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London bomber lived at Seattle mosque
Seattle Times ^ | Thursday, July 21, 2005 | By David Heath

Posted on 07/21/2005 10:39:23 PM PDT by garjog

A suspect in the London bombings lived in a Central Seattle mosque in early 2000 after he had scouted out a possible terrorist training camp in Bly, Ore. Aswat came to the Northwest in 1999 when James Ujaama, a former Seattle activist, tried to set up a jihad training camp in rural Oregon.

During that time, Aswat and Kassir "met potential candidates for jihad training, they established security for the Bly property through the use of guard patrols and passwords, and they and others participated in firearms training and viewed a video recording on the subject of improvised poisons," according to an indictment of Ujaama.

Ujaama was based in London, where he had become a follower of radical cleric Abu Hamza, an al-Qaida supporter. Abu Hamza sent Aswat to the United States to check out Ujaama's plans, authorities said. Ujaama was indicted by federal authorities in Seattle in 2002 for offering support to the Taliban. He later cooperated with government authorities to build their case against Abu Hamza. Because of his cooperation, he was sentenced to only 24 months.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Oregon; US: Washington; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; aswat; bly; bombing; hamza; haroonrashidaswat; islamonazis; jihadinamerica; kassir; koranimals; london; londonattacked; mosque; mosquewatch; muslim; seattle; sleepercells; terrorism; ujaama
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To: wideminded

did he really say that?
what an ingrate! And after they let him have all those Rolls Royce's without any sales tax....typical


21 posted on 07/21/2005 11:13:07 PM PDT by injin
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To: rmlew

correction: One of WHOM is an ex-Muslim from Tehran. This 'burg is already causing my vocabulary to deteriorate.


22 posted on 07/21/2005 11:14:28 PM PDT by Clemenza (JJesus CChrist MMade SSeattle UUnder PProtest)
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To: garjog

Time for an "accident" in the bomb factory in the basement of that mosque, preferably on Friday evening, isn't it?


23 posted on 07/21/2005 11:19:40 PM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?")
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To: injin
did he really say that?

Yes, I heard him say that in an interview. I thought it was amusing. He liked to make statements that were calculated to make people angry.

24 posted on 07/21/2005 11:30:09 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: garjog

No - I think you're right - it could have been a Buddhist.


25 posted on 07/21/2005 11:33:16 PM PDT by geopyg ("It's not that liberals don't know much, it's just that what they know just ain't so." (~ R. Reagan))
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To: ncountylee

I think any mosque associated in any way with terrorism should have its assets confiscated.


26 posted on 07/21/2005 11:42:04 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
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To: garjog

OK - didn't the DC sniper spend time in Washington state?


27 posted on 07/22/2005 12:35:33 AM PDT by I still care (America is not the problem - it is the solution..)
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To: garjog; All

Portland, Oregon- hub of terror? Some Surprising Connections-
various FR links | 05-09-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1132469/posts

Terror Strike- London!
various FR links & stories | 07-07-05 |
Posted on 07/07/2005 1:21:18 PM EDT by backhoe
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1438409/posts


28 posted on 07/22/2005 1:14:08 AM PDT by backhoe (Just an old Cold Warrior, draggin' his BAR into the Sunset...)
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To: ncountylee

The governmnet should demolish the Mosque and deport all its members/


29 posted on 07/22/2005 1:46:28 AM PDT by ZULU (Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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To: garjog
When Ujaama was in prison, I saw his image on a clip of a terrorist training video that was posted on the web. I phoned the Seattle Times the next day and the FBI used the video to prosecute him that same week.

Good job!

30 posted on 07/22/2005 1:54:06 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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To: Mrs Zip

ping


31 posted on 07/22/2005 2:19:40 AM PDT by zip (Remember: DimocRat lies told often enough became truth to 48% of Americans (NRA))))
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To: garjog

Way to go. Good job.


32 posted on 07/22/2005 3:51:23 AM PDT by Loyal Buckeye
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To: garjog

Weren't the Beltway snipers at a mosque in Seattle? Same one?


33 posted on 07/22/2005 4:49:08 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (Jabba the Hutt's bigger, meaner, uglier brother.)
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To: garjog

OK are those FReepers who recently said that Briatin should attack those countries that trained the terrorists having second thoughts?


34 posted on 07/22/2005 6:42:41 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (The Slytherin WAy: much underated.)
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To: Jabba the Nutt

"OK - didn't the DC sniper spend time in Washington state?"

Yes, he lived in Tacoma about 20 miles south of Seattle. We don't know if he visited the mosque, but he probably did. I urged a reporter to try to find out, but didn't hear anything.

I wonder how many terrorist sympathizers are out there in my city who have kept their heads down, waiting for a nice hit on the Great Satan.


35 posted on 07/22/2005 9:45:26 PM PDT by garjog
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