Taliban captive links Seattle, London radicals

Seattle Times ^ | July 14, 2002 | Mike Carter and David Heath

[sarcasm]

ping

[Cindy]

This information does not seem surprising as the Al-Qaeda/Taliban/Radical Islamics/Islamic Extremists all seem to be playing by the same guide book no matter which part of the world they are in.

[Free the USA]

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[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for posting this thread and the ping.

[Grampa Dave]

More on the Seattle/Bly Oregon IslamaKazi connections.

[Grampa Dave]

More on the connections between the Islamakazis in Seattle and their branch ranch in Bly.

Please ping your fellow Oregonians.

[Grampa Dave]

This is a link to a thread posted yesterday by sarcasm on this news: (Oregon sheriff: 'We had our suspicions' {al-Qaida in Oregon})

[swarthyguy]

This is all good news and encouraging. The mosques and masjids are no longer sacrosanct.

[dixiechick2000]

Thanks for the post, sarcasm.

And, thanks for the ping, Gramps!
Ya' think ol' Vera's rethinking her decision regarding police questioning of Arab/Muslim men?
Naahhh...

[Travis McGee]

bttt

[Grampa Dave]

Actually,like you I see it as good news as these Islamakazi mosques, training grounds and ranches are not sacred PC Cows in America anymore.

Their ranch near Fresno has been closed down since we found out about on Free Republic and aired their dirty linen.

I think that these recent actions are part of the preemptive strategy that President Bush talked about at West Point a few weeks ago. Apparently there is a homeland preemptive strategy as well as killing them in their homelands before they kill us.

[AuntB]

Vera? Rethink? First, we must teach her to think! But we can always hope.:<)

[TADSLOS]

There's another camp located near HERE

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks, they seem to like Tenn.. Must be the easy availibility to get phoney drivers licenses and other benefits there.

Stay safe! These are not safe people to be around.

[blackie]

Big...Bump !!

I don't have any ping lists...sorry...there's more than enough now... :o)

Freedom Is Worth Fighting For !!

Molon Labe !!

[dixiechick2000]

"First, we must teach her to think!"

heheh
Well, that will never happen!

[MarMema]

a Muslim convert now suspected of being a key figure in the Seattle group suspected of supporting the al-Qaida terrorist network...... That time frame coincides with the arrival of two men from the London mosque to a ranch in Bly, Ore., which at the time was being occupied by numerous members of the Seattle group.

Could be why Seattle was mentioned so often back in the days when they were telling us we were in the top five.

[MarMema]

Seattle militants investigated for terrorist ties Seattle group may have scouted Oregon ranch
07/12/2002
The Associated Press

SEATTLE – A federal grand jury is investigating a group affiliated with a now-defunct local mosque for possible ties to the al-Qaida terror network, the attorney for a former mosque member confirmed Friday.

Terrorism experts point out that it doesn't mean Seattle is a target. What it does mean is that federal investigators have identified militant Muslims with ties to al-Qaida in Seattle and are closely watching their activities.

Authorities are focusing on some former member of a defunct mosque in Seattle’s Central District. The men have been described as a cell of suspected militant Muslims, who support the al-Qaida terrorist network.
Authorities are focusing on some former member of the Dar-us-Salaam Mosque, a defunct mosque in Seattle's Central District. The Dar-us-Salaam Mosque closed after it was damaged in last year’s February earthquake, but the militants are still believed to be active in the Seattle area. Federal authorities also believe some members of the cell traveled to southern Oregon to scout a ranch near the town of Bly as a potential terrorist training camp.

"The grand jury is looking into a lot of things related to people of this faith who have been associated with the mosque," said Robert Leen, attorney for Semi Osman, 32, of Tacoma, who is charged with trying to fraudulently obtain U.S. citizenship and owning a semiautomatic handgun with the serial number removed.

(Remember the stuff stolen in Tacoma from the immigration office?)

The Sierra Leone-born Osman, who holds a British overseas passport and has lived in the United States since the late 1980s, formerly attended the Dar-us-Salaam mosque near downtown Seattle. Members of that mosque and another that opened nearby after the earthquake have been under investigation, Leen said.

King County Sheriff Dave Reichert said it’s another indication that Seattle is on the terrorist radar screen.

"We don’t want to create panic,” said Sheriff Reichert, “but we want people to be alert that it can happen here."

Government sources say Seattle is one of four cities - Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta and Detroit - where the FBI is closely tracking al-Qaida suspects. But that doesn’t necessarily mean Seattle is a target, say experts.

Rest is here

[Libertina]

Thanks for the ping MarMema. And I sure would like to know who the so-called "Swedish citizen" was. No doubt a Mr. Akbar or Mr. Abdullah. Is this the diversity that the leftists were so busy promoting??? ALso got your FReepmail, thanks - you're a sweetie! :)