2 Men Held in Links to Terror (Allahu akhbar, kufr!)

The Los Angeles Times ^ | June 8, 2005 | Greg Krikorian and Rone Tempest

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FBI arrests father and son shortly after the younger man returns from overseas, where he allegedly trained at an Al Qaeda camp.

Lodi, CA – FBI agents have arrested a man and his father after the son allegedly admitted attending Al Qaeda training camps in Pakistan that taught participants "how to kill Americans," federal authorities said Tuesday.

In a case that was still unfolding, officials confirmed that Hamid Hayat, 23, and his father, Umer, 47, were taken into custody Sunday. Authorities said late Tuesday that they were still trying to determine whether the arrests represented the discovery of a small network of Al Qaeda sympathizers operating in the agricultural town of Lodi, 40 miles south of Sacramento.

The arrests came days after the younger man was discovered aboard a San Francisco-bound plane even though his name appeared on a "No Fly" list of suspected extremists.

At the time, according to an FBI affidavit, Hayat was returning to the U.S. after having visited Pakistan.

According to the affidavit, he told agents that after attending Al Qaeda training camps in Pakistan in 2003 and 2004, he was given his pick of where to carry out his terrorist mission.

"Hamid advised that he specifically requested to come to the United States to carry out his jihadi mission," the affidavit says. "Potential targets for attack would include hospitals and large food stores."

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[RightWhale]

The radio news service included an interview with a neighbor who questioned why the gov't was bothering peaceable people.

[TADSLOS]

According to the affidavit, he told agents that after attending Al Qaeda training camps in Pakistan in 2003 and 2004, he was given his pick of where to carry out his terrorist mission. Yep, our security to/from our shores is tighter than ever since 2001...

[TADSLOS]

According to the affidavit, he told agents that after attending Al Qaeda training camps in Pakistan in 2003 and 2004, he was given his pick of where to carry out his terrorist mission.

Yep, our security to/from our shores is tighter than ever since 2001...

[Publius6961]

Well, contrary with the prevailing opinion of the ignorant, the only response I expect from this community (not Lodi, the Pakis among them) is to play the victim card.
They are too close for comfort, and I hope that the authorities dig deep and long, and find all the tentacles of this terrorist network.

Ignore the whiners.

[GVnana]

I was wondering when someone was finally going to post this!

his name appeared on a "No Fly" list of suspected extremists

Gotta wonder where that info came from, but I'm glad we've got it.

[quidnunc]

GVgirl wrote: I was wondering when someone was finally going to post this!

Why didn't you post it?

[The_Media_never_lie]

The radio news service included an interview with a neighbor who questioned why the gov't was bothering peaceable people.

Never could figure the gov't. on this. That al Quaeda camp was merely the Arab version of the boy scouts.

[GVnana]

Why didn't you post it?

Well, because I didn't want to subscribe to the Sacramento newspaper website -- which I figured would be the best source since most folks would have heard about the case from TV by the time I did. Am I excused?

[quidnunc]

GVgirl wrote: (Why didn't you post it?) Well, because I didn't want to subscribe to the Sacramento newspaper website -- which I figured would be the best source since most folks would have heard about the case from TV by the time I did. Am I excused?

This is from the LA Times, not the SacBee.

[milestogo]

Well, because I didn't want to subscribe to the Sacramento newspaper website

You don't need to subscribe. You can find a user-id/password on this thread.

[GVnana]

I saw that. Am I excused?