黎巴嫩驻底特律总领事被美方列为不受欢迎人物并已离境：国务院称出于国家安全关切
美国密歇根州底特律市 — 美国国务院已将黎巴嫩驻底特律总领事Ibrahim Charara列为不受欢迎人物。底特律自由新闻报11月10日报道，国务院发言人在给该报的声明中称此举出于国家安全关切，并表示，任何在美国庆祝或为恐怖袭击辩护的人都不应留在美国。
离境经过
报道援引迪尔伯恩阿拉伯裔美国人领袖、阿拉伯裔美国人新闻出版人Osama Siblani的说法称，Charara任总领事约一年。他于11月6日经黎巴嫩大使馆被告知已被宣布为不受欢迎人物，须在两天内离开美国，并于11月8日周日从底特律都会机场乘机离开。
报道称，引发此事的是一组2021年10月23日发布于社交平台的帖文，发帖账号与Charara同名并使用其照片，内容对1983年贝鲁特美国海军陆战队军营袭击表示支持。那次袭击造成241名美国人死亡。报道同时写明，该报无法独立核实该账号是否确为Charara本人所有。
国务院表态与社区反应
国务院发言人表示，恐怖分子在1983年与1984年贝鲁特美国大使馆建筑群爆炸中杀害了美国人与美方同事，美方不会忘记他们。发言人还表示，国务院持续审查获认可驻美外国使团成员的相关信息，包括任何国家安全关切，并依据美国法律与国际义务采取适当行动。
报道称，韦恩县阿拉伯裔美国人倡导者对强制移除提出批评。Siblani质疑Charara是否构成国家安全威胁，并指出他此前已经过审查程序获准在美工作。报道称，黎巴嫩驻底特律总领事馆与黎巴嫩驻华盛顿大使馆未回应置评请求，Charara本人无法联系置评。目前尚不清楚黎巴嫩大使馆将任命何人接替Charara。
（来源：美国国务院）
Lebanon’s Consul in Detroit Designated Persona Non Grata and Has Left the United States: State Department Cites National Security Concerns
Detroit, Michigan — The US State Department has designated Ibrahim Charara, Lebanon consul general in Detroit, as persona non grata. In a statement to the Detroit Free Press, reported on November 10, a State Department spokesman cited national security concerns and said anyone in the United States who celebrates or justifies terrorist attacks has no place in the country.
Departure
According to Osama Siblani, a longtime Arab American leader in Dearborn who publishes the Arab American News, Charara had been consul in Detroit for about a year. He was informed on November 6 through the Lebanese Embassy that he had two days to leave the country, and he left the United States on a flight from Detroit Metro Airport on Sunday, November 8, Siblani said.
Reporting said the matter followed social media posts dated October 23, 2021, from an account bearing the same name and a photo of Charara, expressing support for the 1983 attack on the US Marine barracks in Beirut, which killed 241 Americans. The Free Press said it could not independently verify whether that account belongs to Charara.
State Department statement and community response
The spokesman said terrorists murdered Americans and US colleagues in the bombings of the US Embassy compounds in Beirut in 1983 and 1984, and that the United States will never forget them. The spokesman added that the Department continuously reviews information about foreign mission members accredited to the United States, including any national security concerns, and takes appropriate action consistent with US law and international obligations.
Arab American advocates in Wayne County criticized the removal, reporting said. Siblani questioned whether Charara was a national security threat, noting he had been approved to work in the United States after a vetting process. The Consulate General of Lebanon in Detroit and the Lebanese Embassy in Washington did not return messages seeking comment, and Charara could not be reached for comment, reporting said. It is unclear who the embassy may appoint to replace him.
(Source: U.S. Department of State)
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