Posted on 12/09/2009 2:22:41 PM PST by Cindy
Breaking News: Pakistan Reportedly Detains Five D.C.-Area Muslims on Suspicion of Terror
IPT News December 8, 2009 **Updated December 9, 9:00 a.m. EST
A Pakistani newspaper reports the arrest of five foreign nationals after a raid in a town called Sargodha. The raid took place at the home of a member of the Jaish-e-Muhammad, a Pakistani movement designated as a terrorist group by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2001.
According to the report, "The DPO told that these people had been living in Sargodha since Nov 30 and it was quite a possibility that they were engaged in acts of terrorism." It names the five as Ahmed Abdullah, Waqar Hassan Khan, Eman Hassan, Yasir and Rami Zamzam and describes them as two Yemenis, an Egyptian, a Swede and a U.S.-born Pakistani.
Read more at: http://www.investigativeproject.org/1557/authorities-search-for-five-missing-dc-area
(Excerpt) Read more at investigativeproject.org ...
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1583/mpacs-flawed-prescription-for-fighting-homegrown
“MPAC’s Flawed Prescription for Fighting Homegrown Terror”
IPT News
December 18, 2009
SNIPPET: “Following the news that five Americans had traveled from the United States to Pakistan to attend terrorist training camps, a coalition of representatives from the American-Muslim community has come out denouncing the alleged plotters. From this chorus, groups such as the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) have promised to redouble efforts at combating radicalization and to renew cooperation with law enforcement.”
SNIPPET: “The report was written to provide a “blueprint for how Muslim American communities can be an asset in securing our nation and preserving the rights of all Americans, as defined by a Muslim American perspective.” Despite this laudatory mission statement, a review of the report reveals that MPAC is simply continuing to engage in the same tactics which it has always relied upon—calling for greater cooperation between the American-Muslim community and U.S. law enforcement while undermining U.S. counter-terrorism efforts.”
SNIPPET: “And as for any concerns that informants are ineffective, the evidence simply does not bear that out. In recent years, informants have helped break terrorist plots in New York, North Carolina and New Jersey, just to name a few.
MPAC’s recent report offers the same old critiques of investigative techniques masquerading as a call for more cooperation and new ideas in the fight against homegrown terrorism.”
“SHOW NO REMORSE” - Thanks to a special emailer for pointing to this article.
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“Arrested Americans show no remorse about their terror plans”
PTIMonday, December 21, 2009 14:44 IST
SNIPPET: “Lahore: Five American Muslim youth arrested by Pakistani authorities on suspicion of terror links have shown no remorse about their plans to commit terrorist acts and one has even said they should be hanged so that they could become martyrs, a senior police official said today.”
SNIPPET: “Zamzam, Waqar Hussain Khan, 22, Ahmed Abdullah Minni, 20, Iman Hasan Yemer, 17 and Omar Farooq, 24, were arrested in Sargodha, located 200km from Islamabad, on charges of planning terror attacks in Pakistan and abroad.”
SNIPPET: “On arriving in Pakistan, the youths contacted the militant groups Jamaat-ud-Dawah and Jaish-e-Mohammed but were turned away by both.
Anwar said they were so “desperate to wage holy war” that they decided to form their own group to “sacrifice their lives for Islam”.
“The boys told us that they came to Pakistan after an Al Qaida operative named Saifullah, which is probably a code name, assured them through emails that he would help them in achieving their plans. They got upset when they lost contact with Saifullah after reaching Pakistan and sought help from other militant groups,” he said.
Anwar said a FBI team had returned to the US after interrogating the youths and it was probably investigating “other students or their friends in their hometown of Alexandria in Virginia”.”
Thanks to Fred Nerks on another thread for pointing to this photo lineup:
http://www.dlcache.indiatimes.com/imageserve/01R6bYGaR49Ny/x250.jpg
In this five-combo photo released by Sargodha Police Department on Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, arrested American Muslims, from left, Waqar Hussain, Ramy Zamzam, Umar Farooq, Ahmad Minni, Aman Yemer are seen in Sargodha, Pakistan. Pakistani police say five young American Muslims detained over alleged terrorist links are most likely to be deported.
Big Thanks Fred.
I appreciate it.
