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Christopher Paul (aka Paul Kenyatta Laws, Abdulmalek Kenyatta) is an American al-Qaeda militant, who has pleaded guilty to acts of terrorism. According to public data search, he is due to released on May 22, 2024 from RRM Cincinnati. Early life Born Paul Kenyatta Laws, he changed his name to Alex Karagezyan in 1989, but then to Christopher Paul in 1994. Additional names have included Abdul Malek. Paul is an American citizen, resident of the Columbus, Ohio, area, where he was born. He grew up in suburban Worthington, Ohio. He attended Thomas Worthington High School. He then became a student at Columbus State Community College from 1988 to 1990. It was during this period that he converted to Islam, changing his name to Abdulmalek Kenyatta. From 1990 and 1994, he was taking training at an al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan learning hand-to-hand combat and the use of weapons including rocket-propelled grenades. He also traveled to a number of countries, including Croatia, Austria, and Slovenia, before returning to Columbus in 1994 and changing his name to Christopher Paul. Paul took classes at Columbus State for another 4 years, and was granted an associate degree in 1998. He attended the Omar Ibnelkhattab Mosque at 580 Riverview Dr. in Columbus. Terrorist period He received training from al-Qaeda in the early 1990s in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He fought on behalf of Islamist militant groups in Bosnia and Afghanistan in the early 1990s. In Afghanistan, he is reported to have stayed in the Beit ur Salam guesthouse, a safe house reserved exclusively for graduates of Al Qaeda training camps. Then in 1999, he was in Germany training terrorists in a local Islamist cell how to build car bombs and other explosive devices to blow up Americans vacationing in Europe. He was also alleged, in August 2002, to have met two other men in a suburban Columbus coffee house where they discussed terrorist attacks. The other two men were convicted of separate acts: Nuradin Abdi for a plot to blow up an Ohio shopping mall (of which Paul was one of the conspirators), and Iyman Faris (a Pakistani immigrant) for a plot to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge. Trial Paul was indicted on April 12, 2007, on the following charges: conspiring to support terrorists, conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and providing support to terrorists. He was charged with planning to set off bombs in Europe and the United States. He initially pleaded not guilty. In 2008, he pleaded guilty to plotting to bomb targets in Europe and the United States in a plea deal to obtain a lighter sentence. See also List of notable converts to Islam Islamist terrorism References Sources Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Hatred at Home: Al-Qaida on Trial in the American Midwest (Chapter 11,) Ohio University Press (2011) ISBN 0804011346. Discover the Paul Christopher popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Paul Christopher books.
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State Minnesota v. Christopher Paul
Court of Appeals of MinnesotaIn exercising sentencing discretion under State v. Kindem, the trial court must consider circumstances supporting a downward durational departure from the presumptive sentence. CRI...
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Fallout
Lesley M.M. BlumeONE of THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 NOTABLE BOOKS of the YEAR A VANITY FAIR and TOWN & COUNTRY BEST BOOK of the YEAR New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals ...
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A Brief History of Italy
Jeremy Black'Jeremy Black skilfully sketches social, cultural and political trends' Christina Hardyment, Times audiobook of the week'A remarkable mixture of cold history, wide culture and per...
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A Beautiful Mind
Sylvia NasarAlso an Academy Award–winning film starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connellydirected by Ron HowardThe powerful, dramatic biography of math genius John Nash, who overcame serious...
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Thomas Paine Reader
Thomas PaineThis major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine (17371809) was an inspiration to the Americans in their struggle for independence, a passionate supporter of the...
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Phantom Architecture
Philip WilkinsonA skyscraper one mile high, a dome covering most of downtown Manhattan, a triumphal arch in the form of an elephant: some of the most exciting buildings in the history of architect...
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A Coup in Turkey
Jeremy SealThe most dramatic, revealing and littleknown story in Turkey's history which illuminates the nation'Through the spellbinding career of a single, illfated leader, Jeremy Seal illum...
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Of the Abuse of Words
John LockeJohn Locke was one of the greatest figures of the Enlightenment, whose assertion that reason is the key to knowledge changed the face of philosophy. These writings on thought, idea...
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The Last Supper
Charles McCarryTo solve his lover’s murder, a spy must investigate his own checkered past in a thriller that spans from Weimar Germany to Cold War Vietnam. CIA Agent Paul Christopher is used to t...
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The Boy in the Black Suit
Jason ReynoldsA 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Just when seventeenyearold Matt thinks he can’t handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl who’s dealt with a lot moreand w...
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There Is a God
Antony Flew & Roy Abraham VargheseIn one of the biggest religion news stories of the new millennium, the Associated Press announced that Professor Antony Flew, the world's leading atheist, now believes in God. Fle...
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The Hitopadesa
M NarayanaComposed between 800 and 950 AD, Narayana's Hitopadesa is one of the bestknown of all works in Sanskrit literature. A fascinating collection of fables, maxims and sayings in verse,...
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The Mighty Miss Malone
Christopher Paul CurtisIn the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award–winning Bud, Not Buddy, Bud met a girl named Deza Malone in a Hooverville. This is her story. “We are a family on a journey ...
