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-- selling or otherwise disposing of a firearm and ammunition to a person knowing and having reasonable cause to believe was convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;" and
-- two counts of false statements.
The DOJ also alleged that "Daniel Boyd is a veteran of terrorist training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan who, over the past three years, has conspired with others in this country to recruit and help young men travel overseas in order to kill." Again, no evidence was cited, just supposition-based accusations.
The indictment claimed that from 1989 - 1992, Boyd got "violent jihad" training abroad and "allegedly fought in Afghanistan" against the Soviets. Then from November 2006 through July 2009, he and the other defendants "conspired to provide material support and resources to terrorists, including currency, training, transportation and personnel" along with the other charges in the indictment. As part of the "conspiracy," they "believe(d) that violent jihad was a personal religious obligation," and they "were willing to die as martyrs." An eighth unnamed suspect is also being sought, a man believed to have traveled to Pakistan last year, for what purpose wasn't indicated.
According to US Attorney George EB Holding:
"These charges hammer home the point that terrorists and their supporters are not confined to the remote regions of some far away land but can grow and fester right her at home. Terrorists and their supporters are relentless and constant in their efforts to hurt and kill innocent people across the globe. We must be equally relentless and constant in our efforts to stop them."
Six of the seven men are being held at a Farmville, VA detention facility. When brought to trial, they'll face life sentences if convicted on the most serious charges. Yet according to The New York Times:
DOJ officials "said that the men charged on (July 22) were not seen as serious terrorist threats to the United States or American interests abroad, and that there were no indications of ties to Al Qaeda or other militant groups."
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