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http://www.icsr.info/blog/Internet-Implicated-In-Terrorism-Again
“Internet Implicated In Terrorism (Again)View more articles by Tim Stevens” Filed under: Aaron Weisburd , Technology/Internet, Terrorism
(December 15, 2009)
SNIPPET: “I fail to see why anyone is surprised anymore that the internet is routinely used in the planning or execution of terrorist attacks, or that it is a factor in the passage of individuals from peace to violence. It’s also inevitable that every time it crops up in the context of a new arrest, someone somewhere calls for increased powers for security agencies to monitor the internet. The former is a fact of life; the latter will not change that.
The current debate is about the so-called Sargodha Five, a group of young men detained in Pakistan last week, who travelled from the US to link up with Islamists in the Punjab. The basic story is that back in North Virginia they bonded over YouTube jihadi videos, and that an initial laudatory comment left on one alerted a man called Saifullah to their presence and proclivities. They subsequently set up a dead-letter email drop in order to correspond with Saifullah, who eventually facilitated their passage to Pakistan. Once there, Saifullah had problems passing them off to local al-Qaeda (possibly) activists due to their unproven legitimacy, and they wound up in the hands of local security services instead. Saifullah is assumed to be a form of middleman, possibly freelance, and is now the subject of a manhunt keen to snare one of the ‘mystery men’ thought to be a recruiter for various extremist groups. The men themselves are in a tug-of-war between the FBI and the Pakistani courts.
Aaron Weisburd writes that this is a standard pattern of behaviour, observed many times over the years.”
DAILY MAIL NEWS.com: Sargodha - Detained US citizens' case adjourned" (SNIPPET: "The next hearing of the bail petition of five detained US citizens will be heard in the Anti-terrorism Court on February 16.") (February 8, 2010)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): Sargodha, Pakistan - "U.S. JIHADISTS IN PAKISTAN: "We are not terrorists. We are jihadists, and jihad is not terrorism."" (SNIPPET: "The U.S. is also looking at charging the men -- Umar Farooq, Waqar Khan, Ahmed Minni, Aman Hassan Yemer and Ramy Zamzam...") (January 4, 2010)
DNAINDIA.com (PTI): "ARRESTED AMERICANS SHOW NO REMORSE ABOUT THEIR TERROR PLANS" (SNIPPET: "Lahore: Five American Muslim youth arrested by Pakistani authorities on suspicion of terror links have shown no remorse about their plans to commit terrorist acts and one has even said they should be hanged so that they could become martyrs, a senior police official said today." SNIPPET: "Zamzam, Waqar Hussain Khan, 22, Ahmed Abdullah Minni, 20, Iman Hasan Yemer, 17 and Omar Farooq, 24, were arrested in Sargodha, located 200km from Islamabad, on charges of planning terror attacks in Pakistan and abroad.") (December 21, 2009, 14:44 IST)
SOFIR.org: "THE DC FIVE" (SNIPPET: "Along the way one of them made a friend on YouTube who provided a degree of guidance as they cobbled together a scheme to travel to Pakistan for training and ultimately combat. The YouTube relationship moved to a shared Yahoo email account and messages in the Drafts folder, the latter being a tried and true method for evading detection that actually worked in this case. That one of the guys had family in Pakistan helped, if only by providing them with a bit of reassurance - they would not be entirely strangers in a strange land.") (December 13, 2009)
CITY-JOURNAL.com: "APPLE-PIE JIHAD Homegrown terror takes root." by Judith Miller (SNIPPET: "They are clean-shaven dental students and attendees of community colleges. They study hard, play sports, and open Facebook accounts. Their friends call them "normal Joes." And they’re being arrested in ever-growing numbers, would-be terrorists plotting to kill their fellow Americans and conduct "holy war" at home and abroad. Wednesday's arrest in Pakistan of five Muslim-American men attests to a growing phenomenon: the radicalization of young American Muslims on American soil.") (December 11, 2009)
THE JAWA REPORT - blog: "IMAGES: FIVE AMERICANS IN PAKISTAN FOR JIHAD N.C. Jihad Plot Connection?" -Posted by Rusty (SNIPPET: "Saifullah helped Minni plan the trip for the five would-be jihadist to Pakistan. It is not clear how long this trip has been planned. One has to wonder whether this "Saifullah" may be Daniel Patrick Boyd who also used the name for his online persona?") (December 11, 2009)
