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To: piasa; Lion's Cub; xzins; *TerrOrWar; knighthawk
"One person in Seattle and four to nine in Portland is hardly an international terrorist cell in operation," said Jon Mandaville, head of the Middle East Studies Center at Portland State University.

What about that member of the Naval Reserve that was arrested in Tacoma a few months ago? Didn't he and his buddy Ujaama turn out to have connections to radical imam Abu Hamza al Masri in London?

16 posted on 10/06/2002 6:18:00 AM PDT by aristeides
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To: aristeides
Yes; some members of the Seattle Cell went to the London mosque and met with the cleric. Ujaama did their web site I think.
18 posted on 10/06/2002 6:21:52 AM PDT by piasa
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To: aristeides
Seattle man arrested...ties to al Masri
19 posted on 10/06/2002 6:26:00 AM PDT by piasa
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To: aristeides
What about that member of the Naval Reserve that was arrested in Tacoma a few months ago? Didn't he and his buddy Ujaama turn out to have connections to radical imam Abu Hamza al Masri in London?

Yup. I assume you mean Sami Samir El-Kassem who enlisted under the alias Semi Osman. Story here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/722854/posts

49 posted on 10/06/2002 10:36:15 PM PDT by Lion's Cub
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