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Subscribe to RSSA refugee from Uzbekistan has been arrested in Chicago and charged with providing support to a suspected Islamic terrorist group that U.S. authorities say is seeking to overthrow the secular government of his Central Asian home country.
Jasmshid Muhtorov, 35, who resides in Colorado, was taken into custody on Saturday at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport by FBI agents and made his initial court appearance in federal court on Monday, the U.S. Justice Department said.
A criminal complaint charging him with providing and attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization was unsealed on Monday in federal court in Denver.
Court documents filed in the case said Muhtorov indicated that he planned to travel overseas to fight on behalf of the Islamic Jihad Union, a Pakistan-based extremist group that opposes secular rule in Uzbekistan and seeks to replace the current regime there with a government based on Islamic law.
Federal prosecutors said his arrest, capping a "long-term investigation," highlights "the continued interest of extremists residing in the United States to join and support overseas terrorists."
If convicted of the charge against him, Muhtorov faces up to 15 years in prison.
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One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
No more Muslim immigrants in the USA Obama Jasmshid Muhtorov, 35 another in a line of Muslims welcomed into our country that have turned out to be terrorists not to mention the number of American born Muslims that are filthy Islamic terrorists. One day we will regret our kindness{STUPIDITY} allowing Muslims in the USA!
If you read the article, the guy was a refugee. And he was planning on going back overseas to fight for a group that stands against the government of Uzbekistan. Not the US.
Honestly, I fail to see how this is even our issue. If we're worried that he'll later take up arms against us, then go ahead and deport him, send him to a different country. Since he's not planning to fight against the US, why incarcerate him here on taxpayer dollars?
Unless, of course, this is the NDAA FY2012 being enacted; in which case he'll be 'detained indefintely without charge or trial' for any acts of agression against the US or any of its allies--again, on taxpayer dollars. Do we have a trade agreement with Uzbekistan? This would make more sense if we have trade agreements and extradition agreements with Uzbekistan and they were officially an 'ally'.
amanda-210...; we have a military base in Uzbekistan, we have been lending training and support in their fight with the Islamic fundamentalist's who want to take over the country and turn it into a Islamic state; QUESTION, what is the background of this guy, and how was he allowed into this country, and when.
You can thank the US State Department for allowing him into the US in the first place.
?????? Really.
Yes GTR5 That would be Ms. Clinton
Customs and Border Protection and US Customs and Immigration, which are directly funded and under the control of Homeland Security. State Department didn't have anything to do with it.
Oh Amanda, and just how do you think he got a Visa to come to the US? From Disneyland?
According to travel (dot) state (dot) gov:
After the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approves your immigrant visa petition, the USCIS forwards your petition to the National Visa Center (NVC) in Portsmouth, NH for immigrant visa pre-processing at the correct time. Immediate relative categories, do not have yearly numerical limits. However, family preference and employment immigrant categories have numerical limits each year; and therefore, wait times are involved, which can be lengthy, for processing to be able to begin.
and from US Customs & Border Protection's FAQ website:
Contrary to a popular misconception, a U.S. visa does not authorize the alien's entry to the United States, nor does it authorize the alien's stay in the U.S. in a particular status. A U.S. visa only serves as a preliminary permission given to the alien to travel to the United States and to seek admission to the United States at a designated port of entry.The final admission to the United States in a particular status and for a particular period of time is made at the port of entry by a U.S. immigration officer.
How do these crazy terrorists get into this country in the first place?? Doesn't anyone check them out??? It is time to seal our borders for awhile and see what the heck is going on within our own country before we let other foreigners in.
Chances are he came in last year before the NDAA was enacted. In case you hadn't heard about it, the NDAA gives the US military authority to detain anyone, American citizen or not, on home soil or off, without being charged with a crime, without a trial, indefinitely until the 'war on terror' is over if you're caught engaging in or advocating resistance to the US or any of its allies. Chinese dissidents had better be careful about coming over here and speaking on public record--under this rule the US can jail them indefinitely for hostilities against the Chinese government.
And keep an eye on the passage of HR3166--currently making its way throught he House, it'll strip you of your citizenship if you have dual citizenship, have ever worked in a foreign government office, or even if you're caught speaking/creating/printing/disseminating any literature that incites or advocates rebellion against the US or any of its allies.
