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The American path to jihad
a times ^ | Aug 10, 2007 | By Chris Heffelfinger

Posted on 08/09/2007 8:01:33 PM PDT by Flavius

On July 26, a former Washington cab driver and resident of Gwynn Oak, Maryland, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for providing material support to a terrorist group.

Ohio-born Mahmud Faruq Brent, 32, admitted to attending training camps run by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT, Army of the Pure) in 2002, a Pakistan-based jihadist group established during the 1980s campaign against the Soviets in Afghanistan.

After training at various locations in Pakistan, Brent returned to

the United States, residing in Baltimore when he was arrested in August 2005. Brent told Tarik Shah - who pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to al-Qaeda - that he had been up in the mountains training with the mujahideen. [1]

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As disturbing as these cases are individually, collectively they demonstrate an even more troubling trend of radicalized American Muslims - bound by Salafi ideology - receiving training overseas and returning to the United States for potential future operations.

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1 posted on 08/09/2007 8:01:39 PM PDT by Flavius
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To: Flavius

Outstanding, informative, educational article by Chris Heffelfinger. Thanks for posting.


2 posted on 08/09/2007 8:10:42 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Flavius

Only one of millions sitting quietly in this country waiting for their time to strike a blow for “Allah”(Satan) and his pedophile, murdering, thieving prophet.(may he burn in hell forever)


3 posted on 08/09/2007 8:38:45 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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