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Former Navy Sailor Arrested on Terrorism Charges, Flash, he's not Amish
Former Navy Sailor Arrested for Allegedly E-Mailing Military Secrets to Suspected Terror OperativesWASHINGTON A former Navy sailor was arrested Wednesday for allegedly e-mailing military secrets including detailed information on Navy battle groups and their missions to a suspected terrorism financier that were later posted on Web sites used to raise funds for Al Qaeda. Hassan Abujihaad, 31, of Phoenix, is accused in a case that began in Connecticut and followed a suspected terrorist network across the country and into Europe and the Middle East. How incredibly racist, didn't we allow Nazis to serve in our military during WWII? He was arrested in Phoenix on charges of supporting terrorism with an intent to kill U.S. citizens and transmitting classified information to unauthorized people. Abujihaad, who is also known as Paul R. Hall, is charged in the same case as Babar Ahmad, a British computer specialist arrested in 2004 and accused of running Web sites to raise money for terrorism. Ahmad is scheduled to be extradited to the U.S. to face trial. During a search of Ahmad's computers, investigators discovered files containing classified information about the positions of U.S. Navy ships and discussing their susceptibility to attack. Abujihaad, a former enlisted man, exchanged e-mails with Ahmad while on active duty on the USS Benfold, a guided-missile destroyer, in 2000 and 2001, according to an affidavit released Wednesday. He allegedly purchased videos promoting violent jihad, or holy war. The investigation was run out of Connecticut because Ahmad allegedly used an Internet service provider there to host one of his fundraising Web sites. Kevin O'Connor, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, had no comment Wednesday night. Does anyone CAIR? Ahmad was arrested in 2004 but the case against Abujihaad apparently received a boost in December following the arrest of Derrick Shareef, 22, of Genoa, Ill., near Chicago, who was accused of planning to use hand grenades to attack holiday shoppers at a mall. FBI: Salt Lake City murders, no story here There was no answer at the Phoenix apartment where Abujihaad lives Wednesday night and neighbors did not seem to know him. Court records to not say when he will be sent to New Haven, Conn., for arraignment in federal court. Translation, "seems like a nice guy so we let him go" Posted by: Icerigger 2007-03-08 |
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