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U.S. Reps. Sanchez and Conyers ask DOJ to resolve the murder of Alex Odeh

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Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Representing California’s 46th Congressional District

PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 6, 2013

MEDIA CONTACTS: Sanchez: Barb Solish, 202-226-8373/Conyers: Andrew Schreiber 202-225-6906

REPS. SANCHEZ & CONYERS REQUEST JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARING ON UNRESOLVED ALEX ODEH CASE, SANCHEZ SENDS NEW REQUEST TO DOJ

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-46) and Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, wrote a letter to Congressman Bob Goodlatte (VA-6), Chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, requesting a hearing on the unresolved case of Alex Odeh, who was murdered in 1985. The U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice originally held a hearing on this matter in 1986. Continue reading→

Could toxic attacks on Alvarez lead to terrorism?

Posted on by Posted in Claudia Alvarez, Extremism, Hate, Racism, Santa Ana, Tolerance 23 Comments

If you’ve ever visited the the Santa Ana Public Library in the Civic Center you probably have noticed a statue of a man holding a dove in front of the main entrance and asked yourself “who is he”?  Is it a statue honoring one of Santa Ana’s or Orange County’s forefathers?  Is it a statue honoring a historical figure from literature?  An author perhaps?  No this statue is none of these.

The nine-foot bronze statue that was erected in 1994 honors Alex Odeh, the west-coast regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, who was murdered October 11, 1985 in a terrorist attack right here in Santa Ana at 1905 E. 17th Street.  Odeh was killed when a bomb triggered as he put the key into his office door exploded.  The FBI classified the bombing as a terrorist attack and believed that Jewish militants from the Jewish Defense League (JDL) were probably responsible for the murder. Continue reading→