20 ‘Vetted’ Refugees Who Turned to Jihad-Terror After Being Allowed Into America

Is President Trump right in pushing the pause button on “refugees” from hotbeds of jihad terror? You bet he is. Obama’s vetting process and refugee policy was an epic fail.

20 ‘Vetted’ Refugees Who Turned to Terrorism After Being Allowed Into America

By Chris Menahan, InformationLiberation, January 29, 2017

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While the lying media is perpetuating the lie refugees do not pose a terrorist threat, the facts show otherwise.

Senator and soon-to-be Attorney General Jeff Sessions compiled this list of refugees-turned-jihadists in 2016 while Obama was pushing to dramatically increase the amount of so-called “refugees” allowed into the United States.

– On May 25, 2016, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Bilal Abood was sentenced to four years in prison for making a false statement to the FBI. Abood, an Iraqi translator for the U.S. military, was admitted to the United States through the Special Immigrant Visa program for Iraqi translators in 2009, and subsequently became a citizen. Abood enlisted in the Army and went through basic training at Fort Jackson in 2010, but left for unknown reasons. According to court documents, after being prevented from boarding an international flight, Abood told FBI agents that he intended to go to Iraq to visit family. Subsequently, Abood left the United States through Mexico and then traveled through various countries to get to Syria to join ISIS. A subsequent search of his computer revealed that he pledged an oath to the leader of ISIS, despite denying that he had ever made such a pledge.

– On January 7, 2016, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab was charged with providing materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements and representations to the United States government. He was separately indicted on March 17, 2016 for attempting to provide material support to acts of violence overseas. Al-Jayab — a Palestinian born in Iraq — was admitted to the United States as a refugee in 2012. According to the criminal complaint, beginning in October of 2012 — the very same month he first arrived in the United States — Al-Jayab began communicating with numerous individuals about his intention to go to Syria and fight for terrorist organizations. In April 2013, Al-Jayab made multiple statements to another individual (later identified as Omar Faraj Saeed Al Hardan) regarding his experience handling weapons and killing individuals in Syria. In November 2013, just one year after being welcomed to the United States as a refugee, he traveled to Syria and posted on social media that he was fighting with various terrorist organizations, stating “America will not isolate me from my Islamic duty. Only death will do us part.”

– On January 7, 2016, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Omar Faraj Saeed Al Hardan was charged in an indictment with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, making false statements, and attempting to procure citizenship or naturalization unlawfully. The indictment states that he attempted to provide training, expert advice and assistance, and personnel — specifically himself — to a terrorist organization. Al Hardan — a Palestinian born in Iraq — was admitted to the United States as a refugee in 2009, and obtained a green card in 2011. When applying to become a U.S. citizen, he knowingly responded, certified, and swore untruthfully that he was not associated with a terrorist organization when, in fact, he associated with members and sympathizers of ISIS throughout 2014. During an interview in October 2015, Al Hardan falsely represented that he had never received any type of weapons training, when in fact he had received automatic machine gun training. According to media accounts, Al Hardan told his wife “I will go to Syria. I want to blow myself up. . . . I am against America.”

– On August 12, 2015, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, Fazliddin Kurbanov was found guilty of conspiring and attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and possessing an unregistered destructive device. Kurbanov is a native of Uzbekistan who came to the United States as a refugee in 2009. U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Carlin stated that he “conspired to provide material support to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and procured bomb-making materials in the interest of perpetrating a terrorist attack on American soil.” According to press reports, Kurbanov began his life as a Muslim, but his family claimed that they faced persecution after they converted to Orthodox Christianity. After coming to the United States with his family as a refugee, Kurbanov is said to have converted back to Islam and radicalized.

– On April 20, 2015, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, Guled Ali Omar was charged with conspiracy and attempt to provide material support to ISIS. Omar was born in a Kenyan refugee camp, and sources indicate he came to the United States as a refugee when he was a child, obtained a green card, and subsequently applied for and received citizenship. Omar is the younger brother of another indicted fugitive, Ahmed Ali Omar, who left the United States in 2007 to fight for Al-Shabaab. Another one of his brothers, Mohamed Ali Omar, was convicted in March of 2015 of threatening federal agents when they came to the family’s residence to interview Guled Omar. During a press conference, U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota, Andy Luger, said that Omar “never stopped plotting,” and had previously attempted to leave the United States.

