Alex Odeh was an Arab-American leader who was killed in a October 11, 1985 bombing at his office in Santa Ana, California. This was considered the very first act of terrorism in the United States. The case was never solved by the FBI and there is still a $1 million reward for the capture of his killer. October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in Leap years). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Santa Ana is the largest city and the county seat of Orange County, California. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ...
AlexOdeh was an Arab-American leader who was killed in a October 11, 1985 bombing at his office in Santa Ana, California.
Born into a Palestinian Christian family in Jifna, the West Bank, Odeh immigrated to the US in 1972.
There have been many claims that the JDL was involved in his murder, and indeed Irv Rubin, who was later imprisoned for planning to bomb an American mosque, publicly stated that Odeh "got what he deserved" [1].
AlexOdeh was West Coast regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC).
AlexOdeh's death means that the United States of America, traditionally a refuge for "huddled masses yearning to be free" is less of a refuge: For Arab Americans, for Jews, for us all.
Odeh's murder is only heightened by the fact that the organization he represented was created to fight discrimination.
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