British terror suspect fights U.S. extradition

washingtontimes.com ^ | October 08, 2004 | Jerry Seper

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A 30-year-old British computer expert, accused of running several Web sites to promote holy war and funnel money to terrorist organizations, was in a London court yesterday to fight a U.S. extradition request.

Extradition papers filed in the case said that when Mr. Ahmad was arrested Aug. 5, he possessed classified documents describing movements of a U.S. Navy battle group in the Middle East — and instructions on how best to attack those vessels with rocket-propelled grenades from small boats.

The papers said he also had communications with a U.S. Navy enlistee aboard the USS Benfold, a guided missile destroyer, who the extradition documents described as "sympathetic to al Qaeda causes." The sailor tentatively has been identified as Hassan Abujihaad, who served aboard the Benfold in 2000 and 2001.

An e-mail purportedly sent by the sailor expressed support for those who had attacked the USS Cole in Yemen on Oct. 12, 2000, calling them "men who have brought honor this week to the [Islamic nation] in the lands of Jihad — Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya," according to the extradition documents. Seventeen U.S. sailors died in the attack.

The Aug. 4 indictment said Mr. Ahmad, a Web site administrator at London's Imperial College, used U.S.-based Internet sites, including Azzam.com, to recruit al Qaeda, Taliban and Chechen fighters and raise cash for terrorist groups.

One of the groups he helped is led by Chechen leader Shamil Basayev, who has claimed responsibility for the Beslan school massacre in Russia last month.

The indictment also said Mr. Ahmad supplied terrorist groups with gas masks, night-vision goggles and camouflage gear.

The indictment also said Mr. Ahmad supplied terrorist groups with gas masks, night-vision goggles and camouflage gear.

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An e-mail purportedly sent by the sailor expressed support for those who had attacked the USS Cole in Yemen on Oct. 12, 2000, calling them "men who have brought honor this week to the [Islamic nation] in the lands of Jihad — Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya," according to the extradition documents. Seventeen U.S. sailors died in the attack. One of the groups he helped is led by Chechen leader Shamil Basayev, who has claimed responsibility for the Beslan school massacre in Russia last month.

Read these past posts:

Agent Linked Pilot Trainees, Bin Laden (Chechens Attacked USS Cole-Bosnian 9-11 Connection Revealed) "Shortly after the USS Cole (news - web sites) bombing in Yemen in October 2000, Bakri received an international call claiming responsibility for the attack on the U.S. ship from "Muhammad's Army," an extremist group previously known to be active only in the Russian regions of Chechnya (news - web sites) and Dagestan. U.S. officials believe bin Laden was behind that attack as well."

U.S. captures (Bosnian trained) al-Qaeda leader blamed in USS Cole attack - The watch list said al-Nashiri attended an al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan in 1997 after meeting al-Qaeda operatives four years earlier in Bosnia.

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So, what's the rest of the story vis-a-vis our traitorous sailor? A disgrace to the great United States Navy, where is he today, because I hope it's a a brig somewhere.

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Hassan Abujihaad, a US sailor synpathetic to terrorists? Why are we letting this subhuman filth into our military, let alone our country?

Kill him.