http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/aussie-on-ny-terror-charges/story-e6frf7jo-1225860909490
Last Updated: May 01, 2010
“Aussie on NY terror charges”
Carly Crawford in New York From: Herald Sun
May 01, 2010 10:59AM 3 comments
SNIPPET: “THE Australian man arrested as part of a growing al-Qaeda probe in New York is a devoted follower of fundamentalist Islam, sources say.
New York-based Sabirhan “Tareq” Hasanoff, who has both Australian and US citizenship, was one of two men charged with conspiring to provide material support al Qaeda in the US yesterday.
He is accused of lending the extremist network his computer expertise and handling huge sums of money for the group in New York.”
SNIPPET: “The tenant who occupies his townhouse in Flushing, Queens, described Hasanoff as a polite family man who, like his wife Wahida, is heavily into fundamentalist Islam.”
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/April10/ehanafiandhasanoffindictmentpr.pdf
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/05/27/2010-05-27_mini_terror_cell_leader_charged.html
“Computer whiz Wesem El-Hanafi accused of forming ‘mini terror cell’ loyal to Al Qaeda chiefs”
BY ALISON GENDAR
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Thursday, May 27th 2010, 4:00 AM
SNIPPET: “A Brooklyn-born computer whiz was accused Wednesday of forming a “mini terror cell” loyal to Al Qaeda chiefs in Yemen and ordered locked up until his trial.
Assistant U.S. Attorney John Cronan said Wesem El-Hanafi flew to Yemen in 2008 to meet with Al Qaeda officials. They covered him with a hood, and took him to a safehouse where he swore allegiance.
His first acts were to explain how they could encrypt their Internet communications, Cronan said. He returned to New York where he “basically formed his own mini terror cell.””