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Federal Agents Raid Mosque in Albany
Fox News ^
| Thursday, August 05, 2004
| Anna Stolley and The Associated Press
Posted on 08/05/2004 6:18:03 AM PDT by Lady GOP
ALBANY, N.Y. Federal agents and Albany police raided a Muslim mosque overnight Wednesday and arrested two men for helping someone they thought was a terrorist, a law enforcement official confirmed to FOX News on Thursday.
A block of downtown Albany (search) was sealed off with armed officers for several hours after the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agents executed search warrants at the Masjid As-Salam mosque (search) and two Albany-area residences, officials said.
Yassin Muhhiddin Aref, 34, the Imam of the mosque, and Mohammed Mosharref Hoosain, the 49-year-old founder of the mosque, were arrested early Thursday morning. They are accused of reaching out to someone they thought was a terrorist trying to get a shoulder-fired missile to down planes in the United States.
FOX News learned from a law enforcement official, however, that that person was not a terrorist, and actually it was all a sting operation. The two men are accused of agreeing to help launder money to pay for the missile.
The men have ties to a group called Ansar al-Islam (search), which has been linked to Usama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terror network, two federal law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: airlinesecurity; airportsecurity; albany; albanymosque; ansar; ansaralislam; aref; cleric; clerics; homelandsecurity; hoosain; imam; imams; jihadinamerica; missile; missiles; mmh; mosque; mosques; terrorism; yassinaref; yma
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:18:03 AM PDT
by
Lady GOP
To: Lady GOP
"The men have ties to a [terror] group called Ansar al-Islam "
This is the same group that had a training base on northern Iraq before the war.
The article should note that it is a terror group, not just a group. What a singing group?
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:24:53 AM PDT
by
stockpirate
(Kerry and Morris have mentioned the terrorist attack on TWA flight 800, what do they know?)
To: Lady GOP
For God's sake lock em up and then get them out of here!
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:25:01 AM PDT
by
DooDahhhh
To: Lady GOP
Two down but how many more to go? Oh well chalk one up for the good guys!
To: Lady GOP
This should have gone unreported. Now this sting will be harder to use.
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:26:07 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(They are where you least expect. Look around and you'll see them too.)
To: stockpirate
This is the same group that had a training base on northern Iraq before the war.
Interesting.
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:27:11 AM PDT
by
Lady GOP
To: Lady GOP
Religion of Peace Alert!!!
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:27:47 AM PDT
by
datakcy
(I Pledge Allegiance - is that TOO MUCH to ask? If so, then go back to your tents & mud huts NOW!!!)
To: Lady GOP
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:31:04 AM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(God Bless Ronald Reagan, and may America Bless God!)
To: Lady GOP
"Federal agents and Albany police raided a Muslim mosque..."
If you're going to get rid of an infestation, you have to get rid of the nest. A mosque isn't a holy place, it's a nest. So, I guess RAID is appropriate.
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:33:44 AM PDT
by
brownsfan
(Build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, he'll be warm the rest of his life.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
This should have gone unreported. Now this sting will be harder to use.
They will just accue Bush of lying if some of this stuff isnt reported.
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:34:08 AM PDT
by
Lady GOP
To: Lady GOP
I know. But covert activities need to be covert.
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:35:37 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(They are where you least expect. Look around and you'll see them too.)
To: brownsfan
If you're going to get rid of an infestation, you have to get rid of the nest. A mosque isn't a holy place, it's a nest.
Well they were caught but there is always a chance someone will be doing something and not get caught.
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:36:24 AM PDT
by
Lady GOP
To: Conspiracy Guy
No, every time they do this, that is use undercover stings to catch bad guys trying to buy weapons (missiles, nukes,nuke parts, nuke fuel, machine guns, whatever) and then publicize it, you make every bad guy looking to buy think twice that his "supplier" might be working for the US. It prevents buyers and sellers for advertising publicly and, just like we learned from eBay, the web and infomercials, advertising helps sales.
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:37:19 AM PDT
by
NYFriend
To: Lady GOP
Solution: Place panties over their heads and hang their @$$ from a light post in front of the mosque. Let them rot there.
It is time to get very serious with these perps.
To: Lady GOP
And Jerold Nadler is on Fox still proclaiming the suspect timing of the terror alert...
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:37:27 AM PDT
by
hope
( Let no man deceive you!)
To: Lady GOP
"The Mosque of Peace" ...
The Masjid As-Salam mosqe in downtown Albany, N.Y., is seen Thursday, Aug. 5, 2004. Federal agents and Albany police raided the mosque Wednesday night, Aug. 4. (AP Photo/Jim McKnight)
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:38:36 AM PDT
by
maggief
To: maggiefluffs
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:40:48 AM PDT
by
maggief
To: hope
And Jerold Nadler is on Fox
Jabba the hut
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:41:10 AM PDT
by
Lady GOP
To: Lady GOP; eastsider; Liz; 1Old Pro
Reporting *LIVE* from Albany. The governor is headed up to the Capitol to give a news conference later this morning.
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:41:30 AM PDT
by
NYer
(When you have done something good, remember the words "without Me you can do nothing." (John 15:5).)
To: NYFriend
Two sides to every coin. I like covert myself. Probably the Cold War Warrior in me.
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posted on
08/05/2004 6:41:34 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(They are where you least expect. Look around and you'll see them too.)
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