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WASHINGTON (AP) - A former Boston woman sought by the FBI for questioning about possible ties to the al-Qaida terror network is in custody in Pakistan, U.S. law enforcement officials said Tuesday. Two officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Aafia Siddiqui, 31, was detained by Pakistani authorities in the past few days and was being interrogated at an undisclosed location. She originally is from Pakistan. The FBI in March put out a global alert for Siddiqui, who has a biology degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and wrote a doctoral thesis on neurological sciences at Brandeis University in...

Suspected Terrorist Reportedly Spotted On UCF Campus Posted: 6:03 p.m. EST April 2, 2003 Updated: 6:32 p.m. EST April 2, 2003 University of Central Florida police confirmed Wednesday night that they are investigating a number of reported sightings of one of the FBI's most wanted terror suspects, Local 6 News reported. El Shukrijumah, 27, is suspected of plotting terrorist attacks against U.S. targets and could be hiding in Florida, the FBI said last month . Last week, El Shukrijumah was reportedly spotted in Miami and possibly in Tampa. The latest sightings come from people on the UCF campus. Officials...

The spiritual leader of a Miramar mosque whose eldest son is the target of a worldwide manhunt as a suspected terrorist has been fired from his leadership post for fear that national media attention will bring ill will to the mosque's tiny, modest congregation. The firing by the mosque's board of directors came Monday, the same day that leaders of South Florida's Islamic community appeared at an FBI news conference to urge fair treatment for the family of 72-year-old Islamic scholar Gulshair El'Shukri-jumah. ''I have been fired,'' El'Shukri-jumah said Tuesday. ``They told me they are afraid people will try to...

He is now among the most hunted men in America.But to his family in South Forida, Adnan Gulshair El'Shukri-jumah is the son who -- at the age of 8 -- took over as head of his home in Saudi Arabia in the absence of his missionary father.They describe him as a brother who loved to picnic in the desert outside Medina and enjoyed American movies but not America's permissive customs.Though the subject of a global manhunt for his suspected involvement in possible terrorist activities, family members say he was just a normal, good-natured young man who dreamed of a family...

FBI Chief: Iraqi Interviews Helping U.S. By CURT ANDERSON .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - FBI interviews of thousands of Iraqis living in the United States have yielded valuable information about possible targets for U.S. troops in Iraq, FBI Director Robert Mueller said Thursday. Some of the 6,700 Iraqis interviewed so far have described bunkers, tunnel systems, telecommunications networks, infrastructure, manufacturing plants and Iraqi military officials, Mueller and other U.S. law enforcement officials said. The intelligence, sometimes only fragmentary, is matched with information collected by the CIA and Defense Department and checked for accuracy before it is used to...

<p>The FBI continued its global manhunt yesterday for suspected terrorist Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, focusing in part on South Florida, where bureau officials met this week with members of the Arab-American community to seek assistance in the search.</p> <p>El Shukrijumah, 27, is the target of a worldwide alert issued last week by the FBI, who said the Saudi national posed a serious threat to the United States and could be plotting new suicide attacks against targets here and abroad. He was last seen in late 2001 in the Miami area.</p>

Terror Suspect Sought In Tampa By KEITH MORELLI kmorelli@tampatrib.com Published: Mar 25, 2003 TAMPA - On the eve of President Bush's visit to MacDill Air Force Base, police are searching for a man suspected of being an al-Qaida terrorist who was spotted at a South Tampa sandwich shop. The FBI last week issued a worldwide alert for Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, 27, a Saudi whose name surfaced after the capture in Pakistan of al-Qaida organizer Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. El Shukrijumah had lived in south Florida at the same time as Jose Padilla, a suspect in an alleged ``dirty bomb`` plot....

MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. authorities made a fresh and urgent call for public help on Monday to find a Saudi-born man who could pose what they termed a "very, very serious" threat as part of an al Qaeda plot against the United States. Stepping up their search with an appeal to the U.S. Muslim community for information, the FBI said Adnan El Shukrijumah, who is not charged with a crime but is being sought for questioning, was a friend of a man now serving prison time for plotting to blow up Florida power plants. FBI officials said El Shukrijumah, 27,...

