[KRQE] Verdict reached in first trial for man accused of killing 3 Muslim men in Albuquerque
A jury on Monday found Muhammad Syed
…more fully Muhammad Atif Syed, immigrant from Afghanistan. He was originally said to have killed them because he was angry his daughter married a Shiite. His son, Shaheen Syed A.K.A. Maiwand, who had a habit of beating up his sister, had drivers licenses from Florida and Albuquerque, though he never lived at the Florida address, used a fake address to buy guns, and is thought to have worked with his father in hunting down targets…
guilty of first-degree murder for the July 26, 2022, killing of Aftab Hussein, a 41-year-old Pakistani immigrant in Albuquerque.
Police said Hussein was shot on Rhode Island Street near Copper. Jury deliberation started on Monday morning around 9:00am. It took them only two hours to reach their verdict.
Both the defense and the prosecution rested their cases on Friday after four days of testimony and 20 witnesses. Syed did not testify during the trial. Syed is now a convicted murderer, but the prosecution says his motive is still unknown.
“There’s only minimal conjecture on possible motive. As best we can tell, the motive in this may truly be a random serial killer type of mentality that we will never understand,” says David Waymire, prosecuting attorney.
“Certainly we felt relief, I think that the relief that we feel is certain upon us but as well as the community. We’re just proud of the verdict, proud of the work the jury did in deliberations,” says Jordan Machin, prosecuting attorney.
The prosecution team says they believe the cell phone records putting Syed in the area of the shooting, the gun linked to him, and the note Syed wrote in his Notes app saying he would ‘test’ his AK-47 minutes before the murder all helped make the case.
Syed’s defense team expressed disappointment with the verdict: “We respect the jury system. This is the best system in the world. Obviously we’re disappointed but the jury made their decision, they made a unanimous decision regarding our clients guilt and we have to respect that,” says Thomas Clark, defense attorney for Syed.
“Well certainly we respect their decision but we are understandably disappointed on behalf of our client,” says Megan Mitsunaga, defense attorney for Syed.
Syed still faces two other murder trials for two separate killings that took place in 2022. The next trial that’s expected to take place is for 27-year-old Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, a UNM alumni and Espanola city planner who was shot and killed while walking near his house at night near Cornell and Coal Avenue.
His brother, Muhammad Imtiaz Hussain, has been following this case and also spoke out Monday: “At least it give us a little bit of relief at least, that person who has potential of killing innocent lives, he is behind the bar and no other brother, no other son, will become victim of that hate-monger.”
The third trial is expected to be for 25-year-old Naeem Hussain. Police said Hussain was shot to death while sitting in his car in the parking lot of Lutheran Family Services on Truman off San Mateo, just north of Central Avenue.
No word yet on when the next trial will be scheduled. At sentencing, Syed faces life behind bars without parole for this first degree murder charge. His defense team says they plan to appeal the charge to the state supreme court, but plan to do so after the third murder trial has concluded.
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Deputy District Attorney David Waymire said ... "As best we can tell, this could be a case of a serial killer where there's a motive known only to them and not something that we can really understand."
[IsraelTimes] As pro-Paleostinian activists target institutions from delis to art galleries to a cancer hospital, event organizers prioritize attendees’ safety even at the cost of attendance
When event producer Erez Safar announced a Valentine’s Day comedy show to raise funds for survivors of the Hamas ...one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,... -led October 7 onslaught on Israel, the flyer included a date, time and photo of headliner Daniel Ryan Spaulding, the non-Jewish comic who has stood out since the attack for his pro-Israel activism. But fans hoping to attend the show wouldn’t be able to get there by looking at the poster. All it said was "Location upon RSVP."
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[KavkazUzel] The guilt of Malgobek resident Khavazh Derbichev, sentenced to 15.5 years in the case of financing terrorism, was not proven; Khavazh himself and the witness in the case gave the testimony required by the security forces under torture, Derbichev’s father and his lawyer said.
