 MILNET Brief Terrorist Case Watch, Updated 11/24/2008 |
| MILNET Brief Terrorist Case Watch, Updated 11/24/2008 |
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for updated info):| Name | Charges |
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Ali Hamza al-Bahlul |
Known
as the "video maker for Bin Laden, al-Bahlul, a 39 year old Yemeni was
charged with 35 counts of conspiracy, solicitation to commit murder and
providing material support to terrorism. In
court he admited to joining al-Qaeda. |
Found guilty of 35 counts on 11/03/2008. Prosecutors are asking for a life sentence. A military jury at GITMO was deliberating over a potential life sentence on each count. | |||||
Aafia Siddiqui |
Siddiqui
is a 36 year old Pakistani woman.
She is charged with one count of attempting to kill United States
officers and employees and one count of assaulting United States
officers and employees. She faces a maximum of 40 years in prison
on the two charges, and there may be other charges levied based upon
facts surrounding her original detainment on suspicious
activities. She will be charged before the U.S. Southern District
of New York federal court on 8/5/2008. Various anti-war and human
rights sites have decided she had been "disappeared" by "forces on the
war on terror" in 2003 and that she was held secretly in custody since
then as part of a government rendition operation.
- U.S. DOJ |
Being charged, criminal complaint filed on 8/4/2008. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman ordered Siddiqui to undergo a month-long medical assessment and psychological examiniation before a special competency hearing to determine if is "medically fit and mentally competent" to stand trial. On 11/17/2008, a court appointed psychiatrist stated that Siddiqui is suffering from severe depression and is "unable to understand the nature and consequences of court proceedings and cannot assist properly in her defense".
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Derrick Shareef |
Lone wolf terrorist who planned
to set off grenades at the CherryVale Shopping Mall outside of Chicago,
Illinois (junction of Interstate 90 and Interstate 39). Shareef
was also looking at several local government facilities as well.
Shareef is charged with:
Shareef was arrested on December 6, 2006 when he offered and undercover FBI agent two stereo speakers in exchange for four hand grenades and a 9mm pistol. |
Indicted in
December of 2005. Pled guilty on 11/28/2007. Sentenced to 35 years in prison on October 1, 2008. |
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Shukri Abu Baker; Mohammed El-Mezain; Ghassan Elashi; Mufid Abdulqater; Abdulraham Odeh (Profiles from Dallas News) Indicted but at large are: |
Indicted in July of 2004 for 42 counts of
terrorism related charges. Maghawri and Mishal remain fugitives from
justice. The counts are: "
- U.S. DOJ (MILNET Mirror) "Prosecutors contend that the Holy Land Foundation, formerly known as the Occupied Land Fund, was part of a web of groups across the globe set up on behalf of Hamas, a Palestinian Arab political movement that has killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide bombings and other attacks in recent years. The indictment claims that the foundation, which once billed itself as America's largest Muslim charity, funneled $12 million to local Palestinian relief groups, known as Zakat committees, which were under the control of Hamas." - New York Sun In the second trial 29 counts have been dropped against Odeh and Abdulqadar -- including various chargers of money laundering and providing aid to a terrorist group, pertained to individual financial transfers to the zakat committees. The defendants are still charged with conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization and other serious charges, except El-Mezian who was largely acquitted on many of the most serious charges. * NOTE: Media coverage of the original trial and the second trial is attrocious. The mainstream media has decided this is a government persecution of the innocent and nearly every one of the few stories found on the trails show a clear bias to that agenda. The second trail is only covered, for the most part, as a local trial and escapes the attention of national news services |
In June of 2004, in a separate case, Elashi was convicted and sentenced
to six years in prison for illegally shipping computers to state
sponsers of terrorism and sending funds to Hamas leader Abu Marzook who
was officially listed as a sanctione Terrorist person by the U.S.
