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JANUARY 2002 : (PAKISTAN BANS TERRORIST GROUP LASHKAR-E-TAEBA) Lashkar-e-Taeba was banned by President Musharraf and its assets were frozen in January of last year. - "11 Lashkar terrorists arrested in US," Hindustan Times, June 28 2003

JANUARY 2002 : (AFGHANISTAN : AUSTRALIAN LeT TERRORIST DAVID HICKS IS CAPTURED -- See JOSH DRATEL)

MARCH 2002 : (AN ASSOCIATE OF AL QAEDA'S OSAMA BIN-LADEN WAS FOUND IN A LASHKAE-E-TAEBA HIDEOUT) According to the State Department, an associate of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was found in a Lashkar-e-Taeba hideout in March 2002 which suggested that some members of the group help Al-Qaeda.- "11 Lashkar terrorists arrested in US," Hindustan Times, June 28 2003
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MARCH 2002 : (AL QAEDA'S ABU ZUBAYDA IS CAPTURED AT A LeT SAFEHOUSE) LET has also sheltered al Qaeda deputy Abu Zubaydah until he was captured at one of their safe houses in March 2002, and is a co-member of the al Qaeda-led group “International Islamic Front for Jihad against the U.S. and Israel,” which has been blamed for numerous terrorist attacks. ------ "Eichenlaub: Indian Islamist terror group had ties to Saddam," Commentary by Mark Eichenlaub , Insight, www.insightmag.com - Issue Date: July 25-31, 2006, Posted On: 7/25/2006

JUNE 3, 2002 : (PAKISTAN: THE HEAD OF JAMAAT UL DAAWA CLAIMS HIS LOYALISTS CONTROL TWO MISSILES WITH NUCLEAR WARHEADS -- See BOSTON CELL, LeT, JAMAAT UL DAAWA) Islamabad, June 3: Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Amir Jammat-ad Dawa today said that they have loyalists among the personnel who control two missiles with nuclear warheads. They shall be used against the enemies of Islam. He made this statement while in the custody of Islamabad Police. --------- "We control two nuclear missiles" Hafiz Muhammad Saeed www.markazdawa.org ^ | Jun 3 2002 | staff Posted on 06/06/2002 9:24:07 AM PDT by lyonesse

NOVEMBER 15, 2006 : (BOSTON, MA : IMAMS OF THREE MOSQUES ARE ARRESTED - THEY ARE CLOSE RELATIVES OF LeT FOUNDER & JAMAAT UL DAAWA HEAD HAFIZ MOHAMMAD SAEED)

JUNE 2002 : (CANADA REFUSES TO EXTRADITE LIBAN HUSSEIN, BROTHER OF MOHAMED HUSSEIN --See BOSTON CELL, OTTAWA CELL, AL BARAKAT BANKING) In June, Canadian officials refused to extradite Liban Hussein, citing a lack of any evidence linking him to terrorism. -------U.S. jails Somali over cash transfers; Canada refused to extradite brother of accused The Star ^ | July 23 2002

JULY 2003 : (US REMOVES LIBAN HUSSEIN'S NAME FROM LIST OF PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF FINANCING TERRORIST ACTS; See LIBAN'S BROTHER MOHAMED HUSSEIN; BOSTON CELL; OTTAWA CELL; AL BARAKAT BANKING) the Bush administration removed his name from a list of people and groups suspected of financing terrorist acts. -------U.S. jails Somali over cash transfers; Canada refused to extradite brother of accused The Star ^ | July 23 2002

JULY 2002 : (BOSTON, MASS : MOHAMED HUSSEIN IS SENTENCED --See AL BARAKAT BANKING; OTTAWA CELL; BOSTON CELL) BOSTON (AP) — A Somali arrested in a post-Sept. 11 crackdown on money transfer businesses was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison for operating without a state licence. Mohamed Hussein was convicted in April of two counts of illegally transmitting money abroad. Hussein, 33, and his brother, Liban Hussein, 31, were arrested during last fall's crackdown on al-Barakaat outlets across the United States.
Prosecutors had asked for a sentence of at least four years, three months in prison — a recommendation that drew harsh criticism from U.S. District Judge Robert Keeton. "You're trying to ask me to sentence him as a terrorist," Keeton told Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy, calling the recommendation "unfair and unjust."
The Bush administration last year said Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda group skimmed money from the tens of millions of dollars that annually flow overseas through al-Barakaat, which is headquartered in the United Arab Emirates.
The Hussein brothers, natives of Somalia who hold Canadian citizenship, have insisted they had no knowledge of any link between al-Barakaat and terrorists. They ran Barakaat North America out of a tiny office in Boston and a subsidiary office in Ottawa. In June, Canadian officials refused to extradite Liban Hussein, citing a lack of any evidence linking him to terrorism. Last week, the Bush administration removed his name from a list of people and groups suspected of financing terrorist acts. Massachusetts prosecutors said the Hussein brothers wired about $2.8 million (U.S.) to an account in the United Arab Emirates between September, 2000, and November, 2001, even though the brothers knew they were breaking the law by not having a state licence. Mohamed Hussein had faced up to 10 years in prison, though federal sentencing guidelines called for two to three years. --------U.S. jails Somali over cash transfers; Canada refused to extradite brother of accused The Star ^ | July 23 2002

2002 : (RANDALL ROYER aka ISMAIL ROYER IS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR MAS -- See VA JIHAD / PAINTBALL CELL, LeT) ... in 2002, Royer was employed as Communications Director of the Muslim American Society (MAS), a major component of the “Wahhabi lobby” or Islamic political establishment in the U.S. ------ "Portrait of a Wahhabi: My encounters with Randall Royer…and the “usual suspects”, By Stephen Schwartz, FrontPageMagazine.com ^ | June 30, 2003

SEPTEMBER 25, 2002 : (INDIA : AKSHARDHAM TEMPLE ATTACK BY LeT KILLS 25 PEOPLE) ....an audacious attack on Akshardham temple [Images] in Ahmedabad [Images] in which 25 were killed on September 25, 2002. Elite National Security Guards had to be airdropped into the complex to rescue 50 people. ---------- "Arrested Fidayeen reveal terror route, LeT hand ," Rediff , 28 Nov., 2008