ASSOCIATED CONTENT.com - News: "5 MALE STUDENTS FROM VIRGINIA ARRESTED IN PAKISTAN..." by Julia Bodeeb (SNIPPET: "Newsweek also notes that one of the men allegedly attended the same mosque, Dar Al_Hijrah, that Major Nidal Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood murdered, attended when he lived in the Washington, DC area.") (December 9, 2009)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org: "Breaking News - PAKISTAN REPORTEDLY DETAINS FIVE D.C.-AREA MUSLIMS ON SUSPICION OF TERROR" (SNIPPET: "A Pakistani newspaper reports the arrest of five foreign nationals after a raid in a town called Sargodha. The raid took place at the home of a member of the Jaish-e-Muhammad, a Pakistani movement designated as a terrorist group by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2001. According to the report, "The DPO told that these people had been living in Sargodha since Nov 30 and it was quite a possibility that they were engaged in acts of terrorism." It names the five as Ahmed Abdullah, Waqar Hassan Khan, Eman Hassan, Yasir and Rami Zamzam and describes them as two Yemenis, an Egyptian, a Swede and a U.S.-born Pakistani.") (December 9, 2009, 9:00 am EST)
DAWN.com: Pakistan: Islamabad - "FIVE AMERICANS DETAINED IN SARGODHA RAID" (SNIPPET: "The men were picked up in a raid on a house in Sarghoda in the eastern province of Punjab, police officer Tahir Gujjar said, adding that three of the men are of Pakistani descent, one is of Egyptian descent and the other is of Yemeni heritage. Regional police chief Mian Javed Islam told The Associated Press that the men were between the ages of 18 and 20 and had spent the past few days in the city, which is near an air base about 125 miles south of the capital, Islamabad.") (December 10, 2009)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "AUTHORITIES SEARCH FOR FIVE MISSING D.C.-AREA MUSLIM MEN" (SNIPPET: "Federal investigators are searching for a Howard University dental student and four other missing Muslim men reported missing from the Washington, D.C. area, the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) has learned. There is concern they may have been sent abroad to train for jihad. The five were last seen November 29. The identities of two of the missing men, Howard student Ramy Zamzam and Waqar Khan, have been mentioned in online postings, including a Facebook page that was set up Monday for friends to offer their support. Some of those pages, however, appear restricted to friends and associates. It is not clear where the men are believed to have gone, but an informed source told the IPT that at least one left behind a farewell video.") (December 8, 2009)
For The Record - The IPT Blog
http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/2010/02/pakistani-court-denies-bail-accused-american
“Pakistani Court Denies Bail, Accused American Jihadists Claim Torture”
by IPT News • Feb 18, 2010 at 9:32 am
SNIPPET: “A Pakistani court on Wednesday rejected bail applications for five Americans who allegedly traveled there last year to carry out jihad. The five Northern Virginia men, who were arrested in December on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks, are scheduled to appear in court again March 2.”
SNIPPET: “Supporters of the suspects - Howard University dental student Ramy Zamzam; Eritrean native Ahmed Abdullah Minni; Aman Hassan Yemer, an Ethiopian; Waqar Khan; and Umar Chaudhry - claim they have been tortured in Pakistani custody.”
SNIPPET: “Prosecutors successfully argued that the men should remain in custody because Pakistan’s laws do not allow bail for terror suspects accused of crimes carrying a prison sentence of longer than 10 years. Pakistani authorities said the five “were of the opinion that a jihad must be waged against the infidels for the atrocities committed by them against Muslims around the world.””
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2454434/posts
WIDE SCALE FOOD POISONING of US troops attempted at Ft. Jackson, SC
Fox News ^ | FOX NEWS
Posted on February 18, 2010 3:09:35 PM PST by Mr. Jazzy
Edited on February 18, 2010 3:47:56 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
No info at link yet, just came across the TV.
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To: TornadoAlley3; Cindy
A source with intimate knowledge of the investigation, which is ongoing, told CBN News investigators suspect the “Fort Jackson Five” may have been in contact with the group of five Washington, DC area Muslims that traveled to Pakistan to wage jihad against U.S. troops in December. That group was arrested by Pakistani authorities, also just before Christmas.
This group has a connection to Fort Hood shooter major Hassan via the Dar al Hijrah mosque in Falls Church Va:
DECEMBER 8, 2009 : (5 DC AREA STUDENTS MISSING, THOUGHT TO BE HEADED OVERSEAS FOR TERRORIST TRAINING; AMONG THEM IS MSA-DC COUNCIL PRESIDENT ZAMZAM) ... Federal investigators are searching for a Howard University dental student and four other missing Muslim men reported missing from the Washington, D.C. area, the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) has learned. There is concern they may have been sent abroad to train for jihad.
