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Respond to While imprisoned, Malvo wrote a number of erratic diatribes about what he termed "jihad" against the United States. [33] "I have been accused on my mission. Allah knows I'm gonna suffer now", he wrote. [33] Because his rants and drawings featured not only such figures as Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein , but also characters from the film series The Matrix , these musings were dismissed as immaterial. [33] Some investigators reportedly said they had all but eliminated terrorist ties or political ideologies as a motive. [34] [35] [36] Nonetheless, in at least one of the ensuing murder trials, a Virginia court found Muhammad guilty of killing "pursuant to the direction or order" of terrorism . [37] Jihad . [38] Exhibit 65-006: A self-portrait of Malvo in the cross hairs of a gun scope shouting, "ALLAH AKBAR!" The word "SALAAM" scrawled vertically. A lyric from Bob Marley 's Natural Mystic "Many more will have to suffer. Many more will have to die. Don't ask me why." Exhibit 65-016: A portrait of Saddam Hussein with the words "INSHALLAH" and "The Protector," surrounded by rockets labeled "chem" and "nuk" . Exhibit 65-043: Father and son portrait of Malvo and Muhammad. "We will kill them all. Jihad." Exhibit 65-056: A self-portrait of Malvo as sniper, lying in wait, with his rifle. "JIHAD" written in bold letters. Exhibit 65-067: A suicide bomber labeled " Hamas " walking into a McDonald's restaurant. Another drawing of the Twin Towers burning captioned: "85 percent chance Zionists did this ." More scrawls: "ALLAH AKBAR," "JIHAD," and "Islam will explode." Exhibit 65-103: A lion accompanies chapter and verse from the Quran (Sura 2:190): "Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you and slay them wherever ye catch them." Exhibit 65-109: Portrait of Osama bin Laden, captioned "Servant of Allah." Exhibit 65-117: The White House drawn in crosshairs, surrounded by missiles, with a warning: "Sep. 11 we will ensure will look like a picnic to you" and "you will bleed to death little by little." Exhibit 65-101: Malvo's thought for the day: "Islam the only true guidance, the way of peace." [39] with the ultimate goal being to "shut things down" across the United States. [40] en.wikipedia.org
