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2000 early : ( PAKISTAN : AUSTRALIAN DAVID HICKS JOINS LASHKAR-E-TAYYIBA ) While back in Australia, Hicks converted from Christianity to Islam and on, or about, November 1999, he travelled to Pakistan where, in early 2000, he joined the "terrorist organisation" known as Lashkar e Tayyiba (LET), also known as Army of the Righteous.
LET is accused of establishing camps, guest houses and schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan "for the purpose of training and supporting violent attacks against property" and Indian military personnel and civilians and other countries.
Hicks allegedly trained for two months at LET's Mosqua Aqsa camp in Pakistan. His training allegedly included "weapons familiarisation and firing, map reading and land navigation, and troop movements".
Then Hicks and LET associates travelled to a border region between Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and Indian-controlled Kashmir.There he "engaged in hostile action against Indian forces". His performance led to a trip to Afghanistan and al-Qaeda training camps, the US alleged. -------From Adelaide to al-Qaeda," Sydney Morning Herald ^ | June 11, 2004 | AAP

2000 : (AUSTRALIAN KLA TERRORIST DAVID HICKS JOINS LeT, PART OF BIN LADEN'S FRONT AGAINST JEWS & CRUSADERS [AL QAEDA]) Later that year he allegedly went to Pakistan, where the next year [2000] he joined Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, known for its attacks on India, Jews and Americans. It was via LET that he allegedly went to an al-Qa'ida training camp, where he met Osama bin Laden and helped translate training manuals from Arabic to English. ------Trial and record of the accused Hicks (Australian held at Guantanamo Bay) The Australian ^ | 6th August 2005 | David Nason and others

2000 early : (PAINTBALL CELL TRAINS IN MD, MO, DC--- see LeT, ROYER, ALI AL TIMIMI) In preparation for its jihad, the group trained from early 2000 through last May in the Maryland and Virginia suburbs of Washington and in St. Louis, Mo., the indictment said. It also trained in small-unit military tactics near Fredericksburg, Va., using AK-47 assault rifles and other firearms, Fox News reported. In the group's combat simulations in northern Virginia, it also used toys to fire paintballs, according to the Washington Post. - "GLOBAL JIHAD : Americans charged in 'holy-war' plot : Accused of conspiring to train on U.S. soil for battle overseas," WorldNetDaily.com , June 27, 2003

2000 : (PAINTBALL CELL MEMBER RANDALL ROYER TRAVELS TO PAKISTAN, WORKS ON BEHALF OF LASHKAR-E-TAIBA-- see VA JIHAD) Royer went to Pakistan and helped write press releases and set up a worldwide e-mail list for Lashakar-I-Taiba in 2000. He [later] said he gave al-Hamdi and Kwon a contact number for Lashkar-I-Taiba leaders when they traveled to Pakistan.- "12 Washington-area Muslims investigated for alleged terrorist ties," By Karen Branch-Brioso, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Thu, Jun. 12, 2003