TERRORIST-TURNED-US PATRIOT CHALLENGES TSA TO PROFILE HIM

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Monday, Jan. 11, 8:45-9:30 am CT, Des Moines Airport

Former Islamic Terrorist Walid Shoebat who speaks at Universities and to the news media concerning threats of terror will deliberately test the TSA system as he passes through airport security at Des Moines Airport to bring awareness to the public the proper measures needed to secure the American people.

A news conference will be conducted Monday January 11 from 8:45-9:15 am Central in the Northwest Airlines terminal in the departures area. During this time Walid will answer questions from members of the news media prior to walking through security around 9:30 am CT while wearing a Sweat Shirt that in large writing says, "Profile Me!"

ABOUT WALID SHOEBAT

Born in Bethlehem, Walid's grandfather was the Muslim Mukhtar (chieftain) of Beit Sahour-Bethlehem (The Shepherd's Fields) and a friend of Haj-Ameen Al-Husseni, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and notorious friend of Adolf Hitler.

As a young man, he became a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and participated in acts of terror and violence against Israel, and was later imprisoned in the Russian Compound, Jerusalem's central prison for incitement and violence against Israel.

After his release, he continued his life of violence and rioting in Bethlehem and the Temple Mount. After entering the U.S, he worked as a counselor for the Arab Student Organization at Loop College in Chicago and continued his anti-Israel activities.

In 1993, Walid studied the Bible in a challenge to convert his wife to Islam. Six months later, after intense study, Walid realized that everything he had been taught about Jews was a lie. Convinced he was on the side of evil, he became an advocate for his former enemy.

Driven by a deep passion to heal his own soul, and to bring the truth about the Jews, Israel and the threat of fundamentalist Islam to the world, Walid shed his former life and his work as a software engineer and set out to tirelessly bring the cause against the evil of Islamic Fundamentalist to tens of millions of people throughout the world:
churches, synagogues, civic groups, government leaders and media.

Walid is the author of several bestselling books including "Why I Left Jihad," "Why We Want To Kill You" and "God's War on Terror."

Walid is an American citizen and lives in the USA with his wife and children, under this assumed name. Walid has spoken all over America and the world including Chile, Mexico, Canada, UK, and South Africa. He has appeared on national television also all over the world including CNN, CNN International, FOX News, ITN, RTE, NBC, CBS, The 700, ABC and ABC Australia. He has also been featured on BBC radio 4,
5 and the largest radio audience on the BBC World Service reaching 180 million people.

Walid has the unique insight so as people can now fully understand the issue of terrorism from the perspective of someone who was once a terrorist.

Walid Shoebat has given lectures at Harvard Law School and Columbia University, and has also spoken at Oxford University UK, National Constitution Center, Capitol Hill, UCLA, USC, University of Georgia, Washington University, Penn State, and San Diego State University.