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Home Front: WoT
US man hid brother's intent to be suicide bomber
2007-01-06
A grocer of Palestinian descent pleaded guilty to misleading FBI agents about his brother's intentions to leave the United States for Israel and become a suicide bomber. On the day before his trial, Muhammad Subeh, 43, acknowledged in US District Court he deceived federal agents when he denied seeing a letter from his brother that indicated he was going home to the West Bank to join the Aksa Martyrs Brigades.

Prosecutors said Subeh destroyed the letter, but not before investigators had the opportunity to photocopy it and have it translated. Subeh, a naturalized US citizen, pleaded guilty late Thursday to a felony count of concealing a material fact from the FBI. At sentencing April 4, he could get up to six months in prison or be placed on probation.
Posted by:Fred

#7  WOW after I read "suicide bomber" I was sure it was one of those renegade mormons or a protestant. Imagine my surprise when it turned out to Palertinian and a Muslim. I will need the rest of the day to digest this.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2007-01-06 10:18  

#6  destroying documents and lying to the Feds? His Security Clearance should be pulled for at least three years....oops, wrong case.

*Nevermind*
Posted by: Emily Littella   2007-01-06 09:15  

#5  I found this counterbalancing article in Rochester:
Silver Star restored to son of Lebanese immigrants. Peter's most likely a Christian name. Mohamed comes from another tradition.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2007-01-06 08:29  

#4  Damn, the details were hard to find. This happened in Rochester, NY. The national MSM is giving wall-to-wall coverage of Democratic bloviation & studiously avoiding the important issues of the day.
(January 5, 2007) — Longing for home and pining for his fiancée, 21-year-old Ismail Dorgham abruptly quit his job at a Rochester grocery in May 2003 and flew to the Middle East nation of Jordan.

Before departing, however, he left a letter for his brother, store owner Mohamed Subeh, in which he declared his intent to become a Palestinian suicide bomber in Israel, following the path of a cousin who had killed 10 Israelis a year earlier, authorities believe.

Subeh rushed to Greater Rochester International Airport in a vain attempt to stop Dorgham. First, however, he tore up his brother's letter and flushed it down a toilet.

For that act — and for denying to the FBI that he had seen the letter — Subeh could receive a sentence ranging from probation to up to six months in a federal prison

Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2007-01-06 08:21  

#3  life. In Palestine.

That about the same amount of time nowadays, right?
Posted by: Scott R   2007-01-06 06:59  

#2  FBI agents "deceived?" Who would have thought?
Posted by: Besoeker   2007-01-06 02:14  

#1  6 months? How's is deportation not on the list of punishment choices? This asshole doesn't deserve 6 months in an American prison, he deserves life. In Palestine.
Posted by: Mike N.   2007-01-06 02:00  

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