STILL THINK THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ISLAM?

11/16/06 – Metro Airport Arrest - Man With Large Cash Sums and Laptop With Nuclear Information

A U.S. citizen of Ethiopian descent was arrested as he came into the U.S. on a flight from Amsterdam on Tuesday.

Sisayehiticha Dinssa was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after officials say they found him carrying $78,883 in cash and a laptop computer containing information about nuclear materials and cyanide.

According to the court records, when questioned about the information on his laptop, Dinssa said that he was "interested in learning about cyanide and nuclear materials."

Assistant U.S. Attorney Leonid Feller said the man is a potential risk to the community and federal agents want to get a warrant to search his computer more thoroughly.

8/9/06 - Dearborn Duo – Fordson High Grads.

Deputies stopped Osama Sabhi Abulhassan, 20, and Ali Houssaiky, 20, (Dearborn Citizens) and found:

1. 12 tracphones *
2. a map with locations of Wal-Mart stores in 5 different states
3. Airplane passenger lists and information on airport security checkpoints
4. They admitted buying about 600 phones in recent months
5. $11,000 Cash.

*Note about these phones – ABC News reported in January 2006: Federal agents investigate the purchase of large quantities of disposable cell phones by individuals from the Middle East and Pakistan. The phones -- do not require a contract, can be impossible to track, and law enforcement officials say, they are widely used by terrorists. They were used to detonate bombs in the Madrid train attacks in March 2004.

The initial terrorism charges were dropped but, the case is still under investigation.

9/10/06 Airport Knife Scare

Mohammed Ghanem, 21, of Hamtramck attempted to board a plane at Detroit Metro, with a knife hidden in a book He had a one-way ticket to Yemen and was caught with a knife "artfully concealed" in a book.

Nabih Ayad, Ghanem’s attorney, said someone had carved out the inside of the book and placed the knife inside it, but that his client had no idea where the knife came from. Local Muslims insist he is a gentle, peaceful, person who would never hurt a fly. Local Islamic leaders insist this has nothing to do with terrorism. They also insist we are Islamaphobes for even asking.

FACTS:

• Court documents in the United States and Canada say Hezbollah members in both countries are attempting to procure military equipment, including laser-range finders, aircraft-analysis software, global positioning gear, night-vision goggles, blasting equipment and mine detection machinery for fighters in Lebanon.
• U.S. and European intelligence officials say the Lebanon-based Hezbollah terrorist organization is increasingly teaming up with al Qaeda on logistics and training for terrorist operations. This includes coordination on explosives and tactics training, money laundering, weapons smuggling and acquiring forged documents.

Brief list of HEZBOLLAH TERROR ATTACKS –

1. March 16, 1984: CIA Station Chief William Buckley kidnapped

2. Sept. 20, 1984: Bombing of U.S. Embassy annex northeast of Beirut

3. Dec. 3, 1984: Hijacking of Kuwait Airways Flight 221

4. June 14, 1985: Hijacking of TWA Flight 847

5. October 1985: - January 1986Hijacking of cruise ship Achilles Lauro;
   Bombing of Rome, Vienna airports

6. April 5, 1986: Bombing of La Belle Discotheque

7. December 21, 1988: Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103

8. March 17, 1992: Hezbollah bombs the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 29 and injuring over 200.

9. July 18, 1994: Hezbollah bombs the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires killing 86 and injuring over 200.

10. July 12, 2006: Hezbollah attacks Israel with Katyushas, crosses the border and kidnaps two Israeli soldiers.

Still think it has nothing to do with Islam?

Still think Hezbollah is not a terrorist organization?

Here are a few questions to consider –

• How many Presbyterians have been caught at airports with weapons, with large amounts of cash, or with suspicious intelligence information all related to airplanes and bombs?

• Why does Osama Siblani, the publisher of Dearborn's Arab American News, consider members of Hezbollah -- along with Hamas and other jihadist groups -- freedom fighters?

• Why did Siblani tell the Detroit News, he's not alone: "If morally supporting Hezbollah or associating with Fadlallah is a crime, 'there is not going to be enough buses to haul the people out and take them to jail.”?

Any sympathy or ties to Hezbollah contradict and are anathema to the security and freedom of US citizens. Dearborn citizens need to be clear about what an allegiance to this organization means for our city and our country.