The new hero of the far left: the US leader of Islamic Jihad, an open advocate of suicide bombing and mass murder who was caught on film screaming “Death to Israel, death to America” and calling Jews the “sons of apes and pigs,” and who pleaded guilty to lesser charges and agreed to be deported: Pacific Free Press - Hard Truths for Hard Times - The Prisoner: Sami Al-Arian Lost in Police State America.

Sami Al-Arian is a political prisoner in Police State America. This article reviews his case briefly and updates it to the present.

Because of his faith, ethnicity and political activism, the Bush administration targeted Al-Arian for supporting “terrorism.”

In fact, he’s a Palestinian refugee, distinguished professor and scholar, community leader and civil activist.

Nonetheless, the FBI harassed him for 11 years, arrested him on February 20, 2003, and falsely accused him of backing organizations fronting for Palestinian Islamic Jihad - a 1997 State Department-designated “Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).”

UPDATE at 4/7/08 8:23:35 am:

And the radical Islamic front groups are specifically targeting the youth of America with this evil propaganda. A reader at the University of Maryland forwarded this announcement from the college newsletter:

Subject       : USA VS. AL-ARIAN SCREENING @ HOFF!
When          : Thursday, April 10, 2008 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Where         : Stamp Student Union  : Hoff Theater
Event Type(s) : Movie/Film/Video,Special Event

In December 2005, a Tampa jury acquitted Dr. Sami Al-Arian of “terrorism” charges. Two years later he is still in prison because the Bush administration refuses to honor a May 2006 promise to release and deport him. Dr. Al-Arian was due to be released in weeks, but is now on a hunger strike to protest the government’s refusal to honor a plea agreement.

COME FIND OUT WHY!

The Muslim Students Association, Peace Forum, Organization of Arab Students, Feminism without Borders, and Students for a Democratic Society Present:

“USA VS AL-ARIAN” Screening at UMD

Featuring Guest Speaker: Laila Al-Arian, Journalist and daughter of Dr. Al-Arian.

***Thursday April 10, 2008
***6:00pm - 10:00pm
***HOFF THEATER
***FREE!***

For more information on Dr. Al-Arian please visit:
www.usavsalarian.com
www.freesamialarian.com

For more information, contact:
Nadia El-Hillal
Muslim Students Asoociation
www.msaumd.org