Posted on 09/05/2003 7:24:46 AM PDT by MikeJ
Breaking - no details yet
http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/terrorismsi4.htm
Don't know if this is new or not.
FBI Seeks Four Men for Terror Questioning
Friday, September 05, 2003
WASHINGTON — The FBI (search) on Friday launched a global search for four men wanted for questioning in an unspecified terror plot against U.S. interests, according to a law enforcement official.
The FBI posted the bulletin on its Web site and circulated it among law enforcement agencies.
None of the four are believed to be in the United States.
The men being sought are Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, 28, a Saudi native with ties to South Florida; Karim El Mejjati, 35, a Moroccan who holds a French passport and last entered the United States between 1997 and 1999; Zubayr Al-Rimi, 29, a Saudi; and Abderraouf Jdey, 38, a Tunisian who may have a Canadian passport.
Officials have previously described El Shukrijumah as a possible Al Qaeda (search) operational planner similar to Mohamed Atta (search), a key organizer of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Details about the other three were not immediately available.
The bulletin comes as the FBI raises concerns that terrorists might try to poison food or water supplies, and senior bureau officials say that Al Qaeda is determined to attack Americans at home even though the organization appears to have a relatively small U.S. presence.
The FBI has not detected any individuals or cells actively planning attacks such as those almost two years ago that killed some 3,000 people in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. Most Al Qaeda operatives in the United States provide logistical support such as travel documents, recruitment and fund raising, said Larry Mefford, the FBI's chief counterterrorism official.
"My view is, it's very small but it does exist," Mefford said of Al Qaeda's U.S. presence. "Our concern continues to be what exists in the United States that we're not aware of."
Separately, the Homeland Security Department is advising federal, state and local security officials to evaluate their security procedures in the run-up to the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, but said current intelligence doesn't warrant an increase in the national threat warning.
The current code yellow alert, which signifies an elevated risk of terrorist attack, is the middle level on the five-color scale.
The Homeland Security advisory issued on Thursday, says, "We remain concerned about al-Qaida's continued efforts to plan multiple attacks against the U.S. and U.S. interests overseas." It adds that they have no specific information on individual targets or dates for any attack.
Recent arrests of senior Al Qaeda members appear to have slowed some of their operational planning, the advisory says.
However, it notes that Al Qaeda operatives are still looking to conduct an attack similar to the Sept. 11 strikes, using hijacked aircraft as missiles.
The FBI's Mefford said Al Qaeda remains America's most dangerous terrorist foe because of the group's tenacity, patience and willingness to use tactics, including weapons of mass destruction, that demonstrate "they have no inhibitions and they have no rules."
The Homeland Security advisory says intelligence indicates operatives may try to hijack flights that fly near, but not into, the United States, so they will not have to pass the increasingly stringent requirements to board a U.S.-bound flight.
It also warns of truck bombs at infrastructure targets, like power plants, petrochemical facilities, transportation hubs, dams and food distribution centers. Lightly protected targets like restaurants, hotels and apartments are also possible targets, it says.
Terrorists could also try unusual approaches to artfully conceal suicide devices, the advisory said. "Male bombers may dress as females in order to discourage scrutiny."
The FBI's latest weekly bulletin to state and local law enforcement agencies cautions terrorists might use two naturally occurring toxins -- nicotine and solanine -- to poison U.S. food or water supplies. Nicotine is found in tobacco plants and solanine in potatoes that are old or have been exposed to sunlight for a long time.
The bulletin, obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, says that terrorist manuals and documents recovered at Al Qaeda sites in Afghanistan contain references to use of both substances as poisons.
The FBI said there are no known uses of either toxin by Al Qaeda or other Islamic extremist groups, and there is no intelligence indicating such an attack is imminent. But the bulletin noted a Michigan man pleaded guilty in May to lacing 250 pounds of ground beef with an insecticide containing nicotine, sickening 92 people, in an attempt to get a supermarket co-worker in trouble.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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None of the four are believed to be in the United States.
The men being sought are Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, 28, a Saudi native with ties to South Florida; Karim El Mejjati, 35, a Moroccan who holds a French passport and last entered the United States between 1997 and 1999; Zubayr Al-Rimi, 29, a Saudi; and Abderraouf Jdey, 38, a Tunisian who may have a Canadian passport.
Officials have previously described El Shukrijumah as a possible Al Qaeda (search) operational planner similar to Mohamed Atta (search), a key organizer of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Details about the other three were not immediately available.
The bulletin comes as the FBI raises concerns that terrorists might try to poison food or water supplies, and senior bureau officials say that Al Qaeda is determined to attack Americans at home even though the organization appears to have a relatively small U.S. presence.
The FBI has not detected any individuals or cells actively planning attacks such as those almost two years ago that killed some 3,000 people in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. Most Al Qaeda operatives in the United States provide logistical support such as travel documents, recruitment and fund raising, said Larry Mefford, the FBI's chief counterterrorism official.
"My view is, it's very small but it does exist," Mefford said of Al Qaeda's U.S. presence. "Our concern continues to be what exists in the United States that we're not aware of."
