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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Remember that Terror Compound in New Mexico?

2024-03-08

The latest on the denizens of the Amalia, NM jihadi compound.

[KRQE] Six years after the FBI uncovered a terrorist plot at a compound in northern New Mexico, the five people responsible now know their fate.

“Finally, to be able to put this to bed, to give some finality in sentence and some justice, it feels great.” That’s New Mexico’s U.S. Attorney Alexander Uballez satisfied with Wednesday’s sentencing of five people connected to a terrorist plot in northern New Mexico.

“The horrifying events that played out in graphic detail during this three-week trial, radical ideologies to violent extremist beliefs, the banality of everyday life centered around the corpse of a dead child in a fortified compound in rural New Mexico,” Uballez said.

Siraj Wahhaj,

...also known as Siraj Ibn Wahhaj and Sirraj Ibn Wahhaj. Siraj [Jr.] is the son of Siraj Wahhaj [Sr.], a Brooklyn imam whose mother welcomed him into the world as Jeffrey Kearse. Siraj Sr. was an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a character witness in the trial of convicted terror plotter Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman (“the blind sheikh”), and is connected to the several branches of the Moslem Brotherhood in America. He mentored pussy hat leader Linda Sarsour....

his sisters Hujrah and Subhanah, and Subhanah’s husband Lucas Morton were sentenced to life in prison.

The ring leader of the group, Jany Leveille, took a plea deal. She was sentenced to 15 years in prison. “She took responsibility, she took it early and she took it fully, and here in the United States Justice System we value folks who redeem themselves by taking responsibility for the terrible things that they did,” Uballez said.

It all started after a federal raid uncovered a terrorist training ground in Taos County back in 2018. Documents state the group was plotting and training children to carry out attacks on FBI agents and government institutions. The feds found the five adults and 11 malnourished children on the property. A property that authorities say was heavily militarized. “The sentencing imposed today sent a clear message, the FBI takes its mission of protecting the American public seriously,” Ruben Morales with the FBI said.

The feds claimed the group kidnapped Siraj Wahhaj’s three-year-old son from his mother in Georgia and took him to the property where he was subjected to exorcism rituals. Authorities believe they were planning to use the child as a prop in their plot to kill those who did not convert and follow Leveille. That child later died in 2017. “The heart of this case is a senseless death of three-year-old Abdul Ghani, as a father myself, I offer my deepest condolences,” Uballez said.

Documents state Leveille covered up the death and convinced the group the boy would be resurrected. She was found to have acute schizophrenia that led to hallucinations and says she heard voices that made her believe she was a prophet. Leveille spoke Wednesday in court apologizing for her part and to her co-defendants saying ‘this wouldn’t have happened if I wasn’t sick.’

“While today’s sentencing can not take away the pain or fill the void of the innocent child who was kidnapped and subsequently lost his life, I sincerely hope there’s some comfort in knowing those who committed these terrible crimes have been brought to justice,” Morales said.

A federal jury convicted Wahhaj and Morton on terrorism charges. The two sisters, Hujrah and Subhanah, are also facing kidnapping charges, including kidnapping resulting in death. Leveille pled guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and being in possession of a firearm while unlawfully in the United States. Once her sentence is complete, she will be deported back to Haiti because she was in the country illegally.

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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Father convicted of terrorism after remains of 3-year-old found in tunnels of New Mexico compound

2023-10-19

The latest on the denizens of the Amalia, NM jihadi compound, raided when the FBI was looking for Abdul Ghani Wahhaj, the handicapped toddler kidnapped by his dad from his mother in Georgia. Abdul Ghani’s body was later discovered on the grounds. Eleven other children found during the raid on the compound were malnourished but in the process of being trained to be loyal little jihadis.

[FoxNews] Authorities raided a compound in remote Mew Mexico desert in August 2018

A father has been convicted of terrorism after the remains of his 3-year-old son were found in an underground tunnel at a makeshift compound in New Mexico in 2018.

Siraj Ibn Wahhaj

...also known as Siraj Wahhaj and Sirraj Ibn Wahhaj. Siraj [Jr.] is the son of Siraj Wahhaj [Sr.], a Brooklyn imam whose mother welcomed him into the world as Jeffrey Kearse. Siraj Sr. was an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a character witness in the trial of convicted terror plotter Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman (“the blind sheikh”), and is connected to the several branches of the Moslem Brotherhood in America. He has mentored pussy hat leader Linda Sarsour....

and members of his family had fled from Georgia with the toddler to the remote desert so they could engage in firearms and tactical training to prepare for attacks against the government, prosecutors told jurors Tuesday.

