U.S. Attorney: Birmingham Muslim community instrumental in stopping threat to kill president

[Syrinx]

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Birmingham's Muslim community was "instrumental" in helping thwart a threat to kill the President of the United States, the U.S. Attorney in Birmingham said today.

Ulugbek Kodirov, 22, pleaded guilty in a hearing before U.S. District Judge Abdul Kallon at the Hugo L. Black U.S. Courthouse in downtown Birmingham.

After the hearing, U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance also thanked the Muslim community in Birmingham, "which was instrumental in helping law enforcement shut down this threat."

The Birmingham Islamic Society issued a press release Friday evening expressing its appreciation to local governmental agencies "that have worked tirelessly over the past several months in thwarting an attempted attack on our nation's President."

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/02/us_attorney_birmingham_area_mu.html

[bayareamike]

1. Of course they were.

They'd do anything for a fellow Muslim.

[trof]

2. Verrrryyyy inter-est-ting.

1. He pled GUILTY?
Damn.
That's unusual.
Plea bargain?

2. Judge Abdul Karim Kallon?
Hmmm...
From Wiki:

"Abdul Karim Kallon (born April 5, 1969) is a United States district judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Kallon earned a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1990. He then earned a law degree in 1993 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served as Articles Editor for the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Business Law.[1]

Kallon served as a law clerk for United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Judge U. W. Clemon from 1993 until 1994.

On July 31, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Kallon to be a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Kallon was nominated for the seat vacated by Clemon, who retired earlier in 2009. According to news accounts, Kallon had been recommended for the judgeship by a panel of legal experts assembled by U.S. Rep. Artur Davis. However, his name was not on a list of candidates compiled by a committee of the Alabama Democratic Party.[3]

The United States Senate confirmed Kallon to his judgeship by unanimous consent on November 21, 2009."