Posted on 10/28/2009 4:56:02 PM PDT by Cindy
October 28, 2009
Note: The following text is a quote:
Eleven Members/Associates of Ummah Charged with Federal Violations One Subject Fatally Shot During Arrest
United States Attorney Terrence Berg, Eastern District of Michigan, Andrew G. Arena, Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI), Detroit, Michigan, and Police Chief Warren Evans, Detroit Police Department (DPD), Detroit, Michigan announced a federal complaint was unsealed today charging Luqman Ameen Abdullah, a.k.a.Christopher Thomas, and 10 others with conspiracy to commit several federal crimes, including theft from interstate shipments, mail fraud to obtain the proceeds of arson, illegal possession and sale of firearms, and tampering with motor vehicle identification numbers. The eleven defendants are members of a group that is alleged to have engaged in violent activity over a period of many years, and known to be armed.
In light of the information that the charged individuals were believed to be armed and dangerous, special safeguards were employed by law enforcement to secure the arrests without confrontation. During the arrests today, the suspects were ordered to surrender. At one location, four suspects surrendered and were arrested without incident. Luqman Ameen Abdullah did not surrender and fired his weapon. An exchange of gun fire followed and Abdullah was killed. An FBI canine was also killed during the exchange.
Abdullah was the leader of part of a group which calls themselves Ummah (“the brotherhood”), a group of mostly African-American converts to Islam, which seeks to establish a separate Sharia-law governed state within the United States. The Ummah is ruled by Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rapp Brown, who is serving a state sentence in USP Florence, CO, ADMAX, for the murder of two police officers in Georgia. As detailed in the affidavit in support of the criminal complaint that was unsealed today, Abdullah has espoused the use of violence against law enforcement, and has trained members of his group in use of firearms and martial arts in anticipation of some type of action against the government. Abdullah and other members of this group were known to carry firearms and other weapons.
The 11 individuals charged include:
Luqman Abdullah (aka Christopher Thomas), age 53, of Detroit, Michigan. Abdullah is charged with:
18 U.S.C. 371 Conspiracy to Commit Federal Crimes, 18 U.S.C. Sale or Receipt of Stolen Goods Transported in Interstate Commerce, 18 U.S.C. 922(d) Providing Firearms or Ammunition to a Person Known to be a Convicted Felon, 18 U.S.C. 931 Possession of Body Armor by a Person Convicted of a Violent Felony, 18 U.S.C. 551 altering or Removing Motor Vehicle Identification Numbers. Mohammad Abdul Salaam (aka Gregory Stone), age 45, of Detroit, Michigan. Salaam is charged with:
18 U.S.C. 371 Conspiracy to Commit Federal Crimes, 18 U.S.C. Sale or Receipt of Stolen Goods Transported in Interstate Commerce. Abdullah Beard (aka Detric Lamont Driver), age 37, of Detroit, Michigan. Beard is charged with:
18 U.S.C. 371 Conspiracy to Commit Federal Crimes. Abdul Saboor (aka Dwayne Edward Davis), age 37, of Detroit, Michigan. Saboor is charged with:
18 U.S.C. 371 Conspiracy to Commit Federal Crimes. Mujahid Carswell (aka Mujahid Abdullah), age 30, of Detroit, Michigan and Ontario, Canada. Carswell is charged with:
18 U.S.C. 371 Conspiracy to Commit Federal Crimes. Adam Ibraheem, age 38, of Detroit, Michigan. Ibraheem is charged with:
18 U.S.C. 371 Conspiracy to Commit Federal Crimes. Gary Laverne Porter (aka Mujahid LNU), age 59 of Detroit, Michigan. Porter is charged with:
18 U.S.C. 371 Conspiracy to Commit Federal Crimes, 18 U.S.C. 922(g) Possession of Firearms or Ammunition by a Convicted Felon. Ali Abdul Raqib, age 57, of Detroit, Michigan. Raqib is charged with:
18 U.S.C. 371 Conspiracy to Commit Federal Crimes. Mohammad Alsahi (aka Mohammad Palestine), age 33, of Ontario, Canada. Alsahi is charged with:
18 U.S.C. 371 Conspiracy to Commit Federal Crimes. Yassir Ali Khan, age 30, of Ontario, Canada and Warren, Michigan. Khan is charged with:
18 U.S.C. 371 Conspiracy to Commit Federal Crimes. Mohammad Abdul Bassir (aka Frankin D. Roosevelt Williams, age 50 , of Ojibway Correctional Facility. Bassir is charged with:
18 U.S.C. 371 Conspiracy to Commit Federal Crimes, 18 U.S.C. Sale or Receipt of Stolen Goods Transported in Interstate Commerce, 18 U.S.C. 1341 Mail Fraud 18 U.S.C. 922(d) Providing Firearms or Ammunition to a Person Known to be a Convicted Felon, 18 U.S.C. 922(g) Possession of Firearms or Ammunition by a Convicted Felon. 18 U.S.C. 551 Altering or Removing Motor Vehicle Identification Numbers. Additionally, two federal search warrants were executed at 4467 Tireman Avenue, Detroit Michigan, and 9278 Genessee Street, Detroit, Michigan. The affidavits for these search warrants are sealed.
This case was jointly worked by the FBI, DPD, JTTF, and the United States Attorney’s Office – Eastern District of Michigan. We would like to express our appreciation to the Detroit Public Schools, Dearborn Police Department, Madison Heights Police and Fire Departments, and the members of JTTF for their assistance in this matter.
At the time of this release, Mujahid Carswell, Mohammad Alsahi and Yassir Ali Khan were still at large. Anyone with information regarding the location of these individuals should contact the FBI at (313) 965-2323.
