Nothing to see here. Move along. "Syrian carrying $880,000, Hezbollah ring, 9/11 videos, stopped at Canadian border," by Frank Luba for the Canwest News Service, November 12 (thanks to Cindy):
VANCOUVER -- Don't cross the Canadian border with almost a million dollars that you fail to declare -- especially when you also have a Hezbollah ring and a Palestinian scarf in your possession.Khaled Nawaya found that out the hard way when he was arrested Oct. 6 at the Douglas border crossing in Surrey, B.C., and had to spend a month in detention while being investigated as a security threat.
He was released on Thursday with a long list of conditions after a hearing before the federal government's Immigration Division member Lynda Mackie. He remains to have no status in Canada.
Mr. Nawaya, 34, had a visa to get into the country and, according to his lawyer, Phil Rankin, has spent 18 months going through all that's required to move to Canada from the U.S. as a landed immigrant.
"It's not like this started 30 days ago," said Mr. Rankin.
But the Saudi Arabian-born Syrian citizen, who is qualified as a flight instructor and had hoped to work in B.C., complicated his situation by not declaring the money.
That's against the law, although charges have not yet been laid as his case is still being investigated.
Mr. Nawaya was reluctant to speak to the media but finally declared: "I feel great. It's an experience for life. It's one of these things."
About $800,000 of Mr. Nawaya's stash, which is still in the Canadian government's possession, was in Canadian gold coins purchased by Mr. Nawaya's brother, who lives in Texas. There was another $70,000 in cash and about $10,000 in his pockets,
Further compounding the situation was his possession of a ring with the Hezbollah emblem. Mr. Rankin said the ring was one of two specially made by Mr. Nawaya's brother....
His goods also included a Palestinian scarf and DVDs related to the 9/11 tragedy.
Mr. Rankin said the combination of possessions led to the notion Mr. Nawaya was a security threat.
Islamophobia!
They should have deported his arse right back to the US. Sorry, my American neighbours, but that's where he came from. HOwever, once deported, it might behoove the US government to take a look into his dealings, too.
Wait, I read tha tagain, he's a Syrian citizen. Well, send him back to Syria, and don't allow him to come back and pull a stunt like Arar did.
Robert, I am trying today to maintain my sanity. Please.
Why on Earth is he allowed to remain in Canada? Send him back to Syria already. Canada is making a huge mistake giving Muslims free reign here.
What about the brother in Texas? Where did he get the $880.000? Apparently he was such a fanatical follower of Hezballah, a terrorist organization, that he made two very special rings, for himself and his brother, with the Hezballah emblem. Should this brother not be investigated every which way but up?
Do we have the INS
Can personnel not be replaced, especially at the top, so that the attitude that one could be sure existed from 1941 to 1945 could once again be found in that INS, those police, that FBI?
He was released on Thursday with a long list of conditions...
Released, that's the key to this thing here. In their willful self-delusion and blithering incompetence the Canadians have become dangerous neighbors.
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Airports have become good places for Moslems working in the Cause, advancing their incursion into civilized countries, which is to say JudeoChristian countries.
He was released but I'll tellya what, our 6 Imams up here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, who did one better when they not only weren't incarcerated for their collective felony crime in the gate area, they gotpaid for their trouble.
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Now those are some smart Moslems. I wonder if they're coming back to town.
I agree, I'd like to know who it is rubberstamping the okay for them to enter our countries? Who is it doing the background checks on these guys? They're either incompetent or complicit...
Upon reading this again (I have whatever virus is going around, I'm not exactly at peak form right now)I don't even understand why he was released. Legitimate tourists do not carry around gold coins. What was all that money meant for? He's a little early for the Olympics, and even with rent-scalping - $880.000? In cash and gold? Man, this would be a guy I would WANT to meet at a dark street corner, even just for what was in his pockets!