As the Caucasian Knot reported, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Malgobek resident Khavazh Derbichev to 15.5 years in prison, finding him guilty of aiding and abetting the organization of financing the Islamic State*.
According to investigators, Derbichev provided his friend Ilyas Kartoev with his own bank cards, and Kartoev, with their help, directed more than 13 million rubles to finance ISIS. Investigators believed that Derbichev received money from Kartoev for using the cards and knew about the purpose of the funds. Khavazh Derbichev's father and his lawyer insisted that the defendant did not know about Kartoev's intentions and was not connected with his operations.
Khavazh Derbichev was detained in connection with the financing of terrorism in August 2022, together with Tamerlan Kartoev. A native of Ingushetia, Ilyas Kartoev, who has been put on the wanted list, is also involved in the case. According to the investigation, the latter transferred five thousand rubles to Derbichev monthly for using his bank cards. From this statement, investigators concluded that Derbichev knew about the illegal nature of his acquaintance’s actions.
Khavazh Derbichev turned 40 years old in January of this year; he has three minor children. He graduated from school with excellent results and received a higher legal education, his father Magomed Derbichev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
“We cannot understand why such a harsh sentence? In fact, out of the millions announced, he was charged with 16 thousand 100 rubles. 15 thousand of this money was sent to him by his maternal uncle, the origin of another 1100 rubles was never even established. "It was his own money that sentenced him to 15.5 years. Both his relatives and neighbors, everyone who knows him, are shocked by such a monstrous sentence. I explain this reprisal only by the fact that he is a nationalist, an Ingush," said the father of the accused.
Khavazh was detained at his home; during the preliminary investigation, he was subjected to torture and violence by the security services, said Magomed Derbichev.
“He himself was subjected to pressure and his wife, when she was pregnant - they scared her that the child would be taken away, they demanded that she slander her husband, that he was guilty, that he had done everything on purpose. They put a bag over Khavazh’s head, they threatened to push a stick into his anus, because he incriminated himself. He was not given any medical examination, and when he reported the torture, there were no longer any traces on his body,” said the father of the convict.
According to Magomed, his son knew Ilyas Kartoev from childhood, who organized the collection of charitable funds for Khavazh cards. “They studied together, grew up together. He asked to open a card in his name and give it to him for use, said that it was needed for a charity project. Of course, Khavazh did not suspect anything like that, and would never expose himself and his family to such a risk "- said Magomed Derbichev.
The defendant's lawyer, Mustafa Garakoev, filed a complaint against the verdict. The defense insists that the court misinterpreted the rules of procedural law and demands that the verdict be overturned due to the lack of proof of Derbichev’s guilt.
“We are still waiting for the reasoning part of the decision, but I filed a preliminary complaint on March 14, so as not to miss the deadline. We believe that Khavazh’s guilt has not been proven. He was charged with the period when he allegedly became aware of Kartoev’s activities. In total, from February 2018 to September 22 In 2021, the turnover on the card was 29 million 975 thousand rubles. Khavazh was charged with the amount of 13 million rubles for the period from April 16 to September 22, 2021. We proved that there was no such amount, the case was returned for further investigation, and the prosecution went to court with an amount of 16 thousand 100 rubles - this money arrived on the card within six months, during which Khavazh knew about Kartoev’s activities. Of which, 1100 rubles were unknown from where, and 15 thousand rubles were transferred by his uncle, whom we interrogated in court, presented extracts, and he confirmed it. This, if not falsification, then at least a mistake by the investigator," lawyer Mustafa Garakoev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
According to the lawyer, Khavazh Kartoev only knew that his cards were used to raise funds for the construction of wells in Africa. "He was summoned for an interview by FSB officers on April 16, 2021. There is this interview in the file. There is not a word there that Khavazh was notified or from which he understood that Kartoev was involved in financing terrorism. Khavazh was asked who he gave the cards to and how he did it, they didn’t talk about its financing [of terrorism]. The period from April 16, 2021 until the day the card was blocked,” said the lawyer.
