their precursors
any weapon involving a biological agent, toxin, or vector
any weapon that is designed to release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life[30]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's definition is similar to that presented above from the terrorism statute:[31]
any explosive or incendiary device, as defined in Title 18 USC, Section 921: bomb, grenade, rocket, missile, mine, or other device with a charge of more than four ounces
any weapon designed or intended to cause death or serious bodily injury through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals or their precursors
any weapon involving a disease organism
any weapon designed to release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life
any device or weapon designed or intended to cause death or serious bodily injury by causing a malfunction of or destruction of an aircraft or other vehicle that carries humans or of an aircraft or other vehicle whose malfunction or destruction may cause said aircraft or other vehicle to cause death or serious bodily injury to humans who may be within range of the vector in its course of travel or the travel of its debris.
Indictments and convictions for possession and use of WMD such as truck bombs,[32] pipe bombs,[33] shoe bombs,[34] cactus needles coated with botulin toxin,[35] etc. have been obtained under 18 USC 2332a.
The Washington Post reported on 30 March 2006: "Jurors asked the judge in the death penalty trial of Zacarias Moussaoui today to define the term 'weapons of mass destruction' and were told it includes airplanes used as missiles". Moussaoui was indicted and tried for the use of airplanes as WMD.
