 Newly obtained FBI documents allege that in addition to one man already in custody, six other Lodi-area residents may have attended terrorist training camps in Pakistan. The Sacramento Bee reported that Hamid Hayat and his father Umer Hayat contended in FBI documents that a half-dozen other men were trained in jihadi camps in Pakistan. The pair reportedly alleged that the men were recruited by Muhhammed Adil Khan and Shabbir Ahmed, two Pakistani imams involved with the Lodi Mosque. In FBI interviews, the Hayats alleged that the men took direction from Ahmed, the imam at the mosque. Over Ahmed was Adil Khan, who followed the orders of the terrorist training camp's operator Fazlur Rehman. He is reportedly a follower of Osama bin Laden.
| I'm guessing that they're referring to Fazlur Rehman Khalil, rather than to Mullah Diesel. Fat Fazl would take great care to avoid any overt connection with a camp, much less running one, he being on the legit side of things and all. |
According to the documents, the elder Hayat told investigators the camp attendees were taught to target U.S. financial institutions and government buildings. He reportedly identified the men but they were not identified in the Bee report. The FBI and United States Attorney's Office issued a joint statement Friday afternoon saying they could not comment on the ongoing investigation.
In Pakistan, Adil Khan was a teacher and administrator at a large jihadi school in Karachi. He moved to Lodi in early 2001 to serve as imam at the mosque and to start a school and Islamic center. In 2002 he recruited Ahmed to take over as the mosque's imam while he concentrated on the school. Adil Khan and Ahmed are being held on alleged immigration law violations. The attorneys for the two men deny their clients' involvement in terrorist activities.
| "Nope. Nope. Wudn't them." |
The younger Hayat allegedly confessed to federal interrogators that he attended a Pakistani terrorist training camp run by al-Qaeda in 2003 and 2004. |