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Muslim who killed Iraqi cop for the Islamic State admitted into US as “refugee,” lived in California

Apr 7, 2019 5:00 pm By Robert Spencer

“If Ameen is indeed a member of ISIS, and committed a murder on behalf of one of the world’s most notorious terrorist organizations, then how was he able to pass the United States’ thorough refugee vetting process and make a home for himself in Sacramento?”

The answer is easy: because American officials have for years been bound as a matter of policy to ignore Islam and jihad or to consider them entirely benign. Anyone working in the “refugee vetting process” who started asking Ameen questions about what he thought of Islam and jihad would have been condemned as “Islamophobic” and fired. The result? Jihadis admitted to the U.S. This ain’t rocket science.

“Investigation into Sacramento ISIS suspect Omar Ameen continues,” by Michael Anthony Adams, ABC10, March 27, 2019
Updated: 5:30 PM PDT March 27, 2019 (thanks to Creeping Sharia):

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In August 2018, an Iraqi man living in Sacramento as a refugee was arrested on behalf of the Government of Iraq, which, court documents say, requested his extradition from the United States to stand trial for an alleged murder he committed as a member of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group.

Omar Abdulsattar Ameen was arrested at his Arden-Arcade apartment as part of the request. Iraqi officials have charged Ameen with murder, alleging he killed an Iraqi police officer on behalf of ISIS in June 2014.

Prior to the Iraqi government’s extradition request, the FBI had also been investigating Ameen for suspected violations of visa fraud, “among other suspected violations,” which have not been detailed in court documents.

Ameen is currently being held in solitary confinement in the Sacramento County Jail.

Here’s why you should be paying attention to this case: If Ameen is indeed a member of ISIS, and committed a murder on behalf of one of the world’s most notorious terrorist organizations, then how was he able to pass the United States’ thorough refugee vetting process and make a home for himself in Sacramento?

On the other hand, if Ameen isn’t a member of ISIS, or any other terrorist organizations, and the U.S. does extradite him back to Iraq, his chances of receiving a fair trial are slim to none.

As detailed by journalist Ben Taub’s award-winning New Yorker article, “Shallow Graves,” in terrorism cases held in Iraq, lawyers are usually denied access to their clients until the hearing begins, the trials last only a few minutes, little if any evidence is presented, and the conviction rate is around 98 percent.

If Ameen is sent back to Iraq to stand trial—whether guilty or innocent–he will likely be put to death.

In the seven months since Ameen’s arrest, his defense team has worked to prove that Ameen could not have killed the police officer in Iraq since, they say, there’s evidence that he was in Turkey at the time the murder was committed.

In a previously sealed filing, United States attorneys representing the Iraqi government in the extradition proceedings admitted that after Ameen’s arrest in Sacramento, they received potentially exculpatory alibi information in which a person believed to have been living with Ameen in Turkey during the time of the murder said Ameen never left the country. The attorneys stopped short, however, of providing that evidence to the defense, arguing that doing so would compromise its duties to protect national security.

Ameen’s attorneys argued that seeking to extradite their client while the U.S. government is in possession of evidence that proves Ameen could not have committed the murder is a clear injustice. In response, attorneys representing the U.S. say they’ve never had any evidence that would prove Ameen was in Turkey, only an uncorroborated alibi statement from a person who claimed Ameen never left Turkey.

Ameen was supposed to face his extradition hearing in February 2019, but the court has granted two continuances to allow the defense to have time to “obliterate probable cause” that their client committed the alleged murder. During that time, U.S. attorneys have argued that Ameen’s defense team has attempted to transform his extradition proceedings into a full-blown criminal trial, which, they contend, it is not, citing a recent explanation by an Illinois judge, who said: “Questions of credibility and guilt or innocence are not to be considered…An accused in an extradition hearing has no right to contradict the demanding country’s proof…(and) evidence of alibi or of facts contradicting the demanding country’s proof, or of a defense, are to be excluded from the hearing.”…

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  1. gravenimage says

    Apr 7, 2019 at 5:34 pm

    Muslim who killed Iraqi cop for the Islamic State admitted into US as “refugee,” lived in California
    …………………

    This is terrifying–right in my neck of the woods, too. I am not far from Sacramento, and have relatives there.

    • mortimer says

      Apr 7, 2019 at 7:59 pm

      He killed a Muslim cop, so why would he not kill a KAFIR cop in the USA? He would, he might. He should not be allowed to evade facing charges for this heinous crime.

      • gravenimage says

        Apr 9, 2019 at 12:01 am

        True, Mortimer.

  2. A_M_Swallow says

    Apr 7, 2019 at 7:04 pm

    When we grant refugee status to someone we agree to not return him to the country he escaped from. We also grant him domicile. I also suggest that we take responsibility for trying him for any major crimes he has committed before claiming asylum as well as afterwards. This retrospective jurisdiction needs including in our laws and the applications for asylum and refugee status.

