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Chicago Man Charged in Terrorism Plot
August 05, 2010
A Chicago man was arrested on charges that he was about to travel overseas to fight alongside al-Qaida, possibly even to carry out a suicide bombing, federal authorities said Wednesday.

Shaker Masri, 26, a U.S. citizen who lived in a Gold Coast high-rise, was ordered held without bail by a federal judge as a danger and a flight risk.

A criminal complaint charged Masri with knowingly attempting to provide material support to al-Qaida and a second terrorist group based in Somalia and affiliated with al-Qaida.

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In numerous recorded conversations with the informant, Masri advocated what authorities called “an extremist and violent interpretation of Islam.”

Masri called America and Europe enemies of Islam and referred to suicide bombers as “martyrs,” the complaint stated.

Just two weeks ago, Masri first told the informant of his “secret and dangerous” plans to travel to Afghanistan or Somalia to engage in jihadist fighting. He asked the informant to help him find a job so that he could earn enough money for airfare.

Masri told the informant he did not expect to live to the age of 30.

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Judge Denies US Extradition Request
August 05, 2010
TORONTO — A Canadian indicted in the U.S. on charges he supplied al-Qaida with weapons was freed Wednesday after more than four years in jail after a judge refused to extradite him to the United States.

Abdullah Khadr, 29, has been held in Canada on a U.S. warrant since his December 2005 arrest. He is wanted in the U.S. for allegedly purchasing weapons for al-Qaida and plotting to kill Americans abroad.

The U.S. case against Khadr relied on a statement he made to the FBI and Canadian police in Pakistan, and information he gave when he arrived in Toronto in December 2005. Khadr’s lawyers argued the statements made in Pakistan were the result of torture.

Superior Court Justice Christopher Speyer ruled that the self-incriminating statement was “manifestly unreliable.”

Khadr said outside court Wednesday that he couldn’t believe he was released.

“I think this is going to be a new beginning for me in life,” Khadr said. “I want to just start anew now.”

Khadr’s father, Ahmed Said Khadr, was an alleged al-Qaida militant and financier, killed in 2003 when a Pakistani military helicopter shelled the house where he was staying with some senior al-Qaida operatives.

A brother, Omar Khadr, is the last Western detainee held at Guantanamo Bay. Omar is accused of killing an American soldier with a grenade during a 2002 battle in Afghanistan.

Another of Khadr’s brothers, Abdurahman Khadr, has acknowledged that their Egyptian-born father and some of his brothers fought for al-Qaida and had stayed with Osama bin Laden.