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Thomas Breen
| Mar 27, 2024 3:46 pm
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A 33-year-old New Havener and Iraqi refugee named Mohamed Najm Kamash admitted this week to lying about his brothers’ affiliation with a terrorist group during his application for U.S. citizenship, and now faces up to five years in prison for the offense.
Kamash himself had no terrorism involvement — and in fact, court records reveal, he had become a volunteer interpreter and mentor for new arrivals, a “responsible, reliable, friendly” city resident who put down a decade of roots in New Haven’s refugee community.
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Laura Glesby
| Mar 27, 2024 1:40 pm
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It’s game on for New Haven students: They’re about to embark on citywide school-versus-school contests — not over basketball or soccer, but attendance and reading.