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| 2004-08-07 |
| A Briton who appeared in court in London yesterday on extradition charges allegedly was in possession of US navy battle plans and had contacts with an apparent Islamist spy within the service. American authorities claim that Babar Ahmad, 30, ran a terrorist fundraising and recruiting agency on the internet, much of it on behalf of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Ahmad, who appeared at Bow Street magistrate's court, was told his extradition was being sought by the Americans on two counts of using websites to solicit donations in the US to fund terrorism in Chechnya and Afghanistan. On the same dates - between 1998 and Feb 19 2001 and from then until the end of 2003 - he was also accused of agreeing to solicit donations in America to fund terrorism. Authorities in Connecticut yesterday unsealed a 31-page indictment against Ahmad. Federal prosecutors said the investigation had spread to include his possible ties to an Islamist traitor serving aboard a US vessel. The "highly sensitive" investigation" was triggered by the alleged discovery by Scotland Yard officers in a raid on Ahmad's home last December. They allegedly found a computer disk containing classified descriptions of planned movements of a battle group in the Straits of Hormuz, off Iran, and offering guidance on how best to attack individual ships. Kevin O'Connor, a federal prosecutor, claimed the detailed plans for the battle group appeared to have been sent in early April 2001, detailing where the ships would be on April 29, 2001. The plans allegedly amounted to a blueprint on how to attack US warships. The disk included the battle group's planned movements on that day, a drawing of the group's formation, and the names of individual ships and where they would be in that formation. |
| Posted by:George Taft |
| #12 Jarhead, Would that be above or below the natural water table? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-08-08 1:34:27 AM |
| #11 I'd wager they already got the former sailor in question in a very dark room at the bottom of Langley. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-08-08 12:49:26 AM |
| #10 #6 How did I get such a bad rep? Just Lucky I guess. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-08-07 8:04:52 PM |
| #9 How many others are lurking in the armed forces? |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-08-07 5:24:10 PM |
| #8 More at: Ex-San Diego sailor allegedly linked to terror suspect The e-mail messages extolled the bombing of the destroyer Cole in October 2000 and the actions of Muslim fighters in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Chechnya, according to the affidavit documents. A return message from Ahmad's computer account "praised the enlistee's comments and encouraged the enlistee to 'keep up with the dawah (an Arabic term for missionary work) and the psychological warefare (sic),' " the documents stated. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-08-07 11:54:23 AM |
| #7 Thou shalt not drink wine with footlongs?! The wine keeps the blood stable. But, hey, the reaper comes. Getting dangerously close to my turf Lucky. |
| Posted by: R Duke MD 2004-08-07 8:35:37 AM |
| #6 I'm good with profiling, just smile while waving the wand. I'm not taking anything, sheesh. Worked hard all day, had hotdogs for dinner, the bitch.) How did I get such a bad rep. Thou shalt not drink wine with footlongs?! The wine keeps the blood stable. But, hey, the reaper comes. Stay Hydrated, drink lots. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-08-07 2:56:38 AM |
| #5 Lol, Lucky - I want some of what you're taking! On the other hand, I disagree with your post. We will have to change things to survive this - much luck and unsung hard work is all that has kept us from taking hits these last 3 years. And the volume of the work would be a lot easier to handle if profiling were accepted. Just my $0.02. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-07 2:39:21 AM |
| #4 A journey, it has been. How long has it been, three years? But the fucktoids will lose, modern thought will win. Even with the PC baggage. I firmly beleive that. But the cost is in question. So many are still in denile. Oh well. Just hang tough, keep informed, argue the points, be patient, talk calmly, educate, learn more, recognise talking points, refrain from talking points, be patient, be helpful, have facts, bring our sisters, quivering, into the gates before dark. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-08-07 2:21:43 AM |
| #3 If this is true, the dummy that passed this information is hung himself out to dry. Information on the track of an individual ship could be obtained in a variety of ways. Accurate information concerning the tracks of a formation of US warships through the straits of Hormuz would have had to have been passed by a person on the carrier of the battle group or the a person on the staff of the flag officer who would have been scheduled to be in command of the formation. That's a pretty small group. I profile a disgruntled former E-6 (has since left the service.) Probably converted to Islam in the 90's after GWI. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-08-07 2:17:48 AM |
| #2 So the buyer's named Babar Ahmad, huh? Who'da thunk it, eh? Anyone taking bets on the religion of our waaay too PC Navy's spy? Time for the JCS / Pentagon folks, not to mention Justice & State, to let go of their illusions. This is war, gentlepersons - something in which you're supposed to be experts. Act like it. Go ahead, say the word. It won't hurt you - or anyone else, actually. The word is profiling. After we get over than one, there will be several more before it's all over. View this as a journey - of survival. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-07 1:58:34 AM |
| #1 Our navy is the thing that allows our force projection. Hitting our navy is paramount for the enemy. This is an honor kill for them. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-08-07 1:40:39 AM |