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Rashida Tlaib had the crowd eating out of her hand. It was March 2018, and the hookah lounge in a working-class suburb outside of Chicago was packed. Warm and engaging, switching frequently between English and Arabic, Tlaib - a Michigan State representative with larger ambitions - pleaded for out-of-state donations to help her become the first Palestinian American in Congress. She unashamedly told the audience that her Detroit constituents often declared: 'Rashida is a warrior, and this is a war we're in.' Sitting in the front row, Rafeeq Jaber listened intently, seemingly impressed and knowing a thing or two about...

Two men who held key positions at nonprofit groups that were found liable in a Hamas terror financing scheme helped organize campaign fundraising events for Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) in 2018. The men, who organized events that were paid for by Tlaib's campaign, were associated with a network of nonprofit groups that were found liable by a federal jury in 2004 for financing the terrorist slaying of an American teenager, David Boim, at a bus stop in the West Bank in 1996. A federal judge ordered the three groups to pay Boim's parents a $156 million judgment for funding Hamas,...

Court documents recently filed by the government further rock the credibility of Russia Special Counsel Robert Mueller because they show that as FBI Director Mueller he worked to cover up the connection between a Florida Saudi family and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The documents reveal that Mueller was likely involved in publicly releasing deceptive official agency statements about a secret investigation of the Saudis, who lived in Sarasota, with ties to the hijackers. A Florida journalism nonprofit uncovered the existence of the secret FBI investigation that was also kept from Congress. Under Mueller’s leadership, the FBI tried to discredit the...

A California teenager suspected of attending a terrorist training camp and his father are being denied re-entry to the United States after spending four years in Pakistan unless they submit to interviews and lie-detector tests, their attorney says.     Julia Mass says the rights of her clients, Muhammad Ismail, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan, and his 18-year-old son, Jaber Ismail, to return to the United States are being violated because they are on the "no fly" list.     Miss Mass said an official at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad told Jaber Ismail that he and his father would be allowed...

From the NY Times we learn that once again the ACLU either doesn't care or doesn't have a brain when it comes to keeping the country safe. Whichever is the case they are actively undermining our security on a daily basis. This is just the latest example. Federal authorities have prevented two relatives of a father and son convicted recently in a terrorism-related case from returning home to California from Pakistan unless they agree to be interviewed by the F.B.I. It is unclear whether the men, Muhammad Ismail, 45, and his son Jaber, 18, have a direct connection to the...

On Wednesday, January 18, I received an e-mail from someone identifying himself as “Ahmed.” He wrote to me that he was a “Muslim activist” and that he wanted me to come on his radio show to discuss my work, or, in his words, “to give [my] side of the story.” In doing a simple web search on his e-mail address, it turned out that this individual was none other than the Director of Communications for the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Ahmed Rehab. While I didn’t know his motives in contacting me, I had recalled when...

GROZNY, Russia, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Russian officials say that army commandos raided an al-Qaida headquarters in Chechnya, killing one of the group's leaders. Gen. Arkady Yedelev, head of anti-terrorist operations in the North Caucasus, told reporters Friday that the dead man, identified as Jaber, was the organizer and financier of a recent major terrorist attack, Itar-Tass reported. Jaber allegedly headed a group of foreign fighters who began smuggling militants into Russia from Georgia's Pankisi Gorge in 2001. Jaber reportedly was behind attacks in Grozny, the Chechen capital, and in villages that were aimed at disrupting the republic before its...

FayettevilleArkansas student held on terrorism chargeJun 17, 2005, 2:45 PM FAYETTEVILLE - A graduate student at the University of Arkansas has been arrested on charges that he was planning to join a terrorist organization and launch attacks on Israel.Federal agents arrested Arwah J. Jaber on a criminal complaint accusing him of knowingly attempting to provide support to a foreign terrorist organization.A naturalized citizen, Jaber is to appear in U.S. District Court in Fort Smith on Tuesday.In an affidavit, FBI Special Agent Richard Blair said Jaber acknowledged in an interview at his residence that he told his Ph.D. professor and others at the university...

When the Kuwaiti National Assembly (parliament) met Monday, few expected the session to make history by granting women full political rights.... The decision ends Kuwait's dubious distinction as one of only two countries in the world not to allow women to take part in elections. It also opens the way for the appointment of women to Cabinet and ambassadorial positions.... Much to their disappointment, Kuwaiti women failed to persuade the administration of George Bush, the father, to press Kuwaiti leaders for reform. Obsessed with Realpolitik, the administration regarded democracy and human rights in the Middle East as desirable luxuries rather...

<p>Not for commercial use. Solely to be used for the educational purposes of research and open discussion.</p> <p>A former Canadian resident is a key commander and ideologue with Ansar al-Islam, a group the United States considers to be the terrorist link between Al Qaeda and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, says a captured Ansar member.</p> <p>Ali and another Ansar prisoner interviewed by the Star, 20-year-old Didar Khaled Khedr, said two former Iraqi intelligence agents are among Ansar's leaders - Abu Zurbeh and Abu Wahil.</p>