Bombing Suspect's Marriage for US Green Card?
Bombing suspect's marriage may have been for green card
Windsor Star
Published: Monday, November 24, 2008
The American ex-wife of a man accused in one of Europe's most shocking terrorist incidents suspected their marriage may have been a ploy to get an U.S. green card and was not surprised when she was questioned by authorities about their relationship a few weeks ago.
"That was under suspect from the very get-go," said Heather Winne, 35, of Hassan Naim Diab's marriage intentions.
A green card, or permanent resident card, gives its bearer official immigration status in the United States.
Diab, 55, was arrested at his Hull, Que., apartment on Nov. 13. He is wanted by French authorities in connection with a terrorist bombing at a Paris synagogue in October 1980 that killed four and injured dozens.
The allegations against Diab came as a shock to Winne, but she was not surprised that someone might want to question her about their relationship.
Winne and Diab met in 1993 when he was an adjunct professor at Syracuse University where she was taking sociology classes, Winne said. They married in 1994 and separated in October 1995, when their daughter was born. The divorce was finalized in 1996.
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