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[BullDog108]

YOWZER! And when will the MSM report this? And on his "religion"?

[CharlieOK1]

wow! you know there are tons more like him that if given a chance would like to do the same thing. Keep the secret service in your prayers

[LongElegantLegs]

A guy named Ahmed wants to kill the president?

No WAY!

[Cold Heat]

Looks like a real life "24" scenario.

[martin_fierro]

"But ... but ... but ... I'M AN HONOR STUDENT!"

[jpl]

This guy is practically a next-door neighbor of mine. No shocker there, as everyone knows Northern Virginia is an Al Qaeda hotbed.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Ahmed Omar Abu Ali,

More proof that CAIR is correct, '24' is way out of line in using a radical Muslim as a villian...

[faq]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050222/ap_on_re_us/saudi_detainee_bush_plot_1

[B Knotts]

Here's a URL:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=521415

[Mo1]

FNC is reporting on this now

[gopwinsin04]

background.. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17498-2005Feb11.html

[TomGuy]

Breaking on FoxNews now.

Man has been in Saudi Arabia, brought back to Alexandria, VA for hearing.

Plot was during 2002-2003, conspiring to assassinate the President and working with al-Qaeda.

[ken21]

from what i've read, no one likes being in jail in saudia arabia!

[CzarNicky]

Was he born here or just doing the jobs Americans refuse to do?

[EternalVigilance]

A former high school valedictorian in Virginia was charged Tuesday with conspiring to assassinate President Bush and conspiracy to support the al-Qaida terrorist network.

Muslim bumper sticker:

"My kid is an honor student and a future car bomber!"

[The G Man]

Where's Jack Bauer when we need him?

[1Old Pro]

Ahmed Omar Abu Ali,

I telling you, we need to keep an eye on these Norwegians. It seems all the terrorists are from there and share their religion.

[Alouette]

I'm waiting for CAIR to condemn this as a plot to make Islam look bad.

[maggief]

http://www.petitiononline.com/7859aali/petition.html

To: U.S. State Department

To: The United States State Department

For the Immediate Release of Ahmed Omar Abu-Ali a young American Born Citizen being unjustly held in Saudi Detention


(snip)

http://www.rights101oregon.org/news.htm

...Rights 101 Oregon begins campaign to free Ahmed

(snip)

[apillar]

I wonder what Ahmed Omar Abu Ali's alias is on DU? I imagine they will soon be praising him for his "courage" but saddened that his plan didn't suceed.

[the invisib1e hand]

i'm sure howard the psychopath dean is disappointed.

[advance_copy]

This stuff makes me so mad. I hope they lock this idiot in a cell with a 300 lb. "infidel" that wants to "marry" him.

[b4its2late]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- A former high school valedictorian in Virginia was charged Tuesday with conspiring to assassinate President Bush and conspiracy to support the al-Qaida terrorist network.

Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, 23,

Wonder if the parents of this slug had "an honor student" bumper sticker on their family vehicle?

[Semper Paratus]

The MSM would be all over this if his name was Sven Gunderson.

Countdown for a CAIR complaint on the arrest..3..2..1!

[Gritty]

"Virginia Man...",...valedictorian,...Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, 23, a U.S. citizen....

No hint of his religion, but his name probably gives it away anyhow. It's revealing how they can manage to find all these other qualifiers and miss the most enduring one.

[KC_Conspirator]

Wonderful. In my home town. Then again, terrorists and spies are always getting arrested in the metro area.

[Rebelbase]

"He claimed that he was tortured while detained in Saudi Arabia since June of 2003 and offered through his lawyer to show the judge his scars."

Too bad he can't make a movie about it like Midnight Express.

As if anyone cares.

[Brilliant]

"A former high school valedictorian..."

My guess is that it was a public school.

[Wiz]

It seems that there are mentally ill criminals around the world attempting or having wish assassination of President Bush. I think it was Guardian on-line months ago that an editorial was asking where were those who have assassinate the president in the past on the editorial indicating a wish for the assassination of President Bush, which was deleted hours later. I have also heard that some one on a Japanese Bulletin Board System called the 2ch.net was wishing for and assassination of President Bush and asking people for methods. These mentally ill liberal criminals that justify assassination of the president while criticizing Iraq War are really sick and self centered. I hope FBI and CIA will hunt each one down and punish them.

[HMFIC]

Bring him back to Spotsie Co and have a "hunt".

