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Michigan: FBI blocks Muslim from flying to Middle East after discovering his weapons arsenal

Aug 28, 2017 6:05 pm By Robert Spencer

Clearly there is much more to this case than has come out so far. And there are no doubt many, many more Yousef Mohammad Ramadans.

“Did FBI thwart Michigan-based terror threat?,” by Robert Snell, Detroit News, August 27, 2017 (thanks to Creeping Sharia):

Detroit — The FBI’s counterterrorism team blocked an Ypsilanti man from flying to the Middle East and arrested him Friday after discovering a weapons arsenal in a storage unit, the latest national security-related case in Metro Detroit.

Yousef Mohammad Ramadan, 28, has not been charged with a terror-related crime and an FBI spokesman declined to comment, leaving it unclear why the FBI’s counterterrorism team and the head of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s national security unit are involved in the case, whether investigators had thwarted a terror attack or stopped a man from traveling overseas to commit terror.

The case is shrouded in secrecy. The U.S. Attorney’s Office quietly brought Ramadan into federal court Saturday for a rare weekend arraignment that happened when federal court was closed to the public. The arraignment, which was not posted on the court’s calendar, ended with a federal magistrate judge ordering Ramadan be held temporarily without bond.

Ramadan has been charged with knowingly possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number, a five-year felony….

The prosecutor overseeing the case is Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tukel, chief of the office’s national security unit who successfully prosecuted underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, according to federal court records. The lead investigator is FBI Special Agent Ryan Schanberger, a member of an elite counterterrorism squad who investigated terror suspect Sebastian Gregerson, who will be sentenced to prison this week.

“Given the background of the agents and the assistant U.S. attorney, it appears to be more than a run-of-the-mill illegal gun case,” said Seamus Hughes, deputy director of George Washington University’s Program on Extremism. “The FBI devoted much more resources than they traditionally would for cases like this.”…

Ramadan has lived in Ypsilanti and near San Diego, Calif., in recent years and worked as a security guard, according to public records. While living in Chula Vista, Calif., he received a firearm permit in 2010, but it expired in 2014, according to the state Department of Consumer Affairs.

His most recent address is at the Willow Ridge Apartments in Ypsilanti, five miles east of Michigan Stadium. A neighbor, Tonia Atkins, 47, said Sunday that “I’ve never seen anyone there.”

The counterterrorism case was revealed in a criminal complaint unsealed late Friday.

The case dates to Aug. 15 when Ramadan, his wife and children tried to fly to Amman, Jordan, aboard a Royal Jordanian Airlines flight, from an airport not identified in the complaint.

Before the family could depart, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and an FBI special agent interviewed Ramadan.

Ramadan told investigators the family was relocating to Bethlehem territory controlled by the Palestinian Authority, according to the FBI.

During the interview, Ramadan said he owned two rifles and a Glock handgun and placed the firearms in a storage unit before arriving at the airport, court records show.

Ramadan could not remember the storage unit address but offered to take investigators to the facility.

“However, when asked to take the agents to the storage unit, Ramadan stated that he had lied about the storage unit, and actually had stored the firearms with a friend,” Schanberger wrote in the criminal complaint.

Then the story changed.

“Ramadan refused to identify the friend to whom he had allegedly given the firearms, stating he did not want to cause his friend to have problems with law enforcement,” the agent wrote.

Ramadan said the firearms were legally purchased and registered.

Then the story changed again.

“Ramadan also stated that he had made up the story about the self-storage unit,” the agent wrote.

Records showed Ramadan had legally registered the Glock handgun, but investigators would soon find more weapons after agents linked Ramadan to a unit at Devon Self Storage on South State Road in Ann Arbor.

On Aug. 23, a federal magistrate judge approved a search warrant for the storage unit.

Ramadan’s wife is listed as the primary contact for the unit; he is the emergency contact, according to the FBI, which called the move an attempt to disguise Ramadan’s involvement with the storage unit.

The lease agreement for the storage unit omitted Ramadan’s address, the FBI said. The lease agreement also omitted the fact that Ramadan and his wife were married.

The FBI special agent wrote in the complaint that he is “aware that individuals in actual or constructive control of contraband often attempt to conceal such possession.”…

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  1. StacyGirl says

    Aug 28, 2017 at 6:21 pm

    One way ticket to Gitmo

    • Sons of Liberty says

      Aug 28, 2017 at 9:52 pm

      Wow , just 5 miles from Michigan Stadium . What was he up to with weapons in a storage building in Ann Arbor near Michigan Stadium ? College football coming up and a Mohammed Ramadan with weapons stored nearby. Could be nothing,… but it obviously alerted the FBI and they moved in quickly. Then he attempts to fly to an area controlled by the Palestinian Authority . Somebody tipped this guy off that the Feds were on to him. The FBI probably averted a major jihadi attack .

