Cast of Characters:
* Former Portland Mayor Bud Clark : Portland Group suspect Lumumba Ford was an intern in his office.
* Portland Mayor Vera Katz : Insanely liberal democrat; refused to cooperate with the DOJ in interviewing 9/11 suspects; the Portland Group suspect Lumumba Ford was an intern in her office.
* Patrice Lumumba Ford : (aka Lumumba) Charged with Conspiracy to Levy War Against the United States, Conspiracy to Provide Material Support and Resources to Al-Qaida , Conspiracy to Contribute Services to Al-Qaida and the Taliban ; US citizen who tried to travel to Afghanistan by way of China in October 2001
* Jeffery Leon Battle : (aka Ahmad Ali and Abu Isa) Charged with Conspiracy to Levy War Against the United States, Conspiracy to Provide Material Support and Resources to Al-Qaida , Conspiracy to Contribute Services to Al-Qaida and the Taliban, Possessing Firearms in Furtherance of Crimes of Violence ; US citizen and ex-Army reservist, discharged from US Army while overseas in Bangladesh; trained in WA, tried to travel to Afghanistan by way of China in October 2001
* Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal : Charged with Conspiracy to Levy War Against the United States, Conspiracy to Provide Material Support and Resources to Al-Qaida , Conspiracy to Contribute Services to Al-Qaida and the Taliban, Possessing Firearms in Furtherance of Crimes of Violence ; trained in WA, tried to travel to Afghanistan by way of China in October 2001
* Muhammad Ibrahim Bilal : Charged with Conspiracy to Levy War Against the United States, Conspiracy to Provide Material Support and Resources to Al-Qaida , Conspiracy to Contribute Services to Al-Qaida and the Taliban ; tried to travel to Afghanistan by way of China in October 2001
* Habis Abdullah al Saoub : (aka Abu Tarek) Charged with Conspiracy to Levy War Against the United States, Conspiracy to Provide Material Support and Resources to Al-Qaida , Conspiracy to Contribute Services to Al-Qaida and the Taliban, Possessing Firearms in Furtherance of Crimes of Violence ; trained in WA, tried to travel to Afghanistan by way of China in October 2001
* October Martinique Lewis : (aka Khadijah) female; US citizen. Charged with Conspiracy to Levy War Against the United States, Conspiracy to Provide Material Support and Resources to Al-Qaida , Conspiracy to Contribute Services to Al-Qaida and the Taliban ;suspect who remained in Portland and wired money eight times to her ex-husband, suspect Jeffery Leon Battle, when he was trying to travel to Afghanistan by way of China
* Ali Khaled Steitiye : Lebanese citizen and Hamas sympathizer, arrested in Portland October 2001 for having an illegal weapons cache. Steitiye is a Hamas sympathizer who was found to have circled the date Sept. 11 in red on his calendar.well before the others. He was seen by Sheriff's Deputy Mark Mercer in WA shooting at the gravel pit with other members of the Portland Group in September 2001.
* Sheik Mohamed Abdirahman Kariye : A prayer leader at another Muslim site , the Islamic Center of Portland (not far away from the Rizwan mosque near some Portland Group membere's homes) was arrested Sept. 9, 2002 and charged with Social Security fraud. The FBI initially said traces of explosives residue were found on his luggage, but further tests ruled out the residue. Kariye remains in jail.
* Irma and Jack Collins : Washington state couple who first reported gunfire at a gravel pit near their home.
* Skamania County, Washington Sheriff's Deputy Mark Mercer : Deputy Mercer saw the suspects at a gravel pit in WA while on a call for a noise complaint from Irma and Jack Collins. Alerted the FBI when he heard about the arrest of the Lebanese suspect, Ali Khaled Steitiye.