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Judge delays Islamic State support case in Portland
BY ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press
SALEM — A federal judge
this week granted the lawyer
for a man charged with helping
the Islamic State group main-
tain an online presence almost
a year to prepare for a compli-
cated trial involving classified
information.
Hawazen Sameer Mothafar,
whose trial had been sched-
uled to begin Tuesday in Port-
land, allegedly produced and
disseminated Islamic State
propaganda and recruiting
material through social me-
dia platforms. Working from
a Portland suburb, Mothafar
also distributed online articles
that described how to kill and
maim with a knife and that
encouraged attacks, the indict-
ment says.
The case underscores the
Islamic State’s focus on a
“digital caliphate” to try to
inspire attacks around
the world.
Mothafar has pleaded not
guilty to charges of providing
material support to a desig-
nated terrorist organization
and conspiring to provide that
support.
Mark Ahlemeyer, Motha-
far’s attorney, told the judge
he needed time to determine
what evidence will be pre-
sented, what pretrial motions
he would file and how much
investigating his team needs
to do, adding that he assumed
it would involve international
travel.
Judge Marco Hernandez,
speaking Tuesday in a con-
ference call with the federal
prosecutor and Ahlemeyer, set
a new trial date of Nov. 1. He
noted the case is complicated
because of its international
aspects, the requirements of
classified discovery and other
issues.
The case underscores the
Islamic State’s focus on a “dig-
ital caliphate” to try to inspire
attacks around the world. By
late 2017, the group had lost
most of the territory it seized
in Iraq and Syria, and its
self-declared caliphate along
with it.
“While the Islamic State has
lost swaths of territory, it has
survived, is conducting signifi-
cant numbers of attacks, and is
leveraging the digital caliphate
to promote its narrative,” Max-
well Markusen of the Center
for Strategic and International
Studies wrote in November
2018.
Mothafar, who lived in the
Portland suburb of Troutdale,
is accused of editing and pro-
ducing material for al Anfal,
a newspaper that “advocates
violent jihad” and receives
its orders from Islamic State’s
central media office, known
as Diwan, the indictment
says.
The indictment alleges
Mothafar tried to access infor-
mation on piloting a drone to
carry “an object” for an opera-
tive for al-Qaida’s North Afri-
can branch who is in prison in
Mauritania. What that object
purportedly was, federal offi-
LOCAL BRIEFING
TODAY
Today is Thursday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of
2021. There are 358 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 7, 1789, America held its first
presidential election as voters chose elec-
tors who, a month later, selected George
Washington to be the nation’s first chief
executive.
In 1927, commercial transatlantic telephone
service was inaugurated between New York
and London.
In 1942, Japanese forces began besieging
American and Filipino troops in Bataan
during World War II. (The fall of Bataan
three months later was followed by the
notorious Death March.)
In 1953, President Truman announced in
his State of the Union message to Congress
that the United States had developed a
hydrogen bomb.
In 1959, the United States recognized the
new government of Cuba, six days after Fidel
Castro led the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista.
In 1972, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. and William H.
Rehnquist were sworn in as the 99th and
100th members of the U.S. Supreme Court.
In 1979, Vietnamese forces captured the
Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, over-
throwing the Khmer Rouge government.
In 1989, Emperor Hirohito of Japan died in
cials would not say.
That operative, Saleck Ould
Cheikh Mohamedou, was
convicted of attempting to as-
sassinate then Mauritanian
President Mohamed Ould Ab-
del Aziz, according to the U.S.
State Department.
Mothafar, who uses a
wheelchair and is not in jail
due to being considered a low
flight risk, waived his right to
be present at Tuesday’s hear-
ing via video link, Ahlemeyer
said.
Jill Sanborn, assistant direc-
tor of the FBI’s Counterterror-
ism Division, said when Moth-
afar was charged in November
that “we will aggressively pur-
sue anyone who conspires with
or provides material support
to a foreign terrorist organiza-
tion.”
Tokyo at age 87; he was succeeded by his
son, Crown Prince Akihito.
In 1999, for the second time in history, an
impeached American president went on
trial before the Senate. President Bill Clinton
faced charges of perjury and obstruction of
justice; he was acquitted.
In 2004, President George W. Bush pro-
posed legal status, at least temporarily, for
millions of immigrants improperly working
in the U.S.
In 2006, U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas,
facing corruption charges, stepped down
as House majority leader. (DeLay was found
guilty in Nov. 2010 of illegally funneling
corporate money to Texas candidates; his
conviction was eventually overturned.)
In 2015, masked gunmen stormed the Paris
offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French newspa-
per that had caricatured the Prophet Mo-
hammad, methodically killing 12 people, in-
cluding the editor, before escaping in a car.
(Two suspects were killed two days later.)
In 2019, Amazon eclipsed Microsoft as the
most valuable publicly traded company in
the U.S. For the first time in more than 25
years, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg was absent from oral arguments
as she recuperated from cancer surgery.
Ten years ago: A package addressed to
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Na-
politano ignited at a Washington postal
facility, a day after fiery packages sent to
Maryland’s governor and state transporta-
tion secretary burned the fingers of workers
who opened them.