government. For the most part the first trial resulted in a hung jury on most counts and the Holy Land Foundation in essences was found not guilty. However there was some confusion in jury polling that resulted in some of the counts being assessed as a mistrial. The second trial for a number of the original defendants begain on September 16, 2008 with little fanfare and was still in progress in October of 2008. Maghawri and Mishal remain at large. The perpatrators in hand were all found guilty on November 24, 2008 in a Dallas Federal court after a jury trial which followed another trial that ended in a hung jury. |
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Salim Ahmed Hamdan |
Charged with conspiracy [10 U.S.C. 950 v(b)(28) ]
to attack civilians, attack civilian objects, murder in violation of
the law of war, destruction of property in violation of the law of war,
and terrorism -- this is the "performance" charge. The charges are that Hamdan:
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Pled not guilty in Guantanimo Bay, July 21, 2008. Convicted by military tribunal at Guantanimo Bay on the charge of providing material support for Terrorism (950-28), but not on the charge of providing support to Al-Qaeda specifically (950-25) Sentenced on 8/7/2008 to 5 -1/2 years, with time served, essentially six months in prison. |
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| Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
Charged 6/30/2008 with “organizing and
directing” the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, and the Pentagon says they
will seek the death penalty. Specifically, the charges include
Nashiri is also accused of a role in the Oct. 6, 2002, suicide attack on the Limburg, a French oil tanker, Hartmann said. The attack killed a Bulgarian crew member and spilled 90,000 barrels of oil into the Gulf of Aden. Last year, at a Gitmo hearing, Nashiri confessed to helping plot the Cole bombing only because he was tortured by U.S. interrogators. The CIA conceded that Nashiri was among terrorist suspects subjected to waterboarding in 2002 and 2003. |
GITMO: Will be tried by the Defense Office of the Military Commission, awaiting review. Susan Crawford to determine if the evidence supports the trail and possibility of a death sentence. | |||||
| Khan Mohammed |
Charged under a new narco-terrorism law, Khan
was accused of being a heroin AND arms dealer who targeted Afghans and
U.S. personnel in Afghanistan. Held as an enemy combatant, he
agreed to face trial in the U.S. in 2006. Tried in a U.S.
District Court before a jury in Washington, D.C. |
Jury found Khan guilty of securing herion and opium that he knew were bound for the U.S. with the intent of assisting terrorism activity. | |||||
| Ahmed Ghailani |
Charged
3/31/2008 with crimes surrounding the
Aug. 7, 1998 suicide attack at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania. Eleven Africans were killed and about 80 others were
wounded in Dar es Salaam, the Tanzanian capital. Admitted to
delivering explosives that turned a Nissan pickup into a deadly truck
bomb. Specifically he is charged with:
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GITMO: Was indicted in 2001 along with 9/11 hijackers and bin Laden. Will be tried by the Defense Office of the Military Commission, awaiting review. Susan Crawford to determine if the evidence supports the trail and possibility of a death sentence | |||||
| Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, Mohamed al Kahtani |
The six 9/11 detainees at Quantonimo are accused of: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed conceived the attack, got approval and funding
from Osama bin Laden, and oversaw the training of the hijackers. Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash
administered a training camp where two of the hijackers went, as well
as visited Malaysia to observe and test airport security. Ramzi Binalshibh helped hijackers get into flight school and
sent them money in the United States. Ali Abdul Aziz
Ali, Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, and helped
finance the hijackers, among other allegations. The
U.S. government is seeking the death penalty in Military Commission
trails and lists the names of all those killed in the 9/11 attacks on
the World Trade Center buildings and the Pentagon. "all men will receive appointed military lawyers and be allowed to
obtain outside civilian counsel as well. They will also have the right
to remain silent without prejudice and to hear and cross-examine all
evidence presented against them. "There will be no secret trials,"
Hartmann said." - U.S. News and World Report |
GITMO: Awaiting review by
the Defense Office of the Military Commission and the head of the
Convening Authority, Susan Crawford to determine if the evidence
supports the trail and possibility of a death sentence. |
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| Hassan
Abu-Jihaad Babar Ahmad, Syed Talha Ahsan, and others unnamed |
A former U.S. Navy sailor indicted on 3/21/2007
for supplying secret information on U.S. Navy ship locations and how to
blow them up. Jihaad (it strikes us that no one made a connection
between this guys last name and his beliefs????) now says the evidence
against him was obtained through provisions of the Patriot Act, and
U.S. District Court judge Ann Aiken ruled the Patriot Act cannot be
used to authorize. Abu-Jihaad changed his name from Paul R. Hall
under which he served in the U.S. Navy aboard U.S.S. Benfold.
