aristeides keeps that stuff sorted out pretty good, tho.
Algarawi said he believes Al-Hamdani entered the United States legally as a refugee who fled Iraq to escape Saddam Hussein's dictatorship. Algarawi said he believes Al-Hamdani moved to the Phoenix area from Lincoln, Neb. in 1997 and was "adjusting" to the freedoms of the United States.
originally from the "husker" sleeper cell, but arrived in 1997. that's long after the original iraqi cells were established in nebraska and oklahoma city. hmmmm.