Agent of Saddam Arrested in Chicago

FoxNews - cable ^ | July 9, 2003

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

Ah, I see you beat me to it.

No prob. Harlem Avenue Wal-Mart? South of 95th Street? I've been there too. Know what you mean.

[fella]

What position was he working at in the Mayors office? And is that job now open?

[grapeape]

That was great!!

[NetValue]

"A suburban Oak Lawn man was arrested Wednesday on charges of serving as an unregistered agent of Saddam Hussein's government, including spying on opposition leaders for Iraqi intelligence, federal officials announced. Khaled Abdel-Latif Dumeisi, 60, was arrested based on a dossier found in Baghdad in April and turned over to the FBI."

Espionage in a time of war carries A possible death penalty. Whether we go for it depends on how serious his espionage has been.

[Humidston]

Thanks Chi-town. Actually, I spent the first 5 yrs of my life in Lansing... Born in Hammond, Ind. Small world, eh?

(But those 5 yrs were half a century ago so I'm not familiar with much more than my old street - the size of my world in those days. :)

[TomGuy]

Guys it looks like this spy was in on some of the protests..

There were some reports in the early spring about the FBI infiltrating the war demonstrations. Looks like they might be using a similar technique for these kinds of protests, too.

[ought-six]

"Remember that due to 9/11/01, the tallest building in town is now the tallest building in the U.S. And depending on your definition of building height, the tallest in the world."

Sorry, but even before 9/11 the Sears Tower was taller than the WTC.

[ought-six]

"Remember that due to 9/11/01, the tallest building in town is now the tallest building in the U.S. And depending on your definition of building height, the tallest in the world."

Sorry, but even before 9/11 the Sears Tower was taller than the WTC.

[Puppage]

Why would you post such a comment?

It was a PICTURE, not a comment, Capt. Obvious. Can ya maybe get a TAD more serious?

[Mo1]

Interesting piece of news

[unspun]

RW, you "swarthy Saracen!"
(That may have been from Tarzan book.)
If you're an Agent of Saddam, can you handle playing day games at Wrigley Field better?

[Redbob]

Rag-Tag?

[JustPiper]

This area is full of mosques, about an hour from Chicago.

[JustPiper]

Gotcha, it was on all local news today.

[justshutupandtakeit]

"The Daley Legacy" sounds like a comment to me, what was that picture supposed to mean? Oak Lawn is not in Chicago. You could have just as appropriately posted a picture of Lincoln, I suppose.

[Puppage]

Loosen up, pal. Ya have'n a bad day are ya?

[Chi-townChief]

Oak Lawn is inches away from Chicago, not an hour away. I can walk to Chicago in ten minutes and drive downtown in about twenty on a decent traffic day.

[Dengar01]

I was hoping that it was Bobby Rush.

I was hoping Jan Schakowsky.

[piasa]

Speaking of Iraqis... here are some folks from a money laundering operation (there are also Iraqi links in the so-called "paintball cell" which was recently in the news):

* Hussain Alshafei : an Iraqi native and naturalized U.S. citizen, he is alleged to be a point man for a worldwide ring that forwarded funds to a firm in Iraq called Al-Nour Trading. Arrested and Indicted for conspiracy to launder money on December 19, 2002

* Fakher aka Abu Haider : He runs an Iraqi company, Al-Nour Trading. Indicted for conspiracy to launder money on December 19, 2002

* Ali Mohammud Ali Abbas : an Iraqi based in Jordan Indicted for conspiracy to launder money on December 19, 2002

* Haider Amer Fakher : an Iraqi Indicted for conspiracy to launder money on December 19, 2002

[piasa]

The apparent head instigator of the "paintball cell" associated with Lashkar-e-Toiba whose members were recentlyu arrested in the US and Saudi Arabia:

* Ali Al-Timimi, Fairfax, Va. Islamic lecturer, U.S. son of Iraqi immigrants - "The search warrants," StLToday.com , St. Louis Post Dispatch , 06/12/2003
Cleric at a northern Virginia Islamic center - "FBI arrests at least 7 with suspected terror ties ," CNN , Friday, June 27, 2003
Ali Al-Timimi, an Islamic scholar whose home was also searched - "12 Washington-area Muslims investigated for alleged terrorist ties," By Karen Branch-Brioso, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Thu, Jun. 12, 2003