– On April 20, 2015, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, Abdurahman Yasin Daud was charged (along with six others) with conspiracy and attempt to provide material support to ISIS. Daud, a Somalian refugee who came to the United States as a child, and subsequently obtained a green card. Daud and another individual drove from Minnesota to San Diego to attempt to get passports, cross the border into Mexico, and fly to Syria in to join ISIS.

– On February 18, 2015, Al-Hazmah Mohammed Jawad was arrested as he attempted to board a flight to Jordan to join and fight with ISIS in Iraq. Jawad was admitted to the United States in 2013 as an Iraqi refugee and he subsequently obtained a green card. Jawad was charged with making a false statement to U.S. government officials. He also stated that he “had been to the shooting range and had been running to get in shape and prepare for his upcoming travels,” and that a uniform was waiting for him in Iraq.

– On February 5, 2015, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Abdinassir Mohamud Ibrahim was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for conspiring to provide material support to Al-Shabaab, a designated foreign terrorist organization, and for making a false statement in his immigration paperwork. Ibrahim is a native of Somalia who came to the United States as a refugee in 2007 at the age of 22 and subsequently obtained a green card. Ibrahim knowingly lied on his citizenship application and previously lied in his request for refugee status, by falsely claiming that he was of a member of the minority Awer clan in Somalia and subject to persecution by the majority Hawiye clan. Ibrahim was actually a member of the Hawiye clan and not subject to persecution. In fact, according to court documents, “Ibrahim’s family was famous . . . [and] [t]hrough his clan lineage, Ibrahim was related to known Somali terrorists[.]” Ibrahim also admitted he lied on his citizenship application by having previously lied on his refugee application by falsely claiming that he had not provided material support to a terrorist group, when he had in fact provided material support in the form of cash to an Al-Shabaab member.

– On February 5, 2015, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Abdullah Ramo Pazara was named in an indictment against six individuals. Pazara, a native of Bosnia who sources indicate came to the United States as a refugee, later obtained a green card and became a citizen in 2013. Pazara was never charged in this case because he is believed to be dead. According to court documents, the others who were indicted provided material support to Pazara, who left the United States to go to Syria and fight with ISIS just 11 days after becoming a citizen. Among other things, Pazara allegedly told an individual about a mission where they “captured a large area, killed eleven individuals, captured one, and added that they intended to slaughter the prisoner the follow[ing] day.” According to press reports, at the time Pazara was purportedly killed in Syria, he was a deputy to one of the top ISIS commanders.

– On February 5, 2015, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Ramiz Zijad Hodzic was charged with conspiring to provide material support and resources to terrorists, providing material support to terrorists, and conspiring to kill and maim persons in a foreign country. Hodzic is a native of Bosnia, and a purported Bosnian war hero who came to the United States as a refugee. According to the indictment, among other things, Hodzic obtained money that he used to “purchase materials and supplies including: United States military uniforms, tactical combat boots, military surplus goods, tactical gear and clothing, firearms accessories, optical equipment and range finders, rifle scopes, equipment, and supplies . . .  intending that the materials and supplies would thereafter be transferred to, and used to support” Abdullah Ramo Pazara and ISIS.

– On February 5, 2015, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Sedina Unkic Hodzic was charged with conspiring to provide material support and resources to terrorists, and providing material support to terrorists. Sedina is the wife of Ramiz Zijad Hodzic and a native of Bosnia who came to the United States as a refugee. According to the indictment, Sedina, along with her husband, collected money from third parties and wired it to terrorists abroad. Also according to the indictment, Sedina shipped six boxes of U.S. military uniforms, combat boots, tactical clothing and gear, military surplus items, firearms accessories, rifle scopes, optical equipment, first aid supplies, and other equipment to terrorists abroad.

– On February 5, 2015, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Armin Harcevic was charged with conspiring to provide material support and resources to terrorists, and with providing material support to terrorists. Harcevic is a native of Bosnia who came to the United States as a refugee, and subsequently obtained a green card. According to the Indictment, Harcevic collected money from third parties and wired it and his own funds to terrorists abroad.

