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| Terror Networks |
| Was an al-Qaeda media chief involved with the 1993 WTC bombing? |
| 2004-08-06 |
| The apparently Canadian based operator of a recently defunct Yahoo group known as Global Islamic Media (GIM) may have ties to Islamic militant Ramzi Ahmed Yousef. GIM is believed to be a means of communication for al Qaida members. Yousef was sentenced in 1998 to 240 years in prison for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and to a life term for plotting to blow up U.S. airliners in Southeast Asia and kill as many as 4,000 Americans. Prior to starting the Global Islamic Media group on Yahoo, Abu Banan operated a site called www.guraba.com. A spokesman for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Phil Gibson, said he was unable to confirm whether Banan was a subject of interest to the Canadian government. "Investigations are matters of operational interest and we don't ever talk about them," Gibson said. However, an e- mail from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the agency "can't comment on ongoing investigations." A spokesman for the FBI's Washington office declined to say if Banan is wanted or a person of interest in the United States. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |