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“When Jihad Came to America”
by ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
March 2008

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “On May 2 and 3, 1990, the U.S. embassy in Cairo alerted its counterpart in Khartoum that Egypt’s “leading radical,” Omar Abdel Rahman, was on his way to Sudan. Warning that his ultimate plan might be to seek exile in the United States, the Cairo embassy asked its colleagues to pass along any information they might learn about his activities on Sudanese soil.

What did U.S. officials already know about Abdel Rahman in 1990? As the 9/11 Commission would later determine, they knew that he

had been arrested repeatedly in Egypt between 1985 and 1989 for attempting to take over mosques, inciting violence, attacking police officers, and demonstrating illegally, and that he had been imprisoned and placed under house arrest until he left Egypt for Sudan.
And yet when, immediately upon arriving in Sudan, Abdel Rahman made application at the American embassy for a multiple-entry visa to the United States, the document was issued to him within a week.

Visa in hand, Abdel Rahman—then fifty-two years old and sightless from a case of childhood diabetes, which had led to his being dubbed the “blind sheikh”—relocated to the United States on July 18, 1990. He first took up residence in a house in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, then settled in an apartment across the Hudson in Jersey City, New Jersey. In December 1990, fully six months after first learning that it had issued the visa in error, the State Department revoked it. By then, however, Abdel Rahman had exited and re-entered the United States on three occasions—one of them six days after the visa’s revocation, when he avoided detection by employing a slight variation on the spelling of his name.

At the start of 1991, the New York office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) began an investigation to determine whether grounds existed to deport Abdel Rahman for fraud in the acquisition of his visa. At almost exactly the same moment, he officially sought permanent resident-alien status as a “Special Immigrant, Religious Teacher.” Incredibly, the INS responded by granting his request and issuing him a coveted “green card” on April 8.”

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,343030,00.html

Trucker Badly Burned After His Tanker Explodes in Mass. Highway Crash

Friday, March 28, 2008

CHICOPEE, Mass. — A truck driver was critically burned after his fuel tanker rolled over and exploded in a fiery wreck that shut down Interstate 91 in Chicopee on Friday.

The driver was initially trapped in the cab after the 9:30 a.m. crash. Witnesses told The Republican of Springfield that more than a dozen drivers pulled over to try to free the man, some carrying blankets and jackets to smother the flames.

“They were trying to get him out of the cab, but everybody who tried would be stopped by the flames,” said Gregory Coleman of Westfield. “There were just a bunch of people running towards the fire. It was crazy.”

Coleman’s sister, Rebecca Colemen of Chicopee, said the tanker then exploded.

“The explosion just rocked the whole bridge,” she said. “The car bounced.”

The driver was eventually rescued and taken to an area hospital. The Republican reported he suffered third-degree burns over much of his body

State police said the accident happened after Victor Aponte, 35, of Holyoke got onto the highway, lost control of his car and careened across the road, hitting another car. Aponte’s car then hit the tanker, which veered off the road, striking a guardrail and sign post.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fitna
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/filmjihad/
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/deaththreats/

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FITNA
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4vadl_fitna-the-movie-dutch-official-rele_news
(Official Release: March 27, 2008)

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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7d9_1206624103

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993313/posts

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2016648847
“Islam: Al-Qaeda-linked sites post photo of Dutch MP behind anti-Koran film”
Dubai, 28 March (AKI)

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Note: Video included.

blog:

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/28/fitna-follow-up-the-usual-suspects-do-the-usual-thing/

“Fitna follow-up: The usual suspects do the usual thing; Update: Fitna pulled from Liveleak; “This is a sad day for freedom of speech on the net…””
By Michelle Malkin • March 28, 2008 12:44 PM

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Note: Videos included.
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/191989.php

March 28, 2008

“Liveleak Caves to Threats of Violence Over ‘Fitna’”

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http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/191988.php

March 28, 2008

“North Carolina Muslim to Geert Wilders: Islam Will Dominate Europe, Destroy Western Civilization, Tear Out Dutch MP’s Heart”

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blog:

revolution.muslimpad.com

revolution.muslimpad.com/2008/03/27/congratulations-geert-your-“fitna”-movie-has-created-more-mujaahideen-amongst-the-muslims/

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http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=29418_Euroblogger_Suspended_for_Posting_Fitna&only

“Euroblogger Suspended for Posting ‘Fitna’?”
Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 2:39:43 pm PST

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http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=29414_EU_Springs_into_Action_Condemns_Fitna&only

“EU Springs into Action, Condemns ‘Fitna’”
Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 8:52:32 am PST

SNIPPET: “Following the release of Geert Wilders’ film Fitna, the European Union is quick to reassure the Islamic world that the whole idea of “free speech” is probably overrated: EU condemns Dutch anti-Islam film.”