Jurors deliberated for 2½ days after hearing weeks of testimony from children who had lived with their parents at the compound.

The defendants, who are Muslim, argued federal authorities targeted them because of their religion.

Wahhaj’s brother-in-law also was convicted of terrorism charges, conspiracy to commit kidnapping and kidnapping that resulted in the boy’s death. Wahhaj’s sisters were convicted on the kidnapping charges.

That’d be Hujrah Wahhaj, 38, Subhanah Wahhaj, 36. No mention here of Lucas Morton, 41, Siraj Jr’s brother-in-law or Jany Leveille, Siraj Jr’s wife — a Haitian citizen who overstayed her visitor visa two decades ago

The five suspects were arrested by authorities after an Aug. 3, 2018, raid following a months-long inquiry into the disappearance of Abdul-ghani Wahhaj, 3. The boy, who had severe medical issues, disappeared from Georgia in December.

The badly decomposed remains of the boy were eventually found in an underground tunnel at the compound on the outskirts of Amalia near the Colorado state line. An exact cause of death was never determined.

Wahhaj represented himself in court.

"The government portrayed me to look like a monster," he said, describing his family as close-knit and trying to protect his son from evil spirits. He said they used a ritual known as ruqyah in which passages from the Quran are recited.

Wahhaj and the family apparently believed the boy would be resurrected as Jesus Christ and provide instructions.

A sentencing date has yet to be scheduled.

KANW adds:

Jurors have delivered split verdicts in a case that stemmed from the search for a 3-year-old boy who went missing from Georgia. The boy was found dead hundreds of miles away at a squalid compound in northern New Mexico. The boy's father was convicted Tuesday of terrorism related charges, while other family members were convicted of a mix of kidnapping and terrorism charges.

Wahhaj's brother-in-law also was convicted of terrorism charges, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, and kidnapping that resulted in the boy's death. Wahhaj's sisters were convicted on the kidnapping charges.

Siraj Ibn Wahhaj's partner — Jany Leveille, a Haitian national — was initially charged with kidnapping and terrorism-related charges, but instead reached a plea agreement on weapons charges. She did not appear at the trial.

Evidence presented by prosecutors included passages journal from Leveille's journal suggesting she believed she was having prophecies. Prosecutors argued that the group believed she had an ability to receive messages from God.

According to prosecutors, the charges related to kidnapping resulting in death carry a mandatory life sentence. The charges of providing support in preparation for terrorist attacks on U.S. government officials and employees are punishable by up to 15 years in prison, while the charge of conspiracy to kill a government officer or employee carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.

A trip down memory lane from 2018: The New Mexico Muslim Terror Cell Case Keeps Getting Weirder

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US deports Sudanese convicted in 1996 of huge bomb plot

2019-10-19

[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A Sudanese national convicted of conspiring to blow up the UN and other New York landmarks has been deported from the United States after completing his sentence, officials said on Friday.

Amir Abdelghani, 59, was nabbed
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
in 1996 for being part of a plot led by the late Egyptian holy man Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman that also planned to target FBI offices.

He was transferred to a detention center in July after serving most of his 30-year sentence and deported on October 12, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

"This removal is a victory for the United States and further emphasizes ICE’s vital role in protecting our nation," Simona Flores-Lund, an ICE director in Philadelphia, said in a statement.

Abdelghani was among 10 people convicted of seditious conspiracy against the US and attempted bombings at the end of 1995 following a trial that lasted almost a year.

The attacks, thwarted in June 1993, were aimed at pressing the US to curb its support of Israel and the plotters also planned to blow up tunnels and bridges in Manhattan.

The men were not charged with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing that left six dead and around 1,000 injured, but officials suspected they had links to it.

Abdel Rahman, nicknamed "The Blind Sheikh," was the leader of Egyptian holy warrior group Jamaa Islamiya

...”the Islamic Group”, whose name is also translated as al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya, El Gama'a El Islamiyya, Gamaat Islamiya, al Jamaat al Islamiya, etc. They split off from the Moslem Brotherhood back in the 1970s when that lot formally gave up volence. In the old days they were linked to Al Qaeda and funded by the governments of Iran and Sudan. In 2011 they went in for politics...

