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Portland Muslim cleric released on bond PORTLAND - A man arrested last month by an FBI terrorism task force was ordered released Friday by a federal judge after being held for more than a month on charges of Social Security fraud. Sheik Mohamed Abdirahman Kariye was arrested on Sept. 8 at the Portland International Airport as he prepared to leave the country with his brother and children. He was on his way to the United Arab Emirates. U.S. Customs officials initially said tests had found explosives residue in two of Kariye's bags; further tests conducted by the FBI ruled that...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 09, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- A suspected American Islamic militant was deported Thursday from Malaysia to face charges of conspiring to fight with al-Qaida in Afghanistan, U.S. and Malaysian officials said. Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal was on a flight to the United States. Officials would not disclose the exact destination, but he was indicted last week in federal court in Portland, Ore. Bilal turned himself in Sunday. He had been in Malaysia since January, studying at an Islamic university but dropped out of sight after his indictment. A Malaysian judge cleared the way to...

PORTLAND - A family member described the sixth suspect indicted on terrorism charges in Oregon as a militant Islamist who carried around wads of cash and had contempt for non-Muslims. Habis Abdulla al Saoub, 36, and others were indicted last week on charges of 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, and possessing firearms in furtherance of crimes of violence. Al Saoub is the only one that remains at large. He is thought to be abroad. Al Saoub's former mother-in-law, Janet...

What to make of the Islamic compounds across America affiliated with the Pakistani radical group Jamaat al-Fuqra? WALL STREET JOURNAL reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped when he went looking for the leader of a group called Jamaat al-Fuqra in the terrorist bazaar of Pakistan. At the time he disappeared, Pearl was tracking reports that Fuqra had hosted would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid at its walled compound in Lahore. In the end, it was agents of another group that spirited Pearl off to his death, but Fuqra remains a subject of interest, and not only because of its activities in Pakistan....

Portland police have rejected U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's request for help in questioning thousands of young Middle Eastern men because the interviews likely would violate state law, the bureau's acting police chief said Tuesday. Andrew Kirkland, an assistant police chief who is in charge of the Portland Police Bureau while Chief Mark Kroeker is on vacation this week, said the bureau was immediately troubled by the request when it arrived late last week. Ashcroft has announced a plan to interview 5,000 men on an FBI list as part of the nation's developing anti-terrorism efforts. But Kirkland said the federal ...

WASHINGTON -- A federal grand jury indicted six people Friday for conspiring to "levy war" against the United States by attempting to join forces with al-Qaida in Afghanistan soon after the Sept. 11 attacks. Authorities arrested four in Oregon and Michigan -- including a former U.S. Army reservist. Two other suspects are being sought overseas. Five of the six are U.S. citizens. They allegedly trained for Jihad just outside Portland and then tried to travel to Afghanistan, but could not get into the country. "Today is a defining day in America's war against terrorism," said Attorney General John Ashcroft, noting...

Tuesday, October 08, 2002 Suspected terrorist surrenders and is likely to be deportedBy HARIATI AZIZAN, GAVIN GOMEZ and LOURDES CHARLES KUALA LUMPUR: Suspected American terrorist Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal has been arrested and is likely to be deported back to the United States now that his passport has been revoked.  Details of his arrest, however, are being withheld pending a police investigation on his suspected network here.   Sources said Ahmed Ibrahim was believed to have surrendered to International Islamic University (IIU) authorities on Sunday, which in turn handed him over to the police.  “He gave himself up immediately after...

They had much in common: They had started young families and supported them with unremarkable jobs: security guard, van driver, nurse's aide. They were devout Muslims who lived in modest apartments within walking distance of a Southwest Portland mosque. All but one were American-born. And all but one allegedly tried to enter Afghanistan last year to wage a holy war against the United States. A federal grand jury in Portland last week indicted five men and one woman on charges of conspiring to levy war against the United States, join the Taliban and provide services and support to al-Qaida. Charged...