You know, some type of border sealing solution might help as it's a true filter - works in both directions if need be but therein lies the potential trap. Still I was a guy that thought we should build a wall out of the junk cars (from a few years ago) 12' high and 5' underground. Wire it, cameras, vibration sensors, lights and you have two things: a place for all those cars and big security that works day and night. BTW, the process involves a super welder I saw in Popular Mechanics and some spray on chemical goo that turns almost pretty. No paint, lasts for a LONG time. The idea is STILL not a bad one!
Keeping the bad guys out won't work well if they're already here. Just a thought here but I for one believe that our government HAS pretty much staked out many of the potential denizens of the Muslim world that reside here. I would also suspect that they watch them as best they can, who they associate with, when, where, why and how. The border filter is a day late and a dollar short.
He probably entered the country disguised as the one man who can go anywhere without raising questions..... a Mexican with a leaf blower.
Or you with a stick up your ass.
Good lord how racist. Terrorists usually come through Canada as most of the Canadian border isn't even patrolled or monitored.
Sandy, how racist. Your saying that he probably came from Canada is no less racist than his suggestion that he probably came from Mexico.
Through CANADA not FROM CANADA!
Just another dang reason to close our borders. But , obama isn't about to let that happen!
Anyone seen Feisty around today?
I guess Ron Paul has your vote, by the way WTF does Obama have to do with this.
And neither was any other president, so what's your point?
Veteran (a highly unlikely reference), Obama has deported many, many times the number of illegals in 3 years than Bush did in 8 years. It might help if you got real news and not the fake stuff that comes from Fox, Beck or Limbaugh.
It really shouldn't be anymore but I am still astonished by the sheer lack of knowledge and ignorance by so-called Conservatives.
I heard that the Obama numbers were inflated by people turned back at the border and denied entry. Where as the Bush numbers only included people that were actually deported. Any truth to that?
Sandy, Missouri GIVE it up! He has had deported much less! The number of returnees includes the large number CAUGHT AT THE BORDER attempting to cross. The number of illegals actually living in the U.S. and deported is much less than last year and do not include Obummer's relatives who are in the U.S. illegally.
Obama has personally not deported one illegal alien. Learn the correct use of English. He can ask his relatives here are illegally to leave the country. That would be a start. After all his father was illegally in the U.S. He overstayed his student visa.
re-reg alert!
Actually, under Obama the border is tighter and illegal immigration lower than it ever was under Bush II.
But that's just a fact. You don't like facts, do you?
Quick, someone check Rahm's apartment and see if he is still there!
How did he get into our country?
Oops. Dumb question. The Federal Government doesn't enforce immigration laws.
TSA let him in! Of course U.S. citizens have to get special status to get on an airplane! But a foreign terrorist can take any plane into the U.S. SEE THE DOUBLE STANDARD?
Wilsonaide -- you don't understand -- TSA has no right to control actions on foreign soil. They control ALL commercial flights commencing within the US. SEE THE LACK OF A DOUBLE STANDARD?
I say Let Him Out! He just can't come back in.
Anyone who's astonished that terrorists are still entering our country has obviously never had any dealings with an arm of our government or they'd have a better understanding of how inept and ineffective they are. It's such a nice warm feeling to know that our retirement, security and now healthcare are all in the hands of the federal government and let's not even talk about the financial markets. Prepare to be amazed, and better begin arming yourselves because with the newest cuts in our military budget, it wouldn't surprise me to learn that the government has determined that better use of our armed forces would be to help clean up the federal parks...maybe we'll get lucky and they'll find a few terrorists.
Is it no small surprise that Rahm Emanuel recently met with the President and suggested that the best course for his re-election campaign would be to talk about anything other than his record...pathetic.
Hey Max,
Were you part of that meeting? What "reliable source" did you get that from? You're pathetic!
And to Veteran44; You want to close the borders? I'll bet your one of those people (I've read your posts), that want smaller government, lower taxes, etc. Do you even realize what it would cost to "close" 5920 miles of our borders. Typical, simple answers to very complex problems, but let's blame Obama.
So what has Obama done to improve the situation?
Nothing.
He has earned a big fat "O" zero grade as President which is probably close to his GPA in college.
