Sounds like a fine idea on its face, but what if he rejoins the jihad in Somalia? Maybe Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud is due for a stretch in Gitmo.
“Man accused in terror plot asked for deportation over prison,” by Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press, January 29, 2018:
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A man accused of plotting an attack on a federal medical facility in Texas asked a judge in December to deport him instead of sending him to prison, saying he didn’t deserve to spend time behind bars, records show.
Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud told federal Judge Michael Watson that he didn’t want to leave his family but called his proposal “completely fair and just.”
“I truly don’t believe I deserve prison at all,” Mohamud said in the Dec. 12 letter, filed in the official court record on Thursday.
He added: “So if the concern is risk assessment then deportation would set everyone’s hearts at ease.”
Mohamud, who was born in Somalia and came to the U.S. at 2 years old, may eventually get his wish.
After Mohamud was sentenced to 22 years in prison last week, the local Homeland Security Investigations office said it would seek to strip him of his citizenship and deport him to Somalia.
At sentencing on Jan. 22, Mohamud told Watson that he knew what he’d done was wrong and that he’d fallen into the trap of radicalization while abroad.
Mohamud, 26, tried to fire his attorney in a second letter dated Dec. 15, saying they weren’t communicating well. A handwritten note on the letter says Mohamud’s request was withdrawn Jan. 9 in court.
His attorney, veteran Columbus defense lawyer Sam Shamansky, declined to comment.
Mohamud planned to fly to Texas and attack the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth in an attempt to free Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani scientist convicted of shooting at two U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, Watson said as he outlined the allegations against Mohamud.
According to the government, Mohamud applied for a passport to travel abroad only a week after he became a U.S. citizen in 2014.
He bought a ticket to Greece with a stop in Turkey, where he disembarked before going to Syria, prosecutors said in court documents. They said he never intended to go to Greece.
Mohamud trained with al-Nusra Front, an extremist organization affiliated with al-Qaeda, prosecutors said.
Mohamud was arrested in 2015 and pleaded guilty a few months later. The attacks were never carried out.
Shamansky asked for leniency, saying Mohamud didn’t have his father around when he was growing up, was brainwashed while abroad “by professional head twisters” but later realized his error and abandoned his plot….
elee says
He should be lodged with Bubba. Bubba is every new fish’s nightmare. He’s big and muscular and heavily tattooed and he just loves new fish.
StellaSaidSo says
GITMO. No excuses.
Dan says
And thanks to PRESIDENT Trump, we know Gitmo ain’t goin’ no where.
Gary says
Stellasaidso……I agree with her……Gitmo followed by deportation………BUILD THE WALL……
mgoldberg says
I think a nice firing squad vacation might be most just….. and then deport the remains.
Thomas Kimball says
If give him a plane ticket and the pilot and co pilot parachutes!
Phyllis says
Excellent idea, mgoldberg!
Westman says
How about deporting him to a vacation in Cuba? Like Guantanamo..
Wellington says
Gitmo. No Koran or prayer rug but a Bible if asked for. And pork meals aplenty.
DK says
And shave off the beard.
Tjhawk says
“ I truly don’t believe I deserve prison at all “
Why of course Mohamud. We understand that you are a fine young migrant, and that you have been dealing with horrible oppression and racism since you were 2, so please tell us exactly what you believe your sentence should be, and we’ll accommodate you.
Thomas Kimball says
To these a holes America is nothing but a target rich environment, with free stuff!
P in America says
The Muslim did nothing wrong according to Sharia.
To be “radicalized” is to follow Sharia.
Ar the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan and many other prominent Muslims say, “Islam is Islam.” There is no moderate Islam or radicalized Islam. There is only Islam.
Muslim can follow Sharia or not to some extent. Islam is always Islam.
PRCS says
*he’d fallen into the trap of radicalization while abroad (Uh, huh)
*His lawyer asked for leniency, “saying Mohamud didn’t have his father around when he was growing up, *oh, boo hoo* was brainwashed while abroad “by professional head twisters” but later realized his error and abandoned his plot” (Sure)
*If the “filthy kuffar” grant him deportation in lieu of prison time–he’ll be laughing his ass off. And then he’ll join al-Shabaab.
Thomas Kimball says
No his future plans are to go to college and get a degree in counseling so he can deprogram other poor unfortunate middle easterners who have fallen victim to Islamic brainwashing. By the way brainwashing assumes the person has a brain and as far as Muslims are concerned the jury’s still out!
MFritz says
Hoping to get away scot free?
bodega says
Gitmo for at least two years, then a 20 year prison sentence without parole and no social intercourse where he could get more raticalized and THEN only THEN to Somalia.
Pete says
Cap his arse
Then ship him back to Afrika
R Russell says
He can go home once his sentence is served – if he is still alive by then
LeftisruiningCanada says
““I truly don’t believe I deserve prison at all,” Mohamud said ”
I believe him.
But he should go to prison anyway.
Carlos Danger says
GITMO…..still open for bidness.
JoeDokes says
Deportation is a great idea. In fact, why do we have prisons at all? We should deport anyone who breaks a law. Just kick ’em out.
SAE says
Then they’ll be free to plot against us..and perhaps be more “successful” the next time. Not a good plan.
Sam says
“Ohio: Muslim migrant who plotted jihad massacre in Texas asks for deportation instead of prison”
No please let’s feed him in prison with tv and computers all his life out of my tax dollars so he can islamize other losers in prison and may be pardoned soon to kill some infidels later.
Indiana Tom says
Antarctica would be better.
Infidel says
The bullet is the best answer for this worm
Karen says
“…the local Homeland Security Investigations office said it would seek to strip him of his citizenship and deport him to Somalia.”
Thank heavens for that. The timeline shows he took the oath of citizenship and applied for a passport the very next week. Then, he bought a ticket to Greece with a ‘stop’ in Turkey, the same old trick so many use to go to Syria instead.
So, he clearly lied through his teeth while taking this Oath of Citizenship about his loyalty to the U.S. MF-er.
LR says
I’m fine sending these types back to Africa….In the middle of the Sahara, in the middle of the night…By a woman pilot.
I wonder if that could be a deterrent?…Being dropped off by a kuffar woman pilot to a slow death of thirst…
LR says
“According to the government, Mohamud applied for a passport to travel abroad only a week after he became a U.S. citizen in 2014.”
This is how cheap U.S. ‘citizenship’ has become…People use to value it…
Thank goodness they caught him before harm came to others!
Peter says
I’d love to know what that cop on the left is thinking
SAE says
Me too. May God protect & Bless our protectors.
Greg Dane says
better idea – make him a transgender and send him back to his country as a woman –
SAE says
I like the way you think.
Unbeliever1 says
Any request for deportation should be considered after first serving 22 years in prison.I my estimation,he deserves 175 as a given to the sports doctor recently.
Anne Smith says
Why should the long suffering tax payer keep this useless addition to the USA in comfort for the rest of his life?
Deport him and be quick about it. Let him take his chance with the rest of the tribal savages in his own country.
Roger Long says
They just come back. Let him serve his 22 years and then deport. If he servives, he should be too old to start more trouble.
Valkyrie Ziege says
; Incarcerate him, and instead of meeting seventy-two virgins,
he’ll be meeting the Aryan Brotherhood.
SAE says
Regarding obamas own words in connection to the late, great Trayvon Martin; if obama had a son, he’d look like Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud. Ironically, same nefarious character as well.
P in America says
Make the Muslim a winner. He gets both. 22 years. No citizenship either way. . And deportation.
Fonna says
Put him on prision. Do not deport him