Pakistani origin man arrested in Virginia for supporting LeT terror

[Gautam]

WASHINGTON — A Virginia man
who came to the US from Pakistan
has been charged with supporting
Lashkar-e-Taiba, the radical Islamist
terrorist group behind the 2008
shooting attack in Mumbai, India.
Justice Department officials said
Friday that Jubair Ahmad, 24, of
Woodbridge, received religious
training from the terrorist group as a
teenager in Pakistan and later
attended one of its training camps.
He came to the United States in
2007 with his family. He's been
under investigation for two years,
ever since the FBI got a tip that he
might be connected to the group, the
officials said.
Court documents say that last fall, he
produced and uploaded a propaganda
video to YouTube on behalf of of the
group, showing its leader and
purporting to show "jihadi martyrs"
and armored trucks exploding after
having been hit by improvised
explosive devices. Investigators say
when asked about the video, Jubair
falsely denied having anything to do
with it.
Story: Pakistan braces for Indian
pressure in wake of Mumbai blasts
The State Department has
designated Lashkar-e-Taiba as a
terrorist group. It is among nearly a
dozen rebel groups operating in the
disputed Himalayan territory of
Kashmir. India accuses Pakistan of
supporting the group even though it
is officially banned there.
In June, a Pakistani-born
businessman in Chicago was found
guilty of providing support to
Lashkar-e-Taiba in the 2008 Mumbai
assault but not guilty of taking part in
the attack. Tahawwur Rana, 50, a
former Pakistan Army doctor with
Canadian citizenship, was also found
guilty of conspiring to attack a Danish
newspaper, a plot hatched by the
militant group but never carried out.
The key witness in that case —
Rana's childhood friend, David
Headley — implicated Pakistan's
intelligence agency, ISI, in the
Mumbai attack, which killed 166
people.
Headley admitted scouting targets
for the Mumbai attackers sent by
Lashkar-e-Taiba.
This report from NBC News' Pete
Williams includes information from
Reuters and The Associated
Press.
the United States in
2007 with his family. He's been
under investigation for two years,
ever since the FBI got a tip that he
might be connected to the group, the
officials said.
Court documents say that last fall, he
produced and uploaded a propaganda
video to YouTube on behalf of of the
group, showing its leader and
purporting to show "jihadi martyrs"
and armored trucks exploding after
having been hit by improvised
explosive devices. Investigators say
when asked about the video, Jubair
falsely denied having anything to do
with it.
Story: Pakistan braces for Indian
pressure in wake of Mumbai blasts
The State Department has
designated Lashkar-e-Taiba as a
terrorist group. It is among nearly a
dozen rebel groups operating in the
disputed Himalayan territory of
Kashmir. India accuses Pakistan of
supporting the group even though it
is officially banned there.
In June, a Pakistani-born
businessman in Chicago was found
guilty of providing support to
Lashkar-e-Taiba in the 2008 Mumbai
assault but not guilty of taking part in
the attack. Tahawwur Rana, 50, a
former Pakistan Army doctor with
Canadian citizenship, was also found
guilty of conspiring to attack a Danish
newspaper, a plot hatched by the
militant group but never carried out.
The key witness in that case —
Rana's childhood friend, David
Headley — implicated Pakistan's
intelligence agency, ISI, in the
Mumbai attack, which killed 166
people.
Headley admitted scouting targets
for the Mumbai attackers sent by
Lashkar-e-Taiba.
This report from NBC News' Pete
Williams includes information from
Reuters and The Associated
Press.
Virginian accused of making YouTube terror video - TODAY News - TODAY.com

 

[Gautam]

AFP: US arrests Pakistani on terror support charges

 

[praful]

Good job by US. India should learn from them.

 

[Desert Fox]

Good job by US. India should learn from them.

Pakistan should also learn from them, its high time we start putting pressure on these extremists and their affiliates.

 

[S.M.R]

Jubair ??? First time heard this name. Moin Akhtar's wife was Jubaida in a tv program.

 

[Perceptron]

Pakistanis in that part of the world are walking on a razor thin edge, and one slip can lead to such disastrous consequences ; I wish the NIA would be half as efficient as the FBI, which can lead to many such "sleeper cells" getting busted.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

''Jubair'' ????


really?

Pakistanis in that part of the world are walking on a razor thin edge, and one slip can lead to such disastrous consequences ; I wish the NIA would be half as efficient as the FBI, which can lead to many such "sleeper cells" getting busted.

I'm in Washington DC and have had frank informal lunch discussions over Kashmir and the occupation with American state congressmen and women .....not much different from the things Dr. Fai used to say (before he was arrested just to please a few saffrons in delhi)

i see no such ''razor thin edge'' its mostly just politically motivated....though i do think that jihadist types tend to do a huge dis-service to the Muslim world because their approach to social issues are incorrect.


since he's only being charged so far, as per American law he is still considered innocent until proven guilty ---though unfortunately in many cases people have been assumed guilty even prior to even pleading in court.

 

[S.M.R]

The link of first post says "Virginian accused of making
YouTube terror video"
Why did op changed the title?

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''Jubair'' ????


really?

yes, julfiqar bhai his father's name is jaheer,

 

[Bond]

WASHINGTON: A Pakistani man who allegedly received commando training from Islamist militants before moving to a Washington suburb has been arrested and charged with providing support to a terror group, US officials said Friday.
Jubair Ahmad, 24, stands accused of providing material support to the powerful Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, designated by the US government as a foreign terrorist organization, and then lying about his involvement to investigators.
According to an unsealed affidavit by a Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent, Ahmad produced and posted a propaganda video for LeT “glorifying violent jihad” in 2010, some three years after he arrived in the United States with his parents and two younger brothers.
“Terrorist organizations such as LeT, and movements affiliated with them, use the Internet and other media as part of well orchestrated propaganda campaigns,” the agent stated in the affidavit released by the US Justice Department.
“These campaigns seek to recruit individuals to participate in violent jihad and to promote the spread of terror.”
Ahmad faces up to 23 years in prison if convicted on the two charges.
The department said the FBI had been investigating Ahmad, a legal permanent resident living in the state of Virginia, since 2009, after receiving information that the man might be linked to LeT.
The FBI later learned that, as a teen, Ahmad received “indoctrination and training from LeT while he lived in Pakistan,” and that from the United States he communicated with the son of the extremist group’s founder Hafiz Saeed.
The affidavit also said Internet giant Google provided records which confirmed upload of the propaganda video to an account on video-sharing website YouTube from an IP address associated with Ahmad’s residence.
Revelation of the charges came on the same day the US State Department issued a worldwide travel alert ahead of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
The department said it had not identified any “specific threats” about possible attacks but that Al-Qaeda and its affiliates had “demonstrated the intent and capability to carry out attacks” against the United States and US interests.
LeT is thought to have some ties to Al-Qaeda.

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Pakistani arrested in Virginia on terror charges – The Express Tribune

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

uh-oh

 

[Ammyy]

Lashkar-e-Taiba

LeT in USA?

I thought these terrorist ohh freedom fighters only operational in India

 

[Safriz]

In a hurry i read the title as "Pakistani Virgin arrested".....Insignificant news anyway....Rumble on

 

[Ammyy]

Another conspiracy theory against Pakistan by Israel and USA

 

[AmberDutt]

same ol' - same ol'

 

[RajputWarrior]

Been posted already I think..