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Ex-terror suspect to be deported
By David Shepardson / The Detroit News
ROMULUS --The federal government will deport a once-suspected terrorist with at least a half-dozen aliases because it doesn't have enough evidence to prosecute him for links to terrorists.
The man was first identified as Tajibaev Bourkhanidin, traveling on a Kyrgyzstan passport, when he was arrested Nov. 6, 2002, at Detroit Metropolitan Airport carrying $610 million in phony letters of credit.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Robert H. Cle
and sentenced the man to six months in custody --the maximum he faced under sentencing guidelines, but far less than the 17 months he has served since his arrest.
Since his plea agreement was filed
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arch 9, the government has again changed its i
dentification of him. On that date, he was Mohamed Ahmed Issa --though he signed the agreement "ssa H. Zahir.
Zahir pleaded guilty to four felonies, including possessing phony immigration documents and lying to the FBI and the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service when he was interviewed on May 15, 2003.
Zahir is believed to be from Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, said assistant U.S. attorney Eric Straus.
It is unclear how long it will take to deport Zahir or where he will be sent.
You can reach David Shepardson at (313) 222-2028 or dshepardson@detnews.com.
http://www.detnews.com/2004/metro/0404/10/d07-117658.htm
Ex-terror suspect to be deported
By David Shepardson / The Detroit News
ROMULUS --The federal government will deport a once-suspected terrorist with at least a half-dozen aliases because it doesn't have enough evidence to prosecute him for links to terrorists.
The man was first identified as Tajibaev Bourkhanidin, traveling on a Kyrgyzstan passport, when he was arrested Nov. 6, 2002, at Detroit Metropolitan Airport carrying $610 million in phony letters of credit.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Robert H. Cle
and sentenced the man to six months in custody --the maximum he faced under sentencing guidelines, but far less than the 17 months he has served since his arrest.
Since his plea agreement was filed
r
r
on
arch 9, the government has again changed its i
dentification of him. On that date, he was Mohamed Ahmed Issa --though he signed the agreement "ssa H. Zahir.
Zahir pleaded guilty to four felonies, including possessing phony immigration documents and lying to the FBI and the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service when he was interviewed on May 15, 2003.
Zahir is believed to be from Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, said assistant U.S. attorney Eric Straus.
It is unclear how long it will take to deport Zahir or where he will be sent.
You can reach David Shepardson at (313) 222-2028 or dshepardson@detnews.com.