And what kind of visa did he have? Tourist? Guest worker? Student? Are they going to make sure he leaves when its time is up? And why was he carrying such videos around with him? And why does he feel so great? Because he can still go through with whatever he was up to, even though he lost the money?
the air raid sirens are going off and the people are saying, "Planes?, what planes? I don't see any planes"
Of course, the loonie has been gaining strength against the dollar recently. But $880,000 in gold coins and cash, presumably for immediate exchange into ever-rising loonies? Isn't that a bit exaggerated?
“…and DVDs related to the 9/11 tragedy.” Way to go Canwest for diminishing the biggest act of terror in North America in modern times to a mere “tragedy.” Kind of like saying the Holocaust was a depopulation accident.
Oh I'm sure the CBC will release all the facts..
The money was for his poor mother..
He is being racially targeted by Canada for supporting Palestine as a Muslim...
It's just all a big misunderstanding...He's just an honest, peaceful muslim who is being harassed by the kafir...
Sanity, Hugh? Maybe you've seen Mt Rushmore - perhaps in magazines or books, but have you seen it from the Canadian side?
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He was released on Thursday with a long list of conditions...
Released, that's the key to this thing here. In their willful self-delusion and blithering incompetence the Canadians have become dangerous neighbors."
Your joking right? Witnessing the Ft. Hood white wash in progress should be scaring the bejebus out of you then. Canada has not said it prefers dead soldiers to a lessening of the golden thread that holds all diversity together, Muslims.
probably a Mulims courier on his way to pay the "team"
How many ways do we insult the law-abiding patriot citizens of Western nations by the kid-glove treatment of dubious characters with questionable loyalty who have the potential to perform grievous acts, through violence and quiet sedition?
"He was released on Thursday with a long list of conditions..." Why a different standard of measure? Love thy nation, support and defend it or be exiled forever from it.
Our borders should be of concrete and razor-wire, not to keep citizens in, but to defend against those who would do us harm.
Also CHILLING,other than that he was RELEASED, is that he went FROM the U.S. to Canada .
Not ONLY are we a TARGET, but now the Islamist Jihadis ARE USING US AS A BASE.
This is ONE of SEVERAL KNOWN cases where the Planning ,Funding,and Training of Jihadis is BEING DONE HERE,taking advantage of our Freedoms.
Smells like it, looks like it, I am glad I did not step (oops) in it.
{falls hard on ground}
Looks like Canadian Government Officials have no sense of smell and don't know a turd from a Baby Ruth.
I am being to hard. It looks like that is the problem with most people in the MSM as well.
Note to the vexed...
Tag, release, trail, record, bait, take home the catch.
Why settle for one fish?
absolom : Note to the vexed...
Tag, release, trail, record, bait, take home the catch.
Why settle for one fish?
I think we've all seen what our government is capable of and I'd rather they landed something rather than spend time waving their rods in the air and letting Political Correctness get in the way.
Start with a 'shoot to kill' policy and thin the jihadi herd.
The last time a syrian was sent back from Canada via the US he managed to sue the Cdn government for millions for his torture in his home country syria! stupid Cdn government allowed this piece of exrement to come back into the country and the socialists cried their liberal elite blues and this man is laughing all the way to the bank.
From Mr. Nawaya's attorney, Mr. Rankin:
"Mr. Nawaya's assets didn't come from terrorism, Mr. Rankin said. Much of it is from a $400,000 settlement from a university that bungled his U.S. student visa status. The rest was savings from eight years of working as a flight instructor in Oakland, Calif."
See this more inclusive story.
I know what this is about. He wants to bail out the troubled Bank of Jihad, Inc. It's too big too fail.
I implore my country, Canada, to wake up and smell the coffee. By any criterion, this individual is an islamic terrorist and must never be released on bail. He must be deported to his islamic country of origin without delay.
Political correctness will be our ruin.
Speculating in Gold can be risky. Who knows, maybe his investment shrank in value over his stay in Canada. With the rising cost of doing Business and all.
Hey, what's a lousy $880,000.00 huh?
Hey, what's a lousy $880,000.00 huh?