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Alexandria County Sheriff's Dept. / AP file
John Walker Lindh is seen in a file photo originally released by the Alexandria County Sheriff's Department in Alexandria, Va. The photo was made on Jan. 23, 2002.
Updated at 3:30 p.m. ET: American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh testified Monday that the U.S. government is forcing him to sin by denying him the right to pray daily with other Muslims in the highly restricted federal prison unit where he is detained.
He made his comments during the first day of a closely watched trial that will examine how far prison officials can go to ensure security in the age of terrorism.
Lindh was captured in Afghanistan and imprisoned in the United States after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States by Islamic extremists.
Lindh testified in federal court in Indianapolis that the Terre Haute, Ind., prison where he's serving a 20-year sentence for aiding Afghanistan's Taliban government before its overthrow allows prisoners to eat, talk, play cards and exercise together, but bans daily group prayer. He contends this violates a 1993 law barring the government from curtailing inmates' religious expression without showing it has a compelling interest.
Lindh, 31, adheres to a school of Islam that requires group prayer five times a day, if possible.
"I believe it's obligatory," Lindh said. "If you're required to do it in congregation and you don't, then that's a sin."
Attorneys for the government maintain that Lindh's own behavior since he was placed in the unit in 2007 proves the risks of allowing group prayer.
The government says in court documents that Lindh delivered a "radical, all-Arabic sermon" to other Muslim prisoners in February that was in keeping with techniques in a manual seized from al-Qaida members that details how terrorists should conduct themselves when they are imprisoned.
Lindh's sermon proves "that religious activities led by Muslim inmates are being used as a vehicle for radicalization and violence in the CMU," the government claims.
The prison warden halted daily group prayers in 2009 and allowed them only on the holy day of Friday.
Lindh accuses the government of going too far in its drive for security and trampling on his freedom of religion by restricting group prayers among Muslim inmates.
A cluster of U.S. marshals surrounded a shackled Lindh as he was brought into the courtroom on Monday morning. He was wearing an olive green prison uniform and a white prayer cap. He smiled at his mother, who was sitting in the third row of the courtroom gallery.
The bearded Lindh was led out after two hours of testimony.
With the help of a glossary for court officials, Lindh guided the court through a series of lessons on Muslim prayer traditions.
Lindh has been held in the federal unit at Terre Haute since 2007. He was charged with supporting terrorists after his capture by U.S. troops in Afghanistan and later pleaded guilty to lesser charges.
Muslims are required to pray five times a day, and the Hanbali school to which Lindh belongs requires group prayer if it is possible. But inmates in the Communications Management Unit are allowed to pray together only once a week, except during Ramadan. At other times, they must pray in their individual cells. Lindh claims that doesn't meet the Quran's requirements and is inappropriate because he is forced to kneel in close proximity to his toilet.
Thomas Farr, a former diplomat who now teaches at Georgetown University and studies religion and terrorism, said common sense suggests that the prison's need for security would outweigh Lindh's religious rights.
"The foremost responsibility of prison officials, as de facto proxies for the American people, is to prevent Mr. Lindh from obtaining any capacity to plan or carry out attacks on them," he wrote in an email. "That is why he is in prison, and if that is not a compelling state interest, I do not know what is."
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, which is representing Lindh, contends the policy violates a federal law barring the government from restricting religious activities without showing a compelling need.
"This is an open unit where prisoners are basically out all day," said ACLU legal director Ken Falk, who noted that inmates are allowed to play basketball and board games, watch television and converse as long as they speak English so the guards can understand. "They can do basically any peaceful activity except praying," he said. "It makes no sense to say this is one activity we're going to prohibit in the name of security."
Falk said Lindh's speech wasn't radical and was given during the weekly prayer that inmates are permitted. He said Lindh was not disciplined for the speech.
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The self-contained unit in which Lindh resides has 43 inmates, 24 of whom are Muslim. Inmates are under open and covert audio and video surveillance, and except for talks with their attorney, all of their phone calls are monitored. Prisoners are not allowed to touch their family members when they come for their tightly limited visits. They must speak English at all times except when reciting ritual prayers in Arabic.
Without such tight security, the government claims, the prisoners would be able to conspire with outsiders to commit terrorist or criminal acts.
