180 pounds of nuclear material missing in Canada

WABC | November 7, 2003 | John Loftus

[Allan]

John Loftus now on Batchelor Alexander WABC reports: A student of Nuclear Engineering at McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario. has disappeared along with 180 pounds of nuclear waste stolen from the university's nuclear reactor. This happened several months ago but an alert has been ordered tonight in the USA and Canada. His name is ? Adnan al-ShoukriJumai, 27 years old, a Saudi national. A search is underway. The fear is that they may hijack a cargo plane in Canada. I hope to provide further details later on this thread.

[meanie monster]

Is he an Arab?

[CyberAnt]

Thank you all for the good info!

[No Blue States]

"Saudi Arabia is vigilant in combating terrorism; it pursues terrorists vigorously and punishes them mercilessly."

I doubht that, but they should have done so pre 9-11.

[STARWISE]

CNews

Kin of Saudi terror suspect says he's innocent

By BERT WILKINSON

Sun, March 23, 2003 FBI alert for suspected Saudi terrorist

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - Guyanese relatives of a man U.S. officials have described as a possible terrorist have said they think the FBI is looking for the wrong man.

Saudi-born Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, 27, showed no signs of extremism when he stayed with relatives and he was a very devout Muslim, his cousin Marzab Juman said late Saturday. "We saw no evidence that he had become radicalized when he stayed with us two or three years ago," said Juman, a businessman. "He always had the Qur'an in his hand. I don't think he has any connection with the terrorists. They are just speculating."

El Shukrijumah's father was born in Guyana and later moved to Saudi Arabia, relatives said. U.S. authorities have said El Shukrijumah may be carrying passports from Guyana, Trinidad and Canada.

The FBI issued an alert Thursday asking law-enforcement agencies and the public to be on the lookout for El Shukrijumah, who may be plotting terrorist attacks against the United States or its interests abroad.

Juman said he recognized a photograph of El Shukrijumah after the FBI distributed it to various media outlets, but he knows him as Adnan Juman, the same name as Marzab Juman's 19-year-old son.

El Shukrijumah has many aliases, including Adnan G. El Shukri Jumah, Abu Arif, Ja'far Al-Tayer, Jaffar Al-Tayyar, Jafar Tayar and Jaafar Al-Tayyar, the FBI said.

Marzab Juman said El Shukrijumah has Guyanese citizenship and a valid passport, but authorities have not yet confirmed that, saying they were still searching records. Trinidadian investigators, who said they were also reviewing databases, could not be immediately reached for comment on Sunday.

Juman said he knew El Shukrijumah as a three-year-old child, and had not seen him for more than 20 years, when he returned to Guyana to get to know his relatives here.

El Shukrijumah stayed with Juman's family for about two weeks at his home outside the capital, Georgetown. Juman asked that a reporter not disclose the exact location of his house for fear of reprisals.

El Shukrijumah left a positive impression on the Muslim community in and around Georgetown, and was invited to lead prayers and preach at several mosques, Juman said. Relatives and several worshippers at the mosques said he did not say anything negative about the United States during the prayers.

Guyana's population of about 700,000 is 10 per cent Muslim, 50 per cent Christian and 35 per cent Hindu.

One of El Shukrijumah's alleged aliases translates roughly from Arabic to English as "Jaffar the pilot," according to language experts. FBI officials said they believed El Shukrijumah had trained as a pilot, but relatives denied that.

Juman's father-in-law said he grew up with El Shukrijumah's father, Gulshair Muhammad El Shukrijumah, 73, and he also met the son.

"This whole thing must be a mistake," S.M. Hassan said. "He never told us he was a pilot and we don't believe he is."

U.S. authorities were working to establish links between El Shukrijumah, suspected of being part of the al-Qaida terror network, and other terror suspects including alleged "dirty bomb" plotter Jose Padilla.

El Shukrijumah lived in South Florida at the same time as Padilla, an American being held in a U.S. military prison on charges of being an "enemy combatant." Padilla, a former member of a Chicago street gang and a Muslim convert, is suspected of planning to detonate a "dirty bomb" that would have spewed radiological material into the air.

The elder El Shukrijumah lives in Miramar, Fla., and said last week his son is not a terrorist and does not know Padilla. When they last spoke five months ago, the son was teaching English in Morocco, El Shukrijumah said.

The younger El Shukrijumah disliked the American lifestyle and was offended by women wearing skimpy clothes, but his father insisted that would not translate into his harming Americans.

[No Blue States]

Your welcome FRiend.

[LADYAK]

I am standing with you....it is great to know how to pray....so right now we just pray that no weapon formed against us will prosper...and greater is He that is in us (Jesus Christ) than he that is in the world. I also pray for eagle eyes for all of our special forces, police, FBI, CIA, folks on the street and in the neighborhoods, folks on the highways, that might see these folks and think gee there is something strange here and phone the sighting of these folks in....we also pray for protection for these cities...that these folks would be captured before they have the opportunity to destroy. We also pray that their plans would go awry. We also plead the Blood of Jesus over each one of our houses and over the White House. Now we know how to continue praying through Ramadan...Amen.

[meanie monster]

The Saudis are between a rock and a hard place, imo. Do they appease the U.S. or the terrorists. Time will tell.

[bonesmccoy]

I was attempting to locate your reference for the "Nuclear Fatwa"... where is it?

there are tons of links on the page you referenced.

[No Blue States]

Great prayer, Amen.

