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Oregon Man Arrested in Spain Bombings Probe
Fox News ^ | Thursday, May 06, 2004 | Fox News Staff

Posted on 05/06/2004 4:25:03 PM PDT by Grampa Dave

Edited on 05/06/2004 5:05:05 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

WASHINGTON  — FBI agents arrested a Portland, Ore., man Thursday as part of the investigation into the deadly train bombings in Spain, federal officials said.

Brandon Bieri Mayfield, a U.S. citizen, was taken into custody on a material witness warrant, said a senior law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity. The arrest, first reported in Newsweek, is the first known in the United States with connections to the March 11 bombings in Madrid.

The FBI also searched his home, which he shares with his wife, the official said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Oregon; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 311; alfuqra; alqaeda; brandonmayfield; globaljihad; jihadinamerica; jihadinspain; katz; m11; madrid; madridbombing; mayfield; nationofislam; noi; portland; portlandoregon; redcross; spain; terrorism; verakatz
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To: jpl
This one didn't even limit himself to America, but was shooting for all of Western Civilization!
221 posted on 05/06/2004 6:58:08 PM PDT by B Knotts
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To: Oorang
Oh No.searched a mosque?!!??...
what ever will vera do now...
My, My, My!
222 posted on 05/06/2004 6:58:45 PM PDT by joyce11111
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
But maybe they were "peaceful" explosives.
223 posted on 05/06/2004 6:58:48 PM PDT by B Knotts
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To: blam
See #220.
224 posted on 05/06/2004 6:59:40 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: B Knotts
Here is the Bilal Mosque School -- not far from he lives, etc.: http://www.bilalschool.com/
225 posted on 05/06/2004 7:01:54 PM PDT by varina davis
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To: Libertarianize the GOP; seamole; backhoe; farmfriend; FairOpinion; NormsRevenge; calcowgirl
fyi
226 posted on 05/06/2004 7:03:31 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: cyncooper
FYI, Greta also used the term "detained."
227 posted on 05/06/2004 7:05:10 PM PDT by B Knotts
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To: joyce11111
At least Vera's time us almost up. She is such a dreadful little troll.
228 posted on 05/06/2004 7:06:13 PM PDT by Oorang ( Those who trade liberty for security have neither)
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To: KnutCase
Well, I know they say "past performance is not an indication of future results," but if you're looking for terrorists, Portland, Oregon, is a pretty good place to look.
229 posted on 05/06/2004 7:07:15 PM PDT by B Knotts
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To: B Knotts
Not one word on this on Drudge -- he's getting slower and slower.
230 posted on 05/06/2004 7:08:07 PM PDT by varina davis
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To: B Knotts
I saw someone else say local news was saying detained, too.

231 posted on 05/06/2004 7:08:59 PM PDT by cyncooper
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To: Oorang
A distinction without a difference......
232 posted on 05/06/2004 7:09:18 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Veni Vidi Velcro)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"See #220."

Thanks. I did ask you to speculate.

233 posted on 05/06/2004 7:14:38 PM PDT by blam
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To: MinuteGal


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234 posted on 05/06/2004 7:14:44 PM PDT by joyce11111
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To: varina davis
He needs to add staff!
235 posted on 05/06/2004 7:15:24 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: blam
I'm trying, I'm just not very good at it!
236 posted on 05/06/2004 7:16:38 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: varina davis; B Knotts
So far I haven't seen any news about this in the Spanish press. Very interesting, and if nothing else, it makes one wonder what the Muslims have planned for us here in the US around election time.
237 posted on 05/06/2004 7:19:19 PM PDT by livius
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To: All
Trying to connect dots: Two brothers of the Oregon 7-

Ahmed Bilal, and Muhammed Bilal.

Then there's Ernest James Ujamma aka Bilal Ahmed.

I'm starting to wonder about the attorney's middle name.

238 posted on 05/06/2004 7:25:36 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: Grampa Dave
KATU 2 News - Portland, Oregon
www.katu.com

Portland Man Linked To Spain Terror Attacks

May 6, 2004

PORTLAND, ORE. - A Portland man was arrested by FBI agents Thursday as part of the investigation into the deadly train bombings in Spain, federal officials said.
The man, identified by Newsweek as Portland attorney Brandon Mayfield, a convert to Islam, was taken into custody on a material witness warrant, said a senior law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Newsweek is also reporting that Mayfield was arrested after Spanish authorities allegedly found his fingerprints on bomb-related evidence associated with the March 11 attack.

Mayfield's arrest is the first known in the United States with connections to the March 11 bombings in Madrid that took the lives of nearly 200 people.

The attack was Europe's worst since the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland that killed 270 people.

Since that day, March 11, 2004 has become a day of infamy, which many compare to the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.



An addition to taking Brandon Mayfield into custody, the FBI also searched his home, which he shares with his wife, the official said.

Neighbors tell KATU News that Brandon Mayfield and his wife have lived in the home for about a year and a half and are a friendly family.

"Yes, I would say friendly, not overly friendly, but not anything that you would be suspicious of," one neighbor, who lives directly next door to the Mayfields, told KATU News.



In addition to the raid at Brandon Mayfield's home, KATU News learned agents also searched the Bilal Mosque in Beaverton.

A woman who lives at the apartment complex next to the mosque was at her kitchen window this morning and says she saw the whole thing, and now cannot believe what she is hearing.

"It's horrifying. It's absolutely horrifying to look out the window and see that they could possibly be doing any kind of… I don't know," Aurora McCann told KATU News.

McCann was home for an early lunch when she saw the search from her kitchen window.



"I saw a couple of cop cars - one unmarked. I think it was black… it was either black or white… an unmarked car out here and a couple of people from the mosque - older gentlemen out there just talking."

Watch her story

At the time, McCann says she did not think much of the activity going on outside her window.

"They weren't engaging in conversation closely. I mean, they were pretty standoffish as far as, you know, discussing the topics, but I couldn't hear anything. I just assumed that it was maybe somebody that got pulled over," she said.

Hearing that it was actually part of an ongoing FBI investigation comes as a shock.

"This close - I mean the school bus stops right out here in front of this apartment building to pick up kids for school."



239 posted on 05/06/2004 7:25:51 PM PDT by joyce11111
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"I'm trying, I'm just not very good at it!"

LOL. I didn't know how you would take that...I'm glad you have a sense of humor.

240 posted on 05/06/2004 7:26:16 PM PDT by blam
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