Jihaad is charged with:
- Department of Justice, 3/21/2007 |
Awaiting Trial |
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| Ahmed Abda Sherf Mohamed, Yousef Samir Megahed xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
The two men were pulled over for speeding (8/4/2007) near a U.S. naval base near Moncks Corner, South Carolina (about 20 miles north of Charleston). Police found two pipe bombs in their vehicle and the bombs were later detonated safely by explosives ordnance personnel. The two are currently charged with possession of explosives. Defense says they had good reasons for having the pipe bombs. Right! Oh and CAIR says the police are guilty of racial profiling and that the case definitely has nothing to do with terrorism. Police have possession of a laptop which one of those charged was hurriedly shutting down when they were stopped. If convicted of the felony charge, the men would face from two to 15 years in prison. Both men are students at the University of South Florida in Tampa and in the country legally, Berkeley County Sheriff Wayne DeWitt said. | Charged Bond was set at $500,000 for Mohamed and $300,000 for Megahed. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Serdar Tatar, Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, Eljvir Duka, Dritan Duka, Shain Duka, Agron Abdullahu |
The six New Jersey
residents are
charged in a criminal complaint in the U.S. District Court of New
Jersey
in a plot to attack the Ft. Dix army base, specifically with two
potential counts:
On June 19, 2008, defendant Dritan Duka's lawyer filed a petition with the court to remove references to Al-Qaeda and terrorist attacks from court documents. The government filed a response on June 18, citing the terms are central to the case...the accused were terrorists training to mimic Al-Qaeda [Al-Qeada "wanna-bes" are found worldwide even in the U.S. - MILNET] |
Indictment
was revealed on Tuesday 5/07/2007. Argon Abdullahu is charged only with procuring weapons rather than the plot to attack the base. Opening statements for the Duka brothers trial began on October 20, 2008 |
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| Zubair A. Ahmed Mohammad Zaki Amawi Marwan Othman El-Hindi Wassim I.
Mazloum Khaleel Ahmed |
The defendants, Ohio residents, are accused of conspiring to kill or maim people outside the U.S. including military personnel in Iraq. The government prosectors say that they sought recruits and sites for training in firearms, hand-to-hand combat and the use of explosives, according to the indictment. They also are accused of agreeing to raise funds for training and downloading Internet information on improvised explosive devices. | Ahmed,
Amawi, El-Hindi and Mazloum pled not-guilty to the charges in
April 2008, and Ahmed pled not-guilty a month prior. |
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| Christopher
Paul Nuradin Abdi Iyman Faris |
Paul 18.371 - Conspiracy to Provide
Support and Resources to Terrorists
Abdi18.2332a (a)(1), (2), (3) - Conspiracy to Use Weapon of Mass Destruction 18.2332A(b) - Providing Support and Resources to Terrorists 18.2339A(a) - Conspiracy to Destroy Property and Maim Persons Located Outside The United States 18.371 - Conspiracy to Provide
Support and Resources to Terrorists
This particularly well documented case was the result of an
investigation that stretched back to into incidents that allegedly
occurred in 1999. 18.2339A(a) - Conspiracy to Destroy Property and Maim Persons Located Outside The United States 18.2339B - Conspiracy to Provide Support to a Designated Terrorist Group 18.1546/18.2331 - Fraud and Misuse of Documents/Facilitate an Act of Terrorism The government accusses Paul of gathering and storing goods and offering to provide them to foreign terrorists, offering himself and participating in training as a Jihadist and offering himself for the commission of violent acts namely murder and destruction of property. Paul is also accused of travelling to Germany to train terrorists in hand-to-hand combat, how to make bombs and recruit members for their cause with the intent of supporting Jihad. The indictment also includes the special conditions that the acts were committed to facilitate an act of International Terrorism. Abdi is accused of falsifying travel documents stating he was traveling to Germany and Saudi Arabia for purposes of traveling to Mecca for a holy pilgrimage when in fact he traveled to Ethiopia to attend military training for the purposes of preparing for violent Jihad, and two counts of fraud and misuse of documents used in his travels. The indictment also includes the special conditions that the acts were committed to facilitate an act of International Terrorism. Abdi pled guilty on August 1, 2007. Faris was accussed of casing a New York City bridge (The Brooklyn Bridge) for al-Qaeda, and researching and providing information to al Qaeda regarding the tools necessary for possible attacks on U.S. targets. |
Paul
Indicted on April 11, 2007, served via U.S. Federal District
Court,
