Al-Arian To Be Deported ( The Feds lose again

[wakeme2008]

http://www.tampatrib.com/MGB4QU3F1ME.html

pr 15, 2006
Al-Arian To Be Deported
By ELAINE SILVESTRINI
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TAMPA - Capping an ordeal that spanned more than a decade, former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian has reached a deal with prosecutors, agreeing to be deported after admitting involvement with a terrorist organization, an attorney involved in the negotiations said.
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Ahmed Bedier, Tampa spokesman for the Council on American Islamic Relations, said Moffitt was wrong about the Al-Arian plea. Al-Arian did not agree to admit to any charges associated with terrorism, Bedier said.

...more at link..

Sounds like he pleaded to jaywalking and they deport him....

edited to add the funny stuff from the St. Pete times

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/04/15/Hillsborough/Plea_may_let_US_depor.shtml

While the AP did not report details of the deal, Mrs. Al-Arian said she and her husband "fear the news at this sensitive time cannot help us."

"This leak must have come from the Department of Justice in Washington because we and everyone we know have respected the order to keep quiet," said Nahla.

"One always wonders what Justice is up to," Al-Arian's former attorney Bill Moffitt told the St. Petersburg Times from a hospital bed in Washington D.C., where he is recuperating from knee-cap replacements.

..more at St Pete link...

[The Doctor.]

1. Knee. Cap. Replacements. .....?

:wtf:

[madeline_con]

2. Let's run with that...

Maybe they weren't bashed with a bat. From this site, he looks like a big guy. Maybe he played football in college, and they finally gave out. (???)

http://www.freesamialarian.com/attorneys.htm