Western Resistance: US: More Details Emerge From the Albany Mosque Sting

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October 1, 2005

US: More Details Emerge From the Albany Mosque Sting

We described below the recent indictments of Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain of the Albany, NY, Masijid As-Salam mosque. Now, news has come from abc7 News concerning those indictments. 10 new charges have been added to the pair's already long list, making a total of 30 charges. Diary evidence from Yassin Aref link him to Mullah Krekar, the founder of terrorist group Ansar al-Islam, which has ties with al Qaeda. Assistant US Attorney William Pericak has stated that one of these diary entries stated that is was time "to take the war to America and Israel." Another of Aref's writings listed by the prosecutors was a poem from Dec 1999 that included the lines: "Raise the Jihad sword ... Raise the Koran with blood ... So we can bring back the freedom for ourselves and the entire people of this Earth."

US Magistrate Judge David Homer revoked Aref's bail, but allowed Hossein to stay free.

If convicted of all charges, Aref faces 470 years in prison and $7.25 million in fines, while Hossain faces 450 years in prison and $6.75 million in fines, prosecutors said.

Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at October 1, 2005 5:43 PM