Posted on 06/05/2010 9:33:58 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
NEWARK — The FBI has arrested two New Jersey men in a shadowy terrorism plot tied to a radical Islamic group based in Somalia, both apprehended as they were preparing to board separate flights from JFK International Airport earlier this evening.
Both individuals were charged with conspiring to commit an act of international terrorism through a group tied to Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda network, according to officials familiar with the details of the arrests. The sources declined to be identified because they were not authorized to discuss the case publicly.
The agencies involved in the arrests also declined to talk about the case.
Jose Lozano, a spokesman for the state Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, said only: "Two individuals were arrested at JFK in connection with an ongoing investigation. At this time, we can provide no further details because the investigation is ongoing. The arrests do not relate to an immediate threat."
The arrests were the culmination of Operation Arabian Knight, officials said. Details remain sketchy, but authorities said the suspects have been under surveillance for some time and were being shadowed by an undercover New York City cop who managed to infiltrate their circle of friends and keep tabs as they bought air tickets and prepared to travel overseas.
The two were identified as Mohamed Hamoud Alessa, 20, of North Bergen, and Carlos Eduardo Almonte, 26, of Elmwood Park, who were both apprehended before they could board separate flights to Egypt. The arrests were made by teams of state and federal law-enforcement agents who have been investigating the pair since October 2006. Neither man is married. Both are believed to be American citizens.
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Darn Amish strikes again. When will they ever learn/sarc
torture their asses until they spill all they know to save American lives.....then shred their muslim cans into an appropriate ‘bag’ and then dump ‘em far out in the Atlantic .....just the way it was in the old days. freakin’ savages do not rate any better....
Terror ping.
I think its time that some sort of national ID or registry of who is a American citizen be instituted. I hate the idea of a national or federal index of Americans but I don't see any way around it. And the anchor-baby loop hole in the constitution needs to remedied.
Gee I can imagine the shock on Big Sis’ (Janet NappyLesbiano) face.
Disagree about the national ID. Drivers licenses are fine. They will be turned into internal passports that feds will use to restrict travel.
Agree about the anchor baby thing. No other country grants citizenship because you plop out on their soil. We didn’t use to either, we must get back to that again.
Try them for treason and within 30 days after conviction, hang them in public.
That’ll cut way down on this sort of thing.
Hope....
Change.....
............Man made disasters, not a global war on terror....
Why don't I feel better?
I just saw it on Fox. You’re in NY? Going to ground zero tomorrow?
OOPS. I got confused. You’re not in NY. Sorry.
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