A Mystery Man Who Keeps the FBI Up at Night

LATIMES ^ | 09/03/06 | Josh Meyer

[Pikamax]

A Mystery Man Who Keeps the FBI Up at Night Officials hunting virtually full time for a Florida computer technician see him as the ultimate 'sleeper agent' in the post-9/11 world. By Josh Meyer Times Staff Writer

September 3, 2006

CHARLIEVILLE, Trinidad and Tobago — Five years ago, as 19 Al Qaeda operatives in the United States put the finishing touches on what would become the Sept. 11 attacks, a frail, asthmatic computer engineer from South Florida paid a visit to this tiny Muslim enclave where he'd lived as a boy.

Adnan Gulshair Muhammad el Shukrijumah, then 25, kept a low profile over the course of the week. He hung out with a small circle of devout older men who were leaders of the local Islamic community. They prayed in mosques, went fishing and enjoyed long walks and leisurely dinners, recalled one of the hosts, Imtiaz Mohammed.

Shukrijumah spoke fondly of his father, an influential Islamic scholar and Charlieville community leader two decades earlier. He also spoke of his family life in Miramar, Fla., his computer technician business and his travels to the Middle East and other exotic locales.

But Shukrijumah said nothing about why he was in Trinidad, nor what his plans were, acquaintances here say.

Two years later, the FBI put out an urgent all-points bulletin for Shukrijumah, depicting him as one of Al Qaeda's most well-trained, intelligent and deadly operatives. He was described as the ultimate "sleeper agent," intent on attacking the U.S., possibly with weapons of mass destruction.

[b4its2late]

Deadman walking.

[MrEdd]

The Slimes appears to be on his side - notice no sketch or picture.

[MizSterious]

"...a frail, asthmatic computer engineer from South Florida ..."

The recent pictures of him indicate a somewhat bloated, overweight, turban-wearing traitor. Seems the terrorists have at least kept him well-fed.

[Battle Axe]

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/world/0405/gallery.fbi.alqaeda/content.4.html

[MHGinTN]

Google his name ... there are pix available 'cause I've seen them posted even here at FR in the past. I would love to find this one ... the reward is getting sizable on his smarmy head. He is known to travel with a female whose pix are also available.

[MizSterious]

See American greases al-Qaida media machine (This goofball needs photo captions).

[BOBTHENAILER]

"He was described as the ultimate "sleeper agent," intent on attacking the U.S., possibly with weapons of mass destruction."

Trinidad and Tobago are one of the the largest suppliers of LNG to the US. Maybe he's setting up a trial run at how to ignite an LNG facility. Not easily done, but possible with the right technology.

If they pull it off....look out.

[SE Mom]

bookmark

[TomGuy]

from the FBI website:

Adnan G. El Shukrijumah

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[ErnBatavia]

That's Alfonso, my gardener...

[nmh]

It gets worse:

"An operative known only as the South American had been discussing with Al Qaeda leaders new ways of attacking U.S. citizens, including blowing up apartment buildings with natural gas and spraying people with cyanide in nightclubs, the prisoner said."

...

"Unlike the Sept. 11 hijackers, the detainees said, these new teams included second-generation immigrant Muslims who had lived in the U.S., understood its customs and could operate under the radar of law enforcement."

This guy, Shukrijumah is very bad bews for America.

"Sometime in the late 1990s, Shukrijumah started leaning toward more radical Islamist views, authorities say. The FBI believes he was inspired by a group of Muslim men in South Florida who gave him books and videotapes about jihad in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kashmir and Afghanistan."

The article goes on to suggest he matured and become more purposeful in his allegiance to Islam. Notice I didn't say "radical" Islam.

[nmh]

It gets worse:

"An operative known only as the South American had been discussing with Al Qaeda leaders new ways of attacking U.S. citizens, including blowing up apartment buildings with natural gas and spraying people with cyanide in nightclubs, the prisoner said."

...

"Unlike the Sept. 11 hijackers, the detainees said, these new teams included second-generation immigrant Muslims who had lived in the U.S., understood its customs and could operate under the radar of law enforcement."

This guy, Shukrijumah is very bad NEWS for America.

"Sometime in the late 1990s, Shukrijumah started leaning toward more radical Islamist views, authorities say. The FBI believes he was inspired by a group of Muslim men in South Florida who gave him books and videotapes about jihad in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kashmir and Afghanistan."

The article goes on to suggest he matured and become more purposeful in his alligeince to Islam. Notice I didn't say "radical" Islam.

[nmh]

This guy could pass for a Mexican or an Italian etc.. He blends in well. He will be tough to get.

[AdvisorB]

Italian? LOL!! I don't believe Italians are as dark as he is, especially the blue eyed, blond haired northern Italians. Sicilians, yes, but Italians, no.

[nmh]

Depends on what part of Italy. I forget whether it's northern Italy or southern Italy ... one of the areas they are fairly dark skinned. Btw, I have found it to be rare - a blond hair blue eyed Italian.

[Grampa Dave]

Thank you.

Adnan G. El Shukrijumah

[BOBTHENAILER]

thanks for the photos. I'll keep an eye out for Adnan

[AdvisorB]

Then you must not have visited Genoa. My good friend, American of Italian descent, married a girl from there blond and green eyed, while there, I noticed there were a lot of Italians with similar features.

Incidently, I'm Italian on my mother's side, and Sicilian on my fathers side. The Sicilians are most definitely darker people, for the most part, compared to the natives on the boot.