Terror suspect arrested at O’Hare: police
A man wanted on a Minnesota warrant for alleged terror threats was arrested at O’Hare International Airport on Thursday night, police said.
Ismail Alqawasmi, 36, of Richfield, Minn., remains in Chicago Police custody after being arrested at 8 p.m. at O’Hare, according to police.
Alqawasmi flew into the United States from Amman, Jordan, on Royal Jordanian airlines and a customs official conducting a name check found an active warrant from Wright County in Buffalo, Minn, for “terroristic threats,” according to police.....
http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1841670,terror-suspect-algawasmi-ohare-102309.article
After Boston jihad terror arrest, Massachusetts Muslims pledge new cooperation with feds, new anti-terror programs in mosques — no, wait...
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/10/after-boston-jihad-terror-arrest-massachusetts-muslims-pledge-new-cooperation-with-feds-new-anti-ter.html
Massive FBI Raid on Islamic Slaughterhouse Mystifies Tiny Illinois Town
Thursday, October 22, 2009 By Joseph Abrams
" At 8 a.m. Sunday the population of Kinsman, Ill., stood at 109. An hour later it nearly doubled, as upwards of 100 federal agents and police swooped in on the tiny, rural community. And no one seems to know why.
The law enforcement officers, including FBI agents, immigration officials and state police, surrounded an Islamic meat plant in Kinsman, cordoning off the area and briefly detaining the plant's handful of employees.
The FBI isn't saying much, and the county sheriff is mum too, leaving Kinsman's residents mystified. The bust, in a town that has no local police force, involved dozens of vehicles, a pair of snipers and a helicopter flying overhead, witnesses said — but it ended without even a single arrest..."
Too close for my comfort.