Joe Hogsett, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, said he believes decisions about prison regulations are best made by prison officials, "not by convicted terrorists and other dangerous criminals who reside there."
"Mr. Lindh is allowed to pray in his cell; he's allowed to pray wherever he happens to be as many times every day as his religion suggests to him that he should," Hogsett said. "Where the rules must draw the line is, how often must prison officials allow prisoners to congregate together?"
According to court documents, daily prayers were allowed from the time the unit opened in 2006 until May 2007, when Muslim inmates refused to stop in the middle of a prayer to return to their cells during a fire emergency.
The lawsuit was originally filed in 2009 by two Muslim inmates in the unit. Lindh joined the lawsuit in 2010, and the case has drawn far more attention since then. The other plaintiffs have dropped out as they were released from prison or transferred to other units.
Lindh had been charged with conspiring to kill Americans and support terrorists, but those charges were dropped in a plea agreement. He is serving a 20-year sentence for supplying services to the now-defunct Taliban government of Afghanistan and carrying explosives for them. He is eligible for release in 2019.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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There should be the 'separation of church and state'. no prayer groups .
Prisoners are prisoners. They don't have rights as far as im concerned.
This is just this dirt bags excuse to congrigate with the other radical Muslim's and cause problems for the prison administration. Wanna pray? Put your rug on the floor in your cell and do it!
Prisoners have the ability to attend church services every Sunday in most prisons. When you cherry pick which religion you allow this for then you ARE in violation of the right to freedom of religion because this exemplifies the gov'ts favoritism of one religion over another.
I am not too familiar with protocols for Muslim prayer, but if doing it in groups and away from toilets is required then why can't they try splitting the prayer into small groups of 5 and be supervised by 1 or 2 guards in each room in case one of the prisoners tried to incite a riot? And if they do have offenders only they will be confined to their cells. Provide some incentive for good behavior. But since Lindh has already started trouble amongst groups he should automatically be omitted.
That way no one's religious practices are being compromised and any dialogue outside of prayer can be closely monitored.
When the lights go out at night they should beat this traitors @ss everynight until he prays for them to stop. This B tch needs to learn who runs the prison.
because this is prision and while i do respect peoples right i dont expect them to have religious laws to over rule our own. you have the right as an individual to freedom of religion. you do not have the right to dictate that religion to everyone else.
Now for some of you who dont know a inmates day is empty. so it must be filled. This is a great breading ground for any type of fundamentalist to gain more people to their cause. I suggest some of you calm down your why should they be allowed to do this function and look at the big picture.
Is t he inmate treated like a human being? Is the inmate feed 3 meals a day? is the inmate allow to have recreational activity? is the inmate allowed to pray? yes to all three, then everything else is gravy.
the function of freedom is that one is free. The function of a prison is to not be free and pay a time fee for doing a crime. This time fee is a hope you will learn your lesson of not committing the crime again. It sometimes work
I thought the American Taliban was meeting in Tampa, FL this week to vow to outlaw abortion, contraception, women working, eliminate Medicare, and anoint Willard Romney as their mullah.
"Prisoners are prisoners. They don't have rights as far as im concerned"
It's fascinating that you hold this opinion. Unfortunately for you, it flies directly in the face of long-standing legal precedent according to which prisoners do indeed retain certain rights.
That's funny, coming from "tolstoy"'
Lindh was a member of Al Qeada, not the Taliban. The equivalent of the Taliban in the US are the Evangelicals, the New Apostolic Reformation and their Prayer warriors". I think one religion is as detrimental to society as another, I do not think any religion should be allowed in prison, especially not the three that are causing all the problems in the world today, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. If you say no prayer in prison then that should hold true for every religion, not just Islam.
This man should have lost all rights, (ok, his life) when he took arms up against US troops. As for religious practices keep it between the individual & the invisable being in the sky. American traders should have no rights.
Bodydouble, the next time you have a thought, you would do well to keep it to yourself. When you open your mouth, stupidity comes out.
@Lolly-- "The prison warden halted daily group prayers in 2009 and allowed them only on the holy day of Friday."
They are still allowed to pray together once a week, just as the Christains attending church on Sunday are allowed to pray together once a week. They are simply not allowed to pray together 5 times a day every day.
Reading is fundamental, kids!
