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Note: Beware of all websites, especially ones
involving those that are sympathetic to "the jihad
cause". Some sites may go down completely, others may get hacked and send you to
pornographic or other disreputable sites. Some sites are deleting data or
closing their English pages. As always, you enter all websites at your own
risk. Take precautions: have a good anti-virus program on your
computer, and keep it updated and scanning in the background; do not have shares on your computer that are not
password protected; install a good firewall, especially if you use a broadband
service to connect to the Internet. (Some are recommended on the Defense Page.)
- Usama
Bin Laden
- spiritual leader of al Qaeda network
- Evidence against Usama Bin Laden
- One of bin Laden's four wives said he
moved his family to the home of a tribal chief in a remote corner
of Afghanistan just days before the 9/11 attacks on the
US. After the US took action on 10/7, they were moved to a
mountainous area and lived in a cave for two months. Then
they were taken by bin Laden's son and other tribesmen to Pakistan
and handed over to Pakistani officials. She does not feel
her husband is a terrorist.
- Speaking about fellow terrorist-friends that were
with him on 9/11/01 as the attacks were happening, "They were overjoyed when the first plane hit the
building so I said to them: 'Be patient.'" After each plane
hit, he exclaimed, "Allah Akhbar."
- View MSNBC's targets
and conspirators and other info on bin Laden.
- A video (the "Smoking Gun"
tape) revealing that bin Laden
had prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks, found in a private
home in Afghanistan, was played on US national news stations.
12/13/01
- Could easily have chemical warfare, and possibly "dirty
bombs" made from nuclear waste, according to Pakistan's
Musharraf. 11/13/01
- Latest
interview with a Pakistani journalist - it's debated whether
this really occurred. Bin Laden claims that he has nuclear
and chemical weapons and will use them if Bush uses them
first. Is the picture doctored? 11/8/01
- May go to Somalia, Lebanon, or Chechnya if forced
to leave Afghanistan
- US Dept of State's Fact
Sheet on Usama bin Laden
- "Illusive
Warlord's Deadly Sleepers"
- Principle financier and director of "Al-Qaida"
- Al-Qaida groups
in US
- Recent
history of bin Laden and alliance with Saddam Hussein
- "Hunting
bin Ladan", a Frontline investigation into bin Laden, his
network, and role in the suicide bombings in the US
- In 1996, began aggressively reaching out to Hezbollah, EIJ
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bin
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Timeline
by CNN
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- Mohammed Jamal Khalifa
- As brother-in-law to bin Laden, was
his first messenger in the early 1990s to spread the dream of
a single Islamic state for Southeast Asia. He funded Islamic
charities in the Philippines and made connections with separatist
groups in the region, like the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),
in an effort to unite the rebel groups to become more powerful.
- A terrorist cell he worked with in the
Philippines that was busted in 1995 included:
- Three that are now in US prisons: Ramzi
Yousef (1993 bombing of NY's World Trade Center), Wali Khan Amin
Shah (fought with bin Laden), Abdul Hakim Murad (pilot recruited for a suicide
mission to fly a commercial plane into a building "like the Pentagon and the World
Trade Center.")
- Riduan Isamuddin, also known as Hambali
- Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
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- Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn Abu Zubaydah
- Captured
in Faisalabad in eastern Pakistan 3/28/02, and was shot in the
stomach, groin, and leg while trying to escape.
- Saudi-born Palestinian, was bin Laden's
third-in-command. Now believed to be the new controller of
al Qaeda network. 3/3/02
- Assumed Muhammad Atef's duties upon his death in
November '01
- Takes great care to avoid being photographed and
uses multiple passports and aliases. Many times, he was the
only direct link between senior al Qaeda members and it's
terrorist cells around the world.
- Most of the past decade, operated out of Peshawar,
Pakistan
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- Khalid Shaikh Mohammed - Kuwaiti lieutenant for bin Laden
- Still
at large in Afghanistan or surrounding area - $25 million
reward offered for his capture, as he continues to plot attacks
against US interests. 6/4/02
- The most likely mastermind behind the 9/11/01
attacks, with help from close pal Abu Zubaydah. In June '01,
he had moved funds that would pay for the attacks.
