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U.S. Muslim who pledged allegiance to Islamic State arrested at JFK airport, held without bail

Aug 11, 2014 11:30 am By Robert Spencer

JFKairportOnce again the mainstream media insults a convert to Islam by refusing to refer to him by his Muslim name — an indignity the media would never dream of according to Muhammad Ali or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. But when a Muslim plots evil in the name of Islam, suddenly the media doesn’t quite notice his Islamic identity, although in this case the New York Daily News does have to note his name Abu Omar al Amreeki, as it is part of the story of why he was arrested. The Daily News piece, however, doesn’t even say what ISIS stands for (the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams). In any case, this Abu Omar al Amreeki is suspected of brokering weapons deals for the Islamic State. Why did none of the people who helped him convert to Islam keep him from misunderstanding his new, peaceful religion in such a way as led to his pledging allegiance to the Islamic State?

“EXCLUSIVE: Suspected American militant who pledged allegiance to ISIS held without bail after being arrested at JFK,” by John Marzulli, New York Daily News, August 10, 2014:

A Brooklyn judge ordered a suspected American militant who pledged allegiance to the terrorist leader of ISIS held without bail after he was arrested at Kennedy Airport, the Daily News has learned.

FBI agents nabbed Donald Ray Morgan, a 44-year-old ex-convict from North Carolina, on Aug. 2 when he returned to the U.S. after an eight-month stay in Lebanon, where his wife lives.

Morgan, who has a previous conviction for firing a gun, had allegedly been brokering deals for military-grade weapons and ammo in his home state and was indicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

But what caught counter-terrorism agents’ attention were his chilling Twitter rants from the Middle East under the alias “Abu Omar al Amreeki.”

Assistant Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Nadia Moore presented a sampling of the evidence to Magistrate Ramon Reyes at a bail hearing last week to support her argument that the alleged gun trafficker was too dangerous to return to North Carolina on his own.

“It’s possible that he traffics in guns to people in this organization (ISIS),” Moore said in Brooklyn Federal Court.

Besides pledging allegiance to chief ISIS thug Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, his tweets strongly suggested he may have been preparing for jihad in Syria, Iraq or possibly the states, law enforcement officials feared.

He also referred to himself as a mujahedeen, or jihad fighter.

Federal defender Peter Kirchheimer said there was no evidence Morgan is a member of ISIS or had provided material support.

But the judge said the tweets had “clearly implied to me that he is trying to go to Syria or Iraq as the next step and trying to be actively engaged.”

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  1. John C. Barile says

    Aug 11, 2014 at 11:43 am

    Well, I sure hope they get MY name right when they put it down on the police blotter–my nom de guerre is “Yahya Nasari al-Amriki.” There. Now you all know.

    • Ashley says

      Aug 11, 2014 at 11:53 am

      LOL! Thanks for the chuckle, John B!

      • John C. Barile says

        Aug 11, 2014 at 12:03 pm

        Do come and join us, Aisha!

        • John C. Barile says

          Aug 12, 2014 at 9:48 am

          right back here, of course

      • John C. Barile says

        Aug 11, 2014 at 12:14 pm

        You’re welcome.

    • John C. Barile says

      Aug 11, 2014 at 12:06 pm

      Do come and join us, Aisha!

  2. John C. Barile says

    Aug 11, 2014 at 11:53 am

    Now, let’s all be clear about this–anyone who publicly and deliberately pledges allegiance Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as his leader and caliph is a de facto member of the Islamic State of terror.

    • John C. Barile says

      Aug 11, 2014 at 11:55 am

      “To”–allegiance to.

  3. Jay Boo says

    Aug 11, 2014 at 11:54 am

    “The mainstream media insults a convert to Islam by refusing to refer to him by his Muslim name”

    The sad irony is that his Muslim ‘friends’ also insult this useful-idiot convert behind his back with code words and innuendo.
    When he becomes not longer useful he becomes a disposable commodity.
    He calls himself a jihadi.
    They think of him as just another MO HO to be used and abused and abandoned alone in a nameless pit.

  4. SKevin says

    Aug 11, 2014 at 12:15 pm

    Abdul-Jabbar and Ali went to court and had their names legally changed. I doubt this fool bothered to do so. It is therefore inappropriate to call him by his nom de guerre. When he faces justice, he will do so under his legal name.

    • John C. Barile says

      Aug 11, 2014 at 12:37 pm

      Rightly so.

  5. Gene says

    Aug 11, 2014 at 1:10 pm

    Naturally, he is an “American militant” not a Muslim militant. Because it is American freedom and values of individual liberty that incite hatred and militancy, rather than Islamic teachings that Muslims should fight, murder, rape, and plunder non-Muslims.

    • Jaladhi says

      Aug 11, 2014 at 1:58 pm

      Of course, that is political correctness!! This lying and hypocrite press of ours will go to any length to hide Muslim names. Are they with us or against us, I mean our media!!Imbeciles!!

  6. Jerry says

    Aug 11, 2014 at 4:24 pm

    [OT] In view of the contents of Article Seven of the Hamas “Covenant”, it could be argued that not only confirmed members, but any one who has voted for Hamas could and should be prosecuted for and convicted of conspiring to commit genocide and or to aid and abet the commission thereof.

    • Jerry says

      Aug 11, 2014 at 4:34 pm

      Similarly, any one who freely converts to Islam, knowing of the crimes mandated by that “religion”, or, if converted, initially unknowing of the crimes against humanity being advocated by that “religion” remains such convert after learning of the criminal agenda should be prosecuted and convicted.

      Any Muslim who immigrates to the USA and, inevitably, knowingly falsely swears allegiance to the USA in order to gain USA citizenship, even if not guilty of any other offence, should be stripped of their USA citizenship and deported.

      • Michael Copeland says

        Aug 11, 2014 at 5:29 pm

        “I sweared [the Oath of Allegiance]”, said Faisal Shahzad from Pakistan, “but I did not mean it”. He went on to plant the bomb in Times Square, which fortunately failed. An oath by a muslim, authorised by Islam to deceive, is worthless.

      • Michael Copeland says

        Aug 11, 2014 at 5:29 pm

        “I sweared [the Oath of Allegiance]”, said Faisal Shahzad from Pakistan, “but I did not mean it”. He went on to plant the bomb in Times Square, which fortunately failed. An oath by a muslim, authorised by Islam to deceive, is worthless.

      • Michael Copeland says

        Aug 11, 2014 at 5:29 pm

        “I sweared [the Oath of Allegiance]”, said Faisal Shahzad from Pakistan, “but I did not mean it”. He went on to plant the bomb in Times Square, which fortunately failed. An oath by a muslim, authorised by Islam to deceive, is worthless.

  7. islamforbids.com says

    Aug 12, 2014 at 11:07 am

    Let them join the honeypot,

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