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| Former Navy Sailor Arrested on Terrorism Charges, Flash, he's not Amish |
| 2007-03-08 |
| Former Navy Sailor Arrested for Allegedly E-Mailing Military Secrets to Suspected Terror Operatives WASHINGTON — A former Navy sailor was arrested Wednesday for allegedly e-mailing military secrets — including detailed information on Navy battle groups and their missions — to a suspected terrorism financier that were later posted on Web sites used to raise funds for Al Qaeda. Hassan Abujihaad, 31, of Phoenix, is accused in a case that began in Connecticut and followed a suspected terrorist network across the country and into Europe and the Middle East. How incredibly racist, didn't we allow Nazis to serve in our military during WWII? He was arrested in Phoenix on charges of supporting terrorism with an intent to kill U.S. citizens and transmitting classified information to unauthorized people. Abujihaad, who is also known as Paul R. Hall, is charged in the same case as Babar Ahmad, a British computer specialist arrested in 2004 and accused of running Web sites to raise money for terrorism. Ahmad is scheduled to be extradited to the U.S. to face trial. During a search of Ahmad's computers, investigators discovered files containing classified information about the positions of U.S. Navy ships and discussing their susceptibility to attack. Abujihaad, a former enlisted man, exchanged e-mails with Ahmad while on active duty on the USS Benfold, a guided-missile destroyer, in 2000 and 2001, according to an affidavit released Wednesday. He allegedly purchased videos promoting violent jihad, or holy war. The investigation was run out of Connecticut because Ahmad allegedly used an Internet service provider there to host one of his fundraising Web sites. Kevin O'Connor, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, had no comment Wednesday night. Does anyone CAIR? Ahmad was arrested in 2004 but the case against Abujihaad apparently received a boost in December following the arrest of Derrick Shareef, 22, of Genoa, Ill., near Chicago, who was accused of planning to use hand grenades to attack holiday shoppers at a mall. FBI: Salt Lake City murders, no story here There was no answer at the Phoenix apartment where Abujihaad lives Wednesday night and neighbors did not seem to know him. Court records to not say when he will be sent to New Haven, Conn., for arraignment in federal court. Translation, "seems like a nice guy so we let him go" |
| Posted by:Icerigger |
| #20 I just figured out the died in the wool thingy. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-03-08 23:05 |
| #19 by the way, I habla pretty well in conversational mex/spanish, having been born/raised in San Diego, to put another facet on my mischaracterization :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-03-08 22:04 |
| #18 yep - I tried to remain true to the original quote. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-03-08 21:50 |
| #17 Not to drag out the finer points of Frank's Latin and all, but shouldn't that (#11) read: "d I mean, in the name of reporting the truth, and all. |
| Posted by: BA 2007-03-08 20:56 |
| #16 "What color are their hands now?" |
| Posted by: eLarson 2007-03-08 16:46 |
| #15 heh heh - some of us rubes are schooled |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-03-08 16:46 |
| #14 Frank! Latin? In flagrante delicto or sometimes simply in flagrante (Latin: "while [the crime] is blazing") is a legal term used to indicate that a criminal has been caught in the act of committing an offense (compare corpus delicti). The colloquial "caught red-handed" or "caught in the act" are English equivalents. The Latin term has come to be used far more often as a euphemism for a couple being caught in the act of sexual congress; in modern usage the intercourse need not be adulterous or illicit. Hat tip: Wikipedia |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-03-08 16:44 |
| #13 abu = father ibn = son |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-03-08 16:38 |
| #12 Doesn't Abu mean "son of" rather than "father of" ? Son of the Holy War sounds more likely to me. |
| Posted by: DonM 2007-03-08 16:13 |
| #11 actually a "d |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-03-08 16:08 |
| #10 Abu Jihad= father of juhad Usually means that the guy has a had a son and called him Jihad. A dyed on the wool moderate muslim. |
| Posted by: JFM 2007-03-08 15:35 |
| #9 yep |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-03-08 15:16 |
| #8 Malkin notes that AbuPersonalInnerStruggle was once |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-03-08 15:05 |
| #7 SO this was all pre-9/11? What's he been doing since? Convert sounds right to me, too. Abu Jihad is in the same vein as the nomme de guerres (spelling? French isn't one of my languages) taken by jihadi terrorists. As for what Mr Abu Jihad has been doing post 9/11, hopefully having his links traced until they absolutely had to bring him in. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-03-08 14:15 |
| #6 I'm thinking convert. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-03-08 12:40 |
| #5 Doesn't "Abu Jihad" mean something like "father of jihad" and thus "father of holy war"? Mighta been a clue the guy wasn't a loyal citizen. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2007-03-08 11:42 |
| #4 SO this was all pre-9/11? What's he been doing since? |
| Posted by: Penguin 2007-03-08 10:24 |
| #3 I suspect the Abu Jihad part of his name is the 'new', enlightened identity. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2007-03-08 09:16 |
| #2 "Abujihaad, who is also known as Paul R. Hall." Convert or Infidel cover name? |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2007-03-08 08:10 |
| #1 Offhand, I cannot think of any defenses to sending info on military movements to terrorists. "I was smacked on the butt by daddy, so I had a terrible childhood and should be forgiven for treason. Please stop laughing, I'm serious, and it worked for Michael Jackson." Abujihaad worked hard to get arrested, and he is a poor man who is about to become known as a poor bast*rd. |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2007-03-08 08:00 |