Tuesday, December 15, 2009

5 Muslim-Americans Arrested For Jihad In Pakistan

"Video: Pakistan to Deport Detained Americans" - AP

5 Muslim-American males have been detained in Pakistan, for waging Jihad, in inexplicably seeking to cross over into Afghanistan, to fight against American soldiers. Pakistan seeks to deport them and the FBI, who clearly failed again, seeks to question the quintet. Exactly how did the FBI miss this one and let them slip out of the country undetected.

F.B.I. Questions 5 Americans Detained in Pakistan

Published: December 11, 2009 - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — F.B.I. investigators on Friday were questioning five Muslim American men suspected of pursuing jihadist training in Pakistan, but it remained unclear whether the men would be deported to the United States.

“It all depends on the investigations, and things will be clear in a day or two,” said Rashid Mazari, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry.

Officials say the young men, from the suburbs of Washington, were en route to North Waziristan for training with the Taliban and Al Qaeda to fight American troops in Afghanistan. The police arrested them on Wednesday in Sargodha, a major city in Punjab Province that has become a growing center of militancy.

The F.B.I. said in a statement on Thursday that it wanted the men, who are in their late teens to mid-20s, returned to the United States...

http://www.nytimes.com