Al-Qaida-linked suspect held in U.S. - Detainee cooperating with FBI

NBC NEWS/MSNBC ^ | By Jim Popkin and Pete Williams

[Brian Mosely]

WASHINGTON, July 26 — A suspected terrorist planner linked to al-Qaida has been flown to the United States, where he is cooperating with the FBI, U.S. officials told NBC News. Officials said Friday that the man had admitted his involvement in a plot to bomb the U.S. and Israeli embassies in Singapore and could be called to testify against Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged with direct involvement in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

THE MAN, Mohamed Mansour Jabarah, 20, of Ontario, was arrested in Oman earlier this year.

Omani officials passed along information from Jabarah to U.S. officials, who then brought him to the United States to face probable terrorism charges. He was being detained Friday at a military base in the Northeast, where he was providing important information about Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida terrorist network, officials said.

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[Dog Gone]

Bomb Canada.

[HiJinx]

"Mohamed Mansour Jabarah, 20, of Ontario..."

A Canadian? Arrested in Oman? That's not good...

[flamefront]

the man had admitted his involvement in a plot to bomb the U.S. and Israeli embassies

Tribunal time. Charge him.

Why pussy foot? Are we only after info to be relesed later or can he be at least made an example of like Adelphia's Rigas?

[Shermy]

Probably only reason to bring him to US is to testify in a court.

[Shermy]

He's originally from Kuwait. A Chretien voter, no doubt.

Plot to blow up four embassies revealed on Afghan video: SINGAPORE BOMB CONSPIRACY (Feb 22)

'Sleeper Cells' in Singapore Show Al Qaeda's Long Reach (Jan. 26)

[Shermy]

Wonder if he's the same guy as mentioned in this November 27, 2000 article from "the Standard" of "St. Catherines"

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"Muslims mark Ramadan "

When Mansour Jabarah rose before sunrise this morning, he prepared himself for a month-long fast to observe Ramadan.

Jabarah, along with more than one billion Muslims around the world, will not eat or drink water between dawn and dusk over that period. "It is recommended that we break our fast with dates as the Prophet (Mohammed) did," said Jabarah, president of the Islamic Society of St. Catharines.

Jabarah, who attends the Al-Noor Mosque on Geneva Street in St. Catharines, is one of between 3,000 and 4,000 Muslims in Niagara.

Ramadan is a time for reflection, devotion to God and exercising self-control. It is also a time to focus on worship, the reading of the Holy Koran, giving to charity and doing good deeds, said Jabarah.

Muslims pray five times a day. During Ramadan, they can add an extra prayer in the evening, he said.

Muslims usually start fasting in their early teens, said Jabarah, but added children are taught early about Ramadan...

[Humidston]

From the article:
"Maria Kemp, a neighbor, said Jabarah’s father asked her to attend the family’s mosque after Sept. 11. He wanted us to get to know them better and not to have fear of the family because of the September 11 terrorist attacks, and just to learn more about their culture,” she said.

They must think we're soooo stupid!

[Jumper]

Monteral, Ontario, Canada, the City is cesspool of Islamic terror cells operating freely. My sister dated a second generation Lybian "exile" from/in Dayton, Ohio who openly bragged of flying to Paris and Monteral frequently to meet and organize for the Serbian & Korsovo Islamic Operations (a point lost on me at the time until the Dayton Peace Accords); he said he provided financial and leadership to his group - I send an email to the FBI after 9/11 but they never contacted me nor my sister. Was the a part of this same, I would think so - my sister and him split up after I rotated from work for General Officer Personal Staff with the Army.... Go figure:)