The five were last seen November 29.The identities of two of the missing men, Howard student Ramy Zamzam and Waqar Khan, have been mentioned in online postings, including a Facebook page that was set up Monday for friends to offer their support. Some of those pages, however, appear restricted to friends and associates.
It is not clear where the men are believed to have gone, but an informed source told the IPT that at least one left behind a farewell video.According to the Facebook and Twitter postings, Zamzam is among the missing. He has been active in the Muslim Students Association, serving as president of the MSA DC Council.
-—Investigative Project on Terrorism via “Five American Jihadists Arrested in Pakistan Terrorist Raid/One Went to Major Hasan’s Mosque,” IPT/Newsweek/The Lid ^ | 12/9/09 | The Lid Posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:22:35 PM by Shellybenoit
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A source with intimate knowledge of the investigation, which is ongoing, told CBN News investigators suspect the “Fort Jackson Five” may have been in contact with the group of five Washington, DC area Muslims that traveled to Pakistan to wage jihad against U.S. troops in December. That group was arrested by Pakistani authorities, also just before Christmas.
DECEMBER 8, 2009 : (PAKISTAN : REPORT : ARREST IN SARGODHA OF 5 “MISSING” AMERICANS LINKED TO JeM) A Pakistani newspaper reports the arrest of five foreign nationals after a raid in a town called Sargodha. The raid took place at the home of a member of the Jaish-e-Muhammad.....
According to the report, “The DPO told that these people had been living in Sargodha since Nov 30 and it was quite a possibility that they were engaged in acts of terrorism.”
It names the five as Ahmed Abdullah, Waqar Hassan Khan, Eman Hassan, Yasir and Rami Zamzam and describes them as two Yemenis, an Egyptian, a Swede and a U.S.-born Pakistani....
-———Breaking News: Pakistan Reportedly Detains Five D.C.-Area Muslims on Suspicion of Terror , INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News ^ | December 8, 2009 Updated December 9, 2009 | n/a Posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2009 5:22:41 PM by Cindy
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DECEMBER 29, 2009 : (OBAMA ADMIN HOLDING BACK INFO FROM CONGRESS) The Obama administration’s handling of the Christmas Day terror plot has been “schizophrenic” says King. “It’s reflective of their handling of other incidents. They still haven’t given us any information on Fort Hood. Even with the gate crashers, they’ve refused to give us on information on communications between the White House social secretary and the Secret Service. They’re giving us nothing and Democrats in Congress are very reluctant to have any meaningful investigations.” Politics, not national security, is driving these decisions, says King. “They’re holding back because they don’t want to share embarrassing material.” (Excerpt) Read more at corner.nationalreview.com ...———King: White House blocking NW 253 investigation by Congress National Review Online ^ | 12/29/2009 | Robert Costa Posted on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 8:43:49 PM by Prospero
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/02/five-muslim-soldiers-arrested-at-fort-jackson-for-trying-to-poison-the-food-supply.html
(February 18, 2010)
“Five Muslim soldiers arrested at Fort Jackson for trying to poison the food supply”
SNIPPET: “CBN News has learned exclusively that five Muslim soldiers at Fort Jackson in South Carolina were arrested just before Christmas. It is unclear whether the men are still in custody. The five were part of the Arabic Translation program at the base.
The men are suspected of trying to poison the food supply at Fort Jackson.”
SNIPPET: “A source with intimate knowledge of the investigation, which is ongoing, told CBN News investigators suspect the “Fort Jackson Five” may have been in contact with the group of five Washington, DC area Muslims that traveled to Pakistan to wage jihad against U.S. troops in December. That group was arrested by Pakistani authorities, also just before Christmas....”
UPDATE:
http://www.fox40.com/news/headlines/ktxl-news-pakistanterrorism0307,0,792580.story
(AP)
“Five Americans To Go On Trial For Terrorism In Pakistan”
By Nabil Yousaf
The Associated Press
March 7, 2010
SNIPPET: “SARGODHA,, Pakistan - Prosecutors seeking to indict five Americans on terrorist charges submitted their case to a Pakistani judge Tuesday, accusing the men of waging war against Pakistan and plotting to attack the country.”
SNIPPET: “A senior police officer said soon after the men’s arrest that authorities were likely to deport them, but it now looks increasingly like they will face trial in Pakistan on charges that carry a maximum term of life imprisonment.