Arab-Americans Urge Helping FBI in Search By ERIK SCHELZIG .c The Associated Press NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Arab-American community leaders on Monday urged cooperation with the government's search for a Saudi-born man allegedly planning terrorist attacks. Parvez Ahmed, the Florida chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and other local Arab-American leaders stood with FBI officials to demonstrate their support of the search for Adnan El Shukrijumah, whose last known address was suburban Broward County. ``This is our country, this is our state, this is our community,'' Ahmed said. ``We join the FBI in calling on the public...

IAMI, March 21 — As state and federal law enforcement officials followed leads from South Florida to Morocco in an extensive search for a suspected operative of Al Qaeda, the man's family insisted that the authorities were looking for the wrong person.The family of Adnan G. el-Shukrijumah has been holed up in its modest, single-family home in a working-class neighborhood of Miramar, near Fort Lauderdale, since almost immediately after the Federal Bureau of Investigation posed a worldwide bulletin on Thursday declaring Mr. Shukrijumah, 27, an "imminent threat" who could be planning a terrorist attack on the United States. Late this...

The suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks identified the photograph of a Broward County man as a member of al Qaeda, prompting the current global manhunt for Adnan Gulshair Muhammad El'Shukri-jumah, sources close to the investigation said Friday.Khalid Shaik Mohammed, arrested March 1 in Pakistan and believed to be al Qaeda's chief operations planner, recently picked out the former Miramar resident while shown photographs of potential terror suspects.A second detained al Qaeda member also identified El'Shukri-jumah as being in the terrorist organization, the sources said, declining to say what role that detainee played in the organization.Mohammed has been...

<p>March 22, 2003 -- As the FBI scours the globe for a suspected al Qaeda terrorist who attended a Florida community college, agents are digging to see if he had ties to other terror suspects, including alleged "dirty bomb" plotter Jose Padilla.</p>

Saudi Man Linked to 'Dirty Bomb' Plot By CURT ANDERSON .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A Saudi man being sought by the FBI because he may be planning terrorist attacks has been linked to Jose Padilla, an American citizen charged with plotting to detonate a radiological ``dirty bomb'' in the United States. The FBI on Thursday asked law enforcement agencies and the public to be on the lookout for Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, 27, who senior law enforcement officials said has received flight training and possesses a Florida driver's license. ``El Shukrijumah is possibly involved with al-Qaida terrorist...

FBI SEEKING PUBLIC'S ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING INDIVIDUAL SUSPECTED OF PLANNING TERRORIST ACTIVITIES The FBI has issued a "Be on the Lookout" (BOLO) alert for Adnan G. El Shukrijumah in connection with possible threats against the United States. In the BOLO alert, the FBI expresses interest in locating and questioning El Shukrijumah, and asks all law enforcement personnel to notify the FBI immediately if he is located. El Shukrijumah's current whereabouts are unknown. El Shukrijumah is possibly involved with al-Qaeda terrorist activities and, if true, poses a serious threat to U.S. Citizens and interests worldwide. El Shukrijumah is 27 years old...

FBI agents are conducting a global search for a Broward County man with suspected ties to al Qaeda and ''wanted in connection with possible terrorist threats'' against the United States.Adnan Gulshair Muhammad El'Shukri-jumah, 27, a Saudi Arabian who lived with his parents in Miramar, has been the focus of an intensified manhunt since the March 1 arrest of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, believed to be al Qaeda's chief operational planner and suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.FBI agents interviewed his parents Thursday at their home and asked them about his whereabouts and connection to a fellow college student convicted...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI (news - web sites) on Thursday issued an alert seeking the public's assistance in locating a Saudi-born man who is it said may be connected to possible threats against the United States. The FBI issued a "be on the lookout" alert for Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, 27, who was born in Saudi Arabia and who it said may try to enter the United States with a Saudi, Canadian or Trinidad passport as well. "El Shukrijumah is possibly involved with al Qaeda terrorist activities and, if true, poses a serious threat to U.S. citizens and interests...