Terrorists push plots from jail: Militant sheik got messages to his followers

Chicago Tribune ^ | November 19, 2001 | Cam Simpson

[sarcasm]

A jailed Egyptian immigrant plots murder, bombings and a prison break with members of his jihad terrorist group during regular visiting hours.

A Palestinian arrested after entering the United States with bomb-making manuals uses his jailhouse phone privileges to call a friend who patches him through to a partner in New Jersey plotting to blow up the World Trade Center.

And the imprisoned spiritual leader of these terrorists, and others abroad, allegedly gets his messages out to followers despite intense government efforts to smother communications that could yield more terror.

[Sabertooth]

Thanks for the flag, OKCSub. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

Not to make light of your post (Cannistraro's warnings are well-taken), but you can't talk about precautions and the Pope without a pic of the best-dressed security detail on the planet...

T h e      S w i s s      G u a r d

[rwfromkansas]

thanks for the info

[rwfromkansas]

Hmm...what is this Indy article about?

[Victoria Delsoul]

As authorities investigating the Sept. 11 hijacking attacks choke off funding of terrorist groups and detain or arrest potential suspects, a disturbing reality has emerged: Even after terrorists are investigated, captured and locked up, they may still plot mayhem and communicate with fellow devotees from behind bars.

To avoid this problem the best solution is elimination on the spot whether through military tribunals or through combat, but terrorists' elimination nonetheless. Having these terrorists going through our justice system and jails like common criminals is not the remedy.

[Sir Gawain]

I agree, since our jail system fails even to reform common criminals.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Pssst...Dems/press: Ramsey Clark's client, key figure in Osama's terrorist network, issued fatwa, support for strikes against Americans from American jail...1998.