Suspects Mohammed Mosharref Hossain, left, and Yassin Aref, are walked out of the Federal Courthouse in Albany Thursday. (Philip Kamrass / Times Union)
Court Papers: LINK
Posted on 08/06/2004 5:34:11 AM PDT by True Capitalist
Albany Mosque Leaders Arrested On Terror Charges
AUGUST 05TH, 2004
Two mosque leaders accused of agreeing to help an undercover informant smuggle a shoulder-fired missile to terrorists were arrested in an Albany Thursday. Meanwhile, the FBI says it is keeping a close watch on suspected terrorists in and around New York City.
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In New York City, several people with links to the terror groups Al Qaeda, Ansar al Islam and the Egyptian Islamic Jihad are under surveillance in New York City, an FBI spokesperson says. The FBI says there is no evidence that the suspects it is monitoring have any direct connection to the possible plots that led to this week’s heightened alert.
Law enforcement sources tell the Associated Press some of the suspects were linked to terrorist operatives by foreign intelligence agencies.
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Where's Kerry?
Suspects Mohammed Mosharref Hossain, left, and Yassin Aref, are walked out of the Federal Courthouse in Albany Thursday. (Philip Kamrass / Times Union)
Court Papers: LINK
The arrests in London and Albany are big helps. Phone records, etc. lead to more and news releases like this get them up and moving, away from usual zones of confort, etc.
Are they all trained to hold their, um, "papers" in that suggestive pose?
Tearing down the Gorelick Wall has resulted in more terrorist cells being dissolved and dismantled in the last 3 years than in the 8 years under Clinton.
Thanks for nothing, Jamie. Your wall to protect Bill was highly responsible for 9-11-01 and you share in the guilt of allowing that to happen.
BUMP!
"Despite the high profile this case has received, an arrest is not a conviction, and the suspects deserve the presumption of innocence while the legal process continues. Gov. Pataki went too far Thursday in declaring "there are terrorists among us who want to engage in acts to attack us again."
A sting in Albany
"It appears the FBI and foreign intelligence agencies are finally taking their jobs seriously."
Hardly.
NYC wouldn't be orange, thousands of terrorist muslims wouldn't be in our nation, and we would be killing people instead of arresting them.
What war was ever won with open borders? By arresting the enemy?
The government won't even name the enemy.
Yeah! Let's tell our enemies exactly WHO and WHERE and WHEN all our agents are and what they are doing and who the are watching, and give these murderers time to move and re-group.
It is time for the COWARDS in our congress and senate (small letters intentional) to declare WAR and stop the obvious enemies in our country. This may include several "republicans" also.
Sorry --- War is Hell! Been there.
Yeah! Let's tell our enemies exactly WHO and WHERE and WHEN all our agents are and what they are doing and who the are watching, and give these murderers time to move and re-group.
It is time for the COWARDS in our congress and senate (small letters intentional) to declare WAR and stop the obvious enemies inside our country. This may include several "republicans" also.
Sorry --- War is Hell! Been there.
Anything Look Familiar PING!
Were they trying to buy a RPG or Stinger? MSNBC said it might have been a RPG. Can a RPG shoot down a plane?
I think they were trying to arrange the sale, not actually buy it. The informant told them that he wanted to buy a shoulder-fired missile for the purpose of killing Pakistan's ambassador to the US.
If it hits, and depending on where it hits, likely. Three things would work against a successful RPG attack on a plane; the plane's speed (landing speeds are in the 150 mph range; pretty close to a helicopter's maximum speed), the lack of guidance on at least most models, and the lack of a proximity fuse on most models (i.e. unlike SAMs, close is not good enough). What would work in the terrorists' favor include the predictability of the flight path and the size of the plane (at least versus the size of the helicopters they've been taking potshots at).
Just got back in! I see a couple of people had your answer. You can always count on FR for its well educated and informed posters! And that's a good thing, because I sure didn't know the answer! LOL.
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