Southern District of Ohio. Abdi was Indicted on June 10, 2004. Faris was charged directly by the U.S. Attorney in June of 2003, found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison on October 28, 2003. Abdi was found guilty and on 11/27/2007, sentenced to 10 years in prison. |
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| James
Ujaama Haroon Rashid Aswat Abu Hamza al-Masri Oussama Abdullah Kassir |
James Ujaama and his friends
Oussama Kassir and Haroon Aswat were charged with the attempt to
establish a Jihadist training camp in Bly, Oregon. As early as
2002, U.S. officials began asking for extradition for many of the
members of the cult who had fled when their rather clumsey attempt
became noticed by Klamath County Sheriffs who had received complaints
of gunfire. Ujaama was a close associate of Abu Hamza al-Masri
who is currently serving time in British prison for enciting acts of
terrorism. According to DoJ documents, Masri asked Ujaama to meet
with him and Haroon
Aswat (charged with offering material support to terrorists) in
London to plan the training camp to be established outside the small
wooded Oregon town. According to the DoJ, " The purpose of the
Bly jihad training camp was to provide a place where Muslims
could receive various types of training, including military-style jihad
training, in preparation for a community of Muslims to move to
Afghanistan. Once in Afghanistan, the men in the community would have
gained enough
familiarity with weapons at the Bly jihad training camp to fight jihad
or to
continue with additional jihad training in Afghanistan. In a letter
faxed from
one of the co-conspirators to another, the property in Bly was
described as
located in a "pro-militia and fire-arms state" that "looks just like
Afghanistan," and the author stated that the group was "stock-piling
weapons and
ammunition." A witness (so far not charged in this case) is a
former Guantanimo prisoner of British citizenship Feroz
Abbasi. Abassi, who was forced to be
released by British pressure on the U.S., had tied up the links
between Ujaama, al-Masri and others in the terrorist network and
claimed that Ujaama helped him (Abassi) get into an Al-Qaeda terrorist
training camp in Afghanistan. It is not clear whether Abassi will
be extradited as a witness for the DoJ, however, the okay for the
extradition of al-Masri will undoubtedly take the case off the back
burner. On February 7, 2008, British Authorities finally signed the paperwork to allow Masri to be extradited for trial in the U.S. |
Ujaama pled
guilty to chages, Aswat
was pending extradition in August of 2005. Kassir was
extradited in September of 2007. al-Masri , who is already
serving a seven year sentence in the U.K., was approved for extradition
on November 15, 2007 |
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| James Elshafay Shahawar Matin Siraj |
Conspiracy to
plant and set off
bombs in the New York subway system. The accused were caught by use of an FBI informant in whom they confided their plans. Elshafay later cooperated with the authorties and provided testimony and evidence that help result in conviction of Siraj. |
In February Sarij was convicted
and sentenced
to 30 years in prison. Elshafay was convicted and then sentenced on March 5, 2007 to five years, a much reduced sentence due to his cooperation in the case |
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| Abdule
Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, aka Michael Mixon |
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Indictment unsealed on
Feb 16, 2007 Appeared in Manhattan Federal Court in February 16, 2007, and pled not guilty. U.S. District Court (So. District of New York) Docket Report |
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| Reinhard
Rusli Helmi Soedirdja Hannija bin Osman |
Arms for Tamil Tigers Acquire night-vision goggles, high tech weapons sight for shipment overseas without the proper licenses and Money Laundering Four of the defendants are charged with the attempt to purchase night vision devices, sniper rifles, submachine guns with suppressors and grenade launchers Subandi, Rusli, Soedirdja Docket Report Osman et all Docket Report |
The accused
contacted Maryland-based undercover agents to
acquire night-vision goggles and a holographic weapons sight without
the proper licenses. Arrested in September in Guam. On
January 30, Rusli
and Soedirdja pled guilty. |
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| Hamid
Hayat Umer Hayat Muhammed Adil Khan Shabbir Ahmed Mohammad Hassan Adil |
The Lodi
Five Hamid Hayat: Supporting Terrorism, Attending Terrorist Training, Lieing to the FBI. Indicted in 2005. Linked to Pakistani Terrorist Training Camp. Umer Hayat: Supporting Terrorism, Lieing to the FBI Indicted in 2005, father in law is cleric in Pakistan known to support Pakistani Terrorist groups. Indictment (Hayats) DOJ Statement (Hayats) |
Hamid Hayat: Convicted
on four of five counts, Sentencing on
hold while Defense asking for new trial Umer Hayat: Hung Jury, convicted of lieing to FBI. Muhammed Adil Khan, Mohammad Hassan Adil, and Shabbir Ahmed were all deported on Immigration charges |
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Kevin James Levar Washington Gregory Patterson Hamad Samana |
The L.A.
