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June 30, 2005
Maybe Not So Jihadi
More details about the basis of the charges against Arwah J. Jaber came out in yesterday's hearing. Mr. Jaber's defense is that he wasn't serious about his statements, but rather was frustrated that he still wasn't going to be allowed to graduate from his doctoral program.
Jaber apparently believed Wilkins was intentionally keeping him from graduating because Jaber maintained high-tech lab equipment and performed integral research for Wilkins. Jaber was entering his sixth year in a program that should have taken three, Dawn Jaber said. He was also stressed by trying to defend his doctoral dissertation, she said.
Jaber had a teaching job lined up at American University in Kuwait, which would pay more if he completed the degree program, Dawn Jaber said. He was feeling better about the situation because he had talked with Collis Geren, dean of the UA graduate school, and had been assured that he could take the job and still complete his remaining work, she said.
Judge Jones has ordered him released into his wife's custody, pending the results of a mental evaluation. She cited the weak evidence against him as the basis for her ruling.
More details at the link.
Posted by Rita at June 30, 2005 05:03 AM