JCM 3/13/2026 7:51:18 AM

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Man who rammed his vehicle into Michigan synagogue was naturalized citizen from Lebanon, DHS says

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues Thursday has been identified as a 41-year-old naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials.

Ayman Mohamad Ghazali was fatally shot by security officers after driving through a hallway at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township near Detroit, Michigan, in a vehicle that then caught fire, authorities said.

I going to go out on a limb speculate on ties to Hesboallah.

JCM 3/13/2026 8:37:49 AM

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Suspect in Michigan synagogue attack lost family in recent airstrike in Lebanon, source says. Here's what we know.

The Department of Homeland Security identified the suspect as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a Lebanese-born U.S. citizen. A source in Michigan's Lebanese American community told CBS News that a strike roughly 10 days prior on the Lebanese village of the suspect's family killed several of his family members, leaving him devastated. 

vxbush 3/13/2026 9:23:34 AM

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Reply to JCM in 1:

I read about that in between cleaning yesterday. That synagogue did well to train. I only wish it wasn't necessary, but better to be safe--and offend everyone when it happens--then to suffer such a tragedy. 

Kosh's Shadow 3/13/2026 9:47:25 AM

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In #2 JCM said: Lebanese village of the suspect's family

Most likely a Hizballah stronghold

JCM 3/13/2026 10:23:37 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 3:

Left claims abortion is a "right" then demands gov't fund it.

Freedom of religion is an enumerated protected right.... image the lefty reaction if we start demanding protection for our religious places.