Alleged Georgia Teen Terrorist Charged

No, there's nothing to fear. It isn't like the threat of terrorism is real, or anything.

via the AJC

A 21-year-old Georgia Tech student taken into federal custody last month has been charged with giving "material support" to a terrorist organization, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday.

The student, Syed Haris Ahmed, a mechanical engineering major who had become increasingly religious in his Islamic faith, was arrested March 23 by the FBI.

Ahmed's family immigrated from Pakistan in 1997 and are now U.S. citizens living in Dawsonville.

Read it all at link above, but here are the kickers. He traveled to Pakistan last year. His parents claim it was for religious schooling. The Feds allege it was a terror training camp. Is there a difference in some cases? Why can't some of these guys do summer camps just like everyone else!

He may have been discovered through tracing an Internet video tape of an unidentified building. And the AJC is suggesting it might be related to another arrest in Bangladesh.

In a separate case that may be related, a 19-year-old Roswell man was arrested Monday in Bangladesh. Ehsanul Islam Sadequee was arrested by Bengali authorities after at least eight months of federal investigation of him and his family, his sister, Sharmin Sadequee, said Thursday.

No, nothing to see here, folks. George Bush made it all up. Yeah, right.

Comments

[Heli Pilot]

Even though Pakistan is our 'Ally' - no young American Muslim males are allowed to go there? Hell no - that country is off limits to young American male Muslims, or it's a sure bet they'll be labeled a 'terrorist camper'.

I am no Mullah lover, and I have no idea if this guy is or is not a bad actor, but I have to admit that I am getting sick of the US Govt calling every American Muslim of running age who happens to visit Pakistan, a terrorist camper.

Out here where I live - in fact 2 blocks from where I work, a jury has been deliberating this very question (among others) for five days in a Federal Courthouse. We are all on the edge of our seats to see what happens. My opinion is the case against the 'Lodi Terrorists' is a farce.

I hope they have something more than an airline ticket to a US 'Ally' going against this guy...

[ceeeee]

Posted by: Heli Pilot | Friday, April 21, 2006 at 12:55 AM
Syed Haris Ahmed travelled to Pakistan to attend a Madrassa (a religious school). There are lots of madrassa that do teach anti western ideas..., I am pretty certain that FBI/CIA has more information regarding this case, rather than just the fact this man went to Pakistan. Even though Pakistan CLAIMS that all Madrassas that teach anti western ideas have been closed, I strongly doubt it....

Would u like to see another september 11 to happen ?

[Heli Pilot]

No - Oh god forbid we have another Sept 11. So let's all get plugged into the Matrix now and live in Utopia.

God forbid we get hit again because the pansies will demand a halt to all travel, all speech, all wakefulness - and then we effectively will be plugged into Neo's matrix.

Be there...

[xxx]

I will believe this kid is a terrorist when I see some evidence other than going to Pakistan.

This is where LYING to the American public gets you....thinking people no longer believe the administration when they say they caught terrorists and prevent terror plots because they never provide any evidence or proof...and when they are finally compelled to do so by the courts...because so far, Bush hasn't completely obliterated all trace of the checks and balances put in place by our forefathers....the case falls apart.

[c]

what if they have evidence that he was in a "terror training camp" in Pakistan and they have video to show it.

[MrsLevy]

What if a flying pig swooped down from the sky and grabbed your wig?

The horror! The horror!

MrsLevy - not afraid

[KayCee]

Right out of high school, over 25 years ago, I had a job at a local printing company. There were a lot of young people working there, and among my friends was a teenage boy whose family had moved to the US from Pakistan when he was a toddler. He went to the local high school, and was as 'American' as anyone else. We became good friends, and had alot of conversations about his life and culture. His parents were very strict, not allowing him to do any of the common activities of other teenagers. He was "promised" in marriage to the daughter of another Pakistani family, but vehemently vowed that he would not marry her. Once, I innocently called him at home. His parents went ballistic, because in their minds, it was unheard of for a girl to call a boy - especially an American girl - even though we were just friends. In spite of that, at work, he was just like the rest of us, and he did manage to con his parents enough to have a fairly normal social life. A group of us went to a Van Halen concert - his first concert - and, he even had a brief, secret relationship with an American girl. She got pregnant, and he came to me for help. As a friend, I lent him money so she could have an abortion. It was the most terrified I had ever seen him. He paid me back every cent, and we never talked it about it again.

As the years went by, we eventually lost touch. About 5 years ago, I stopped one day at a local convenience store that used to be a common chain in our area. Upon entering, I observed a Pakistani family behind the counter; husband, wife and baby. It took a few minutes for me to realize it, but it was my old friend. He had married the girl he was "promised" to, bought the store, and that was his life. Everything about him had completely changed; his looks, his manner of dress, his demeanor. He even had a slight accent, which he had never had before. We had a brief, polite conversation, and then I left. But, the experience has stayed with me. It left me strangely melancholy and unnerved for a long time.

[annie]

The stupendous naivety of some of the posters on here must be very reassuring to them!!

Hey, why not write to the Government and ask that all the security forces be stood down as well!

That should make you feel even better!!