- Attended the January 2000 al Qaeda meeting in
Kuala Lumpur, which resulted in the bombing of the USS Cole in
Yemen nine months later.
- He helped his nephew, Ramzi Yousef, with the first
bombing of the NY WTC in 1993 (presently serving a life sentence
in the US).
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- Ayman al-Zawahri - bin Laden's top Deputy
- Possibly wounded in Tora Bora bombing raids on 12/4/01. A
family friend said his family was killed and published their death
notices. 12/9/01
- Egyptian doctor who founded the Egyptian Islamic Jihad;
considered to be the brains behind al-Qaeda and planned most of
their sophisticated attacks.
- Convicted killer of Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat
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- Tawfiq Attash Khallad - a bin Laden lieutenant
- He is believed to be the chief planner of the bombing
of the USS Cole in Yemen in October 2000.
- Met with 9/11/01 hijackers Khalid Almihdhar and
Nawaf Alhazmi at the January 2000 meeting in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, just before the two entered the US. He also funded
some of Almihdhar's and Alhazmi's travel expenses prior to the
attacks.
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- Mohammed Atef - was bin Laden's military chief and right-hand man
- Killed by a US bomb near Kabul. 11/15/01
- Military planner of the 9/11/01 attacks on the US and the 1998 bombings of
US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
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- Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawasawi aka Shayk Saiid al-Sharif -
CFO for bin Laden
- Believed to be in Pakistan or Afghanistan.
- US officials claim he helped bring in up to $300 million a year
for bin Laden & al Qaeda. Has connections with extremist
Muslim businessmen, charities, and mosques to fund another
terrorist attack even bigger than that on 9/11/01.
- Provided funds and credit cards for at least 3 of the 9/11
hijackers, including Mohamed Atta. They called him "Almohtaram",
Arabic for "The Respected One".
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- Imad Mugniyeh
- Leader of Egyptian Gama'at; was a senior Iranian special operations commander
and former intelligence consultant to Ayatollah Khamenei
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- Riduan Isamuddin, aka Hambali - chief representative and logistical coordinator for
al-Qaeda in southeast Asia
- Arranged
travel itineraries, accommodations, and even welcome dinners for two
of the 9/11/01 hijackers, and had met
with Zacarias Moussaoui.
- In January 2000, hosted a meeting in Kuala Lumpur
for about a dozen bin Laden followers, whom many were involved in the bombing in Yemen of the USS Cole in October 2000.
- Islamic militant from Sudan
- Supports
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- Abu Bakar Ba'asyir - called the "Asian Osama bin Laden"
- Operates freely in Indonesia with the goal of an
Islamic superstate (7/31/02)
- He
and Hambali held meetings at least three times in 2000 for Muslim
militant groups to discuss plots ranging from bombing "the Philippine Ambassador's house in
Jakarta to assassinating Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri to bombing
US and Israeli interests in Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines."
The meetings, funded by bin Laden's al Qaeda network, were
attended by members of the MILF from the Philippines, the Free Aceh movement
from Indonesia, KMM from Malaysia, Laskar Jundullah from Indonesia, Jemaah
Islamiya from Singapore and other groups from Thailand and Myanmar.
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- Omar al Faruq, aka Mahmoud bin Ahmad Assegaf
- He claims that "since January of this year, terrorist cells
in Southeast Asia have amassed hundreds of pounds of bomb-making
materials." This finding led to the High Alert warning
being issued across the US on the anniversary of the 9/11/01
terrorist attacks. 9/11/02
- A Kuwaiti national, was arrested 6/5/02 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Learned
the ropes at al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan, then
Osama bin Laden's two top deputies Ayman Al Zawahiri and Mohammed Atef
put him in charge of Southeast Asia. He reported to Abu Zubaydah.
- He is the key al Qaeda link to the southeast Asia
radical Muslim militia Laskar Jundullah, and was in constant touch
with the group's leader Agus Dwikarna.
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- Maulana Masood Azhar (Mahmood Azhar)
- Believed to be head of the kidnapping of WSJ's
Daniel Pearl.
