Posted on 11/08/2001 8:14:41 AM PST by Clovis_Skeptic
Sorry, no transcript as of now. Video only. Worth the effort to view.
The video provides a look at this compound in the foothills above Fresno, CA. Pre 9-11, a Fresn County Sheriffs deputy was killed by a member of this peaceful Islamic community. The suspect (in the beginning trial phase still) broke into a empty nearby foothill home, when deputies arrived this guy was lying in the hallway floor with a rifle, and killed one deputy. This video is the first investigative reporting we have had on this Islamic community. The trail leads to FUQRA, a known terrorist group operating all over the world, and have several communities such as this one all over the USA. Here is an excerpt from an article of the Sacramento Bee...
(Published Sept. 30, 2001)
There is no evidence that the Fresno group has been involved in any terrorist activities, officials say.
The group, according to a federal source, is part of Fuqra, an organization whose name means "poverty" in Arabic and which has had compounds in several U.S. areas.
Some Fuqra members in other areas have been implicated in past years in domestic terrorist attacks, and the State Department has labeled the group, known formally as Jamaat ul-Fuqra, as "an Islamic sect that seeks to purify Islam through violence."
The group south of Fresno operates an 1,800-acre compound called the International Quranic Open University, which sits on the former site of the drug addiction recovery cult Synanon.
The compound, a series of mobile homes shaded by trees, also serves as a U-Haul rentals location. A resident there last week refused to talk to a reporter, referring inquiries to a Visalia attorney who did not respond to a message seeking information.
Authorities have been studying the compound since the Aug. 21 slaying of Fresno County Sheriff's Deputy Erik Telen. Officials charged 20-year-old Ramadan Abdur-Rauf Abdullah with murder in the killing, apparently stemming from a botched burglary at a rural home.
James Oppliger, Fresno County's chief deputy district attorney, said the suspect claimed he had been living at the compound seeking psychiatric treatment from the Quranic university.
Oppliger said he since has begun studying the group and its possible connections to other organizations.
(Zavia Books) is the bookstore for this Islamic compound. It is called Koranic Open University. Note the books being sold. One of them is prefaced by ( Sheik Mubarik Ali Shah Jilani [Gilani]) a known terrorist. The trail leads from Baladullah (actually Miramonte, CA) to Pakistan, where Sheik Gilani lives. He is the head of Fuqra.
Which is stupidest? Only God can make that decision.
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A private airstrip permits terrorist trainees to visit the place without leaving any visible "signature" of their ever being there. No motel records, no gas station or restaurant credit card receipts. Never seen by the local LEOs driving in or out. No proof they were ever there.
The airstrip was already there. It was put in by Synanon way back when, but Synanon couldn't keep a permit to operate it and it hasn't been used as a working airstrip in a long time.
Man Linked to Muslim Group Held in Va.
By Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 30, 2001; Page A30
A man from the Roanoke area was being held in federal detention yesterday on weapons charges after prosecutors linked him in court to what they said was a violent black Muslim group known as Al-Fuqra.
Authorities arrested Vincente Rafael Pierre, 44, of Charlotte County, on Sept. 20, based on allegations that he had his wife buy guns for him. As a convicted felon, Pierre is forbidden by law from owning weapons. He was arrested at the Muslims of America compound in the rural Red House area of northern Charlotte County, in south-central Virginia.
Pierre's wife, Traci Upshur, also faces charges.
Taking the witness stand in U.S. District Court in Roanoke on Friday, Pierre strenuously objected to being linked to any terrorist alliances. His Muslim neighbors also denied that they were linked to terrorists.
"This is a phantom, nonexistent organization," Pierre said. "It's just a figment of someone's imagination due to their ignorance of the Arabic language or prejudice against Islam."
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Interesting rocks that can be turned over....
This is clearly a base for military operations against the USA and should immediately be taken over and every piece of untelwe can get should be taken from it. as to the one in VA that is only about 500 miles from me but there is an outpost of this group in New Haven. They have a number of inmates from the connecticut Dept. of Corrections who are devout Muslims. Right now they are politicaly immune from raids. Hopefully that will change.
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