Terror Conspiracy Accused of conspriacy to attack buildings and military personnel, and using gas station robberies to fund their conspiracy. Indicted in 2005. At present no links shown to any foreign terrorist groups, however new wrinkle is radical Muslim converts in U.S. prison system who then "graduate" when released to begin their Jihad in the U.S. James, Washington, and Samana attended the same Inglewood, California Mosque. While James and Washington pled guilty to seditious conspiracy, Patterson's defense has been neogotiating a plea agreement and Samana is undergoing pyschological evaluation. Indictment DOJ Statement Docket Sheet |
Discovery prior to trial date being set. Trial expected in late 2006 or early 2007. On December 14, 2007, James and Washington pled guilty to seditious conspiracy charges. James to be sentenced on March 31, 2008 and Washington April 18, 2008 | |||||
| Adam Yehiye Gadahn | Domestic Al
Qaeda 18 USC, 2381 TREASON; 18 USC , 2339B, PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO A DESIGNATED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION; and 18 USC 2(A) AIDING AND ABETTING. Indictment DOJ Statement |
Case pending capture and extradition of the
defandant. |
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| Amen Ali Ibrahim Omer Mohamad Al-Rahmini |
The
Bakersfield Spy Ring Ali charged with receiving classified information along with the charges levied at the others -- conspiring to receive and export to Yemen "Defense Equipment" banned for export under the Munitions List provisions of U.S. export laws (bulletproof vests, night vision goggles, etc.). Indicted in 2005. Omer remains out on bond. Defendants linked to Yemeni terrorist organizations Indictment Docket Sheet |
Discovery, prior to trail date being set, trial
expected in January of 2007. |
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| Ahmed Ressam Abdelmajid Dahoumane Mokhtar Haouari |
The Millenium Bomber Ressam was caught in December of 1999 by an alert Customs official at the Washington State border, his trunk filled with the makings of explosives. The terrorist turned out to have been hoping to target (along with two co-conspirators Moktar Haouari and Abdelmajid Dahoumane) the L.A. Airport at the turn of the century. It is now beleived that Dahoumane, arrested in Algeria was a member of the Salatist Call for Preaching and Combat, a breakaway group from the well known Algerian terrorist group Armed Islamic Group -- GIA. |
Both Ressam and Haouari were
convicted, with
Ressam receiving 22 years and his Mohktar Haouari was sentenced
to 24 years. Dahoumane however, was arrested in Algeria
however there is no news of his extradition or trial.
