Perhaps because it was in Florida and he changed his name?
Maybe he registered as a Democrat?
Didn't Janet Reno and Sheen just request that this perp be allowed to have a gun?
Posted on 06/10/2002 9:44:58 PM PDT by kattracks
The dirty nuke bomb plotter whose arrest last month in Chicago was announced on Monday has a rap sheet that included convictions for two murders before he was out of his teens as well as prosecutions for other serious crimes - all before he joined al Qaeda to fight against America.
When he was just 13, Abdullah al Muhajir - aka Jose Padilla - was arrested in 1983 on a robbery charge, reports ABC News.com. He was given probation.
From there Muhajir became a one man crime wave.
By the time cops caught up with him again in 1985, he was charged with and convicted of two counts of murder, aggravated battery, armed robbery, and attempted armed robbery.
Details of the would-be nuke bomber's murders were not immediately available, but the crimes took place when he was a 15-year-old street gang member in Chicago.
After serving time for murder and assault charges, Muhajir moved to Florida, but quickly found himself in trouble again, when he was convicted of aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony and discharging a firearm from a vehicle.
Despite his already lengthy criminal record, he was sentenced to just a year on probation.
A year later al Muhajir was convicted of assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest. He served a jail sentence in Broward County, Fla., jail.
Muhajir dropped his given name Padilla sometime in the early 1990's while in prison, the Justice Department said Monday.
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how, pray tell, does one get convicted of two counts of murder and still be free to walk among society?
Perhaps because it was in Florida and he changed his name?
Maybe he registered as a Democrat?
Didn't Janet Reno and Sheen just request that this perp be allowed to have a gun?
I got so angry tonight listening to some of the pundits talking about how wrong it was of Ashcroft and the Justice Department to arrest this guy and hold him indefinitely because he was a 'citizen' and only 'planning' a dirty bomb - hadn't actually carried it off yet. I don't see him as a 'citizen'. I see him as a traitor and would like for him to be chopped into 269 million pieces, give a piece to all of us so we can take it out back and pee on him.
Question about the OKC bombing and the latest Al Qaeda guy caught at O Hare
HELLO! Yes he does!
You're right, but this guy seems too unstable to play it cool during preparations for a large terror scheme.
Wasn't she Filipino? Jose Padillo is Hispanic.
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