This week, in another stunning victory in The War on Terror™, the United States of America hunted down and brought to justice Javed Iqbal — a 42 year old, Staten Island, Satellite installer. Mr. Iqbal’s crime against America was that he programmed client’s satellite receivers to pick up al Manar – the Lebanese television station operated by Hezbollah.
In 2004, under executive order 13224, the Bush administration declared al Manar, the first ever, television terrorist entity. This meant that to give the station money is in effect supporting a terrorist organization. However, Mr. Iqbal did not sign up subscriptions for al Manar; he simply programed receivers to pick up the un-encrypted channel. To charge him with a crime is akin to charging your cable modem installer with supporting terrorism because you may download an al Qeeda webpage.
Thank God we are protecting our freedoms from those who want to destroy them.
BTW check your satellite receiver. If they have any of the following frequencies programed in, contact DHS immediately and report your installer — or you can wait, I’m sure they’ll be contacting you soon enough.