Obama will be the last President we have anyway folks. I pray that I am wrong but Bush did pass a bill that in civil unrest the President can stay in office. How fast have we forgotten " Fast and Furious " and the fake stories of a used car salesman going to assassinate the Ambassador! People open your eyes it's right in front of you! The Government wants civil unrest. Martial Law is on the move! NDAA BILL is a dangerous and scary bill! It totally destroys our Constitution! And we as " Americans " home of the brave just don't care. We vote these cowards in office and support them! All great empires fall! Tyranny is the root and our empire is next. It's history folks. Protect our borders LOL. They have our military spread so far out patrolling the rest of the world for Fascist gains rather than help our on country out. Terrorism is a joke in this country. You are more than likely to get struck by lighting twice in a year than be actually be blown up by these ghost! Obviously you people that support these ghost wars HAS NEVER BEEN IN ONE! Bring our troops and money we spend on these wars home and help the needed here!
If MSNBC puts on the blog, that a frog got ran over. Guess who these looney tea party people blames? They are one crazy bunch. They lose more votes, by acting so crazy.
He was in Chicago to become a " Community Organizer "
I bet he was really from Uzbekibekistan. Herman Cain 2012!
Give him a gun (with no bullets) and drop him in the middle of Camp Leatherneck. Problem solved.
There seems to be some confusion as to President Obamas record. So I've taken some time to prepare a brief synopsis to explain why Barack Obama hasn't done much to be reelected. If there is anything that you want proof of feel free to fact check. My sources were Fox News, The Drudge Report and The Heritage Foundation.
January 2009: US auto industry is near collapse. They received a bailout that was not at all popular. A certain presidential candidate, who was born and raised in Michigan where his father was the CEO of an automaker thought it was the "wrong way to go."
January 2012: GM is once again #1 in auto sales.
Dec 2008: 524,000 jobs lost.
December 2011: 212,000 jobs gained
22 straight months of job growth.
2.1 million jobs created between January 2009 and the present.
Stock market as of January 20th 2009: 7,949.09
Stock Market as of January 20th 2012: 12,623.98
October 2011 turned out to be the best month the market had in 37 years.
Combat troops in Iraq as of January 20th, 2009: 144,000
Combat troops in Iraq as of January 20th, 2012: 0
September 2007: "All US combat forces will be out of Iraq by December 31st, 2011."-President George W. Bush..."Great leadership, good plan for an orderly withdrawal, exactly how it should be done."
October 2011: "All US combat forces will be out of Iraq by December 31st, 2011."-President Barack Obama..."Terrible leadership, he ignores the Generals, campaign stunt."
2001-2009 "We will hunt the terrorists down wherever they may be and bring them to justice."-President George W. Bush..."Strong leader, making us all safer, strong willed."
2009-Present Actually hunting the terrorists down wherever they may be and bringing them to justice.-President Barack Obama..."Complete lack of leadership, alienating our "allies", disrespecting the sovereignty of other nations."
"He can't handle the pressure that comes with being Commander In Chief." Except for that one time when he threw on a tux and tails for the Correspondents Dinner, but had to leave the house a few minutes early so he could pop into the Situation Room and give the go order for what may just be the greatest Special Ops mission in the history of the US military, and hit the stage just in time to do a 20 minute set in which he among other things OWNED Donald Trump, on national television in a room full of press that had no idea what he'd just done. Even Chuck Norris was impressed with the level of badass that took.
And just for good measure he had a couple of Somali Pirates popped.
Terrorist to-do list when W went home to Crawford on January 20th, 2009: Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, Abu Ayyub al Masri, Sayeed al-Masri, Fazul Abdullah Muhammed, Umar Patek, Younis al-Mauretani, Abdul Ghani Baradar.
Terrorist to-do list as of January 20th, 2012: Osama bin Laden (DEAD), Anwar al-Awlaki (DEAD), Atiyah Abd al-Rahman (DEAD), Abu Ayyub al Masri (DEAD), Sayeed al-Masri (DEAD), Fazul Abdullah Muhammed (DEAD), Umar Patek (CAPTURED), Younis al-Mauretani (CAPTURED), Abdul Ghani Baradar (CAPTURED).
Before Libya: "Why isn't he doing anything? He has no clue how to handle this. He can't lead."
During Libya: "Why the hell is he involving us in another Middle Eastern war that we can't afford? He has no clue how to handle this. Oh my God, did he really just hand off the lead to NATO and the French? He's weak and a terrible leader."
