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06-06-2010, 08:38 AM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7806909/Two-US-men-arrested-at-JFK-airport-on-terrorist-charges.html
Two US men arrested at JFK airport on terrorist charges
Two US men have been arrested at John F Kennedy airport in New York charged with conspiracy to kill Americans outside the country, according to US justice officials.
Published: 3:59PM BST 06 Jun 2010
A TV crew outside the home of Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, who was arrested at JFK airport as he tried to board a plane bound for Egypt
The suspects were reportedly about to board planes to Egypt with plans to travel to Somalia to join with an extremist group there.
The Newark Star Ledger said the New Jersey men, Mohamed Hamoud Alessa 20, and Carlos Eduardo Almonte, 24, are both US citizens and quoted neighbors as saying they went to school in the United States.
"Please understand due to the sensitivity of this matter this is the only information we are able to release at this time," she added.
Around the time of their arrest, both men's homes were searched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the federal agents carted away boxes of evidence.
Authorities told the paper the suspects had been under surveillance for some time and their circle of friends had been infiltrated by a New York City police officer who saw them prepare to travel overseas.
The men were not, however, planning an attack in the United States, authorities said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10250525.stm
Men held at New York's JFK Airport face terror charge
Page last updated at 15:31 GMT, Sunday, 6 June 2010 16:31 UK
Police have been searching the arrested men's homes Two men arrested at New York's John F Kennedy Airport have been charged with conspiring to commit an act of international terrorism.
US authorities say they intended to join a jihadist group in Somalia and kill American troops overseas.
Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, 20, and Carlos Eduardo Almonte, 24, were held before they could board separate flights to Egypt and then continue to Somalia.
They are due to appear on Monday in a federal court in Newark, New Jersey.
US justice officials say state and federal law enforcement agents have been investigating Mr Alessa, of North Bergen, New Jersey, and Mr Almonte, of Elmwood Park, New Jersey, since 2006.
A New York Police Department undercover officer is said to have recorded conversations with the men - both of them reportedly US citizens - in which they allegedly spoke about jihad against Americans.
The pair face charges of conspiring to kill, maim, and kidnap persons outside the United States by joining al-Shabaab, a militant group based in Somalia and linked to al-Qaeda. Al-Shabaab was designated a terrorist group by the US in 2008.
The two men are alleged to have planned their trip to Somalia for several months, saving thousands of dollars, undergoing tactical training and test runs at paintballing fields, and acquiring equipment and clothing they could use when they joined al-Shabab in Somalia.
New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said in a statement: "We are also concerned that should they remain undetected and fail in their foreign aspirations that they might strike domestically, as was discussed as a possibility in this case."
The government of Somalia has welcomed the arrests, with a spokesman for the ministry of information telling AP: "Foreign terrorists here are an obstacle to lasting peace in Somalia. So welcome the move and we are calling on all governments to take such steps against al-Shabab and all terrorists at large."
The arrests follow two failed attacks in the US in recent months: an attempted car bombing in Times Square last month and the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner.
Weird isn't it? Somalia calls these guys "foreign terrorists" and they are avowed to be US citizens. These qualify as "home grown terrorists" in the eyes of some security officials and executives here in the US.
Two US men arrested at JFK airport on terrorist charges
Two US men have been arrested at John F Kennedy airport in New York charged with conspiracy to kill Americans outside the country, according to US justice officials.
Published: 3:59PM BST 06 Jun 2010
A TV crew outside the home of Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, who was arrested at JFK airport as he tried to board a plane bound for Egypt
The suspects were reportedly about to board planes to Egypt with plans to travel to Somalia to join with an extremist group there.
The Newark Star Ledger said the New Jersey men, Mohamed Hamoud Alessa 20, and Carlos Eduardo Almonte, 24, are both US citizens and quoted neighbors as saying they went to school in the United States.
"Please understand due to the sensitivity of this matter this is the only information we are able to release at this time," she added.
Around the time of their arrest, both men's homes were searched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the federal agents carted away boxes of evidence.
Authorities told the paper the suspects had been under surveillance for some time and their circle of friends had been infiltrated by a New York City police officer who saw them prepare to travel overseas.
The men were not, however, planning an attack in the United States, authorities said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10250525.stm
Men held at New York's JFK Airport face terror charge
Page last updated at 15:31 GMT, Sunday, 6 June 2010 16:31 UK
Police have been searching the arrested men's homes Two men arrested at New York's John F Kennedy Airport have been charged with conspiring to commit an act of international terrorism.
US authorities say they intended to join a jihadist group in Somalia and kill American troops overseas.
Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, 20, and Carlos Eduardo Almonte, 24, were held before they could board separate flights to Egypt and then continue to Somalia.
They are due to appear on Monday in a federal court in Newark, New Jersey.
US justice officials say state and federal law enforcement agents have been investigating Mr Alessa, of North Bergen, New Jersey, and Mr Almonte, of Elmwood Park, New Jersey, since 2006.
A New York Police Department undercover officer is said to have recorded conversations with the men - both of them reportedly US citizens - in which they allegedly spoke about jihad against Americans.
The pair face charges of conspiring to kill, maim, and kidnap persons outside the United States by joining al-Shabaab, a militant group based in Somalia and linked to al-Qaeda. Al-Shabaab was designated a terrorist group by the US in 2008.
The two men are alleged to have planned their trip to Somalia for several months, saving thousands of dollars, undergoing tactical training and test runs at paintballing fields, and acquiring equipment and clothing they could use when they joined al-Shabab in Somalia.
New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said in a statement: "We are also concerned that should they remain undetected and fail in their foreign aspirations that they might strike domestically, as was discussed as a possibility in this case."
The government of Somalia has welcomed the arrests, with a spokesman for the ministry of information telling AP: "Foreign terrorists here are an obstacle to lasting peace in Somalia. So welcome the move and we are calling on all governments to take such steps against al-Shabab and all terrorists at large."
The arrests follow two failed attacks in the US in recent months: an attempted car bombing in Times Square last month and the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner.
Weird isn't it? Somalia calls these guys "foreign terrorists" and they are avowed to be US citizens. These qualify as "home grown terrorists" in the eyes of some security officials and executives here in the US.