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2 Cousins Nabbed on Terror Charges
 CHICAGO (AP) -- Two cousins were arrested Wednesday on charges of conspiring to commit "jihad" terrorist acts against Americans overseas, including U.S. military forces in Iraq.Zubair A. Ahmed, 27, of suburban North Chicago, and Khaleel Ahmed, 26, of Chicago, were arrested after a grand jury in Cleveland returned an indictment charging them and three other men who already had been facing terrorism charges. The indictment alleged that the conspiracy included finding fresh recruits to wage "violent jihad" against Americans and locating sites for training them in the use of firearms, explosives and hand-to-hand combat. The cousins, both American citizens, went to Cleveland in July 2004 to meet with a trainer, according to the indictment. The three others - Mohammad Zaki Amawi, 27, Marwan Othman El-Hindi, 42, and Wassim I. Mazloum, 22 - were already facing charges, prosecutors said. The newly returned indictment added more charges against them. The names of attorneys who could speak for the two cousins were not immediately available. Posted by: DepotGuy 2007-02-21 |
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