[piasa]

Remember the Portland Cell/Ujaama case up in the northwest? These folsk may or may not be related since the name may be common but the name "Bilal" struck a bell:

Court papers identified the six as Battle, Patrice Lumumba Ford, Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal, Muhammad Ibrahim Bilal, Habis Abdullah al Saoub and October Martinique Lewis, the ex-wife of Battle.

The Bilals here are brothers with American parents who live in Saudi Arabia. This group has connections to the Black Panthers, the Taliban, and Hamas. Battle was also Army as I recall.

[mrustow]

One of the reasons I believe these guys favor the same names, is to make it difficult for non-Muslims to ID them. You need a DNA/name pairing for each guy.

[livius]

Ping to Grampa Dave. Any information on "Bilal," either as an individual name or as the name of a group (Bilal Islamic Center, somewhere in So. Cal.)? Is this al Fuqra or something else?