Washington, DC Judge Revokes Jihadi’s Citizenship

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Citing immigration irregularities and numerous lies on various applications, the US government has revoked the citizenship of a suspected al Qaeda terrorist. This is excellent news, and should be done with every Muslim who has been convicted of jihad terror activity here or abroad.

A confessed al-Qaida operative who recruited other naturalized U.S. citizens to commit attacks and helped Egyptian terrorists avoid detection by running a communications hub from his northern California home has been stripped of U.S. citizenship by a federal district judge in Washington, D.C.

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A former Silicon Valley car salesman, al Dahab lived in California for 12 years. He married in the U.S. three times and fathered five children, according to court records and a 2001 news report. His naturalization application was approved in December 1996, and he became a U.S. citizen in February 1997, according to court records.

Convicted of terrorism-related crimes in Egypt, al Dahab later confessed to his membership of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad and that he had traveled to a terrorist training camp near Jalalabad, Afghanistan. There he received military-style training and in turn, taught foreign fighters how to hang glide as part of a plot to free imprisoned members of the terrorist group.

While in the United States, al Dahab told investigators, he recruited 10 Muslim Americans to join al-Qaida. From his apartment in Santa Clara, California, he helped Egyptian Islamic Jihad operatives avoid detection in their communication by using three-way calling to connect operatives and skirt electronic surveillance inside their country. Those efforts supported terrorist attacks in Egypt and Pakistan, according to the Justice Department. In doing so, al Dahab failed to establish good moral character, a requirement for naturalization, the government argued.

The Justice Department alleged that he repeatedly lied on his naturalization application and during an interview with an Immigration and Naturalization Service officer about where he lived, his foreign travel, past marriages and his affiliation with a terrorist group. The court order requires al Dahab to surrender and immediately deliver his citizenship papers to U.S. authorities. (more here)

Khaled Abu al Dahab, 57, most likely found out that the government wanted to denaturalize him through Facebook.

Judge Revokes Suspected al-Qaeda Terrorist’s Citizenship

Courthouse News Service, April 21, 2017

WASHINGTON (CN) – A federal judge has revoked the U.S. citizenship of an Egyptian man the government claims is a senior al-Qaida jihadist operative.

Barely mentioning Khaled Abu al-Dahab’s alleged links to terrorism, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell instead found that he had illegally procured his citizenship after falsifying information on his naturalization applications three times.

Howell focused on the fact that al-Dahab, who was naturalized as a citizen in 1997, had lied about his marital and travel histories. He had also falsely claimed in a 1988 employment application to be a U.S. citizen.

“The defendant’s false testimony and statements on these three occasions establish by clear, unequivocal, and convincing—indeed, undisputed—evidence that the defendant procured his citizenship illegally,” Howell’s 17-page opinion, released Wednesday, states.

Al-Dahab, 57, came to the U.S. in 1986 on a non-immigrant visa. He married three times, but according to the court ruling, concealed his third marriage during a naturalization interview and in his application paperwork.

Al-Dahab, who now resides in Alexandria, Egypt, also said he had not left the country in the five years prior to submitting several applications for naturalization. On his second application, however, he claimed to have left the country once on an emergency trip because he thought he would have to donate a kidney to his mother.

But the Department of Justice cites far more sinister reasons for its desire to revoke al-Dahab’s citizenship. In a press release about the court ruling, the DOJ said al-Dahab had worked in Silicon Valley as a car salesman, where he confessed to being a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad.

Howell’s opinion only mentions this claim once, buried in a footnote on page 12.

“The government also claims that the defendant gave untrue statements about his residences and an alleged affiliation with Egyptian Islamic Jihad, a terrorist organization, supporting these claims with declarations by a single FBI Special Agent,” the footnote states.

The DOJ disclosed the prosecution’s original 33-page complaint and 35-page motion for summary judgment to Courthouse News, both of which outline al-Dahab’s terror associations in more detail.

“From on or about November 2, 1989 through at least on or about October 29, 1998, Defendant was a member or associated with EIJ,” the government’s Oct. 31, 2016, motion for summary judgment states.

The U.S. government designated the EIJ as a foreign terrorist organization on Sept. 24, 2001.

