Man Gets 20 Years For Threatening South Park Creators

[DetroitDad]

Terror suspect pleads guilty in threat against 'South Park' creators

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/10/20/...ex.html?hpt=T2

An American-born man accused of posting an online attack against the creators of the animated TV series "South Park" due to a depiction of the Prophet Mohammed agreed to plead guilty Wednesday to providing material support to terrorists and other charges.
Under the agreement announced in federal court, Zachary Chesser, 20, also pleaded guilty to charges of communicating threats and soliciting crimes of violence.
The three charges carry a total maximum prison sentence of 30 years, and U.S. District Judge Liam O'Grady told Wednesday's court hearing that Chesser's defense agreed to a sentence of at least 20 years for acts "intended to promote a federal crime of terrorism."....

..."Mr. Chesser has renounced violent jihad," Nachmanoff said. "He has accepted responsibility and is deeply remorseful. He is a young man who has taken the first steps towards putting his life back together. You saw one of those first steps today."
As part of the plea agreement, federal authorities agreed not to seek charges of aiding and abetting against Chesser's wife - Proscovia Kampire Nzabanita. She already is charged with making a false statement, which carries a sentence of up to five years in prison upon conviction. The couple has an infant son.

[Blarf]

Good. They should give him longer.

[maxx]

And in the same vein:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68G09M20100917
"A Seattle cartoonist who stirred up a religious storm with a tongue-in-cheek encouragement to draw images of the Muslim prophet Mohammed has gone into hiding after a threat to her safety..."

I recently watched a doc called "It's Hard Being Loved by Jerks" which followed the trial in France of the employees of a small magazine that had published the infamous cartoons of Mohammed along with 2 other magazines. It was very impressive to hear the French defend their freedom of expression. As I recall, our print media avoided the issue.

[maxx]

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/20...17/119524.html
"...Despite Norris’ apology, Anwar al-Awlaki, the radical Yemeni-American cleric who is accused of al-Qaeda ties said internet statement published in July that Norris “should be taken as a prime target of assassination,” according to the NEFA Foundation, a private group that monitors extremist Web sites, which translated the document.

The Obama administration this year authorized the C.I.A to kill Awlaki..."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11236158
"...
A depiction of Muhammad's turban as a fused bomb sparked global outrage when it was published in Denmark.
Presenting him with a press freedom award, Mrs Merkel said Mr Westergaard was entitled to draw his caricatures..."

This was pretty pitiful. The U.S. didn't even uphold freedom of expression like the French and Germans and we've got considerable space between us and the middle east.
http://www.thefire.org/index.php/case/705.html
"...one of the interns will be Acton H. Gorton, a U.S. Army veteran and senior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Gorton made headlines earlier this year when he was terminated as the editor of his university’s daily newspaper for publishing some of the Danish cartoons of Mohammed..."

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society...ed-in-gay-film
"...'It was when Vilks started to show a film by the Iranian artist Sooreh Hera, where the Prophet Mohammed went to a gay bar, that some people started to yell. After a couple of minutes, one person ran to the stage and hit Vilks in the head. Then the turmoil started. Several people ran towards the stage and at least one more person managed to attack Vilks.'..."

[terryh]

Infuriating! Where was the 'religion of peace' counter protests decrying the violence and threats? Some argue that the cartoon depiction of the 'prophet' was a racist caricature of middle and far eastern humans,but islamists were crying affrontery to islam....thanks for the links Maxx