2 Timothy 1:17 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

[No Blue States]

They should think with their wallets, who buys their oil?
But if they crack down on the thugs will they become target and be overthrown?
Indeed a rock and a hard place.
A bed they made.

[bonesmccoy]

According to the webpage at Mac's website:

" The university has no record of the individual referred to in the Washington Times article ever attending school here or accessing the reactor," said Johnston.

It is still unknown as to whether El Shukrijumah may have enrolled under a false name if he had, in fact, been at McMaster.

Shoukri said that, even if an attempt had been made to access the reactor, McMaster has complete trust in the security and stability of its nuclear facilities, as well as the disposal methods of radioactive waste.

"We have total confidence in the safety and security of the reactor," said Shoukri. "There is no indication whatsoever to substantiate the information in the story."

Faculty and staff have been conducting extensive inventory checks to ensure no nuclear or radioactive materials are missing from the facilities. So far, the checks have shown no equipment is unaccounted for.

According to the Times article, the FBI informant indicated there may have been at least three other al-Qaeda members on campus prior to El Shukrijumah's arrival in Hamilton. Johnston, however, does not feel students or anyone in the McMaster community have any cause to worry as a result of the Times article.

"There is no reason for anyone to feel insecure on campus as a result of this media story," said Johnston. "It is an allegation by a reporter.

"There is no proof or evidence to confirm the allegation and there is no proof that the individuals mentioned in the article have any connection with McMaster or have ever been here."

[No Blue States]

Not to butt in but in case he is already asleep here is a link:

http://www.stevequayle.com/News.alert/03_Terror/030916.nuclear.fatwa.html

[bonesmccoy]

" The university has no record of the individual referred to in the Washington Times article ever attending school here or accessing the reactor," said Johnston.

It is still unknown as to whether El Shukrijumah may have enrolled under a false name if he had, in fact, been at McMaster.

Shoukri said that, even if an attempt had been made to access the reactor, McMaster has complete trust in the security and stability of its nuclear facilities, as well as the disposal methods of radioactive waste.

"We have total confidence in the safety and security of the reactor," said Shoukri. "There is no indication whatsoever to substantiate the information in the story."

Faculty and staff have been conducting extensive inventory checks to ensure no nuclear or radioactive materials are missing from the facilities. So far, the checks have shown no equipment is unaccounted for.

According to the Times article, the FBI informant indicated there may have been at least three other al-Qaeda members on campus prior to El Shukrijumah's arrival in Hamilton. Johnston, however, does not feel students or anyone in the McMaster community have any cause to worry as a result of the Times article.

"There is no reason for anyone to feel insecure on campus as a result of this media story," said Johnston. "It is an allegation by a reporter.

"There is no proof or evidence to confirm the allegation and there is no proof that the individuals mentioned in the article have any connection with McMaster or have ever been here."

[Cindy]

re post no. 211..."Remember that Al Queda threat on an El Al airplane a week ago, that was flying to toronto." ... LINKS OF INTEREST:

NATIONAL POST.com (A Part of CANADA.com): "EL AL PLANE DIVERTED SECOND TIME Toronto Threat: Unconfirmed Reports Cite Al-Qaeda Plot to Fire Missile") by Adrian Humphreys, with files from Sean Gordon in Ottawa (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""Information received by Israel was that the al-Qaeda organization intends to harm El Al Flight 105," the daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said yesterday, quoting unidentified officials in Israel. The daily overnight flights from Tel Aviv to Los Angeles stop in Toronto. El Al shares the route with Air Canada.") (October 25, 2003) (Read More...)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "AIR FRANCE PILOT HELD AFTER ALLEGED REMARKS AT AIRPORT" (October 25, 2003) (Read More...)

ABERDEEN NEWS.com (AP): "AIR PASSENGER DETAINED AFTER BOMB CLAIM" (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect is identified as Salvador Gonzalez, age 27. "Prosecutor Thomas Dougherty told the judge during Thursday's hearing that immigration officials were trying to determine the status of Gonzalez, a Mexican citizen.") (October 23, 2003) (Read More...)

An Interesting Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding an AP article on the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE web site: "MAN ALLOWED ON PLANE DESPITE HIDDEN RAZOR" (October 22, 2003) (Read More...)

TOWNHALL.com: "EMBARRASSING AND DANGEROUS" - Column by Gary Aldrich (October 22, 2003) (Read More...)

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: ATTACK ON AMERICA! (UPDATED DAILY.) (Read More...)

[Cindy]

re post no 223 and Russian Oil...Link of Interest:

INA TODAY.com - INTERNATIONAL NEWS ANALYSIS -- TODAY by Toby Westerman: "LIVING IN A FOOL'S PARADISE: Fostering Dependence Upon Russian Oil" (October 21, 2003) (Read More...)

[bonesmccoy]

thanks for the info... not sure what to make of this... it's hard to judge the merits of these reports... one problem is that by the time our gubmint verifies it... it might be too late!

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

The Saudis are Bush's friends.

[bonesmccoy]

"Soon enough, anyone with an Arabic sounding name will be open season in the USA."

I hope not... that would be a sorry condition... we need to learn to do business with other people...not be trying to masscre them.

[meanie monster]

interesting, thanx!

[bonesmccoy]

They need us more than we need them.

If the US can work with the Russians to develop either Caspian Sea or Siberian petroleum reserves, it will lead to sales of oil in North America and Asia (Japan, Taiwan, South Korea).

There is a win-win... as the Russians become more capitalistic, you gain international allies (coalition of the willing).