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7 days ago
- Health
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Boulder illegal immigrant terror suspect worked in healthcare field, as rideshare driver before attack
The Egyptian national suspected of injuring 12 people in a firebombing during a pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday worked in the healthcare industry and as a rideshare driver before committing the heinous act. Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, first came to the United States on a non-immigrant visa in August 2022. When that visa expired in February 2023, he remained in the country. The following month, he was granted a work visa, which was valid through March of this year. Fox News Digital has learned that Soliman worked in accounting at a medical practice called Veros Health, headquartered in the Denver suburb of Centennial, for a brief period at the beginning of his lawful work stay in the country. 'Usaid' Paperwork Found In Car Of Boulder Terror Attack Suspect Targeting Pro-israel Group "We can confirm that Mohamed Soliman worked with Veros from May 2023 to August 2023," a company spokesperson said. "He was hired in our accounting department. He went through a hiring process with ADP, our employer [Professional Employer Organization]. At the time of hire, he was confirmed to have a valid work visa, which was noted to expire in March 2025." Earlier this year, Soliman began working as a rideshare driver. His lawful work visa expired in March, making him an illegal immigrant at the time of the attack. Read On The Fox News App A neighbor told Fox News Digital that Mohamed Soliman worked for Uber and was "not home that often" because he was "working really hard." Soliman began working for the rideshare company in the spring of 2023, Uber said. Alleged Boulder Terrorist Overstayed Visa, Granted Work Permit By Biden Administration The company further noted that all drivers must meet numerous eligibility requirements, including passing a criminal and driving history background check, providing a photo ID, and holding a valid Social Security number. Soliman met all the requirements per Colorado state law, Uber said. He also had no concerning feedback while driving for the platform, according to Uber, which has since banned his driver's account and contacted law enforcement. Soliman is accused of using makeshift incendiary devices, including a flamethrower and Molotov cocktails, in an attempt to burn pro-Israel demonstrators alive on Sunday. A group of "Run for Their Lives" advocates had gathered at the Pearl Street Mall to raise awareness about Israeli hostages still held captive by Hamas terrorists in Gaza before they were viciously attacked. Mohamed Sabry Soliman: What We Know About Illegal Immigrant Accused In Colorado Terror Attack The attack left 12 people injured, one critically. One of the victims was a Holocaust survivor. Soliman has been charged federally with a hate crime involving actual or perceived race, religion, or national origin. Federal charging documents detail how Soliman shouted "Free Palestine" during the attack. "He traveled to Boulder, Colorado, in his vehicle with the Molotov cocktails and threw two of the cocktails at individuals participating in a pro-Israel gathering," the complaint says. "He also stated that he picked up gas at a gas station on the way to Boulder. He stated that he wanted to kill all Zionist people and wished they were all dead." He also allegedly stated "he would do it…again." At the state level, he has been charged with first-degree murder, crimes against at-risk adults/elderly, assault, criminal attempt to commit class one and class two felonies and use of explosives or incendiary devices during a article source: Boulder illegal immigrant terror suspect worked in healthcare field, as rideshare driver before attack
Yahoo
7 days ago
- General
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FBI responds after CNN analyst criticizes Bureau for quickly classifying Boulder attack as terrorism
An FBI official responded sharply to CNN senior national security analyst Juliette Kayyem after she bashed the agency for quickly calling Sunday's anti-Israel firebombing attack in Colorado an act of terrorism. "The guy shouted 'Free Palestine' while throwing firebombs at a crowd of Jewish people. We correctly referred to an investigation of terrorism, will continue to do so, and we have zero interest in what either [of] these CNN guests have to say. Kick rocks," assistant director for public affairs at the FBI Ben Williamson posted on X in response to Kayyem's comments. Williamson's response was shared by FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino on his personal account. Kayyem slammed FBI Director Kash Patel's decision to label the firebombing of people who were rallying to support the release of Israeli hostages as a "terror attack," saying it made the FBI look "juvenile." 'Usaid' Paperwork Found In Car Of Boulder Terror Attack Suspect Targeting Pro-israel Group "It makes law enforcement look disorganized, and it makes the FBI look so juvenile, like, why are you getting ahead of the police chief who says, 'I don't know what this is,'" Kayyem said on CNN Sunday. Read On The Fox News App At a press conference a few hours after the attack, Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn said his department wasn't calling the attack terrorism at that time, and it was too early to determine a motive for the attack. The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, is an Egyptian national who overstayed his travel visa but was subsequently granted a work visa by the Biden administration that expired in March, Homeland Security officials told Fox News. Soliman was arrested Sunday after allegedly setting his victims on fire using a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails as they peacefully participated in a "Run for Their Lives" community walk to raise awareness of Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas. The suspect allegedly plotted the attack for a year, waiting until his daughter graduated from high school before going on his rampage, according to a police affidavit. Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture Soliman was caught on video yelling "free Palestine" and other anti-Israel slogans during the attack, which left 12 victims injured. Soliman later told police he wanted to kill "all Zionist people." Patel reacted to the attack on X, stating, "We are aware of and fully investigating a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado. Our agents and local law enforcement are on the scene already, and we will share updates as more information becomes available." Bongino said the attack is being investigated as an act of "ideologically motivated violence," based on early information, evidence and witness accounts. Kayyem, a Harvard professor who served as a Department of Homeland Security official in the Obama administration, dismissed Patel and Bongino as "two heads of the FBI who don't have a long history in law enforcement" and said she would only call the attack a hate crime after an investigation had been conducted. "But until we do, we all need to, to not follow the FBI's tweets," she said. The CNN law enforcement analyst's comments elicited fierce condemnation on social media. "When the evidence passed to our FBI leadership team, from an active crime scene, includes clearly ideologically-motivated statements, video, multiple witness accounts, Molotov cocktails, and large gatherings of like-minded people, we will INVESTIGATE those incidents as targeted acts of terror… Everyone is innocent until proven guilty in our justice system. But we are the Federal Bureau of Investigation. We are not the Federal Bureau of Word Games," Bongino posted Monday. Original article source: FBI responds after CNN analyst criticizes Bureau for quickly classifying Boulder attack as terrorism
Yahoo
01-06-2025
- Business
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Bono's ‘300,000 dead' claim over USAID cuts gets smacked down by Rogan, Musk: ‘Liar/idiot'
U2 frontman and longtime global activist Bono took a swing at the Trump administration disbanding the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)) on "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast, blaming the cuts for a staggering 300,000 deaths. And he was swiftly fact-checked by Rogan and Elon Musk in a takedown that lit up social media. "This will f--- you off," Bono warned, claiming tens of thousands of tons of food are "rotting" in warehouses from Djibouti to Houston because of recent USAID cuts, and that the people who ran those warehouses have been fired. "What is that? That's not America, is it?"I Am A Usaid Whistleblower. I've Got To Admit, Musk Is Mostly Right About Agency's Waste Rogan wasn't having it. "They're throwing the baby out with the bathwater," he said, acknowledging that while some aid groups do good work, the USAID system has been riddled with corruption. "For sure, it was a money laundering operation. For sure, there was no oversight. … Trillions that are unaccounted for."Trump Administration Cutting 90% Of Usaid Foreign Aid Contracts, Documents Show Reacting on X to a clip of the conversation, Elon Musk slammed Bono directly. Read On The Fox News App "He's such a liar/idiot," Musk wrote. Musk, who has championed sharp cuts to what he sees as a bloated foreign aid machine, pushed for major USAID reforms under the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) before his formal departure this week. His response ignited debate online, with conservatives cheering for overdue accountability. Popular online commentator "Catturd" posted that "I agree 100% with Elon Musk that Bono is an idiot and a liar." One commentator also wrote, "They've made this 300,000 number up and propagandized people with it." Another eagle-eyed X user posted, "Bono starts off by saying, 'It's not proven.' So he's lying." Bono's 300,000 figure comes not from confirmed deaths, but from a speculative model built by Brooke Nichols, a mathematical health modeler at Boston University, projecting what could happen as a result of the cuts. Nichols has said that the number is a projection, not a direct count, due to the absence of real-time tracking in many affected regions. "The biggest uncertainties in all of these estimates are: 1) the extent to which countries and organizations have pivoted to mitigate this disaster (likely highly variable)," she wrote in The Washington Post. "And 2) which programs are actually still funded with funding actually flowing — and which aren't." The State Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for article source: Bono's '300,000 dead' claim over USAID cuts gets smacked down by Rogan, Musk: 'Liar/idiot'
AsiaOne
22-05-2025
- Business
- AsiaOne