–  On February 5, 2015, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Nihad Rosic was charged with conspiring to provide material support and resources to terrorists, providing material support to terrorists, and conspiring to kill and maim persons in a foreign country. Rosic is a native of Bosnia who sources indicate came to the United States as a refugee, obtained a green card, and subsequently applied for and received citizenship. According to the indictment, Rosic sent funds to terrorists abroad, and attempted to travel to Syria to join terrorists in Syria and Iraq. According to press accounts, Rosic was a truck driver and former mixed martial arts fighter who had previously been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after punching a woman in the face while she held a child, and in a separate incident, was charged with assault after allegedly beating his girlfriend with a belt.

– On February 5, 2015, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Mediha Medy Salkicevic was charged with conspiring to provide material support and resources to terrorists, and providing material support to terrorists. Salkicevic is a native of Bosnia who sources indicate came to the United States as a refugee, obtained a green card, and subsequently applied for and received citizenship. According to press accounts, Salkicevic was formerly an employee with a cargo company that deals with items coming in and out of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. According to the indictment, Salkicevic collected money from third parties and wired it and her own funds to terrorists abroad.

– On February 5, 2015, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Jasminka Ramic was charged with conspiring to provide material support and resources to terrorists, and providing material support to terrorists. Ramic is a native of Bosnia who sources indicate came to the United States as a refugee, obtained a green card, and subsequently applied for and received citizenship. According to the indictment, Ramic collected money from third parties and wired it and her own funds to terrorists abroad.

– On January 29, 2015, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, a federal warrant was unsealed for the arrest of Liban Haji Mohamed for allegedly providing material support to Harakat Shabaab Al-Mujahidin, also known as Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda. Mohamed is a native of Somalia who sources indicate came to the United States as a refugee, obtained a green card, and subsequently applied for and received citizenship. He is believed to have left the United States on July 5, 2012, with the intent to join Al-Shabaab in East Africa. Mohamed previously lived in the Washington, D.C. area and worked as a cab driver, and is believed to have snuck across the border to Mexico after being placed on the no-fly list. Carl Ghattas, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Washington, D.C. Field Office emphasized the importance of locating Mohamed, “because he has knowledge of the Washington, D.C. area’s infrastructure such as shopping areas, Metro, airports, and government buildings . . . [t]his makes him an asset to his terrorist associates who might plot attacks on U.S. soil.”

– On January 31, 2014, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Ahmed Nasir Taalil Mohamud was sentenced to six years in prison for conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Mohamud was admitted to the United States as a refugee from Somalia. He worked as a cabdriver in Anaheim, California where he raised money for the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab. According to the Department of Justice, “[t]he United States presented evidence that Nasir . . . conspired to provide money to al Shabaab, a violent and brutal militia group that engages in suicide bombings, targets civilians for assassination, and uses improvised explosive devices.”

– On November 18, 2013, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Issa Doreh was sentenced to ten years in prison for “conspiracy to provide material support to terrorist, conspiracy to provide material support to foreign terrorist organization, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, and providing material support to foreign terrorist organization.” Doreh was admitted to the United States as a refugee from Somalia and subsequently obtained a green card and became a citizen. Doreh worked at a money transmitting business that was at the center of the conspiracy, which also involved Ahmed Nasir Taalil Mohamud.

– On January 29, 2013, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Waad Ramadan Alwan was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison, followed by a life term of supervised release for a number of offenses related to terrorism. Alwan is a native of Iraq who was admitted to the United States as a refugee in 2009. According to the Department of Justice’s press release, “Alwan, whose fingerprints were found on an unexploded IED found in Iraq, pleaded guilty earlier in the case on December 16, 2011, to all counts of a 23-count federal indictment. He pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill U.S. nationals abroad; conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction (explosives) against U.S. nationals abroad; distributing information on the manufacture and use of IEDs; attempting to provide material support to terrorists and to AQI; and conspiring to transfer, possess, and export Stinger missiles.” (emphasis added). During the investigation, while “unwittingly working with an FBI informant, Alwan drew diagrams of roadside bomb models and boasted about attacks on American troops in Iraq.” In a discussion with an FBI informant, Alwan allegedly said that he was skilled with a sniper rifle, and that his “lunch and dinner would be an American [soldier].”

