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American Jihadi: Homegrown terrorist faces life imprisonment in NC

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caption id alignalignleft width210 captionMore and more US citizens are being lured into a life of violence and murder by radical Islamist recruiters. Photo NewswithViews img srchttpcdn2b.examiner.comsitesdefaultfilesstyleslargehash4bc24bc22bbcced4e21fead0198413963ee9.jpg alt width210 height170 captionTerrorism suspect Daniel Patrick Boyd pledguilty yesterday afternoonin federal court in New Bern, North Carolina, to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to murder, kidnap, maim, and injurevictims overseas.The guilty plea by the 40year oldBoyd, aka Saifullah,a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina, was reported to the Terrorism Committee of the National Association of Chiefs of Police by officials from the U.S. Justice Department.Boyd was first charged along with seven other defendants in a federal indictment returned on July 22, 2009 andhe was arrested on July 29, 2009. On September 24, 2009, a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment that added additional charges against Boyd and two of the other defendants.According to the superseding indictment, during the period from 1989 through 1992, he traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan where he received militarystyle training in terrorist training camps for the purpose of engaging in violent jihad. Following this training, according to the Indictment, he fought in Afghanistan.According toJustice Department officials, from roughly November 2006 through at least July 2009,Boyd conspired with the other suspectsto provide material support and resources to terrorists, including money, training, transportation and personnel. The defendants also conspired to murder, kidnap, maim, and injure persons abroad during this period.The object of the conspiracy, according to the indictment, was to advance violent jihad, including supporting and participating in terrorist activities abroad and committing acts of murder, kidnapping, or woundingpeople abroad.An informant recorded Boyd during the training and in his sermons, according to terrorism expert Steve Emerson, founder of the Investigative Project on Terrorism.Allah knows, I love jihad, Boyd said in a June 2009 recording, I love to stand there and fight for the sake of Allah and know there is nothing in front of me except the battlefield and the kuffar infidels.In that same conversation, he told his coconspirators that the Mujahid holy warrior on the battlefield is the safest position possible, because the one who fights physically for the sake of Allah, does not die.Also in that samemonth, Boyd wastaped preaching to his family, during which he said that the blood of Muslims has become cheapbecause most of the Muslims have abandoned jihad. In another April 2008 recording, Boyd talks with codefendant Anes Subasic about his concerns that the FBI might become interested in their plans, according to Emerson.The indictment further alleges that, as part of the conspiracy, the defendants prepared themselves to engage in violent jihad and were willing to die as martyrs. They also allegedly offered training in weapons and financing and helped arrange overseas travel and contacts so others could wage violent jihad overseas.In addition, the defendants raised money to support training efforts, disguised the destination of such monies from the donors, and obtained assault weapons to develop skills with the weapons. Some defendants also allegedly radicalized others to believe that violent jihad was a personal religious obligation.At sentencing, set for May, 2011, Boyd faces up to 15 years imprisonment followed by up to three years supervised release for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, and up to life imprisonment followed by up to five years of supervised release for conspiring to murder, kidnap, maim, and injure persons in a foreign country.The remaining defendants in this case, including Boyds two sons, Zakariya and Dylan, are scheduled to stand trialin thefall.