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Associated Press - October 23, 2009 12:54 PM ET
CHICAGO (AP) - A Jordanian national was arrested at O'Hare International Airport on a warrant from Minnesota, where he was wanted for allegedly making "terroristic threats."
Officials say 36-year-old Ismail Alqawasmi was taken into custody Thursday evening by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents after the warrant turned up in a name check.
But the sheriff's department in Wright County, Minn., says the case is not a homeland security issue. And on Friday, a Cook County Circuit Court judge dismissed the fugitive warrant.
It was issued after Alqawasmi failed to show up for a jury trial on felony terroristic threat and misdemeanor assault charges stemming from a 2008 disagreement at a Minnesota home.
Alqawasmi was arrested after arriving aboard a Royal Jordanian Airlines flight.
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