.....Abdullah refused to surrender, fired a weapon and was killed by gunfire from agents, FBI spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said. In a court filing, the FBI said Abdullah, also known as Christopher Thomas, was an imam of a Black Muslim radical group named Ummah whose primary mission is to establish an Islamic state within the United States. No one was charged with terrorism. But Abdullah was "advocating and encouraging his followers to commit violent acts against the United States," FBI agent Gary Leone said in an affidavit. "He regularly preaches anti-government and anti-law enforcement rhetoric," Leone said. "Abdullah and his followers have trained regularly in the use of firearms, and continue to train in martial arts and sword fighting."
The group believes that a separate Islamic state in the U.S. would be controlled by Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, who is serving a life sentence in a federal prison in Colorado for shooting two police officers in Georgia in 2000, Leone said. Al-Amin, a veteran of the black power movement, started the group after he converted to Islam in prison.........
-------- "Radical imam killed in FBI raid in U.S.; Ontario residents sought," The Toronto Star; Oct 28, 2009; Star staff, Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:46:37 PM by fanfan
SEATTLEPI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER (AP): Windsor, Ontario - "2 CANADIANS LINKED TO DETROIT IMAM GRANTED BAIL" (SNIPPET: "Mohammad Al-Sahli, 33, was granted bail of 300,000 Canadian dollars ($280,000), while Yassir Ali Khan, 30, was granted bail of CA$260,000 ($242,000). The men were also placed under partial house arrest and must report weekly to police.") (Last updated November 8, 2009, 5:02 p.m. PT)
CBC.ca - CBC NEWS: "FBI FUGITIVES ARRESTED IN WINDSOR" (SNIPPET: "Police in the border city say Mohammad Al-Sahli, 33, and Yassir Ali Kahn, 30, both from the Windsor area, were apprehended "without incident.") (Last updated November 1, 2009, 8:36 am ET)
NATIONAL POST.com: "RCMP CAPTURE FUGITIVE" (SNIPPET: "Mujahid Carswell, 30, was arrested..." SNIPPET: "Mr. Carswell, who faces U.S. charges of conspiracy to commit federal crimes based on his alleged membership in a radical Detroit-based fundamentalist Sunni group, was witnessed being whisked away in a prisoner transport van. He is in the custody of the Canada Border Services Agency on immigration violations.") (Published October 30, 2009)
Detroit.FBI.gov: "ELEVEN MEMBERS/ASSOCIATES OF UMMAH CHARGED WITH FEDERAL VIOLATIONS One Subject Fatally Shot During Arrest" (October 28, 2009)
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