. He died in a US federal prison in 2017.

The Daily Caller has more details.

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Home Front: WoT

FBI Discovers Homegrown Islamic Terror Compound In Alabama

2019-05-13

[DAILYCALLER] The FBI has uncovered a homegrown, jihadist compound in the small Alabama town of Macon County.

The FBI’s search warrant described the property as a "makeshift military-style obstacle course" in a story first reported by Sinclair Broadcast Group. The land where the group gathered reportedly looked like an "abandoned dump," and was led by Siraj Wahhaj,

who allegedly trained children to commit school shootings in a similar terrorist breeding ground in New Mexico last year.

Wahhaj and four other alleged Islamic Lions of Islam were indicted on terrorism, kidnapping, and firearm violation charges earlier this year.

In an interview with Sinclair Broadcast Group, former FBI agent Tim Fuhrman warned of the increasing threats of domestic terror that "exists in every region of the United States and affects all walks of life."

"Just because you’re in a small town or a small state does not mean you might not potentially have individuals engaged in the types of activities that would call into question threats to national security," Fuhrman said.

The FBI is currently involved in 850 domestic terrorism investigations, Assistant Director for Counterterrorism Michael McGarrity said earlier this week while speaking to the House Homeland Security Committee, according to CNN.

"The FBI assesses domestic turbans collectively pose a persistent and evolving threat of violence and economic harm to the United States," McGarrity said.

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Federal Grand Jury Returns Superseding Indictment against Five Amalia, New Mexico Compound Defendants

2019-03-15

[DOJ] A federal grand jury sitting in Albuquerque, New Mexico returned a superseding indictment on March 13 charging Jany Leveille,

...Siraj ibn Wahhaj’s’s wife and a Haitian citizen who overstayed her visitor visa two decades ago...

36, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj,

...the leader of the group, also known as Siraj Wahhaj and Sirraj Ibn Wahhaj. Siraj [Jr.] is the son of Siraj Wahhaj [Sr.], a Brooklyn imam born Jeffrey Kearse, who was an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Siraj Sr. also was a character witness in the trial of convicted terror plotter Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman (“the blind sheikh”), is connected the several branches of the Moslem Brotherhood in America, and mentors pussy hat leader Linda Sarsour....

40, Hujrah Wahhaj, 38, Subhanah Wahhaj, 36,

...Hujrah and Subhanah are Siraj Jr’s sisters...

and Lucas Morton, 41,

...Siraj Jr’s brother-in-law...

with federal offenses related to terrorism, kidnapping and firearms violations.

The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers for the National Security Division, U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson for the District of New Mexico, Assistant Director Michael McGarrity of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division and Special Agent in Charge James Langenberg of the FBI’s Albuquerque Field Office.

These defendants were previously charged by indictment on Sept. 11, 2018, with a conspiracy relating to the possession of firearms and ammunition by an alien illegally and unlawfully in the United States. The original indictment also charged Leveille with possessing firearms and ammunition as an alien illegally and unlawfully in the United States.

The superseding indictment charges all of the defendants with participating in a conspiracy from October 2017 to August 2018 to provide material support and resources, including currency, training, weapons, and personnel, knowing and intending that they were to be used in preparation for and in carrying out attacks to kill officers and employees of the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2339A.

"The indictment alleges that the defendants conspired to provide material support in preparation for violent attacks against federal law enforcement officers and members of the military," said Assistant Attorney General Demers. "Advancing beliefs through terror and violence has no place in America, and the National Security Division continues to make protecting against terrorism its top priority."

"The superseding indictment alleges a conspiracy to stage deadly attacks on American soil," said U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson. "These allegations remind us of the dangers of terrorism that continue to confront our nation, and the allegation concerning the death of a young child only underscores the importance of prompt and effective intervention by law enforcement. I commend the FBI, DHS, ATF, Taos County Sheriff’s Office, and the Eighth Judicial District Attorney’s Office for their ongoing diligence and outstanding work in identifying and disabling imminent threats of targeted violence. "

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Fifth Column

Sickos busted for abusing kids at compound linked to controversial imam

2018-08-09

[NYPost] The five people arrested for child abuse in New Mexico after they were found living with 11 children in "Third World" conditions are related to a controversial Muslim faith leader in Brooklyn who has been linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombings.