A complaint is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A trial cannot be held on felony charges in a complaint. When the investigation is completed a determination will be made whether to seek a felony indictment.
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2 Canadians linked to Detroit imam granted bail
seattlepi.com ^ | 11/7/09 | ap
Posted on November 7, 2009 8:59:40 PM PST by Nachum
WINDSOR, Ontario — A judge on Friday granted bail for two Canadian men who face extradition to the U.S. on charges linked to the slain leader of a radical Detroit-area Islamic group.
Mohammad Al-Sahli, 33, was granted bail of 300,000 Canadian dollars ($280,000), while Yassir Ali Khan, 30, was granted bail of CA$260,000 ($242,000). The men were also placed under partial house arrest and must report weekly to police.
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Thanks to NACHUM for posting the thread connected with post no. 41.
The week's list is here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381345/posts
Thanks Nachum.
I’ll make your link clickable.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381345/posts
Thanks Cindy.
“Windsor, Ontario: Police chief apologizes to Muslims for offending them during FBI arrests”
SNIPPET: “Now can we get an apology from the Muslim community for aiding and abetting jihadists? “Windsor police chief Gary Smith apologizes to Islamic community for ‘offending’ their beliefs during FBI arrests,” from The Windsor Star, November 12 (thanks to Simeon):
WINDSOR, Ont. — Windsor police chief Gary Smith has apologized to members of Windsor’s Islamic community for offending their beliefs after officers arresting two FBI suspects at gunpoint patted down one of their wives.
“It was never the intention for Windsor police officers to offend or embarrass the families of our Islamic community,” writes Smith in a press release issued by police this morning. “The actions taken did cause embarrassment and did offend their religious beliefs. I sincerely apologize to the families and the Islamic community.”...
A review of the incident highlighted the need for additional “cultural sensitivity training,” said the release, and Dr. Murad Aktas has been tapped to provide it. Details have yet to be worked out.”
John Conyers trying to get the civil rights division of the DOJ to second guess the FBI and local cops should be headlines all over the country.
His committee has jurisdiction not just over the courts but subversion concerning the internal security of the United States.
We have to get him and the others out of power...they can’t be chairing committees.
Speaking of Conyers, here’s a copy of the letter he sent to Holder:
http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/Conyers100113.pdf
ADDING to post no. 47:
http://www.investigativeproject.org/category/15
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http://www.investigativeproject.org/1774/fear-and-loathing-in-detroit
“Fear and Loathing in Detroit”
IPT News
February 3, 2010
SNIPPET: “That’s what he tried to do as agents moved in, killing a police canine instead of surrendering. The campaign that began almost immediately after Abdullah died is based on a premise that his firing the first shot should not have prompted agents to return fire.
Leading the charge is Dawud Walid, head of the Council on American-Relations’ (CAIR) Michigan chapter.”
SNIPPET: “CAIR is not alone in conjuring up the controversy. The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), which has emerged as a new outreach partner for the federal government, also chimed in with a call for an independent investigation.”
SNIPPET: “In addition, U.S. Rep. John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting independent investigations by the DOJ Civil Rights Division in a letter that could have been written by CAIR.
Conyers also raised the issue of FBI informants, echoing a campaign waged by CAIR, MPAC and others during the past year despite their assistance in a torrent of prosecutions and disrupted plots.”
“Hamas-linked CAIR again sides with terror, sues Michigan Police over killing of Detroit imam who preached “offensive jihad””
(August 5, 2010)
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/1112.pdf
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http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/2010/08/cair-michigan-sues-over-slaim-imam-foias
“CAIR-Michigan Sues Over Slaim Imam FOIAs”
by IPT News • Aug 9, 2010 at 12:51 pm
SNIPPET: “The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) Michigan chapter has filed a lawsuit against the Michigan State Police for denying Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, the group announced. The FOIAs requested detailed information on the events leading up to the death of Luqman Abdullah, a Detroit imam who was killed in an October 2009 FBI raid. FBI agents say they returned fire after Abdullah refused to surrender and fired first.”
SNIPPET: “Since the shooting, CAIR-Michigan has gone to great lengths to try to discredit the FBI’s decision to return fire on Abdullah, even hiring a pathologist to do a second independent autopsy of the body. The county medical examiner took issue with the results of CAIR’s autopsy, which concluded that Abdullah’s jaw was broken by a dog attack and that he had dog bites on his upper body. The second autopsy was performed only by examining photos.”
sp= Slain (post no. 52)
From photos alone, CAIR could tell someone's jaw was broken by a dog? What is the frequency of dog jaw-breaking in the annals of non-photo autopsy?
http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/2010/10/cair-blasts-investigation-for-not-agreeing-with
For The Record - The IPT Blog
“CAIR Blasts Investigation for Not Agreeing with Them”
by IPT News • Oct 14, 2010 at 11:07 pm
SNIPPET: “Leaders of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Michigan chapter are blasting a Justice Department review of last year’s shooting death of a Detroit imam after the review found agents acted appropriately.
CAIR officials have spent the past year trying to cast the shooting as unjust and excessive. They were joined at a news conference Thursday by leaders of several community groups and Imam Luqman Abdullah’s son. Dawud Walid, CAIR’s Michigan director, called the DOJ review “superficial and incomplete” and demanded the Justice Department examine the tactics used in the arrest, which featured SWAT teams and officers from numerous agencies.
The DOJ investigation, as probes by the Michigan Attorney General and Dearborn police before it, made it clear that Abdullah’s history of threatening law enforcement and other inflammatory rhetoric was at the forefront of agents’ thinking. Still, Walid and CAIR attorney Lena Masri cast the “military-type operation” as excessive and something that should be reserved for terrorists or drug kingpins.”
Holy cow
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