Police searching for 'next Mohammed Atta: Central America on alert for FBI 'top 5' terror suspect

Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama are on alert for the possible entry of suspected terrorist Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, after Honduran authorities warned that the 29-year old suspect, referred to by law enforcement sources as "the next Mohammed Atta," may be seeking to cross into one of the countries.

Shukrijumah, who is considered one of the FBI's "top 5" terrorist concerns, allegedly was spotted in Honduras on May 27 at a Tegucigalpa Internet cafe.

"We found out that this man was in Tegucigalpa at the end of May," Leonel Sauceda, spokesman for the Honduran Security Ministry told media. "He was seen in an Internet cafe in the city and we confirmed that he made phone calls to France and the United States from there."

An official with the Honduran Security Ministry told WND the female Internet café owner recognized Shukrijumah from photos in the newspaper. Police arrived at the café just after the suspect had left.

He apparently was speaking in English, and a little in Spanish and French. The suspect was seen with two bearded individuals who "had a rough appearance," according to the government official. Information from the cafe's phone records has been relayed to various allied foreign intelligence agencies.

The Honduran official told WND that border security in Honduras, Costa Rica and Nicaragua had been strengthened after the terror suspect was spotted in Tegucigalpa.

Honduran Security Minister Oscar Alvarez currently is in a meeting with the Honduran president. The Security Ministry is working closely with the U.S. Embassy in Honduras.

Carlos Bakota, the U.S. Embassy press attache in Costa Rica, also confirmed that the country was on alert for possible entry of the suspect. Costa Rican Security Minister Rogelio Ramos will meet officials of the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica today. The US Embassy in Panama is awaiting guidance from the State Department.

The Honduran press initially quoted Security Minister Oscar Alvarez as saying Shukrijumah had been involved in a plot to disrupt shipping lanes by using explosives to damage the Panama Canal. Three hours after WND reported that FBI officials, the U.S. Embassy in Panama and the FBI legal attache in Panama had no knowledge of the allegations and could not confirm the report, Oscar Alvarez clarified the allegations and denied he referenced a plot to bomb the Panama Canal.

The bomb-plot story was also picked up by Bloomberg News, which used the Agence France-Presse story as its sole source.

Early in May, UPI reported that the Honduran Attorney General's office and the Ministry of Security were investigating possible links between the terrorist group al-Qaida and Islamic organizations in Honduras. After three months of investigations, Attorney General Ovidio Navarro told media that a network of Islamic organizations in Honduras was attempting to recruit Honduran youths.

Muslim groups allegedly offered to finance their contacts' studies in Middle Eastern countries, with the ultimate objective of recruiting followers for a guerilla war against the West. Extensive illicit trafficking in fake Honduran passports being used by Afghan and Pakistani citizens has also been reported.

Earlier this year the U.S. Embassy in Honduras sent an official report to President Ricardo Maduro revealing that a Honduran consulate in an undisclosed Latin American country was secretly issuing the documents.

Honduras is thought to be a possible al-Qaida target due to its support of the U.S. in Iraq. The threats have caused authorities to amplify efforts to track suspicious international fund transfers and to ramp up safety measures in airports, commercial ports and public areas.

An area Muslim leader has expressed skepticism of the charges, stating that the Arab-Honduran population of Honduras was mainly made up of the very young or elderly, most of whom had converted to Christianity, while maintaining the language and traditions of their Middle Eastern countries of origin.

Terror suspect Adnan G. El Shukrijumah is a former resident of Miramar, South Florida, where he attended computer and English classes at Broward Community College in 1997.

A native of Guyana, El Shukrijumah's father, Gulshai, died in Miramar on June 12. Relatives said he suffered a series of strokes since hearing his son had been named by the FBI as a serious threat to U.S. interests at home and abroad. Family members deny the charges.

The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C., said the son is also not a Saudi citizen and if he is traveling using a Saudi passport, then he has obtained it and is using it illegally. He was last spotted six months ago in Guyana.

"He is a big threat," FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela previously told media. "We believe that he could be planning terrorist activities against the U.S. interests here or abroad. So, we'd like to find him as soon as we can."

Today the FBI said it had no further comment on Shukrijumah's case or the Central American alert.

"We're going to let what's already out there in the media stand," said the official.