– On January 29, 2013, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Mohanad Shareef Hammadi was sentenced to life in prison for a number of offenses related to terrorism. Hammadi is a native of Iraq who was admitted to the United States as a refugee in 2009. According to the Department of Justice’s press release, “Hammadi pleaded guilty on August 21, 2012, to a 12-count superseding indictment. Charges against him included attempting to provide material support to terrorists and to AQI; conspiring to transfer, possess, and export Stinger missiles; and making a false statement in an immigration application.”

President Trump’s refugee ban is common sense.

There is no reason any of these people should have been allowed into our country.

If President Trump is to be criticized for anything, it should be for not making his ban even broader.

 

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Mahou Shoujo

7 years ago

The United States needs a department of deportations, there are a lot of candidates for repatriation to the middle east, as America is not to thire liking. This new department can utilize resources of the many useless government agencies democrats spawned.

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Ari Chen

7 years ago

Ban all moslem refugees and those from islamic states! We should think of rounding up remaining muslime refugees and segregating them. Syria can take them back. ?

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Drew the Infidel

7 years ago

Reply to  Ari Chen

Agreed. A report on military.com says that in that raid in Yemen there were women killed while acting in a combat role and who obviously had weapons and tactical training. No longer are they being used strictly in support or suicide bombing roles.

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SFTOBEY

7 years ago

Reply to  Ari Chen

Not just “refugees”, but muzscum coming in on “student” visas, “diversity lottery” visas, “family re-unification” visas, the “asylum” racket, and any other way they are coming into this country.

President Trump must quote their very words – from their UNholy quran and from the hadiths as well to inform Americans – who STILL might not know about the reality of izlam (sic – on purpose). This information MUST be brought out in public to counter the disinformation from Leftist academics, the idiots within the so-called “Christian” churches (Dope Francis comes instantly to mind here), the enemedia, any other mouthpieces for izlam, as well as from the muzlims themselves.

Outlaw the muzlim bro’hood – and any/ALL of its front groups from this country!

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AlgorithmicAnalyst

7 years ago

I would have rejected them after one look at those pictures 🙂

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tatka150

7 years ago

Reply to  AlgorithmicAnalyst

Agree:)

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conan_drum

7 years ago

Why is Bosnia not on the list of banned countries as there are a fair proportion of Bosnians on the list above?

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tatka150

7 years ago

Reply to  conan_drum

How about Pakistan and Saudis. All 9/11 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia. Is it not good reason to ban it. Pakistan had been hiding Osama bin Laden for many years. Must be banned as well.

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SFTOBEY

7 years ago

Reply to  tatka150

President Trump can only do so much at a time – even now the enemedia and the idiot Left, not to mention the muzscum themselves are caterwauling over what they have called: “the muslim ban”. Would that it were a complete ban!

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tatka150

7 years ago

“Vetting” the repefugeees is a joke. Even Comey said it’s impossible since there is no data base for verification. Trump should ban all of them per 1952 Immigration Law. Nobody repealed it so far.

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Drew the Infidel

7 years ago

Add to the list the “brothers Tzarnaev” (my apologies to Dostoevsky). They had emigrated from Chechnya and had been involved in murder and mayhem prior to their bombing of the Boston Marathon. If you read my name in the crime report for indecent exposure, you will know I have found the burial site of the older one who was killed by the cops.

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D.Moore

7 years ago

They don’t want refuge they want to invade America. American’s are lacking common sense when it comes to alleged refugees . Instead of running from their countries maybe they should stay in their respective countries and try to rebuild. Their ideology is not cohesive with American life! seems a lot of the refugees are nothing more than simple criminals why would we want to bring them to America we have enough crime without adding more players

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SFTOBEY

7 years ago

Reply to  D.Moore

Ah, but that would not expand “al hijra”: immigration jihad.

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Larry Morris

7 years ago

Memo to all civil employees from Trump- Good enough for government work ends here and ends now!

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movingwaters

7 years ago

The UN and the State Dept. do the vetting of refugees. They vetted the 9/11 hijackers, almost all of which came in on the relaxed and easy “Saudi Express” Visa Program, which allowed that one could specify their planned location as “University”, a city name, and assorted similar generalizations. Who in their right mind would trust the UN and the State Dept. to care about American families? It is just a known fact that it is impossible to vet refugees from war torn Syria, as well as from nations that don’t have much in the way of data bases on their citizens. I think Trump’s plan was too generous. Step One is to arrest George Soros, take his money, and get his paid protesters off the street.

