Posted on 06/26/2002 1:57:43 PM PDT by Donald Stone
Edited on 07/10/2002 11:11:24 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Federal authorities have detained a Jordanian man they believe was a roommate of at least two of the Sept. 11 hijackers after a raid at a Southeast Baltimore home.
Rasmi Al-Shannaq was taken into custody early Monday, apparently for overstaying his visa, according to law enforcement sources and news reports. He is believed to have lived last year with two of the hijackers who were on board American Airlines Flight 77 when it crashed into the Pentagon.
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Every Arab/Muslim non-citizen should be rounded up and deported. Yesterday.
BUMP for great justice.
BACK-tracking, I assume.
Thanks for the heads-up.
...or else they're trying to sell 'motion' as 'progress'!
By Gail Gibson
Sun Staff Originally published July 11, 2002
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Eisenberg said Al-Shannaq was one of 71 people who bought their way into the United States by obtaining fraudulent visas in an illegal scheme tied to the U.S. Embassy in the Persian Gulf country of Qatar.
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Eisenberg said the recipients of the illegal visas paid $7,000 to $13,000 for the fraudulent paperwork. He said Al-Shannaq, who had tried unsuccessfully four other times to get a visa from his home country of Jordan, paid $10,000 - money his father sent from America believing it was for his son to purchase a car.
In addition to Al-Shannaq, Eisenberg said two other men targeted in the visa fraud probe had also briefly lived with Sept. 11 hijackers Hani Hanjour and Nawaf Alhazmi, who were on board the jetliner that crashed into the Pentagon.
Eisenberg did not name the two other roommates, but he said they were in custody and the government wanted to further explore the connection.
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Eight people, all friends or relatives, each agreed to sign $50,000 in unsecured bonds for Al-Shannaq's release from jail until his trial on the fraud charge. His family also offered to surrender to the government the titles to six personal vehicles - including an ice cream truck - as collateral for his release.
The LA Times and Washington comPost wish you a double-plus un-good day.
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