- Three followers Farhad Naseem, Mohammed Adeel, Salman Saqib
sent e-mails with Pearl's picture and made demands. They
were found guilty as accomplices to Pearl's kidnap and murder
by a Pakistani court 7/15/02 and were sentenced to life in
jail.
- Ahmad Omar Saeed
Sheikh was also a follower - see below
- Arrested 12/01 in Pakistan after suicide attack
on India's parliament 12/13/01, then released
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- Mullah Mohammad Omar - head Taliban leader
(He has a stitched-up eye.)
- Survives
2 US airstrikes at his home in Kandahar and after escaping in
a taxi. 1/02
- In Kandahar, handed
over top administrative posts to Mullah Naqeebullah and Haji Bashar,
Pashtun leaders with Taliban ties, but held onto control himself.
11/16/01
- Said the Taliban abandonment of urban centers is part of a larger strategy that aims to destroy America.
"If God's help is with us, this will happen within a short period of time — keep in mind
this prediction. The real matter is the extinction of
America, and God willing, it will fall to the ground."
11/15/01
- Taliban
controlled 90% of Afghanistan as the self-proclaimed ruling
government from 1996 until 11/13/01. Was recognized by
only 3 countries - Pakistan, UAE, and Saudi Arabia. By the end of
10/01, only Pakistan still recognized the Taliban as ruler.
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- Mullah Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil,
- Considered a moderate, he surrendered to
authorities in Kandahar, Afghanistan 2/8/02, then handed to US
forces. Most senior leader to surrender so far.
- Was a student of Mullah Omar's, then became his driver, food taster and
translator. He was promoted to being the regime's official spokesman and
later appointed foreign minister.
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- Mullah Mira Ahmad, a Taliban leader
- Known as the "Killer from
Kandahar", has been leading high-level
revenge attacks since 11/1/01 on Afghan people who don't join the
Taliban effort.
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- Mullah Obaidullah Akhund, Taliban
- Surrendered 1/7/02; released 1/8/02 by Afghans
before US could question him
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- Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, Taliban Minister of Justice
- Surrendered 1/7/02; released 1/8/02 by Afghans
before US could question him
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- Mullah Saadudin, Taliban Minister of Mines and
Industry
- Surrendered 1/7/02; released 1/8/02 by Afghans
before US could question him
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- Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeeff, Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan
- Pakistan deports him back to Afghanistan 1/4/02
and US took custody the following day. He was still being
held at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay 8/4/02.
- Was taken in for questioning by Pakistani authorities
1/3/02. He had applied for
temporary asylum in Islamabad last month.
- Said "any Muslim country supporting US should face death
at the hands of Muslims".
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- Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, former Prime Minister of
Afghanistan
- Is
now urging war against US troops and its allies occupying
Afghan soil. 9/3/02
- A
missile from a US Predator plane narrowly missed him, but the
CIA will hunt him down, as he is felt to be the biggest threat to
the Afghan interim government. 5/9/02
- Now claims he
will cooperate with Karzai's US backed interim government.
He also says he still has US-made stinger missiles, obtained from
the US back in the 80's in the war against the Soviets, and
controls a loyal Afghan militia. 3/11/02
- Opposes the Afghan interim government and the
strong US role. 2/10/02
- Headed the Hizb-e-Islami group in Iran, where he lived in exile
from 1996 when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, until 2002
when the US demanded his expulsion. He returned to
Afghanistan.
- He became Prime Minister under President Burhanuddin
Rabbani in the first Islamic transitional government following the
end of communist rule in Afghanistan in 1992. He remained in
that position, warring with arch rival Ahmed Shah Massood
(assassinated 9/9/01) resulting
in the deaths of over 50,000 people in Kabul, until the Taliban seized
control in 1996.
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- Dadullah, Taliban Deputy Defense Minister
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- Imad Eddin Barakat Yarbas
- The head of an al Qaeda cell in Spain, with ties
to 9/11/01 attacks.
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- Parlindungan Siregar - right hand man to Barakat
Yarbas
- An Indonesian who arranged for hundreds of al
Qaeda operatives in Europe to travel to Indonesia for training as
Muslim fighters.