After Libya: Moammar Gadhafi dead. Oppressive regime gone. Minimal cost. Number of US troops KIA or MIA, 0, number of US military assets damaged or destroyed, 0. "Terrible job! He couldn't have possibly handled it any worse. This just shows what a terrible leader he is".
"He always acts like he is smarter than everyone else around him." It's not like he holds degrees from not one, but two Ivy League schools or anything.
All done after walking in on day one and being knee deep in the biggest pile of crap since Lincoln took office, and with the "help" of a Congress that collectively (and I mean all 535 of them. Democrat, Republican and Independent) have proven to be about as useful as tits on a bull.
Yeah, this President has been an unmitigated disaster. Complete. Failure.
I'm not sure how ANYONE could run for a 2nd term with that abortion of a record.
He's not leading anyway. The world banks make the decisions. He's a puppet. And look at history, everyone that has power to persuade or " leak " what the real agenda is behind the terrible decisions awaiting our future is assassinated! JFK to name one. Thought they could throw a broad in his face and distract him didn't work so they killed her and him. Look at family history of our leaders. The Bush family and Bin-Laden family has had ties for generations. JP Morgan, Rothchilds, Kissinger, Rockafellers, Look at history folks. There plan is in action right in front of your eyes!!!
Bush would have shrugged his shoulders and given up on this guy like he did with Osama.
Obama's people are doing a much better job at getting terrorists than Bush's. Facts are facts.
Don't guess you've heard about the Chinese illegals who have been coming across the southern border. And if the Chinese are coming across it, heaven only knows who else is.
So, yes, it's about time to close immigration.
Shut down any immigration from the Middle East. We have enough problems and our entitlement system is stretched to the limit;
Let's quit the asylum program, especially from the Middle East. Our State Department is too incompetent to screen them adequately and once they're on American soil the ACLU or other left-wing organization will defend them against deportation.
Fundamentally, it's still America and we're subject to the interpretations of our laws wielded by high powered lawyers and bogus courts. I mean our best ideas are turned against us - the Constitution being one such tome that comes to mind.
Very simply, times have changed. Why not get two people, elected BY the people and regardless of partisanship or lack thereof from every state to study what IS vs what WAS. How is it NOT working? How is it great and perfect? Then fix it.
We hear everyday of the equivalent of the McDonald's lady and the boiling hot coffee; "I bought it here. I spilled it upon myself. I burn. YOU pay." You can apply it to so many situations. IS it right? I painfully broke a tooth at a Hardees from a steel chilli tie that made it to my chilli dog. Virtually the same sort of thing except that the woman KNEW the coffee was hot - I did not know the chilli ring was in my dog. Cut to the chase: she got a few million dollars. I got zilch and I just wanted my tooth fixed.
The fact that these two cases can be presented on the same page tells me "something's wrong". It never gets fixed, however. WHY??
We need to fix what's wrong. Our government is a dismal failure at "fixing" much of anything. It should be THEIR gig but it has not been for a very long time. We the people need WE the people, two or so from each state. They meet. They do things. ALL public, all the time. Live call in//internet "suggestion box". They don't legislate they actually DO something, all politics aside. Imagine what good could flow from such a design? And it's cheap!! Then send the solutions to the politicians and watch the fun.
It's going to take something we don't yet have to fix ourselves, or we have it and just don't know it.
A system like ours should work but does not. Why not repair it? We fix broken cars, homes, lives ... can't we fix a "system"? The problem is quickly seen: it supports and advertises itself for sustenance or, it's a parasite. Whatever it is, it's tough to get rid of as it's questionably intelligent and it does not want to go, not at all. IT reasons that it has to be here for everybody else to survive the day. IT thinks it deserves what it reaps and pillages from it's influence and power. NOT an easy bug to exterminate.
Something new is needed and it's needed NOW.
