Thread: Why is the US Spending $8 Mil to Fight Terrorism in Fargo?

Why is the US Spending $8 Mil to Fight Terrorism in Fargo?

August 25, 2014
by Daniel Greenfield 19 Comments




Rand Paul, on his Ferguson grandstanding tour, had a question.

“Homeland Security gave $8 million to Fargo to fight terrorism,” Paul said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday.
“I say, if the terrorists get to Fargo, we might as well give up,” he told NBC’s Senior White House correspondent Chris Jansing.

Good question, Rand. It’s called, open borders.

Fargo’s Muslim population swelled in the 1990s after refugees arrived from war-torn countries including Somalia, Bosnia and Iraq. Since then, the community of approximately 3,000 Muslims has expanded to include people from Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Syria, Sudan and the Ivory Coast.

And only good things have come of it.

A Somali man charged in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old woman in northwest North Dakota is now accused of killing her mother, brother and the mother’s boyfriend, who were found dead the same day in mobile home across town.

Omar Mohamed Kalmio, 27, who has a history of violent crime, was charged with murder several months after his infant daughter’s mother, Sabrina Zephier, was found dead at her home in Minot in January 2011. The baby was found in the home unharmed.

All sorts of good things...

The recently unsealed indictment alleges Flanigan called Temple Beth El on Jan. 4, 2011, and said, “Yeah I want to send a special message to the head of this synagogue. When I come back to Fargo, I”ll make sure you my number one list to come visit. I got a special package from Gaza I want to deliver to you from Hamas (profanity.) See about it (profanity), Islamic Jihad online.”

Lots of them…

Last week, Bell State Bank in North Dakota announced that it would stop doing business with companies that remit money to Somalia.

This is what open borders do. If we didn’t have them, we wouldn’t have all that military gear or all the counter-terrorism funding.

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dgr...e-the-somalis/

It seems that these agencies are bringing massive numbers of people here that are NOT a cultural fit with the existing population that suffers them. For the so called "Christian" groups that are forbidden from trying to convert thee immigrants, it is all about the money they are receiving. Evangelical money vultures. JMO

Somali man charged with 4 murders in North Dakota

Published May 23, 2012Associated Press
FARGO, N.D. – A Somali man charged in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old woman in northwest North Dakota is now accused of killing her mother, brother and the mother's boyfriend, who were found dead the same day in mobile home across town.

Omar Mohamed Kalmio, 27, who has a history of violent crime, was charged with murder several months after his infant daughter's mother, Sabrina Zephier, was found dead at her home in Minot in January 2011. The baby was found in the home unharmed.

Court documents show prosecutors filed additional murder charges Friday, alleging Kalmio also was the gunman who killed 13-year-old Dylan Zephier, 38-year-old Jolene Zephier, and Jolene's 22-year-old boyfriend, Jeremy Longie.

Multiple slayings are virtually unheard of in North Dakota, which had 10 murders and non-negligent homicides in all of 2010, according to data compiled by the FBI.

Ward County State's Attorney Roza Larson declined to comment on specifics of the case Wednesday, but she cited the ongoing work by Minot police and the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Police also declined comment.

"They have been working this case since the murders occurred and they have been putting in a lot of tireless hours," she said. "A lot of times when things take a while, people have the perception that investigators aren't doing anything. They truly have been doing a lot."

Kalmio, who has pleaded not guilty in Sabrina Zephier's death, is being held without bond. His trial was scheduled to begin June 4, but was cancelled when the new charges were filed. His court-appointed attorney couldn't be reached for comment Wednesday; a recorded phone message said his mailbox was full.

Kalmio was arrested last August at the Grand Forks County jail, where he had been held since February 2011 on an unrelated charge.

Police have said that last summer's devastating flooding in Minot may have delayed his arrest, because police had to divert their efforts elsewhere.

The Somali national has said he was in the U.S. under political asylum. He's scheduled for a preliminary hearing June 19, and Larson said she expects the case to go to trial.