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- Agus Dwikarna - worked for Siregar
- Arrested
and imprisoned in the Philippines in March 2001 when he was
"found with explosives destined for terror cells in Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore."
- An Indonesian who set up the " al Qaeda training camp that fuelled Muslim-Christian violence in Poso and nearby Ambon in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia".
He led the Muslim militia terrorist group Laskar Jundullah.
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- Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi - an al Qaeda bomber
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Wanted by the FBI:
as of 2/8/03
- Muhammad Shir Muhammad
Khan
- Aliases -
- Possibly born 11/11/66 in Swat, Pakistan; 5'3" to 5'7"
tall; weighs about 132 pounds; has black hair and black
eyes. He speaks English and is asthmatic.
- Wanted in connection with heightened national
terror alert issued 2/7/03. Intelligence says he is
targeting Jewish businesses.
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Wanted by the FBI:
as of 8/20/02
- Saud
A.S. al-Rasheed
- Claims was born 1/30/81 in Saudi Arabia; brown
hair, brown eyes, olive complexion; Saudi Arabian citizen
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4 Pakistani Nationals Enter US Illegally 3/23/02
- Federal
officials are looking for four Pakistani nationals that entered
the US illegally after leaving a freighter, the Progresso, that
docked in Virginia 3/15/02. The crew members Ahmad Salman, Thulan
Qadar, Mohammad Nazir and Adnan Ahmad were given
shore-leave visas by the INS. The Malta-chartered freighter was
carrying a chemical used in fertilizer.
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Wanted by the FBI: 13 More Terrorists
2/14/02
- FBI is looking for information on these men and
warning authorities to apprehend them, if they come in contact.
Al-Rabeei is believed to be part of a group planning to carry out a
terrorist act against the US in the near future. Name/birthyear:
- Fawaz Yahya Al-Rabeei (aka Furqan)/1979, Alyan Muhammad Ali
Al-Wa'eli/1970, Bassam Abdullah Bin Bushar Al-Nahdi/1976, Mustafa
Abdulkader Aabed Al-Ansari/UKN, Omar Ahmad Omar Al-Hubishi/1969, Ammar
Abadah Nasser Al-Wa'eli/1977, Samir Abduh Sa'id Al-Maktawi/1968, Abdulrab Muhammad Muhammad Ali
Al-Sayfi/UKN:
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Already in custody are: Issam
Ahmad Dibwan Al-Makhlafi (aka Akrama)/1977, Ahmad Al-Akhader
Nasser Albidani/1977, Bashir
Ali Nasser Al-Sharari/1970, Abdulaziz Muhammad Saleh Bin Otash/1975, Shuhour Abdullah Mukbil
Al-Sabri/1976:
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- Abu Anas Al-Liby
- Senior al Qaeda militant, captured
in Khartoum, Sudan, being handed over to US officials.
If his identity is confirmed, will be the first from President
Bush's FBI's Most Wanted List to be caught. 3/18/02
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Captured by the FBI: 20th Hijacker - 9/11/02
- Ramzi Binalshibh,
aka Ramzi Omar, was wanted by the FBI as the man trained to be the
20th hijacker in the 9/11/01 attacks.
- Born 5/1/1972 in Hadramawt, Yemen.
- Shared a residence with Mohammed Atta in Hamburg,
Germany, and was part of Atta's terrorist cell there.
- Attended a meeting in Amsterdam in mid-June of
1999. Also in attendance were Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi,
and Mounir El Motassadeq (the only person under arrest in Germany
for terrorist connections 9/13/02).
- Trained
in an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan for several months from
1999 through early 2000.
- Attended
the final face-to-face rendezvous in Salou, Spain in mid-July
2001 to finalize the details of the 9/11/01 hijacking
attacks.
- Made three attempts to enter the US, but was
not successful. After Zacarias Moussaoui was able to get in,
Binalshibh wired him $14,000 from Germany a month before the 9/11
attacks.
- Becomes one of the new 5
possible suicide attackers 1/14/02.
- Captured
in Karachi, Pakistan 9/11/02 in a shootout between he and his
cohorts and a joint Pakistani officials/US intelligence operation.