      • Debbie says

        Aug 29, 2017 at 10:37 am

        All these lies he has told. Very Suspicious. They need to check his computer and everything. I do not trust no Muslim. They do not worship God the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

    • John Forbes says

      Aug 29, 2017 at 12:59 pm

      These are certainly strange times of utter stubborn & willful DENIAL about the intent of the ISLAMISTS & ISLAM ITSELF on the part of Western Governments & the regressive LEFT !
      The continual refusal to face the fact that the followers of this IDEOLOGY ( that has successfully masqueraded as a Religion of peace) actively & continual work to bring about the Demise of Democracy , the destruction of Christianity & the introduction of Sharia !
      YET our own Governments WILL NOT either admit that there is a huge issue fundamentally with this Ideology & its teachings & they refuse to examine the details !
      Instead they work to SHUT DOWN FREE SPEECH & siffle any opposition of what we see as the DESTRUCTION of our own societies for some strange failed ideology called MULTICULTURALISM that many now agree & have stated is a FAILURE !
      I wonder in the long term when a real large number of deaths happen either from an Aircraft Incident(s) or Multiple Bombings in a Concert or Musical gathering of some sort what the NEXT excuse or range of excuses will be that time !!
      OR MAYBE with exhaustion will come capitualization as being a better choice that WAR to protect what has taken generations & Hundreds of years to build ! The GREATEST CIVILIZATIONS & OPEN FREE SOCIETIES on the PLANET !!

      • D Austin says

        Aug 29, 2017 at 1:09 pm

        “OR MAYBE with exhaustion will come capitualization”

        Now you are getting it! If you believe the Bible than you know there will be ONE religion and ONE government. That ONE religion won’t be Islam. Islam is the means to wear down Christianity and Judaism and replace them all. ORDER OUT OF CHAOS.

        Look at the back of all of your dollar bills everyone carries around with them. That seal is a Masonic prophesy of what they plan to implement.

        • gravenimage says

          Aug 29, 2017 at 8:44 pm

          Virtually all of the American Founding Fathers were Christian, and many of them were also Masons. The idea that the Masons are anti-American, anti-Christian, or even pro-Islam is just silly.

        • D Austin says

          Aug 29, 2017 at 10:09 pm

          Many Founders were Deists. Just like many Masons in America are Blue Degree (porch) Masons.

          During the US presidential inauguration, the incarnation of Osiris is parodied in the House of the Masonic Temple (Heredom) in Washington DC during changes in U.S. presidents, just as they were in the ancient Egyptian ritual of raising Osiris into Pharaoh. But the ritual in DC is rehearsed in anticipation of a greater moment in time, when the literal, physical return of the entity Apollo/Osiris will give birth to the novus ordo seclorum. “Think of the rituals in the House of the Temple as a warm-up for Antichrist’s actual Second Coming,” You’re either very naive or being disingenuous and attempting to deceive people.

      • Shane says

        Aug 29, 2017 at 4:01 pm

        It is now the policy of the Trump administration that Muslim terrorists are not motivated by their religion;l same as the Obama administration. Dr. Gorka was fired because he objected to this nonsense. One of the leading proponents of this discredited theory is General McMaster. Sign the Petition to Fire Obama Lackey National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster: http://petitionstocongress.org/sign-the-petition-to-fire-obama-lackey-national-security-adviser-h-r-mcmaster/

    • JOHN L SCHARF says

      Aug 30, 2017 at 1:44 am

      GITMO is only for terrorists caught outside the US. Technically, it is not IN the US. The moment a terrorist is brought TO the US, they have Constitutional Rights. Everyone inside the US borders has the right to due process. You cannot deport them without a trial.

  2. somehistory says

    Aug 28, 2017 at 6:33 pm

    How many lies did he tell? Each lie is a separate charge with its own sentence. And then, the other things he was involved in that were illegal as evidenced by his lies.

  3. stan lee says

    Aug 28, 2017 at 6:37 pm

    If it appears to potentially be a “big case,” why are the principle investigators having their names reported all over? Yes, this is America, but the suspects or persons of interest are suspected jihadists.
    They may as well have a spotlight directed upon them. Security, security!….these persons of interest are not run-of-the-mill bad guys!

  4. moeped says

    Aug 28, 2017 at 6:40 pm

    What? It’s the first of peace. There must be some kind of misunderstanding.

    • moeped says

      Aug 28, 2017 at 6:41 pm

      * religion

  5. Pooch says

    Aug 28, 2017 at 8:11 pm

    Fuck these Muslim pieces of shit just like gay boy Barack Hussein oblama

  6. Linde Barrera says

    Aug 28, 2017 at 9:41 pm

    Yousef Mohammed Ramadan should be in jail and so should his wife. Their children should be placed in temporary foster care as the parents might be a menace to them. This is my opinion.

  7. Sons of Liberty says

    Aug 28, 2017 at 10:28 pm

    As Robert Spencer said , ” how many more Yousef Mohammad Ramadans are there ” ?. Well , there are ACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS going on in EVERY STATE in our COUNTRY ! When you consider that at least 1/3 , 33% of Muslims believe that violent jihad is acceptable then you realize what our counter terrorism people are up against. YET , our STATE DEPARTMENT keeps bringing in MORE AND MORE MUSLIMS ! At least 5,900 through July of this year ,2017 ! That means they have brought in almost 2,000 more potential VIOLENT MUSLIMS ,…INTO OUR COUNTRY . There WILL BE MORE Yousef Mohammad Ramadans as Robert Spencer said . THIS IS INSANITY ! How much longer can the FBI HOLD BACK the JIHADIS ?

