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Home Front: WoT
Federal Agents Raid Mosque In Albany, N.Y.
2004-08-05
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Two people have reportedly been arrested after federal agents and police raid a Muslim mosque in Albany early Thursday morning. CBS News reports two men were taken into custody after armed officers sealed off a block in a busy business district for several hours. A home across the street from the storefront mosque was also raided. Authorities are declining to immediately discuss the raid at the Masjid As-Salam mosque. An FBI spokesman said a press conference is tentatively set for Thursday afternoon in Washington. Some mosque members held morning prayers on a nearby sidewalk because they aren't being allowed inside the building.
Fox News is reporting that two members of the mosque were trying to obtain a missile. Must be getting ready for Holy days. Developing..

UPDATE: WASHINGTON - Two leaders of a mosque in Albany, N.Y., were arrested on charges stemming from an alleged plot to help a man they thought was a terrorist purchase a shoulder-fired missile, federal authorities said Thursday. The men have ties to a group called Ansar al-Islam, which has been linked to the al-Qaida terror network, according to two federal law enforcement authorities speaking on condition of anonymity.
That'd be Zarqawi...
The two arrests came as FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agents executed search warrants at the Masjid As-Salam mosque and two Albany-area residences, officials said. The men were identified as Yassin Aref, 34, the imam of the mosque, and 49-year-old Mohammed Hoosain, one of the mosque's founders.
Holy men dealing in weapons? I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!
According to law enforcement officials, the two are being charged with providing material support to terrorism by participating in a conspiracy to help an individual they believed was a terrorist purchase a shoulder-fired missile. The individual was in fact working undercover for the government and no missile ever changed hands. Aref and Hoosain were allegedly involved in money-laundering aspects of the plot, the officials said. The investigation has been going on for a year and is not related to the Bush administration's decision earlier this week to raise the terror alert level for certain financial sector buildings in New York and Washington, the officials said. More details about the case were expected to be released later Thursday by the Justice Department in Washington.
Posted by:Steve

#19  Fine Rant Shep, sound more.... uhmmmmm rational. :)
Posted by: Shipman   2004-08-05 4:03:24 PM  

#18  wow hes got one of them tommy cooper hats there :) . Nice to see theres been a big terrorzoid grabbing bananza around the world the last few days. Keep your eyes peeled guys these fuckers have invaded our society. I say shut down these mosques as they are nothing but jihadi regional headquaters. Are there not plans like in WW2 when America locked up all the Japanese - can we not do that with all Mussies and filter them back into society as and when need be? Have the Mussies said were picking on them again yet? Anyway hi everyone aagin, i'm getting back into this ranting thing :)
Posted by: Shep UK   2004-08-05 3:42:26 PM  

#17  Would You Buy A Pepperoni Pizza From This Man?

Posted by: BigEd   2004-08-05 3:35:37 PM  

#16  Can't a devout Muslim get ready for infidel deer hunting season without such a bigoted response?
Posted by: dreadnought   2004-08-05 3:21:29 PM  

#15  Once, just once I'd love to hear the reactions of the congregation. Are they outraged at how they were betrayed by their leaders? Or are they pissed that these guys were caught?
Posted by: PlanetDan   2004-08-05 3:10:29 PM  

#14  How else can a True Believer pray properly?
Posted by: .com   2004-08-05 2:45:16 PM  

#13  Yeah, what's a mosque without some shoulder fired firepower. Weddings, funerals,... I see a lack of cultural sensitivity here.
Oh, well. At least this puts them right up at the front of the "victim" line.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-08-05 2:40:04 PM  

#12  Calm down folks, They were just going to help the guy get some RPGs and the like. They weren't going to actually shoot them themselves.

So no real harm, right. If I were a member of the moscqkue, I'd be frothing at the mouth this AM.
Posted by: Lucky   2004-08-05 12:50:44 PM  

#11  Islam House of Peace?
or no..... it's a
Posted by: Shipman   2004-08-05 12:33:22 PM  

#10  Reaction by domestic muslims will consist of seething by Islamic leaders, and a collective shrug from their congregations. I hold no hope for Islam surviving in its present form. Clearly, if we are to survive, it cannot.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2004-08-05 12:20:08 PM  

#9  "alleged plot to help a man they thought was a terrorist purchase a shoulder-fired missile." Infidels! Can't you tell he was getting prepared for what they thought was a wedding? This man of peace and his disciple were duped by that fascists Bush Clique and now there will be a void in our daily prayers. If I had anyplace better to go I would leave this country and go back to my beloved native land where we can conduct proper wedding celebratory fire (missiles and mortars). May Allah infest your armpits with ten-thousand fleas! Fatima says hi to all of you too.
Posted by: Achmed Ibn Said Al-Sucka   2004-08-05 12:19:27 PM  

#8  I just hope the search dogs didn't walk on the sacred koran. Allan would be pissed if they did.
Posted by: Anonymous5993   2004-08-05 11:28:55 AM  

#7  Should've given 'em the Full Waco, if you ask me.
Posted by: eLarson   2004-08-05 10:39:24 AM  

#6  I just saw a pic of the outside of the mosKKK. It reads "House of Peace". Fu@k these Raghads.

Welcome to Islam's House Of Peace™! This week we are running a blue light special on shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles for use against unarmed civilian flights. Peace be upon you.

Clearly this is a religion of peace, and not a religion of piss.
Posted by: Victory Now Please   2004-08-05 9:52:23 AM  

#5  people have reportedly been arrested after federal agents and police raid a Muslim mosque

As opposed to a Jewish mosque, or Mormon mosque.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-08-05 9:10:32 AM  

#4  the two arrested were the imam and the founder of the mosque.

Lovely. Leaders in the muslim community. Wonder if they'll torture interrogate any of the sheep congregants.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2004-08-05 9:09:55 AM  

#3  Did they use search dogs? How about search pigs (I hear that they are much more sensitive)?

Let the seething begin!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-08-05 9:07:05 AM  

#2  storefront moskkk? What is that, a 7-11?
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-05 8:28:01 AM  

#1  You infidel bastards. How dare you persecute such peace loving folk?
Posted by: Howard UK   2004-08-05 8:19:33 AM  

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