Padilla - Not Guilty of Dirty Bomb Charges

When the US Republican Guard arrested Jose Padilla, they charged that he 
was a member of al Quaeda, working on a project to set off a nuclear 
device inside the US.

After the NeoChristians tortured him for years, his lawyers finally  got 
at the truth.  He wasn't a nuclear bomber, as the Republicans accuse so 
many Muslims of being.  He wasn't even a *member* of al Quaeda.

He was just garden variety street thug with no education, and no 
religious zealotry.  But the Republicans were so married to the idea 
that he was Osama bin Laden's made man that they just couldn't accept 
that undeniable fact.

Now, after all the unsubstantiated, faith-based accusations have been 
dismissed, he has been found guilty of "providing material sup****t" to 
al Quaeda.

His crime - he made a tuition payment and submitted an application to go 
to a school that trains people to serve as al Quaedans.  When he made 
that payment (about $50), he "provided material sup****t to al Quaeda".

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In a related story, thousands of US State Department issued Glok 9mm 
ceramic pistols that can pass through metal detectors without setting 
off the alarm went missing, and have begun turning up in the hands of 
gang members on the streets of Turkey.

It is not known why the US would ****p so MANY weapons to the hundred or 
so diplomats in Iraq - or why they remained silent when the weapons 
"went missing".