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More Individuals with Terrorist Ties
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More US Citizens with Al Qaeda Ties
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Jose "Pucho" Padilla also
known as Abdullah al Muhajir, 31, from Brooklyn, NY and Chicago, was
arrested 5/8/02 as an
"enemy combatant" planning to build and detonate a
"dirty bomb" in the US. An officer in the US
consulate in Karachi, Pakistan grew suspicious of Padilla while
issuing him a replacement passport. Padilla had gone to
Afghanistan and then Lahore, Pakistan after the 9/11/01 attacks to
study dirty bomb techniques. He had joined a gang as a teenager,
committed robberies, was an accomplice to a murder, moved to Florida,
and became
a Muslim when doing jail time there. Padilla had at least
one accomplice, Benjamin Ahmed Mohammed, recently detained in
Pakistan.
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AA Flt 63: December 22, '01 - bombing
attempt
Islamic calendar date: Shawwal 7, 1422 or
10/7/22
- Richard Reid, a British citizen, has strong ties to al Qaeda and Zacharias Moussaoui, awaiting
trial on 6 conspiracy charges related to 9/11 attacks. Finsbury Park Mosque in London appears to be a major al Qaeda
recruitment center.
- Reid,
held without bail, "was charged with intimidation or assault of a flight crew,
which carries up to 20 years in prison. The FBI has indicated that additional charges
are likely." 12/29/01
- He
used e-mail for communications via accounts he set up at
various Cybercafés in Britain, Paris, Brussels, and
Pakistan. Upon missing his first flight attempt, an e-mail
message from a Pakistan address advised him to "go
again". A message he sent his mother appeared written
to be read after his death, claiming responsibility for the
would-be attack. Al Qaeda prefers using Yahoo! and Hotmail
for e-mail.
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- American Airlines Flight 63 (Boeing 767), departed
from Paris 12/22/01, headed to Miami. It's takeoff was delayed by about
30 minutes due to workers on strike at Charles de Gaulle International
Airport.
- A
passenger carrying a British passport identifying himself as
Richard Colvin Reid attempted to detonate explosives planted in
his shoe
- A Flight Attendant went to investigate after
Reid, sitting in coach just behind the wing, lit a match and was
trying to light a fuse protruding from his shoe. She
attempted to stop him and he bit her.
- 4 passengers were able to subdue him, using their
belts to tie him into his seat. Two French doctors used
sedatives from the airplane's medical kit to sedate him.
Reid's shoe was removed.
- Two F-15 fighter jets escorted the plane to land
at Logan Airport in Boston. A SWAT team stormed the plane
upon arrival. There were 185 passengers and 12 crew.
- The shoes were x-rayed and found to contain C-4, a
military explosive which is also used in fireworks. It's
main ingredient is RDX. C-4 was used in the bombing of the
USS Cole in Yemen in 2000.
- There were about 125 grams of TATP explosive
in each shoe, enough to kill 20 to 25 people in the immediate
vicinity, and bring the plane down. The explosive had
been stabilized, so it could be walked on.
- Reid apparently worshipped at the same Brixton
Mosque in London with Zacarias Moussaoui, who is being held in federal prison in Virginia for his alleged role in
the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The
leader at the mosque feels Reid was probably on a test run.
- Passengers
said they noticed the man prior to the flight - "tall,
roughly bearded, standing alone with a blank look". One
passenger said, "He looked like he was on something. I remember thinking, 'If he's a terrorist,
he's a moron,' because he stood out when I saw him." He had
refused the lunch that was served on board shortly after takeoff.
- "An ounce of the plastic explosive could have been enough to blow out a
window or wall of an airliner at altitude, and then "the air pressure would rip the plane apart," said
Jack O'Keefe, a bomb technician for the Boston police. Hmm,
that sounds a lot like what happened to AA Flt 587 on 11/12/01.
- Bottom
line - airport security cannot detect plastic explosives.
"Airline experts say the only way to prevent a passenger from bringing an explosive on
board is singling out potential terrorists through computerized profiles and then calling
in bomb-sniffing dogs or conducting body and clothing searches."