Trump calls his own foreign aid cuts at Usaid 'devastating' , World News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (May 21) that his administration's cuts to the US Agency for International Development and its aid programmes worldwide have been "devastating." Speaking beside South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a White House visit, Trump was asked about his cutting most foreign aid by a reporter who said the decision had significant impacts in Africa. "It's devastating, and hopefully a lot of people are going to start spending a lot of money," Trump said in the Oval Office. "I've talked to other nations. We want them to chip in and spend money too, and we've spent a lot. And it's a big — it's a tremendous problem going on in many countries. A lot of problems going on. The United States always gets the request for money. Nobody else helps." The State Department, which manages Usaid, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The administration has repeatedly defended the cuts, saying they were focused on wasted funds. The gutting of the agency, largely overseen by South Africa-born businessman Elon Musk, is the subject of several federal lawsuits. The United States is the world's largest humanitarian aid donor, amounting to at least 38 per cent of all contributions recorded by the United Nations. It disbursed US$61 billion (S$78 billion) in foreign assistance last year, just over half of it via Usaid, according to government data. The US spent half a billion dollars on South African aid in 2023, mostly on healthcare, the most recent data shows. Most of that funding has been withdrawn, though it is unclear exactly how much. The cuts have had an effect on the country's response to the HIV epidemic. South Africa has the world's highest burden of HIV, with about eight million people — one in five adults — living with the virus. Washington was funding 17 per cent of the country's HIV budget before the cuts. In the months since, testing and monitoring of HIV patients across South Africa has decreased, Reuters has reported. [[nid:718269]]
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Politics
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James Carville calls out Ilhan Omar over resurfaced 'radicalization of White men' comments
Democratic strategist James Carville called out Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Wednesday, for comments she made in 2018 about White men. He said controversial members of Congress like Omar "are more trouble than they're worth" for Democrats. "Ilhan Omar says that White men are responsible for most of the deaths in the United States. So let me get this straight, 69% of the people — why I'm stuck on that number, I don't know — but 69% of the people going to vote, are White. Of that, 48.5 are males. So, I don't know, my rough math is 33%?" Carville said during a discussion at the Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit in London. Omar said in 2018 during an interview that the U.S. should be "fearful" of White men and that the country should be creating policies to "fight the radicalization of White men." The interview resurfaced this week on social media, and was criticized by members of the GOP, including Vice President JD Vance. "That's a lot of pissed-off 33% of people that vote, and that's a smart strategy? And there are people that agree with her! There are people that actually agree with her! And I think it's, honestly, I think these people are more trouble than they're worth," Carville said on Wednesday. Omar Slams Trump, Musk For Changes At Usaid, Accuses President Of Running Dictatorship "I would say our country should be more fearful of White men across our country, because they are actually causing most of the deaths within this country," Omar said in the 2018 interview with Al-Jazeera while discussing domestic terrorism threats in the United States and responding to a question about how much concern "jihadism" posed to the U.S. Read On The Fox News App "And so, if fear was the driving force of policies to keep America safe, Americans safe inside of this country, we should be profiling, monitoring, and creating policies to fight the radicalization of White men," she added. The comments were called out by JD Vance and other conservatives on Tuesday, as the vice president likened Omar's remarks to "genocidal language." "This isn't just sick; it's actually genocidal language," Vance wrote on social media. "What a disgrace this person is." Ilhan Omar Blasts Harris-walz Campaign For Courting Liz Cheney: 'Huge Misstep' "In this nearly 8yr old clip, I am referring to the rise of white nationalism in an annual report issued by the Anti-Defamation League that said White supremacists were responsible for 78 percent of 'extremist-related murders,'" Omar told Fox News Digital in a statement. "PS you should look up what 'genocidal' actually means when you're actively supporting a genocide taking place in Gaza." Omar told Daily Caller News Foundation reporter Myles Morell to "f--- off" earlier this month after he asked her a question about fellow Democratic Party figures traveling to El Salvador to defend illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported to the country by the Trump administration. Morell shared the clip on X. Omar later responded to the clip being shared on social media and stated, "I said what I said. You and all your miserable trolls can f--- off."Original article source: James Carville calls out Ilhan Omar over resurfaced 'radicalization of White men' comments
