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Front line in the war against terror …

Today, according to the AP, Cat Stevens was “denied admission to the United States on national security grounds.”

When Homeland Security officials found that Stevens — who now goes by the name Yusuf Islam — was flying on a plane from London to Washington, DC they diverted the plane to Bangor, Maine.

He was expelled from the US after a brief interview.

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