American Jihadist fighting in Syria

[Comrade Nasser]

This guy fought with Jabhat Al-Nusra Front (code-name for Al-qaeda in Syria). He went to Syria to fight Assad's forces. Apparently the guy converted to islam when he came back from the army.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/28/eric-harroun-syria_n_2973674.html

[Paul Pott]

Let's hope he doesn't come back.

[Comrade Nasser]

Let's hope he doesn't come back.

Well he got arrested when he came back to the U.S. he was in Syria from early January 2013 to the end of February/early March. He was part of some "RPG Team" and testified to shooting rockets at Syrian targets.

[hatzel]

Interesting, though, that 'conspiring to use a rocket propelled grenade' against Syrians in Syria is for some reason considered a matter for a Virginia federal court...

[A Revolutionary Tool]

How can he be arrested by the US government when he's fighting on the side of the people the US supports? Isn't that a little hypocritical?

[Sasha]

Interesting, though, that 'conspiring to use a rocket propelled grenade' against Syrians in Syria is for some reason considered a matter for a Virginia federal court...

That and that a RPG is suddenly considerd a "weapon of mass destruction"... :confused:

[Comrade Nasser]

How can he be arrested by the US government when he's fighting on the side of the people the US supports? Isn't that a little hypocritical?

Bad publicity for the U.S. to just let this guy go. They have nothing to really lose by arresting him.

[melvin]

How can he be arrested by the US government when he's fighting on the side of the people the US supports? Isn't that a little hypocritical?If the US government knows someone is a member of Al-Qaeda and is in the United States, I am sure that they don't care that person fought on the side the US supported.

[Rusty Shackleford]

That and that a RPG is suddenly considerd a "weapon of mass destruction"... :confused:

my thoughts exactly. 10 years from now Snakes and Sparklers will be WMDs:laugh:


Only in video games and movies do they make everything blow up in one or a few shots in some massive fireball.

watch these semi-douchebags (this is an ok term yeh? if not ill remove it) shoot a car.

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sure they are dangerous, but not WMDs.

[Os Cangaceiros]

They're pretty much the most useless weapon in "Call of Duty", too.

[Sasha]

my thoughts exactly. 10 years from now Snakes and Sparklers will be WMDs:laugh:
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sure they are dangerous, but not WMDs.


its also kind of stupid, you cant cry wolf about WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!!! and invade countries and shit over supposed BCN weapons and then turn around and call standard grunt equipment a WMD because it gives you all kind of cool powers to lock ppl you dont like up and throw away the key. i have seen they do the same more and more for homegrown al-qaida wannabes who attempted to build improvised bombs or buy a stinger from the feds. yes you can kill a mass of people with it, no its still not a weapon of mass destruction.
a WMD is what you dropped on hiroshima, not something you can probably buy at wallmart in texas