Former U.S. sailor indicted on terrorism charges

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. federal grand jury has indicted a former U.S. Navy sailor on charges of spying and providing material support to terrorists in a case going back six years, authorities said on Wednesday.

Hassan Abujihaad, 31, formerly known as Paul Hall, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the U.S. attorney's office in the state said in a statement.

Police arrested Abujihaad in Phoenix this month. He is suspected of providing classified information to a London-based organization called Azzam Publications and knowing that it was to be used in a conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens.

Documents previously filed to the court allege that Azzam was part of a conspiracy to provide material support and communications links to people engaged in terrorism.

The charges are related to disclosure of a U.S. Navy battle group's movements as it traveled from California to the Gulf in 2001, the government says.

The suspected disclosures occurred months after suicide bombers attacked the USS Cole during a refueling stop in Yemen in October 2000, killing 17 sailors and injuring dozens more.

The charges were brought in Connecticut because the Azzam Publications Web sites were hosted for a time on servers in the state.

The government says Abujihaad sent e-mails to members of Azzam while he was on active duty in the Middle East and stationed aboard the USS Benfold, a ship in the battle group whose movements were disclosed.

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Sunday, March 11, 2007
Rockford Black Muslim Terrorist Admits Being Roommate to Arrested Arizona Terrorist
You need to read this story in Saturday’s Rockford Register-Star by Mike Wiser to believe it.

When the Black Muslim who allegedly wanted to bomb “niggers” in Cherry Vale Mall was arrested, I re-typed virtually all of his tape recorded words and published them here.

Now, it turns out Rockford's Derrick Shareef has admitted to being the 2004 Arizona roommate of Hassan Abujihaad, a.k.a, Paul Hall. Hall is also an African-American.

The second man was arrested last Wednesday. The former U.S. Sailor is alleged to have sent “information about U.S. naval battlegroup movements in the Persian Gulf in 2001” to “two men who provided support and assistance to the Chechen mujahedeen, the Taliban and other terrorist groups.”

The Rockford guy says that after Abujihaad read a 2004 Washignton Post article about “the arrest of the London terrorists and the leaked documents,” Abujihaad told him, “‘I think this is about me’ or ‘I think this article is talking about me,’” according to the cited affidavit.

http://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2006/12/wannabe-terrorists-own-words-about.html

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