FBI: Atlanta, Canada terror suspects met

AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/14/08 | Harry R. Weber - ap

[NormsRevenge]

ATLANTA - Two U.S. citizens accused of plotting to attack civilian and government targets shot "casing videos" of Washington landmarks that were found on a terrorism suspect's computer in Britain and met with suspects in a Canadian terrorism case, an FBI agent testified Monday.

Agent Mark Richards testified that the videos of the U.S. Capitol and other Washington landmarks taken by Syed Ahmed and Ehsanul Sadequee were found on a computer belonging to Younis Tsouli, a Moroccan-born man who pleaded guilty in Britain in July to inciting others to commit acts of terrorism.

Richards also said Ahmed and Sadequee, during a trip to Toronto in March 2005, met with several of the 17 people charged in a June 2006 Canadian terrorism sweep. Charges against the suspects in the Canadian case include participating in a terrorist group, importing weapons and planning a bombing.

Ahmed and Sadequee wanted to plan attacks for "defense of Muslims or retaliation for acts committed against Muslims," authorities have said. They have pleaded not guilty to a July 19, 2006, indictment charging them with providing material support to terrorists and related conspiracy counts. No trial date has been set.

At a hearing Monday that was expected to last three days, Jack Martin, an attorney for Ahmed, asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Gerrilyn G. Brill to throw out tapes of interviews Ahmed gave investigators or abide by a purported agreement not to prosecute him.

Martin argued that FBI agents who questioned Ahmed over five days in March 2006 promised him immunity if he cooperated. Martin suggested the statements should be considered involuntary because Ahmed was later charged.

But Richards testified that agents neither promised Ahmed anything nor threatened him. He said that the interviews were conducted at Ahmed's home, a hotel and an FBI office, and that Ahmed was never in custody. He testified that Ahmed was not truthful during some interviews.

It wasn't immediately clear when Brill would rule on Ahmed's suppression motion.

Transcripts of the 10 to 12 hours of interviews with Ahmed were released Monday. Copies of the recordings played in court were withheld, pending a ruling by Brill.

According to the transcripts, Ahmed said he traveled to Pakistan in 2005 wanting to join a Kashmir militant group, Lashkar-e-Tayyba. Ahmed also told FBI agents that he had hoped to be recruited into a holy war training camp where he could learn to fight against "Muslim oppressors everywhere."

During an interview, an agent tells Ahmed that he's "getting credit for" being honest.

"You are doing the right thing by letting us know the details," the agent said, according to the transcript.

Ahmed also told agents that during his trip to Canada he and others discussed targeting U.S. oil refineries for an attack, according to the transcript.

"And the reason for that was?" one agent asked him.

"I thought that all the oil in the Middle East, and, like, it is Muslim property and it's being stolen," Ahmed responded. "That's what we think."

Ahmed, 23, and Sadequee, 21, are accused of undergoing training to carry out a "violent jihad," or holy war, against civilian and government targets, including an air base in suburban Atlanta, according to the indictment.

Ahmed, born in Pakistan, was a Georgia Tech student at the time of his arrest. Sadequee, born in Virginia and of Bangladeshi descent, has relatives in the Atlanta area.

[Calpernia]

bttt

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

“Atlanta, Canada terror suspects met”

Well, there’s a big flippin’ surprise!!!

[robomatik]

"Ahmed also told agents that during his trip to Canada he and others discussed targeting U.S. oil refineries for an attack"

i suspect oil refineries are a top priority for al quaeda right now.

[RDTF]

really creepy

Ahmed, born in Pakistan, was a Georgia Tech student at the time of his arrest. Sadequee, born in Virginia and of Bangladeshi descent, has relatives in the Atlanta area.

[Cindy]

Thanks for the ping Calpernia.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1603333/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1603333/posts?page=96#96

[Cindy]

Global Jihad.

[girlangler]

Hi Calpernia, and ping for MS.

[Redbob]

"Ahmed, born in Pakistan, was a Georgia Tech student at the time of his arrest."

And, no doubt, was paying in-state tuition!

I say strip 'em both naked and turn 'em loose here in North Texas.

Deer season's over and we need another shooting sport to carry us through the winter...

[Redbob]

"Ahmed, born in Pakistan, was a Georgia Tech student at the time of his arrest."

And, no doubt, was paying in-state tuition!

I say strip 'em both naked and turn 'em loose here in North Texas.

Deer season's over and we need another shooting sport to carry us through the winter...

[Calpernia]

Related:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926066/posts
U.S. Thwarts 19 Terrorist Attacks Against America Since 9/11

[9422WMR]

Actually, you have a target in the N central texas area to be looking for. That muslim father from Lewisville TX who shot his two daughters to death in an honor killing because they chose american ways. He is still on the loose and not a word about these two murders caused by the religion of peace Find him and it is free target time......

[nw_arizona_granny]

. He testified that Ahmed was not truthful during some interviews.<<<

But he is expecting to be believed now??

Of course we believe him, or will just as soon as hell freezes solid, may take a time, with Gore’s global warming.

Thanks for the ping.

[Vigilantcitizen]

FP, I wonder if these were the same ones I saw at lake West Point?

[Calpernia]

>>>Of course we believe him, or will just as soon as hell freezes solid, may take a time, with Gore’s global warming.

ROFL!

[RetiredArmy]

Atlanta is so fully of garbage, you can start to smell the smell about 35 to 45 miles out on the Interstates. When I was a kid and young man, my Dad and I went to old Atlanta Stadium to games. I have gone to the Turner Field once. That was my last time. I could not carry while I was there, so I felt naked. Downtown Atlanta is a slum and getto, and the stadium is right in the middle of the combat zone. There is no way I am going back there, day light or dark. When going that direction, we bypass downtown completely. I don’t even want to take a chance of breaking down on the Interstate or in an accident, around that slum downtown area.

Here in my home state of Alabama, Birmingham is just as bad or worse. Go down town, take your life and property into your hands. My brother had a hip replacement done in St. Francis Hospital in downtown Bham. We stood in the hospital, looking out the windows at the hood near it, and you could see the gangs walking around, and the dope deals going down right from the hospital windows.