{"id":148054,"date":"2018-01-22T03:42:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T08:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=148054"},"modified":"2018-01-22T03:42:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T08:42:01","slug":"overstaying-iraqi-with-hamas-links-nabbed-in-pampanga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/22\/overstaying-iraqi-with-hamas-links-nabbed-in-pampanga\/","title":{"rendered":"Overstaying Iraqi with Hamas links nabbed in Pampanga"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa. (Photo<\/a>: Philippine National Police\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Monday announced the arrest of an overstaying Iraqi national with alleged links to terror group Hamas.<\/p>\n

Taha Mohamed Al-Jabouri, 64, was nabbed\u00a0during operations in Pampanga. He arrived in Manila from Istanbul, Turkey on Aug. 27, 2017.<\/p>\n

The suspect’s presence in the country was reported to Philippine authorities by the Iraqi Embassy in Manila.<\/p>\n

“The Iraqi Embassy described Al-Jabouri as a chemist with knowledge on explosives and is known to have close ties with militant extremist movements like Hamas in the Middle East,” he added.<\/p>\n

“On Saturday night, January 20, an information was received thru our Barangay Information Network (BIN) of the presence of a suspicious-looking person with Middle Eastern features, fitting the description and photographs provided by the Iraqi Embassy, in Barangay Malabanias, Angeles City, Pampanga,” the PNP chief stressed.<\/p>\n

A few hours later, operatives of the PNP Intelligence Group (IG) under Chief Supt. Norberto D. Solomon conducted follow-up operations at 3 a.m. to verify the BIN report and spotted Al -Jabouri toting a large black luggage.<\/p>\n

“When asked of his personal circumstances, he readily presented his Iraqi passport No. A6120599 identifying himself as Taha Mohamed Al-Jabouri,” Dela Rosa said.<\/p>\n

Based on investigations, it was found out that Al-Jabouri\u2019s 90-day visa, valid from Aug. 10 to Nov. 9, 2017, was already expired.<\/p>\n

“A closer inspection of his luggage yielded assorted personal effects and different denominations of foreign currency,” the PNP chief added.<\/p>\n

During questioning, Al-Jabouri revealed that he served as a consultant for Hamas in Damascus, Syria and moved to Istanbul, Turkey sometime in 2012.<\/p>\n

He added that he traveled to Manila to meet a Chinese business group that hired him as a consultant.<\/p>\n

“The PNP-IG is coordinating closely with the Bureau of Immigration and the Iraqi Embassy for further disposition of Mr. Al-Jabouri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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