Another Atlantan in FBI custody

Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | 4/20/06 | Bill Torpy

[gondramB]

A 19-year-old Roswell man was arrested Monday in Bangladesh, the second Muslim from the Atlanta area taken into custody in the past month in what family members believe are terrorism investigations.

Ehsanul Islam Sadequee was arrested by Bengali authorities after at least eight months of federal investigation into him and his family, his sister, Sharmin Sadequee, said today. Ms. Sadequee said the family had immigrated from Bangladesh and had lived in Atlanta since 1988. Ehsanul was born earlier in Virginia and is a U.S. citizen.

Federal authorities would not say what charges Ehsanul Sadequee faces or even confirm he is in custody, just as they refused to release information on a 21-year-old Georgia Tech student who was taken into federal custody last month.

Syed Haris Ahmed, a 21-year-old mechanical engineering major who had become increasingly religious in his Islamic faith, was arrested by the FBI March 23 and has been held since, his family said. Ahmed was taken into custody, his family said, apparently because authorities suspect a videotape he made of a building may have been related to terrorism.

Both families deny that their sons have any terrorist ties.

Sharmin Sadequee, the sister of the man arrested in Bangladesh, said her brother was briefly detained last August at Kennedy International Airport in New York when he was flying to Bangladesh to get married.

Sharmin Sadequee said her family, including an aunt in Canada, has been interviewed by authorities several times since.

Ms. Sadequee, who lives in Michigan, said her family got a call in mid-March from a young man saying he was an acquaintance of her brother and he had been questioned four times by the FBI about him. Ms. Sadequee only knew the man by his nickname and met him at Al-Farooq Masjid, the mosque just north of Georgia Tech. She said the man she met looks like Syed Haris Ahmed, the Georgia Tech student, after seeing his photo on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's website.

Ms. Sadequee called the man this week after her brother was arrested. His cellphone had been disconnected.

Ms. Sadequee said one of the family encounters with authorities was in December when U.S. immigration agents arrested her mother at her Roswell home on immigration violation charges. Her mother was released and the case is ongoing, Ms. Sadequee said.

Sadequee's sister also said Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents came to her home in September, saying they were investigating the bankruptcy of a travel agency where a family member had purchased a ticket.

"Then they asked how many computers do you have and does your son have a laptop?" said Ms. Sadequee, who was reviewing notes the family has accumulated about the visits. "We wondered why they are asking about computers when they were investigating a ticket and a bankruptcy?"

A GBI spokesman said to call the FBI for comment. An FBI spokesman said it would get back to the newspaper with a comment. The FBI had not contacted the newspaper by publication time.

The family of Syed Ahmed said agents confiscated computer hard drives and data CDs from their home.

Ahmed told his family that authorities found a video on the Internet and apparently traced it to him. "He said, 'I made a video but didn't distribute it to anyone,' " she said. The video was of a building. Ahmed's family members said they did not know the location of the building or when the tape was made.

[Stentor]

Syed Haris Ahmed, a 21-year-old mechanical engineering major who had become increasingly religious in his Islamic faith, was arrested by the FBI March 23 and has been held since, his family said. Ahmed was taken into custody, his family said, apparently because authorities suspect a videotape he made of a building may have been related to terrorism.

This leaves the impression that he prayed too much and grabbed a video of an IHOP.

[tet68]

"Ve know nussing!"

[gondramB]

Starting to look like the FBI thinks there is an Atlanta terrorism cell. Yesterday, we had this thread

FBI detains Tech student, won't say why (Pakistan Born Immigrant)

And now this. This feels kind of personal, I went to Georgia Tech and had friends there from Bangledesh - the same year this new family emigrated..

>> Ms. Sadequee said the family had immigrated from Bangladesh and had lived in Atlanta since 1988. Ehsanul was born earlier in Virginia and is a U.S. citizen.<<

I also can't stop thinking about the situation with my plumber day before yesterday - he claimed that everyone in the largest mosque in Atlanta (which he attends) believes a series of bizzare things that taken together could consititute believing that Islamics have no responsibility for terrorism but need to be prepared to jihad here in the united States.

I discussed it here.... My Islamic Plumber (vanity)

[Dog]

Heads up...

[gondramB]

"This leaves the impression that he prayed too much and grabbed a video of an IHOP."

If this were a more innocent time that's what I would think too and I'd be suspicious of the FBI. The kids from Bangladesh I knew at Georgia Tech were very enthusiastic about the United States. I went with one of them to Walt Disney World for spring break (he didn't drink and I hate drunk people so it was a good match)

He told me that at home his father was on the supreme court but it was better to just be an average American and be able to go to Disney World - I would not more have suspected him of wanting to hurt this country than any more than I would want to.

[chpmass]

Let's hope the FBI has some things on these guys. As an Atlantan, I'd love to see a cell based here go down pretty quickly.

[gondramB]

"Let's hope the FBI has some things on these guys. As an Atlantan, I'd love to see a cell based here go down pretty quickly."

If there's a cell here then I hope they go down hard. But I'm still hoping this was somehow just a mistake.

[chpmass]

I agree. I want terrorists to have it handed to them, but I also don't want to see completely see innocent people rounded up (we all know the FBI has made mistakes). Still, this particular one could be interesting. Time will tell.

[ishabibble]

Three stories from yesterday:

1. 500K found, and not claimed, during a truck run into a nuclear power plant.

2. TSA uniform mistakenly placed in a NJ woman's luggage.

3. Suspicious and unreported result of suspicious activity at Atlanta/Hartsfield airport.

Are they trying to come and attack us again? Yep.

The OK football stadium bomb is not newsworthy, and the CAIR/Muslim cabal, who know all about this evil, hasn't said a word.

The President of Communist China goes to Bill Gates before he goes to Washington. Hello??????

Forget all the fragmentation fights, I say we tell the world, "Hell NO America First"!

[gondramB]

ping for thoughts...

[gondramB]

"1. 500K found, and not claimed, during a truck run into a nuclear power plant.

2. TSA uniform mistakenly placed in a NJ woman's luggage.

3. Suspicious and unreported result of suspicious activity at Atlanta/Hartsfield airport."

Particularly the truck thing... Didn't they say they were there to pick up equipment but run from security and then say they had no idea why there was half million in the back of the truck?

[Triggerhippie]

[gondramB]

They have updated the first arrest

>>Tech student charged with supporting terror group
Another Atlanta area man arrested in Bangladesh

By BILL TORPY
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 04/20/06

A 21-year-old Georgia Tech student taken into federal custody last month has been charged with giving "material support" to a terrorist organization, according to his attorney Jack Martin.<<

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/0421medetainee.html

[trubluolyguy]

Another Atlantan in FBI Custody

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From Atlantis?

[gondramB]

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From Atlantis?<<

Oh...That's why Triggerhippie posted a pic of Aquaman... i was afraid to ask.

[trubluolyguy]

sorry, I should have.....


(smarta$$ alert)

[Redcloak]

Must be another Trust operative.

[7mmMag@LeftCoast]

Must be another Trust operative.

Looks like we'll have to shut down the gate again.

[FreedomPoster]

I hope this sort of thing is happening all over the U.S. You'd be hard-pressed to convince me there aren't a lot of vistors who need a quick trip back to the Middle East.