The North Carolinian Jihadist

The North Carolinian Jihadist
By Jacob Hornberger

Neighbors of Daniel Boyd, a son of a Marine, are befuddled over his federal indictment on terrorism-related charges. Boyd, who attended a public high school here in Northern Virginia and who now lives in North Carolina, runs a dry-wall business in Raleigh.

The feds are alleging that on the side, Boyd is a terrorist. Charles Casale, a neighbor of Boyd, said, "If he’s a terrorist, he’s the nicest terrorist I ever met in my life."

Now, mind you, they’re not claiming that Boyd has committed any terrorist attacks here in the United States or has even threatened to do so. In fact, they’re not even claiming that he has ties to al-Qaeda.

What they’re saying is that he’s a Muslim who planned to go overseas at some point in the future and fight in some Muslim cause, such as helping to overthrow the brutal, authoritarian regime in Jordan, which is an ally of the U.S. government. As part of this future plan, Boyd is alleged to have persuaded some other Americans to become Muslims. And apparently he also purchased a variety of weapons to wage his future jihadist campaign -- weapons that, if I’m not mistaken, are available for purchase at any gun show in the U.S.

The feds are alleging that Boyd even practiced military tactics and target practice on private land. Even worse, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Charlotte, he allegedly accepted the sum of $500 (five hundred dollars) in cash from another defendant to help finance his future overseas jihad campaign.

One of the interesting parts of the indictment is a section that describes assistance that Boyd allegedly provided to Afghan rebels from 1989 to 1992. Apparently the feds consider that was something bad. But Boyd’s wife points out a rather discomforting truth: The U.S. government was doing the same thing at the same time. I wonder if it’s too late to add those U.S. officials to the Boyd indictment who were supplying arms and money to Osama bin Laden and other Islamic jihadists during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

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