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| More FBI Raids, Arrests of Al-Qaida Suspects |
| 2003-01-14 |
| Jihad Unspun Just over a week ago, the FBI and Pakistani law enforcement agencies arrested two Arab fighters, Abu Hamza and Abu Umer from Gulshan-I-Maymar in Karachi, Pakistan. These arrests have fueled further siege and search operations, as well as the arrests of several other Pakistani and Arab suspects. Well placed law enforcement sources maintain that FBI operators who interrogated the arrested Arab fighters reached the conclusion that several Arabs who retreated from Afghanistan have taken refuge in Karachi. Although there is said to be a few Al-Qaida members among these, most had no relationship with Al-Qaida and had gone to Afghanistan only for the sake of Jihad to fight against the US invasion. Interesting, the way they niggle that point. They had no relationship with al-Qaeda, but they went to Afghanistan as part of the Master Race, to fight jihad against the hated Merkins. They weren't Talibs, though. To me, that makes them Binny's foot soldiers. I'll agree that many are likely nothing but cannon fodder, but I won't agree that they had nothing to do with Qaeda. Initially, Pakistani law enforcement agencies felt that both Abu Umar and Abu Hamza were Arab fighters who fought against the USA in Afghanistan and when the Taliban retreated, took refuge in Pakistan. FBI operators however suspected Abu Umar of having strong ties to Al-Qaida as he was fully equipped with a Satellite phone and thousands of US dollars. Usually a pretty fair indication, isn't it? He could afford to go home, if he had thousands of dollars, but he didn't. That implies he either had something to do in Pakland, or he just thought it was such a nice Islamic paradise — life so serene, the people so friendly! — that he'd retire there. I have my suspicions as to which it is. Sources said that on intelligence obtained from Abu Umar, the FBI conducted several raids in several parts of the city on Saturday, arresting three Pakistanis and two more Arabs. The identities of these individuals are still unknown. On Monday, two other Arabs, Abu Huraira and Abu Mohsin, were also arrested near the airport in Karachi. That's why they call it a terror network. All the members are tied together. It's like meeting a Shriner. Once you've met one, you can eventually meet them all, because they introduce each other... JUS has learned that the real estate agent who arranged the lease on the property where Ramzi Binul Shibh is said to have been arrested is the same individual who also arranged the lease on the property in Gulshan-I-Maymar where Abu Umar and Abu Hamza were arrested. The agent, identified as Noor Alam, has disappeared. Oh, how mysterious! I wonder where he may be? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |