Al-Timimi Guilty

The Associated Press reports that jurors in Virginia Federal Court Convict Ali al-Timimi on charges he encouraged followers to join the Taliban and fight U.S. troops:

The foundation of the government's case against al-Timimi was a Sept. 16, 2001, meeting in which al-Timimi offered an apocalyptic interpretation of the Sept. 11 attacks, which he said heralded the final battle between Muslims and nonbelievers. He said Muslims were obligated to defend Afghanistan's ruling Taliban regime, prosecutors said.

Three people who attended that meeting later went to Pakistan and received military training from a group called Lashkar-e-Taiba, with the aim of using that training on the Taliban's behalf.

No one from the group ever made it to Afghanistan, but at least two group members have admitted their goal was to join the Taliban and that al-Timimi inspired them to do so.

The government's record in these cases related to the War Against Terrorism is impressive.