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Admitted Al Shabaab terrorist now facing ISIS charges in Beaumont
2017-12-17
[TheExaminer] Just released from federal prison after serving the better part of a decade behind bars for allegiances made with jihadi fighters in Somalia in 2009, convicted terrorist Mohammed Ibrahim Ahmed is now alleged to be providing support to the terrorist organization typically referred to as ISIS while in Beaumont, prosecutors contend in new charges unsealed in court this past week.

Among the accusations made against the 43-year-old Eritrea
...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age...
n-born Ahmed ‐ also known under the aliases of Talha, Mohammed El Eritri and Abu Zakaria ‐ is that, between 2014 and May 2017, he attempted to provide "material support and resources" to the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), aka the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), "to wit: personnel and services."

Ahmed was hit with this charge and others just days before he was set to be released from federal prison for terrorism charges he admitted to in New York in 2012, stemming from a 2009 arrest and deportation from Nigeria.

Ahmed offered no defense for the evidence the government presented at that time that showed the accused operative traveled to Somalia in April 2009 "for the purpose of receiving jihad training at an al-Shabaab
... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia...
paramilitary camp." While in Somalia, not only did Ahmed provide the holy warriors there with cash currency as a donation, he also spent loot for goods as well, purchasing a Kalashnikov rifle (commonly referred to as an AK-47), and two grenades.

Additionally, the government showed, Ahmed took lessons on bomb-making and bomb-detonation, learning tricks of the terrorism trade, "including instructions for the preparation and/or assembly of: silver fulminate; urea nitrate; ammonium nitrate; acetone peroxide; a TNT oxidation mechanism in a nitric-sulfuric acid mixture; a bomb detonator; and different types of bomb fuses."

Ahmed was found in possession of the instructions while in Nigeria later that same year.

However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things...
despite the evidence used to the secure the New York conviction, Ahmed still purported to Beaumont federal Sherlocks that he had no knowledge of bomb-making procedures ‐ which is why he faces additional charges of providing false statements involving national terrorism tacked on to the new terrorism charges sparked in Jefferson County. Investigators further claim that Ahmed not only knew how to make a bomb, but he also discussed "the construction of a bomb with another inmate" and then lied about that, too, to FBI agents in Beaumont.

Ahmed was released from federal custody on Monday, Dec. 11, according to the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

Also on Monday, Dec. 11, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas Christopher Tortorice requested that the local court hold Ahmed without bail for four counts of attempting to provide material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations and making false statements involving international terrorism. Tortorice argued to the court that there is a "serious risk the defendant will flee" as well as noted added concerns that Ahmed’s detainment was necessary to assure his appearance in court and "the safety of the community."

A hearing was originally set for the following day, but Ahmed argued that he would need an interpreter to continue further court proceedings. Ahmed has been remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals until a new hearing, with an interpreter present, can be held Thursday, Dec. 14.

Should he be convicted of the charges currently pending against him in Beaumont, Ahmed could face up to eight years in prison for each of the three pending false statement charges, and 20 years in prison for the terroristic support allegation, on top of monetary penalties, special assessments, and supervised release.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  Why was this vermin in your country?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-12-17 13:51  

#2  Worse news, you'll be tried in the eastern district of Texas.
Posted by: brujotejano   2017-12-17 10:30  

#1  "Good news, Ahmed, you're released...bad news, to these other Federal Agents"
Posted by: Frank G   2017-12-17 07:47  

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