Doctor said he'd treat anti-U.S. forces

[Barrett808]

Source: Associated Press

Doctor said he'd treat anti-U.S. forces
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK - A Florida doctor accused of pledging his life to al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden testified Monday that he promised to treat Iraqis who fought Americans while he worked at a military hospital in Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Rafiq Abdus Sabir said that he had pledged to treat those who were injured in Iraq defending their homes, but that he did not expect any of them to be taken hundreds of miles from Iraq to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he was working at a military hospital in 2004 and 2005.

Sabir said he believed that his promise to give medical attention to injured Iraqis was consistent with his oath as a physician to treat anyone who needs it.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Victor Hou, in his third day of combative questioning of Sabir, asked the doctor whether he supported those who believed they were protecting their homes by fighting U.S. soldiers.

"Morally, yes," Sabir answered. He added: "People fighting for their lives in their homes, you're entitled to that whether you're Muslims or non-Muslims."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070514/ap_on_re_us/terrorism_arrest

[TexasLawyer]

1. This guy faces a possible 35 year sentence

for stating his intention, to an informant, to giving injured fighters medical attention, if those injured people could ever make it the hundreds of miles to receive the treatment that they didn't know the doctor was offering.

There is something a little "thought police" about this charge.

[BushOut06]

2. What exactly is wrong with this?

So providing medical treatment to human beings is illegal now?