<p>Portland, Ore. -- As a worldwide manhunt intensified Saturday for two fugitives believed to be members of an al Qaeda cell here, residents expressed grave concerns that there may be terrorists in their midst.</p> <p>The fugitives are among six people indicted in what federal authorities said was a conspiracy to provide aid to the Taliban and Osama bin Laden's terrorists. Three of those indicted were arrested in Portland on Friday. A fourth was arrested in Michigan.</p>

PORTLAND TERRORIST CONNECTION TO ELITE U.S. UNIVERSITY AND CHINA Common Ghetto street punk on prison furlough? Or world-traveled, grad-school educated, Mandarin Chinese-fluent, politically connected savvy operative? These are the thoughts that come to mind in analyzing the initial information we have on one of the Portland, Oregon al-Qaida cell members, (photo, above) Mr. Patrice Lumumba Ford (Patrice Lumumba was the Communist Congo revolutionary and assassinated leader in the 1960s).Word now comes out today that suspect Ford’s father has revealed he is “shocked that my son could be involved in something like this”, because he is world-traveled, apparantly a graduate of...

Patrice Lumumba Ford, one of the suspected terrorists arrested today, was an INTERN FOR PORTLAND MAYOR VERA KATZ, the mayor who refused to allow the Portland Police Bureau cooperate with the DOJ on terrorism investigative interviews! (NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE AS OF THIS POSTING.)

Oregon News Lebanese man who trained at guerrilla camps arrested in Portland By WILLIAM McCALL The Associated Press 12/11/01 9:01 PM PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Police and federal agents arrested a Lebanese man on a weapons charge and in a subsequent search found two guns in his car and a calendar at his home with Sept. 11 highlighted, police Chief Mark Kroeker said Tuesday. It was not clear whether the suspect had highlighted the date before or after the attacks on Sept. 11, or whether he had any links to the attacks, Kroeker said. "The connections he has to ...

<p>Four suspected terrorist cell members - including a former U.S. Army reservist - were busted yesterday on charges of trying to travel to Afghanistan to join al Qaeda after the Sept. 11 attacks.</p> <p>Two other suspects are being hunted overseas.</p>

Terrorists Booked Flight to Portland September 19, 2001, 05:00 PM By John Becker and Jim Parker, KGW Staff Federal authorities told KGW Wednesday that a credit card belonging to a Texas doctor may have been used to buy airline tickets for terrorist suspects to fly to Portland. Al-Badr Al Hazmi, 34, of San Antonio, was in FBI custody undergoing questioning Wednesday. Sources said his credit card was used to buy a ticket for one of the terrorist flights that crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, and now the FBI is looking into tickets he may have purchased ...

<p>PORTLAND, Ore. — Hailing a "defining day" in the fight against terrorism, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the arrests of four people in Oregon and Michigan on Friday on charges of conspiring to wage war on the United States and support Al Qaeda.</p>

U.S. Arrests 6 on Terror Charges Fri Oct 4, 1:21 PM ET By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Authorities arrested six men Friday in Oregon and Michigan on charges they conspired to wage war on the United States and provide support to al-Qaida. Attorney General John Ashcroft ( news - web sites), announcing the arrests at a Justice Department ( news - web sites) news conference, called it a "defining day" in the fight against terrorism. Ashcroft noted the sentencing in federal court Friday of John Walker Lindh and the guilty plea in Boston from accused shoe-bomber...

CONTACT INFORMATION Report suspicious activity to the FBI.Web Sitewww.ifccfbi.govToll-Free Hotline (866) 483-5137 HOMELAND SECURITY FBI's Most Wanted Suspected TerroristsFive Levels Of Alert SystemOffice Of Homeland Security Web Site "Earlier today agents of the Portland and Detroit joint terrorism task forces arrested suspected terrorist cell members charged with engaging in a conspiracy to join al-Qaida and to join Taliban forces fighting against the United States," Ashcroft said. Ashcroft said that the alleged conspiracy names six defendants, five of whom are U.S. residents, including one individual with U.S. military training. Ashcroft named the six: Jeffrey Leon Battle, Patrice Lumumba Ford, Ahmed...

U.S. Charges 6 in al-Qaida Plot Fri Oct 4, 1:45 PM ET By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Six people, including a former U.S. reservist, were charged with trying to travel to Afghanistan ( news - web sites) after the Sept. 11 attacks and join forces with al Qaida and the Taliban against the United States. U.S. Arrests 6 on Terror Charges (AP Video) Attorney General John Ashcroft ( news - web sites), announcing the arrests of four of of them at a Justice Department ( news - web sites) news conference Friday, called it a "defining...