Posted on 11/03/2009 7:22:19 AM PST by markomalley
An Iraqi man who tried to flee to Britain from the United States after allegedly running down his daughter for being "too Westernised" faces a possible murder charge after she died from her injuries.
Arizona police said that Faleh Hassan Almaleki ran down Noor Faleh Almaleki, 20, and her boyfriend's mother with his Jeep as the women crossed a car park in the Phoenix suburb of Peoria on October 20.
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Police said that Mr Almaleki, 48, fled the US after the attack, crossing the Mexican border and leaving his car at the town of Nogales. He then took a flight from Mexico City to London, arriving at Gatwick Airport on October 25.
Interviewed on arrival, Mr Almaleki told UK Border Agency officers that he was planning to spend a week visiting cousins in Glasgow, but he was denied entry because he had only $400 (£245) cash with him and his nominated sponsor in the UK was unemployed.
Officers also discovered on questioning Mr Almaleki that he lived in Arizona with his wife and seven children but when they tried to organise his return to the US they were told that he was wanted for assault over the attack on his daughter.
He was finally deported last Thursday and was taken to jail in Maricopa County, Arizona, to be held on charges of aggravated assault – charges that will now be upgraded.
"By his own admission, this was an intentional act and the reason was that his daughter had brought shame on him and his family," Stephanie Low, a Maricopa County prosecutor, told a court at the weekend. "This was an attempt at an honour killing."
Bail has been set at $5 million.
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Maricopa County . Maybe the Sheriff should meet him one on one?
John Wayne would have made an excellent Sheriff Joe in a movie
Notice that he first crossed the border to Mexico freely and then flew to London from there. Lucky that the UK stopped him because the U.S. sure didn’t.
/sarc
Ran away huh? Seems that the “Honor” killers are a bit short on true honor.
DIShonorable killing.
The screwed up religion of Islam stands values on their heads.
I thought you were going to say Rowan Atkinson...
... I would never have been able to watch Black Adder and Mr. Bean again.
/sarc
I can see the headlines now. More Muslims being tortured with pink panties...
Will there be no death penalty now since he was returned from the UK?
Revealed: UK’s first official sharia courts (from the Times, 2008):
ISLAMIC law has been officially adopted in Britain, with sharia courts given powers to rule on Muslim civil cases.
The government has quietly sanctioned the powers for sharia judges to rule on cases ranging from divorce and financial disputes to those involving domestic violence.
Rulings issued by a network of five sharia courts are enforceable with the full power of the judicial system, through the county courts or High Court
Actually pretty embarrassed about sheriff Joe. He is backing Bill Hunt in the California Orange County sheriff’s election.
Hunt tried to sue the citizens in OC for 4 million dollars after being fired by Carona - he was suing because his experience at the sheriff’s office left him “emotionally unstable” and wanted the 4 million.
Now he wants to be elected to an office that he says left him unstable and sheriff Joe seems to want to help him.
Yeah his daughter brought “shame” to the family but murdering her(or anyone)doesn’t?
“I hope he enjoys his pink underwear and bologna sandwiches..”
Pork bologna, of course.
Offer him a reality show. That’ll get him back in a hurry.
Agreed, even before she died. He DID flee the country. The video of his arraignment shows the judge considering making it a conventional bond (10% or $500,000 required). CAIR would have come up with that in a heartbeat. She wisely reconsidered making it a $5 million cash only bond.
ping for later - no streaming video
Fry him. With bacon.
They let this guy in and are keeping Michael Savage out?
$5 mil seems a bit strong for assault, however aggravated it was. I'm thinking that the $5 mil is the new bond. After his run, they should revoke bond entirely.
No, the UK didn’t allow him to enter the country.
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