Arkansas Student Held on Terrorism Charge ( Palestinian Islamic Jihad)

[rainbow4321]

http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0605/236592.html


In Fayetteville, a University of Arkansas graduate student who told a university professor and possibly others that he was leaving to fight in a Palestinian holy war was in federal custody Thursday.

Federal agents arrested Arwah J. Jaber on a criminal complaint accusing him of knowingly attempting to provide support to a foreign terrorist organization. A naturalized citizen, Jaber is to appear in U.S. District Court in Fort Smith on Tuesday.

In an affidavit, FBI Special Agent Richard Blair said Jaber acknowledged in an interview at his residence that he told his Ph.D. professor and others at the university that he was going to Palestine to "fight for freedom, peace and justice.'' The agent said Jaber said he would rather die fighting for freedom against Israeli terrorists than stay another six months at the university trying to complete his Ph.D. Investigators also said an e-mail the student sent to two university professors said he decided to take a job in Palestine with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Organization. The U.S. State Department considers the Palestinian Islamic Jihad a terrorist group.

[drdon326]

1. An American Grad Student ?? Supporting islamic Jihad ??

No way.

[Igel]

2. I saw that story someplace else, and thought,

Gee, what the chances he's in political science or ME studies?

Then I was too lazy to actually check out my guess. Wrong again.

"Arwah J. Jaber, a doctoral student in Chemistry, will be defending his dissertation "Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry for the Characterization of Polymers and Copolymers" on Monday, June 13, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. in Old Main, Room 523. The public is invited to attend."
http://www.uark.edu/depts/gradinfo/current/defenses/

[drdon326]

3. But being a JIHADOFASCIST,,,,,

Is so much more rewarding.

And besides, how many virgins do chemists get when theyre out of work ?