Talal "Ted" Ali Chammout

Michelle Malkin has the info on alleged terrorist Talal "Ted" Ali Chammout. He was trying to acquire some fairly interesting weapons .. say to bring down an aircraft.

Chammout's relatives in court also brought O'Neill paperwork showing they owned properties in Dearborn, Mich., that they said were worth $1 million.

So, I wonder if this is part of his family.

Imam Al-Husainy, a local Islamic clergyman, along with two other community members, were singled out and unfairly charged with Protesting Without a Permit, as a result of their participation in a pro-peace Palestinian Rally on April 14, 2002 in the City of Dearborn. Imam Al-Husainy’s case was completely and unconditionally dismissed, and the City waived the restitution fees of both Mr. Chammout and Mr. Bijayih. Mr. Chammout and Mr. Bijayih paid $500 in fines and were placed under advisement for nine months.

Imad Chammout of Dearborne, another America lover, I suppose, was arrested for protesting for Palestine and against the Iraq War without a permit and placed on probation. (Update: New information suggests the probation was vacated by the court after legal action.) See pdf here. Here for HTML. And here is how the ACLU and American-Arab-Discrimination Committee went to bat for Imad Chammout.

And this year he was arrested again for inciting a riot over the attacks in Qana in Lebanon. That from  The Islamic Society of Followers of Ahl-ul-Bayt.

DEARBORN – Two local Arab American activists - arrested after a Sunday, July 30 rally in Dearborn protesting the killing of civilians in the Lebanese town of Qana - are saying that local police are guilty of anti-Arab bias.

Mohamad Bazzi and Imad Chammout were scheduled to appear in front of Judge William C. Hultgren on August 23 at 1:30 p.m. on the charge of inciting a riot. A crowd of about 50 supporters came as well.

Hultgren's clerk postponed the trial until October 3 when the two men will face an evidentiary hearing at Dearborn's 19th District Court House. The case could be dismissed before then by Dearborn City Attorney Debra Walling.

Chammout and Bazzi say that they were part of a crowd of 3,000 people who, although upset over events happening overseas, were exercising their right to demonstrate peacefully.

Bazzi - a popular local physician, and the chairman of the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights, called the allegations, "A bunch of lies."

The above and below are from the Dearborn links. Don't forget to see Michelle's post on the latest Chammout bust.

Dearborn officials prosecuted Chammout last spring for participating in a march without a permit, a crime punishable by up to 90 days in prison and a $500 fine. The march, which was not organized by Chammout, was held to protest Israeli policies a few days after Israeli soldiers entered into a Palestinian refugee camp in Jenin.

"It was important to me to be able to speak out about what was happening," Chammout said. "Now I want to make sure that others have the right to do that without the fear of being arrested or jailed."

Both ADC and Chammout would like to organize marches in the future to promptly respond to national or international events, including the potential U.S. invasion of Iraq, the ACLU said in legal papers. However, the Dearborn ordinance may chill any effort of that kind.

"A march a couple of days after an event would attract far more protesters and enthusiasm than a march a month later and is therefore more likely to sway the undecided," said Nabih Ayad, general counsel for ADC and an attorney on this case.

Comments

[Purple Avenger]

They'll beat the rap....and a couple of years from now get arrested again, that time for having a bomb factory in their basements.

[pst314]

"a pro-peace Palestinian Rally"

Oh, does that mean they oppose blowing up Jewish buses and shooting Jewish children? /sarcasm

[Heather]

They "love America" the same way a wife-beater "loves" his spouse.