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Federal agents raid mosque in Albany
newsday.com ^ | August 5, 2004 | The Associated Press

Posted on 08/05/2004 4:07:09 AM PDT by The Mayor

August 5, 2004, 6:48 AM EDT ALBANY, N.Y. -- Federal agents and city police raided a Muslim mosque overnight Wednesday, with armed officers sealing off a block in downtown Albany for several hours.

Authorities declined to immediately discuss the raid at Masjid As-Salam mosque.

An FBI spokesman said a press conference was tentatively set Thursday afternoon in Washington. Some mosque members held morning prayers Thursday on a nearby sidewalk.

WTEN-TV reported two men were arrested and are suspected of providing material support for terrorism. Calls to the U.S. attorney's office were not immediately returned. On Tuesday, William Chase, special agent in charge of the FBI's Albany office, said there had been no terrorism-related arrests in the area and relatively few nationally since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

"But I think as time goes on you'll start to see an increased number of prosecutions as law enforcement increases its level of activity and starts looking at some of the ancillary things like financing and those type of things, the things that feed into the system that supports the terrorism," Chase said.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; US: New York; War on Terror
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1 posted on 08/05/2004 4:07:10 AM PDT by The Mayor
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To: BfloGuy; Bob Eimiller; bc2; bauerle; brownie; birdsman; Bonneville; commish; crosdaddy; ...

PING!


2 posted on 08/05/2004 4:07:57 AM PDT by The Mayor ("Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." --George Washington)
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To: NYC GOP Chick; Calliope04; sdk7x7; kphockey2; bluerose; risen_feenix; firebrand; lavrenti; ...

PING!


3 posted on 08/05/2004 4:08:23 AM PDT by The Mayor ("Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." --George Washington)
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To: The Mayor

Good on 'em. It's only one raid, but it shed the light on the roaches. Keep them on the defensive.


4 posted on 08/05/2004 4:10:12 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: The Mayor

Yee-haaa!


5 posted on 08/05/2004 4:10:38 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: Yehuda

Coming soon to a neighborhood near you (I hope :D).


6 posted on 08/05/2004 4:11:37 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: Jet Jaguar

This is all over the radio right now in Buffalo


7 posted on 08/05/2004 4:13:45 AM PDT by The Mayor ("Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." --George Washington)
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To: The Mayor; Dog
Terrorists? What's CAIR's take on this? /sarcasm

I wonder if these guys know the South African woman that was arrested in Texas? She was heading to New York.

8 posted on 08/05/2004 4:17:59 AM PDT by csvset
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To: Jet Jaguar
Good on 'em. It's only one raid, but it shed the light on the roaches. Keep them on the defensive.

Right. It's a start: 1 down, 999 to go.

9 posted on 08/05/2004 4:18:42 AM PDT by Lurking in Kansas
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To: The Mayor; StriperSniper; Mo1; Howlin; Peach; BeforeISleep; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; ...

HELLO!!!!


10 posted on 08/05/2004 4:21:27 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
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To: csvset
they were trying to buy shoulder fired missile launchers....

Hmmmmm, I thought the terror threat was being overblown..
11 posted on 08/05/2004 4:21:35 AM PDT by The Mayor ("Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." --George Washington)
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To: The Mayor

They want any leftovers from the cell in Buffalo to know!! The Muslims in Buffalo turned out to support that cell. It gave us a good look at who's who.


12 posted on 08/05/2004 4:22:45 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: The Mayor

Quick. Call the ACLU.



13 posted on 08/05/2004 4:24:02 AM PDT by samtheman (www.georgewbush.com)
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To: Sacajaweau

they need to get the rest of the lackawanna group


14 posted on 08/05/2004 4:24:58 AM PDT by The Mayor ("Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." --George Washington)
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To: Sacajaweau; The Mayor; Jet Jaguar; csvset
The "Lackawanna Six" was possibly the most pathetic excuse for a squad of jihadi lunatics that I've ever seen.

That "Frontline" expose-which was supposed to serve as an exculpation of these men, but merely served to buttress the case made by Attny. Gen. Ashcroft-showed you how easily it is to bust up these rings of imbeciles once you have a willing informant and good police work.

15 posted on 08/05/2004 4:28:30 AM PDT by The Scourge of Yazid (The New York Press. It's kind of like the Village Voice, except it sucks even harder.)
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To: The Mayor

There's a news conference this afternoon and I imagine that it might be Ashcroft. I have to work so someone please ping me.


16 posted on 08/05/2004 4:29:04 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: The Mayor

Albany. Figures.


17 posted on 08/05/2004 4:29:56 AM PDT by mewzilla
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To: hellinahandcart; OXENinFLA
Now, if we could just get those damn Brits-with their slavish devotion to the European Union-to hand over Abu Hamza!
18 posted on 08/05/2004 4:30:03 AM PDT by The Scourge of Yazid (The New York Press. It's kind of like the Village Voice, except it sucks even harder.)
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To: The Mayor

http://www.jannah.org/masjid/


19 posted on 08/05/2004 4:34:16 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
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To: The Scourge of Yazid

http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=2135263

ALBANY, N.Y. Federal agents and city police raided a Muslim mosque in Albany early this morning, with armed officers sealing off a block for several hours.

Authorities are declining to immediately discuss the raid at the Masjid As-Salam (mah-GHID' ah-sahl-AHM') mosque. An F-B-I spokesman says a press conference is tentatively set for this afternoon in Washington.

Some mosque members held morning prayers on a nearby sidewalk because they aren't being allowed inside the building.


20 posted on 08/05/2004 4:35:19 AM PDT by The Mayor ("Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." --George Washington)
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