January 18, 2008
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/January08/jabarahsentencingpr.pdf
CANADIAN AL QAEDA MEMBER SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
FOR CONSPIRING TO KILL AMERICANS BY BOMBING U.S.
EMBASSIES IN SINGAPORE AND THE PHILIPPINES
MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the
Southern District of New York, and MARK J. MERSHON, the Assistant
Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation (”FBI”), announced today that MOHAMMED MANSOUR
JABARAH, a/k/a “Abu Hafs al Kuwaiti,” a/k/a “Sammy,” was
sentenced in Manhattan federal court to life in prison on
multiple terrorism conspiracy charges. On July 30, 2002,
JABARAH, an admitted member of al Qaeda, pleaded guilty to
charges stemming from his participation in a plot to bomb United
States Embassies in Singapore and the Philippines. According to
documents filed in the case and JABARAH’s guilty plea:
In 2000 and early 2001, JABARAH trained in al Qaeda-run
terrorist camps in Afghanistan. At these camps, he completed
training courses in city warfare, mountain warfare, and advanced
shooting, and learned how to use various weapons and identify
explosives. JABARAH also spent time with Taliban forces on the
front lines, and, in the spring and early summer of 2001, JABARAH
met and spent time with USAMA BIN LADEN. JABARAH then joined al
Qaeda, swearing al Qaeda’s oath of allegiance, known as bayat, to
BIN LADEN personally.
BIN LADEN assigned JABARAH to participate in a
terrorist operation in Southeast Asia and, to that end,
dispatched JABARAH to meet with senior al Qaeda operative KHALID
SHEIKH MOHAMMED (”KSM”) in Karachi, Pakistan. JABARAH stayed
with KSM in Karachi for three weeks beginning in mid-August 2001.
During that time, JABARAH received advanced terrorist training in
stealth travel and surveillance techniques. JABARAH was also
introduced to, and later extensively met with and took direction
from, RIDUAN ISOMUDDIN, known as “Hambali” (”HAMBALI”), a leading
figure in the Southeast Asia terrorist group known as Jemaah
Islamiyah (”JI”).
KSM then sent JABARAH to Malaysia to meet and assist JI
operatives who were planning a terrorist operation against
American and Israeli Embassies in the Philippines. KSM provided
JABARAH with funds for the operation, giving him $20,000 and
promising at least $30,000 more. KSM also told JABARAH to leave
Pakistan by Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
In Malaysia, JABARAH met regularly with a group of JI
operatives to plan the attack. Their discussions included target
selection, funding, and procurement and transportation of
explosives. Later, JABARAH traveled to the Philippines to
perform operational surveillance of the United States Embassy in
Manila. JABARAH also met in Manila with a JI explosives expert
who was to construct the bombs that would be used in the
terrorist operation.
Subsequently, JABARAH and the JI operatives performed
surveillance of the United States Embassy in Singapore in
connection with their decision to make that Embassy their
priority for an attack. The operatives made a videotape of the
United States Embassy in Singapore and other potential targets
during the course of their surveillance efforts.
In December 2001, after a number of JI operatives were
arrested in Singapore, JABARAH traveled from Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, to Bangkok, Thailand, where he met with HAMBALI.
HAMBALI advised JABARAH to flee Southeast Asia because the plot
had been exposed in Singapore.
JABARAH then traveled to the United Arab Emirates,
where he made contact with KSM. On KSM’s instructions, JABARAH
went to Oman to establish a safehouse for al Qaeda members who
were fleeing from Afghanistan en route to Yemen.
In February 2002, JABARAH was arrested in Oman and
deported to Canada. JABARAH voluntarily came to the United
States from Canada in May 2002 pursuant to an agreement between
JABARAH and this Office whereby JABARAH agreed to surrender to
the custody of the FBI with the goal of entering into a
cooperation agreement that would require him to plead guilty to
criminal charges. As part of this agreement and to effect his
travel to the United States, JABARAH executed a parole agreement,
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which described the understandings between the parties and
granted him entry into the United States for the limited purpose
of his cooperation. JABARAH was held in New York by the FBI
until November 8, 2002, when investigation suggested that JABARAH
had secretly disavowed his commitment to cooperate and was,
instead, planning to attack federal officials. At that time,
JABARAH was transferred into the custody of the federal Bureau of
Prisons.
The felony Information to which JABARAH pleaded guilty
includes five counts: (1) conspiracy to kill United States
nationals; (2) conspiracy to kill United States officers and
employees engaged in their official duties; (3) conspiracy to use
weapons of mass destruction against United States nationals; (4)
conspiracy to destroy United States property by means of fire or
explosives; and (5) making false statements to FBI agents in
connection with a terrorism investigation.
JABARAH, 26, is a Canadian citizen of Iraqi descent.
He formerly lived in St. Catherine’s, Ontario, Canada.
“Armed with al Qaeda training and cash, and on the
direct orders of Usama Bin Laden and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,
Mohammed Mansour Jabarah led a team of terrorists in a very real
plot to kill Americans overseas,” said MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
“Jabarah’s sentence is more than appropriate, given that there is
little doubt that an attack on one of our Embassies in Southeast
Asia would have been carried out, and lives would have been lost,
had our foreign law enforcement counterparts not broken up the
plot.”
“Jabarah was a deadly serious terrorist. He swore
allegiance to bin Laden and lived with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,
took orders from Hambali and planned to kill Americans in Manila
and Singapore,” said MARK J. MERSHON, the Assistant Director-in-
Charge of the New York Office of the FBI. “Fortunately he did
not succeed with his plans, the consequences of which would have
been devastating.”
Mr. GARCIA praised the work of the New York Joint
Terrorism Task Force, principally consisting of agents of the FBI
and detectives of the New York City Police Department, for their
extraordinary efforts in the investigation and prosecution of
this case.
Assistant United States Attorneys DAVID RASKIN and
JENNIFER G. RODGERS are in charge of the prosecution.
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Note: The following text is a quote:
http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006285.html
18 January 2008
ISRAEL THWARTS ISLAMIC JIHAD PLAN TO BOMB TEL AVIV-JERUSALEM RAILROAD
Yuval Azoulay (Ha’aretz)
Israeli security forces thwarted an Islamic Jihad cell’s plan to place a bomb on the railroad tracks leading from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem near the Palestinian village of Batir, according to information made public Thursday.
The members of the cell were captured a month ago near Bethlehem. The investigation revealed that the suspects learned to make bombs via the Internet.
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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/945819.html
Last update - 18:42 17/01/2008
“Security forces thwart Jihad plan to bomb T.A.-Jerusalem railroad”
By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent, and Reuters
Tags: Shin Bet, Terrorism
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Security forces thwarted an Islamic Jihad cell’s plan to place a bomb on the railroad tracks leading from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, according to information made public Thursday.
The members of the cell were captured in a joint operation by the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet security service approximately one month ago near Bethlehem. The operation also uncovered the cell’s explosives lab.”
ADDING to post no. 743:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/019631.php
(AP)
January 18, 2008
“”By Allah I will avenge your death””
SNIPPET: “”They also discovered pictures of bin Laden, maps of Fort Dix, memos about New York’s drinking water supply and letters that bemoaned the fall of the Taliban and railed against the evils of America.””