Siraj Wahhaj, 40; Lucas Morton, 40; Jany Leveille, 35; Hujrah Wahhaj, 38; and Subhanah Wahhaj, 35, were arrested and charged with 11 counts of felony child abuse for keeping the kids, ages 1 to 15, in squalid conditions at a compound made of garbage in the New Mexico desert.

Siraj Wahhaj is also accused of kidnapping his 3-year-old son Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj from Georgia in December.

The child, who reportedly suffers from seizures and other health issues, was not among the kids rescued.
[kid was found dead]
The imam has a checkered past.

Prosecutors named the elder Siraj Wahhaj ‐ born Jeffrey Kearse ‐ as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He also was a character witness in the trial of convicted terror plotter Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman.
There is a lot going on with that group that is slowly being made public.

The Washington Post has lots more.

The Daily Caller adds:

Wahhaj’s father, also named Siraj, is a controversial cleric with close ties to Muslim rights groups like the Islamic Circle of North American, the Muslim American Society and the Center for American Islamic Relations. The elder Wahhaj was also an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing case. He was a character witness for Omar Abdel Rahman, the so-called “Blind Sheikh.”

And from Twitchy:

Siraj Wahhaj Sr was an unindicted co-conspirator in the 93 World Trade Center bombings. He is also Linda Sarsour's mentor.

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Son of convicted terrorist becomes New York City firefighter

2017-11-06

[Fox] The 279 firefighters who graduated from the New York City fire department's academy last month include the son of a firefighter killed on 9/11 ‐ and the son of a terrorist.

Rookie firefighter Omar Ahmed Sattar, 30, is the eldest son of Ahmed Abdel Sattar, who was convicted in 2005 of "soliciting crimes of violence" and conspiracy to murder Jews.

The elder Sattar, now 58, was a seemingly mild-mannered postal-service worker raising his family in Staten Island. Behind his peaceful facade, the court found, he was an Islamist extremist who used his home as a communications hub to further the schemes of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind Muslim cleric who masterminded the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six, as well as failed plots to blow up other New York City buildings and tunnels.

Ahmed Sattar, also known as Abu Omar and Dr. Ahmed, was tried along with Rahman’s radical defense lawyer, Lynne Stewart, and another accused terrorist, Mohammed Yousry.

According to federal charges, he and a co-conspirator in 2000 published a fatwa, or Islamic ruling, in Rahman’s name, calling for the killing of Jewish civilians.

He and cohorts also tried to use the Oct. 12, 2000, al Qaeda bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 US sailors, to extort the US into freeing Rahman from prison, court papers say.

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-Obits-

Lynne Stewart, Lawyer Imprisoned in Terrorism Case, Dies at 77

2017-03-09

Lynne F. Stewart, a radical-leftist lawyer who gained wide notice for representing violent, self-described revolutionaries and who spent four years in prison herself, convicted of aiding terrorism, died on Tuesday at her home in Brooklyn. She was 77.
too ~~old~~ soon
Her son, Geoffrey Stewart, said the cause was complications of cancer and a series of strokes.

Ms. Stewart, who had been treated for breast cancer before entering prison, was granted a "compassionate release" in January 2014 after the cancer had spread and was deemed terminal. Doctors at the time gave her 18 months to live.

A former librarian and teacher, she had taken up the law in the cause of social justice after seeing the squalor in the area around the public school in Harlem where she taught. She built a reputation for representing the poor and the reviled, usually for modest, court-paid fees.
traitorous POS. Think Ed Asner with more hair
(including ears) and breasts
Believing that the American political and capitalist system needed "radical surgery," as Ms. Stewart put it, she sympathized with clients who sought to fight that system, even with violence, although she did not always endorse their tactics, she said.
She just helped them along...
One such client was Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind Egyptian cleric who was found guilty in 1995 of leading a plot to blow up New York City landmarks, including the United Nations, after some of his followers had driven a powerful bomb into a garage beneath the World Trade Center in 1993, killing six people. Ms. Stewart would visit him in prison, where he was serving a life sentence in solitary confinement. Her death came less than three weeks after his: He died in prison on Feb. 18.
They say that when one of a couple goes, the other...
Ms. Stewart was convicted in 2005 of helping to smuggle messages from the imprisoned sheikh to his violent followers in Egypt. Her prison sentence, initially set at 28 months, was later increased to 10 years after an appeals court ordered the trial judge to consider a longer term.
Traitor, Islam-Loving Opportunist. Hairy Whiskers. So many offenses to America and civilization
The NY Post has a pungent opinion piece on the matter.