- A Pakistani, Havis Muhammad Sasa
Iqbal,
deported from Indonesia to Egypt is suspected of involvement based on information collected by Indonesian
intelligence. He was arrested by immigration officials in Jakarta on
January 9 for visa violations, handed over to police and deported to Egypt on
January 11, police and immigration officials told AFP. "He used a fictitious sponsor's name. He had no real
sponsor."
- Five
Pakistanis were arrested in Paris 4/17/02 for helping Reid prepare
for his "shoe bombing" mission.
- In favor of Reid's attorney, US District Judge William Young
threw out one of the nine charges against Reid saying "an airplane
is not a vehicle" under the new anti-terrorism law. The
charge was "attempting to wreck a mass transportation vehicle."
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American Taliban
- John Philip Walker Lindh
(aka Abdul Hamid)
- With his parents' blessings, he studied Islam and
the Arabic language in Yemen, then enrolled in an Islamic fundamentalist school in Pakistan
in November 2000.
- Captured by US forces at the end of the uprising
outside Mazar-e-Sharif in the Qalai Janghi fortress 11/27/01.
- 1st held at Camp Rhino, the Marine base in southern
Afghanistan. He was moved to the USS Peleliu in the Arabian
Sea on 12/14/01, then to the USS Bataan in the northern Indian
Ocean on 12/31/01. Back in the US in the Alexandria Detention
Center in Virginia 1/23/02.
- Charged 1/16/02...Criminal
complaints against Walker
- (1) engaging in a conspiracy, while outside the United States, to kill
nationals of the United States outside of the United States, namely,
United States nationals engaged in the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan,
in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2332(b);
- (2) providing, attempting to provide, and conspiring to provide material
support and resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations,
namely, al-Qaeda and Harakat ul-Mujahideen ("HUM"), in violation of
Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2339B and 2; and
- (3) engaging in prohibited transactions with the Taliban, in violation of
Title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 545.201 and 545.204,
Executive Order # 13129, Title 50, United States Code, Sections 1702
and 1705, and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2.
- His
heart was attached to the Taliban
- Will
escape the death penalty and military tribunal, at most, could
only get life in prison. 1/16/02
- He
knew of 9/11 attacks and still continued to fight for Taliban.
2/6/02
- Indicted
on 10 counts, he will
remain in jail without bond. 2/6/02
- His
e-mails show his disdain for US. 2/7/02
- Pleads "not guilty"; trial scheduled
for November. 2/13/02
- His
teacher at the Madrassa-e-Arabia, Mufti Mohammed Iltimas, was
arrested near the Afghan border in Bannu, Pakistan. Iltimas
said Lindh "was a kind and earnest young man devoted to his religious studies, but who showed the telltale
signs of militancy and even shared some of the radical Taliban interpretations of his new faith."
5/7/02
- The US
government is dropping all terrorism charges against John Walker
Lindh (aka Abdul Hamid). He only faces two charges which
he pleads guilty of: aiding the Taliban and carrying explosives.
At most, he could receive 10 years in prison for each
charge. But don't worry, "US Attorney Paul McNulty said the deal had a
provision allowing the government to seize Lindh and hold him as an
'enemy combatant' if he engages in any 'terrorist' behavior after he is released from
prison."
- "Attorney General John Ashcroft hailed the plea deal as an
important victory in America's war on terrorism. 'By going to Afghanistan and fighting
shoulder to shoulder alongside the Taliban ... Lindh allied himself with terrorists
who reject our values of freedom and democracy and turned his back on the
United States of America.'" Isn't that called
treason?
- Let me flip through Webster's
dictionary. Treason - "1) Violation of allegiance
toward one's country or sovereign, esp. the betrayal of one's
own country by waging war against it or by consciously and
purposely acting to aid its enemies. 2) Betrayal of
confidence or trust." I thought the US government
only offered death to those guilty of treason. Guess
that was only back when this country believed in
something. 7/15/02
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Shortly after becoming a "detainee" 11/01
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On Trial in the US
- Zacarias Moussaoui (aka Shaqil and Abu Khalid al
Sahrawi)
- Of Moroccan descent, was born in southwestern
France 5/30/68.
