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A couple whose home was wrongly identified on national television as belonging to an Islamic radical has faced harassment, and police are providing special protection.After the report ran on Fox News on Aug. 7, people have shouted profanities at Randy and Ronnell Vorick and spray-painted terrorist spelling it terrist on their property. I m scared to go to work and leave my kids home. I call them every 30 minutes to make sure they re OK, Randy Vorick said.John Loftus, a former federal prosecutor who appears on the Fox News segment Inside Scoop with John Loftus, gave out the house address during the broadcast.He said the home belonged to Iyad Hilal, whose group, L
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