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Home Front: WoT
Fla. Suspects Allege Mishandling of Quran
2005-06-20
MIAMI - Two men accused of supporting terrorism by recruiting Muslim extremists are seeking dismissal of the charges, alleging that jailers mishandled a Quran and conducted inappropriate searches of their cells. Attorneys for Adhan Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi said in court motions that jailers disrespectfully tossed Hassoun's Quran on his bunk and left 8,000 pages of trial papers in disarray.
Boo freaking hoo.
The incidents occurred in May and June at a federal detention center in downtown Miami and amount to government misconduct and unconstitutional intrusion on trial preparation, according to the motions filed Friday.
"By depriving the defendants of the confidentiality of their own case-related notes, the government has destroyed any possible confidence that their case can be prepared with privacy," the attorneys wrote.
I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think anything a prisoner has in his cell is not subject to a search.
Jayyousi, a U.S. citizen and former assistant superintendent of Detroit public schools, has been in isolation since he was arrested in March and transferred to Miami. Hassoun, a Lebanese-born Palestinian, has been held in solitary confinement for nearly a year following two years in an immigration jail.
They are accused of conspiring in the 1990s to raise money and recruit Muslim extremists to fight in Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya and Somalia. They allegedly recruited Jose Padilla, a former Chicago gang member and Muslim convert who is held by the United States as an enemy combatant.
Arrested in May 2002, Padilla allegedly planned attacks on the United States, including use of a radioactive "dirty bomb."
The trial for Jayyousi and Hassoun is set for September 2006, which would leave them in solitary for another year. Their attorneys are seeking an end to their solitary confinement through release or house arrest. The two face life terms if convicted. Alicia Valle, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office, said Monday that prosecutors would respond in writing. Messages left at the jail were not immediately returned.
Posted by:Steve

#13  How about doing a print run of the Koran on pigskin parchment and donating them to libraries?
Posted by: Iblis   2005-06-20 21:55  

#12  And hire a buxom blonde 20-something to MC and narrate.
Posted by: badanov   2005-06-20 21:53  

#11  I am considering takign up a collection to buy several dozen Qurans. Then take my digital video cam, and a buddy's woodchipper...

And for added effect, show the shreds being used as pig-pen bedding, to absorb all the pig piss & manure it can get.

Put that on the net.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-06-20 21:22  

#10  Just shoot them. That way, we don't have to provide anything to them. If they're American citizens, they lied to get their citizenship. If they're not, they're foreign combatants waging war against the US, and not due prisoner of war status. You also save a huge chunk of change by not having to feed, clothe, bathe, or cater to their whims. It also sends a POWERFUL message to their 'friends'. Just line 'em up against the back of the jail, and start shooting. no shot more than chest high. Leave them out overnight for the buzzards and 'possums to chow down on.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2005-06-20 20:52  

#9  Koranic Phrase of the day toilet paper - just like Word of the day. "Clean both ends at once" could be the motto.
Posted by: flash91   2005-06-20 18:48  

#8  A great new product idea: disposable Karens. Yes, your flushable, mishandle-able Karens that can take a descretation lickin' and keep on tickin. Impress our muslim friends.
Posted by: Captain America   2005-06-20 17:57  

#7  I think each of the Holey 'Q'u'ra'ms' issued to the prisoners should have a little flip cartoon on each corner, maybe stickmen having sex with stick sheeps, MAD like steam powered blimps puffing along, the idea being to entertain and instruct.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-06-20 17:02  

#6  For a start, no more friggin Korans!

No kidding! Why are we giving our enemies the ammunition to use against us?!? As far as I know, if you are in the klink, you have absolutely no rights to own anything.
Posted by: Dreadnought   2005-06-20 16:53  

#5  Give them a Bible. See if they desecrate it? If they do, let's watch the left squirm, and tell us the difference. After all, is'nt a prison to reform people?
Posted by: plainslow   2005-06-20 15:44  

#4  One more idiotic complaint about "abusing" the Koran and it'll be time to set up a website dedicated to pictures and video of Korans being desecrated.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-06-20 15:44  

#3  Did we give a copy of Mein Kampf to SS prisoners? Of course, after Malmedy, there were no prisoners to worry about.
Posted by: Jackal   2005-06-20 15:44  

#2  It appears that the inmates are starting to believe that they run the asylum. I might suggest that we disavow them of that notion, and fast.
For a start, no more friggin Korans!
Posted by: tu3031   2005-06-20 15:11  

#1  These terrorist rights advocates can go on beating their chests about the stupidity of their support for the terrorist's legal processes but it will most definitely back fire on them.

As far as the Quran is concerned, burn the thing in front of them. To terrorists it is just another Al Qaeda manual.
Posted by: RG   2005-06-20 14:42  

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