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2 Men Held in Links to Terror (Allahu akhbar, kufr!)
The Los Angeles Times ^
| June 8, 2005
| Greg Krikorian and Rone Tempest
Posted on 06/08/2005 6:32:02 PM PDT by quidnunc
FBI arrests father and son shortly after the younger man returns from overseas, where he allegedly trained at an Al Qaeda camp.
Lodi, CA FBI agents have arrested a man and his father after the son allegedly admitted attending Al Qaeda training camps in Pakistan that taught participants "how to kill Americans," federal authorities said Tuesday.
In a case that was still unfolding, officials confirmed that Hamid Hayat, 23, and his father, Umer, 47, were taken into custody Sunday. Authorities said late Tuesday that they were still trying to determine whether the arrests represented the discovery of a small network of Al Qaeda sympathizers operating in the agricultural town of Lodi, 40 miles south of Sacramento.
The arrests came days after the younger man was discovered aboard a San Francisco-bound plane even though his name appeared on a "No Fly" list of suspected extremists.
At the time, according to an FBI affidavit, Hayat was returning to the U.S. after having visited Pakistan.
According to the affidavit, he told agents that after attending Al Qaeda training camps in Pakistan in 2003 and 2004, he was given his pick of where to carry out his terrorist mission.
"Hamid advised that he specifically requested to come to the United States to carry out his jihadi mission," the affidavit says. "Potential targets for attack would include hospitals and large food stores."
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TOPICS: Editorial; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaida; captured; fbi; foodsupply; groceries; grocerystores; hamidhayat; hayat; hospitalplot; hospitals; jihadinamerica; lodi; lodicell; pakistan; umerhayat
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posted on
06/08/2005 6:32:02 PM PDT
by
quidnunc
To: quidnunc
The radio news service included an interview with a neighbor who questioned why the gov't was bothering peaceable people.
To: quidnunc
According to the affidavit, he told agents that after attending Al Qaeda training camps in Pakistan in 2003 and 2004, he was given his pick of where to carry out his terrorist mission. Yep, our security to/from our shores is tighter than ever since 2001...
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posted on
06/08/2005 6:38:56 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
To: TADSLOS
According to the affidavit, he told agents that after
attending Al Qaeda training camps in Pakistan in 2003 and 2004, he was given his pick of where to carry out his terrorist mission.
Yep, our security to/from our shores is tighter than ever since 2001...
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posted on
06/08/2005 6:40:09 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: RightWhale
Well, contrary with the prevailing opinion of the ignorant, the
only response I expect from this community (not Lodi, the Pakis among them) is to play the victim card.
They are too close for comfort, and I hope that the authorities dig deep and long, and find all the tentacles of this terrorist network.
Ignore the whiners.
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posted on
06/08/2005 6:45:19 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(The most abundant things in the universe are ignorance, stupidity and hydrogen)
To: quidnunc
I was wondering when someone was finally going to post this!
his name appeared on a "No Fly" list of suspected extremists
Gotta wonder where that info came from, but I'm glad we've got it.
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posted on
06/08/2005 7:06:42 PM PDT
by
GVnana
To: GVgirl
GVgirl wrote:
I was wondering when someone was finally going to post this!Why didn't you post it?
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posted on
06/08/2005 7:09:30 PM PDT
by
quidnunc
(Omnis Gaul delenda est)
To: RightWhale
The radio news service included an interview with a neighbor who questioned why the gov't was bothering peaceable people.Never could figure the gov't. on this. That al Quaeda camp was merely the Arab version of the boy scouts.
To: quidnunc
Why didn't you post it?Well, because I didn't want to subscribe to the Sacramento newspaper website -- which I figured would be the best source since most folks would have heard about the case from TV by the time I did. Am I excused?
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posted on
06/08/2005 7:34:53 PM PDT
by
GVnana
To: GVgirl
GVgirl wrote:
(Why didn't you post it?) Well, because I didn't want to subscribe to the Sacramento newspaper website -- which I figured would be the best source since most folks would have heard about the case from TV by the time I did. Am I excused?This is from the LA Times, not the SacBee.
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posted on
06/08/2005 7:45:40 PM PDT
by
quidnunc
(Omnis Gaul delenda est)
To: GVgirl
Well, because I didn't want to subscribe to the Sacramento newspaper website You don't need to subscribe. You can find a user-id/password on this thread.
To: quidnunc
I saw that. Am I excused?
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posted on
06/08/2005 8:18:40 PM PDT
by
GVnana
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