Illegal Alien Charged With Attempting to Use WMD in Dallas Was Imprisoned in Jordan Five Years Ago, Says Jordanian Government

Friday, September 25, 2009
By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief


This image provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's department shows Hosam Maher Husein Smadi. (AP Photo)

(CNSNews.com) - Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, an illegal alien from Jordan who was charged yesterday with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction in Dallas, Texas, was imprisoned in Jordan in 2004 three years before he left that country for the United States in 2007, according to the Jordanian government.

“What we know is that he is a 19 year old. He was put in a correctional facility in 2004 in Jordan after being arrested for basically theft and street begging,â€