Washington, Apr 02: Three Pakistanis who the FBI said were trained in terror tactics in a Pakistani camp and could pose "a danger to the community" have been detained in Denver, Colorado. Federal prosecutors sought to hold them on immigration violation charges. An FBI agent told a US magistrate at a bail hearing Monday that one of the defendants, Pakistani citizen Haroon Rashid, had been trained at a terrorist camp in Pakistan and wanted to take part in a jihad against the United States. Two alleged associates of Rashid's, Irfan Kamran and Sajjad Nasser, also held for immigration violations, will appear in federal court in Denver Friday. The charges against them by the FBI are similar. Rashid's attorney, Anthony Joseph Denver, denied the charges and said his client has no connection with terrorism.

However, magistrate Michael Watanabe ordered that Rashid be held without bail on immigration violation charges.

Kamran and Nasser have indicated that they will seek release on bail.

In indictments filed with the court, the prosecutors said that their release, too, will be opposed on grounds that they pose a public threat related to terrorism and that they are flight risks.

There have been no formal charges of terrorism in the case, according to US media. "They are not indicted for anything related to terrorism," said Jeff Dorschner, a spokesman for the US attorney's office in Denver.

"The evidence on terrorism came up when we asked the judge to deny bail on the immigration charge."

Bureau Report