In accusing Derbichev of premeditation of his actions, investigators obtained the testimony of a witness dependent on them, Adam Kartoev, the defense lawyer noted. "Derbichev said in court that he was tortured, beaten, forced to testify against himself. He incriminated himself, that he knew that he was involved in this financing. There was a witness, Adam Kartoev, who claimed that in Malgobek he met with Khavazh and Tamerlan Kartoev, and both allegedly told him that they knew that Ilyas was involved in financing. Derbichev said that Adam was also beaten and bullied for giving such testimony. Adam also gave away his cards, and at the moment when he took them, they were already blocked,” the lawyer said, adding that all procedural actions during the preliminary investigation took place in the presence of a public defender and in violation of the rights of Khavazh Derbichev.
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[KavkazUzel] Employees of the Grozny pre-trial detention center, where Adam Kadyrov beat Nikita Zhuravel, were punished after an inspection, according to a document published by the Baza telegram channel.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on September 25, 2023, Ramzan Kadyrov published a video recording of his son Adam beating Nikita Zhuravel in a pre-trial detention center. The head of Chechnya praised his son for this act. After this, Adam Kadyrov received the title of Hero of Chechnya and the highest state awards of Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria, and in total at least nine state and public awards.
You can read more about the Zhuravel case in the Caucasian Knot information “ The beating of Nikita Zhuravel: why did Kadyrov’s men need to publish the video.”
According to an official letter from the Investigative Committee, employees of the Grozny pre-trial detention center where Nikita Zhuravel was beaten were punished, the anonymous telegram channel Baza reports today.
“According to the document, the bodies of inquiry conducted an inspection against Adam Kadyrov. Based on the results of the inspection, employees of pre-trial detention center No. 1 of the city of Grozny were punished for what happened - they were allegedly “brought to disciplinary responsibility.” Exactly how they were punished is not indicated in the document,” - the message says.
The publication is illustrated with a photocopy of a response dated March 14 and containing a signature on behalf of the seconded senior investigator Duruev.
The recipient of the response is not indicated on the published photocopy. The text of the document states that the “online appeal addressed to the deputy director of the FSB” does not contain “issues falling within the competence of the investigative department of the Russian Investigative Committee for the Chechen Republic,” since “the body of inquiry has already carried out an inspection” in accordance with “the established jurisdiction,” and officials of the pre-trial detention center were “brought to disciplinary liability.”
The "Caucasian Knot" cannot verify the authenticity of the published document. As of 16.55 Moscow time, on the websites of the ICR department for Chechnya and the republican Federal Penitentiary Service, there is no information about the disciplinary punishment of the pre-trial detention center employees and which department carried out the inspection.
Let us recall that on February 27, a court in Grozny sentenced Nikita Zhuravel to 3.5 years in prison, finding him guilty of violating the right to religion and hooliganism. The defense said it would appeal the verdict.
On May 20, 2023, security forces detained Nikita Zhuravel in Volgograd. According to investigators, the detainee said that he recorded a video of the burning of the Koran at the direction of the Ukrainian special services and received 10 thousand rubles for it. He handed over the recording to an employee of the Ukrainian special services, for whom he also filmed military facilities, Sledkom reported. After Zhuravel’s arrest, the head of the Investigative Committee ordered that his case be transferred to Chechnya, explaining this by appeals from residents of the republic who asked to be recognized as the injured party. On May 27, 2023, Zhuravel was taken to the Grozny pre-trial.
[israelTimes] When Sabine Thonke joined a recent demonstration in Berlin against Germany’s far-right party, it was the first time in years she felt hopeful that the growing power of the Lions of Islam in her country could be stopped. Thonke, 59, had been following the rise of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, with unease. But when she heard about a plan to deport millions of people, she felt called to action.
"I never thought such inhuman ideas would be gaining popularity in Germany again. I thought we had learned the lessons from our past," Thonke said.