Sabrina Zephier's body was found in an apartment on Jan. 28, 2011, the same day the bodies of the other three were found in a nearby mobile home. They all had been shot.

The Zephiers were members of South Dakota's Yankton Sioux Tribe.

Police contend in court documents that a witness claimed Kalmio and Zephier argued days before she was found dead, and Kalmio's co-workers at an oil rig site near Williston claimed Kalmio had made statements about Zephier purposely getting pregnant and ruining his life. Kalmio also allegedly described injuries to Zephier that had not been publicly disclosed, authorities said.

Kalmio was convicted in 2006 of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and sentenced to about a year in prison. He and a group of other Somali men were accused of attacking a man in Minneapolis in January 2006, and Kalmio stabbed him three times in the back with a knife. Kalmio also was convicted of theft in 2006, and ordered to pay a fine.

___http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/23/somali-man-charged-with-4-murders-in-north-dakota/

Why wasn't this killer deported a LONG time before these murders?

Recognizing the risks of Somali remittances

Last week, Bell State Bank in North Dakota announced that it would stop doing business with companies that remit money to Somalia. The move follows decisions by Minnesota banks in 2011 to stop providing Somali remittance services, and an attempt by Barclays last year to cut off its partnership with Dahabshiil, a money transfer company with primary operations in Somalia. The banks have been challenged in courts on both sides of the Atlantic, and advocacy groups have heavily criticized the banks’ decisions on humanitarian grounds.

Indeed, humanitarian considerations are of the utmost importance. Unfortunately, money transferred to Somalia, particularly through Dahabshiil, all too often falls into the wrong hands and perpetuates the cycle of violence in Somalia. Banks should stand fast in their original decisions, and here are five reasons why:

1. The risks are real. The frequency of cases involving Somalis in the West transferring funds to al-Shabaab over the last few years presents genuine concerns to financial institutions. For instance, four men in California were found guilty last year of transferring money to al-Shabaab through Shidaal Express, a Somali hawala business. Two Somali women in Minnesota were sentenced in 2013 for sending money to al-Shabaab through several remittance channels including local hawala dealers and Dahabshiil. A Saudi-American was also indicted last year for wiring money to al-Shabaab. In 2012, a man in London admitting transferring £8,900 to fighters in Somalia. Danish intelligence revealedin 2012 that the equivalent of thousands of dollars a day is sent to terrorist organizations outside of Denmark—mostly to Somalia, and often unwittingly.

Apart from the risks on the ground in Somalia, Western banks have real reasons for concern that if they continue relationships with Dahabshiil, they could subsequently be fined by regulators at a future date if political winds change. U.S. banks are surely aware, for example, that decisions on whether to fine, settle with, or prosecute banks with lax compliance programs have a great deal to do with the shifting political and prosecutorial priorities of whoever happens to be in charge at the Department of Justice and the financial regulatory agencies. One official may take a very friendly view toward facilitating Somali remittances this year, but a different person will be calling the shots two years from now.

2. The risks are not decreasing. Gone are the days of 2012 when al-Shabaab appeared to be on the ropes in 2012 both financially andmilitarily. Al-Shabaab was able to turn around its financial situation after the fall of Kismayo by cutting deals with occupying forces. Al-Shabaab continues to profit from imposing taxes on commodities such as charcoal and sugar, and their role as ivory trade middlemen between poachers and buyers appears to be growing. Al-Shabaab is still capable of carrying out devastating strikes such as the Westgate Mall attack and the recent assault against Somalia’s presidential palace that left 11 dead.

3. Dahabshiil poses a unique risk. Western readers should be aware of independent reports by the Somali diaspora news media that Dahabshiil finances terrorism. According to reports by Waagacusub, Kalshaale, and Suna Times, Dahabshiil pays one-half million dollars twice a year to al-Shabaab. The payments allegedly resumed last year after a brief dispute during which Dahabshiil had ceased making payments. One Guantanamo Bay detainee previously worked for Dahabshiil, and the presiding officer at a hearing for that detainee determined that his Dahabshiil branch transferred money for terrorism. However, coverage of these allegations has been limited partly due from legal threats against journalists and online reputation management by Dahabshiil.