@ levtolstoy2 so you beleive prisoners shud have rights( the right to kill / the right to steal /the right to think that they are above the law ) get a life if you commit a crime you do time depending on the crime depends on the time you do. these bunch of a***Holes shud be locked up n the key thrown away and someone shud come back in 5 to 10 years to see if they are still alive and if not scoop up the remains and throw it in the bin . they deserve no less
There is an easy solution to this. Don't let the Christians (or any other religious group) congregate for prayer and then you're not picking one religion over another. I think that ANY religion has the capability of producing terrorists... so ban them all and treat them like prisoners! I shudder to think he's out in 2019!
For all of you that can't read, they are given the chance to pray, in group, once a day on the holy day of friday, just like the christians are permitted to pray together on their holy day of sunday. Just cause this A$$clown wants to waste his time by praying in group 5 times a day(to me any religion that requires that is a little strange, but to each his own), then he can pray five times a day by himself.
On a different note, how can one religion have so many different requirements, depending on the sect/group you belong to. I mean depending on who you talk to, rules go from one extreme to the other. In one, women are allowed education and must maintain limited coverings. On the other side, women can't leave the house and when they do they must be covered head to toe, with only a small slit for eyes. Now before anyone declares jihad on me, I'm just curious.
It isn't required to pray together, but one should have a valid excuse. Being incarcerated would be one of those. I have looked through the major fatwa web sites and I have read Quran, Ha'dith and Sira.
http://ashraf786.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=print&thread=1963
http://www.islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=showfatwa&Option=FatwaId&Id=88433
Please note that the ha'dith cited for praying together is a violent one about raising arms together for war.
How about a compromise. One hour a day they all get to be together to eat raw bacon.
Its funny that all you "freedom first" nutjobs are so eager to deny a muslim, but you would probably be up in arms if the christian inmates couldn't have mass on sunday.
think for yourself, haven't read a single post that backs up yours. try to think.
When you fly planes into buildings and kill thousands of people you lose your rights. Period. I don't care what you think you deserve, but you don't make the rules. I think he deserves death, but I'm not getting what I want either. I would usually be on my own soap box about the freedom of religion; however, when you are in prison you've no rights. Only the right to breathe, you can't even piss without someone elses say so on the norm. Why does he think he's so special. Besides.. is terrorism not against his religion? So if he's already broken the code, why worry bout it now.
Lolly1192....you bleeding hearts all belong in prison alongside these animals...lets see how nice they treat you....
@ Lolly1192,
Why not just put them in cages to keep them from harming each other in a room with a holly man of their faith. No one would need to guard them and they could riot all they want. I know of no religion where people have to hold hands or get physical in any way, so a cage or cell for each in the same building wouldn't infringe on their rights to fellowship and go to church if that's what they want.
A 20 year prison sentence? Really? So possession of a Schedule 1 controlled substance is more dangerous than a person that joined a radical islamic terrorist network that uses suicide attacks as a common tactic? If he gets out in 20 years and hasn't changed his mind, what stops him from doing the same thing on American soil? I know cocaine dealers aren't exactly upstanding citizens, but I've yet to read a story about one blowing himself up in the name of the game.
Who in the hell is paying for all of this prayer crap? The taxpayer, that's who. If you want to pray in a group, behave yourself and stay out of prison. Once you have been convicted of being a religious terrorist, that is the compelling proof you are not mentally fit to be accorded the same rights and respect to assembly. It's not like he doesn't have time on his hands to pray anytime he needs to. Put him in with criminals of religious faiths different than his own, and political affiliations different than his own, if he's in need of social interaction, so by the time he's out he'll have a concept that the world isn't simple enough to be run with Dark Ages ideology,
Yes....sleuth23 Really!
So you never heard of flaming Richard running down the streets of LA? Or exploding Meth Labs Alabama?
Really you're nothing but a Troll out spewing your nasty Graffiti nonsense all over the Vines!
So in this guy's itty bitty mind its good to murder American soldiers but bad to pray in the same room as a toilet? The solution is easy, take out the toilet and give him a bucket.
Sorry about your luck. It seems that they always try to find ways to justify their actions. He already has committed a sin by following a radical religion that demands you to murder, and kill. I mean radicalized Islam. Not the Islam that many millions follow, who are good people.
OK: people are saying to kill this person and I get collapsed for :
I thought the American Taliban was meeting in Tampa, FL this week to vow to outlaw abortion, contraception, women working, eliminate Medicare, and anoint Willard Romney as their mullah.
