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Illegal immigrant faces 118-count indictment for firebombing pro-Israel demonstrators
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Illegal immigrant faces 118-count indictment for firebombing pro-Israel demonstrators

By Jesse Paul | Colorado Sun Mohamed Soliman, 45, could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted. He appeared in court at the Boulder County jail on Thursday afternoon. BOULDER — The man accused of tossing Molotov cocktails into a group of peaceful demonstrators in Boulder was charged Thursday in state court with 118 counts, including attempted murder. Mohamed Soliman, 45, could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted. He appeared in court at the Boulder County jail on Thursday afternoon where he was advised of the charges against him. Soliman is being held in lieu of a $10 million bond.  The 118 charges included 28 counts of attempted first-degree murder and nine counts of first-degree assault, court documents show. Soliman’s next appearance in Boulder ...
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Federal judge issues order blocking deportation of Boulder firebomb terrorist’s family
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Federal judge issues order blocking deportation of Boulder firebomb terrorist’s family

By Colleen Slevin, Jesse Bedayn and Rebecca Santana | Associated Press via Denver Gazette BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A federal judge issued an order Wednesday to prevent the deportation of the wife and five children of an Egyptian man charged in the firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado. U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher granted a request from the family of Mohamed Sabry Soliman to halt deportation proceedings of his wife and five children who were taken into federal custody Tuesday by U.S. immigration officials. The family members have not been charged in the attack on a group demonstrating for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza. Soliman faces federal hate crime charges and state charges of attempted murder in the Sunday attack in downtown Boulder. U.S. ...
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Kalam: Colorado’s Woke Zealotry Ushers Islamist Terror into Boulder
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Kalam: Colorado’s Woke Zealotry Ushers Islamist Terror into Boulder

By Ahnaf Kalam | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Just over a week ago, I warned that the shooting of two young Israeli embassy employees in Washington, D.C., by a far-left zealot chanting “Free Palestine” was not an isolated act but a harbinger.  In progressive strongholds, where criminal fanatics like Luigi Mangione are lionized, such violence would not merely persist—it would metastasize. And so it has. In Boulder, Colorado, barely an hour from my home, the grim prophecy has been fulfilled. Last Tuesday, I was in Washington, D.C., attending a policy conference under heavy security. That morning, I spoke with a friend and colleague, an IDF reserve major in the Homefront Command, about the gnawing vulnerability we felt in a city like D.C.Stripped of the Sig Sauers we c...
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Boulder terrorist planned attack for a year, told police his goal: “Kill all Zionists”
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Boulder terrorist planned attack for a year, told police his goal: “Kill all Zionists”

The Denver Gazette Mohamed Sabry Soliman was arrested after 8 people were injured in the attack on Pearl Street Mall Eight people were injured Sunday afternoon in Boulder after a 45-year-old man allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at a group participating in a peaceful demonstration on the Pearl Street Mall. What happened? The attack occurred just before 1:30 p.m. near 13th and Pearl streets during a weekly event called the “peaceful humanitarian walk for hostages,” organized by the group Run For Their Lives, which raises awareness about Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Witnesses say a man was waiting near the historic courthouse with bottles in hand. He allegedly shouted “free Palestine” and threw what officials described as a makeshift flamethrower or Molotov cocktail into th...
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Garbo: Boulder wasn’t a clash, it was terrorism
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Garbo: Boulder wasn’t a clash, it was terrorism

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice What happened in Boulder was an act of terrorism, plain and simple. The alleged actions of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, targeting Jews in what authorities have rightly identified as an ideologically motivated, antisemitic attack, must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. It was not a “disturbance,” or a “clash,” or a “misunderstanding.” It was hate. And it was violent, deliberate, and evil. This nation was founded on the principle that people of all faiths and backgrounds can worship, gather, and speak freely without fear. That principle was shattered in Boulder, and we cannot - must not - look away. Governor Jared Polis and Attorney General Phil Weiser deserve appreciation for calling this what it is: an act of hate-fuele...
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Herf: When ‘Free Palestine’ becomes a pretext for terrorism
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Herf: When ‘Free Palestine’ becomes a pretext for terrorism

By Jeffrey Herf | Commentary, The Free Press The global intifada comes to Boulder, Colorado, 11 days after the murders in Washington, D.C. On Sunday afternoon in Boulder, Colorado, a group of Jews was set on fire. They had gathered in the afternoon for a march to draw attention to Israel’s hostages, who have been held by Hamas terrorists for more than 600 days, when a man reportedly threw a Molotov cocktail at the group, seriously injuring several. The alleged perpetrator is named Mohamad Soliman, and you can see him in videos from the scene shouting “End Zionists” and “Palestine free and for us.” This incident, which the FBI has called a “targeted terror attack,” comes less than two weeks after the assassination of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim outside...
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Eric Schmidt, 91, a Republican who served Boulder in the Colorado House and later as CU regent, has died
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Eric Schmidt, 91, a Republican who served Boulder in the Colorado House and later as CU regent, has died

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics Former Assistant House Majority Leader Eric Schmidt, who served in the Colorado House for two terms, died at his home in Lakewood on Jan. 26. A memorial service will be held, Saturday, March 15, at 1:30pm at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 East Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village. Schmidt was born May 31, 1933 in Newark, NJ. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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North Boulder Little League faces uncertainty as county moves to sell Iris Fields
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North Boulder Little League faces uncertainty as county moves to sell Iris Fields

By Amber Carlson | Boulder Reporting Lab The fate of North Boulder’s popular Iris baseball fields is in question after Boulder County officials announced plans to sell the North Broadway Complex, the 17.5-acre site that includes the ball fields and county office buildings. For nearly 70 years, the Iris Fields at 1333 Iris Ave. have been a staple of North Boulder’s community, hosting North Boulder Little League games for kids ages 5 to 12. Generations of Boulderites have spent spring and summer seasons playing ball and making memories. But with the county planning to move its offices to a new location, families worry the sale could mean losing a treasured community space.  READ THE FULL STORY AT BOULDER REPORTING LAB
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Boulder official facing complaint for allegedly blocking residents on Instagram, from book club
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Boulder official facing complaint for allegedly blocking residents on Instagram, from book club

By John Herrick | Boulder Reporting Lab Two Boulder residents have filed a code of conduct complaint against Councilmember Taishya Adams, alleging she blocked one of them on Instagram and barred the other from a book club she organized as a public official. The complaint, filed on Feb. 5, alleges Adams discriminated against a Jewish resident after she blocked him from her Instagram account, which she uses to communicate her work on the Boulder City Council. It also alleges she restricted access to a book group that was “publicly sponsored in her capacity as a councilwoman,” misused her personal Instagram account for city business, and then blocked several other Jewish residents not named in the complaint.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE BOULDER REPORTING LAB
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Boulder residents launch ballot measure petition to (re)close West Pearl Street to cars
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Boulder residents launch ballot measure petition to (re)close West Pearl Street to cars

By John Herrick | Boulder Reporting Lab A group of Boulder residents has started collecting signatures for a 2025 ballot measure that would close two blocks of West Pearl Street to most vehicles, reviving a pandemic-era street closure that made space for outdoor dining. The move is expected to reignite debate over how to balance efforts to create pedestrian-friendly spaces with business interests, pitting transportation advocates against some business owners who want to keep that section of Pearl Street open to cars and parking. Opponents argue that lost parking during the previous closure hurt business.  The ballot measure calls for creating a “community space” on Pearl Street between 9th and 11th Streets by closing it to private vehicular traffic. Commercial and emergency v...
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