"22-year-old Mohammad Hassan Hamdan was arrested on Sunday, March 16 at Detroit Metro Airport by the FBI, who had been keeping tabs on him after he allegedly told an undercover informant that he had plans to fight in the Syrian war with Hizbullah. The group is currently aiding President Bashar Assad’s forces against the anti-government forces.
Hamdan, born in Lebanon, came to the U.S. in 2007 as a teenager and became a legal resident. Family members add that Hamdan had recently suspected that he had been communicating with an informant, and it is possible that he could have intentionally made comments about joining Hizbullah just to get a reaction. Hamdan’s aunt, Rehab Beydoun, said she believes her nephew was set up by a local man who tipped federal investigators. “He was telling us, this guy is up to something, he keeps calling me, asking me questions. Why would he do that? So, he wanted to play a game with him to see where he’s going, and he got in trouble,” she said.
According to Beydoun, her son isn't physically capable of joining the militant group because he suffers from a dysfunctional lung and she has medical records to prove it. Because of his medical condition, Hamdan has been mostly unemployed and would spend his days at home and his nights sleeping with a medical ventilator. " (thanks Basim)
Hamdan, born in Lebanon, came to the U.S. in 2007 as a teenager and became a legal resident. Family members add that Hamdan had recently suspected that he had been communicating with an informant, and it is possible that he could have intentionally made comments about joining Hizbullah just to get a reaction. Hamdan’s aunt, Rehab Beydoun, said she believes her nephew was set up by a local man who tipped federal investigators. “He was telling us, this guy is up to something, he keeps calling me, asking me questions. Why would he do that? So, he wanted to play a game with him to see where he’s going, and he got in trouble,” she said.
According to Beydoun, her son isn't physically capable of joining the militant group because he suffers from a dysfunctional lung and she has medical records to prove it. Because of his medical condition, Hamdan has been mostly unemployed and would spend his days at home and his nights sleeping with a medical ventilator. " (thanks Basim)
