Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit January 8, 2004, No. 02-3764 (Garadah v. Ashcroft)

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Bassam Garadah, seeks review of the June 13, 2002 Order of the *78Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), affirming a final order of deportation issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS” or the “Service”) in Cincinnati, Ohio on August 22, 2001, denying Petitioner’s application for asylum under Immigrations and Naturalization Act (“INA”) § 208 and