Jose Padilla was found guilty today on all three charges against him, including terrorism.

The AP is reporting:

Jose Padilla was convicted of federal terrorism support charges Thursday after being held for 3 1/2 years as an enemy combatant in a case that came to symbolize the Bush administration’s zeal to stop homegrown terror.

Padilla, Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi face possible sentences of life in prison if convicted of all three charges in the case.

The three are accused of being part of a North American support cell that provided supplies, money and recruits to groups of Islamic extremists. The defense contended they were trying to help persecuted Muslims in war zones with relief and humanitarian aid.

Michelle Malkin has the charges.

The charges:

Count 1 - Conspiracy to Murder, Kidnap, and Maim Persons in a Foreign Country as part of a conspiracy to advance violent jihad
Count 2 - Conspiracy to Provide Material Support for Terrorists
Count 3 - Material Support for Terrorists
Counts 4 and 5 are against Hassoun for unlawful possession of a weapon and making a false statement
Counts 6 through 10 are against Hassoun for multiple charges of perjury
Count 11 is against Hassoun for obstruction

Michelle Malkin also has Padillia’s rap sheet which I thought was interesting.

May 1988: Padilla turns 18, released from juvenile detention in Chicago on probation until age 21.
October 1991: Padilla arrested in South Florida on gun and traffic charges. He serves 10 months in prison.
Early 1993: Padilla, while employed at Taco Bell in Davie, FL, inquires about converting to Islam.
1994: Padilla begins using the name Ibrahim.
1998: Padilla leaves U.S. to study Arabic abroad.
1999: Padilla travels to Afghanistan.
2001: Padilla meets with Abu Zubaydah. Padilla and an unnamed associate receive explosives training in Pakistan.
Early 2002: Padilla meets with Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and is ordered to return to the U.S. for reasons still unclear.
May 2002: Padilla arrested on a material witness warrant related to September 11, at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
June 2002:Padilla designated “enemy combatant” by the president and moved to military custody in South Carolina.

Jose PadillaPadilla is sentenced to life in prison and his foreign born comrades will rot in prison for life. Great news! The system is working.

There are, of course, those who can’t be satisfied with anything and call every defeat a victory and every victory a defeat. They use this as an opportunity to slam those of us who like to see our enemies brought down rather than losing ourselves. They see this as law enforcement versus military question, an us versus them question.

Once again, they express their sympathy for the devil.

The Pirates Cove dives into the toxic waste dump that is the Democratic Underground and comes up covered in slim. He shares some of the slimy comments with us. I read the stuff they write and wonder what world they live in! They really need to come up for air every once in a while and try to save what ever remaining brain cells they have. I’d love for one of them to give an actual example of how one of them have been their right to free speech, been rounded-up and made to disappear. There is serious delusional paranoia going on over there.

Stop the ACLU has a round-up.

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