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Babar Ahmad update, from the Washington Times, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:
U.S. authorities are seeking to extradite from Britain a 30-year-old British computer specialist accused of running Web sites in this country to promote jihad and funnel cash to terrorist organizations, including al Qaeda.Babar Ahmad was named in a federal grand jury indictment in August in Bridgeport, Conn., on charges of conspiring to support terrorists, providing material support to terrorist organizations, conspiring to kill, kidnap or injure U.S. citizens, and money laundering....
Extradition papers said Mr. Ahmad, arrested Aug. 5, possessed classified plans describing the movements of a U.S. Navy battle group operating in the Straits of Hormuz in April 2001, along with instructions on how best to attack those vessels with rocket-propelled grenades from small boats. The plans were seized in December by British authorities and later confirmed as authentic by U.S. Navy personnel.According to an affidavit in the case, Mr. Ahmad communicated with a U.S. Navy enlistee aboard the USS Benfold, a guided missile destroyer, who was said to be "sympathetic to al Qaeda causes." The sailor tentatively has been identified as Hassan Abujihaad, who served aboard the Benfold in 2000 and 2001.
The sailor voiced what the affidavit said was "strong support" for the mujahedeen, including praise for those who attacked the USS Cole in Yemen killing 17 sailors as "men who have brought honor this week to the ummah [community of Islamic believers] in the lands of Jihad Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, etc." ...
Mr. Ahmad is accused of conspiring with others to use his privately owned Azzam Publications Web sites and e-mail accounts to solicit resources for those involved in a conspiracy to kill people abroad, engaging in illegal financial transactions with the Taliban, Chechen mujahedeen and other terrorists, and providing supplies, money, personnel and weapons to the Taliban, al Qaeda and other terrorists.
One of the Web sites, the affidavit said, included a page describing its purpose as to "propagate the call for jihad, among the Muslims who are sitting down, ignorant of this vital duty."
What's that? A vital duty to perform an inner spiritual struggle? What does that have to do with financing the Taliban and Al-Qaeda? Hmmm.
Posted by Robert at November 12, 2004 8:51 AM
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Another inident involving a Muslim serviceman in the U.S military. Can ANY MUSLIM in our military be trusted? I say HELL NO. They all should be put under survaillance or kicked the hell out of our armed forces before some REALLY serious damage is perperated by those spy maggots. They have no alligiance to anyone or anything but Allah,Islam, and the destruction of our way of life.
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at November 12, 2004 9:20 AM
krkrjak:
What makes this even more interesting is that Muslims such as Hassan Abujihaad have to perform taqiya to join the armed forces. Here's the Navy oath of enlistment:
I, ___________________________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.
Maybe now that we've been fighting in the dar al-Islam we've become aware of the Muslim's primary allegiance to Islam and the umma (?). I don't know how they can be trusted, and I'm not sure they are. A Muslim sergeant is currently serving a 14 month sentence in an army brig for refusing to serve combat duty in Iraq - apparently he could not be trusted to reassignment within the Army for some reason.
at November 12, 2004 10:46 AM
oops, typo error in my comment, sorry. that should be, Another "INCIDENT", but I think you knew what I meant, Right!
Posted by: krkrjak at November 12, 2004 12:44 PM
It is easier than you think for Arab non citizens to not only get into our country but into our armed services. Read on:
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20041111170009990026&_mpc=news%2e6&cid=842
Troops Become U.S. Citizens on Veterans Day
SAN DIEGO (Nov. 12) - Marine Cpl. David Antonio Garcia stood on the deck of an aircraft carrier Thursday and was sworn in as an American citizen - after already serving under the U.S. flag in Iraq.
The native of Mexico was among 80 sailors and Marines from 25 countries - from Canada to Syria - who became citizens in a Veterans Day ceremony aboard the USS Midway, a reward for putting their lives on the line for their adopted country.
Legal permanent residents of the United States had been allowed to join the military and seek citizenship after three years of active service. But in July 2002 President Bush signed an executive order allowing anyone on active duty after Sept. 11, 2001, to immediately apply for citizenship. There are about 31,000 non-citizens in the U.S. military
at November 12, 2004 1:43 PM
Wouldn't it be cheaper to send a sniper over there and do what needs to be done?
Posted by: DCWatson at November 12, 2004 2:13 PM
No person with a name such as Abujihad(the father of jihad)should be permitted to join the us military.
But because PC is still alive and well,we accept poisonous snake in our midsts.
at November 12, 2004 11:58 PM
Will people stop calling these rabid little stoats that betray "their" country "britons". The second anyone , muslim or not, commits any single act of treason (and I'd say helping Bin Laden is among the highest ranking offences) instantly loses the title of "british" (a title they are priveledged to have in the first place).
Posted by: Rikki at November 13, 2004 5:43 AM
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