Seattle man's arrest tied to international investigation

Seattle Times ^ | 25 July '02 | Mike Carter and David Heath

[aristeides]

Navy Times article here: AL QAIDA IN THE RANKS? Noncitizen (Naval) reservist suspected of ties to terrorist network.

[rubbertramp]

Isn't Marion Alabama near Maxwell AFB in Montgomery?

Islam Training Camp in Alabama

[thinden]

following excerpt taken from rubbertramp's link to the ABC piece: (prolly deserves a thread of it's own?):

Web Site Provides Terror Link

The suspected terror ties of the Alabama camp were unknown until after Sept. 11, when officials in London arrested an accused al Qaeda supporter, Zain-ul-Albidin

He is charged with operation of a Web site, under the name of Sakina Security, allegedly recruiting Muslims for an Islamic jihad or holy war. He is now on trial in London.

The site, since taken down by British authorities, described what seemed to be the Alabama camp, including live-fire exercises at a state-of-the-art shooting range in the United States — something that would not be legal in Britain.

"In the United States, it is not illegal for anyone to receive military training, high-grade military training," said Rohan Gunaratna, author of Inside Al Qaeda.

The actual owners of camp, who are also British, say it was used primarily to train law enforcement personnel. Officials consider them unwitting accomplices. The camp owners declined to talk to ABCNEWS.

question: wasn't atta reported to have received military training at ft. maxwell? wasn't he seen socially in the area? maybe he attended this "camp"?

[Wallaby]

Shared Names for Hijackers
(By The New York Times), WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Three of the men identified as the hijackers in the attacks on Tuesday have the same names as alumni of American military schools, the authorities said today. The men were identified as Mohamed Atta, Abdulaziz al-Omari and Saeed al-Ghamdi.
The Defense Department said Mr. Atta had gone to the International Officers School at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama; Mr. al-Omari to the Aerospace Medical School at Brooks Air Force Base in Texas; and Mr. al-Ghamdi to the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio in Monterey, Calif.

[rubbertramp]

Notice how the article says this camp was in Marion. I guess the writer doesn't want you to know how close it is to an Air College base. You have to do the geography.

[honway]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/722374/posts?q=1&&page=1

The Terrorist Motel: The I-40 Connection between Moussaoui and Atta

For more information on the Moussaoui's Oklahoma African-American roommate,Majahid Abdulquaadir Menepta , please see replies 35,36,37,40, and 45 in the link above.

[Nita Nupress]

Thanks, honway.