“Arkansas man” Charged with Aiding Islamic Terrorists

[rangerrebew]

“Arkansas man” Charged with Aiding Islamic Terrorists
August 10, 2019 ~ Ann Corcoran   

Although he really isn’t an Arkansas man!  He is a Yemeni national who lived in Arkansas ever since his father used illegal means to get his family into the US.

Surprise! Surprise! There is even a photo of Bilal al-Rayanni (aka Bilal Kassim Alawdi)

The story broke yesterday and is rapidly making the rounds of small city media outlets since the AP posted a pretty decent story.

Initial local Arkansas media coverage left out a key point, as did yesterday’s Justice Department press release—none that I saw, except the AP, said a word about how this Yemeni NATIONAL was living among us.

https://fraudscrookscriminals.com/2019/08/10/arkansas-man-charged-with-aiding-islamic-terrorists/

[PeteS in CA]

Calling coverage "only" by AP a cover-up is kind of ridiculous, since AP is used as a source by newspapers and TV stations/networks all over the US. That said, ANY time you see a "The media aren't covering" claim and care about it, fact-check the claim. It's almost always false click-bait. That said, I did as I suggested, and found, among many links to the story,

Local coverage: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/aug/10/helena-man-charged-in-terrorism-case-20-1/?latest  (far from the only local coverage, but it should suffice)

Non-local coverage: https://www.seattlepi.com/news/crime/article/Arkansas-man-charged-with-helping-terrorist-group-14293938.php  (AP article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

National coverage: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/arkansas-man-charged-helping-terrorist-group-64888873  (the AP story again ... like I said above, national outlets use AP content).

My "sophisticated" search phrase was the dude's true name.