Venezuelan anti-Iraq War protestor uninjured in California air base crash

<a href=www.vheadline.com>Venezuela's Electronic News Posted: Thursday, April 03, 2003 By: David Coleman

 26-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen Eid Elwirelwir has been arrested uninjured after smashing his car through a wire barrier at the USAF Base in March, Riverside County ... 70 miles east of Los Angeles.

Police say Muslim Elwirelwir made anti-American statements as they charged him with damaging US government property.  Marine Corps sentries had had to jump for their lives as the Venezuelan gunned his car through the wire barrier ending up enmeshed in a chain-link fence.

In a statement, FBI officials say Elwirelwir had "expressed numerous anti-American sentiments and said he believed he had been oppressed by the United States because he is Muslim."

A  joint FBI terrorism task force raided Elwirelwir's home after the arrest and he remains in Federal custody pending a further court appearance.