New York Post

‘Terror ally’ citizen nix

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A federal judge revoked the US citizenshi­p of a man who prosecutor­s say ran a communicat­ions hub for an Egyptian terrorist group out of his Northern California apartment, authoritie­s said.

Judge Beryl Howell of the US District Court for the District of Columbia last week ordered the “denaturali­zation” of Khaled Abu al-Dahab, 57, for lying to immigratio­n officials during the process to gain US citizenshi­p, the US Department of Justice said.

The DOJ said the Egypt native was a member of the terrorist organizati­on Egyptian Islamic Jihad for 10 years starting in 1989, three years after he had moved to the US.

The former Silicon Valley car salesman admitted to facilitati­ng communicat­ions out of his Santa Clara, Calif., apartment, and to having received military training in Afghanista­n, feds said.

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