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India-Pakistan

Al-Qaeda: US Must Act Or Captive Warren Weinstein Will Die

2014-08-18

[IsraelTimes] Al-Qaeda called on the family of captive US government contractor Warren Weinstein to pressure the US government to negotiate his release or risk his "dying a lonely death."

"If you want Warren Weinstein to be released, do whatever you can to pressurize your government," the terror group said in a statement posted on Islamist websites, the French news agency AFP reported.

"Your continued silence on the inaction of your government will only lead to your prisoner dying a lonely death in prison after this deliberate and prolonged neglect on the part of your government."

Weinstein, 73, of Rockville, Md., was kidnapped in August 2011 outside Pakistain while he was working for J.E. Austin Associates, a private company that advises Pak businesses. The United States has said it will not negotiate with al-Qaeda, which the US considers a terrorist organization.

Al-Qaeda is demanding the release of several Islamists held in jail in the US, including Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind sheik who is serving a life sentence for his part in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

In January, a video message featuring Weinstein, a former Peace Corps and USAID official, was sent to journalists and news services in Pakistain along with a link to a photo of a handwritten note.

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Terror Networks

Surge in flow of militants from West

2013-03-09

WASHINGTON Increased use of English in videos by extremists and a rising flow of recruits from Europe to fight in Syria and on other battlegrounds is disturbing US officials who fear some could return to Europe or come to the United States to plot attacks.

Only last week, a man who spoke English and Arabic and called himself Abu Ahmed Al Amriki (Arabic for the American) starred in a new video message posted on websites and produced by Al Shabaab, the militant group based in Somalia. Abu Ahmed, whose face was blurred and whose real identity is not known, called on Muslims to give up their comfortable lives in the West and head for the front lines, in places like Somalia, Mali and Afghanistan, to wage holy war, according to an account by the Long War Journal, a counterterrorism blog published by the conservative Foundation for the Defence of Democracies.

Although the fears of the West have sometimes proven overblown, this video and others highlight what senior US and European security officials say is a fresh increase in English-speaking recruits, including dozens of British citizens, travelling abroad to fight most notably to Syria.

The United States and Europe want to see Assad defeated themselves. The concern, officials said, is that many English-speaking recruits are joining the most militant, anti-Western Syrian rebel factions.

Earlier in February, a person describing himself as an American mujahid, posted the second of two video messages touting his involvement with rebels fighting the government of Syria, according to Flashpoint Global Partners, a New York-based consulting group which monitors militant websites.

Bashar Assad, your days are numbered, the fighter, who spoke in English with an American accent, declared, referring to Syrias beleaguered president. You should just quit now, while you can, and leave. You are going to die, no matter what. Where you go we will find you and kill you.

Simultaneously, US officials said, English-language literature has blossomed online exhorting aspiring militants to violence wherever they are and providing them step-by-step instructions on how to use household materials to cause death and destruction.

Weve been monitoring (these developments) and yes, its concerning, said Paul Browne, Deputy Commissioner and spokesman of the New York Police Department, which since the September 11, 2001, attacks has built aggressive counterterrorism operations.

The two videos authenticity could not be independently confirmed. While some deadly attacks including the July 2005 London bombings have been executed by European citizens trained overseas, other feared threats have often failed to materialise.

In recent days, Al Qaedas Yemen-based affiliate, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has issued two slick English-language magazines for the would-be weekend holy warrior.

The tenth issue of Inspire, AQAPs irregular but well-produced Internet magazine, contains what amounts to a list of westerners the group has targeted for death. They include novelist Salman Rushdie, anti-Islamic Dutch politician Geert Wilders, and Terry Jones, the Quran-burning Florida preacher.

The second new publication, published by Inspire with equally slick production values, calls itself the Lone Mujahid Pocketbook. The guidebook, originally spotted by the Flashpoint monitoring group, asks readers: Have u been lookin 4 a way to join the mujahideen in frontlines? Well, theres no need to travel abroad, coz the frontline has come to you... Just read n apply the contents of this guide.

It goes on to offer how-to guides, complete with pictures and maps, for causing traffic accidents, staging lethal ambushes, destroying buildings by creating gas leaks and igniting them, and even starting forest fires.

Browne said the NYPD is also tracking the actual and threatened violence accompanying demands by militants for the release from a US prison of Omar Abdel Rahman, convicted for his role in New York-related plots in the early 1990s.

