Posted on 12/09/2009 2:22:41 PM PST by Cindy
Hat Tip: JIHAD WATCH.org
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/05/us-jihadis-in-pakistani-jail-change-their-story-say-they-werent-waging-jihad-after-all.html
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/15/AR2010051503548.html
“5 Virginia men facing terrorism charges in Pakistan write of ‘noble’ motivation”
By Brigid Schulte
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, May 16, 2010
SNIPPET: “For the first time since they were arrested Dec. 9, the five young Muslim men from the Alexandria area facing life in prison in Pakistan on terrorism charges presented their side of the story Saturday, handwritten on pink paper and delivered to the judge in a closed court inside a high-security prison in the eastern Pakistani city of Sarghoda.
Throughout the prosecution’s case, which concluded Saturday, Pakistani police have maintained that the five secretly and abruptly left their homes, families, college classes and jobs to wage jihad against Americans in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States. Police and court records charge that the five made contact with a known al-Qaeda operative through social-networking Web sites and that they communicated via a shared e-mail account: ramadanhaji99@yahoo.com.”
UPDATE:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/06/24/pakistani-court-sentences-american-years-jail/
(AP)
“Pakistan Jails Five Americans for Terror Plot”
Published June 24, 2010 | Associated Press
SARGODHA, Pakistan —
SNIPPET: “A Pakistani government prosecutor says he has presented evidence in court that shows contacts between five detained Americans with an Al Qaeda linked militant leader.
The men have been identified as Ramy Zamzam of Egyptian descent, Waqar Khan and Umar Farooq of Pakistani descent, and Aman Hassan Yemer and Ahmed Minni of Ethiopian descent.”
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "PAKISTAN RELEASES TOP AL QAEDA-LINKED TERRORIST LEADER" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "Qari Saifullah Akhtar, the leader of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI, or the Movement of Islamic Holy War), was released in early December after being taken into protective custody in August 2010. HUJI is closely linked to al Qaeda and the Taliban. Ilyas Kashmiri, the operational commander for HUJI, also serves as al Qaeda's military commander and is a senior leader on al Qaeda's external operations council. HUJI is also supported by Pakistan's military and the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate." SNIPPET: "Akhtar was placed into custody at the same time that five Americans who were recruited by the HUJI leader were convicted in a Pakistani court of attempting join al Qaeda to carry out attacks for the terror network. The five Americans were recruited by Akhtar via the Internet and traveled to Pakistan in November 2009. They were arrested...") (January 4, 2011)
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