Trial Opens in 'Paintball' Case; Defense Claims Government Is Trying to Criminalize Conduct Required of Muslims

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › February 12, 2004

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Four U.S. citizens who allegedly used paintball games outside Washington for military-style training went on trial Monday on charges of conspiracy to aid the Taliban against the United States.

The government has alleged the four, who waived their right to a jury trial, are members of a "Virginia jihad network."

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Trial Opens in 'Paintball' Case; Defense Claims Government Is Trying to Criminalize Conduct Required of Muslims

Prosecutors opened their case Monday saying the trial is not about the defendants' Islamic faith but about their ...

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