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Panama believes al-Qaida member in Latin America


www.chinaview.cn 2004-05-27 10:53:30


PANAMA CITY, May 26 (Xinhuanet) -- The Panamanian government warned Wednesday that Adnan El Shukrijumah of Saudi Arabia, an alleged member of the terror organization al-Qaida, might be in Latin America.

The Panamanian authorities said in a communique that five months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States,El Shukrijumah entered Panama as a tourist. *****The suspect could be organizing possible terrorist attacks from countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region, the communique said.

The Justice Ministry said that the whereabouts of the suspect remained unknown and the country has been searching for this alleged terrorist.

Ramiro Jarvis, chief of the Panamanian National Security Council, said it was necessary to find out what this wanted man was doing when he stayed in Panama.

According to the communique, El Shukrijumah was born on Aug. 4,1975, in Saudi Arabia, has a US residence permit and speaks several languages, including Spanish.

The US Justice Department on Wednesday included El Shukrijumah on a list of people wanted for questioning about possible planned terror attacks.

US officials said El Shukrijumah used to live in South Florida and was believed to be a possible terrorism cell leader or organizer similar to Mohamed Atta, a top planner of the Sept. 11 attacks. Enditem


*****The suspect could be organizing possible terrorist attacks from countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region, the communique said.*****


4,851 posted on 05/29/2004 12:25:27 PM PDT by Mossad1967
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To: Mossad1967

The next front.


4,861 posted on 05/29/2004 1:08:54 PM PDT by milkncookies (BEWARE OF PREGNANT WOMEN DISGUISED AS POLICE WHO SMELL LIKE DYNAMITE!)
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To: Mossad1967

Of course they would, it's so easy to come across the border...why not.

Although they may have designs on the Panama Canal.


4,863 posted on 05/29/2004 1:16:39 PM PDT by WestCoastGal (Better stand tall when they're calling you out ~ Don't bend ,don't break, baby, don't back down ~)
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