Note: The following text is a a quote:
http://www.sofir.org/sarchives/005925.php
22 February 2007
Subject: Maldonado, Daniel Joseph
A collection of his writings at islamicnetwork.com (organized chronologically), at his blog, and elsewhere, together with the criminal complaint and selected news stories, will all be found here:
www.sofir.org/resources/daniel/index.html
Posted on 22 February 2007 @ 12:02
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http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2007/April/
http://houston.fbi.gov/pressrel.htm
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-19-2007/0004569754&EDATE=
“U.S. Citizen Pleads Guilty to Training to Fight Jihad”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “HOUSTON, April 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A U.S. citizen, who trained to fight jihad along with elements of al Qaeda to establish an Islamic state in Somalia, has been convicted of receiving training from a foreign terrorist organization, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for the National Security, Don DeGabrielle, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, and Roderick Beverly, Special Agent in Charge
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Houston Division, announced today.
At a hearing this afternoon, Daniel Joseph Maldonado, a.k.a. Daniel
Aljughaifi, 28, pleaded guilty to the sole charge in an Information filed
on March 30, 2007 and unsealed today. During the hearing, Maldonado
admitted he had traveled from Houston to Africa in November 2005 and then
on to Somalia in December 2006 to join the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) and
elements of Al Qaeda to fight “jihad” against the Transitional Federal
Government to establish an independent Islamic State in Somalia.
While in Somalia, Maldonado was provided an AK-47, equipped with
military combat uniforms and boots in Mogadishu, and participated in
training camps in Kismaayo and Jilib, Somalia. The camps included physical
fitness, firearms and explosives training all in preparation to go to the
front to fight for the ICU. Al Qaeda members were present at the training
camps. ICU and al Qaeda, a recognized foreign terrorist organization,
worked together to train fighters in the camps to fight jihad to establish
an independent Islamic state in Somalia.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “U.S. District Judge Gray H. Miller, who presided over today’s hearing and convicted Maldonado, has set sentencing for June 29, 2007 at 11:00 a.m.
A conviction for receiving training from a foreign terrorist organization
carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison, without parole,
and a $250,000 fine.”
SOURCE U.S. Department of Justice
Fresno-Yosemite International Airport was closed to outbound air traffic from 2:30 to around 4 p.m. today because of a “suspicious bag” discovered in the baggage-handling area, airport spokesperson Rhonda Jorn said.
A Fresno Police Department bomb-squad unit was called in to check the suspicious bag, Jorn said, and that no bomb was found. Inbound air traffic was never affected, Jorn said.
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070418/NEWS01/70418014/1002
Suspected Al Qaeda Associates Detained in Nangarhar
Apr 19, 2007
Blackanthem Military News, BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Afghan and Coalition forces detained five suspected Al-Qaeda associates today during an early morning operation in the Chaparhar District of Nangarhar Province.
Credible intelligence, pointing to their association with Al-Qaeda, led Afghan and Coalition forces to the compound. The Afghan and Coalition forces requested a peaceful surrender, entered the compound and secured the area without incident. No shots were fired and there were no serious injuries reported. No civilians, Afghans or Coalition forces were injured during the operation.
EU: Ministers Launch Alert System On Expelling Terror Suspects
Brussels, 19 April 2007 - Immediately alert all member states of the expulsion of a non EU citizen suspected of terrorist activity, incitement to discrimination, hate and violence. This is the objective of a new alert and information system approved on Thursday by the Interior and Justice ministers of the 27 EU nations, meeting in Luxembourg. "The alert system we have agreed gives the competent authorities of the member states the chance to inform each other rapidly on citizens, who are relevant from a security perspective, who have been expelled" said German interior minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.
He said this was particularly important "in cases where a member state expels a person who cannot immediately be returned to their country of origin." "Each member state can take its own neccessary security measures swiftly" he said. What's more the system will allow a EU wide alert to prevent the entry of certain non EU citizens.
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http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.406662638&par=
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