Son of Family Linked to Terror Is Caught ~ son of an accused al-Qaida financier in Canada

Las Vegas Sun ^ | December 18, 2005 | ROB GILLIES ASSOCIATED PRESS

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

TORONTO (AP) - The eldest son of an accused al-Qaida financier was arrested in his family's apartment on a U.S. warrant, weeks after returning to Canada from more than a year of detention in Pakistan, officials said Sunday.

Abdullah Khadr, 24, faces extradition to the United States on charges of procuring weapons for the al-Qaida terror network for use against U.S. forces, said the U.S. Attorney's office in Boston, where the charges were filed. He faces a maximum of life imprisonment.

Khadr was arrested Saturday and is jailed in Toronto. A bail hearing is scheduled for Monday.

He allegedly bought explosives, rocket propelled grenades, mortar rounds and other munitions for al-Qaida at the request of his father, Ahmed Said Khadr, an Egyptian-born Canadian who was killed in a 2003 battle with Pakistani forces.

Khadr had been held in Pakistan since Oct. 12, 2004, when Pakistani intelligence officers picked him up in a car in Islamabad. He returned to Canada several weeks ago.

His lawyer, Dennis Edney, accused the U.S. of participating in the "abuse of Mr. Khadr for the past 18 months in a Pakistani prison." He said the United States had pressed Khadr for "evidence against persons of interest to the U.S., people whom he didn't know."

Edney said Khadr's mother, Maha Elsamnah, was also briefly detained when she became incensed at seeing her son taken away. She was not charged.

The elder Khadr was killed in 2003 when a Pakistani Cobra helicopter shelled the house where he was staying with senior al-Qaida operatives, according to Pakistani officials.

All three of Khadr's brothers have been detained at various times and linked to terrorism.

One brother, 19-year-old Omar Khadr, is the only Canadian detainee at the U.S. camp for terror suspects in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He faces trial on charges of murder and attempted murder for allegedly throwing a grenade that killed a U.S. army medic.

The U.S. attorney in Boston said Abdullah Khadr received military training at a camp in Afghanistan for four months in the mid-1990s.

Khadr denies any involvement with al-Qaida. He has acknowledged attending a training camp in Afghanistan for two weeks when he was 13 but said it had nothing to do with terrorism.

His brother, Abdurahman Khadr, however, said in a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. documentary that his father and some of his brothers had fought for al-Qaida and even stayed with the terror network's leader, Osama bin Laden.

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said Sunday the Khadr family was being afforded the same rights as all Canadian citizens.

"They have Canadian citizenship, and we don't have two classes of citizens," he said. "But the fact is the arrest warrants have been issued and the legal process will now take place."

A 16-year-old Khadr brother, Karim, lives in Toronto and was paralyzed after being shot in the battle that killed his father.

Canadian police have also investigated their 25-year-old sister, Zaynab Khadr. Her laptop, dozens of DVDs, cassettes and diaries were seized at Toronto's Pearson International Airport as she arrived from Pakistan in February.

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Update:

Suspected Terrorist Admits Weapons Buy

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Today: December 19, 2005 at 10:10:33 PST

Suspected Terrorist Admits Weapons Buy

ASSOCIATED PRESS

TORONTO (AP) - A man accused of purchasing weapons for al-Qaida confessed that he bought the firearms for use against U.S. forces in Afghanistan, according to documents obtained Monday by The Associated Press.

In an affidavit submitted to the Superior Court of Justice, Abdullah Khadr admitted having ties to senior al-Qaida members, purchasing guns and rocket launchers, and participating in a plot to assassinate a Pakistani government official, said Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Konrad Shourie.

[Fedora]

Ping.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

It's a family enterprise:

Mounties uncover Al Qaeda cache

[JoeSixPack1]

His lawyer, Dennis Edney, accused the U.S. of participating in the "abuse of Mr. Khadr for the past 18 months in a Pakistani prison."

Cool! :-)

[fanfan]

Canada Ping!

Please FReepmail me to get on or off this Canada ping list.

[Marine_Uncle]

"Khadr, 25, said in an interview yesterday that anything found on the laptop, except personal pictures and a few "cartoons" that she downloaded, are not hers. She says she bought her laptop second-hand about seven months before coming to Canada. The audiocassettes, described in court documents as providing "significant information regarding `after-battle action reports' of Al Qaeda and Taliban insurgents" involved in attacking coalition forces in Afghanistan, were found among her father's possessions after he was killed in 2003, Khadr said."
Innocent until proven guilty. But it sure looks like she had more then just a laptop she supposedly purchased and used to store pictures and cartoons. As for her brother, exactly what was he doing in a training camp at thirteen if it was not al-Qaeda terrorist related. Their excuses are so transparent.

[proud_yank]

His lawyer, Dennis Edney, accused the U.S. of participating in the "abuse of Mr. Khadr for the past 18 months in a Pakistani prison."

LOL So he is now heading for round 2??? Excellent news.

It will never cease to amaze me, the great lengths that the left will go to in order to defend those who want to kill them and destroy civilization. Oh wait, sounds just like their own agenda!

[Safetgiver]

A 16-year-old Khadr brother, Karim, lives in Toronto and was paralyzed after being shot in the battle that killed his father. ?????WTF?

[JoeSixPack1]

You notice no reference to, or of, the Pakistan prison, except for the fact that the US "participated".


I'm just hoping our boys were on him like stink on poop!

Let's roll! :-)

[TruthNtegrity]

Ping!

[penelopesire]

Wonder how many 'associate terrorists' we have our fingers on in the US now..THANKS TO PRESIDENT'S BUSH's NSA WIRETAP ORDER!! GO PRESIDENT BUSH!!

[VOA]

Thread from yesterday on the arrest...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1542776/posts

More information on the fellow just arrested:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/khadr/interviews/abdullah.html

And here's the website for the PBS Frontline episode on his brother
(if I understand the family tree correctly):
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/khadr/

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Great piece on the NSA surveillance and its legality:

Unwarranted Outrage (The Times blew our cover)

[Fedora]

Thanks!

[penelopesire]

Thanks to the ping to this article. I just watched Peach use it to great affect in another thread...lol

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the ping. Hopefully this family of Jihadists's gene pool will end soon.

[KateatRFM]

Canada thoughtfully provided his evil family with new passports, free transportation to Canada, free food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and a show on CBC where they praised Osama, vilified Canada and where Mama urged her children to become "martyrs" and kill Canadian Jews.

Following through once again the Canadian foreign policy of "Will this piss off the Americans?"

[pointsal]

bad gene pool

[piasa]

Thanks