Trial begins for man accused of aiding Taliban

[Robb]

Source: AP

HOUSTON — Jury selection has begun in the trial of a Pakistani student accused of conspiring to aid the Taliban and undergoing training in order to fight U.S. troops.

Attorneys on Monday began questioning prospective jurors in Houston federal court in the trial of 33-year-old Adnan Babar Mirza. Opening statements could be held later Monday.

Mirza was one of four men arrested in 2006 for taking part in paramilitary training exercises around the Houston area that prosecutors say were disguised as camping trips.

Family and friends say the men were not aspiring Taliban fighters. David Adler, Mirza's lawyer, has said his client was completing a class to get a hunting license.

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Indictment http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:kekldNJixdYJ:nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/U.S._v_Mirza_SpcIndictment.pdf+Adnan+Babar+Mirza&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShyIFUdfb74_kbCGlHc7XqMc1E4HE5hGLjKSHl3WOzkX7kd0SWpIO7ZSkXGfVo5XMiILFV06C51DukjqCEbMICX5iPERXbQC1ch8jknUA9aoSZpjneN3zgKe9dzy6bMVhk3G6K_&sig=AHIEtbSedv8xStTYigPwyZOuCGesnLYn7g">here. Seems a touch thin, but of course no one's seen the prosecution's evidence yet.

[aquart]

1. Have the Taliban done as much damage as BP? To us?

[Robb]

2. Or polio? Or volcano ash?

:eyes:

[aquart]

3. What would your point be here?