    • Sons of Liberty says

      Aug 28, 2017 at 10:38 pm

      It’s as if you are in a SINKING BOAT in the ocean , and while you are trying to PLUG THE LEAK ,…the US STATE DEPARTMENT ….is emptying buckets and buckets of ocean water BACK INTO THE BOAT ! This will end in DISASTER .

  8. Guy Forester says

    Aug 28, 2017 at 11:18 pm

    It sounds like they are trying to roll up a San Bernardino type of operation. He was getting family to Jordan for safe haven. Actually, he is lucky we picked him up here. If we let him go to Amman, and told the Jordanians he is an ISIS operative, he may have ended up “interrogated” there. Not pretty.

    Actually, we should have let him go to the “Palestinian” areas and told the Mossad to watch for him.

    • Bob says

      Aug 29, 2017 at 10:32 am

      Yes, Guy, having taken his passport away, so that he neve returns!

      • D Austin says

        Aug 29, 2017 at 11:38 am

        Like the wide-open Mexican border is going to stop his return!

  9. D Austin says

    Aug 28, 2017 at 11:30 pm

    Fortunately, the guy is too dumb to take the 5th when questioned by law enforcement.

  10. Paul N Silas says

    Aug 29, 2017 at 8:13 am

    Stating an idea that I stole from THE GREAT ONE, Mark Lavin, ” Islam/Alt-Left is the military wing of the Democrat Party” in the U.S.

    They are a weapon being used by the World Wide Communist conspiracy to destroy The West.

    Think: George Soros’ private army and run by Russia/China.

  11. D Austin says

    Aug 29, 2017 at 8:37 am

    Seems Muslims are suing the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) now. Maajid Nawaz, a British politician and founder of the anti-Islamist organization the Quilliam foundation, declared in a video announcing his lawsuit against the SPLC for defamation.

    Muslim Reformer Joins Christians in Suing Far-Left Terror-Linked Organization for ‘Hate’ Defamation

    https://pjmedia.com/faith/2017/08/28/muslim-reformer-joins-christians-in-suing-far-left-terror-linked-organization-for-hate-defamation/

    • Bev says

      Aug 29, 2017 at 9:40 am

      The Southern Poverty Law Center needs to be sued out of existence. I believe this is the only way to stop the vitriol and race baiting that comes from this organization.

  12. Baucent says

    Aug 29, 2017 at 8:48 am

    “Ramadan told investigators the family was relocating to Bethlehem territory controlled by the Palestinian Authority, according to the FBI.”

    Bethlehem? Plans to “celebrate” Christmas there this year perhaps?

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 29, 2017 at 8:48 pm

      Could be. In just a few short years, most Christians have been driven out of their birthplace by ravening Muslims.

  13. mariam rove says

    Aug 29, 2017 at 9:23 am

    When they went to the extent of taking this guy to federal court on a Saturday means only one thing:

    Jihad terror. M

  14. mortimer says

    Aug 29, 2017 at 9:39 am

    More of the religion of peace preparing to blast the dirty kafirs into submission.

  15. dumbledoresarmy says

    Aug 29, 2017 at 8:24 pm

    He worked as a *security guard*.

    Two words.

    Infiltration.

    Subversion.

    Just how ‘secure’ do any of us Islamoaware kuffar feel, if we go into some public place or institution and it’s pretty clear – from the jihad beards, or from the nametags, or both – that the ‘security guards’ are… Muslims almost to a man? Not much. Indeed, not at all.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 29, 2017 at 8:49 pm

      Yes–this is madness. How many Muslims are foolishly employed by Infidels to protect them?

  16. dumbledoresarmy says

    Aug 29, 2017 at 8:29 pm

    Does he have American citizenship?

    If he does, then I think ACT for America should start getting up a campaign to tighten up the procedures pertaining to the acquisition of citizenship. It should be more difficult, and take a LOT longer. That would allow for more time to ‘smoke out’ would-be infiltrators/ enemy agents.

    And lawyers should be set to work to figure out how laws on citizenship, and the removal of same, could be drafted in order to deal with the *unique* menace posed by Muslim possessors of citizenship – whether born in the USA or naturalised. Because even if they themselves don’t Go Jihad, their children or grandchildren quite possibly will. And you don’t know which ones will Go Jihad; but it’s guaranteed that *some will*. So the safest principle, for maximum harm reduction, is … removal. Get them the hell out of your country.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 29, 2017 at 8:53 pm

      Yes–deport, deport, deport. This is what *every* part of Dar-al-Harb should be doing.

  17. gravenimage says

    Aug 29, 2017 at 8:46 pm

    Thanks, RCH.

  18. Frank J. Verderber says

    Aug 31, 2017 at 11:15 am

    There is more going on here than is being presented. He’s probably a ring leader of a burgeoning terror cell. All I can say is “Berka Berka Mohamad Jihad” This Muslim was a fraud.

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