Posted on 01/07/2016 6:09:56 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
Authorities say they have arrested two people on terrorism-related charges in Texas and California.
Federal officials said 24-year-old Omar Faraj Al Hardan, a Palestinian born in Iraq, was arrested in Houston on Thursday.
According to the federal indictment, Al Hardan has been charged with three counts alleging that he attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
He is charged with one count each of attempting to provide material support to ISIL, procurement of citizenship or naturalization unlawfully and making false statements.
Federal authorities told NBC News that Al Hardan was allegedly trying to help get people in the U.S. to travel overseas and join a foreign terror organization.
There was no plot to carry out attacks in the U.S., one law enforcement official said. Another federal official said there was never any danger to people in the U.S.
Al Hardan is expected to appear in court Friday at 10 a.m. in Houston before U.S. Magistrate Judge John R. Froeschner. He entered the United States as a refugee on or about Nov. 2, 2009. He was granted legal permanent residence status on or about Aug. 22, 2011, and resides in Houston, according to the indictment.
Al Hardan's arrest came to light after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's office released the following statement Thursday: "I applaud the FBI for today's arrest of this dangerous subject. However, this is precisely why I called for a halt to refugees entering the U.S. from countries substantially controlled by terrorists," Gov. Greg Abbott said. "I once again urge the President to halt the resettlement of these refugees in the United States until there is an effective vetting process that will ensure refugees do not compromise the safety of Americans and Texans."
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said in a statement that the arrests may have prevented a terror-related event.
Meanwhile, a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday accuses a Sacramento man of traveling to Syria to fight alongside terrorist organizations and lying to investigators about it.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Sacramento says 23-year-old Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, an Iraqi citizen, was arrested Thursday morning in Sacramento. He is charged with making a false statement involving international terrorism.
Federal officials say a separate arrest in Milwaukee that grew out of the Sacramento investigation is not related to national security.
“Federal officials said 24-year-old Omar Faraj Al Hardan, a Palestinian born in Iraq, was arrested in Houston on Thursday.”
If he was born in Iraq how can be....?
Oh never mind.
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“There was no plot to carry out attacks in the U.S., one law enforcement official said. Another federal official said there was never any danger to people in the U.S. “
That’s comforting.
Criminal court? How about a firing squad for an act of war?
Skip the trial. Take 'em down to Main street and behead both of the islamic muslims. Then flop the heads into a vat of muriatic acid and ship the package over to an IS compound freight paid / Addressed To: Filthy Bastard Pervert Muslim Muhammad .- - - -Fighting Fire with Fire - - - -
What mosque did he attend?
Probably a whole nest full there...
Al Hardan entered the United States as an Iraqi refugee on or about Nov. 2, 2009. He was granted legal permanent residence status on or about Aug. 22, 2011, and resides in Houston.
Does this mean he was granted US citizenship? Does he have citizen's rights?
“I wonder on what basis he was given asylum?”
The border patrol/DHS/etc. couldn’t tell the difference between one brown-skin and another?
The ‘no habla’ thew them off?
He TOO was escaping ‘violence in Honduras/XYZ’?
/s
Or Justine Bieber.
no, not automatically, but if you go to the State department site, you’ll see that “refugees” can apply for citizenship after 5 years!
JUST NOT RIGHT!!!!!
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