The authorities in the United States have arrested several people suspected of having links to terrorism. They include a Palestinian professor at a Florida university, Sami al-Arian.Posted on 02/20/2003 8:02:38 AM PST by MadIvan
The authorities in the United States have arrested several people suspected of having links to terrorism. They include a Palestinian professor at a Florida university, Sami al-Arian.
He is one of three people arrested in Florida, a fourth in Chicago, and an undisclosed number arrested overseas, FBI spokeswoman Sara Oates said.
Mr al-Arian is due to make a court appearance later on Thursday.
He has been under investigation since the early 1990s when he co-founded a now defunct Islamic studies think-tank, which the US Government considered a frontline organisation that raised funds for the Palestinian militant group, Islamic Jihad.
He has denied any links to terrorists and told reporters "it's all about politics," as he was led away in handcuffs.
US Attorney General John Ashcroft is due to give more details on the arrests on Thursday.
Regards, Ivan
payback's a b!tch, Sami. LOL!
I'll never forget the smirk on his face while being interviewed by O'Reilly. I'm sure Mr. O will have a few choice things to say about Sami this evening on his show. :o/
Yep. It's all about your prominent spoken and financial support of a political whose goal happens to be the destruction of Israel and the United States. That makes you our enemy. Just be gald you won't be termed a combatant and stuck in Gitmo, you terrorist bag of pus.
well put.
Sorry, I don't know how to link (no flames please...have mercy)...but there's a thread just starting about Sami's arrest. Ashcroft should be speaking about it any minute. Thanks.
(a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/847781/posts?page=1")New Sami Arrest Thread Over Here(/A)
This would give you:
New Sami Arrest Thread Over Here
You can learn a lot of HTML stuff in the HTML Boot Camp Thread.
Thank you, ma'am. Another thought occurs...The reason Americans regret the internment of the Japanese is not so much because it was racist, because we would surely feel as bad about interning multitudes of loyal German- and Italian-Americans. It's because these people were just as loyal as any other American and we screwed them; the fact that they were Asian is just icing on the BS cake. Sami says it's all about politics. Well, even if it were, we would be arresting a man who has made statements supporting jihad in a time of war against the forces of jihad, and who has given his direct support to a politician who has accused the President (during a state of declared war!) of allowing jihadist forces to kill 3,000 civilians and damage an important military installation. Even if he weren't an actual terrorist (and he is) this arrest would be justified, and Cynthia McKinney should be sharing a cell with this bag of pus.
The ACLU has had the gall to compare the detainment and deportation of terrorist sympathizers with the internment of the Japanese-Americans and to call their campaign against it "Disappeared in America." Well, it was the people on Flight 93 who "disappeared in America" without leaving recognizable remains to bury, and we will not quit fighting with the spirit of Todd Beamer and his little band of Minutemen until the day every terrorist is dead or behind bars. Count on it. LET'S ROLL!
There are some not so patient FReepers who have in the past. :o/
Thank you kindly for the HTML lesson. I *know* I need to spend time with that...
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