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| Fifth al-Qaida arrest made in California |
| 2005-06-09 |
| LODI, Calif., June 9 (UPI) -- A fifth man has been arrested in Lodi, Calif., on suspicion of being affiliated with an al-Qaida cell planning terror attacks in the United States. A father and son were first arrested Friday, then two Muslim religious leaders and a member of a local Pakistani community were arrested Wednesday, the Sacramento Bee reported. FBI special agent Keith Slotter told reporters that some of those charged "have received terrorist training abroad, with the specific intent to initiate a terrorist attack in the United States," although there was no evidence found of specific plans, targets or timing of a possible attack. "We believe through our investigation that various individuals connected to al-Qaida have been operating in the Lodi area in various capacities," Slotter said. The father and son have not been charged with terrorist involvement, but rather with lying to federal authorities. A criminal complaint alleges the son attended an al-Qaida training camp in Pakistan for six months ending in 2004. The other three men were charged with immigration offenses, CNN said. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #10 Planet Dan has it right A lot of these yayhoos get all fired up betweens themselves but in the line of fire they are pure chicken. Israel being a prime example of how a small, out-numbered, and out-gunned Army can stop and then crush one. Other than the Yom Kippur war I can't think of a single batle where the Arabs caused Jews to retreat. BTW that retreat was very temporary and Nasser got his ass handed back to him in a box. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-06-09 21:10 |
| #9 Oh Allah, Trapped in Lodi O! |
| Posted by: Ibrihim bin Fogerty 2005-06-09 18:37 |
| #8 It's the Rohnert Park Middle-Eastern Mafia. man! |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-06-09 15:39 |
| #7 All cases had ties to the modesto area Really? I remember living in SF area during the Polly Klass abduction and murder (by a 3 time loser it turns out). If memory serves me correct, she was living in Petaluma at the time. Modesto is nowhere near Petaluma. This conspiracy theory is a real stretch since Levy was found in Rock Creek park in DC. Yosemite is closer to Modesto than Petaluma but not by much. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2005-06-09 14:45 |
| #6 I tend to think that these a-holes are all pumped up when they're with each other, yapping about how they will bring america to it's knees, it's allan's will, etc, etc, etc. but I also think that when reality punches them in the face, handcuffed by the feds and they're no longer surrounded by same-thinking miscreants, they soil their pants. it's one thing to be screaming allan akbar in some pakistani no man's land, shooting at a photograph of bush, egged on by ignorant "leaders" who have no intention of ever actually putting themselves in harm's way . . . it's another to be sitting in an interrogation room faced with the harsh reality that you really are powerless, stupid and not even remotely divinely protected. they'll give it up. all of it. just for a promise of clean underwear in return. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2005-06-09 13:39 |
| #5 I don't have the answer on how to stop it constitutionally You will never stop it constitutionally. There is one radical option that would work though - let Americans clean out their own neighborhoods and towns of these people w/o the threat of prosecution, but in doing so we would stoop to their level. Its a Catch-22. In today's day and age I really think our society will come to accept daily losses on par of Israel and move along. Our efforts to fight this will be as affective as the "War on Drugs". |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2005-06-09 13:31 |
| #4 CS, I think you are right. The quick admissions by the Father make it seem something big is up. Mind you, I was joking about the Chandra Levy conspiracy stories, but there were loons on all sides saying that Gary Condit had connections with the wealthy middle eastern men. Perhaps Lodi is a bit like Michigan, where a foothold was grasped and politicians who were, how shall we say, influenced. I'll put on my waders for a moment and dive in to note that it is interesting, that in the cases of Polly Klass, The Yosemite murders (which Carey Stayner later claimed credit for) and the Chandra Levy case, they all had serious allegations that these women were abducted as part of a ring that abducted women for wealthy middle eastern men. Mind you - this was LONG before 9/11 and all accounts are completely unrelated. The common theme was the accusation of abductions by middle eastern men, later dismissed. But never quite accounted for in all cases was how those bodies came to be where they were found. All cases had ties to the modesto area. Regarding Klass, the aunt wrote a book making the allegation back in the 1980's. In Yosemite murders, one of the suspects, prior to Carey Stayner admission, told the FBI (James Maddox also of Oklahoma City fame) that there was a ring in the area, and the claims were taken seriously until Stayner admitted to his almost inhuman ability to get that body to the location where it was found. I followed that case closely, and I can tell you, there were many, many unanswered questions (as there were in the Levy and Klass case) regarding how the bodies came to be where they were. Anyhoo..we'll never know. But it is interesting nevertheless that all of those murders had similar mo's. And there were others in that general area that are questionable as well. Just a little conspiracy morsel to chew on for the day. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-06-09 13:28 |
| #3 I would not be surprised if more arrests are not made. Something tells me this is bigger than the five already in custody. So far the father/son are the only ones with direct links to what is called a terrorists training camp. I saw some local Pakis on the news last night and they think this has more to do with some family feud than terrorism. Could these people be more out of touch with reality? Right after that they had the Deputy Imperial PooBah of CAIR who said he was disturbed about the way Muslims were being âtargetedâ by the FBI. Mind you this is AFTER Jr. admitted to attending a TERRORISTS camp while on his two year sabbatical in Pakistan. To make matters even more fun the Mayor of Lodi claims he saw four WHITE MEN harassing a Pakistani BOY. Now I live is a diverse community with Fareast people and Latin Americans and itâs real hard to tell the difference unless you are standing right next to them. Both have black hair and darkish skin. So either the Mayor was standing right next to the boy and ALLOWED the white men to harass him or he is lying to make the community shameful for thinking ill of the Pakis terrorists. IMHO the people of U.S. have been greatly restrained in their reactions to the many revelations of terrorists living among us and making shit up like the mayor did just diminishes that fact. Too bad the Muslims around the world donât reciprocate with the same respect when if come to some (Koran in toilet) allegation regarding Americans. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-06-09 11:41 |
| #2 I am not an alarmist...but, it is only a matter of time before those AQ Monkeys pull off another significant terror operation - planned and trained from within our borders. I don't have the answer on how to stop it constitutionally, however my suggestion is to "get medieval" on those bastards. |
| Posted by: TBone65 2005-06-09 10:16 |
| #1 Lodi you say? all right...let's bring on the Chandra Levy conspiracy stories! |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-06-09 09:40 |