-Caveat Lector- --- Ken Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To: "ME" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "Ken Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 15:44:59 -0500 > Subject: [AS] JDL Chairman Arrested in Bomb Plot LOS > ANGELES > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011212/us/jdl_arrests_4.html > > From: joe_liberty > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 3:22 PM > Subject: JDL Chairman Arrested in Bomb Plot LOS > ANGELES (AP) - > > The chairman of the Jewish Defense League was > arrested in connection with a > failed bombing plot, federal authorities said. > > Irv Rubin, 56, and a member of the militant group, > Earl Krugel, 59, both of > Los Angeles, were booked early Wednesday at the > downtown federal > Metropolitan Detention Center, detention center > spokeswoman Donna Davis > said. > > The arrests late Tuesday were in connection with a > bombing plot, said Thom > Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office. > He would not describe > the alleged scheme except to say, ``The bombing was > not carried out.'' > Criminal charges were expected to be filed later > Wednesday. > > ``Irv Rubin never had anything to do with > explosives,'' said Rubin's > attorney, Peter Morris. > > ``It seems to us that, given the timing ... the > government's action is part > of an overreaction to the Sept. 11 events.'' Law > enforcement agencies > raided a Reseda home Tuesday night. Footage showed > officers carrying out > weapons and cardboard boxes. > > A neighbor, Rod Colson, said Krugel had lived there > more than 20 years. He > said he heard Krugel's dog barking at about 10 p.m. > and went outside, where > he saw people carrying out boxes. > > ``I saw a lot of agents in the back yard taking > photos,'' he said. > > The screen door of the red brick home was broken and > part of the fence had > been knocked down. A menorah, the Jewish candelabra > used for Hanukkah, was > visible through a window and there was an American > flag on the mailbox. > > Matthew McLaughlin, an FBI (news - web sites) > spokesman in Los Angeles, > declined to discuss the alleged target but said > physical evidence was found. > > ``The tools might have been in place to do this > thing,'' he said. ``We > don't put people in (custody) just for superficial > impressions. We put > people in place for their physical actions.'' > Rubin's wife, Shelley, said in > a telephone interview that her husband and Earl > ``are completely innocent of > anything. They are law-abiding, good people.'' > Originally formed by Meir > Kahane to mount armed response to anti-Semitic acts > in New York City, the > JDL gained notoriety when its members were linked to > bombings, most of them > aimed at Soviet targets in retaliation for the way > that country treated its > Jewish population. > > Kahane left the JDL in the 1980s. A power struggle > ensued, with Rubin among > the contenders for its leadership. > > Kahane was assassinated in New York in 1990. El > Sayyid Nosair, 36, an > Egyptian-born Muslim, was convicted in connection > with the shooting. > > Rubin has made a career out of confrontation, > challenging white supremacists > to fistfights, or burning a Confederate flag outside > a courthouse. By his > own count he has been arrested more than 40 times. > In 1980, he was tried > and found innocent of soliciting the murders of > Nazis in the United States. > > A suit filed by Rubin resulted in a court decision > last year banning prayer > during Burbank City Council meetings. > >
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