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...arrest of Palestinian activist and suspected terrorist Jaoudat Abouazza in Harvard Square triggered a “lock-down” on Commencement Day 2002. Police had considered heightening security in anticipation of the “American Jihad” speech by Zayed M. Yasin ’02 and a World Bank protest in Cambridge scheduled for the next day. But it was the arrest of Abouazza that led to the metal detectors, bomb technicians, and National Guard presence at Commencement...
...Abouazza, 24 at the time, was arrested near the Au Bon Pain in Holyoke Center on traffic violations and weapons charges...
Ultimately, the court permitted Abouazza to voluntarily return to Canada...
...spokesperson Gail Marcinkiewicz said she could not “confirm or deny” that the FBI had interrogated Abouazza...
Ultimately, Brill says, the court granted Abouazza voluntary departure to return to Canada in early July, but because he still has criminal charges against him—and was not released from INS custody to appear in court—Abouazza cannot return...