Adnan G. El Shukrijumah

Aliases:

Adnan G. El Shukri Jumah; Abu Arif; Ja'far Al-Tayar; Jaffar Al-Tayyar; Jafar Tayar; Jaafar Al-Tayyar

DESCRIPTION

Date of Birth Used:	August 4, 1975	Hair:	Black
Place of Birth:	Saudi Arabia	Eyes:	Black
Height:	5'3" to 5'6"	Sex:	Male
Weight:	132 pounds	Complexion:	Dark, Mediterranean
Build:	Average

Remarks:

El Shukrijumah occasionally wears a beard. He has a pronounced nose and is asthmatic. El Shukrijumah speaks English and carries a Guyanese passport, but may attempt to enter the U.S. with a Saudi, Canadian, or Trinidadian passport.

DETAILS

Adnan G. El Shukrijumah is wanted in connection with possible terrorist threats against the United States.

REWARD

The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading directly to the capture of Adnan G. El Shukrijumah.

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SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE CONTACT THE LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.

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I posted this the other day on another thread, I think I will repost it here (re: Shukrijumah AKA "Jaffar the Pilot")

Shukrijumah, it appears, is also connected to Aafia Siddiqui (the supposed chem weapon expert and also one of the 7 the feds are looking for) who is in turn connected to Khalid Sheikh Mohammad. I just came up with this info...

"Remember: Khalid Mohammed, who told authorities about microbiologist Aafia, had anthrax production documents on his laptop. She was associated with "Jaffar the Pilot" who is at large. Authorities have said that a Pakistani scientist, who they refuse to name, was helping Al Qaeda with its anthrax production program. Don't get lazy in your thinking and assume away a possible critical lead. And don't fail to imagine the possible scenarios because of preconceptions. Aafia was alleged to be a "facilitator" who handled logistics. "Logistics" is handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed. As explained above, under one plausible view of the facts, Aafia apparently has been detained for the past year by the Pakistan ISI and held incommunicado for a year. The newspaper Dawn reported again today that an unnamed Interior Ministry official said she had been detained over a year ago."

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"Aafia's mom, sister and brother reportedly do not know the whereabouts of Aafia's children. Attorney Lamoreaux advises me that she knows of no basis to the suggestion, first made by a Southern Florida television station, that Aafia knew "Jaffar the Pilot." (I am further advised by the civil rights attorney that Aafia, although said by the Pakistan press to be a member of the "Chemical Wire Group", in fact does not know anything about chemicals.) (And from her course of study there's no reason to think Aafia would). "

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"Is the listing in Curepe, Trinidad for United Islamic Organization -- the charity founded by her mother Ismaat for which Aafia and her sister worked -- related to Adnan ElShukrimah aka Jaffar the Pilot? (Were books printed there?) Is it the same group or just a coincidence in names? Her attorney didn't respond to this question. (Adnan's father, once a translator for the Blind Sheikh, had lived for years in Trinidad where Adnan's father was a missionary). After 9/11, he travelled to Saudi Arabia via Trinidad and have hold a forged passport from Trinidad among several others. Shukrijumah left his Miramar home in May 2001, sources in Guyana reportedly say that US intelligence agents focused their search on the Caribbean island of Trinidad. Was Adnan ever associated with the United Islamic Organization address at 118 Southern Main Road, Curepe, Trinidad? Is that a branch of the United Islamic Organization family charity Aafia helped with? (Other "branches" in the past have been run out of the residences of family members or other volunteer)."

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"Is she [Siddiqui] a mother of three and driver of a volvo who frequents playgrounds as the family's ACLU attorney Annette Lamoreaux suggests? Or is she a dedicated political operative, who nearly a decade ago, objected to the extradition of Ramzi Yousef the 1993 WTC bombing plotter (done, she says, in exchange or in search of US appropriations)."

http://madiaq.indymedia.org/news/2004/05/7516.php

Creepy stuff; we have a Pakistani connection (the airport warning), Aafia Siddiqui being connected to "Jaffar the Pilot" AKA Shukrijumah, a distant connection to Khalid Sheikh Mohammad (one mastermind of 9/11) and a possible connection to Ramzi Yousef, (Khalid's nephew, the mastermind of WTC 1993 and original planner of 9/11).

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