A Nov. 21, 2001, San Francisco Gate article by Lance Williams supports the government’s assertions. According to the article, which is based on unspecified accounts of Egyptian court proceedings and interviews with people who knew al-Dahab, al-Dahab confessed to an Egyptian military court that he was a member of the EIJ.

By Williams’ account, al-Dahab turned against the U.S., Israeli and Egyptian governments after his father’s death in a 1973 plane crash.

Israeli fighter jets shot down the Cairo-bound plane when it strayed into airspace over the Sinai Peninsula, which Israel still occupied after conquering the territory in the 1967 Six-Day War.

Williams reported that Egyptian authorities arrested al-Dahab in Cairo in 1998. A military court sentenced him to 15 years in prison for his Islamic Jihad membership and his role in plotting to overthrow the Egyptian government.

Howell ignored this alleged history in her ruling, even though the government had used it to argue for revocation of al-Dahab’s citizenship.

“Defendant’s membership or affiliation with EIJ constitutes prima facie evidence that he was not attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States and was not well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States at the time of naturalization,” the government’s motion states.

The government also claims al-Dahab had confessed to recruiting 10 U.S. citizens to al-Qaida — which reportedly delighted Osama bin Laden — during the 12 years he lived in California.

“Al-Dahab told the investigators that Osama bin Laden was eager to recruit American citizens of Middle Eastern descent because their U.S. passports could be used to facilitate international travel by al Qaeda terrorists, and that bin Laden personally congratulated him for this work,” the DOJ said in a statement (alternative spelling of al-Quaida in the original).

Al-Dahab allegedly confessed to traveling to Afghanistan to report directly to Osama bin Laden about his recruitment successes.

According to the government’s motion for summary judgment, al-Dahab had attended a camp in Jalalabad, Afghanistan to receive military training and teach other Islamic Jihad members to fly hang gliders for use in terror attacks.

The government says he also operated a communications hub for the Egyptian Islamic Jihad from his Santa Clara, California, apartment, which facilitated terror attacks abroad.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions applauded the DOJ for prosecuting al-Dahab.

“We will protect our national security and our borders, and when we identify individuals tied to foreign terrorist organizations who procured their U.S. citizenship by fraud, we will initiate denaturalization proceedings – whether you reside here or abroad – and ensure you are denied entry into the United States,” Sessions said in a statement.

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Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

Good, every muslim in America should have to prove they have no intentions of following shari’a or islam the is in conflict with the American Constitution, failure to demonstrate good faith will result in immediate deportation and revocation of everything from citizenship to library card.

Ron Cole
Ron Cole
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

Hmm. I wonder about Йϋ$$iëᵰ ʘ’Ɓlⱥmëᴚ.
It clearly intends to continue destroying America however possible.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago
Reply to  Ron Cole

Why is he not in jail?

Cai
Cai
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

My guess is that he is being protected or the fear factor of unthinkable consequences to those who facilitate imprisonment.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago
Reply to  Cai

Somehow, justice will have to over come fear. This will not be easy.

Cai
Cai
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

It is not unknown for good Judges to end up permanently disposed of .

andrew
andrew
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

It’s True !! A picture IS worth a Thousand Words !!

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Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago
Reply to  andrew

It would be worth a couple of dollars to know.

just_one_Sewer Rat_guy
just_one_Sewer Rat_guy
6 years ago

“Washington DC Judge Revokes Jihadi’s Citizenship”…. Moves to Canada where there is now no security, and run by a complete moron. Fixed it for ya Pam.

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moose
moose
6 years ago

LMAO !!!

bannedquran20
bannedquran20
6 years ago

Bravo! More on the way neighbor!

Michael Copeland
Michael Copeland
6 years ago

The Times Square would-be mass murderer, Shahzad Faisal, lied in his naturalisation process.
He swore allegiance to the United States using taqiyya.
“I sweared”, he told the judge, “but I did not mean it”.
This is adequate reason for denaturalization.
Can someone follow this up?

Sunshine Kid
Sunshine Kid
6 years ago

You are nominated.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
6 years ago

Married three times in 12 years, who does he think he is, Mickey Rooney?

Sunshine Kid
Sunshine Kid
6 years ago

He’s a muslim, must wife shopping/hopping.

aebe
aebe
6 years ago

Rule of law actually used , and as it was intended to ? That ought to be the headline .

