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3 terror suspects in custody (trained @ VA paintball field)
Richmond Times Dispatch ^ | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 | MATTHEW BARAKAT

Posted on 07/22/2003 3:46:33 AM PDT by putupon

Edited on 07/20/2004 11:49:25 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

ALEXANDRIA - The final three of 11 defendants in an alleged "Virginia jihad network" accused of training to support a Pakistani terrorist group are in U.S. custody.

The three defendants - Seifullah Chapman, Sabri Benkhala and Khwaja Mahmood Hasan - had been in Saudi custody for nearly one month but arrived in the United States during the weekend and made an initial appearance yesterday in U.S. District Court.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Virginia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: captured; jihadinamerica; lashkaretaiba; paintball; vajihadnetwork; virginiajihad; wot

1 posted on 07/22/2003 3:46:34 AM PDT by putupon
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To: Angelus Errare; Coop
fyi...
2 posted on 07/22/2003 4:20:47 AM PDT by Dog
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To: putupon
told followers the U.S. military was a legitimate target of Muslim warriors

Treason.

3 posted on 07/22/2003 4:44:35 AM PDT by angkor
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To: angkor
i was relieved to hear it was fredericksburg and not Pev's Paintball out near Leesburg. my 11 yo son had his birthday party there last fall, in the midst of the DC sniper stuff!
4 posted on 07/22/2003 4:47:20 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: putupon
They could'nt afford the course in Vegas where you get to hunt nekkid women.
5 posted on 07/22/2003 5:33:41 AM PDT by SquirrelKing (Don't sweat the petty things...don't pet the sweaty things.)
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To: SquirrelKing
No, they tried but the women wanted more money to wear burkas.
6 posted on 07/22/2003 7:31:36 AM PDT by CJ Wolf (Paintball is not a crime.)
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To: CJ Wolf
Methinks this bunch of pervs aren't all that interested in women anyway.
It's an Arab thing...
7 posted on 07/22/2003 7:52:30 AM PDT by Redbob (Swearing off French words...)
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