Briton is jailed for 15 years in Iraq as a warning to foreign insurgents

[Barrett808]

Briton is jailed for 15 years in Iraq as a warning to foreign insurgents
From Daniel McGrory in Baghdad

A STUDENT who slipped into Iraq to fight alongside al-Qaeda militants has been jailed for 15 years in a warning to other Britons not to join groups fighting US-led forces.

Mobeen Muneef looked stunned and close to collapse as the sentence was passed at Central Criminal Court in Baghdad, watched by British and American officials.

The judge did not attempt to investigate claims that the 26-year-old religious studies student was smuggling weapons when captured by US Marines in the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi.

Muneef was told that the sentence was simply for entering Iraq illegally and violating passport laws. An official from the Justice Ministry said: “This is a harsh message to would-be jihadis from abroad that if you are caught in terrorist activity you will get no leniency.”

Muneef admitted bribing a taxi driver to smuggle him over the border from Syria but denied any involvement with terrorism. Intelligence officials say that while he was living in Tooting, southwest London, he attended meetings of al-Muhajiroun, run by the banned cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-2142406,00.html

[wellst0nev0ter]

1. TAKE A GOOD LONG LOOK LURKING FREEPTARDS

The judge did not attempt to investigate claims that the 26-year-old religious studies student was smuggling weapons when captured by US Marines in the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi.

Muneef was told that the sentence was simply for entering Iraq illegally and violating passport laws. An official from the Justice Ministry said: “This is a harsh message to would-be jihadis from abroad that if you are caught in terrorist activity you will get no leniency.”

This is the type of kangaroo-style "justice" your boy emperor seeks to impose on us all.

[pinniped]

2. I assume all coalition soldiers had passports as well?

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