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Home Front: WoT
Lodi holy man tied back to Binny
2005-08-10
The FBI is now drawing a link between their terror investigation in Lodi and Osama bin Laden. The government believes al Qaeda was trying to set up a school in Lodi to recruit terrorists. The accusations from the FBI came Tuesday morning during an immigration hearing for Shabbir Ahmed. He's the 39-year-old religious leader of the Lodi mosque -- one of five men connected to the mosque that have been arrested on immigration charges. Today the government drew links to all five and then to Osama bin Laden.

The FBI says it has information that two of the religious leaders at this Lodi mosque were acting as intermediaries for Osama bin Laden. Agents say Hamid Hayat and his father Umer Hayat confessed after being arrested in June. Agents say Hamid Hayat admitted attending a terrorist training camp in Pakistan and his father admitted financing his son's trip. And both named Shabbir Ahmed and Mohammed Adil Kahn and as part of the al qaeda chain of command. Shabbir Ahmed and Adil Kahn are both represented by defense attorney Saad Ahmad.
Saad Ahmad, defense attorney: "You know I just believe the government believes two men who lied to the FBI who are charged with lying to the FBI."
Saad Ahmad, defense attorney: "My clients said he made statements against the United States against the United States policy in Afghanistan but he was never against the United States but when he came to the U.S. he started liking it even more."
Hamid Hayat and his father are charged with lying to the FBI. Both at first denied any connection to terror training. Today, Shabbir Ahmed admitted to the court he did make speeches against the U.S. and may have encouraged Pakistanis to defend bin Laden, but that was four years ago in Pakistan. Defense attorney Ahmed said the most damaging evidence today came from the FBI organization chart showing a direct link from Osama bin Laden to a Taliban commander and then to Sabbir Ahmed and Muhammed Adil Kahn.

Lawyers for the government would not be interviewed, neither would the FBI. But in court today the lead agent said they have secretly taped conversations between several of the five men arrested in Lodi. Umer Hayat and his son are awaiting trial. Adil Kahn and his son have agreed to be deported. That should happen next week. Shabbir Ahmed wants to stay here and his immigration hearing is set for late October. Today, the judge decided to keep him in custody saying he considers Ahmed flight risk and a threat to the community. None of the five has ever been accused of terrorist crimes.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#2  there are many reasons why the FBI, etc send guys back to wherever. Let's see: 1)they are tired of feeding them in detention...........2) the FBI budget is not big enough to have him around......who knows....but believe me that the FBI, CIA, etc are not as stupid as they like to appear, right?
Posted by: Omaling Sleter7907   2005-08-10 20:35  

#1  Adil Kahn and his son have agreed to be deported. That should happen next week.

Freaking unbelievable. Are the FBI and Justice all smoking dope in CA? Here you have the US leader (dare I say mastermind?) of Al Qaeda cells in the formative stage. So what do the feds do? Why send him back to Pakistan into the loving arms of his masters in Let, LeJ, ISI, and AQ, instead of having him finger the leaders of those organizations for arrest. Deportation? Pshaw. Gitmo and rubber truncheons are tailor made for scum such as Khan.

The only small consolation is that when the next islamist atrocity takes place because of the rank incompetence of these people we taxpayers pay to protect us, it will be in LA or SF and there will be a small chance these feds will get a clue in the final seconds before their office building crashes down on them.

As for deportation, deport the entire mosque congregation back to Pakistan. Consider it a prophylactic.
Posted by: ed   2005-08-10 17:41  

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