I think some of the seven were on a BOLO released around Christmas of 2002. Not Christmas 2003. It wouldn't be on these threads as they started Nov 2003.
It has been confirmed since I posted that all but Gadahn are recycled. I was mainly trying to make sure my mind wasn't playing tricks on me.
It seems that, except for maybe Shukhrijumah and the East Africans, they are fixers and facilitators. They would be peripheral and not central to an operation. It means that by slapping up the same names they released on national TV a year and a half ago, they seem to have little new to go on. No new pictures of major players seems to mean we still haven't connected the dots. That is probably why we aren't at orange just yet. If they get some better info on who the actual members of a cell might be, (as a result of the national warning they might get a tip on when, where, or how - - there was value even in posting old faces), then they might have enough to put us at orange today or tomorrow. If not, we have to just brace ourselves and let the media coverage be the alert because we cannot do the yellow-orange-yellow-orange "yo-yo" routine all summer with all the potential targets of opportunity. After the second or third orange alert (by the Fourth of July we will be at the third major target of at least 7-10 between now and the election), no one will be paying attention, so even CNN/Fox/MSNBC will be cutting away after 5 minutes to cover other news (notice none of the majors decided to pick up the news conference yesterday).
All they seem to know is that "they're here". But despite the seven pictures, they don't seem to know who "they" are.
Here's a small amount of information on 2 of the 7. Corresponding pics at the link:
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Jdey was last seen in Montreal in November 2001, just a few months after he obtained a replacement passport. He appears in a "martyrdom" video seized in Afghanistan, and U.S. officials say a suicide letter was also recovered from his home in August 1999.
El-Maati, meanwhile, is a licensed pilot. The Canadian Press reports he is an acquaintance of Maher Arar, the Canadian detained by the U.S. and deported to Syria, though his lawyer says there "has never been a suggestion of any connection between Mr. Arar and Amer," according to The Globe and Mail.(snip)
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1085655290235_28/?hub=Canada
One is a Pakistani who's lived in Maryland and Massachusetts.
"Aafia Siddiqui is an al al Qaeda operative and facilitator. She attended colleges in the Boston area," said Muller at a Wednesday news conference.
Another suspect is Adnan el Shukrijumah. He's said to be fluent in English, and some experts have compared him to Mohammed Atta, considered a top planner of the September 11 attacks.
"He's a trained operative. He poses an operational threat to the United States," said Mueller.
El Shukrijumah used to live in South Florida. His mother still does.
Abderraouf Jdey obtained Canadian citizenship in 1995. Authorities say he left a suicide message on a videotape recovered in Afghanistan.
Two of the suspects, Ahmed Ghailani of Tanzania, and Fazul Mohammad, are under indictment in the United States for the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. They are thought to be hiding in Kenya or Somalia.
A sixth suspect, Amer el-Maati, is identified as a Kuwaiti.
For many, the real surprise on Ashcroft's list was Adam Gadahn, a 25-year-old U.S. citizen who grew up in southern California.
A statement attributed to Gadahn appears on several Islamic Web sites.
He's known to perform translations for al Qaeda as part of the services he has provided to al Qaeda," said Director Mueller.