(Detroit Free Press) Niraj Warikoo - Rasmieh Odeh, 69, of Chicago appeared in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Tuesday and entered a plea of guilty to procuring citizenship contrary to law. Odeh will not serve any time in prison, be stripped of her U.S. citizenship and will be deported back to Jordan. She will not be allowed ever to reenter the U.S. Odeh was convicted and imprisoned in Israel, accused of playing a role in the bombing of an Israeli supermarket that killed two civilians and an attempted attack on the British Consulate by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. She was later released as part of a prison swap. Odeh is associate director of the Arab American Action Network.
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