Give me a break.
jag, you are an idiot ! it was not the Christians that are killed Americans on 9/11, it's the muslims fyi. don't compare a Christian with a terrorist. you say that any religion is capable of producing terrorism I don't know where you get your info from , but you are just talking out your ASS. I guess you are capable of producing terrorism, maybe people should watch out for you cuz you could be dangerous.
Why is he even still alive? The whole prayer thing is moot.
The SCUM should have been put in front of a FIRING SQUAD and EVERY RIFLE should have been loaded!! Why did that LOW LIFE get to plea bargen?!!
the ACLU are either @!$%#ing stupid or they are traitors, did they forget what happened on 9/11 and who was behind it? they ( terrorist and lindh ) would kill any American , including anyone from ACLU without giving it a second thought . maybe they ( ACLU ) should take the little SOB home with them since they obviously trust him so much.
Sorry pal, you are a convicted felon.Not to mention a traitor to you're country, you gave up ALL you're rights when you deemed it appropriate to turn on you're country.
Enjoy you're stay at the grey bar hotel, although a bullet would have been cheaper than to keep and protect you're sorry A$$.
I find it quite interesting that he hated America so much to turn against it and now he expects the rights of an American. He can go to hell.
A+ mdsj. Dead on.
WHERE were the police marksmen when you needed them?? Shoot 9 innocent civilians in NYC and let this scum make it into prison............Sorry but what a waste of space, food and $$ for someone who want to "pray in a group"
Hey Lindh, you brainwashed, treasonous Benedict Arnold...you gave up the right to group prayer with your crimes. Now go pray to Allah in private.
Amen Cable. He should never have left Afghanistan alive F'ing Traitor !
He has NO rights.
When the aclu is not busy with manbla they are attending to this poor wretch's inhumain treatment.
We should not be hearing a peep out of this pos-ever. In 20 when he is out he will go right back to his 'richeous' ways. You know, promoting the stoning of rape victims-beheading people for singing, and strapping bombs to children as proof of the undying love of boolah.
Fortunately, the Constitution of the United States and the United States Supreme Court disagree with both of you. The right to free practice of religion cannot be infringed under any circumstances whatsoever. Muslim prayer requires clean water or sand (actually true) and a Koran at the very minimum.
And freedom, I find your name, given your position, ironic at best.
Muslim religeon requires much. It requires that one not unjustly kill. It requires one obeys all the rules; not just the ones that suit you. Because he violated the laws with his treasonus acts he lost his freedom. It is no sin for him to pray in the conditions provided. Islam recognizes that a true believer is not always in optimum conditions. If he had been tried under Sharia law all this would be moot because he would have been executed; that is Islam for Traitors.
WTF, why is his bull$hit even considered, Hey a$$hole you are in prison not sunday school. Quit smoozen up to this guy and lock him down somewhere and forget where you put him, he's a freakin terrorist for christ's sake.
How about because he is an American citizen.
Wrong, he gave up the right to call himself an american the day he sided with American enemies to kill American soldiers.
"Muslims are required to pray five times a day, and the Hanbali school to which Lindh belongs requires group prayer if it is possible."
It's not possible, move along.
None of these scumbags have any rights whatsoever. That fool (lindh) lost ALL his rights when he became a cowardly terrorist. So sit down, shut up, or die.
Agreed with all with one exception. 'or' needs to be replaced with 'and'. (I am sure that it was an honest mistake)
Freedom,
the "or" is perfectly acceptable as in either sit down, shut up or (American Taliban's choice to do or not do) die.
John 3302557 - I think your message was loud and clear! As if the Taliban puke should have a choice because he surrendered rather than face his fate in Oct 2001.
Defensor Fortis
He should have been killed, not captured. He will be a problem and a threat as long as he lives.
Refer to post 16.3 below....
Who else would be pleased with "shot while trying to escape?"
Can I vote more than once?
another case of the inmates running the institution.
jh749 The inmates, at the instigtion of the ACLU, seem to be trying to place the wedge in the prison system! Good call however!
STFU and go back to your cell. Your lucky to be alive. Period
Give him the same rights a prisoner of the Taliban would get - the right to be beheaded!
