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Fugitive son of Detroit Imam arrested in Windsor
Canwest News Service ^ | 2009-10-29 | Jorge Barrera and Don McArthur

Posted on 10/29/2009 12:59:50 PM PDT by Clive

The fugitive son of an Imam shot dead by U.S. federal agents Wednesday was arrested Thursday in downtown Windsor and in the custody Canadian border authorities, the FBI said in a statement.

Mujahid Carswell, 30, also known as Mujahid Abdullah, was arrested by RCMP officers at about 1 p.m. Thursday without incident after police blocked off a downtown street and surrounded a house with a tactical team. He was witnessed being whisked away in a prisoner transport van and is currently in the custody of the Canada Border Services Agency on immigration violations.

Mr. Carswell is the oldest son of Lubqman Ameen Abdullah, the imam of a Detroit mosque who was killed after an exchange of gunfire with FBIagents during the raid on a warehouse in Dearborn, Mich.

Mr. Abdullah, also known as Christopher Thomas, and 10 others, including the three fugitives, were named in a federal complaint unsealed Wednesday that alleges conspiracy to commit theft from interstate shipments, mail fraud to obtain the proceeds of arson, illegal possession and sale of firearms and tampering with motor vehicle identification numbers.

Mr. Carswell was a member of the security Sura team that guards the Masjid Al-Haqq mosque in Detroit where his father was the imam. The federal complaint, obtained by Canwest News Service, says that according to an informant, Mr. Carswell moved to Windsor and was living two blocks from the tunnel border crossing and goes to a large mosque in the city.

Mr. Carswell also trains about 60 children, ages eight to 18, in martial arts at the mosque, the federal complaint said.

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(Excerpt) Read more at nationalpost.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; War on Terror
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1 posted on 10/29/2009 12:59:50 PM PDT by Clive
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To: exg; Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; Byron_the_Aussie; Cannoneer No. 4; ...

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2 posted on 10/29/2009 1:00:35 PM PDT by Clive
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To: Clive

Canuckistan enforces its immigration “laws”?


3 posted on 10/29/2009 1:04:21 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Clive

Guess he didn’t want to go out in a blaze of glory like dear old dad.


4 posted on 10/29/2009 1:06:13 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: Clive
Mr. Carswell moved to Windsor and was living two blocks from the tunnel border crossing and goes to a large mosque in the city.

Must have been on Househunters. Needs house near tunnel border crossing perfect for nipping over to do a bit of terrorism.

That said, our resident Muslim, Obama, is sure being quiet about this. I guess his handlers must have told him to shut his trap.

5 posted on 10/29/2009 1:09:25 PM PDT by livius
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To: fanfan; MamaDearest; Oorang; Velveeta

ping


6 posted on 10/29/2009 1:23:55 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: All; fanfan

Previously...

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/10/28/windsor-border-task-force-091028.html

“Canada, U.S. join forces at Detroit-Windsor border”
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | 4:27 PM ET
CBC News

SNIPPET: “The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has established a task force to help keep gang-related activity from crossing the U.S.-Canada border at Windsor, Ont.

Windsor police chief Gary Smith was in Detroit on Wednesday to announce a new, US-Canada task force to monitor the Detroit-Windsor border. (Dennis Porter/CBC)The Border Enforcement Security Task Force, or BEST, comprises law enforcement officers at the federal, state and local levels in the U.S. and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada Border Services Agency, Ontario Provincial Police and Windsor Police Service in Canada.

Together, those agents will cover about 1,160 kilometres of border.

“The BEST’s mission is clear — to collaboratively identify and disrupt transnational criminal organizations exploiting our shared border,” Brian Moskowitz, special agent in charge of ICE’s office of investigations in Michigan and Ohio, said Wednesday morning in Detroit.

Its focus includes:

National security and terrorist threats.
Human smuggling and trafficking.
Contraband smuggling.
Bulk cash smuggling.
Money laundering.
Transnational gang activities exploiting the border region.”


7 posted on 10/29/2009 1:25:29 PM PDT by Cindy
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Thanks for the pings, Clive and Cindy.


8 posted on 10/29/2009 1:28:26 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: fanfan

You’re welcome fanfan.


9 posted on 10/29/2009 1:30:32 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Paladin2

Only at our southern border./s


10 posted on 10/29/2009 1:31:05 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: Clive

Must have been checking out the “Windsor Ballet”.


11 posted on 10/29/2009 1:31:16 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Clive; Cindy; Springman

I wonder when he crossed the border?


12 posted on 10/29/2009 1:46:44 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: Paladin2
Hey, pal. Get up to date. There is no information that this perp is a Canadian citizen. He was the son on the imam. He has been arrested:

http://www.windsorstar.com/news/www.windsorstar.com/pdf/crimcomplaint.pdf

His citizenship has not been established, but the article says he "moved" to Windsor. He "moved" here from Dearborn. He is going back to the US very soon, in cuffs, thanks to the RCMP.

You are welcome.

13 posted on 10/29/2009 2:02:35 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (How do I change my screen name now that we have the most conservative government in the world?)
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To: Paladin2

Shouldn’t throw stones if you live in a glass house


14 posted on 10/29/2009 2:05:49 PM PDT by Hazzardgate
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To: fanfan

I don’t know the date.

I’m updating here as more info becomes available:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373281/posts


15 posted on 10/29/2009 2:19:08 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Former Proud Canadian

Making your link clickable:

http://www.windsorstar.com/news/www.windsorstar.com/pdf/crimcomplaint.pdf


16 posted on 10/29/2009 2:19:59 PM PDT by Cindy
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Previously...

http://www.windsorstar.com/sports/Windsor+sought+after+raids+radical+Islamic+group+Dearborn/2158482/story.html

“Two Windsor men sought after FBI raids on radical Islamic group in Dearborn
Third suspect hails from somewhere in Ontario”

BY STAR STAFF, THE WINDSOR STAROCTOBER 29, 2009


17 posted on 10/29/2009 2:23:35 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Clive

As Don Cherry might say, “Hey, this Carswell kid, Mujad, Moosehead, whatever - he’s a good Canadian boy, just a little rough around the edges! I’m sure the Detroit organization will find a place for him!”


18 posted on 10/29/2009 2:49:22 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism - "Who-whom?")
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To: Cindy

Thank you for your work Cindy.

I should have been more specific anyway....I am wondering if he crossed into Canada before or after the raid. If after, that wouldn’t say much for our border guards.


19 posted on 10/29/2009 3:59:00 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: fanfan

I don’t know at this time.


20 posted on 10/29/2009 4:00:55 PM PDT by Cindy
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