[cake_crumb]

What does plotting to assassinate the president have to do with being roughed up in a Saudi prison? Sounds like he's following the al Qaeda handbook to me

[MinuteGal]

Those alleged "scars" on his body that he's so anxious to show probably came from his father whipping him for looking at a young girl's ankles while he was in high school.

The scar cop-out will never play in Peoria.

(....maybe in Mess-achusetts, or Cali-foreignia, but not in Peoria.

Leni

[mowkeka]

How did I know how the MSM would be covering this story? I turned on MSNBC and before I heard anyone say a word, I predicted they would start talking about civil liberties being denied. That's exactly how they covered it.
The MSM has become so predictable. They really think we are idiots.

[Petronski]

What's his screenname on DU?

[Jenya]

This is a fear of mine. I keep President Bush and the Secret Service who protect him in my prayers. There are some real hateful sickos out there.

[mowkeka]

"Fart towards Mecca" Alert.

[Brian Mosely]

MORE
Abu Ali was born in Houston and moved to Falls Church, Va., where he was valedictorian of his high school class. Federal prosecutors say Abu Ali joined an al-Qaida cell in Saudi Arabia in 2001. The alleged Bush plot occurred while he was studying in that country.
His family contends that U.S. officials were behind his detention by Saudi authorities and wanted him held in that country so he could be tortured for information. A lawsuit brought on their behalf in U.S. District Court in Washington seeks to compel the government to disclose what it knows about Abu Ali and his detention.
Abu Ali’s appearance in federal court here was a surprise because the government never publicly disclosed that he had left Saudi Arabia.
According to the indictment, Abu Ali obtained a religious blessing from another unidentified co-conspirator to assassinate the president. One of the unidentified co-conspirators in the plot is among 19 people the Saudi government said in 2003 was seeking to launch terror attacks in that country, according to the indictment.
More than 100 supporters of Abu Ali crowded the courtroom Tuesday and laughed when the charge was read aloud alleging that he conspired to assassinate Bush.
When Abu Ali asked to speak, U.S. Magistrate Liam O’Grady suggested he consult with his attorney, Ashraf Nubani.
“He was tortured,” Nubani told the court. “He has the evidence on his back. He was whipped. He was handcuffed for days at a time.”
When Nubani offered to show the judge his back, O’Grady said that Abu Ali might be able to enter that as evidence on Thursday at a detention hearing.
“I can assure you you will not suffer any torture or humiliation while in the (U.S.) marshals’ custody,” O’Grady said.
Abu Ali is charged with six counts and would face a maximum of 80 years in prison if convicted. The charges include conspiracy to provide material support to al-Qaida, providing material support to al-Qaida, conspiracy to provide support to terrorists, providing material support to terrorists and contributing service to al-Qaida.

[hispanarepublicana]

SCARY taken from whywar.com: "Abu Ali was born in Houston, where his parents were living after emigrating from Jordan. Omar Abu Ali, now a U.S. citizen, works as a computer programmer at the Saudi Embassy. His wife is a pharmacist and permanent legal U.S. resident.

Think of the potential disaster there.

[Brian Mosely]

By the way, I've been getting e-mail stuff from CAIR and MAS for the past year about this fellow but they never said why he was detained...only that the Saudis had him, were roughing him up and the State department wasn't doing squat about it.

[jimbo123]

His Supporters launched a petition when he was being detained in Saudi Arabia:

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?7859aali

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

A Muslim. What a surprise.

[jimbo123]

More background here:

http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/04-1258.pdf

[reagan_fanatic]

They caught the guy? Well, more slit wrists over at DUh.

[jimbo123]

Important details here:

http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/04-1258.pdf

[Ignatz]

"He was tortured," Nubani told the court. "He has the evidence on his back. He was whipped. He was handcuffed for days at a time."

So....why didn't conspire to murder a Saudi leader, then?

[jimbo123]

More background here:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1090984588717

[CarryaBigStick]

He claimed that he was tortured while detained in Saudi Arabia since June of 2003 and offered through his lawyer to show the judge his scars.

Right out of the al-Qaida training manual.

[jimbo123]

More background here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A4967-2003Nov21?language=printer

The strongest clue about the reasons for his imprisonment came in July, from an FBI agent testifying in federal court in Alexandria in the case of a group of Northern Virginia men alleged to be part of a "jihad network." According to the agent's testimony, Abu Ali told his Saudi interrogators that he had joined an al Qaeda cell in Saudi Arabia and that he aspired to be a planner like Mohamed Atta, the ringleader of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers.

[dfwgator]

And Sean Penn has already been accepted an offer to play the role of the potential assassin.

[jimbo123]