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Originally Posted by blankall
Exactly this. No one has to prove what bombs were used where. If he built bombs for an organization that was using some of those bombs on civilians, then he's guilty. Groups like Al Queda tend to broadcast quite widely to their followers that they targeting civilians and are quick to take credit for such attacks. So I doubt he'd be very successful in arguing those bombs were for strictly military purposes.
If Al Queda has a pile of 10 bombs, you don't have to trace the use each particular bomb. Building any bomb for them is a crime.
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But that's not true. If you're charging him with bomb making under the anti terrorism act you have to prove what the bombs were used for and where they were used.
http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~cforcese/oth...patriation.pdf
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Assuming there is reliable evidence to establish that Omar voluntarily planted IEDs and threw a grenade, the key issue would be the location of the explosive devices and who had access to the area. The charge sheet does not indicate where the IEDs were allegedly planted, other than in areas where U.S. and coalition forces were known
to travel. The provision only covers IEDs that were planted in a place of public use.
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