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ST LOUIS, MO – A Washington University student senator was caught in the act of removing American flags from a 9/11 memorial on the twentieth anniversary of the tragic attack on our country. The student, identified as Fadel Alkilani, was filmed plucking the flags from the ground and placing them into garbage bags – later claiming his actions were a form of protest against “Islamophobia” and “American imperialism”.

A member of the student government at Washington University in St. Louis, was caught on video removing 2,977 American flags commemorating the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The student was caught on video as he stuffed them into trash bags. A video posted Saturday by Young Americans for Freedom shows a WU student government member removing Americans flags and stuffing them into trash bags. He was later identified by the independent student newspaper Student Life as Student Union Vice President of Finance Fadel Alkilani. YAF says Alkilani removed 2,977 American flags that were placed on campus — one...

A student at Washington University unilaterally removed thousands of 9/11 memorial flags and piled them into garbage bags in a protest against Islamophobia and US military interventions, according to the college newspaper. In a video posted online, the student can be seen holding multiple plastic bags containing the small American flags that he had removed from a memorial on Mudd Field at the university in St Louis, Missouri. The flags — a total of 2,977 — were placed on the lawn to honor the people who lost their lives in the attacks 20 years on.The student has since been identified...