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Mexico arrests 9/11 suspect
Agence France-Presse | June 22, 2005

Posted on 06/21/2005 10:26:22 PM PDT by HAL9000

Mexico arrested Amer Haykel, a British man of Arab extraction, sought by US authorities in connection with the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, the Attorney General's office (PGR) said on Tuesday.

Haykel was arrested in Todo Santos, a town in the northeastern Mexican state of Baja California, officials said.

"The PGR arrested... Haykel, whom US authorities have linked to extremist groups presumably involved in the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York," the office said in a statement.

Officials said Haykel was arrested at the Todo Santos fire department, following "investigative and intelligence work and exchange of information with the US government".

The statement did not explain why Haykel was at the fire station and also failed to include the suspect's age or where his passport was issued, which would confirm his nationality.

"The suspect, who was born in Beirut and speaks fluent Arabic, English, French and Spanish, was turned over to immigration authorities and taken to Mexico City to determine his legal status," the PGR statement said.

On June 15, Pakistani national Arif Ali Durrani was also arrested in Baja California in response to a US warrant on charges he was smuggling anti-aircraft missiles. Durrani was officially repatriated to Pakistan via Los Angeles.

A PGR official said it was "likely" the same system would be used for Haykel, whose repatriation could take place as early as Wednesday.

There have been persistent rumors that Mexico harbors terrorists from Arab extremist groups, but both the foreign ministry and the interior ministry here have always denied them.



TOPICS: Breaking News; Cuba; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events; Russia; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; alqaeda; alqaedamexico; alqaida; amerhaykel; arifalidurrani; axisofevil; baja; captured; cuba; durrani; haykel; mexico; nicaragua; russia; sept11; unitedkingdom; wtc
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1 posted on 06/21/2005 10:26:22 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

Here is a link to a shorter version of the article, but it's a link confirming the story.

September 11 suspect arrested

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15694789-401,00.html


2 posted on 06/21/2005 10:28:47 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: HAL9000
"in the northeastern Mexican state of Baja California"

If the article hadn't already said he was arrested by Mexican officials..I would be afraid to ask where this is really at.
3 posted on 06/21/2005 10:29:00 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: HAL9000

And here it is in Forbes:


Mexico arrests British 9/11 suspect

http://www.forbes.com/finance/feeds/afx/2005/06/22/afx2104988.html


( I have posted the links, because sometimes people get a little skittish about whether the story is confirmed, when there is no initial link)


4 posted on 06/21/2005 10:30:39 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: HAL9000; Squantos; Travis McGee; Grampa Dave; Noumenon; Lurker; B4Ranch
They repatriot these guys that are wanted in connection with 911? That's almost impossible to believe.

Those terrorists are in Baja for one reason...either planning themselves to come into the US, or organizing others to do so.

...and they ain't coming here to sight see or for vacation.

5 posted on 06/21/2005 10:31:20 PM PDT by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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To: ConservativeMan55

"in the northeastern Mexican state of Baja California"

Oops! Should be Northwestern.


6 posted on 06/21/2005 10:32:21 PM PDT by AVNevis (www.cahsconservative.blogspot.com Great Political Discussion from the eyes of a High School Student)
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To: FairOpinion

and we don't need the minute men why?


7 posted on 06/21/2005 10:32:24 PM PDT by willyd (Good Fences Make Good Neighbors!)
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To: HAL9000; Travis McGee

Hopefully, Mexico will apply traditional interrogation techniques. These guys will be begging for Gitmo!


8 posted on 06/21/2005 10:33:30 PM PDT by investigateworld ( God bless Poland for giving the world JP II & a Protestant bump for his Sainthood!)
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To: HAL9000

Why in God's green earth was this guy in Baja?

Could it be that porous borders make this area a convenient crossing point between the US and the turd world????

dung.


9 posted on 06/21/2005 10:34:24 PM PDT by Moose Dung (Soiling the Shoes of the Lunatic Left)
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To: Jeff Head

Remember the stories of Chechen/jihadists crossing the border?


10 posted on 06/21/2005 10:34:44 PM PDT by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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To: Jeff Head

Them thar Mexican authorities don't mess around when they catch an illegal...........spit.


11 posted on 06/21/2005 10:35:37 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: HAL9000
When you start a HAL9000 ping list, I want to be on it.




You always post news I have not seen elsewhere. Thank you.
12 posted on 06/21/2005 10:36:32 PM PDT by TheOtherOne (I often sacrifice my spelling on the alter of speed™)
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To: HAL9000

Hmmm... Todos Santos in kinda in the middle of nowhere. I wonder if he was simply looking for a nice place to disappear.


13 posted on 06/21/2005 10:38:36 PM PDT by Redcloak (We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces singin' "whiskey for my men and beer for my horses!")
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To: HAL9000

Wow.. I just can't believe this. Torture is too good here for a 9/11 involvee.

What is going on? Why now?


14 posted on 06/21/2005 10:40:51 PM PDT by LAURENTIJ
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To: Jeff Head
"Those terrorists are in Baja for one reason...either planning themselves to come into the US, or organizing others to do so."

Correct and how many other jihadists have already crossed blending in with the crowds?

15 posted on 06/21/2005 10:41:51 PM PDT by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free)
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To: Redcloak
Todos Santos in kinda in the middle of nowhere.

It appears to be just a few clicks north of Cabo on the map.

16 posted on 06/21/2005 10:43:08 PM PDT by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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To: M. Espinola

Far too many I am afraid.


17 posted on 06/21/2005 10:45:39 PM PDT by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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To: Squantos

Problem is, accoring to the article, they are being repatriated through LA!


18 posted on 06/21/2005 10:47:01 PM PDT by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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To: Jeff Head

This guy needs to be shot up with .22 bullets from the feet up, and fed blood so he feels each one.

wtf is going on here.. Why isn't this guy being tortured to death by what he did?


19 posted on 06/21/2005 10:48:35 PM PDT by LAURENTIJ
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To: HAL9000

I hope the "poor darling terrorist" won't end up in Gitmo, they may make him stand up too long. (/sarcasm)


20 posted on 06/21/2005 10:49:41 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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