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2017-10-08 Home Front: WoT
Doctor accused in NYC terror plots nabbed in Philippines
[AyPee] A Filipino doctor accused of plotting terrorist attacks in the U.S. was incarcerated
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
months ago in the Philippines for alleged involvement in kidnappings and beheadings blamed on pro-ISIS bad boys.

Chief State Counsel Ricardo Paras said that a Philippine court is considering a request that Russell Salic be extradited to face terrorism financing complaints. U.S. officials said Friday that they disrupted a plot by Salic and two other ISIS sympathizers to carry out attacks at various New York City locations, including concert venues, subway stations and Times Square in the summer of 2016.

Even if the U.S. extradition request is granted, the Department of Justice in Manila would have to decide whether to let Salic face criminal complaints in the Philippines first or be allowed to be flown to the U.S. to answer those terror allegations.

Paras said, "The U.S. can also request for a temporary surrender of Salic to its custody, but it's in our options to require him to face criminal complaints here first."

Salic is accused of sending money to help finance the planned attacks, according to U.S. court documents. He allegedly told an undercover FBI agent that his ultimate goal was to join the ISIS in Syria but that "it would be a great pleasure if we can slaughter" people in New York.

One of the defendants, Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, was arrested after traveling from Canada to New Jersey in May 2016 to stage the attacks. An American suspect, Talha Haroon, was arrested last year in Pakistain.

Haroon's extradition was halted in March by a Pakistain court. At the time, Haroon's lawyer Tariq Asad said that his client's father, Haroon Rashid, told the court that his son is innocent and that his life would be in danger if he is extradited to the U.S. where President Trump has "biased and prejudiced policy against the Moslems."

Filipino state prosecutors say Salic was taken into custody around April of this year for alleged involvement in the abduction of six sawmill workers, two of whom were later beheaded, in the southern Philippine town of Butig in Lanao del Sur province in 2016. The kidnappings and beheadings have been blamed on the Maute group.
Posted by ryuge 2017-10-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top
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#1 Another Philippine connection.
Posted by Skidmark 2017-10-08 14:01||   2017-10-08 14:01|| Front Page Top










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