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DETROIT–A man described as a leader of a radical Sunni Islam group in the U.S. was fatally shot this afternoon while resisting arrest and exchanging gunfire with federal agents, authorities said. Agents at a warehouse in Dearborn were trying to arrest Luqman Ameen Abdullah, 53, on charges that included conspiracy to sell stolen goods and illegal possession and sale of firearms. Ten followers listed in a criminal complaint were also being rounded up in the area. Three – Mujahid Carswell, 30, Mohammad Alsahi, 33, and Yassir Ali Khan, 30 – are Ontario residents, the FBI said in a release. Abdullah...

After 19 years on the run, German police arrest members of RZ group, which was involved in hijacking Air France plane with dozens of Israelis on board in 1976 Two suspected members of a German left-wing terror group which took part in some of the most notorious hostage dramas of the 1970s have surrendered to authorities after 19 years on the run. Federal state prosecutors in Karlsruhe said on Sunday that the two suspected members of the "Revolutionaere Zellen" (RZ), or Revolutionary Cells, had given themselves up in December. RZ members helped Carlos the Jackal take ministers hostage at an...

"Tony McDonald, a member of the University of Texas Young Conservatives, sets up a protest anti- American Civil Liberties Union nativity scene, dubbed a 'solstice barn,' on the university's campus in Austin December 4, 2006. The display features a 'Nancy Pelosi' angel, a 'suicide bomber' shepherd, and Marx, Lenin and Stalin as the Three Wise Men." "Josh Perry, a member of the University of Texas Young Conservatives, spreads hay as he sets up a protest anti-American Civil Liberties Union nativity scene, dubbed a 'solstice barn,' on the university's campus in Austin, Texas December 4, 2006. The display features a...

Does America need a terrorist financier to secure its “freedom”? Sami al-Arian thinks so. His National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom poses as a watchdog for the Constitution, but he has focused his lobbying efforts on repealing anti-terrorist legislation. While Sami al-Arian himself has been arrested for being a prime financier for Palestinian Islamic Jihad (and likely one of its three founders), his political movement continues to threaten homeland security. Al-Arian founded the National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom (NCPPF) in 1997 as a reaction to the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1996. The coalition’s stated goal “is to help change the...

September 18, 2006 BREAKING: Largest U.S. Islamic Charity Raided by FBI Printer Friendly By Debbie Schlussel I've been writing about LIFE for Relief and Development for years, and I think my columns (especially this one), have finally made a difference. Ditto for my complaints about LIFE to Assistant U.S. Attorney for counterterrorism, Ken Chadwell. Less than half an hour ago, the FBI began raiding LIFE and hauling out documents. Well, it's about time. LIFE--the largest Islamic charity still open for business in America--openly admitted on its 1995-'97 taxes to be a major funder of HAMAS. Headquartered in the Orthodox Jewish...

It's been four years of bad news for flight attendants. First, 9/11 happened. Then, they were laid off. With airline bankruptcies like Northwest's, they are being laid off again. Now, in another blow, the movie, "Flight Plan," is hitting theaters, tomorrow. Starring Jodie Foster, it's an outrageous piece of propaganda and incredible display of the irresponsible. I'm embarrassed to say that a very distant cousin of mine--Charles J.D. Schlissel--is executive producer of this outrage. The J.D. must stand for "Just Despicable." If you're a freedom-loving American like me, the rotten tricks of this movie will disgust you. If you want...

Many people have e-mailed asking for my opinion on the emerging Operation Able Danger story--in which army intelligence personnel were barred from notifying the FBI about Mohammed Atta. While I agree that the Pentagon lawyers who stopped the Able Danger operatives from notifying the FBI are culpable, and their behavior is an outrage, my take is different from most conservative commentators. I really don't think the FBI would have acted on the information. Instead, today, we'd be sweeping under the rug yet more ineptitude by the, unfortunately, "lead agency" in the War on Terror. Let's look at what the FBI...