In January of 2007, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (San Francisco)
overturned Ressam's sentence on count 9 of the indictment and
instructed the
lower court (U.S. District Court in Seattle) to resentence Ressam
taking into count the 10 year maximum sentence being vacated for count
9. |
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| Zacarias Moussaoui |
The 19th 9/11 Terrorist Conspiracy to commit acts of Terrorism, Conspiracy to commit Aircraft Piracy, Conspiracy to Destroy Aircraft, Conspiracy to use Weapons of Mass Destruction, Conspiracy to Murder U.S. Employees, Conspiracy to Destroy Property. Admitted Al Qaeda Member when Al Qaeda was headquartered in Afghanistan. Indicted in December of 2001 |
Convicted in 2006 and sentenced to life in
prisonment without possibility of parole, In Appeal. |
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| Jose
Padilla Adham Amin Hassoun Kifah Wael Jayyousi Mohamed Youssef Kassem Daher |
In the Superceding
Indictment the defendants are charged with the following:
Padilla's trial was delayed when his lawyer claimed one of the counts in the three count indictment was a duplicate, perhaps bringing into effect the protection against double jeopardy. January 31, 2007: the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Miami reversed a lower court decision and reinstated the additional count. The trial is now expected to begin on April 16, 2007. Shortly thereafter the lawyers began setting the stage to claim Padilla was unable mentally to stand trial. February 28, 2007: the Judge U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke, ruled that Padilla (whose lawyers claimed was suffering from Stockholm syndrome and Post-Traumatic Stress) was competent enough to stand trial. In early 2007, Padilla's lawyer submitted a motion that Padilla's time in a U.S. detention center denied his right to a speedy trial, but U.S. District Court Judge denied the motion and once again said the court date will be April 16, 2007 Judge Cooke also denied a motion to restrict the use of the names Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda or the words "terrorist" or "violent Jihad". After agreeing with the government's request to deny most of the motions, Judge Clarke did agree on several. Cooke agreed that Padilla's interrogation statements were off-limits as prosecution evidence, but she put off ruling whether any of them could be introduced to refute or counter testimony during the trial. The statements are considered inadmissible because Padilla did not have a lawyer present and was not read his Miranda rights. April 10, 2007: In what appears to be the final attempt at forestalling the trial, a motion was made by the defense that the government had tortured Padialla while in the navy brig he was being held in, and thus the case should be dismissed due to "outrageous government conduct." Judge Marcia Cooke rejected the motion, saying that while she wasn't making any judgment on the accusation of torture, the motion was faulty on legal grounds. The trail remains on schedule for April 16, 2007. April 16, 2007: Trial began May 10, 2007. The Jury was seated August 7, 2007: Padilla's defense rested its case without calling any witnesses. August 16,2007: Padilla, Hassoun, and Jayyousi were found guilty on all three counts and could face life in prison. |
Three of those indiicted
by the DOJ , Padilla, Hassoun and Jayyousi have pled not
guilty. The trial is now expected to begin on April 16, 2007. The Jury was seated on May 10, 2007. On August 16, 2007, Padilla, Hassoun, and Jayyousi were found guilty on all three counts January 22, 2008, .Padilla received a sentence of 17 years and 4 months, Hassoun to 15 years and 8 months, and Jayyousi to 12 years and 8 months. |
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| Hemant
Lakhani |
Indian born, British
citizen, caught selling an
Igla missile to a terrorist in New Jersey. Intent to sell missile to a Somali terrorist. |
"He was convicted in April 2005 of attempting to
provide material
support to terrorists, unlawful brokering of foreign defense articles
and attempting to import merchandise into the U.S. by means of false
statements, plus two counts of money laundering. He has been sentenced
to 47 years in prison." - Wikipedia |
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| Mohamed Rashed Daoud al-Owhali a.k.a. Khalid Salim Saleh Bin Rashed, Mohamed Sadeek Odeh, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed Wadih El-Hage |
Charged with the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya which killed 212 people.
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Criminal Complaint, August 27, 1998, All four convicted in May of 2001, and all four sentenced to life in prison without parole on October 21, 2001. |
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| Masoud
Khan, Ali Al-Timimi Seifullah Chapman Hammad Abdur-Raheem |
Called the
Virginia Paintball Terrorists, Khan
led a group of would-be terrorists practicing combat skills using
paintball guns. See the others below. In the trial, Khan was shown to have been Pakistani born and travelled to attend a Lashkar e-Taiba terrorist training camp there before coming to the U.S. and training others in Virginia. Linked to Lashkar e-Taiba in Pakistan as well as Al Qaeda. Khan was indicted in March of 2004, and Timimi in February of 2005. Indictment (June 2003) |
Convicted in March of 2004 "Convicted of ... conspiracy to levy war against the United States and conspiracy to contribute services to the Taliban." - Fox News, March 4, 2004 "On April 26, 2005, he [Timimi] was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia of soliciting others to levy war against the United States and inducing others to use firearmsfederal law. Soon after the September 11, 2001 attacks he allegedly told a small group of young men to join the Taliban and fight the United States. On July 13, 2005, he was sentenced to life in prison plus 70 years without parole. - Wikipedia |
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| Sami Al-Arian Ramadan Shallah Bashir Nafi Sameeh Hammoudeh, Muhammed Al-Khatieb, Abd Awda, Ghassan Ballut, Hatim Fariz |
Conspiracy to Commit
Racketeering, i.e. creating
cells or sections of the PIJ (Palestinian Islamic Jihad) in Florida
which committed acts of violence against Israel and its citizens,
produce videos designed to destablize the Palestinian Peace Process,
acknowledging PIJ commited acts of violence and calling for future acts
of violence, solicit an raise funds for the PIJ and transferred funds
outside the U.S. to aid the PIJ, acted as communications relays between
those engaged in violence against Israel in the Occupied
Territories. Linked to PIJ and Hamax in the Occupied
Territories. Indicted in February of 2003, convicted on in May of 2006. |
"Sami Amin Al-Arian born January 14, 1958 in Kuwait) is a Palestinian-American computer engineer who was convicted of helping Palestinian Islamic Jihad and sentenced to four years in prison[1] Al-Arian, a former university professor, was arrested by the
United
States government in 2003 on charges of funding terrorists.