    Fairness requires that an action had to be illegal at the time a man committed it. Fortunately there are existing international laws banning murder, rape, theft and war crime. The first law is the 10 Commandments (Exodus 20:1–17) that Moses brought down from Mount Sinai.
    6 Thou shalt not murder
    7 Thou shalt not commit adultery (includes rape)
    8 Thou shalt not steal
    9 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour

    The others include the War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity proscribed by the Geneva Conventions, Hague Conventions and the Rome Statue. There are international laws such as the bans on slavery and the Law of the Sea that should still have jurisdiction.

    • mortimer says

      Apr 7, 2019 at 8:03 pm

      I am a former abolitionist due to Islamic terrorists. They seek death, they claim to ‘love death’, so let us introduce them to a man who can help them achieve that goal … a professional, state-authorized hangman.

      • A_M_Swallow says

        Apr 7, 2019 at 8:26 pm

        Fun point. An alternative to hanging is to burn the man at the stake. So there is nothing left to take the virgin’s virginity.

        • gravenimage says

          Apr 9, 2019 at 12:10 am

          We don’t have to act like barbarians to be tough on Jihadists.

      • Indiana Tom says

        Apr 8, 2019 at 5:42 am

        Polar Bear,

  3. infidel says

    Apr 8, 2019 at 3:23 am

    I say this once again. and I have said it b4….

    what the hell was the necessity for multiculturalism in the West and what F-ing did U gain out of it?? Other than cases of foreigners shining on an individual capacity here and there…NOTHING other than heartbreak and now the extinction threat for Ur way of life,. And I’m saying this as a Hindu Indian, knowing very well that there are people from my land living in the West. U should have just given temporary long term visas and not dished out ur citizenship so cheaply as U have done and continue doing. Citizenship must have been strictly thru birth and rest every1 only longterm permanent residence and NO RIGHTS TO VOTE AND ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHTS TO STAND FOR ELECTED OFFICE.

    Now U have effectively ceded many of Ur powers to foreigners, even those with inimical interests (see the Trojan Islamic pest senators) to make decisions even on crucial aspects concerning national security.

    U have brought it upon yourselves…WHY WHY WHY.. U HAVE DISMANTLED EVERYTHING UR FOREFATHERS FOUGHT FOR ..

    • infidel says

      Apr 8, 2019 at 3:33 am

      Let me add… Look at the Oil rich Gulf Muslim nations.. They are filled with foreigners and in fact the foreigners outnumber them. But did the Arabs go for this stupid multiculturalism? No Never, As a foreigner, even if live there for 100 years, even if U get married to an Arab (which btw never happens), U are never given their citizenship and U MUST LEAVE whenever the Arabs feel like it…

      So what is the moral of the story here for the West… All these immigrants that U called in terms of enriching the West with talent and skills… let them come… and let them live and give their talents…BUT U NEVER GIVE THEM THE POWER TO VOTE AND INFLUENCE THE CORE WESTERN ETHOS OF UR SOCIETY… THEY MUST NEVER GET TO ELECT UR LEADERS,, AND EVEN BECOME TROJAN PRESIDENTS LIKE U KNOW WHO…

      Now think about it and see how it has all gone wrong for U? and I’m not even one of U.. a complete 3rd party with absolutely no interests…

      • Lauren Hermann says

        Apr 8, 2019 at 5:49 am

        Beautifully stated, infidel.
        My husband an I are retired American expatriates. We followed all the rules to immigrate to our host country. We have integrated into the culture to the best of our ability. I speak the language fluently; my husband not so much, but he is improving. We have many good friends here. We go to weddings and funerals.
        I want to cry when I see what is happening to the US and Western culture in general. My old elementary school in Pennsylvania has become a muslim school. No one I know in the US is interested in talking about the subject. It’s as if all these people that I once knew have become those pod people, as in the science fiction film of the 60’s, “Invasion of the body-snatchers.” I pray that President Trump can initiate some real changes in what’s happening. This my be our last chance.

      • J D.S says

        Apr 8, 2019 at 10:32 am

        If Muslims cling to the Koran and hadath they are against our constitution…Of course no one in power would ever say this, afraid of being called racist and bigoted…To be allowed to even run for elected office should not be allowed….but no one will ever say anything about this for FEAR of being ostracized …..I have been around since FDR so I have seen many presidential, congressional, and appointed come and go and have seen what was the greatest, respected and beautiful nation deteriorate to what we have today
        As to this man who is accused of killing a cop in Iraq…I don’t know for sure his guilt but I do know what would have happened back when we were the greatest nation in the world.

        • infidel says

          Apr 12, 2019 at 12:29 pm

          Feel so sorry for U.. What else can I say.. Multiculturalism, in retrospect, was a stupid stupid stupid idea and this includes non Muslim immigrants as well..

  4. Indiana Tom says

    Apr 8, 2019 at 5:41 am

    He needs more sanctuary.

  5. m. says

    Apr 8, 2019 at 6:57 am

    got’s to pro-tec they dem vo-tuhs

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