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| Feds cite link between Mass. detainee and NYC terror suspect |
| 2010-05-20 |
| Federal authorities today for the first time asserted a direct link between one of the Pakistani men detained in Massachusetts last week and the alleged Times Square terror bomber. In an immigration court hearing this afternoon, a government witness testified that alleged bomber Faisal Shahzad's cell number was programmed into Aftab Ali Khan's phone. The government also contended that Shahzad's first name was found on an envelope in Khan's Watertown room. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent also testified that Khan's wife, U.S. citizen Lila-Charlotte Fatou Sylla of Cambridge, had told ICE that the couple's marriage was a sham "purely for financial gain." Sylla said Khan had agreed to pay her $1500-$2000, and was paying the debt off in small increments over time, the agent said. Khan appeared at the hearing via closed-circuit video from Suffolk House of Correction. Khan's lawyer disputed the government's allegations. "He was very affirmative with me that he does not have any connection with the New York City bomber," said Saher Macarius. Oh. Well. Let him go, then! Khan, 27, is being held on immigration violations. He has not been criminally charged. His uncle, Pir D. Khan, 43, and a third man, Mohammad Shafiq Rahman of Maine, were detained May 13. |
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