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Ex-D.C. school official charged in terror plots
insider.washtimes.com ^ | March 31, 2005 | Matthew Cella

Posted on 03/31/2005 2:11:12 AM PST by Elkiejg

A former high-level D.C. schools official has been charged with plotting global terrorist acts while also struggling to renovate classrooms and rid city schools of asbestos.

Kifah Waed Jayyousi, the former facilities director for D.C. public schools, was ordered held in Detroit yesterday after he was arrested for providing material support to terrorists and plotting acts of terrorism outside the United States.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: daher; dc; detroit; detroitcell; dirtybombplot; jayyousi; jihadinamerica; kasimdaher; kassemdaher; kassimdaher; padilla
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I thought schools were supposed to do background checks on all employees..........this guy already had a record with the Feds. didn't he???? I think we're our own worst enemy.
1 posted on 03/31/2005 2:11:12 AM PST by Elkiejg
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To: Elkiejg

"It can't be true", as liberals woud say, The teachers unions and administrators are doing what is best for the students, we will (overlook) into this matter asap! /sarc


2 posted on 03/31/2005 2:19:28 AM PST by 1FASTGLOCK45 (FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
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To: Elkiejg

"Kifah Waed Jayyousi"

Surprise, surprise.


3 posted on 03/31/2005 2:35:53 AM PST by poobear
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To: Elkiejg

Let me guess. He was going to ship the asbestos to Al-Qaeda so that it could build dirty bombs.


4 posted on 03/31/2005 2:38:15 AM PST by The Red Zone (Go to Florida, the sun-shame state, to be schiavoed, to greer someone, and to felos a patient.)
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To: Elkiejg

This is the DC school system, a bottomless pit of spending and failure. I would doubt they even checked for a Federal record or that it would make a difference anyway.


5 posted on 03/31/2005 2:55:24 AM PST by Truth29
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To: Alouette
Ping.

This might be of interest. The arrested man was probably supporting terrorism in Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya, Somalia and other places (information behind the link).
6 posted on 03/31/2005 3:01:34 AM PST by familyop (Essayons!)
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To: Elkiejg
...A former high-level D.C. schools official has been charged with plotting global terrorist acts while also struggling to renovate classrooms and rid city schools of asbestos. Kifah Waed Jayyousi, the former facilities director for D.C. public schools, was ordered held in Detroit yesterday after he was arrested for providing material support to terrorists and plotting acts of terrorism outside the United States......

......wasn't that 'school' in Russia renovated by immigrant terrorist repairmen/women?

......this has NOTHING to do with the WHOLE (hole)...'INS'...System...../sarcasm

......this article should read:

......U.S.A. Schools INSIDE/OUTSIDE......D.C.,......etc.,.....watch you children's '6'.....

......walls of 'plastic'????

7 posted on 03/31/2005 3:20:26 AM PST by maestro
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To: Elkiejg
Here's a revelation: How about if a person has a name like "Kifah Waed Jayyousi", they get checked out a LITTLE more, or maybe even sent packing?

Oh, that's right. We might offend the muslims who want us dead.

8 posted on 03/31/2005 3:26:27 AM PST by Slump Tester (John Kerry - When even your best still isn't good enough)
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To: Elkiejg

Remember this is Washington DC, Dont need no Steenking background checks.


9 posted on 03/31/2005 3:36:35 AM PST by sgtbono2002
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To: Elkiejg

So it seems likely that terrorist groups have floor plans of every school in the DC system. Great.


10 posted on 03/31/2005 3:48:05 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Official Ruling Class Oligarch Oppressor)
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To: FreedomPoster

Oh, and I don't mean the NEA.


11 posted on 03/31/2005 3:48:26 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Official Ruling Class Oligarch Oppressor)
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To: Elkiejg

Background checks are usually limited to a searc of local and perhaps state criminal records. They are rarely national in scope.


12 posted on 03/31/2005 3:49:00 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: The Red Zone
Let me guess. He was going to ship the asbestos to Al-Qaeda so that it could build dirty bombs.

