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Posted on 12/01/2006 8:36:14 PM PST by nwctwx
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"Intelligence Corps of the Islamic Army in Iraq Announces the Killing of Abu Deraa, an al-Mahdi Army Commander Referred Who Has been Reffered to as the 'Shi’ite Zarqawi'"
By SITE Institute
December 1, 2006
HEY CRABBIE!!!!
Great to see you here.
Christmas is coming!
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Thank you!
Thanks. Outstanding! BTTT!
Thank you PGalt.
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http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases/articles/061130buffalo1.htm
November 30, 2006
Unlicensed money transmitters sentenced for sending millions of dollars to Yemen
BUFFALO, NY - United States Attorney Terrance P. Flynn and Peter J. Smith, special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Office of Investigations in Buffalo announced that two individuals convicted of illegally transmitting money to Yemen received lengthy prison sentences. The money transmitting business was illegal because it was not licensed under New York State law and unregistered under federal law. U.S. District Judge William Skretny sentenced the three Lackawanna men Thursday.
Mohamed Albanna was sentenced to five years imprisonment and three years supervised release.
Ali A. Albanna received a sentence of 56 months imprisonment and two years supervised release.
Ali Taher Elbaneh received was given one-year probation, with six months home detention.
Smith said, "Money transmittal businesses that operate underground and outside the law pose significant homeland security threats. As we have seen in the past, these types of businesses can be and have been exploited by criminal organizations and even terrorist groups to move funds virtually anywhere in the world with no questions asked. Closing down this vulnerability is a priority for ICE."
Judge Skretny also signed orders directing Mohamed Albanna to forfeit $100,000, Ali A. Albanna to forfeit $50,000 and Ali Taher Elbaneh to forfeit $50,000. Assistant United States Attorney Timothy C. Lynch said the defendants pled guilty this June 23 to operating an illegal money transmitting business from November 1, 2001, until December 17, 2002.
Flynn said the maximum penalty faced by each defendant was five years imprisonment, but that, in accordance with the written plea agreements filed June 23, Mohamed Albanna agreed to a sentence of five years, Ali A. Albanna agreed to a sentence of at least 51 months, and that there was no sentencing agreement with respect to Ali Taher Elbaneh.
Flynn said the illegal money transmitting business was operated principally by Mohamed Albanna and Ali A. Albanna from the premises of Queen City Cigarettes and Candy, a wholesale distribution business located at 1282 Clinton Street in Buffalo, New York.
At the sentencing Assistant United States Attorney Timothy Lynch said the money transmitting business operated by the defendants transmitted millions of dollars from the Queen City business in Buffalo to Yemen, and received transmissions from Yemen in the years 2001 and 2002. Lynch said Ali Taher Elbaneh assisted Mohamed Albanna and Ali A. Albanna in the operation of the business.
Mr. Lynch also pointed out that Ali A. Albanna personally handled a $1,500 transfer from Yahya Goba in Western New York to Kamal Derwish in Yemen, which took place after Mr. Goba was being investigated for attending a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan.
Responding to comments made on behalf of Mohamed Albanna, Lynch told the court Albanna knew about federal registration requirements, and also taught his customers about how to structure transactions to avoid reporting requirements for money transfers of more than $10,000. The prosecutor noted there were large monetary transfers that law enforcement would have investigated if they had not been split into smaller parts. Also, Lynch told Judge Skretny that the defendants money transmitting business grew from about $200,000 in 1999 to $3 million in 2002. For nearly all of 2002, Mr. Lynch said, Mohamed Albanna knew about the licensing requirement.
U.S. Attorney Flynn noted that on a specific occasion in September 2002, the defendants illegal money transmitting business conducted an $11,000 cash transmission from Yemen to Buffalo, and failed to report that transmission, as required for transactions of more than $10,000. Mr. Flynn said cash transactions must be reported to the IRS if the amount of the transaction is more than $10,000.
Flynn also noted that Ali A. Albanna admitted in his plea agreement that in March of 2002, he handled the money transfer from Yahya Goba in the Western District of New York, to Kamal Derwish in Yemen, but that, instead of identifying the sender as Yahya Goba and the recipient as Kamal Derwish, Ali A. Albanna entered the name of a Goba relative as the sender, and the name Abdulwali Kushasha as the recipient in Queen City money transmission ledgers. Flynn said Kushasha has been charged in this case as a co-conspirator, but has not been arrested and remains a fugitive.
Flynn said this case also involved over $300,000 in forfeitures and that, prior to the guilty pleas, a total of $179,736 was forfeited by the government. Flynn said that about $53,000 of that total was cash found in a safe at Queen City during the execution of a search warrant by federal agents on December 17, 2002, and that the remaining $126,000 was seized from Queen City=s bank account that was used to facilitate the illegal money transmitting business. Mohamed Albanna also has agreed to forfeit an additional $100,000; Ali A. Albanna an additional $50,000, and Ali Taher Elbaneh an additional $10,000.
