By Chuck Hustmyre
September 20, 2007
DEARBORN, Mich. (Crime Library) — Houssein Zorkot, a 26-year-old, third-year medical student at Wayne State University, had recently made plans to start studying surgery at Providence Hospital in nearby Southfield. The soon-to-be medical doctor seemed on track for a promising career. But that changed earlier this month when Dearborn police caught Zorkot in a local park carrying a loaded AK-47 rifle, the close-quarter weapon of choice for terrorists worldwide.
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| Houssein Zorkot |
The son of Lebanese immigrants, Zorkot had recently traveled to Lebanon for a visit. Like most Americans, he brought back plenty of travel pictures.
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| Houssein Zorkot |
Among the photos were shots of Zorkot posing in front of Hezbollah recruiting posters, Zorkot standing beneath a giant picture of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and Zorkot posing in front of a pair of Hezbollah rockets — no doubt aimed in the direction of Israel.
Zorkot's Web site (www.Zorkot.org) is a virtual shrine to Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based terrorist group responsible for hundreds of American deaths, including the 1982 murder of 241 U.S. Marines stationed in Beirut.
On Saturday, Sept. 8, at about 1:00 p.m., Zorkot bought a semiautomatic AK-47 assault rifle at a local store. Then he posted a message on his Web site. He typed the message beneath a stylized silhouette image of a Hezbollah fighter carrying a flag and climbing a steep slope. The picture is inset with a close-up photograph of a man wearing camouflaged battle gear and aiming a rifle at the camera.
Zorkot's message was short and to the point: "The Start of My Personal Jihad (in the US)."
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