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Lackawanna Six case didn't end with guilty pleas
The Associated Press ^ | 9/17/03 4:13 AM | CAROLYN THOMPSON

Posted on 09/17/2003 7:08:36 AM PDT by freeperfromnj

Edited on 07/06/2004 6:39:09 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (AP) -- Ahmed al-Bakri shakes his head and looks down when asked about his brother. Sharifa Galab speaks haltingly through a window about her son. At other homes, doorbells go unanswered even as eyes peer from windows.

Relatives of the so-called "Lackawanna Six" and others who live here push away uncomfortable memories of last September, when agents swarmed to round up young men on terrorism charges in the shadow of Sept. 11, 2001, remembrances. But the case is not ready to fade away.


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1 posted on 09/17/2003 7:08:40 AM PDT by freeperfromnj
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To: freeperfromnj
Ahhh, the poor guys.
2 posted on 09/17/2003 7:11:29 AM PDT by freeperfromnj
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To: freeperfromnj
Gosh, if this happened in a Muslim country they would just shoot them and bill the families for the bullets.
3 posted on 09/17/2003 7:18:29 AM PDT by Kenton
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To: freeperfromnj
Good news/Bad news

The Good -- stopped in the process...

The Bad -- they didn't have enough sense to stop it themselves.

Cry me a river...
4 posted on 09/17/2003 7:19:08 AM PDT by tioga
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To: freeperfromnj
The community has moved on, Albanna said.

I wish to h#ll it would. Move on to Gaza. You'll like there. They're your kind of people.

5 posted on 09/17/2003 7:22:45 AM PDT by dinasour
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To: freeperfromnj
Many say they were manipulated into going to the camp by high-pressure recruiters who
came to their mosque with a message of religious service -- then were pressured
again by the government to plead guilty.


Victims all the way...
No suprise there as these guys were reported to be registered Democrats
(in a news-story that wanted to paint them as nice guys who lived next door).
6 posted on 09/17/2003 7:34:21 AM PDT by VOA
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To: freeperfromnj
>>Many say they were manipulated into going to the camp by high-pressure recruiters who came to their mosque

That mosque, and those closely associated with it, should get a thorough proctological examination by the FBI and IRS. And that's on the lighter side of some of the ideas that came to mind.

7 posted on 09/17/2003 7:36:59 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (this space intentionally blank)
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To: freeperfromnj
They should be called the "Lackawaaaaaahhhhhna 6".
9 posted on 09/17/2003 8:32:24 AM PDT by Defiant (Half a loaf is better than none. Support Arnold, and don't pinch a loaf!)
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To: freeperfromnj
Many say they were manipulated into going to the camp by high-pressure recruiters who came to their mosque with a message of religious service

I hope they tell us who they were so we can investiage and arrest (as appropriate) them too.

10 posted on 09/17/2003 10:27:49 AM PDT by af_vet_1981
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