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chad

7 years ago

Reply to  movingwaters

Many of our future terrorist in America were brought over as refugee children. Bosnian refugees have been here since the Bosnian War, maybe before?
Our refugee programs just need to be stopped.

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movingwaters

7 years ago

Reply to  chad

You’re so right. I know 2 people who have involvement in the real estate aspect of a bunch of those Muslim “refugees” from that war we were lied into. As you probably know, their were atrocities on both sides. Only Serb actions were considered worthy of examination. They were answering continual provocations from the Muslims, a scenario we now understand all too well. Anyway, I digress. The two people I know that had short term contact with these poor and devastated, but fat, healthy, and happy Bosnian refugees told me that the poor refugees demanded that their housing be no less nice than anyone else, and that their free TV sets be just as big and nice as anyone else. These hardworking taxpayers, both Republican, were livid. It is not hard to see the similarity between the Democratic Socialists and the Muslims.

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chad

7 years ago

Reply to  movingwaters

Most Bosnians here live better than most Americans. They own homes, have many businesses. My nephew in high school tells me the Bosnian boys all drive mice large trucks to school, brag about getting benefits, pretty much here’s. There are hundreds of Bosnian trucking companies here, uncle Sam probably bought their trucks.
My brother n law talks of a Bosnian car lot with about 2 million $ inventory, but sells very few.
Many Bosnian kids get minority scholarships, total free ride to college. My kids and I struggle for college money.
A Bosnian restaurant which I drive by often always has Mercedes, BMW and a hummer parked there.
Schools are overcrowded here due to refugees, school taxes rising again yet we need more and more?
We really need to cancel all refugee programs.

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movingwaters

7 years ago

Reply to  chad

Thanks for the info.It is even worse than I knew. The federal government allows the shadow government/ mega corporations to create instability and very profitable fake wars, destroy whole countries, then bring people here who do not share our values but that we are commanded to provide their homes, education, translators for the kiddies, etc. A few days ago I had a return to do at the local Walmart. While waiting, a very healthy looking and nicely dressed family of 4 from somewhere south of the border came to customer service. I didn’t catch all the details because I am not snoopy by nature. But it appeared that they were there to pick up some kind of special funds or voucher for what was clearly taxpayer funded living expenses. They were a little better dressed than I. They appeared to be a happy, healthy, and very well kept family. They were nice. I have to tell you that they did not look poor to me. I think these refugees are getting a lot of money every month. They will vote Democratic Party.

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Cayman

7 years ago

How can a Muslim be a refugee? How many Muslim countries are there in the world – 70+ . Just move to another if you don’t like the one you are in. No – these are invaders. So many want nothing to do with American values. Most want Sharia by their own words. Gullible Americans are destroying America. Americans should be taking care of our own poor and down-trodden, not importing more under a guise of the pretense of a lie.

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Futile Minds

7 years ago

Reply to  Cayman

ditto for Canada…

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SFTOBEY

7 years ago

Reply to  Cayman

muzlim-majority countries: 56 + the so-called “palestinian authority”. This group makes up the monster voting bloc – the OIC – in the UN. Just another reason that President Trump should get the U.S. OUT of the UN; and the UN OUT of the U.S.!

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James51213

7 years ago

Assimilation success stories. What will happen to these people after their sentences are served? Deportation or set free?

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Randy Claywell

7 years ago

No mention of citizenship being revoked. Why not?

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joe1429

7 years ago

The dems keep defending these vetted rapeugees… Only for the terror vote

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chad

7 years ago

Now these scum still costs us plenty of money in prison.
This is ridiculous.
2 of these were in bowling green kentucky, which is a refugee hub. BG is also full of Bosnians, around 9000. Makes me wonder how many more of these Bosnians which have been living off taxpayers for years are goat porking terrorists?
Again this is f&cking ridiculous. The refugee programs in America must be shut down. There are countless refugees all over America just waiting for the right moment or secretly funding isis.
There should be a death sentence not just costing us millions in prison.

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Name

3 years ago

Every Moslem is a potential, or actual enemy. Their only loyalty is to their hate document called the Quran.

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