He should have been executed as a traitor. Scum like him are a waste of skin and do not deserve anything except hell. Do him now so that he can have his 70+ virgin boys.
prayer can happen any were even on a tiolet, so his rights are not taken away, and as far as meetings with other inmates once a week is anough time to make problems he doesnt need more days with other inmates, just keep praying no matter were or whom he is with, this is prison not day camp with privileges .
Give him the same rights a prisoner of the Taliban would get - -
Mr Lind joined the army of a foriegn country for the purpose of participating in that country's civil war.
That act was not and is not illegal. The goverment that he fought for made the mistake of supporting the Al'Qaida terrorist organiztion. Is Mr. Lind to be held responsible for all of that government's actions? Are all US Vietnam era service personel criminals because the USA lauched a criminal illegal war against Vietnam? Mr. Lind was offered the opportunity to join the Al'Qaida terrorists, and he declined to do so. The US government has never presented any evidence whatsoever that Mr. Lind attacked or even planned to attack US citizens.
The Bush administration railroaded Mr. Lind into prison as a scapegoat because of its failure to capture or kill Osama ben Ladin. I do not believe that Mr. Lind is, or ever has been, any threat to the security of the USA. He should be given a full pardon and released immediately.
Your as crazy a Lind. He would kill you in a second if given the chance. Please move to Afghanistan if you don't like it here. Go outside and say the exact same thing to Americans in person and see how it turns out.
watch a tape of an islamic sermen, go ahead ill wait! ahh your back still think he should be given a pardon. while the fundamentals of islam are peaceful. many of the radicals didnt get that memo and bent of the kill kill kill part. I dont like the follow me or ill behead you part to much.
stupid. lind was part of the uprising that killed mike spann
....when lind get out of prison...spooks will terminate johnny walker....with extreme prejudice.
We can only hope, keck
jeffrey erwin
what part of of "kum baya" are you trying to sing? Lind was an armed Taliban that was part of the group that killed that CIA officer during the prison break - even if Lind did not pull the trigger. Check the law that if a crime is committed and anyone (good guy, bad guy etc) is part of the group, they are liable and prosecuted and then punished for their part in just being there.
Lind was there under his own volition, as a member.
Please, don't tell me you are ACLU.
Jeffrey - you are warped.
If he didn't want to be part of that group, he wouldn't be filing this law-suit.
JackfromJax: M. Lind was an unarmed POW at the time of the prison uprising where Johnny Span was killed. He has been castigated for his failure to warn US personel about the uprising. Put yourself in his position at that time: he was trapped in the army of a country that the US declared war on. You can't just walk away from a situation like that. If he had been taken aside, given security from the Taliban forces, and then failed to disclose the danger, that would be one thing. But that never happened. What if he had ratted on the Taliban without being removed from being locked up with them? Do you think he would have lived very long?
Boo Hoo jeffrey... You want to cry a river for this bag of @!$%# you go right ahead... Guess he should have stayed home and minded his own business then huh. He got involved and what happened is his own stupid fault. Let him rot in hell.
He should have joined the US army, and fought for HIS country.
jeffrey..your argument gets lost in the fact that Lindh went to Afghanistan all on his own and was involved in helping the Taliban fight American's. THAT is the only relevant fact..speak like a lawyer all you want trying to make a silk purse out of a cow's ear...but this guy deserves a bullet...not charity.
Are you F@#KING kidding me? Blame Bush? Are you F$#KING serious? That's your reasoning?
Jeffrey
BFD the traitor guessed wrong. Now, it is OK for him to give sermons to rabble rouse the other prisoners who are Islamic? Sorry, his rights as an American went out the door when he willingly joined a known terrorist group. Waaaahhhhhh, tell it to the Chaplain - oh wait, the terrorists don't have Chaplains! Too Bad - he made his bed, or prayer rug, let him pray on it - in his cell.
In 2001 the Bush administration gave the Taliban about 43 million dollars in arms, supplies and money. Mr. Lindh went to Afganistan to fight in that country's civil war against the Nothern Alliance. He declined all opportunities to participate in attacks against US citizens. It has never been a crime or treason for Americans to participate in the civil wars of other countries. This witch hunt ought to stop. For the inconvenient facts see: freejohnwalker.net.
