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Palestinian Professors Sami Al-Arian to be Deported

HeadlineApr 17, 2006

Here in this country, federal authorities have decided to deport Palestinian activist and professor Sami Al-Arian after failing to convict him on charges he helped lead the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad. Al-Arian reportedly reached an agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty to a lesser version of one of the charges and be deported. Al-Arian has remained in jail since he was acquitted in December of eight of the 17 federal charges against him and the jury deadlocked on the rest. The verdict was a major defeat for the Bush administration.

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