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| Jihad Unspun: Tawhid Brigades Case Leaves Jordanian Judges Speechless |
| 2005-07-21 |
| Reporters Name Withheld On Request Glory is to Allah, His Messenger, and the Believers. How sweet it is, especially when it is demonstrated in a hostile environment. Court proceedings in the case known as âThe Tawhid Brigades Caseâ began in a Jordanian court house last week. A group of Mujahideen, who are accused of threatening or attempting to blow up the central intelligence building in Jordan were brought to the court room to hear the charges against them and to enter a plea. Ahmad Samir, the first defendant to be called, wasted no time to deliver a sermon in the court room. Here are some excerpts from his sermon: âYour system of government is a Kafir system as you do not rule by the Shariah of Allahâ âOur Sheikh Abu Mesaab Al-Zarqawi said: If we have possession of chemical weapons, we would not hesitate to attack Tel Aviv. I say to you, in that case we will also hit you and your apostate system because you are traitors and that makes you and the Jews one of the same.â âI swear by Allah, 20 Kilos of explosives are not enough for you. I want to use hundreds of Kilos to wipe you out.â Finally he issued a direct threat to kill the prosecutor and the panel of judges: âYou just wait for reaction from our brothers. Your blood is the tastiest and they cannot wait.â His defense team asked the court to throw away his confession as it was obtained under pressure and torture but the statements and threats made by him in the court room almost assuredly garnered him the death penalty. Another defendant, a Jordanian by the name Azmy Al-Jaiushy, informed the court that the former director of Jordanian Central Intelligence, Saâd Khair and security officer, Ali Berjaq beat him up with an electric cable and the butt of a pistol. He further added that while he was being interrogated, his children ages, 7,8, and 12 were detained and brought to prison. Having heard the first defendant, the panel of judges prevented Al-Jaiushy from reading his prepared statement, but he shouted in the court room: âI want to read my statement to tell you about the target I planned to attackâ Another defendant, Hussein Sharif, informed the court that he was beaten and tortured as was his brother Hosni. He said that his confession was obtained by force and torture. The next defendant was Hassan Omar Al-Samik. He allowed his attorney to inform the court that he was beaten, tortured and forced to give an incorrect confession. As soon as his attorney concluded addressing the court, Hassan began to speak: âI left Jordan to prepare myself for Jihad in the cause of Allah. Upon completion of my training, I returned to Jordan to fulfill my duty to fight the apostate rulers and their collaborators that takes priority over fighting the Christian and Jewish infidels. For that reason, my goal became to wage war against you and your apostate government which spreads corruption and uses every thing at its disposal to fight the Mujahideen in order to please their American and Jewish masters. I have chosen the central intelligence building as my target because it represents the ultimate infidelity in this country. I have seen with my own eyes brothers from Yemen, Chechnya, Algeria, and other Arab countries sent by America to its 51st State, Jordan that is, for interrogation and torture to obtain information needed for the security of the Americans. I want to fight you with every thing I have got. I swear by Allah, if all I have left is dust, I would fight you with dust.â The next defendant, Anas Samir, a Syrian Mujahid, who said: âI came to Jordan to fight the rulers because they have committed acts that took them out of the fold of Islam. For example, they govern by man made laws instead of Allahâs Shariah, they recruited and trained soldiers to protect them rather than fight the enemies of Allah, They allow adultery and fornication in private quarters, and they legalized usuryâ. The prosecutor asked him why did he want to fight in Jordan and not in his home country of Syria? Samir responded by saying: âThere ought to be no borders between countries. Jihad in the cause of Allah is valid any where on earth. He then shouted: âI am an arrow in the hand of Allah, He throws me at any target He wishes. I am prepared to fight Jordan and other than Jordan in the cause of Allah. You are the guardians of the Americans and the Jews. So an attack against you is an attack against them.â The court was adjourned until 7 September. {They say, âif we return to Madinah, surely the more honorable (element) will expel therefrom the meanerâ. But honor belongs to Allah, and His messenger, and to the Believers; but the Hypocrites know not.â}63:8 |
| Posted by:tipper |