Snickers Jihad. "Terror charges for man - brother at large in Philippines," by John Coté for the San Francisco Chronicle:
A San Jose man and his brother were indicted on terrorism-related charges Thursday in connection with an al Qaeda-linked group in the Philippines that the Philippine government says has killed hundreds of people in bombings and other attacks, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.The two brothers were identified by the Justice Department as Rahmat Abdhir, a 43-year-old computer engineer from San Jose, and Zulkifli Abdhir, 41, a Malaysian citizen believed to be in the Philippines fighting a guerrilla war.
FBI agents arrested Rahmat Abdhir, also known as Sean Kasem and Sean Kalimin, on Thursday morning outside his workplace in Sunnyvale, and he made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in San Jose, prosecutors said.
The 16-count indictment accuses him of providing at least $10,000, firearm accessories, radios, backpacks, knives and other equipment to his brother in the Philippines - who earlier this year was placed on the State Department's list of most-wanted terror suspects. Zulkifli Abdhir remains a fugitive.
The San Jose-based brother is charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, providing material support to terrorists, contributing goods and services to a specially designated global terrorist and making false statements.
Federal prosecutors contend Zulkifli Abdhir, a U.S.-trained engineer, has been in the Philippines since August 2003, providing bomb-making training for the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group, which has been blamed for killing hundreds of Filipinos in bombings and other attacks.
He is also allegedly part of the central command for Jemaah Islamiyah, the Southeast Asian terrorist network blamed for most of the major terrorist attacks in Indonesia, including the 2002 Bali nightclub bombing that killed more than 200 people.
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Federal prosecutors contend Rahmat Abdhir sent his brother more than $10,000 from June 2006 to June 2007, and shipped over an assortment of supplies in multiple packages to different addresses, including 30 handheld or two-way radios, Colt .45 magazines, binoculars, a rifle scope and U.S. Marine Corps firearms manual, flashlights, camouflage clothing, underwear and bite-size Snickers candy.
Remember Devo? "It's a beautiful world we live in, a sweet romantic place." Darned cockroaches. Are we not men? We ARE DEVO.
How many Saudi Jihadians are studying engineering in the United States?
Just wondering...
Wow, two stories from the bay area in one day, I guess we felt that with all the stories coming out of the east coast and Florida of jihadists, that we didn't want to be left out. excuse my humor but I was raised around cops and vets.
Abdhir, that's an Amish name isn't it?
Just read an interview in jpost.com: Anshel Pfeffer talks to The Economist's senior editor John Micklethwaite. The Economist is very critical of Israel, supports the two state solution with reciprocal recognition etc.(the usual bromides). The editor frets a bit over the internet as competition, but views it as an opportunity, they have growing subscriptions. He says that a lunatic in a cave in Afghanistan changed the world. All very pat.
After reading The Economist for years, then JW, I find there's no comparison. JW, coupled with Spencer's books, add in Ali Sina'a site FaithFreedomInternational, and you realize what drivel The Economist is when it comes to Islamic related issues. High brow hogwash.
Book him.
And then deport him.
(the better choice, if allowed, would be to kill him or send him to Gitmo)
Are we in a declared war ? And if not why not ?
The best jihadi is a dead one.
"I wonder how many Saudi Jihadians are studying engineering in the United States"
PLENTY!!
Whether from Saudi Arabia or elsewhere we have loads of observant followers of mo here locally right now and have had for many years. Almost ALL of the engineering graduate and doctoral students at my old university are non-Americans.
People like this lovely fellow Marzook
www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-kohlmann010203.asp
make full use of the 'students' for God-only- knows what purposes. Thus the reason I always say, Pray, Plan, and Prepare- the enemy is inside the gate, and you need to be prepared to handle whatever problems come your way.
So now we have enough home-grown terrorists that we are actually exporting them.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
/snark off
Even with all that stuff he sent over, he forgot one vital thing: Condoms....
Philippino Clap is some of the most virulent in the world. Along with NSU and something you get from drinking goat blood, it can be nearly incapacitating, and decades-running pea-soup in my skivvies has certainly exacerbated dating difficulties.
It is said in the mountains of Cebu this is the critical factor in imbuing "Fighting Spirit" in the Abu-Sayef. And ya'all thought it was Islam all along...!
Maybe it was included and the report wanted to respect the privacy of the accused.
-osgo
I am curious:
"Federal prosecutors contend Rahmat Abdhir sent his brother more than $10,000 from June 2006 to June 2007, and shipped over an assortment of supplies in multiple packages to different addresses, including 30 handheld or two-way radios, Colt .45 magazines, binoculars, a rifle scope and U.S. Marine Corps firearms manual, flashlights, camouflage clothing, underwear and bite-size Snickers candy."
How do they use Snickers bars for terrorism?
19thgenamerican,
Hey, that's okay man--all the nuts really do come to Florida! Bundy and Wuornos liked the State so much, they died here.
Seriously, every time I watch the news, some other dangerous dimwit has been reported to be in Florida!
I see the MSM in the USA has the Moonbat disease so these guys are Americans or Malaysians or Filipinos no problem but don't whaatever you do use the M word. Its OK to malign Asians or Indians or Filipinos but no one dares call a spade a spade. They are MUSLIMS for Gods sake THAT is what makes then terrorists not being Indian,Asian or Filipino. another point one is described as Malaysian in my experience Malaysia is the Pakistan of S.E.Asia they have Bumiputera Laws that in fact give Malay Muslims huge advantages over Non Muslim Malaysians. In effect they make non Muslim Malay citizens Dhimmis. They also put the National Shariah Court ABOVE the National Law in ALL religious questions and I mean ALL not just Muslim. The Terror Group which perpetrated the Bali bombings and the Jakarta Australian Embassy and Marriott Hotel bombings is LEGAL in Malaysia. They also support and give safe haven to the Terrorists who cross the border in to Thailand to kill and bomb and the Moro Front and Abu Sayfe terrorist groups in the Philippines. Private Intenational satellite dishes are banned and programmes like CNN(LOL) are subject to censorship before being rebroadcast for the general population. They have also just brought in a Law making it a jailable offense to critise Islam on the web.