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| 2002-09-07 |
| A man accused of trying to help Islamic terrorists was injured in a fight with another prisoner at a Virginia jail. Ummm... Yasss... Terrible, that. More tea? James Ujaama, 36, and an unidentified inmate got into a fight Wednesday in the gymnasium, Justice Department spokesman Drew Wade said Thursday. He said the men were fighting over a newspaper. Ujaama, an American Muslim activist from Seattle, suffered a lump on his forehead and an abrasion on a cheek, Wade said. Tusk tusk. Terrible. Try one of these sandwiches... Ujaama family spokesman Leila McDowell said the injuries were serious and required medical attention. ''He deserves protection, as someone who is innocent until proven guilty,'' McDowell told the Rocky Mountain News. Mmmm hmmm. Mustard? Ujaama, a Denver native, was not charged in the fight. The other inmate faces charges of assault on an inmate, fighting and creating a security disturbance. "Jones, I must punish you for thumping Ujaama, even if he is a terrorist-loving anti-American bastard." "Yeah. Hokay. I dunnit and I'm glad. I'll take me lumps." "No teevee for a week, Jones." "But I ain't got a teevee!" "Heh heh." "Heh heh." In Ujaama's most recent court appearance, his lawyer complained last week that a jail guard had referred to him as ''bin Laden boy.'' Ward said Ujaama is ''being given the same privileges as any other inmate who is not in solitary confinement.'' That sounds fair. If those privileges lead to a lump on the nut, too bad. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 they'd be bitching if he was in solitary, too |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-09-07 17:22:06 |