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| 2003-09-10 |
| BUFFALO, N.Y. — The government offered a $5 million reward Tuesday for information leading to the arrest of a Yemeni-born U.S. citizen who the FBI says may be a danger to U.S. interests abroad. The Liberian Government needs to send out a search team for this guy. Catching him would replace more than double what Chuck Taylor took to Nigeria. Authorities said Jaber Elbaneh, 37, attended a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan in 2001 along with six other Lackawanna, N.Y., men in the months before the Sept. 11 attacks. Unlike the others who returned home, Elbaneh remained abroad. He is believed living in Yemen and "consorting with terrorists," said Peter Ahearn, agent in charge of the FBI’s Buffalo office. Without offering specifics, Ahearn added: "I can tell you right now and based on the amount of money that we’re offering, we are concerned that Mr. Elbaneh is a danger to U.S. interests overseas and to other interests overseas." Thought this guy got whacked by a predator. Must have bought some re-animation juice from Chemical Ali. Ahearn said investigators did not have specific information that Elbaneh posed an immediate threat, "but we don’t know everything." Elbaneh is wanted in connection with a federal criminal complaint unsealed in May. He is charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization and conspiring to provide material support, specifically to Al Qaeda. The six men who traveled with Elbaneh pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges of providing material support to a terrorist organization. They face seven to 10 years in prison when they are sentenced in December. Bet one of the six got a lighter sentence in the nicer correctional facility. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #2 "Thought this guy got whacked by a predator" Nope, it was a, er, "friend" of his. In the past, police have identified Elbaneh as a former close associate of Kaman Derwish, another former Lackawanna resident who is alleged to have been al-Qaida's chief recruiter in Lackawanna. Derwish is believed to have been killed by a CIA missile in Yemen last November, but the CIA has never confirmed the incident. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-9-10 1:24:07 PM |
| #1 No! They were innocent! Er, right up until when they pled guilty.... |
| Posted by: seafarious 2003-9-10 1:01:03 PM |