Man Trained by Hamas Arrested on Gun Charges in Oregon

Portland Oregonian ^ | 12/12/2001 | Mark Larabee

[ex-Texan]

How many terror cells may be hiding in Portland, Oregon thanks to a disturbing policy of political correctness and personal privacy trumping the need for public safety?

[Britton J Wingfield]

Weinhouse said that when Steitiye was arrested, he said Americans were weak.

His cellmates might take exception to that.

[JOHN ADAMS]

The Arutz7 (Israel News) version of this story:

16:06 Dec-12-01, 27 Kislev 5762

Lebanese National With Hamas ID Apprehended in Portland

(IsraelNationalNews.com)

Lebanese national, 39-year-old Ali Khaled Steitiye was arrested by law enforcement agents in Portland, Oregon. On his person was a weapon, a diary with Sept. 11th highlighted, and a plate with the word Hamas on it. His arrest was the result of a local gun dealer informing police that Ali used fraudulent means when trying to purchase a weapon. Ali told investigators that he trained in a Lebanese facility. Law enforcement officials report that they found a handgun, an automatic weapon, and a considerable amount of ammunition in his home when arrested in October. He also had credit cards and a large knife. It is being reported that he obtained US citizenship last year by fraudulent means.

[WIMom]

Steitiye, 39, was arrested Oct. 24 with two guns
More than 1,000 rounds of ammunition
Machete in his car
A calendar with Sept. 11 circled in red marker.
Found four Social Security cards
Fake immigration "green" card
$20,000 in cash
A wood-carved plaque with "Hamas" on it
Evidence of credit card fraud
As much as $70,000 in welfare fraud
May have submitted false tax documents in support of his U.S. citizenship application
Making false statements to a licensed gun dealer.
Being a felon in possession of firearms.

All and all, a law-abiding American citizen. Let him move into the home next to the Mayor ....

[ex-Texan]

Steitiye fits the FBI's terrorist profile perfectly.

I hope Portland "Mayor" Katz is on her way out. The free local throw-away paper Willamette Week wrote a public relations puff piece on Katz recently trying to clarify her views and attacking the national media for portraying her as soft on terrorism.

Katz and her team a running scared of civil rights lawsuits.

[Joe Brower]

[WIMom]

I've been following that thread...Mayor Vera Katz extends a new welcome mat for the city of Portland

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the ping on this later thread on this fun loving politically correct Islamic terrorist.

This scary reality is what so many of us have screaming and shouting about for about a month now. When Katz's PC, butt boys, the police chief, ass. police chief and city attorney refused to question the 200 Islamic potential terrorists identified by John Ashcroft! Of course our left wingers and the fans of the terrorists on FR leaped to Katz's defense. They called her and her butt boys, true American heroes for refusing to question these potential Islamic terrorists. If anyone in America is killed by one of these 200 or others flocking to Portland for safety, they are as guilty of abetting murderers as Katz and her butt boys!

[m1911]

A good one.
The EXISTING gun laws worked! And one of those EVIL gun dealers helped make it happen.

[Silvertip]

Careful, Vera Katz may have you arrested for hatethink.

The arab of course is a VICTIM and needs to be protected.

Now we know why the PD refused to cooperate with the FBI!

[Lyndal]

Prosecutors said Steitiye, who came to the United States from Lebanon in the early 1980s, may have submitted false tax documents in support of his U.S. citizenship application, which was granted last year.

This guy got his citizenship last year after being convicted of two felonies since he arrived in the US?????????

[prambo]

This guy really must have a room temperature (Centigrade) IQ.

Why would one, if a terrorist, be driving around with a plaque with "Hamas" on it?

prambo

[dixiechick2000]

Did you see the Portland Tribune article about there being at least 10 people, other than the 23 people in Portland, that the police have been watching since before the AG asked for their cooperation? Sorry that I don't have a link. The Trib doesn't have their articles online.

One thing that bothers me...the man lives in Beaverton and tried to purchase the rifle in Tigard. Why was the Portland police chief involved? Why wasn't it the Beaverton police chief or the Tigard police chief? I think this is CYA...BIG TIME.

[desertcry]

Which room temperature, in an outhouse, in Siberia, in January, right?

[Jerez]

Sadly, he is right, Americans ARE weak. We have made ourselves so, with the PC crap so ardently supported by those like Oregon's Ms. Katz. I am glad that the shock of 9-11 seems to have awakened some Americans to the danger of just turning their country over to the PCers. But there are still plenty of people like this guy's lawyer -- like nothing is enough to suspect or accuse an Arab of doing the things that were done on 9-11!

[WIMom]

From the Portland Convention Center Calendar for New Years Eve:

Arabic Concert/New Years Eve Party Mon Dec 31 - Jan 1, 2002
Show Dates & Times:
December 31, 2001 8:00pm

Ticket Prices:
$118.50 includes premium seating and dinner
$78.00 does not include dinner

Tickets available at all Ticketmaster Outlets (including GI Joes and selected Fred Meyer stores) or by calling Ticketmaster at (503) 224-4400.

Music will be provided by Fadi Hanania and The Arabian Knights. Dinner package includes a sit down 3-course steak dinner scheduled to be served beginning at 9:30pm.

[Salvation]

Is Katz having a kow?

[HardStarboard]

>>>after prosecutors detailed what they consider disturbing facts about his background<<<

They consider these facts "disturbing"!! Wonder what they considered 9/11/01 - unsettling?

[ex-Texan]

I hate the fact that Katz always has a s#%$&%$g grin on her face. I mean an "ear-to-ear" grin which distorts her whole persona.

She needs a swift kick to her posterior.

[Grampa Dave]

The article written by a typical affirmative action and PC driven reporter is a little hard to read.

However, I read the article to say the police found his Hamas Plaque at his home, "

"Police searching his home found a calendar with Sept. 11 circled in red marker.

They also found four Social Security cards, a fake immigration "green" card, $20,000 in cash, a wood-carved plaque with "Hamas" on it, and evidence of credit card fraud and as much as $70,000 in welfare fraud, they said."

Lets see beside the guns that were illegal due to his felon status, a fake green card, evidence of credit card fraud and as much as $70000 in welfare fraud, and amazing with $20,000 cash on him!

With Oregone's two strike laws, he has at least doubled that in this one massive screw up! Of course his daddy probably mistreated him as a child, and he has had night mares of being an American Slave before the civil war. (doesn't matter that the civil war freed the slaves 100 years before he was born! His lawyer can call it right wing Arab profiling, and he can be out on his personal word in time to attend the Arab News Years Party at the Portland, Oregon Convention Center! Katz will be his proud escort!