Many Germans believed their country had developed an immunity to nationalism and assertions of racial superiority after confronting the horrors of its Nazi past through education and laws to outlaw persecution.
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Smiling as he attempts to slide a knife into Israel’s back.
[IsraelTimes] US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says Israel weighs into American politics more than the US weighs into Israeli politics, amid fury in Jerusalem over Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is 48.28466 years. Senate minority leader as of 2017... ’s call for early elections in Israel to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Sullivan is asked during a press briefing whether the US could do more to speak directly to the Israeli people regarding its concerns over a mass IDF invasion of Rafah. He says it is ironic that the press is asking that question given Netanyahu’s recent appearance in American media, in which he has blasted Washington for interfering in Israeli politics.
"In fact, we don’t do nearly as much as they speak into ours," Sullivan asserts without elaborating. Pot, Kettle
Netanyahu has long been criticized by Democrats over what they saw was his support for Republican presidential nominee Willard Mitt Romney, aka Pierre Delecto ...former governor of Massachussetts, the Publican nominee for president in 2012, now Senator from Utah. He is the son of the former governor of Michigan, George Romney, who himself ran for president after saving American Motors from failure, though not permanently. Romney has a record as a successful businessman, heading Bain Capital, and he rescued the 2002 Winter Olympics from the midst of bribery and mismanagement scandals. He is currently a trans Republican and a member in good standing of the Never Trump Party, attempting to assume the mantle of the late John McCain... in 2012, but more notably the 2015 speech that the Israeli premier organized in Congress behind then-president Barack Obama That’s just how white folks will do you.... ’s back in order to lobby politicians against the Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... nuclear deal that Obama was seeking to ink.
Sullivan appears to try and soften his criticism, saying it was not "a constructive answer to your question, just an observation."
He reveals that Netanyahu on the call raised his concern regarding "a variety of things that have come out in the American press," but avoids detailing them further.
"From President Biden’s perspective, this is not a question of politics, it’s not a question of public statements, it’s a question of policy and strategy. That’s what he’s focused on, that’s what he was focused on in the call," Sullivan says.
Biden is not focused on what’s popular or on shaping public opinion, but rather in advancing his broader regional initiative to see a two-state solution with Israel enjoying normalized relations with all of its Arab neighbors, Sullivan maintains.
"While it is true that many voices in Israel can’t see that today, that is not going to alter the president’s view... that that is what is not just in the US national security interest, but it’s really the only solution to secure Israel’s future as a democratic, Jewish state that is secure and at peace with its neighbors, including its most immediate neighbors — the Paleostinian people."
[Townhall] ...As the IDF turns the Gaza Strip into a barrier reef, the Biden administration, caving to left-wing pressure, has vowed to deliver mountains of food aid to supposedly starving Palestinians. We’re building a floating pier to ensure maximum efficiency regarding the distribution of supplies. American troops are on the ground in Gaza to assist in this effort to re-supply terrorist elements in the Gaza Strip.
And how have Palestinians responded to this humanitarian assistance? With contempt and disappointment. They don’t like the food. What were they expecting? Gourmet meals? But they're REALLY starving
p.s. Notice a piquant point: in the video he says he bought it in the market. The free humaniterian aid - intended for the starving, is sold in a market
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As has been said. We give aid and they hate us. We could probably be hated just as much for free.
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"Infidels! Where is the fresh shwarma?"
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Could have been worse. Could have sent them Arbee’s
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Note that the Palestinian gentleman unwrapping the MRE — that he bought in the marketplace — comments that at least the peanut butter tastes like what he’s accustomed to in Canada.
This explains his fluent, nearly accent-free English.
Bibi and the big guy spoke together by phone some time later on Monday, which seems to me less interesting than this blunt public statement.
[IsraelTimes] Speaking in Israel to the leadership of AIPAC, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insinuates that criticism from Washington over the conduct of the war on Hamas ...the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... is "deliberately false," and expressed for domestic political gain.