The latest Inspire issue contains a purported message from Rahman, known as the Blind Sheikh, complaining about insulting and isolating prison treatment.

The Internet messages targeted at potential English-speaking militants surfaced as European intelligence sources say they are monitoring steady traffic of young British citizens and residents to Syria to fight Assads government.

The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said dozens of fighters and possibly as many as 60 or 70 from Britain are believed to be in Syria.

It is unclear whether all are extremists. But many, the intelligence sources said, have joined up with Al Nusra, a militant anti-Assad faction that the US government declared a terrorist organisation linked to Al Qaeda in Iraq.

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Informant Warns Blind Sheik Still a Threat

2013-02-26

An FBI informant who has helped catch some of the world's most dangerous terrorists is coming out of witness protection to warn that a terrorist sheik in prison remains a significant threat to the U.S.

Emad Salem is urging the U.S. to keep the ailing 74-year-old sheik Omar Abdel Rahman behind bars and to not transfer him, even as governments overseas continue to press for his release.

"He will kill Americans," said Salem. "He will kill anyone who disputes what he says with a fatwa."

Salem, a one-time Egyptian military officer, had warned officials about the looming 1993 World Trade Center bombing but his warnings were ignored after a lie detector test was inconclusive and he said he would never testify at any trial.

After the bombing, Salem agreed to become an FBI informant and managed to become the sheiks personal assistant and bodyguard. Salem was able to record the sheik ordering the killing of Americans during his time in Jersey City and Brooklyn.

Salem was also able to link the sheik to the 1993 World Trade Center bombers. Six people were killed and more than 1,000 injured in that first attack.

Now Salem is concerned about the mounting pressure on the U.S. from Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and other Mideastern government leaders to get Rahman out of American custody.

In one letter dated Feb. 26, 2008, the justice minister of Qatar relayed a request from Rahman's family asking U.S. officials to have him transferred back to the nation to serve the rest of his sentence. They said they wanted to be able to visit him more easily, according to the letter by Qatar Attorney General Dr. Ali Bin Fetais Al Marri.

More recently, on this 20th anniversary week of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Rahman's sons wrote on their family website that "America will pay a terrible price" if he is not released soon.

"The rain begins with one drop. America should expect more violent reactions if it does not release the sheik," the sons wrote on the website.

The sons pointed to the killing of the U.S. Ambassador as an example of terrorists acting on behalf of the sheik. The terrorists in that attack are believed to have called themselves the Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman Brigade in honor of the blind sheik.

The family also pointed to the recent attack on a gas plant in Algeria where hostage takers demanded the sheik be set free or American hostages would be killed.

The sons said they are hopeful Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi will make progress in working to free the sheik next month or it will "review their options."

Experts said the sheiks family is intensifying an already active campaign to both seek the sheiks release and inflame passions among the sheiks extremist followers.

The sheik has also been able to call his relatives twice a month from his prison, NBC 4 New York has learned. Officials said the calls are monitored, and his relatives tell NBC News' Ayman Moyheldin that the calls are personal in nature and do not include calls for a violent jihad.

But in one posting on their website, Rahman's sons posted a political message they said was from the sheik. In that message, Rahman urged Egyptians to vote for Dr. Mohammed Morsi in the recent presidential election "because he is the candidate who represents Islam and represents the revolution."

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Africa North

What is wrong with this picture?

2013-02-21

What is wrong with this picture? Morsi, Egyptian Muslims Brotherhood president, not only he freed from prison the most dangerous terrorists including the brother of Al-Zawahiri, Al Qaeda leader, and the killers of Sadat, he met with them at the presidential palace.

"Sadat knew the Brothers were bad news, but -- much like today's geopolitical big thinkers -- he hubristically believed he could control the damage, betting that the Muslims Brotherhood would be more a thorn in the side of the jilted Nasserite Communists than a nuisance for the successor regime. Brotherhood eventually murdered Sadat in a 1981 coup attempt -- in accordance with a fatwa issued by Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman. Does US think what Anwar Sadat thought: Hey, we can work with these guys" Andrew C. McCarthy

Morsi also called upon United States to release a well-known terrorist, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman who is serving life in prison for plotting a series of bombings and assassinations and his role in planning the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City.

What, it might be wondered, will President Obama say about all this when he meets Morsi in March? Will United States continue sending American taxpayers money to regime that clearly support terrorism.

As long as President Obama is running things, absolutely.

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