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An American Married to Al Qaeda : Woman Says Her Husband Helped Set Up Sleeper Al Qaeda Cell
ABC News ^ | Dec. 23, 2004 | BRIAN ROSS and DAVID SCOTT

Posted on 12/23/2004 12:46:26 PM PST by JeffAtlanta

NEW YORK, Dec. 23, 2004 — A California woman reveals to ABC News that she unknowingly married a Muslim extremist who helped set up what authorities say was one of the first al Qaeda sleeper cells out of their Orange County apartment complex.

Saraah Olson says she watched as her then-husband, Hisham Diab, and his group transformed local teen Adam Gadahn into an America-hating fanatic who she says is the masked man who promised in an al Qaeda video message released in Pakistan late October that the "streets of America will run red with blood."

Olson said she repeatedly tried to notify the FBI of her husband's suspicious activities, but that she was never taken seriously. "I'm in hell," Olson remembers thinking after she recognized Abdel-Rahman in connection with the 1993 World Trade Center bombings. "I have entered the bowels of hell and I'm going to be here forever. And I've only been married seven months. I've got a terrorist in my house."

The FBI said in a statement that counterterrorism is their top priority. "Whenever we receive credible information pertaining to terrorist threats against the United States, the FBI acts immediately to thoroughly pursue all such leads," the statement read.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1993; 1993wtcbombing; abdelrahman; adamgadahn; alqaeda; blindsheikh; dhiab; diab; diabh; fbi; fbiwatch; gadahn; hishamdiab; jihadinamerica; muslimamericans; saraaholson
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Have to wonder how competent the FBI really is. They seem to be great at tracking down criminals after a crime has been committed, but don't seem to be very good at acting on proactive tips.
1 posted on 12/23/2004 12:46:26 PM PST by JeffAtlanta
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Did this woman wake up and find herself married, after falling asleep at a poker table in Vegas? I find it hard to believe that her husband married her without making sure of her loyalty, or that she married this guy without really knowing him.


2 posted on 12/23/2004 12:51:34 PM PST by ross_poldark
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To: JeffAtlanta

The FBI, like too many other government agencies seems to be selectively compentent.


3 posted on 12/23/2004 12:54:26 PM PST by F.J. Mitchell (A Merry Christmas to all ,and to all Panther foes............... meow.)
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Did this woman wake up and find herself married, after falling asleep at a poker table in Vegas?

Her first husband was Dennis Rodman.

4 posted on 12/23/2004 12:54:44 PM PST by Mr Ducklips
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To: JeffAtlanta

1. She's from California
2. She married a Muslim.
3. 'Nuff said.


5 posted on 12/23/2004 12:55:04 PM PST by Conservative Canuck (The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness)
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To: ross_poldark

What about the Muslim terrorist who became engaged to the young Irish woman who was stopped by airport screening because she had a bomb in her bag? Turned out that the Muslim extremist hid the bomb in a secret bottom compartment of his fiancee's luggage, then sent her off to board an airliner alone. Nice, huh?


6 posted on 12/23/2004 12:55:24 PM PST by Ciexyz (I use the term Blue Cities, not Blue States. PA is red except for Philly, Pgh & Erie)
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To: ross_poldark

Single mom working in a college visa office and he needed new papers.

What a fool. She (and her son) paid for it in beatings.


7 posted on 12/23/2004 12:55:41 PM PST by Valpal1 (The constitution is going to be amended, the only question is by whom?)
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To: JeffAtlanta
Have to wonder how competent the FBI really is. They seem to be great at tracking down criminals after a crime has been committed, but don't seem to be very good at acting on proactive tips.

Of course, if one were under investigation for aiding and abetting, one might make claims similar to those in the article, regardless of the truth of the claims.

8 posted on 12/23/2004 12:56:29 PM PST by ModelBreaker
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I find it hard to believe that her husband married her without making sure of her loyalty, or that she married this guy without really knowing him.

