Posted on 06/10/2002 7:30:38 AM PDT by Dales
Breaking now. Details shortly
URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/06/10/national1052EDT0571.DTL
(06-10) 07:52 PDT (AP) --
The probable target of Mujahir's plans to detonate the bomb was Washington, according to a U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity. The plot was not believed to have passed the early planning stages.
Another government official, who spoke only on condition of anonymity, said the intelligence that led to Mujahir's arrest came from captured al Qaida leader Abu Zabaydah during recent interrogations.
The official said Mujahir is a former Chicago street gang member who served time in prison in the 1990s, converted to Islam and met with al-Qaeda leader in 2001 before returning to the United States.
Mujahir will be detained by the U.S. military as an "enemy combatant," the attorney general said, setting up the first military tribunal since the Sept. 11 attacks.
"We have acted with legal authority both under the laws of war and clear Supreme Court precedent, which establishes that the military may detain a United States citizen who has joined the enemy and has entered our country to carry out hostile acts," Ashcroft said.
©2002 Associated Press
The conspiracy nut in me wonders what's to keep Ridge & Company from staging something to justify their existence.I'd like to believe that Ashcroft and Ridge have too much integrity to do such a thing.
Magaw I definitely believe would do it, but it would be more related to planes in that case. Though it was at O'Hare....
-Eric
The official said Mujahir is a former Chicago street gang member who served time in prison in the 1990s, converted to Islam and met with al-Qaeda leader in 2001 before returning to the United States.So much for profiling "Arab looking" types...
-Eric
I am not an attorney, and this is the only logic I can come up with. Or maybe they decided to use Lindh as a test case to see how responsible defense attorneys are. We now know they are weasels, and thus all further arrests will go to DOD.
The man, whom Ashcroft said was an al Qaeda operative, was captured May 8 as he flew into Chicago's O'Hare International Airport from Pakistan. Ashcroft said the suspect was being transferred from Justice Department custody to the Defense Department after officials determined he was an "enemy combatant" who posed a serious and continuing threat to U.S. citizens.
"To our enemies, I say we will continue to be vigilant against all threats, whether they come from overseas or at home in America," Ashcroft said.
A "dirty bomb" is a conventional bomb equipped with radioactive material designed to spread over a wide area.
Ashcroft made the announcement in Moscow, where he is meeting with Russian officials to discuss the war on terrorism.
She's 12 and starts Algebra I in August. arghghghg!
Aw c'mon chick, it ain't that bad...
Actually I was homeschooled too-- ma threw Saxon math books at my head and told me to go do my thing and that worked out pretty durn well-- blew away the competition when I got to college... I recommend Saxon and a good healthy self-butt-kicking (or maybe masochistic... hmmmm...) attitude...
Clinton probably released all of these people too: The Denied Persons List
That's the first indication that were getting anything useful out of the detainees.
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