Five years ago: President Barack Obama
tore into the National Rifle Association
during a televised town hall meeting in Fair-
fax, Virginia, as he dismissed what he called
a “conspiracy” alleging that the federal
government — and Obama in particular —
wanted to seize all firearms as a precursor to
imposing martial law.
One year ago: A magnitude 6.4 earth-
quake, the strongest to hit Puerto Rico in
more than 100 years, killed one person,
injured nine others and knocked out power
across the U.S. territory.
Today’s Birthdays: Magazine publisher
Jann Wenner is 75. Singer Kenny Loggins is
73. Singer-songwriter Marshall Chapman
is 72. Actor Erin Gray is 71. Actor David
Caruso is 65. Talk show host Katie Couric is
64. Country singer David Lee Murphy is 62.
Rock musician Kathy Valentine is 62. Actor
David Marciano is 61. Sen. John Thune,
R-S.D., is 60. Actor Hallie Todd is 59. Sen.
Rand Paul, R-Ky., is 58. Actor Nicolas Cage is
57. Actor Jeremy Renner is 50. Country sing-
er-musician John Rich is 47.
Vehicle chase ends in police shooting
in Madras; no serious injuries reported
A police pursuit Wednesday afternoon
ended with officers firing at a Madras man,
though no one was seriously injured.
Jordan Abbe, 30, sustained minor in-
juries and was treated and released at St.
Charles Madras before
being taken to the Jeffer-
son County jail.
The incident took place
around noon on Oak
Street in downtown Ma-
dras.
Abbe is being held on
Abbe
suspicion of attempted
second-degree assault, at-
tempted assault on a police officer, attempt-
ing to elude an officer, unlawful use of a
weapon and reckless driving.
Oregon State Police is the agency investi-
gating the use of lethal force.
A spokesperson with the Jefferson
County District Attorney’s Office said
Wednesday evening she did not have infor-
mation about the identity of the officer or
officers involved.
— Associated Press
— Bulletin staff report
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STATE BRIEFING
Kayse Jama, Somali refugee, wins
appointment to Oregon Senate
Kayse Jama, co-founder and execu-
tive director of a nonprofit that advo-
cates for immigrants, people of color
and low-income families and children,
won appointment to the Oregon Senate
on Wednesday.
He will represent a
long, narrow district
spanning east Port-
land and northern
Clackamas County
along Interstate 205.
Nine of 10 commis-
Jama
sioners from Mult-
nomah and Clack-
amas counties indicated they viewed
Jama as the strongest of three nomi-
nees for the position put forward by
the Democratic Party. The others were
nurse and former nurses union head
Adrienne Enghouse and Democratic
Party of Oregon Operations Director
Candy Emmons.
Newly elected Clackamas County
Commissioner Mark Shull was the lone
commissioner who favored a different
choice .
Ultimately, all 10 unanimously voted
to appoint Jama to the Senate seat va-
cated Dec. 31 by Oregon’s new secre-
tary of state, Shemia Fagan. All 10 said
they were greatly impressed by all three
nominees and thought each had the
policy chops, lived experience and other
credentials to serve as a state senator.
Jama will be the third Black member
of the 2021 Oregon Senate, along with
Lew Frederick of Portland and James
Manning Jr. of Eugene, and the cham-
ber’s lone immigrant and naturalized
citizen.
Man accused of pepper-spraying
police at Oregon Capitol last month
A Portland man is accused of pepper-
spraying six Salem and state police of-
ficers while breaking into the Oregon
State Capitol during a protest against
COVID-19 restrictions.
Chandler Pappas, 27, sprayed a line
of officers in the face on Dec. 21, Mar-
ion County Deputy District Attorney
Drew Anderson said Tuesday.
Anderson said Pappas was armed
with an AR-15 and the incident was
caught on cameras worn by officers.
Pappas allegedly posted on Twitter
afterward saying he was not sorry for
what he did, Anderson said. Pappas is
being held in the Marion County jail on
$250,000 bail.
Pappas was one of several men taken
into custody that day for alleged vio-
lent behavior during a protest decrying
COVID-related closures during a spe-
cial legislative session.
Pappas faces six counts of assaulting
a police officer, as well as a burglary and
Abigail Dollins/Statesman-Journal file
Protesters spray irritant toward police as they attempt to get into the Oregon State Capitol
during a special session of the Legislature in Salem on Dec. 21. State police had declared an
unlawful assembly. Police have since arrested a man accused of pepper-spraying police. It
wasn’t clear from news reports whether this photo is related, though it is from the same day.
riot charge.
Pappas is a supporter of Patriot
Prayer, a right-wing group based in
Washington state. In October, Pappas
led a group into Portland where they
removed a makeshift metal elk that had
been propped up by protesters last sum-
mer to make a political statement.
According to a probable cause state-
ment, on Dec. 21, Pappas allegedly
pepper-sprayed Salem police detective
Anthony Burke, officers Jeffrey Lucenti,
Vincennt Salazar, Roger Hibbeler, and
David Smith, and Oregon State Police
Trooper Logan Denney.
After Pappas allegedly sprayed the
officers, they retreated into the Capitol
building, which was closed because of
the coronavirus pandemic. Burke said
Pappas and others forcefully entered the
building vestibule while police stood by
the doors leading into the main lobby
to keep protesters out. Pappas allegedly
started kicking the doors that were
latched with handcuffs.
— Bulletin wire reports