4. There are alternatives to Dahabshiil. Suna Times reports that Somalis in Britain can use Zaad Service or Kaah Express, which were unaffected by Barclays’s plans. These money transfer services must be carefully examined, of course, but it would be quite misleading to say that the only wire service that Western banks can partner with to send money to Somalia is Dahabshiil.

5. Well-intentioned remittances to Somalia carry significant risk. Cleanly transferred funds through well-vetted companies to legitimate recipients are at significant risk of being subsequently "taxed" by al-Shabaab. When charcoal or sugar is brought to market, for instance, these commodities are taxed by al-Shabaab at 2½ percent according to reports from the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea. Al-Shabaab uses these tax revenues to purchase more weapons, pay fighters' salaries, and extend their control in Somalia, thus perpetuating the cycle of violence. Even money that is not directly channeled toward terrorist purposes is nevertheless at risk of being intercepted by corrupt government officials. Somalia still rates dead last in Transparency International’s annual corruption index. A recently leaked UN report tells of “‘high level and systematic abuses’ by Somali government officials who have passed weapons and ammunition to Al Shabaab.”

In light of these risks, Western banks and businesses have an affirmative obligation to tread with extraordinary caution before entering any relationships with Somali financial entities in general, and Dahabshiil in particular.

http://www.terrorfinanceblog.com/201...mittances.html

More on Flanigan.

Fugitive Focus: Dominique Jason Flanigan

By news@inforum.com on
Mar 25, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.

Height: 5'10" Weight: 205 Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Race: Black Age: 40

FARGO - Local and federal authorities are seeking to apprehend 40-year-old Dominique Jason Flanigan, who is wanted for failing to appear in court on charges of reckless endangerment, simple assault and criminal mischief.

Flanigan faces a felony reckless endangerment charge for allegedly throwing a Quran through an apartment window Aug. 17, 2012.

Police said the Muslim holy book and glass shards landed in the crib of a sleeping 6-month-old baby, who was uninjured.

Reckless endangerment is a Class C felony charge with a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

Flanigan also is charged in Cass County District Court with misdemeanor criminal mischief for the broken window and misdemeanor simple assault for allegedly punching the baby's father.

If you have information regarding Flanigan, contact the U.S. Marshals Service at (701) 297-7325, or contact your local law enforcement agency.

http://www.inforum.com/content/fugit...jason-flanigan

They let him off easy considering his record. This sentence was , in my opinion, a joke.

Man Who Threatened Synagogue in Fargo Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced on Civil Rights Charge

U.S. Attorney’s OfficeMarch 18, 2014

• District of North Dakota(701) 297-7400

FARGO—Dominique Jason Flanigan pleaded guilty on March 17, 2014, to threatening a synagogue in Fargo in 2011, North Dakota U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon and Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Jocelyn Samuels announced.

U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson sentenced Flanigan to one year in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release. Flanigan was also ordered to pay a $25 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.

According to documents filed with the court, on January 4, 2011, Flanigan, also known as Kadafi Al Sadar, called Temple Beth El and left a voicemail message threatening the employees of the synagogue. He was indicted under seal by a grand jury on December 12, 2012, for interfering with a federally protected activity. The indictment charged that Flanigan’s threat intimidated and interfered with Temple Beth El employees because of their religion.

“Religious freedom is a basic civil right, and we are committed to protecting the freedom of all who worship and work at religious institutions,” said Ms. Samuels. “Those who threaten that freedom will be held accountable for their actions.”
“The North Dakota United States Attorney’s Office and the Department of Justice are committed to protecting the civil rights of all North Dakotans,” said Mr. Purdon. “We take civil right violations, such as those present in this case, very seriously and work hard to see that justice is done.”

This case was investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Megan A. Healy of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of North Dakota and Trial Attorney Dana Mulhauser of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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https://www.fbi.gov/minneapolis/pres...-rights-charge