Man arrested at B.C. border with 'terrorist resources'

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[Cindy]

The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER — SNIPPET: "Khaled Nawaya, a flight instructor, was arrested by Canada Border Services agents when they found $800,000 in gold coins and other currency in his car and pockets on Oct. 6, as he crossed into Surrey, B.C., near Vancouver." SNIPPET: "He'd been living in the U.S. since he was 17 and had gained approval for permanent residency in Canada.

Besides the gold, Canadian agents found a ring bearing the insignia of Hezbollah, which has been listed as a terrorist organization by the Canadian government since 2002.

They also seized 9/11 conspiracy theory-themed DVDs and a scarf adorned with the images of a former Israeli prime minister and a U.S. president depicted as monkeys."

SNIPPET: "And while the government has inquired with several Middle Eastern embassies about the significance of the ring -- such as whether they'd represent participation in the Islamist group based in Lebanon - Rankin said the man's brother had them uniquely made in the U.S."

SNIPPET: "Nawaya was also checked out by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security after Sept. 11, 2001. Rankin said Nawaya likely piqued the department's interest because he is a flight instructor and because he is of Middle Eastern descent.

Nawaya was born in Saudi Arabia but holds Syrian citizenship. Upon moving to the U.S. he earned two degrees, in professional aeronautics and management."

[fanfan]

Thanks for the ping, Cindy.

[Tunehead54]

Things seem to be heating up ... ;-(

[jws3sticks]

Read more about Chrissie Matthews' reaction to this catch of the flight instructor with all the gold (granted a stretch) Chrissie's Tingle ...

[Melchior]

Oh, I’m sure our wonderful FBI has been following this guy for years and was just waiting to pounce. Sarcasm? indeed!

[Oorang]

He feels great, I feel nauseous. I see Robert Spencer got the memo, good job Cindy. The more folks hear of the PC crap the sooner it will stop. Well, I can dream can't I?

[taxesareforever]

LOL! Yep. Good ole “turn a blind eye” FBI.

[taxesareforever]

LOL! Yep. Good ole “turn a blind eye” FBI.

[taxesareforever]

LOL! Yep. Good ole “turn a blind eye” FBI.

[Cindy]

....I feel nauseous.

DITTO.

[Cindy]

It does seem more active lately, in my opinion.

[Cindy]

You’re welcome fanfan.

[Moe Tzadik]

Look people, not all Saudi born Muslim flight instructors with Syrian passports crossing borders with a million bucks in gold and cash and Hezzbollah rings and 9/11 videos and jihad keffiyas are terrorists!

[piasa]

Speaking of Vancouver and Hezbollah:

JUNE 2, 1999 : ( CANADA : VANCOUVER HEZBOLLAH TERRORIST M H DBOUK CONVERSES WITH COCONSPIRATOR/BROTHER-IN-LAW ALI ADHAM AMHAZ-----see IMAD MUGNIYEH {see LEBANON, US MARINE BARRACKS BOMBING, ETC})/// Bell [Kenneth Bell, a U.S. Justice Department lawyer prosecuting a Hezbollah cell that uses Canada as a base] said what convinced him of Mr. Mugniyah's involvement in Canada was a fax intercepted by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service -- a message sent by Mohamad Hassan Dbouk, a Hezbollah agent in Vancouver, to his boss in Lebanon, Hassan Laqis.
"Dbouk sent one of these Palm Pilots to Laqis and the closing line to this was, 'I want you to know that I will do anything I can for you and the father, and I mean anything,' " Mr. Bell said. He believes the term "the father" referred to Mr. Mugniyah.
Later, in a telephone conversation monitored by CSIS agents, Mr. Dbouk admonished his alleged accomplice and brother-in-law, Ali Adham Amhaz, a resident of Burnaby, B.C., for mentioning the name Haj Imad on the phone.
"What a terribly dangerous thing to say," Mr. Dbouk said in the June 2, 1999, conversation. "Would anyone bring up Imad's name here or in any other country and stay alive?"
A CSIS report on the conversation said Mr. Dbouk referred to Haj Imad as "the whole story" and advised Mr. Amhaz to deny knowing the man. "Dbouk cautioned Amhaz to be careful and to pretend to know nothing," CSIS wrote.
Mr. Bell said he believes the Haj Imad mentioned in these exchanges is Mr. Mugniyah. According to Mr. Mugniyah's FBI "most wanted" poster, he uses the alias Hajj.
--------- "Leading terror suspect tied to Canadian cell: Imad Mugniyah: Academic fears operations could be launched 'in and from' Canada,' " BY Stewart Bell, National Post Tuesday, November 12, 2002 or- "Tehran's Terror Master," by Patrick Devenny, Front Page Mag, 5/26/2005

[piasa]

A Texan who makes signet rings...who’s their sealing wax supplier I wonder?

[Cindy]

That’s a good question...do they still make sealing wax?

[Cindy]

Well now, that’s interesting.

Thanks piasa.

[piasa]

NOVEMBER 25, 2005 : (CANADA : REPORT : IRAQI MUBARAK AL DURI WAS A RESIDENT OF VANCOUVER AREA TOWN OF RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA- See TUCSON CELL, TORONTO CELL, VANCOUVER CELL, WMD, MOHAMED MAHJOUB {ANTHRAX, AMERITHRAX}) Osama bin Laden's chief ...[WMD] broker is a former resident of a Vancouver suburb, a Federal Court judge disclosed yesterday in ruling on a related case. In a 105-page decision handed down in Ottawa, Judge Eleanor Dawson said Canadian intelligence investigators had determined that Mubarak Al Duri, an Iraqi, had once lived in Richmond, B.C.----- "Bin Laden WMD chief once lived in B.C. : Judge upholds detention of Egyptian associate," Stewart Bell, National Post [Canada], Published: Saturday, November 26, 2005
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...But she [Judge Dawson] said [Iraqi Mubarak] Al Duri had associated with Toronto-based terror suspect Mohamed Mahjoub after December, 1995, and may have also associated with terrorist Essam Marzouk, who lived in B.C. until 1998. The disclosure was contained in a court decision concerning Mr. [Mohammed] Mahjoub, a suspected high-level member of Egyptian terrorist faction Vanguards of Conquest who was arrested in Toronto in June, 2000.----- "Bin Laden WMD chief once lived in B.C. : Judge upholds detention of Egyptian associate," Stewart Bell, National Post [Canada], Published: Saturday, November 26, 2005

[piasa]

Iran Hezbollah bump in honor of Obama’s Iran deal

[piasa]

update: never mind the hezbollah ring , looks like he’s cleared for takeoff

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/flight-instructor-released-after-month-in-custody/article1204573/

[A CA Guy]

Where is his brother in the USA right now? They may want to give him full exam along with his Mosque.