Judge Skretny permitted Mohamed Albanna and Ali A. Albanna to surrender voluntarily to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to commence serve of their prison sentences.
Today's sentences were the result of an investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Internal Revenue Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the United States Secret Service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
-- ICE --
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was established in March 2003 as the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security. ICE is comprised of four integrated divisions that form a 21st century law enforcement agency with broad responsibilities for a number of key homeland security priorities.
Snip: "I'm telling clients, 'If you can make it here, that's your best bet,' " says Chantal Desloges, an immigration lawyer who handles many Iraqi cases. "I don't want to hear about how you get here, but if you do, your chances of getting in are virtually 100 per cent," she said.
FBI agent describes group's jihad plot
Snip: McKinley, testifying during a detention hearing for 19-year-old Syed Maaz Shah, described how the group conducted paramilitary training, fired high-powered guns such as AR-15s, and referred to themselves as mujahedeen, or Muslims involved in a fight or struggle. The group included two Houston-area men who were arrested and charged earlier this week with conspiracy to aid the Taliban.
Airplane Imam teaching jihad in prison?
Imams execute successful jihad plan in US airport
Snip: The warriors of Islam have discovered a far more effective weapon than a sword, an RPG, or a broadcast beheading. It's the political correct movement of the West, which will prove to be our ultimate undoing. Grabbing our ankles in the name of tolerance and diversity has sealed our fate, which the Muslims understand entirely. This incident aboard the US Air flight was a battle front in a war on the West, and the mission was accomplished. It was a carefully planned operation which was executed perfectly, and is now achieving the desired result. Not every battle of Jihad includes a bomb or a sword.
Interesting assortment of links MamaDearest.
Thank you.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1747650/posts?page=19#19
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Thanks to fanfan for the ping to this Richard Reid thread:
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OPINION: Richard Reid should be very thankful that he is in a nice
prison cell.
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IranMania ^ | 02DEC06 | IranMania
Posted on 12/02/2006 6:12:38 PM PST by familyop
LONDON, December 2 (IranMania)
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/014276.php
December 02, 2006
Jihadists bomb music stores in Gaza
Music is forbidden in Islamic law, although this law is often ignored. Muslim hardliners don't ignore it, and they don't want you to, either. "Islamists Bomb Music Stores in Gaza," from Middle East News Line, with thanks to Twostellas:
GAZA CITY [MENL] -- An Al Qaida-aligned cell has declared war on music and the Internet in the Palestinian Authority.
The group, entitled "Swords of Islam," has claimed responsibility for attacking stores that offer music and Internet. About a dozen such stores have been bombed in the Gaza Strip.
"The shops were attacked, because they occupy the minds of an entire generation of youth, who instead of spending their time in holy war and worship, serve the interests of the Jews and the Crusaders," the group said in a statement on Nov. 29.
Palestinian sources said the stores were struck by rocket-propelled grenades fired by masked attackers. They said PA police did not make any arrests.
Posted by Robert at December 2, 2006 03:33 PM
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Posted on 12/02/2006 1:31:05 PM PST by Salem
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"Thieves Steal Children's Christmas Presents, Trash Nativity Scene"
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Posted on 12/02/2006 2:11:13 PM PST by Cagey
Thank YOU for the excellent links regarding the imams. Noting news stories today indicate Muslims want prayer rooms at multiple airports. One news commentator suggested they rent motel rooms near the airport for just that purpose. This would be a very bad precedent to begin since there are many other religions that could (and should) demand exactly the same thing and be just as entitled as this group feels they are.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1747324/posts?page=53#53
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Dec. 2, 2006 22:04 | Updated Dec. 2, 2006 22:37
"Gaza women warned of immodesty"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A hitherto unknown group calling itself the Just Swords of Islam issued a warning to Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip over the weekend that they must wear the hijab or face being targeted by the group's members.
In pamphlets distributed in various parts of the Gaza Strip, the group also claimed responsibility for attacks on 12 Internet cafes over the past few days.
The warning was directed primarily against female students in a number of universities and colleges who do not cover their heads in line with Islamic tradition.
The group said its followers last week threw acid at the face of a young woman who was dressed "immodestly" in the center of Gaza City. They also destroyed a car belonging to a young man who was playing his radio tape too loudly.
Addressing female students, the group said: "We will have no mercy on any woman who violates the traditions of Islam and who also hang out in Internet cafes."
According to the group, its members used rocket-propelled grenades to attack 12 Internet cafes and a number of music shops in different parts of the Gaza Strip."
I agree.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1747324/posts?page=34#34
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Adding to post no. 34:
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=81&story_id=34774
"Four police arrested 'for trafficking explosives'"
1 December 2006
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "MADRID — Six people, including four police officers, were arrested on Friday for allegedly trafficking explosives."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The arrests follows a series of reports in the Spanish daily El Mundo which has claimed police have been also involved in drug dealing and the murder of a career criminal.
The newspaper also said the explosives involved were Goma 2 Eco – the same type as was used in the Madrid computer train bombing in which 191 people died."
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