Lodi terror probe grows

Sac Bee ^ | 7/8/05 | Stephen Magagnini and Dorothy Korber

[NormsRevenge]

The FBI is investigating the possibility that six other Lodi-area men attended terrorist training camps in Pakistan in addition to Hamid Hayat, the initial suspect arrested in the government's ongoing probe of al-Qaida connections in the San Joaquin city.

According to federal court documents obtained by The Bee, Hamid Hayat and his father, Umer, claimed the suspected Lodi jihadists reported to Muhammed Adil Khan and Shabbir Ahmed, two imams they say came to the Lodi Muslim Mosque from Pakistan to groom students for terrorist training camps.

Khan and Ahmed are being held for allegedly violating immigration laws, and through their attorney have denied being involved in terrorist activities.

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The documents lay out interviews with the Hayats that allegedly detail the younger Hayat's transformation into a jihadist - a warrior against the enemies of Islam.

The attorneys for the Hayats, Johnny L. Griffin and Wazhma Mojaddadi, have dismissed much of the evidence against their clients as "fluff," but said Thursday a federal judge has prohibited them from discussing the documents.

In the documents, the Hayats are said to have outlined the following chain of command:

The alleged Lodi-area jihadists "would take their direction" from Shabbir Ahmed, who answered to his former madrassah (religious school) teacher in Pakistan, Adil Khan. Khan, in turn, took orders from the operator of the terrorist training camp near Rawalpindi, Fazler Rehman - whose "boss" is Osama bin Laden.

Saad Ahmad, the attorney for Shabbir Ahmed and Adil Khan, has described his clients as men of peace who are not associated with Rehman, bin Laden or any other anti-American terrorists.

Before coming to Lodi, Adil Khan was a teacher and administrator at the Jamia Farooqia School, a madrassah with 4,000 students in Karachi founded by his father, Salimullah Khan.

[buffyt]

Thanks for the update! I was thinking about this group yesterday when those sorry b*st*rds hit London.

[Piquaboy]

If so, they should be made to disappear.

[GVnana]

Me too.

[oceanview]

any of them even suspected of this should be arrested as enemy combatants right away - then sort it out later. get them off the street.

[yooling]

Try them! If found guilty execute them publicly. Repeat the process with the Gitmo scum. I will not let my family be victims for the sake of P.C. nonsense. It's time to take the gloves off.

[NormsRevenge]

You're both welcome.

Folks need to be vigilant,, especially now, when the borders are wide open and the terrorists are well-funded.

I and many others daily try and make sure this stuff gets posted so folks know how wide-spread their web is.

[Minnesocold]

Let's hope this map may to be expanded to show the west coast...

[Minnesocold]

I meant to say "Let's hope this map doesn't have to be expanded to show the west coast." Apologies.

[BurbankKarl]

And the mosque is still standing?

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