LEADING AMERICAN TERRORIST ARRESTED IN YEMEN
Plotter of the American Hiroshima
Leader of the “Lackawanna Six”
thelastcrusade.org
An American Muslim accused of helping recruit men known as the “Lackawanna Six” to train at an al-Qaeda terrorist camp and of planning a massive attack on U.S. soil has been taken into custody again in his native Yemen.
Jaber Elbaneh has asked for a lawyer to defend him against charges he’s faced in Western New York since 2002. Federal authorities accuse Elbaneh of recruiting the Lackawanna Six, and bringing them to an Al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan in 2001. They also maintain that he was engaged with Adnan el-Shukrijumah in planning a nuclear attack on American soil.
According to The Washington Times and other news sources, Mr. Elbaneh was on the campus of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and may have gained access to the University’s nuclear reactor, which is one of the largest reactors for educational purposes in the western hemisphere.
Scott Wheeler and other reputable reporters have claimed that Mr. Elbaneh and four other Muslim men on the McMaster campus allegedly stole 180 pounds of nuclear material from McMaster.
The 43-year-old Yemeni-American is on the FBI’s list of most-wanted terrorism suspects. He had been held several times by Yemeni officials since being charged in the U.S.
The two countries do not share an extradition treaty.
“We would like to get him back here in the United States for prosecution,” said James Robertson, the Special Agent-in-Charge of Buffalo’s F.B.I. Office. “He’s on our top 28 Most Wanted Terrorists Lists. I think there’s a five million dollar reward out for him. It’s a matter of high interest to the United States Government.”
Elbaneh was previously in custody in Yemen before escaping from a prison with nearly two dozen suspected terrorists in February of 2006.
The U.S. has ramped up anti-terrorism efforts in Yemen since before a Nigerian man, with ties to al-Qaeda, allegedly trained there to bomb a jetliner near Detroit on Christmas day.
-
NJ Man in Yemeni Custody for Joining al-Qaeda Spoke Openly of Jihad While Working in Nuke Plant From Weasel Zippers: (NYT)- A New Jersey man accused of joining Al Qaeda in Yemen spoke openly of militant views while working at American nuclear plants,...
-
The Last Crusade: MANHUNT FOR AMERICA’S #1 TERRORIST REVEALS FEDERAL FOLLY Posted on July 2nd, 2010 NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE LOOMS by Paul L. Williams, Ph.D. Adnan el-Shukrijumah again has captured national headlines for his part in a plot to blow up New...
- Paul Williams Trial To Begin
Paul Williams wasn't the first (that goes to Asia Times Online in an article since retracted) but he has certainly been the most prominent and tireless voice on Osama Bin Laden's future plans for America, especially his American Hiroshima. And...
-
LEADING AL QAEDA OPERATIVE ELUDES FBI ON U.S. SOIL Posted by thelastcrusade - September 11th, 2009 National Insecurity Worsens by Paul L. Williams, Ph.D. thelastcrusade.org Think you’re safe on this anniversary of 9/11? Think again. The man...
- Man With Us/fbi $5 Mil. Reward Walks Right Out Of Court, Free In Yemen
Gertz: In the United States, Jaber Al Banna would be locked away in a maximum security prison. But in Yemen, Al Banna is a free man. Jaber al-Banna, center, also known as Jaber Elbaneh, who is on the list...