- Was at an Afghanistan al Qaeda training camp in
1998, and was place on a militant islamic watch list by France's
internal security service in 1999.
- Flew from London to Oklahoma in February 2001,
and signed up for flight lessons at the Airman Flight School in
Norman, where he took lessons until May.
- Signing his e-mail correspondence as "Zuluman Tango Tango",
Moussaoui
was considered a poor student when, even after 57 hours of
flight lessons still could not fly solo, something other students
did in 1/3 the time. He left for Minnesota in June where he
hoped to train on Boeing flight simulators. He was detained
there on 8/17/01 on immigration charges after arousing suspicions by
saying he wanted to learn how to fly jetliners but didn't care
about learning how to take off or land. He was still in jail
on 9/11. He would have been the 20th hijacker, as a
replacement for Ramzi Binalshibh.
- Being
charged with conspiracy for terrorism, aircraft piracy, destruction of
aircraft, use of weapons of mass destruction, murder and destruction of
property. 12/12/01
- Pleads "In the name of Allah, I do not have anything to plead.
I enter no
plea. Thank you very much," which was
recorded as an innocent
plea. Read full
indictment. 1/2/02
- Wanted his trial televised - will not be
1/18/02
- US
plans to seek death penalty, 3/19/02.
- Sues
because he is too oppressed and has needs, like wanting a
bigger cell with more furniture, computer, printer, legal
materials, more telephone access and non-recorded conversations,
freedom from prison searches, and meet with people other than his attorneys.
4/12/02
- He
can have access to a computer, but not in his cell.
Prosecutors "noted an al Qaeda training manual included a section on secret writing
with invisible ink and use of codes to pass on secret messages outside
a prison. The manual instructs terrorists to continue their holy war
from prison and to 'complain [to the court] of mistreatment while in
prison.'"
- He claims the only thing that annoys him is
that there is no window in his cell. He told US District Judge Leonie
Brinkema, "I pray to
Allah for the destruction of the United States of America..."
and for "the destruction of the Jewish people and state."
4/22/02
- Wants
to hire Muslim lawyers or represent himself.
- Germany
claims to have evidence against Moussaoui but refuses to
present it to US officials unless they promise the evidence won't
be used "to secure a death penalty against him." 8/31/02
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Operation Green Quest
The ongoing investigation to uncover terrorist
financing in the US.
- Sami
Al-Arian, a computer science professor at the University of South
Florida, has been under investigation since 1995. 3/20/02
- Al-Arian and his brother-in-law, Mazen Al-Najjar,
founded an Islamic think tank and charity, World and Islam Studies Enterprises,
at USF. The organization was raided by the FBI in 1995, was
found to have terrorist links, and is now defunct. A former
head of WISE, Ramadan Adbulah Shallah, left the group that same
year and " later resurfaced as head of the terrorist organization, the Palestinian Islamic
Jihad." Al-Arian was placed on paid leave for two
years, but was reinstated at the University in 1998. (Al-Najir
had taught Arabic at USF, was jailed for 3+ years for
terrorist-related charges, released in 2000, arrested again in
11/01, deported 8/29/02.)
- Al-Arian,
a Palestinian Muslim, has lived in the US since 1975 and has
never chosen to become a US citizen.
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US Citizens and others in Elected/Lead Positions to
Beware of
- Clinton administration did not have the best interests of the people
in mind
- Former Clinton advisor said the President was inaccessible most
of the time, and when he gave out an order, never followed up on
it, and usually the orders wouldn't get done, example would be the
Riyadh incident in '95. The CIA director didn't have a
1-on-1 with Clinton for an entire 2 year period.
- Never had the willingness to address terrorism
- His 1st term he was only a domestic president.
- His entire second term, there was basically no president:
1st 6 months involved with Lewinsky scandal, next 7 months on
vacation, end of term spent trying to get Hillary elected.
- Cynthia
McKinney, Congressman for Georgia's 4th District - view her letter to Saudi Arabia's
Ambassador
- Arab American Bar
Association
- Kambiz Butt,
Ayman Gheith, and Omer Choudhary think the 9/11/01 attacks were funny.
9/13/02
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