Twenty Years after TWA 847, No Lessons Learned By Debbie Schlussel Twenty years ago, this week, Hezbollah terrorists hijacked TWA Flight 847, and trampled Navy Diver Robert Stethem to death. Stethem's only crime was being American. The hijacking and murder was among the first televised Islamic terror attacks against Americans, unfolding on TV screens over 17 days. Twenty years later, disturbing kowtowing to Hezbollah terrorists shows we've learned nothing from Stethem's brutal murder at the hands of Islamic terrorists. On September 11, 2021, will it be worse? On June 15, 1985, Hezbollah hijackers seized the TWA flight in Athens. Identifying...

Radical Islam Wishes You A Happy MLK Day January 17, 2005 By Debbie Schlussel Martin Luther King, Jr. is one of those images. Everyone wants to jump on the bandwagon. Especially radical Muslims who support racism, terrorism, slavery, and genocide of Blacks. Since the 9/11 hijackings by Muslim terrorists, radical Muslims have been desperate to rehabilitate their image. Their solution: Hijacking the good name of Dr. King. While the rest of the nation celebrates King Day and King’s contributions to civil rights, a group of Islamists—who praise HAMAS homicide bombers and Hezbollah terrorists who murdered over 300 Americans—held a Martin...

<p>October 16, 2003 -- FOLLOWING my Sept. 18 PostOpinion oped, "FBI Abomination," the bureau rescinded an award it had planned to give to terrorist-sympathizer and 22-year terror suspect Imad Hamad. But the politically correct Keystone Kops of the Detroit FBI office are still worrying more about "outreach" than fighting terror.</p>

<p>America. It's a great country. For 14 years, Imad Hamad was a Palestinian-born immigrant, fighting to become a U.S. citizen. The Immigration and Naturalization Service was fighting just as hard to deport him.</p> <p>Along the road, Hamad won the support of political heavyweights from the ACLU to U.S. Sen. Carl Levin.</p>

Controversy Apparently Involves Upcoming Deportation Proceeding POSTED: 1:42 p.m. EDT October 8, 2003 UPDATED: 1:53 p.m. EDT October 8, 2003 A local Arab-American leader who was scheduled to receive a national award from the FBI was suddenly stripped of the honor, according to Local 4 reports. Video Arab Leader Shocked Over Apparent Award Controversy Imad Hamad, of Dearborn, who is the director of the Midwest region of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, was scheduled to receive the 2003 Director's Award for exceptional public service. Hamad says he was called last week by Detroit FBI Director Willie Hulon, who said a flight...

FBI target now honored for leadershipBy Rochelle RileyDETROIT FREE PRESS As we continue to look for lessons from Sept. 11, searching for good in the everlasting aftermath of America's greatest tragedy, remember that America's greatest attribute, a love of freedom, survived.Then consider what happened recently to Imad Hamad, who shares that love of freedom.Hamad endured two decades of FBI investigations, false allegations and court fights in his quest to become a U.S. citizen. He finally became one last September. He voted for the first time in November.And this month, Hamad, director of the Dearborn, Mich.-based American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, was...

<p>HURRICANE Isabel is giving the FBI a chance to avoid an injustice.</p> <p>By forcing a delay in the bureau's annual award ceremony (originally set for today), the storm gives Directer Robert Mueller a chance to rescind the award he's set to give to a terror apologist - at the same time he's to honor a 9/11 heroine.</p>

Thursday, September 25, 2003 ZOA to FBI: Cancel Award to The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination September 25, 2003 Contact: (212) 481-1500 Attn: NEWS EDITOR Also Suspected Member of a Terrorist Group ZOA URGES FBI TO CANCEL AWARD TO OFFICIAL OF PRO-TERRORIST GROUP NEW YORK - The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the FBI to cancel its plans to give an award to an official of an Arab-American group that has praised killers of Americans and accused America of committing "genocide" in Iraq. FBI Director Robert Mueller is scheduled to give the FBI's "Exceptional Public Service Award" on October 9 to...