Validate your 2nd Amendment Rights… Carry

moose
moose
6 years ago
Reply to  aebe

I assume you are talking about Concealed Carry, rather than open carry? Hard to believe but Christie is actually considering CC for the state of NJ. KUDOS for HIM !!

Sunshine Kid
Sunshine Kid
6 years ago
Reply to  moose

I like CC. Why show off and be a target?

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
6 years ago
Reply to  Sunshine Kid

Agreed. The element of surprise can be so sweet sometimes.

billdeserthills
billdeserthills
6 years ago
Reply to  Sunshine Kid

Plus open carry scares all the delicate snowflakes

Sunshine Kid
Sunshine Kid
6 years ago

And I hate changing diapers.

andrew
andrew
6 years ago
Reply to  moose

Christie ??? Approving concealed carry ??? Fat Chance !!! Just like his stand on MJ He is ” The Fruitcake Cannibal ”
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He will approve CC about the time NJ Marijuana becomes legal across the board

aebe
aebe
6 years ago
Reply to  moose

Yup . Far safer for you , with CC
Christie ? He spent years building a reputation as an unouted progressive , his conscience must have awoke .

Sunshine Kid
Sunshine Kid
6 years ago

This is great news indeed! Now deport the SOB.

spfg
spfg
6 years ago
Reply to  Sunshine Kid

Open plane door hatch in mid flight across the Atlantic…

spfg
spfg
6 years ago

I hope POTUS Donald Trump extends the time it takes to become a legal citizen in this country to 10 years once entering our shores. There should also be classes of indoctrination of what is accepted behavior in this country and what is not based on Judeo-Christians values and our Constitution. It is our country and if you want to become a citizen of this country then you need to act according to our rules…Period

rickyoo
rickyoo
6 years ago
Reply to  spfg

No person who reads, follows the Koran or enters a Mosque should never be allowed to become a US citizen, in fact they should never even be allowed into the US. They are a nasty disease, often fatal that we can do without.

spfg
spfg
6 years ago
Reply to  rickyoo

Agreed! We should be like Japan that does not allow it. We have some very stupid people in high places allowing this to happen. They are getting comfortable with Saudi Arabia and are listening to their lies and taking their oil money. Bad influence and stupidity will be the demise of this country. Nothing ever good can come from this.

just_one_Sewer Rat_guy
just_one_Sewer Rat_guy
6 years ago
Reply to  spfg

I am almost blown away by the use of common sense. Funny how these people expect us to assimilate to their countries, but think applying the same rules to western countries is racist.

curtis
curtis
6 years ago

Bet if you check the White House visitor logs from the past eight years under Obummer, you’ll find that he was a visitor there too! Deport the SOB back to wherever the H he is from in a leaky boat through shark infested waters!

Jerry Dobson
Jerry Dobson
6 years ago

Boy the democrats will be “pissed” that one of their fellow travelers is getting the boot.

iRickie
iRickie
6 years ago

Good! Let’s turn this into a denaturalization and deportation factory.

Sage Nighthawk
Sage Nighthawk
6 years ago

Put this bastard against a wall and kill him for TREASON ! Do NOT put him in prison so he can continue his recruiting for the daesh! The only good muslim is a DEAD MUSLIM ! If our corrupt government won’t take care of these terrorists then American Patriots will. It’s coming folks.

rkjr
rkjr
6 years ago

Its about time we started doing the right thing and send them back. In my opinion Muslims who have a long History of Violence against each other for centuries based on small issues of interpretation of their Barbaric Religion. Muslims should never be allowed to immigrate into any Western Country as they Customs will not assimilate into a Western Civilized Society.

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6 years ago

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Platopus
Platopus
6 years ago

We need to create a citizens board of approval for any Muslim to attain US citizenship!

Sharon D. Brimer
Sharon D. Brimer
6 years ago

Since there have been loud and clear goals from the Islamic world to destroy everything we in the US holds near and dear, I think we need to take as many precautions as necessary. There shouldn’t even HAVE to be a discussion about recognizing Sharia law in the U.S. We have our constitution and a strong morale compass (developed through Judea/Christian teachings). Sharia Law is in conflict with our principles and commitment to humanity.

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