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Marathon Victim Sues Glenn Beck For Defamation
A/P ^ | April 1, 2014

Posted on 04/01/2014 12:03:32 PM PDT by SatinDoll

BOSTON (AP) — A Saudi Arabian man injured in the Boston Marathon bombings has filed a defamation lawsuit against Glenn Beck, accusing the conservative commentator of calling him "the money man" behind the attack.

Abdulrahman Alharbi, 20, said in the lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Boston that his reputation was "substantially and severely damaged" as a result of Beck's statements on the air linking him to the bombings.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abdulrahmanalharbi; alharbi; alqaida; beck; boston; glennbeck; massachusetts; obamas; saudi; saudiarabia; saudiarabian; terrorfunding
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To: Gen.Blather

“There’s not telling what might happen once you get in front of a “judge.””

And no telling when they get in front of a jury. .a jury made up of liberals and, yes muslimes, too.


21 posted on 04/01/2014 12:58:46 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: SatinDoll

“explosives used in the pressure cooker bombs were also on his hands.”

That’s new forensics to me, is there a link to this?


22 posted on 04/01/2014 1:00:17 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: SatinDoll

You know that the “explosives” were fireworks innards from commercial fireworks they bought in New Hampshire, right?

Nothing exotic, no C4, PETN, TNT, just stuff anyone can buy.


23 posted on 04/01/2014 1:02:08 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: DBrow

Yes. So?


24 posted on 04/01/2014 1:04:07 PM PDT by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE US OF US CITIZEN PARENTS.)
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To: SatinDoll

So someone with common fireworks chemicals and burns is not necessarily a bomber, just someone slow in tossing a Black Cat or getting away from a fountain.

You would not get burned from the pressure cookers, the reaction is far too fast for the thing to heat up at all. A firecracker does not get hot then go bang and neither will a pressure cooker bomb filled with firecracker powder.

If you look at the videos you’ll see nobody but victims around the backpacks, and certainly not this Arab princeling.

I’m not saying he was NOT involved, but no way did he burn himself on the bomb. Maybe while experimenting with bomb construction somewhere else.

Let’s hope this gets started enough for a discovery phase. Seems like a trial balloon aimed at denigrating Beck whether or not it moves forward.


25 posted on 04/01/2014 1:14:58 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: GraceG

Is Beck even the original source of this?


26 posted on 04/01/2014 1:17:47 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: DBrow

Everything is on videotape. The trial should be interesting.


27 posted on 04/01/2014 1:20:26 PM PDT by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE US OF US CITIZEN PARENTS.)
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To: SatinDoll

http://www.theislamicmonthly.com/exclusive-interview-with-the-saudi-man-from-boston/

According to Islamic Monthly this kid is pure as teh driven snow! Does not quite match other data we’ve seen, eh, SatinDoll? lol


28 posted on 04/01/2014 1:21:19 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: SatinDoll

I’d still like to learn about the chemical residues, though. If they were only on his hands, and not sprayed all over him because of the blast, that’s pretty relevant.


29 posted on 04/01/2014 1:22:59 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: SatinDoll

Can you have a jury trial when one party is not an American citizen?
Or is the decision totally in a judges hands ?


30 posted on 04/01/2014 1:26:19 PM PDT by aumrl (let's keep it real Conservatives)
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To: SatinDoll
He was injured at the Boston Marathon because he was handling the "pressure cooker bombs" when they started to go off.

Bombs?

There were two of them, and they went off 12 seconds and 210 yards apart. Therefore, this guy could have been "handling" at most one of them. But, if he had, he would no longer be coming down for breakfast, much less suing Glenn Beck.

Also, pressure cooker bombs "start to go off" rather quickly. You would need one of those super high-speed cameras even to tell the difference between the beginning and the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD_Ufn1ROw0

31 posted on 04/01/2014 1:27:46 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: SatinDoll

I don’t know who I trust less. This guy, or Glenn Beck.


32 posted on 04/01/2014 1:30:18 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: DBrow

Pure as driven snow - not so clean if is driven (wind blown) snow - there is dirt in it.


33 posted on 04/01/2014 1:30:20 PM PDT by hondact200 (Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
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To: SatinDoll
The lawsuit trial will be interesting as there should be all kinds of opportunity for discovery

I agree. We can now discover how far out to lunch Beck really is.

34 posted on 04/01/2014 1:31:32 PM PDT by corlorde (forWARD of the state)
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To: SatinDoll

This is that little royal Saudi college student who was supposed to be studying in the midwest but instead was living in a waterfront condo and going to school in Harvard Square. The Saudi ambassador made an emergency visit to the White House, Moochelle flew to Boston and visited him in the hospital, and lo and behold he was whisked out of the country like the Saudi students of 9/11. Guilty as hell and free as a bird. What a wunnerful country.


35 posted on 04/01/2014 1:39:05 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: SatinDoll
"The lawsuit trial will be interesting as there should be all kinds of opportunities for discovery. "

Agreed. Most interesting. And maybe the media will finally cover this?

As I recall, there were many things that didn't make any sense with his (Saudi Royal's) story, but the government ignored all of them and let him go-no questions asked.

36 posted on 04/01/2014 1:39:27 PM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.>)
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To: SatinDoll

Discovery might be interesting.


37 posted on 04/01/2014 1:41:17 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: SatinDoll

He was later exonerated by The Washington Post, and authorities said he was merely a “witness,”

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2014/03/31/glen-beck-sued-boston-marathon-attack/

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http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/24/are-these-pictures-of-michelle-obama-visiting-the-saudi-student-put-on-a-watchlist-last-week/

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Boston, Massachusetts
Current City

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Hometown

https://www.facebook.com/abdulrahman.alharbi.739/about


38 posted on 04/01/2014 1:54:01 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: SatinDoll
This guy was briefly regarded as person of interest by the feds. Here they are after raiding his apartment in Revere, mere hours after the bombings:

Can you imagine why they'd come down like a ton of bricks on such an innocent chile?


Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi

I mean, my God! They profiled the guy!

39 posted on 04/01/2014 1:54:03 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

so, “Slave of Ali the Great Warrior” is suing.

That’s what his name means.


40 posted on 04/01/2014 1:56:05 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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