"The description [from Washington] is you have an outlier prime minister with some extreme fringe groups and that’s what’s driving the policy," Netanyahu says. "False. I would say deliberately false. They know it’s false. But that falsehood is perpetrated and it’s wrong."
Netanyahu says that Israelis are unified behind the war aims of destroying Hamas and bringing the hostages back.
"I’ve said this to the president," says Netanyahu. "I’ve said this to the people that I’ve talked to. They keep saying that local politics is interfering with this."
"They may be right," he continues. "On which side of the pond?"
Biden, trailing Republican challenger Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... in polls, has seen support drop since October 7, especially among progressives and Moslem Americans.
"We have to stand together and win this war," Netanyahu insists. "We have to stand together here and we have to stand together there."
[IsraelTimes] US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Monday confirmed Israel killed the deputy commander of Hamas ...always the voice of sweet reason... ’s military wing in a recent strike, becoming the first official in any government to publicly do so.
"Hamas’s number three, Marwan Issa, was killed in an Israeli operation last week," Sullivan said during a White House press briefing. "The rest of the top leaders are in hiding, likely deep in the Hamas tunnel network, and justice will come for them too. We are helping to ensure that."
Sullivan noted US President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body.... and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed Israel’s military operations in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... during their phone call Monday, with the former "emphasiz[ing] his bone-deep commitment to ensuring the long-term security of Israel and [re]-affirm[ing]...that Israel has a right to go after Hamas, the perpetrators of the worst massacre of the Jewish people since the Holocaust."
Big of him to say so, under the circumstances.
"Israel has made significant progress against Hamas. They’ve broken a significant number of Hamas battalions and killed thousands of Hamas fighters including senior commanders," Sullivan added.
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Sullivan says, "The rest of the top leaders are in hiding, likely deep in the Hamas tunnel network, and justice will come for them too. We are helping to ensure that."
Actually, the USA seems to be helping to prevent the death of #1 and #2
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^ War crimes presennted as "not taking sides."
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[IsraelTimes] Minister asserts women were raped and murdered on October 7 ’because there were not enough weapons,’ saying his office has given out permits to tens of thousands of women
Putting more weapons on the streets has made Israel safer, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir declared on Monday, celebrating the fact that his office has approved 100,000 gun licenses since October 7.
"This week, we reached a milestone at the National Security Ministry: The 100,000th citizen received their firearms license," said Ben Gvir, standing in front of a poster with an image of a handgun and the slogan "100K Israelis armed," ahead of his far-right Otzma Yehudit party’s weekly faction meeting in the Knesset.
"In fact, out of 299,354 applications submitted since the war...more than 100,000 citizens have already been approved to arm themselves, because weapons save lives," he said.
"We have seen throughout the last months how much a weapon saves lives," he continued, stating "the dimensions of the [October 7] disaster were less" in places where "civilians could protect themselves."
"We have also seen this in recent [terror] attacks, and I think that the work at the National Security Ministry is proving itself," he added.
Asked about concerns relating to crime and domestic violence raised by women’s groups, concerned by the influx of guns in the public sphere, Ben Gvir responded that his ministry is working to make sure that weapons only end up "in the right hands."
Women were raped and murdered on October 7 "because there were not enough weapons," he argued, adding that he had given out permits to "tens of thousands of armed women who can now defend themselves."
Requests for gun permits surged following Hamas ...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... ’s massive attack, and the National Security Ministry granted temporary authority to approve gun license applications to his personal staff appointees, Knesset employees and others.
Between October 7 and mid-November, more requests for gun permits were filed than in the previous 20 years.
Hebrew daily Haaretz claimed in December that thousands of licenses were granted illegally, and that Ben Gvir intervened personally to help former spy-for-Israel Jonathan Pollard overcome police and court objections to his obtaining a gun license.
Last November, the United States reportedly delayed a shipment of 4,500 M-16 rifles due to concerns that Ben Gvir would use them to arm settlers in the West Bank and was inappropriately distributing the weapons at political events.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for 
...the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
