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Influx of terrorists 'Jihadist returnees' may plan attacks, report says Stewart Bell National Post Monday, May 09, 2005 A number of "jihadist returnees" have arrived back in Canada from other countries and some may intend to commit acts of terrorism, according to a declassified intelligence report. The report, by the government's Integrated National Security Assessment Centre (INSAC), says "a number of other Islamic extremists have recently returned to Canada from abroad. "Those dedicated extremists possessing terrorist training and Canadian documentation may return to Canada in order to carry out an attack. "They may also use their documentation to gain...

November 2001 plane crash (A A flight 587) Queens, NY was AL QAIDA operation Stewart Bell National Post ( CANADA) August 27, 2004 A captured al-Qaeda operative has told Canadian intelligence investigators that a Montreal man who trained in Afghanistan alongside the 9/11 hijackers was responsible for the crash of an American Airlines flight in New York three years ago. Canadian Security Intelligence Service agents were told during five days of interviews with the source that Abderraouf Jdey, a Canadian citizen also known as Farouk the Tunisian, had downed the plane with explosives on Nov. 12, 2001. The source claimed...

Friday, August 27, 2004 A captured al-Qaeda operative has told Canadian intelligence investigators that a Montreal man who trained in Afghanistan alongside the 9/11 hijackers was responsible for the crash of an American Airlines flight in New York three years ago. Canadian Security Intelligence Service agents were told during five days of interviews with the source that Abderraouf Jdey, a Canadian citizen also known as Farouk the Tunisian, had downed the plane with explosives on Nov. 12, 2001. The source claimed Jdey had used his Canadian passport to board Flight 587 and "conducted a suicide mission" with a small bomb...

Stewart Bell National Post A captured al-Qaeda operative has told Canadian intelligence investigators that a Montreal man who trained in Afghanistan alongside the 9/11 hijackers was responsible for the crash of an American Airlines flight in New York three years ago. Canadian Security Intelligence Service agents were told during five days of interviews with the source that Abderraouf Jdey, a Canadian citizen also known as Farouk the Tunisian, had downed the plane with explosives on Nov. 12, 2001. The source claimed Jdey had used his Canadian passport to board Flight 587 and "conducted a suicide mission" with a small bomb...

The FBI office in Denver has received 'numerous' calls about the seven people believed to be associated with Al Qaeda pictured Wednesday in the newspapers.Samuel Mac, manager of the Denny's in Avon Co., said two men-he subsequently identified from their photographs as Adnan G. El Shukrijumah and Abderrauof Jdey-came into his Denny's which is just off Interstate 70, Wednesday about 8PM.One ordered a chicken sandwich and a salad, the other just a salad, Mac said. They were demanding, rude and obnoxious, he said.They said they were from Iran and were driving from New York to the West Coast.Monique Kelso, spokswoman...

A look at suspected al-Qaida operatives U.S. officials believe may be part of a plot to attack America: _ADNAN G. EL SHUKRIJUMAH: A Saudi native who used to live in South Florida. Nicknamed "Jafar the Pilot," El Shukrijumah is believed to be a possible leader of a terrorism cell or organizer similar to Mohamed Atta. He was a top planner of the Sept. 11 attacks and piloted one of the hijacked planes. FBI officials began searching for El Shukrijumah last year due in part to the overseas interrogation of captured al-Qaida senior planner Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. Federal prosecutors in northern...

"BOLO"--that's BuSpeak for "Be On the Look Out." On May 26, Director Mueller and Attorney General Ashcroft held a press conference to call renewed attention to 7 individuals we believe pose a real and present danger to U.S. interests around the world--perhaps most especially this summer and fall, a time of high profile public events that may well serve as a lightening rod to terrorist attacks. Director Mueller spoke frankly about the heightened threat to U.S. interests during these months, and equally frankly about strong FBI efforts to prevent attacks. "This summer and fall our nation will celebrate a number...

Canada's refugee system, long used by terrorists as a means of gaining access to North America, has once again shown why it poses a major security risk to the continent. The latest Islamist miscreant to take advantage of this criminally lax system that makes Canada look like one of the biggest sucker nations in the world is Abderraouf Jdey, whose name appeared earlier this month in an FBI alert as a possible terrorist threat. Jdey first came to the attention of authorities on a videotape found in the home of Osama bin Laden's security chief in Afghanistan, recording a...

BOSTON -- The FBI has issued an alert, asking the public to be on the lookout for four Middle Eastern men the agency wants for questioning on terrorist matters and they may be in New England. The FBI in Portland, Maine has alerted State Police that a witness may have seen two men who resembled the wanted men in that area. The witness spotted them in Naples, Maine, just northwest of Portland, last Sunday around 4 p.m. They were heading south on Route 302. The witness told police the two men were driving a late-model, slate-gray BMW with Massachusetts plates....

The FBI has issued an alert to be on the lookout for two Middle Eastern men seen in the Portland, Maine-area last Sunday. NewsCenter 5's Janet Wu reported that witnesses claim the men fit the description of two suspected terrorists on the FBI's latest bulletin, and there may be a Massachusetts connection. State police received a bulletin on Wednesday from the FBI that said two of four men featured on the FBI's Web site may have been seen driving in an area northwest of Portland. The alert said on Sunday, Sept. 7, around 4 p.m., two Middle Eastern men were...

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WASHINGTON - The FBI (news - web sites) issued a bulletin Friday announcing a worldwide search for four men in connection with possible terrorist threats against the United States. The FBI posted the bulletin on its Web site and circulated it among law enforcement agencies after recent intelligence indicated the four could be involved in an unspecified plot against U.S. interests, said a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The FBI had been seeking information about all four — two Saudis, a Moroccan and a Tunisian — for months, but the new intelligence led officials to intensify...

26 minutes ago Add Top Stories - to My Yahoo! WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI on Friday urged the public to be on the lookout for four men -- including two the agency has been seeking for months -- who may be connected to possible threats against the United States. The FBI issued "Seeking Information" alerts on its Web site for Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, Abderraouf Jdey, Karim El Mejjati and Zubayr al-Rimi. The alerts, signed by FBI Director Robert Mueller, said the men "should be considered armed and dangerous." But, he added, "We don't have a specific threat." In...

Two men wanted in connection with a FBI’s terrorism investigation may have been seen in Naples, Maine — about 30 miles from Conway, N.H. The Federal Bureau of Investigation issued an alert Thursday that said a witness saw two men Sunday who fit the description of Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, 27, and Abderraouf Jdey, 38, two men they are seeking for questioning. The men were reportedly headed south on Route 302 at around 4 p.m. in a newer model, slate gray BMW sedan with Massachusetts license plates.

<p>WASHINGTON — The FBI on Thursday said that it is reissuing a "Be On The Lookout" advisory (search) for suspected terrorist Abderraouf Jdey (search), who is to be "considered extremely dangerous."</p> <p>"Law enforcement officers are requested to stop and detain Jdey and to contact the FBI for further guidance," the FBI stated.</p>