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Texas teen arrested over clock is moving to Qatar with his family
reuters ^ | 10-20-15 | Lisa Maria Garza

Posted on 10/20/2015 5:44:36 PM PDT by TroutStalker

The Texas boy arrested for bringing to school a homemade clock that was mistaken for a bomb is moving to Qatar, his family said on Tuesday, a few hours after he was at the White House for an astronomy night hosted by President Barack Obama.

Ahmed Mohamed, 14, a bespectacled ninth-grader who became an Internet sensation for an arrest that supporters said was influenced by bias against his Muslim religion, has accepted an offer from the Qatar Foundation to study at its Young Innovators Program.

"This means, that we, as a family, will relocate to Qatar where Ahmed will receive a full scholarship for secondary and undergraduate education," his family said in a statement.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: buhbye; clockboy; clockmed; g42; idontcair; islaminamerica; lifeamongthekufir; obamalegacy; scammers; spandexpantload; texas
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Did anyone see this coming?

John M. Grunsfeld (L), Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, poses for a selfie with Ahmed Mohamed, 14, the Texas teenager who was arrested after bringing a homemade electronic clock to school, during the second White House Astronomy Night on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington October 19, 2015.    REUTERS/Joshua Roberts


1 posted on 10/20/2015 5:44:36 PM PDT by TroutStalker
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To: TroutStalker

Goodbye! Don’t let the door hit ya where Mohammed split ya!


2 posted on 10/20/2015 5:45:34 PM PDT by meyer (There is no political solution to this troubling evolution...)
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To: TroutStalker

Ugggghhh.


3 posted on 10/20/2015 5:45:51 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: TroutStalker

Terror scholarship?


4 posted on 10/20/2015 5:45:58 PM PDT by Gamecock (Preach the gospel daily, use words if necessary is like saying Feed the hungry use food if necessary)
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To: TroutStalker

GOOD RIDDANCE!!!


5 posted on 10/20/2015 5:46:03 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: TroutStalker

Did he actually bring his creation with him???


6 posted on 10/20/2015 5:46:07 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Beware the Louisiana Weasel - GOPe Plan C or make that D)
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To: TroutStalker

good riddance


7 posted on 10/20/2015 5:46:12 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: TroutStalker

It’s a good start.


8 posted on 10/20/2015 5:46:55 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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He will still be welcome in obama’s white hut.


9 posted on 10/20/2015 5:48:16 PM PDT by TroutStalker ("Protect the hypersensitive. Ban everything.")
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To: TroutStalker

Sheesh, you’d think he was a genius. Yet he’s nothing but a future terrorist in the making.

Good riddance. I hope they don’t get any money out of his fantastic invention. /s


10 posted on 10/20/2015 5:48:27 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: TroutStalker

Texas will do just fine without you, Ahmed Mohamed. Let me know if you need help packing.


11 posted on 10/20/2015 5:48:28 PM PDT by GregoTX (Calling Illegal Aliens "immigrants" is like calling burglars "house residents")
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To: Liberty Valance

Well, I “was” going to post something...........but too many of us think alike it seems.


12 posted on 10/20/2015 5:48:51 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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A full scholarship to Al-Qaeda U. I hear the cheerleaders are the bomb! /s


13 posted on 10/20/2015 5:49:16 PM PDT by catbertz
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14 posted on 10/20/2015 5:49:38 PM PDT by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

PS Erving school sighs in relief.


15 posted on 10/20/2015 5:49:55 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: TroutStalker

What a great loss to America! He should reconsider. We need genius’ like him! Anyone who can build a bomb - er... clock like him is too valuable to lose! Aloha Snackbar!


16 posted on 10/20/2015 5:50:06 PM PDT by Da Bilge Troll (Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
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Sinister forces in the region will make sure that this willing young lad will get advanced training in constructing certain devices...


17 posted on 10/20/2015 5:50:45 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

I’ll bet they’re popping the champagne corks in Irving, Texas, schools tonight.


18 posted on 10/20/2015 5:51:52 PM PDT by JustaCowgirl (This whole thing really is covering up some shady s–t -- Hillary's server company)
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To: TroutStalker

Good riddance. Keep an eye out for armed drone that is in your future.


19 posted on 10/20/2015 5:52:46 PM PDT by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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To: meyer

Get the hell out!! This is a CHRISTIAN NATION!!Great news your out a here!!


20 posted on 10/20/2015 5:52:58 PM PDT by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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