Five American Jihadists Arrested in Pakistan Terrorist Raid/One Went to Major Hasan's Mosque

Yesterday, the Investigative Project on Terrorism led with the story of five DC Area students who disappeared and were believed to be heading for terrorist training.

December 8: Federal investigators are searching for a Howard University dental student and four other missing Muslim men reported missing from the Washington, D.C. area, the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) has learned. There is concern they may have been sent abroad to train for jihad. The five were last seen November 29.The identities of two of the missing men, Howard student Ramy Zamzam and Waqar Khan, have been mentioned in online postings, including a Facebook page that was set up Monday for friends to offer their support. Some of those pages, however, appear restricted to friends and associates.

It is not clear where the men are believed to have gone, but an informed source told the IPT that at least one left behind a farewell video.According to the Facebook and Twitter postings, Zamzam is among the missing. He has been active in the Muslim Students Association, serving as president of the MSA DC Council.

This morning, a Pakistan Newspaper announced that five foreign nationals were arrested in a terrorism raid. The raid took place at the home of a member of the Jaish-e-Muhammad, an Islamic extremist group alleged to have links to Al Qaeda that has been banned by Pakistani authorities. Jaish is also listed by the U.S. State Department as a foreign terrorist organization.

Re-ping to the threat about the five DC area American terrorists caught in Pakistan. Two of them as I recall had Yemeni roots.

Now there are some rumblings about the airliner "crotch terrorist" having connections to an imam in Yemen- perhaps this imam is Major Hasan's Dar al Hijrah imam al Aulaqi/al Awlaki :

NW Bomb Planned by al-Qaeda in Yemen,"
The Blotter from Brian Ross News ABC ^ | Dec. 26, 2009
RICHARD ESPOSITO and BRIAN ROSS
Posted on Saturday, December 26, 2009 3:01:37 PM by gandalftb
The plot to blow up a passenger jet was launched by al-Qaeda leaders in Yemen who apparently sewed bomb materials into the suspect's underwear.
The suspect had more than 80 grams of PETN, a compound related to nitro-glycerin. Yesterday's bomb failed because the detonator may have been too small or was not in "proper contact" with the explosive material.
Abdulmutallab made contact via the internet with a radical imam in Yemen who then connected him with al-Qaeda leaders. The suspect lived with the al-Qaeda leader in Yemen for about a month and was not allowed to leave as he was trained in what to do and how to do it. ....

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