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Home Front: WoT
'Hookhands' collaborator faces new charges in Seattle
2007-01-17
SEATTLE (AP) -- A convicted Taliban collaborator who was arrested in Belize - despite orders that he not leave the U.S. - could face a new trial on charges of offering support to terrorists if he's found guilty of violating his probation, a federal prosecutor said. James Ujaama, a Muslim convert, was in federal custody without bail after a court hearing Tuesday. Authorities say he fled to Belize, where he was arrested in mid-December with a fake Mexican passport.
Must have had his fake Pakistani passport in his other pants.
Ujaama served two years in prison after pleading guilty in 2003 to conspiring to provide cash, computers and fighters to the Taliban. During three years of probation, he was to surrender his passport and needed written permission from the U.S. attorney's office in Seattle to travel internationally. "I don't know what he was thinking," Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Greenberg said after the hearing.
I think I do.
Ujaama denied the accusations in his brief court appearance.
(Mistaken identity?Â…Racial ProfilingÂ…or maybe another trumped up bunko charge?)
"Lies! All lies!"
He faces as many as two years in prison if a judge agrees he violated his probation, and more serious consequences if the government backs out of its plea agreement. In that event, the government could file new charges that he offered support to terrorists, and any statements Ujaama has made to U.S. authorities could be used against him in the new case, Greenberg said.

Peter Offenbecher, Ujaama's attorney, said only: "I'm investigating the facts to determine the appropriate course of action." U.S. Magistrate Monica J. Benton set an evidentiary hearing for Feb. 1.

Ujaama, who was born James Earnest Thompson, was charged in 2002 with trying to set up a terrorist training camp for Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri. As part of his plea agreement, he agreed to cooperate with terrorism investigations until 2013. Federal officials have said Ujaama's help was crucial in the 2004 indictment of al-Masri on charges of trying to establish the training camp in Bly, Ore., and providing aid to al-Qaida.
Posted by:DepotGuy

#9  James Ujaama, a Muslim convert

The correct term is revert, as Islam is Allah's natural state for all mankind and all children are born Muslim. Those who fall away defy the will of Allah are at war with Allah and the Muslims.

"Convert" indeed, kuffar media puppet of the Jews. You must apologize to all Muslims for this insult! Your ignorance of Islam adds to the sense of alienation felt by so many Muslims today and does nothing to bring the communities together in peace.

I think I'm getting the hang of this. I'm trying to be more prickly, wounded and vaguely threatening at the same time. It gets results for the Ummah, but they've had a lot more practice.
Posted by: Baba Tutu   2007-01-17 18:59  

#8  we just need to untie the Marine's hands from behind their backs
Posted by: Jan   2007-01-17 16:30  

#7  Thank God we've got the Marines!

Amen to that...
Posted by: BigEd   2007-01-17 15:15  

#6  Hang him in the center of Seattle, with a big sign around his neck: "This man is an enemy of the United States". Start the rumors flying that a dozen or so "journalists" are also on the list to be hanged. Drag a huge dumpster into the center of the city and label it "For muzzies and communists". Watch the Seattle PI twist itself into pretzels. Priceless!

Most Americans just aren't mean, evil, wicked, bad, nasty, cruel, and heartless enough to fight this war as it should be fought. Thank God we've got the Marines!
Posted by: Old Patriot   2007-01-17 15:11  

#5  what about some charges that pertain to skipping out? that should be pretty easy to prove regardless of how many passports he has.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-01-17 15:03  

#4  ...he was to surrender his passport...
"OH, you meant THAT passport. How was I to know?"
Posted by: GK   2007-01-17 12:49  

#3  Ooooh. What a purty mouth...
Posted by: Mahmoud Al-Jailbirdi   2007-01-17 12:45  

#2  Damn, that guys' got big lips!
Posted by: Osama Bin Laden   2007-01-17 12:37  

#1  
(Seattle Times)

Looks like your typical "community activist" to me!

But, as it says, he Was held as a "Material Wittness"

Detail on 2002 case - Feds Arrest Al Qaeda Suspects With Plans to Poison Water Supplies

WASHINGTON — Federal officials have arrested two Al Qaeda terror suspects in the U.S. with documents in their possession about how to poison the country's water supplies, Fox News has learned.

The first case involves James Ujaama, 36, who surrendered to the FBI last week in Denver. Sources say they found documents about water poisoning among several other terrorism-related documents in his Denver residence.

Sources say the government has additional evidence that prior to Sept. 11 James Ujaama acted as a courier delivering laptop computers to the Taliban. Federal agents seized two computers and two floppy disks from the house where James Ujaama had been staying when he was arrested as a material witness to terrorist activity, his brother said.

James Ujaama's brother is Mustafa Ujaama, the founder of the now-closed Dar-us-Salaam mosque in Seattle. The FBI has been investigating activities and officials from the former mosque for several months.

Investigators believe officials and members of the mosque were trying to establish a terrorist training camp in Bly, Ore., Fox News has confirmed. Investigators say there is evidence that Mustafa Ujaama visited Bly to check it out as a possible facility location.

--Allan is at the bar, and he won't ask for a galss of water!


Posted by: BigEd   2007-01-17 12:27  

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