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| "Wudn't me!": American in Ethiopia jail denies al-Q ties |
| 2007-12-12 |
| Although he was arrested in Somalia toting an AK-47 and had spent time at a al-Q camp, these things were all plausibly explained away. McClatchy newspapers here are taking issue with the American and prosecutorial timelines. A U.S. citizen imprisoned in Ethiopia reportedly told investigators that he was briefly in an al-Qaida camp in Somalia and had tried to fire a gun during a clash with foreign troops in the south of the war-torn country, but denied he was a fighter or had undergone military training. Amir Mohamed Meshal, 24, of Tinton Falls, N.J., made the statements in early January while he was being held in Kenya for illegally entering the country, according to an account provided to McClatchy Newspapers on condition that the source remain anonymous. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #3 I went back to see where the link came from...it's on the sidebar of today's Yahoo news. Can you say BDS? |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-12-12 17:45 |
| #2 He waz researchin Sea, the poor lad waz just doin a paper for his Intra Terrorist Relationships class, NYU '07-'08. [NYU; Sommali-Æthiopic Intra Relationships & Goats 101. 4.286 credits] believe it or not.. I once played football wid a Mormon named Amir Mohamed Meshal! We used leather helmets back then. |
| Posted by: RD 2007-12-12 17:22 |
| #1 Apololgies, I just noted this story was published in March 2007. I'll leave it up here, but it's old news. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-12-12 15:57 |