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US charges 11 men for planning jihad with Lashkar-e-Toiba
Washington, June 28: A US grand jury has charged 11 Muslims, mostly Americans, for conspiring with Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist outfit to engage in `jihad` in Kashmir, Chechnya, the Philippines and other countries friendly to the US.
Washington, June 28: A US grand jury has charged 11 Muslims, mostly Americans, for conspiring with Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist outfit to engage in `jihad` in Kashmir, Chechnya, the Philippines and other countries friendly to the US.
The indictment of the grand jury in Alexandria (Virginia)
said the suspects had "an intent to serve in armed hostility
against the United States" and that one of the men, Masoud
Ahmad Khan, had a photograph downloaded from the internet of
the FBI headquarters building in Washington. Officials,
however, did not elaborate on the allegations.
Six of the men were arrested yesterday morning in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Two others were already in custody while three suspects, believed to be in Saudi Arabia, are being sought, official sources said.
US Attorney Paul McNulty said "right here, in this community, 10 miles from the capitol hill, in the streets of northern Virginia, American citizens allegedly met and plotted and recruited for violent jihad."
The indictments alleged that the men were preparing to take part in military activities against a nation friendly to the US. They purchased, transported and received firearms to be used in a felony, used and attempted to use false and altered passports and provided false statements to law enforcement investigators, McNulty said.
To prepare for their missions in Kashmir, Chechnya and other places, the men trained in firearm ranges in northern Virginia operated by the US military and private parties, the indictment said.
Six of the men were arrested yesterday morning in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Two others were already in custody while three suspects, believed to be in Saudi Arabia, are being sought, official sources said.
US Attorney Paul McNulty said "right here, in this community, 10 miles from the capitol hill, in the streets of northern Virginia, American citizens allegedly met and plotted and recruited for violent jihad."
The indictments alleged that the men were preparing to take part in military activities against a nation friendly to the US. They purchased, transported and received firearms to be used in a felony, used and attempted to use false and altered passports and provided false statements to law enforcement investigators, McNulty said.
To prepare for their missions in Kashmir, Chechnya and other places, the men trained in firearm ranges in northern Virginia operated by the US military and private parties, the indictment said.