FBI: American Among Escapees From Yemen

Posted by Robert on February 10, 2006 7:51 PM

An associate of the Lackawanna Six, the secularized Yemeni Muslims in Lackawanna, New York who were convinced through Qur'an studies led by an Al-Qaeda recruiter to try to journey to Afghanistan to join the jihad. From [1] AP, with thanks to the Constantinpolitan Irredentist:

BUFFALO, N.Y. - An American wanted for allegedly training with the "Lackawanna Six" at an al-Qaida camp was among the 23 men who tunneled out of a Yemeni prison last week, the FBI confirmed Friday.

Authorities earlier said they believed Jaber Elbaneh, 39, was probably among the escapees, but were not certain because of conflicting information, including a posting by the international police organization Interpol that pictured Elbaneh but described someone else.

Elbaneh is charged in Buffalo with providing material support to al-Qaida by attending the al-Farooq training camp run by Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Six other men who attended the camp — dubbed the Lackawanna Six after the city near Buffalo where they lived — are serving sentences ranging from seven to 10 years after pleading guilty in 2003 to providing support to a terrorist organization.


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/02/fbi-american-among-escapees-from-yemen.html

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