From what I understand from women I know that married Mulsim men, they act one way (western, logical, reasonable) before marriage, and then start transitioning to more traditional (read: scummy) Islamic ways quickly afterwards. Those that were able to get out before children were born consider divorce a blessing.

9 posted on 12/23/2004 12:57:17 PM PST by Yossarian (Remember: NOT ALL HEART ATTACKS HAVE TRADITIONAL SYMPTOMS)
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To: JeffAtlanta

Adam Gadahn = The English speaking masked raghead videotaped, calling himself "Azzam The American".


10 posted on 12/23/2004 12:59:52 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Merry CHRISTmas!!)
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I still cannot comprehend how any Western woman would be so stupid, but I'm not a woman and I guess I must think about implications and consequences more than most people.


11 posted on 12/23/2004 1:00:06 PM PST by ross_poldark
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I find it hard to believe that her husband married her without making sure of her loyalty, or that she married this guy without really knowing him.

The deceiving of infidels in furtherance of jihad is permissible according to the koran.

12 posted on 12/23/2004 1:00:20 PM PST by Freebird Forever (MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!)
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To: JeffAtlanta

Well.... duh! That happens if you marry a Mohammedan. How come some people don't do background checks on their spouses-to-be?


13 posted on 12/23/2004 1:02:32 PM PST by Kurt_D
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To: Conservative Canuck

From reports that I've read, she's Catholic, and her husband is purportedly Jewish.


14 posted on 12/23/2004 1:02:49 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Merry CHRISTmas!!)
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To: ross_poldark

I've met many an American woman who swoons at the thought of a dark handsome Arab.

I don't get it...as I don't personally find Arab women attractive at all.


15 posted on 12/23/2004 1:03:09 PM PST by AnalogReigns
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To: ross_poldark

He tricked her to get a visa, then beat her. She was 22.


16 posted on 12/23/2004 1:03:43 PM PST by D-fendr
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To: Valpal1
But, but, but, ALL Muslims aren't beating their wives
and setting up sleeper cells
and slaughtering us infidels
and acting like seventh-century savages
and sexually mutilating little girls
and openly declaring their intention to dominate the world
and cutting women's fingers off for wearing fingernail polish
and lying to us as a Koranic "virtue"
and whipping little boys to death for eating in public during Ramadan
and shooting infants point blank in the head
and oppressing every other religion on their "holy" Muslim lands
and issuing fatwas on everybody who displeases them
and burning churches and destroying ancient statues
and taking school children hostage for rape and murder
and kidnapping people for slavery
and ravaging through civilized nations in rape gangs
and sniping innocent people in Washington D.C.
and fragging their American officers
and sabotaging their fellow Marine's parachute straps
and giving our military secrets to Al Qaeda
and declaring war on America and bombing nightclubs
and slitting the throats of aid workers
and dancing in the streets on 9/11
or murdering Muslims who convert to any other religion.

Until fully 100% of Muslims faithfully follow the Koran you can't criticize or be suspicious of Islam. Please be reasonable and wait until EVERY infidel is slaughtered before you call the Religion of Peace into question.
17 posted on 12/23/2004 1:04:05 PM PST by broadsword (When Islam creeps into a human society, oppression, misogyny and terror come hard on its heels.)
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I still cannot comprehend how any Western woman would be so stupid

Lots of broads set the bar quite low. They just want someone who they believe cares about them. And they're easily fooled.

If it's not a muslim, it's some con man hustling them for their bank account.

18 posted on 12/23/2004 1:05:04 PM PST by Freebird Forever (MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!)
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To: AnalogReigns

Beats me why they would want an Arab.


19 posted on 12/23/2004 1:05:08 PM PST by ross_poldark
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To: JeffAtlanta

And yet there was an article on FR last week that some freepers thought was simply the best of its type, that there are NO sleeper cells in America. A bunch of us tried to persuade those misguided souls that there were definitely sleeper cells in America.


20 posted on 12/23/2004 1:05:53 PM PST by Peach
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