Jeffrie, will you let that SCUM MOVE IN WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!! Then you all can PRAY TOGETHER!!
string him up already
Gangguskan, I speak the truth openly and without fear. I use my real name. I live in Pewaukee, WI. Is that specific enough for you?
The war in Vietnam was not illegal. your view of it may be that it was but that's all it is your view. I imagine you are the type of person who is love everyone. That's fine it is your view, I am the opposite, I say butt out of my business and stay away from me. As for Mr Lindh, by his own admission, he would have fought against Americans for the mistreatment of Muslims by the US. Had he dropped his citizenship here and became one there, then nothing is illegal and he would have been held as a POW. But if in the event of fighting their civil war, and after the US went to war with them, he didn't stop then he is held for treason. you might not like it but tough. Had I been the person who captured him, I would have killed him.
As for telling where you live and who you are, that isn't very intelligent. There are people out there who would just as soon come get you. There are people out there that shoot people over road rage, over accidentally walking into them and here you are saying come get me. That is crazy.
Good point, Jowen42. But I have to ask, according to you, who's more dangerous: Mr. Lind or my fellow US citizens?
Lind
Left wing nutbags like yourself that think this A@#hole has any rights.
Have to pray too close to your toilet?
Problem will be solved by removing said toilet, and substituting a bucket in it's place. A bucket may be positioned anywhere in the cell, thereby allowing the separation of kaka and obeisance.
What if this prisoner's religion required prayer al fresco, and never within an enclosure? Would they then be allowed to pray in an open field, outside the prison? Absolutely NOT!
Forget it dude! You are our guest, and will behave accordingly. When you are released, then you may pray anywhere, anyhow, and as long as you reside in Afghanistan, you may beat women, rape women, kill women you rape, throw acid on women, behead women that dance, and just about anything else your religion allows. Not here, scumbag.
Gee - a terrorist that hates the American way of life in the 2nd most secured Federal prison in the Bureau of Prison system wants to stir up his Muslim brothers with his hatred - - keep him isolated for a calmer population!!!
Parkwaync
They can always send him to the Max in Colorado - he wouldn't even get a sniff of the Rocky Mountain air!
Right on!!! or send him to the Atlanta Fed Pen and let him strut his stuff in general population!!!
This piece of s__t should have no freedom. Let him pray by himself.
Our prison systems are divisions of our government(s), accordingly, the prison system should be making no laws or rules regarding religion. Allowing the individual inmate, his freedom of religion along with his choice to pray or not to pray as he pleases, is not compromised. Beyond that the prison system should make no other accommodation in respect to an inmate's religious beliefs.
Neither designating a time nor a place or a manner, nor any other conditions unique to an individual or groups' religious interest, is a matter for the government agency(ies) to consider. A person's religion, if any, is a matter between him and his god, he needs no special accommodation to pray and the prison system has no authority to intervene in any manner not consistent with equal enforcement of all rules for all inmates.
What next? Giving the muslim inmates six year old girls in arranged marriages?
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
The American Taliban is the Repbulican Tea Party with their backward views on women's rights and the concept of a 'legitimate rape'.
When I first saw the headline that's who I thought it was referring to.
Got that right
jeffrey, we already knew you are a moron; now we know periodot is too.
I agree that even a prisoner should have the right to practice his or her religion. However, according to prison officials, this guy is fomenting hate and advocating violence among other prisoners. That, he does not have the right to do. He is in prison for a reason. Apparently so far he has no remorse for what he has done and plans to continue his violent behavior. Therefore, let him pray in his cell by himself.
The American Taliban is the Republican Tea Party with their archaic views on women's issues like 'legitimate rape". They want to take us back to the Dark Ages where men clubbed women and dragged them into the cave by their hair. Religious extremism of any sort is the incubator of war.
DNCows anarchists are in fact Taliban terrorists. like their taliban in afghanistan.....the DNCows taliban was planning to throw acid in the face of republican women at the convention in tampa.
period,
With that comment it is evident that you missed yours.
Just who the hell are you to even try to equate the tea party OR ANYONE ELSE to those aminals the taliban?!!! Of all the IGNORANT, STUPID, SEXIST remarks EVER PENNED on these discussion boards - yours is the top one.
The guards should pass a story around that the SCUMBAGS mother brings him HAM AND COOKED BACON that he eats in his cell!! The muslims will do the job that the courts should have done!!