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U.S. Orders Iraqi Kurd Deported for Lying
16.2.2006
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SEATTLE (UPI) - An Iraqi Kurd suspected of
helping al-Qaida while living in Seattle has been
ordered deported for lying on his political asylum
application.
Sam Malkandi, 47, has been jailed at a federal
detention center since August when he was arrested
for fraudulently obtaining immigration benefits for
himself and his family. Monday, federal Immigration
Judge Kenneth Josephson ruled that Malkandi, lied on
his 1998 application for asylum when he said he was
jailed for possessing banned religious and political
books.
Although he has been investigated by the FBI since
at least 2002, he has not been charged with any
terror-related crime, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
report Wednesday.
However, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
investigators claim Malkandi tried to help the
former bodyguard of Osama bin Laden, Tawfiq bin
Attash, obtain a U.S. visa.
Malkandi insists he wasn't aware of Attash's al-Qaida
connection, and said he was only trying to help the
man into the country to have a prosthesis fitted for
a missing leg.
Malkandi's lawyer said an appeal will be filed
within 30 days.
UPI
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