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Posted on 02/05/2004 8:31:17 PM PST by Mossad1967
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SANAA, Yemen, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A purported statement by al-Qaida in Yemen warned Saturday of a "major strike" soon in the United States.
The statement, distributed by the Yemeni Tagamoo Party for Reforms, said: "A major strike, a big event will take place in America soon," reminiscent of the Sept. 11 attacks.
BROWN: On now to a U.S. soldier suspected of trying to help terrorists. A sting involving the Justice Department and the FBI has led to the arrest of a Washington State National Guardsman, the young man stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington.
Military and federal officials believe the 26-year-old soldier, a convert to Islam, was trying to provide information to al Qaeda, reporting the story for us tonight, CNN's Katharine Barrett.
BARRETT (voice-over): Specialist Ryan Anderson grew up in this quiet neighborhood abloom with flags. Long time neighbors of his father and stepmother say they are shocked by his arrest.
TOM WARREN, ANDERSON FAMILY NEIGHBOR: They've been a solid family. You know they wash their car like we do. They fly the flag, visit with the neighbors and nothing that ever made them stand out.
BARRETT: Nothing except the incident in 1998 when Anderson strolled these streets shouldering a rifle and bayonet.
WARREN: My wife and I passed by him that day and he was just walking along carrying it and he was just proud of it I thought.
BARRETT: For the past six months when not training at Fort Lewis, Anderson and his wife lived in this apartment. His next door neighbor calls Anderson a very nice good guy who likes Japanese anime and guns.
JACK ROBERTS, ANDERSON NEIGHBOR: Yes, he'd go to shooting ranges sometimes, yes. He went with a neighbor here to local areas shooting guns.
BARRETT: Almost two years ago, Ryan Anderson first contacted Seattle's Islamic community joining an e-mail group under the name Abdul Rahid (ph) a.k.a. gunfighter. Local Muslim leaders were immediately suspicious.
AZIZ JUNEJO, SEATTLE MUSLIM LEADER: His e-mails right away turned to that he was a marksman shooter and thought that he should get together a group of Muslims from the area, men and women, and teach them how to shoot and we should have a group that goes out and shoots and this was completely against the norms of what we think is correct or right.
BARRETT: Junejo says he and Anderson exchanged harsh e-mails. Anderson left the chat group but Junejo says he then showed up at a local mosque trying to recruit shooters.
Anderson's wife and family are not speaking publicly about his arrest. In a written statement to the Associated Press they said: "They place their faith and trust in the U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice to provide Ryan a fair trial before rendering any decision."
BARRETT: Anderson's wife Erin (ph) is shaken up and as shocked as anyone by all of this, according to her next door neighbor. Specialist Anderson remains in military custody here at Fort Lewis tonight awaiting charges -- Aaron.
BROWN: Was he scheduled to be deployed?
BARRETT: He was scheduled to be deployed within days to Iraq and there's some suggestion that the reason that he was arrested as swiftly as he was, was that they wanted to detain him before he went overseas.
BROWN: Katharine, thank you very much, Katharine Barrett out in Seattle out west.
BARRETT: My pleasure.
YAHOO - News - Photos: (REUTERS): "Ryan Anderson walks handcuffed past his rifle after being arrested by a Snohomish County Sheriff in this May 22, 1998 file photo when police responded to a call of a man with a firearm near an elementary school near Everett, Washington. U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Anderson, a recent Muslim convert, was charged on February 12, 2004 with trying to pass military secrets to the Islamic militant group al Qaeda after being caught in a sting operation, military officials said on Thursday. (Michael O'leary/The Everett Herald via Reuters)" (February 13, 2004) (Read More/View Photo...)
SEATTLE TIMES.com: "LOCAL SOLDIER ACCUSED OF TRYING TO GIVE AL-QAIDA INFO" by Mike Carter (ARTICLE SNIPPET: " About two years ago, a young man using the screen name "akagunfighter" joined a local Islamic Internet chat room. His real name was Ryan G. Anderson, and he could hardly have been less welcome. Anderson was arrested yesterday by U.S. Army officials, who say the 26-year-old National Guardsman attempted to communicate and provide intelligence to the al-Qaida terrorism network. Anderson, a member of the 81st Armor Brigade about to be deployed to Iraq, has not been formally charged.") (February 13, 2004) (Read More...)
SEATTLE PI.com - SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER: "UJAAMA CASE COMES TO AN END Ex-Seattle Man Gets 2-Year Sentence; Feds Get Information About Al-Qaida" (February 14, 2004) (Read More...)
US DOJ.gov - Press Release: "EARNEST JAMES UJAAMA SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRING TO SUPPLY GOODS AND SERVICES TO THE TALIBAN" (February 13, 2004) (Read More...)
stepping back in time...US DOJ.gov - Press Release: "EARNEST JAMES UJAAMA PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO SUPPLY GOODS AND SERVICES TO THE TALIBAN, AGREES TO COOPERATE WITH TERRORISM INVESTIGATIONS EARNEST JAMES UJAAMA SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRING TO SUPPLY GOODS AND SERVICES TO THE TALIBAN" (April 14, 2003) (Read More...)GOOGLE Search Term: "UJAAMA" (Read More...)