The men could be indicted on as many as seven charges at their next hearing on March 10, lawyer Hamid Malik told The Associated Press.”
http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/#1862
For The Record - The IPT Blog
“Pakistan Issues Terror Charges Against D.C. Five”
by IPT News • Mar 17, 2010 at 9:57 am
SNIPPET: “Formal terror-related charges have been filed against five D.C.-area men who disappeared last November, only to be arrested in Pakistan about a week later. The charges, which include conspiracy to commit terrorism in Pakistan and plotting attacks against a friendly country, could send the men to prison for life.
Howard University dental student Ramy Zamzam reportedly left behind a farewell video before the group left the country last fall. Reports from Pakistan indicate the men wanted to join Al Qaeda and planned to make their way to Afghanistan to fight American troops.
Attorneys for the five entered not guilty pleas.”
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1867/the-price-of-cairs-cooperation
“The Price of CAIR’s ‘Cooperation’”
IPT News
March 19, 2010
Hat Tip:
Note: Photo included.
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/04/top_al_qaeda_leader.php
“Top al Qaeda leader linked to 5 Americans on trial in Pakistan”
By BILL ROGGIO
April 17, 2010 4:42 PM
Pakistani prosecutors claim that five Americans currently on trial for attempting to join al Qaeda were in contact with a top leader of the terror group.
The five Americans are said to have made contact with Qari Saifullah Akhtar, the leader of the radical Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami and the commander of al Qaeda’s Brigade 313. Prosecutors presented evidence, including phone calls, emails, and other documents that linked Akhtar and the five would-be terrorists, according to Dawn.
Akhtar recruited the five Americans after watching their videos posted on YouTube, according to Pakistani police officials. Akhtar was able to obtain emails through the YouTube postings and encouraged the men to travel to Pakistan to join the jihad.
The five American Muslim men were detained in the city of Sargodha in Punjab province in December 2009 after a family member discovered they were missing and contacted the FBI. The five Americans have been identified as Umar Farooq, Waqar Hussain, Rami Zamzam, Ahmad Abdullah Mini, and Amman Hassan Yammer.”
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“American suspects linked to militants: prosecutor”
Saturday, 17 Apr, 2010
ISLAMABAD:
SNIPPET: “’’They wanted him to say he was there for terrorist reasons,’’ Khalifa said in an interview with The Associated Press. She said she did not believe her son gave a confession, but that others did.
She said her son was in Pakistan to attend a wedding.”
OFF THREAD TOPIC, not related to this thread and IN THE U.S.A:
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I-Team: Terror-Related Arrest Began in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS NOW.com ^ | Updated: Oct 20, 2009 8:56 PM | Investigative Reporter Jonathan Humbert and Photojournalist Alex Brauer
Posted on October 21, 2009 4:29:27 AM PDT by Cindy
ADD to post no. 105:
http://www2.lasvegasnow.com/docs/terror_complaint.pdf http://www2.lasvegasnow.com/docs/terror_indict.pdf
LAS VEGAS, NV —
SNIPPET: “The real end, however, came in a Minnesota Federal Court. Two weeks ago, the FBI arrested Abdow Munye Abdow for two counts of making false statements to a federal official. The FBI believes Abdow lied about his trip to Las Vegas, and a passenger he was with who was on the terrorism watch list.
The Nevada Highway Patrol pulled over Abdow and four other people on October 6, 2009 for speeding. Trooper Alan Davidson, a spokesperson for NHP, said the officer on the scene began asking questions.”
SNIPPET: “Davidson says the men had $4,000 split between them and that they were headed to San Diego for a wedding. “They didn’t have any clothes for the wedding. They didn’t even know where they were staying,” Davidson said.
When pressed, the driver, Cabdulaahi Faarax, “said he was going to a wedding in San Diego, but he didn’t know who was getting wed,” Davidson said. “The driver’s story just didn’t add up.”
That driver, Faarax, was eventually run through the National Crime Information Center. Davidson says the name came back as positive on the “terrorism watch list.” When the name came up, NHP policy is to contact FBI, which the trooper on the scene did. Local FBI officials would not comment on the case, but indications are that the trooper was told to let the men leave.”
SNIPPET: “Media reports indicate the men may have been attempting to travel to Mexico through San Diego in order to fly to Somalia. There, a few of the men may have joined an Al-Qaida-connected terror resistance group.”
(Excerpt) Read more at lasvegasnow.com ...
http://www.investigativeproject.org/category/15
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http://www.investigativeproject.org/1915/from-jihadi-to-victim-ramy-zamzams-shifting
“From Jihadi to Victim: Ramy Zamzam’s Shifting Narrative”
IPT News
April 23, 2010
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