Wife Says Terror Suspect Part Of ‘Ordinary Family’

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The wife of a North Carolina man charged with plotting violent jihad says they are an “ordinary family” and care about other human beings.

Sabrina Boyd said in a statement issued through the Muslim American Society in Raleigh that the charges against her husband, 39-year-old Daniel Patrick Boyd, have not been substantiated. She asks that people not rush to judgment.

Authorities say Daniel Boyd was a veteran of terrorist training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan 20 years ago, but Sabrina Boyd said he was in Afghanistan fighting against the Soviet Union “with the full backing of the United States government.”

Neighbors have said the Boyds showed no sign of violence and were often seen walking their dog around the lakeside cul-de-sac in a rural area south of Raleigh.

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