KOIN.com: "FIVE CHINESE SMUGGLED INTO PORTLAND ON CARGO SHIP Crew Members Face Human Trafficking Charges" (February 13, 2004) (Read More...)
CANADA.som (NATIONAL POST.com): "ANOTHER TAINTED HOT DOG BELIEVED FOUND AT PARK Withrow's Reopening Postponed by More Apparent Poison" (February 14, 2004) (Read More...)
stepping back in time...CBS NEWS.com: "HUNT FOR CANINE KILLER CONTINUES" (August 4, 2003) (Read More...)
stepping back in time...PORTLAND PARKS.org: "LAURELHURST PARK DOG POISONING UPDATE" (July 29, 2003) (Read More...)
LOCAL10.com: HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA - "FBI CHECKING TO SEE IF FRAUD MONEY WENT TO TERRORISTS Flight Attendant Accused of Credit Card Fraud, Possible Terrorism Ties" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A Hollywood flight attendant charged with multiple counts of credit card fraud says she's innocent -- but the FBI says it wants to know if the money they think she scammed went to help terrorists. Maha Elsaai, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen from Egypt, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to committing thousands of dollars worth of credit card fraud.") (February 12, 2004) (Read More...)WHIO TV.com - News: "AUTHORITIES SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE IN HIGHWAY SHOOTINGS" (Updated February 13, 2004) (Read More...)
NBC4COLUMBUS.com: "SERIAL SHOOTINGS" (Continuing Coverage) (Read More...)
WTOP.com (AP): "VIRGINIA TERROR SUSPECT SUPPORTIVE OF TALIBAN" BY MATTHEW BARAKAT, AP (Updated February 12, 2004) (Read More...)
NY POST.com: "BROOKLYN JIHAD -$$ PROBE" (February 12, 2004) (Read More...)
WNBC.com - News: RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL REPORTED MISSING FROM N.J. DEMOLITION SOURCE Prolonged Contact Could Cause Harmful Radiation Exposure" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "EAST ORANGE, N.J. -- Authorities are looking for two sealed sources of radioactive material reported missing from a demolition site, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday. A worker left the moisture density gauge at the site of the former Arcadian Gardens housing project at lunchtime Monday and returned to find the crushed remains of the gauge and the radioactive sources missing, said NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan.") (February 11, 2004) (Read More...)FOX NEWS.com (AP): "SECURITY JITTERS CANCEL MORE BRITISH AIRWAYS FLIGHTS" ((February 12, 2004) (Read More...)
WHITEHOUSE.gov: "PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES NEW MEASURES TO COUNTER THE THREAT OF WMD" (February 11, 2004) (Read Entire Text and Fact Sheet Here.)HAGANAH INTERNET: "WE WON'T BE SEEING MOHAMED FOR AWHILE" (February 11, 2004) (Read More...)
THE STAR.com - TORONTO STAR.com: "CANADIAN TRIED IN SECRET Ex-Ontario Resident Pleads Guilty in U.S. to Terror Charges Acuused of Ties to Al Al Qaeda, Plotting to Kill Americans" by Michelle Shepherd (February 10, 2004) (Read More...)WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS INVADE U.S., JOIN SLEEPER CELLS" by Jerry Seper (February 10, 2004) (Read More...)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com (UPI): "TERRORISTS PREPPED FOR A LONG CONFLICT" by Anwar Iqbal, UPI (February 14, 2004) (Read More...)
REDIFF.com: "NINE PAK NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS ABANDON JOBS" by Shyam Bhatia in London (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Nine nuclear scientists have abandoned their jobs in Pakistan and secretly taken up jobs in foreign countries where the pay and working conditions are better, Pakistani exiles have told rediff.com. The scientists are all engineers who were previously employed at the Chashma nuclear power plant built with Chinese help in central Pakistan.") (February 13, 2004)STRAITS TIMES.asia1.com.sg: "COPS HUNTING FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IN STOLEN CONTAINER" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "SHANGHAI - Hundreds of police officers are racing to find a football-sized container of a potentially deadly radioactive material stolen from a power plant construction site in north-west China. The canister of cesium-137 has been missing for five days in Pucheng county, Shaanxi province.") (February 12, 2004) (Read More...)YAHOO News (AP): "UNDECLARED CENTRIFUGE DESIGN FOUND IN IRAN" (February 12, 2004) (Read More...)
YAHOO News (REUTERS): "RUSSIA SAYS WILL SIGN DEAL ON NUCLEAR FUEL FOR IRAN" (February 12, 2004) (Read More...)
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If that is his purpose, then why do it on an obscure BB that is read by relatively few people?
This is the first I have heard this. Supposedly right in my backyard, no less. I haven't seen any low flying helicopters with the sensors like others here have seen.
Your words ring so true. I used search for stained glass patterns. Now, I too track terror. I enjoy reading your posts.
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