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In conspiracy trial, dark tale emerges of jihad training
The Seattle Times ^ | April 29, 2009 | Mike Carter
Posted on April 29, 2009 5:47:05 PM PDT by forkinsocket
NEW YORK — Speaking publicly for the first time, former Seattle resident James Ujaama testified Tuesday about his efforts in 1999 to create a terrorist training camp in rural Oregon for would-be jihad warriors wishing to take up the fight against the U.S.-backed Northern Alliance in Afghanistan.
Among the instructors would be Oussama Kassir, a Swedish jihadist who once bragged he had been a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.
Ujaama, appearing thin and graying and dressed in oversized prison overalls, took the witness stand in the terrorism conspiracy trial of Kassir, who is accused of traveling from London to the barren ranch in Bly, Ore., to help set up the training camp.
Ujaama is a key prosecution witness in Kassir’s federal trial, having already pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges. He told the U.S. District Court jury in Manhattan that he hopes to get a “significant reduction” in his sentence in exchange for his testimony against Kassir. He faces up to 30 years.
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“Witness: Oregon defendant boasted of Osama”
Published: April 29, 2009 at 2:04 PM
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NEW YORK, April 29 (UPI) —
SNIPPET: “James Ujaama told a New York jury Tuesday that defendant Oussama Kassir had bragged about working for the al-Qaida leader while allegedly laying the groundwork for a jihadist camp in Bly, Ore., 10 years ago.
The alleged goal was to train fighters to battle the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan.”