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| US terror suspect fails to show in Pakistan court | |
| 2009-09-06 | |
| An American accused of having links to an alleged terrorist ring in the state of North Carolina failed to show up for his court hearing in Pakistan on Saturday, bolstering suspicions he's on the run. U.S. investigators say Jude Kenan Mohammad is part of a North Carolina-based terrorist group involved in three years of nefarious international travel, gun buys and military-style training trips. They claim the group was preparing a "violent jihad," though they haven't detailed any specific targets. Mohammad is the only one of eight alleged group members who is still at large. He was caught last year trying to enter a Pakistani militant stronghold off-limits to foreigners
Mohammad's family said he was in the country visiting his Pakistani father. Since news emerged of the North Carolina case earlier this summer, U.S. officials have said they did not know his exact whereabouts. Kamal Khan, senior assistant to Judge Nasirullah Khan in Charsadda district, said Mohammad's trial was supposed to start Saturday but that neither the accused nor his lawyer nor any other representatives appeared. The court issued a summons to Mohammad, who is in his twenties, Kamal Khan said. It was not immediately clear when the next court hearing would be. A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad declined to comment on the case Saturday. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I hear Gomer Pyle SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-09-06 20:33 |