Posted on 12/12/2001 7:26:26 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The chairman of the Jewish Defense League were arrested in connection with a failed bombing plot, federal authorities said.
Irv Rubin, 56, and a member of the militant group, Earl Krugel, 59, were booked early Wednesday at the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, detention center spokeswoman Donna Davis said.
The arrests late Tuesday were in connection with a bombing plot, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office. He would not describe the alleged scheme except to say, "The bombing was not carried out."
Criminal charges should be filed later Wednesday, Mrozek said.
Law enforcement agencies raided a home identified by television stations as Krugel's late Tuesday night. Footage showed officers carrying out weapons and cardboard boxes.
Calls to the FBI, U.S. Customs and the JDL were not immediately returned.
The Jewish Defense League was originally formed by Meir Kahane to mount armed response to anti-Semitic acts in New York City. It gained notoriety when its members were linked to bombings, most of them aimed at Soviet targets in retaliation for the way that country treated its Jewish population.
Kahane left the JDL and moved to Israel. A power struggle ensued, with Rubin among the contenders for its leadership.
Kahane was assassinated in New York in 1990. El Sayyid Nosair, 36, an Egyptian-born Muslim, was convicted in connection with the shooting.
Yeah, don't you just wish .
. I think I'll just wait and see the list FOX NEWS has!
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Two members of the militant Jewish Defense League, including its chairman, have been arrested at their homes in suburban Los Angeles in connection with an alleged bomb plot, federal officials said on Wednesday. FBI spokeswoman Laura Bosley identified the two men, who were taken into custody late Tuesday, as JDL Chairman Irv Rubin and JDL member Earl Krugel. U.S. Attorney's office spokesman Tom Mrozek said the two men were arrested "in relation to a bombing plot" but gave no further details. Rubin and Krugel are expected to appear in court later on Wednesday when bail and future court dates will be set, Mrozek said. Further details of the arrests were expected to be released later in the day. A relative of one of the men told reporters he thought the arrests were connected to the 1985 assassination in Santa Ana, California, of Alexander Odeh, regional director of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. But Bosley said the men were not arrested in connection with Odeh's death. Earl Krugel's brother, Barry Krugel, said agents raided his brother's home, and in the process broke the door down. He said that any weapons removed from his brother's home were legally owned. The raid was conducted by a multi-agency antiterrorism task force, according to video camera operators on the scene. The arrests follow federal grand jury proceedings in Los Angeles earlier this year when Rubin, the 59-year-old Krugel brothers and others were questioned about Odeh's death, a JDL source told reporters. Odeh was killed when he opened the door to his office and a bomb exploded. The night before he had appeared on television defending the Palestine Liberation Organization. A $1 million reward was offered in 1996 for information leading to the discovery of Odeh's killers. Rubin has said the JDL played no role in Odeh's death, but added he shed "no tears" over the slaying. The JDL was founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane, who was assassinated in New York in 1990. Prior to his death he founded the extremist KACH party in Israel which advocated the expulsion of all Arabs from Israel and Israeli-occupied territories. The party was later outlawed. ((Sarah Tippit, Los Angeles newsroom, +1 213-955-6776, fax +1 213-622-0056, sarah.tippit@reuters.com)) 12 DEC 2001 17:59:55 -¦- http://www.reuters.co.il/news2000/N2SCK4I5.HTM
I don't post what I wish - I post what I KNOW.
but you know madrussian you are not doing a good job of assimilating. You are supposed to be a sheeple, you are too insightful and you understand too much.
Actually, the guy who introduced this expression had served in Poland, so the origin is probably Polish.
He also said that blacks were called "chernuh" by Poles, which sounds kind of funny in Russian.
Yet, we never see a single TV show about the dangers posed by Jewish Supremacists and Jewish Fundamentalists, such as those in the JDL.
Just another example of the bias of the liberal media.
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