Worse. He was going to ship the DC school system to Al Qaeda so they could build stupid bombs.

13 posted on 03/31/2005 4:15:59 AM PST by dagnabbit (Vincente Fox's opening line at the Mexico-USA summit meeting: "Bring out the Gimp!")
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To: Elkiejg
A former high-level D.C. schools official has been charged with plotting global terrorist acts while also struggling to renovate classrooms and rid city schools of asbestos.

The dichotomy in this sentence is stunning - He might have been supporting terrorists, but was also struggling to abate asbestos and renovate classrooms for the chiiiiilllldrennnnnnnn. Un-freaking-real!

14 posted on 03/31/2005 4:19:41 AM PST by MortMan (CON is the opposite of PRO. Is Congress therefore the opposite of progress?)
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To: Elkiejg

You can always trust a muslim in D.C. Right? The religion of p-ss. NSNR


15 posted on 03/31/2005 5:04:10 AM PST by No Surrender No Retreat
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To: No Surrender No Retreat
Please excuse Kifah from class yesterday as he was helping his mosque.

Signed,

Kifah's mother

16 posted on 03/31/2005 5:14:26 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: dagnabbit

"Worse. He was going to ship the DC school system to Al Qaeda so they could build stupid bombs."

Now *that* is funny.

The sad part is that our teachers (exceptions noted) are the chaff of our university system, and some are the dregs of our society.


17 posted on 03/31/2005 5:32:36 AM PST by dsc
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To: Calpernia; Velveeta; WestCoastGal; DAVEY CROCKETT; appalachian_dweller; maestro

Ping.

Same M.O. as the Russian school?


18 posted on 03/31/2005 5:39:46 AM PST by nw_arizona_granny (The enemy within, will be found in the "Communist Manifesto 1963", you are living it today.)
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To: Elkiejg
"A former public schools official, accused of conspiring with a Florida man in the 1990s to raise money and recruit Muslim extremists to fight in Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya and Somalia...."

AP report

Ex-School Official Said Tied to Terrorism
Thu Mar 31,12:11 AM ET

DETROIT - A former public schools official, accused of conspiring with a Florida man in the 1990s to raise money and recruit Muslim extremists to fight in Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya and Somalia, was ordered held Wednesday to face federal terrorism charges.

A criminal complaint issued in December and unsealed Monday in Miami charges Kifah Wael Jayyousi, 43, formerly of Detroit, and Kassem Daher, of Broward County, Fla., with conspiring to provide material support and resources for terrorism, and with conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim or injure people or damage property in a foreign country.

Jayyousi appealed the order that he be held, and a hearing was set for Thursday, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's office said.

Jayyousi's lawyer, William Swor, told the court that the charges are bogus and that Jayyousi should be freed. He said Jayyousi was on sabbatical as a civil engineer and adjunct engineering professor at Wayne State University in Detroit.

Authorities said Jayyousi, a former Detroit Public Schools assistant superintendent, was arrested Sunday at Detroit Metro Airport after arriving from Amsterdam. U.S. Customs agents detained him after a routine computer check showed he was wanted on a federal warrant out of Miami.

Prosecutors have requested that he be sent to Miami.

Conspiring to provide material support and resources for terrorism carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The other charge carries a maximum penalty of 35 years to life in prison.

Daher is a fugitive living in Lebanon, the Detroit Free Press reported.

Jayyousi left Detroit Public Schools in 1999. A court affidavit signed by an FBI agent said he moved to Egypt in 2003.

19 posted on 03/31/2005 6:42:42 AM PST by Doctor13
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To: Elkiejg
It is not surprising that this has happened. Detroit has the highest number of Muslims in this country, thanks to former Senator Spencer Abraham (a Lebanese Orthodox Christian).

Abraham stated in his relection bid that if he were to win, he would increase the quota for Muslims to come to this country.

Fortunately, he lost his bid.

20 posted on 03/31/2005 6:45:35 AM PST by Doctor13
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