Wesam al-Delaema, caught and awaiting U.S. Trial:
Iraqi-born Dutch citizen pleaded not guilty Monday in what the Justice Department called the first U.S. terror charges against insurgents targeting Americans in Iraq.Wesam al-Delaema, 33, has been wanted by the United States since 2003, when he and his fellow "Mujahideen from Fallujah" videotaped themselves planting explosives along an Iraq road used by U.S. troops.
He was extradited from the Netherlands over the weekend after being held there for nearly two years, and will become the first suspect tried in a U.S. court for alleged terrorism in Iraq's bloody insurgency. (read more)
Junaid Docrat and Farhad Docrat, accused of financing and facilitating for al Qaeda. Junaid, is a Johannesburg dentist and Farhad is a cleric who lives near Pretoria
The two cousins escaped an international travel ban and worldwide freeze on their assets because their government last week blocked a U.S. proposal to place them on the U.N. al Qaeda and Taliban sanctions list.But they will be vulnerable to any new U.S. attempt from next year, when South Africa ends its term on the
U.N. Security Council and loses its place on the 15-member sanctions committee, where any member can veto a listing. ...The Docrats were also fortunate in that word of their case leaked out, enabling their lawyer to mount an effective publicity campaign.
Most cases remain secret until the suspects' names appear on the U.N. list, which currently contains 362 individuals... (more)
Here's more:
If they are placed on the U.S. list of people with ties to al Qaeda and the toppled Taliban in Afghanistan, South Africa would be legally obliged to freeze their bank accounts and prevent them from travelling under U.N. resolutions. ...
Junaid's father Ismail told Reuters on Tuesday he suspects he was put on a U.S. list of al Qaeda suspects because of his "harmless" friendships with Zubair Ismail and Feroz Ganchi, who were arrested in Pakistan in 2004 and later released.
The pair was caught with senior al Qaeda operative Ahmed Ghailani, a Tanzanian who was indicted as a conspirator in the United States for his alleged role in the 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam that killed 224 people. (source)
Adnan el Shukrijumah, Jaffar the Pilot, current age 31
Aliases: Adnan G. El Shukri Jumah, Abu Arif, Ja'far Al-Tayar, Jaffar Al-Tayyar, Jafar Tayar, Jaafar Al-Tayyar
a/k/a second Mohammed Atta, charged by al-Qaeda to bring next 9/11 to America. Thought to be living in the United States or Canada.
(time line here, FBI wanted poster here)
Officials said Shukrijumah might be using immigrant-smuggling routes through Central America and Mexico to get to the border... (Malkin)
Kalid Shaikh Mohammed characterized El Shukrijumah as "an operative with standing permission to attack targets in the United States that had been previously approved by Usama bin Laden."
It's all in the family, since Adnan's father Gulshair, a/k/a Shukri Jamal M. Gilshair was/is involved in terrorism. He is a director at the Shamsuddin Islamic Center in North Miami Beach, physically and otherwise connected to AMANA. (read it all at Militant Islam Monitor)
Date of Birth Used: August 4, 1975 Hair: Black Place of Birth: Saudi Arabia Eyes: Black Height: 5'3" to 5'6" Sex: Male Weight: 132 pounds Complexion: Dark, Mediterranean Build: Average Remarks: El Shukrijumah occasionally wears a beard. He has a pronounced nose and is asthmatic. El Shukrijumah speaks English and carries a Guyanese passport, but may attempt to enter the United States with a Saudi, Canadian, or Trinidadian passport. (FBI)
New concerns about terrorism in Somalia, South Africa, and even the Caribbean, specifically Trinidad:
... fears are growing within the Department of Homeland Security and FBI that Trinidadian jihadists could train and export terrorists to strike the U.S.Trinidad might be harboring the "next Mohamed Atta," a college-educated, English-speaking Saudi native known within al-Qaida as "Jafar the pilot." His real name is Adnan El Shukrijumah, and the FBI considers him "armed and dangerous." He's been connected to al-Qaida plots to attack America with dirty bombs.
Local papers report that Shukrijumah has stayed with friends in Trinidad, and worshiped at local mosques, indicating a possible cell exists there. U.S. authorities at Miami International Airport are closely monitoring inbound flights from that area. ...
Shukrijumah's late father is Guyanese. He taught Arabic and lectured in mosques there and in Trinidad before moving to America to work for the Saudi Embassy and then run a small radical mosque in Florida (which was bankrolled by the former Saudi ambassador, according to Newsweek). Shukrijumah still has relatives in Guyana, which is near Trinidad. (Investor's.com)
Over five years have passed since September 11, 2001. Knowing al-Qaeda as the experts do, we can assume they are working diligently on their next attack. The experts also figure another attack will come to America and it will probably be sooner rather than later. Let's hope we find them before they finish their plans. I applaud our FBI, Homeland Security, CIA, and everyone involved in protecting this country. They have done a good job. The results speak for themselves.
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