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Kashif |
05/29/02 at 10:30:52 |
assalaamu alaikum This is an article and a comment i received in an e-mail. I've posted it here because i think its important for Muslims, especially young brothers to be aware of this trap. Kashif Wa Salaam PS I've done some editing to hide names and an organisation. > as-Salaam alaykum, > > The following is what I am afraid of. Silly action taken by youth provoked > by a gov't informant. These two youth were set up from the beginning by an > informant who I am sure spoke all "pro-jihad" (and probably pro-[name-withheld]) in > order to set these guys up. And now the only place these youth will be > spending their time now will be jail. This is the danger I see from some of > the people on [snip], and the zealous youth need to be warned against this > extremism... > > ---------------> > > > Gov't: Pair Planned S.Florida Attacks > > The Associated Press > Wednesday, May 29, 2002; 3:01 AM > > FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. –– Two Muslim men plotted with a US government > informant to bomb electrical transformers, a National Guard armory and Jews > in South Florida, hoping to start a Holy War, government documents allege. > > Pakistani immigrants Imran Mandhai, 19, and Shueyb Mossa Jokhan, 24, were > ordered held without bail Tuesday after U.S. Magistrate Lurana Snow reviewed > transcripts of conversations they had with an informant in March and April > 2001. > > Snow rejected arguments by Mandhai's and Jokhan's attorneys that they were > bumbling amateurs whose militant fantasies were inflamed by the government > informant, identified only as Mohammad. > > "The fact that they themselves didn't have the capacity to construct the > bombs ... may be the only reason they did not succeed in wreaking havoc on > the community," Snow said. > > The pair is charged with conspiracy to damage and destroy property by means > of fire and explosives. Mandhai is also charged with soliciting Jokhan to > commit a crime of violence. They face up to 20 years in prison. |
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