He was acquitted on eight of the 17 charges against him last December
after a six month trial with three co-defendants. On April 14, 2006
al-Arian pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to provide
services to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and agreed to be deported. In
return, federal prosecutors agreed to drop the remaining eight charges
against him. Al-Arian was sentenced to the 57 months in prison and given credit for time served. He is to serve the balance of 19 months and then be deported." - Wikipedia In November of 2006, a judge directed Al-Arian to testify in
the case, and when Al-Arian refused, the judge found Al-Arian guilty of
contempt and sentenced
him to an additional 18 months. |
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| Tarik
Shah, Rafiq Sabir, Muhamud Brent, Abdulrahman Farhane |
18 USC, 2339B, Provide
Material Support and
Resources to a Foreign Terrorist Organization (Al Qaeda) - DOJ Complaint Indicted in May of 2005 and then a second superseding indictment in November of 2005 Linked to Al Qaeda and attempts to attend training camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 1998. Motion to dismiss on grounds of entrapment denied, Federal Magistrate Judge Loretta A. Preska will hold Motion to Supress hearings for several defendants adjourned until 11/13/2006, pre-trial wrangling continues until the trial begins. First motion to dismiss hearing appears to be set on the same date. On October 31, 2006, Judge Preska dismissed a motion to dismiss, stating she believed the evidence did not support a case of entrapment by the FBI. Trial Date Set: 4/23/2007 Docket Sheet Intent to Use FISA Surveillance Data |
Trial Date Set:
4/23/2007. Shah pleaded guilty just before trial to providing material support to a terrorist organization and agreed to serve 15 years in prison (formal sentencing to follow). Sabir was convicted on 5/21/07 and faces a potential maximum sentence of 30 years in prison |
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| Richard Reid |
The Shoe Bomber 18 USC S2332A - Attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, 18 USC S2332 - Attempted homicide, 49 USC S46505B - Placing explosive device on aircraft, 49 USC S46506 and 18 USC S1113 - Attempted murder, 49 USC S46504 - Interference with flight crew members and attendants, 18 USC S32 - Attempted destruction of aircraft, 18 USC S924 - Attempting to use a destructive device in relation to a crime of violence, 18 USC S1993 - Attempted wrecking of a mass transportation vehicle. It should noted that in April 2005 - Briton Saajid Badat, who admitted conspiring with "shoebomber" Richard Reid to blow up airliners over the Atlantic but had a change of heart before boarding his flight, was jailed for 13 years. DOJ Statement Criminal Complaint (Findlaw) First Indictment (Findlaw) Second Superceding Indictment (FindLaw) |
Sentenced to Life Imprisonment by the U.S.
Federal District Court of Massachusetts serving sentence in Colorado |
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| Ahmed Abdel Sattar Yassir Al-Sirri Lynne Stewart Mohammed Yousry |
Aid to
Gama'
al-Islamiyya and
supporters of blind sheikh and convicted terrorist Omar Ahmed Ali Abdel
Rahman Indictment (July 22, 2003) Convicted, but received very light sentences, DoJ appealing the sentencing. The lawyer, Stewert was later disbarred in April of 2007. |
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| Mohammed
Al Hassan Al-Moayad, Mohammed Mohsen Yahya Zayed |
Charged with conspiracy to
provide financial support to al-Qaida and
Hamas. Al-Moayad and Zayed offered to transfer $2.5 million to
the
terrorist organizations in 2002 on behalf of undercover informants
posing as terrorist donors. |
Convicted
in March of 2005 |
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