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Canada terror suspects may have had US contacts
Reuters ^ | June 3, 2006 | Reuters

Posted on 06/03/2006 12:42:47 PM PDT by FairOpinion

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some members of a group of Canadians arrested on terror-related offenses may have been in contact with two U.S. suspects now in custody who were based in Georgia, the FBI said on Saturday.

"There is preliminary indication that some of the Canadian subjects may have had limited contact with the two people recently arrested from Georgia," said FBI spokesman Richard Kolko in an e-mail.

Syed Haris Ahmed, 21, of Atlanta, Georgia, was arrested March 23 after a grand jury returned an indictment charging him with material support of terrorism. He has pleaded innocent and has not yet come to trial.

Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, 19, left Georgia after Ahmed's indictment but was later taken into custody in Bangladesh and returned to the United States, where he was charged in New York's federal court with lying to federal officials in an ongoing terrorism investigation.

Sadequee and Ahmed traveled to Canada on March 13, 2005, to meet with Islamic extremists, according to a U.S. Justice Department statement.

The two "stayed with an individual with whom they were conspiring concerning travel to terrorist camps, and met with three subjects of an FBI international terrorism investigation and discussed strategic locations in the United States suitable for a possible terrorist strike," the statement said, citing the complaint against Sadequee.

U.S. Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke said on Saturday there were no plans to change the U.S. security posture following Saturday's arrests in Canada.


TOPICS: Canada; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; canadaterror; gwot; jihad; jihadinamerica; jihadincanada; qlaeda; terrorism; terrorplot; terrorraid; waronterror; wot
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To: AFPhys
Great catch. I wonder, does the sewer bilge spittled out by the likes of Murtha and the democrap party goons in media whoredom help to 'radicalize youth'? You betcha! Thanks Murtha/democrap party for aiding and abetting the Islamofascists. Bastards trash Marines to empower their political agenda, with the side effect of propagating false imagery about 'mistreating Muslims'.
41 posted on 06/03/2006 3:46:04 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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To: petercooper
I hope they got a FISA warrant..

/sarcasm.

42 posted on 06/03/2006 4:20:44 PM PDT by Dog
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To: CindyDawg

Al Qaeda has this thing for Tuesdays..


43 posted on 06/03/2006 4:22:08 PM PDT by Dog
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To: MHGinTN

Copied the link- thanks!


44 posted on 06/03/2006 4:48:43 PM PDT by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
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To: MHGinTN; backhoe; Cindy
Backoe if you would could you include in your links this link..

Abu Mus’ab al-Suri and the Third Generation of Salafi-Jihadists

Al- Suri talked of a Third Generation jihadists taking up the fight in this post 9/11 world...I think this is who inspired these Canadian jihadists...

Cindy this might be of interest to you and your group..

45 posted on 06/03/2006 4:59:50 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Cindy
. Notorious for his online teaching courses, in which he expertly equips the new generation of jihadis and al-Qaeda loyalists with knowledge, insights and useful practical training, Nasar(al-Suri) is the most important live link between the old al-Qaeda and the emerging new al-Qaeda. Understanding Mustafa Setmariam Nasar is key to gaining a better insight into the evolving universe of Salafi-jihadism.

Al-Suri is in US custody captured last year in Quetta Pakistan.

46 posted on 06/03/2006 5:02:26 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Grampa Dave

not a Smith anywhere in this listing, appears to be a racially biased list of Muslims....


47 posted on 06/03/2006 5:06:31 PM PDT by thinking
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To: Peter vE
Maybe we need a fence on the northern border....

We wouldn't need fences at all, if our government would strictly enforce existing laws.

48 posted on 06/03/2006 5:09:59 PM PDT by airborne (Satan's greatest trick was convincing people he doesn't exist.)
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To: FairOpinion

I'm thankful authorities foiled the plot, but mystified why it took so long.

Two weeks prior to 9-11 a woman I spoke to frequently by phone told me of a large gathering of wealthy Arab Muslims in Toronto, where she lives. She is Jewish, but had met one of the men present for the gathering. They were together a number of times socially during the period of this gathering. The man said she would not be permitted to attend as the participants did not want their identities known, and told her the purpose of the "summit" was to conclude a plan to deal with the US backing of Israel. The gathering lasted the entire week.

Immediately following the events of 9-11 I contacted the FBI and related the information this woman had told me. She told me she had no interest in telling the authorities. She was fearful of what might happen to her and didn't want to get involved. It seemed to me then and now that it was not by coincidence the head of the terrorist cell that participated in the events of 9-11 came into the US from Canada barely a week after the "summit" concluded. To this day I believe there was a direct connection between the attacks of 9-11 and the "summit" that occurred in Toronto. To this day I would like to know who participated as the woman said she was told the men were prominent in the business and governments of Arab nations. She told me this prior to the 9-11 attacks.

I ended all communication with the woman when she would not share the information she had with Canadian or US authorities.


49 posted on 06/03/2006 6:09:24 PM PDT by backtothestreets
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To: backtothestreets

I would agree that the odds are that there was a connection.