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Jaguars and Electric Eels
Alexander von HumboldtA great, innovative and restless thinker, the young Humboldt (17691859) went on his epochal journey to the New World during a time of revolutionary ferment across Europe. This part...
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Adaptogens
David Winston & Steven MaimesAn updated and expanded edition of the definitive guide to adaptogenic herbs Includes a Materia Medica with monographs covering 25 adaptogens, including eleuthero, ginseng, rhodio...
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Stark
Ben EltonStark is a secret consortium with more money than God, and the social conscience of a dog on a croquet lawn. What's more, it knows the Earth is dying.Deep in Western Australia wher...
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Exonerated
Dan BonginoAs seen on The Ben Shapiro Show!A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Great new book by wonderful and very street smart author Dan Bongino, EXONERATED, THE FAILED TAKEDOWN OF...
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Christopher Paul Curtis 3-Book eomni
Christopher Paul CurtisFrom the Newberry Medal and Corretta Scott King Award winning author, three bestselling novels that have been called “a modern classic” by NPR and “marvelous” by The New York Times...
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Dear Friends
Christopher L. WebberFor almost two thousand years, Christians have asked two essential questions: “What would Jesus do?” and “What would Paul say?” Paul wrote more of the New Testament than anyone els...
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Growing Up Getty
James ReginatoAn enthralling and comprehensive look into the contemporary state of one of the wealthiestand most misunderstoodfamily dynasties in the world, perfect for fans of Succession and Ho...
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Miernik Dossier
Charles McCarryA circle of spies travels by Cadillac from Switzerland to the Sudan in this critically acclaimed novel: “arguably the finest modern American spy story” (The New York Times). Paul C...
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State Minnesota v. Christopher Paul
Court of Appeals of MinnesotaIn exercising sentencing discretion under State v. Kindem, the trial court must consider circumstances supporting a downward durational departure from the presumptive sentence.
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All the Money in the World
John PearsonInspired by the most infamous incident involving the Getty family now a major film directed by Ridley Scott, starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Williams and Oscar® Nominee Christoph...
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Season of Blood
Fergal KeaneWhen President Habyarimana’s jet was shot down in April 1994, Rwanda erupted into a hundredday orgy of killing – which left up to a million dead. Fergal Keane travelled through the...
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The Tears of Autumn
Charles McCarryA rogue agent crisscrosses the globe to investigate the assassination of JFK in this acclaimed spy novel by the acclaimed author of The Miernik Dossier. When President Kenned...
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Where the Dead Wait
Ally WilkesAn eerie, atmospheric Polar Gothic following a Victorian explorer in search of his lost shipmate and his own redemptionfrom the author of the “vivid, immersive” (The Guardian) horr...
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Forbidden History
J. Douglas KenyonChallenges the scientific theories on the establishment of civilization and technology Contains 42 essays by 17 key thinkers in the fields of alternative science and history, inclu...
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Secret of the Templars
Paul ChristopherThe adventures of retired Army Ranger John “Doc” Holliday and his quest to uncover the secrets of the Templars continue to thrill in this novel from New York Times bestselling auth...
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When I Was the Greatest
Jason ReynoldsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds, a “funny and rewarding” (Publishers Weekly) comingofage novel about friendship and loyalty across neighborhood lines and t...
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The Secret Lovers
Charles McCarryAn American spy confronts personal and political intrigues when he obtains a Russian dissident’s explosive manuscript in this Cold War spy thriller. In West Berlin, CIA agent Paul ...
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Salammbo
Gustave FlaubertAn epic story of lust, cruelty, and sensuality, this historical novel is set in Carthage in the days following the First Punic War with Rome.
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Rest in Pieces
Bess LovejoyA “marvelously macabre” (Kirkus Reviews) history of the bizarre afterlives of corpses of the celebrated and notorious dead.For some of the most influential figures in history, deat...
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Flash Point
Matt Croucher GCDan Coldrain is a former elite Royal Marine Commando haunted by the death of his best mate Reese, killed in action by enemy forces. Coldrain used to believe in honour, service, and...
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The Boeing 737 Technical Guide
Chris BradyThis is an illustrated technical guide to the Boeing 737 aircraft. Containing extensive explanatory notes, facts, tips and points of interest on all aspects of this hugely successf...
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The Troop
Nick CutterWINNER OF THE JAMES HERBERT AWARD FOR HORROR WRITING“The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn’t put it down. This is oldschool horror at its best.” Stephen KingOnce every ...
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The Phoenix
Leo Hollis'A tour de force of biography, history, politics, philosophy and experimental science' ECONOMISTThe remarkable and inspiring story of how London was transformed after the Great Fir...
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Second Sight
Charles McCarryA legendary CIA agent is called out of retirement to combat an unknown enemy in this sweeping international spy thriller. Second Sight is the seventh thriller in the critically acc...
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Exit Wounds
Paul Kane & Marie O'ReganA brandnew anthology of crime stories written by masters of the genre, including Jeffrey Deaver, Elly Griffiths and Joe R. Landsdale.Featuring both original inuniverse stories and ...
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Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 11
Maxim JakubowskiThis superb annual anthology of the year’s most outstanding short crime fiction published in the UK is now well into its second decade. Jakubowski has succeeded, once again, in une...