Separately, the Homeland Security Department is advising federal, state and local security officials to evaluate their security procedures in the run-up to the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, but said current intelligence doesn't warrant an increase in the national threat warning.
The current code yellow alert, which signifies an elevated risk of terrorist attack, is the middle level on the five-color scale.
The Homeland Security advisory issued on Thursday, says, "We remain concerned about al-Qaida's continued efforts to plan multiple attacks against the U.S. and U.S. interests overseas." It adds that they have no specific information on individual targets or dates for any attack.
Recent arrests of senior Al Qaeda members appear to have slowed some of their operational planning, the advisory says.
However, it notes that Al Qaeda operatives are still looking to conduct an attack similar to the Sept. 11 strikes, using hijacked aircraft as missiles.
The FBI's Mefford said Al Qaeda remains America's most dangerous terrorist foe because of the group's tenacity, patience and willingness to use tactics, including weapons of mass destruction, that demonstrate "they have no inhibitions and they have no rules."
The Homeland Security advisory says intelligence indicates operatives may try to hijack flights that fly near, but not into, the United States, so they will not have to pass the increasingly stringent requirements to board a U.S.-bound flight.
It also warns of truck bombs at infrastructure targets, like power plants, petrochemical facilities, transportation hubs, dams and food distribution centers. Lightly protected targets like restaurants, hotels and apartments are also possible targets, it says.
Terrorists could also try unusual approaches to artfully conceal suicide devices, the advisory said. "Male bombers may dress as females in order to discourage scrutiny."
The FBI's latest weekly bulletin to state and local law enforcement agencies cautions terrorists might use two naturally occurring toxins -- nicotine and solanine -- to poison U.S. food or water supplies. Nicotine is found in tobacco plants and solanine in potatoes that are old or have been exposed to sunlight for a long time.
The bulletin, obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, says that terrorist manuals and documents recovered at Al Qaeda sites in Afghanistan contain references to use of both substances as poisons.
The FBI said there are no known uses of either toxin by Al Qaeda or other Islamic extremist groups, and there is no intelligence indicating such an attack is imminent. But the bulletin noted a Michigan man pleaded guilty in May to lacing 250 pounds of ground beef with an insecticide containing nicotine, sickening 92 people, in an attempt to get a supermarket co-worker in trouble.
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By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - A Saudi man being sought by the FBI because he may be planning terrorist attacks has been linked to Jose Padilla, an American citizen charged with plotting to detonate a radiological "dirty bomb" in the United States.
The FBI on Thursday asked law enforcement agencies and the public to be on the lookout for Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, 27, who senior law enforcement officials said has received flight training and possesses a Florida driver's license.
"El Shukrijumah is possibly involved with al-Qaida terrorist activities and, if true, poses a serious threat to U.S. citizens and interests worldwide," the FBI said in a statement.
Officials said El Shukrijumah's organizing capabilities are comparable to those of Mohammed Atta, the suspected organizer of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudis and some, including Atta, received flight training in Florida.
A federal law enforcement official, speaking Friday on condition of anonymity, said authorities were tipped to El Shukrijumah by Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, al-Qaida's chief operational planner who was arrested March 1 in Pakistan.
Information recovered after Mohammed's capture includes references to Padilla and El Shukrijumah, who at one time lived near each other in the Miami area, according to the official.
The FBI previously has said that Mohammed met with Padilla in early 2002. Padilla was arrested last May as an "enemy combatant" and is in federal custody.
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Relatives of El Shukrijumah denied any connection to al-Qaida or terrorism, adding that he was living with his family in Morocco. His father, Gulshair El Shukri, told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that his son did not know how to pilot a plane.
The father, who is the spiritual leader of a mosque in Miramar, Fla., said he had last seen his son in May 2001 and last heard from him about five months ago. The father said five FBI agents visited his home Thursday, asking mainly about his son's friendship with Imran Mandhai, a college student who was sentenced in October to nearly 12 years in prison for conspiring to bomb electrical stations, a National Guard armory, Jewish businesses and Mount Rushmore.
Gulshair El Shukri told The Miami Herald that the agents never asked about Padilla.
Florida motor vehicle records show that El Shukrijumah committed at least five traffic violations between 1996 and 1999.
In California, Highway Patrol Commissioner Dwight Helmick told reporters that police are double-checking tanker trucks hauling combustible substances because El Shukrijumah "has been known to utilize gasoline-type haulers" in the past.
El Shukrijumah is described as about 5-foot-4 and 132 pounds, though he may be heavier. He has black hair, black eyes and a Mediterranean complexion, and may be wearing a beard.
Although born in Saudi Arabia, the FBI said El Shukrijumah carries a passport from Guyana. He also could have passports from Saudi Arabia, Canada or Trinidad.
He has used many aliases, including Adnan G. El Shukri Jumah, Abu Arif, Ja'far Al-Tayer, Jaffar Al-Tayyar, Jafar Tayar and Jaafar Al-Tayyar.
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Heh - it's difficult enough getting the Canadian government to think the first time, and now ya wanna get then to RE-think? As if...
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Zubayr Al-Rimi 
Karim El Mejjati
Adnan G. El Shukrijumah,