Your information to the FBI, may well have gotten them digging and probably found out more about it, which, of course they never come back and share with you or others, but you did the right thing and may have helped them start paying more attention to the Canadian Muslim extremists.


50 posted on 06/03/2006 6:19:20 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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To: Dog

Wow! Great find, Dog. Very eye opening articvle from the past.


51 posted on 06/03/2006 7:24:47 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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To: Dog; backhoe
Thank you Dog and here's my current link list at this point:

JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Focus: "AL-SURI'S TREATISE ON MUSHARRAF'S PAKISTAN" by Stephen Ulph (May 9, 2006)

WTOP.com (AP): Kabul, Afghanistan - "TOP AL-QAIDA LEADER CAPTURED IN PAKISTAN" (Updated (May 2, 2006)

JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Focus: "SETMARIAM NASAR: BACKGROUND ON AL-QAEDA'S ARRESTED STRATEGIST" by Stephen Ulph (March 28, 2006)

MIL.no: "THE AL-QAIDA STRATEGIST ABU MUS'AB AL-SURI: A PROFILE" by Brynjar Lia, PhD, Senior Researcher (March 15, 2006) (Note: "Not to be quoted without author's permission") (pdf)

CNN.com: Amman, Jordan - "THE MASTERMIND" by Henry Schuster (March 9, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "A CHILLING FINAL THREAT FROM ABU MUSAB AL-SURI: 'O' Sleeper Cells, Wake Up Now!'" (December 31, 2005)

OSINT.INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "SETMARIAM'S WIFE SPEAKS OUT On the pages of asharqalawsat.com" (December 27, 2005)

"www.asharqalawsat.com/details.asp?section=1&article=340381&issue=9891"

"www.asharqalawsat.com/2005/12/27/images/front.340381.jpg"

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "TWO SUSPECTED AL-QAEDA FIGURES ARRESTED IN PAKISTAN, SOURCES SAY" (November 3, 2005)

WTOP.com (AP): Quetta, Pakistan - "DETAINEE MAY BE WANTED AL-QAIDA SUSPECT" (Updated November 3, 2005)

SOFIR.org: "AL-QAEDA'S SEARCH FOR NEW FRONTS: INSTRUCTIONS FOR JIHADI ACTIVITY IN EGYPT AND SINAI" by Reuven Paz (October 6, 2005)

"www.e-prism.org/images/PRISM_no_7_vol_3_-_The_new_front_in_Egypt_and_Sinai.pdf"

52 posted on 06/03/2006 8:57:01 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Dog; Cindy
Backoe if you would could you include in your links this link...

Gladly, and will hattip you.

I'm pulling together a collection of links right now.

53 posted on 06/04/2006 3:37:49 AM PDT by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
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To: backhoe
Interesting news from smalldeadanimals.com

(Canada's best blog)

Toronto Terror Cell - Who Are Dirie and Mohamed?
Are they the same people?

Reader Kelly gets extra marks for sharp eyes

CNN - August 13, 2005

Ali Dirie, 22, and Yasin Mohamed, 23 both Canadians from the Toronto area
face weapons-related charges and are in police custody in Niagara Falls, Ontario,
according to a police statement.
Ontario's Provincial Weapons Enforcement Team and the Niagara Regional Police Service are investigating.

From the list of those arrested yesterday:

6. Mohammed Dirie, 22, Kingston, Ont.;
7. Yasim Abdi Mohamed, 24, Kingston;

That ought to be good for at least one evening of internet sleuthing.

54 posted on 06/04/2006 3:40:13 AM PDT by Allan (*-O)):~{>)
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To: backhoe; Dog

ON THE NET...

http://www.truthusa.com/911news.html
(Note: On this top link, just scroll past the headers and the "news" links begin.)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642083/posts?page=137#137
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642083/posts?page=164#164


55 posted on 06/04/2006 3:41:47 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: AFPhys

"We're really going to have to crack down in every way on these plotters - whether they're using phones, internet, mosques, private "camps", libraries, or any other means to disseminate information and to coordinate. By that, I don't mean simply laws, but everyone from private citizens thru politicians thru judges must bend over backwards to give law enforcement the latitude they need in order to eliminate these increasingly sophisticated attacks on civilization."

Don't hold your breath waiting for the Bush Haters on the left and the right to help in protecting America from the Islamoterrorists.


56 posted on 06/04/2006 6:47:32 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist homosexual lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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To: thinking

"not a Smith anywhere in this listing, appears to be a racially biased list of Muslims...."

No Smiths, Browns, Jones, Andersons, Murphy's, nor McAnythings show an example of racially biased reporting.



57 posted on 06/04/2006 7:28:16 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist homosexual lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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To: FairOpinion
Thank you. I know I did the right thing by informing the FBI. I still have the eerie sense nothing became of the information I gave them as the FBI was still in a pre 9-11 mindset and neglecting vital information. I'm hoping a FREEPER with connections will read this can prod the proper authorities to look back and see that this was properly investigated. The article indicates those arrested were not the major players the woman described to me.
58 posted on 06/04/2006 4:45:45 PM PDT by backtothestreets
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