Citing Rule Requiring That Preliminary Hearing Must Be Held Ten Days After Arrest, New Mexico Judge Dismisses Child Neglect Charges Against 3 in Jihad Camp Case

Prosecutors may seek another arrest order, but that one would have to come from a grand jury.

This Federalist piece notes some facts (or claims) about Camp Jihadi the media doesn't want you reading about.

The timing of CNN's bizarre attempt to garner sympathy for the Wahhaj clan [via their "friendly family just tried to live off the grid" propaganda] couldn't have been worse given that Friday’s filing by Taos County’s DA summarizes disturbing evidence of the group’s intent to commit acts of terrorism. CNN, however, is not alone in going off the grid in covering this huge story of a homebuilt terrorist camp. Too busy Stormy-chasing, the entire mainstream media has ignored the recent developments in the Wahhaj case. And what hasn't been told is terrifying.

An FBI agent testified that two of the malnurished children said "they had been trained in advanced firearms handling and had been instructed to shoot law enforcement personnel when the time came and that they would be instructed in the future to attack specific targets such as teachers, schools, banks, and other 'corrupt institutions.'"

In his motion, the prosecutor stressed that the defendants possessed an arsenal of weapons. He included evidence from a neighbor stating that the group used the shooting range on the compound excessively. Add to that the seizure of a DVD that describes how to build an "untraceable assault rifle" at home and a book on the psychology of combat, and the picture of a group bent on a terrorist attack forms more clearly.

Wow, suddenly the media doesn't find assault rifles (note: real assault rifles, apparently, with automatic firing potential, not made-up "assault weapons") so scary any longer.

There is more: The prosecutor presented to the trial court a letter Morton delivered to Muhammad, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj's brother. That letter encouraged Muhammad to follow Allah "until he makes you die as a martyr as you wanted and the only way is by joining the righteous (us)." The letter added that Muhammad should "take all your money out [of] the bank and bring you guns," showing the Wahhajs intended to grow their fighting force beyond the 16 residents of the compound.

Agents also recovered a ten-page, handwritten document, titled "Phases of a Terrorist Attack," from the compound. That document included instructions for "the one-time terrorist" and provided detailed instructions on determining ideal attack locations, using "choke points," defending "safe havens," escaping perimeter rings, and detecting sniper positions.

There's more at the link.

posted by Ace of Spades at 04:20 PM

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