Weekly Terrorism Spotlight

Volume 1, Issue 32 (November 18)

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Two Charged with Illegal Trading with Iran

PHILADELPHIA . Laurie Magid, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania, today announced the unsealing of an indictment
charging Mohammad Reza Vaghari, 41, of Broomall, PA, and Mir Hossein Ghaemi,
42, of Edgewood, MD, with crimes relating to their participation in illegal
business transactions with Iran between in or about 2002 and present.

Both defendants are charged with one count of conspiracy to violate the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), and Vaghari is charged
with three additional substantive counts of violating IEEPA. Finally, Vaghari
is also charged with attempting to procure U.S. citizenship by fraud and
possessing immigration documents that were procured by fraud.

According to the indictment, the defendants operated in this country through a
Pennsylvania corporation called Saamen Company. The American-based conspirators
would purchase items from American companies, export the items to the United
Arab Emirates, and co-conspirators in the U.A.E. would then deliver the items
to customers in Iran. The indictment further alleges that Vaghari made false
statements in connection with his attempt to obtain U.S. citizenship in or
about November 2004, and that, since 1998, he has possessed a permanent
resident card that had been procured by fraud.

If convicted of all charges, Vaghari faces a maximum sentence of 85 years
imprisonment, a $3,750,000 fine, three years of supervised release, and $600 in
special assessments; Ghaemi faces a maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment, a
$250,000 fine, three years of supervised release, and a $100 special
assessment.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the
Department of Commerce. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States
Attorney Stephen Miller.

An Indictment or Information is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent
unless and until proven guilty.

More infomation can be found at the Department of Justice website (click here).

Obama’s “My Muslim Faith” Gaffe Reignites Speculation

The Democratic Party’s presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama claims he accidentally said “my Muslim faith” in an interview, causing speculation that he is a Muslim to re-ignite. Obama, who lived in Indonesia as a child, has denied being a Muslim and has sharply criticized such claims.

The statement occurred during an interview with George Stephanopolous on ABC’s show, “This Week” when discussing Obama’s religious faith.

“…you’re absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith,” Obama said. Stephanapolous then interrupted Obama saying, “Christian faith.”

“My Christian faith,” Obama then stated, correcting his statement. “What I think is fair to say is that, coming out of the Republican camp, there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps I’m not who I say I am when it comes to my faith—something which I find deeply offensive, and that has been going on for a pretty long time.”

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Martin Mawyer comments on Obama

Every Governor in America is now informed about radical homegrown terrorism.

Staff members and volunteers for the Christian Action Network (CAN) boxed up hundreds of thousands of petitions that have been sent in to the CAN offices over the past several months. The message on these petitions is simple: “America is facing a real threat of Islamic extremist within each and every state.”

“Each and every petition was hand sorted and mailed to the governors offices which represented constituents from that state,” said Michelle Matherly coordinator for this important project. She continued, “We are so thankful to our donors and membership base that sent in their petitions personally asking their governor to be more aware of the threat of homegrown terrorism.”

Though all states were represented in this massive distribution, several states including Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and New York were strongly represented. It seems that the constituents from these particular states are deeply concerned about the Islamic training compounds called Muslims of America that have established roots in their states.