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FAYETTEVILLE FELON SENTENCED FOR UNLAWFUL WEAPONS POSSESSION RALEIGH - United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced ABDULAH ASAD MUJAHID a/k/a Brian Steven Sweeney, 33, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to 300 months’ imprisonment followed by five years’ supervised release. A Federal Grand Jury returned a Criminal Indictment on November 24, 2009. On March 8, 2010, MUJAHID pled guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1) and possession of a stolen firearm, in violation of...

Jordan's ruler: Aid to Palestinians must continue - now more than ever AlArab Online Jordan's king, Abdullah II King Abdullah II of Jordan was in Paris this week for talks with French President Jacques Chirac. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is nominally a constitutional monarchy, but in practice, Abdullah is no mere figurehead like his royal peers in the remaining monarchies of Europe. Instead, the young king commands his country's military, appoints the holders of its most important political offices, and has his hands in all aspects of Jordan's domestic and foreign policy-making. In the Arab world, Jordan is a...