Plenty of people want to complain about 'the illegals' but few have concrete solutions for the problem. So here's mine, as a now-naturalized US Citizen, who came here legally (adopted by American Army vet) but spent time in the system as an 'illegal' when ICE lost my adoption paper:
1. Refine the definition of 'illegal'. Illegal should mean those who hopped the border to do drugs and shot a cop on the way. No amnesty no matter how long ago the incident occurred. 'Illegal' should NOT mean those who came here legally but ICE took 16 years to process their applications. 'Illegal' should not mean those for whom ICE lost paperwork a decade after the fact. 'Illegal' should NOT mean those who were trafficked in as children, either through international adoption by crooked adoption agencies, by legal American citizen pedophiles for child sex, by their illegal parents, or are refugees. Yes, I am advocating amnesty--for anyone under 18 or who was under 18 at the time the offence was committed.
2. Close the borders. Use the returning troops from the war to secure our northern and southern borders if necessary--since the NDAA got passed, Posse Comitatus has officially been cancelled--and anyway, National Guard and Coast Guard are no longer military, they're Homeland Security. Send out advance notice to the world a year in advance that we will be closing our borders. This will give everyone who wants to immigrate to the US time to get their applications in prior to the closure date. Stress to the world that we are NOT closing our borders forever, we are NOT going to become isolationists; we just need to get caught up on the paperwork backlog. Keep the borders closed for 2 years.
3. Use the time the borders are closed to catch up on the enormous backlog of applications waiting to be processed. In 2010, ICE was just getting to applications filed by Mexicans in 1994, China in 2001.
4. For those already in detention: prioritize the cases. Deport the truly 'illegal' first (see above definitions) then address cases for minor children, elderly/infirm, and terminally ill. Don't make those children wait for years in detention, it's inhumane. Offer them basic English language and civics classes while they are in detention so they will learn about our country; instead of penalizing them for their ignorance, offer them a chance to learn.
5. If you have a case of someone who came here legally but ICE has not gotten to their paperwork and time expired (undocumented), release them on electronic monitoring once they have not been deemed a flight risk. This will ease the overcrowding in deportation camps and make room for more of the truly illegal, higher-priority cases--ICE's own stats say electronic monitoring has a 98% compliance rate--98&% of people released on electronic monitoring do show up in court for their immigration hearing. A 2009 Associated Press article said an examination of ICE records showed that ICE currently gets $1.7 billion to detain 33,000 people per year ($141 per night) and 18,000 of those people were simply undocumented and had not committed any crimes. Do the math:
18,000 people x $141 per night x 365 day a year=$926,370,000
Releasing those 18,000 undocumented, non-flight-risk elderly, terminally ill, and minor children on electronic monitoring would free up $926 million out of Homeland Security's $89 billion budget. That should be enough to hire more pencil pushers to get caught up on the backlogged paperwork and detain and deport more of the truly illegal in the 2 yr deadline above. Also add in the funds from the 'seized civil assets' the government takes from those who are detained and deported as illegal, that's a lot of money, definitely enough to get caught up on he paperwork backlog.
6. Improve conditions for those in detention. I'm not saying they should have bingo night and TVs in every cell. I'm talking about adequate food; no meals with maggots, please give us eating utensils, and please give us clean underclothes and jumpsuits; NO ONE should have to wear underclothes still crusted by another woman’s period. And adequate medical care; if someone is having a seizure don't tell them to fill out form for an aspirin. If someone is on medication for something please allow them to continue taking those meds. Look up 'Victoria Arellano' for an example.
7. Allow non-violent ICE detainees out on a day-labor program. You do it for nonviolent offenders, why should we be treated any different? Sitting for 24 hours a day in a deportation camp does no one any good whatsoever. The detainee has nothing to do but go crazy; let us out to work while we wait for the judge to throw us out.
8. If the judge says they have proved they are a citizen RELEASE THEM. There is absolutely no excuse for keeping someone after a judge has ruled they should be released. Look up George Ibarra.
9. If someone says they have proof that they are indeed a US citizen or a diplomat from another country, INVESTIGATE. The law of the US is 'innocent until proven guilty', not 'guilty until YOU prove you're innocent.' Don't automatically assume that because the person looks Latino or foreign that they MUST be here illegally. Look at Hans Keil of American Samoa.
10. ACCOUNTABILTY. If one of us dies in ICE custody our legal US citizen relatives have a right to know if we have died! It won't matter to us, we're dead, but our relatives outside the deportation camp have a right to know we have died so they can claim our bodies and take care of us according to our respective beliefs. Even if you believe the 'illegal' doesn't have a right to Last Rites, not everyone believes so and if there are relatives willing to claim the body, they as legal citizens have the right to do so.