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UK Woman Charged As Terrorist For Computer Files

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-you-know dept.

Terror Alert Brown writes "Reuters is reporting that a UK woman has been charged as a terrorist because of computer files on her hard drive. According to the article, these files included 'the Al Qaeda Manual, The Terrorists Handbook, The Mujahideen Poisons Handbook, a manual for a Dragunov sniper rifle, and The Firearms and RPG Handbook.' She was picked up in connection with the plot stopped in August to detonate explosives in airplanes flying out of Heathrow airport. Now might be a good time to delete any copies of the Anarchist's Cookbook you once read for amusement and still have floating around on your hard drive."

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  1. When by captnitro · · Score: 5, Funny

    When the Mujahideen Poisons Handbook is outlawed, only outlaws will have the Mujahideen Poisons Handbook.

  2. RPG Handbook? by Das+Auge · · Score: 5, Funny

    Uh, if you'll excuse me, I need to go hide my D&D Player's Handbook. Yeah, it's first edition, but you can't be too careful, I guess.

  3. Mod Parent Funny by knightmad · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot, the only place where a blow-coffee-through-nose remark gets modded insightful.

    1. Re:Mod Parent Funny by hcdejong · · Score: 2, Funny

      Slashdot, the only place where a blow-coffee-through-nose remark gets modded insightful.

      Yeah, what's with that? Everybody knows blow-coffee-through-nose remarks are Interesting, not Insightful.

      (for the observer, that is).

  4. One more reason... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not to be playing RPGs (role playing games). RPGs are likely to get you shot by a gun-toting law official who thinks you're Sauron even though you're pretending to be a well-armed hobbit.

  5. Re:HANG THE FILTHY WHORE by dkmbd · · Score: 1, Funny

    Allah Akbar!

  6. Re:HANG THE FILTHY WHORE by Drooling+Iguana · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's a trap! At that close range we won't last long against those Star Destroyers.

    --
    ... I'm addicted to placebos
  7. We're all at risk! by toby · · Score: 3, Funny

    I could be charged with being heterosexual for the pr0n on my hard drive...

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    you had me at #!
  8. Re:It's a strange time by l0b0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Allright, done. Now, should I tag them "todo", "done", "fun", or maybe set it "for" somebody to check the efficiency of foreign law enforcement?