Boston jihadists Tarek Mehanna and Aafia Siddiqui
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:23 pm
Emad Muntasser is linked to Tarek Mehanna and Aafia Siddiqui through CARE International.
http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/2101411
http://www.necn.com/04/12/12/Mass-man-s ... eedID=4206
in her last message, crikkett wrote:http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/04/22/bostons_jihadist_past?page=fullAlthough the formal network had collapsed, its activism echoed through Boston's radical scene for years afterward and those echoes persist today.
In 2008, Boston-area resident Tarek Mehanna wrote a widely circulated piece called "The Aafia Siddiqui I Saw" about local residents' experience with Siddiqui, a former MIT student arrested in Afghanistan and charged with trying to murder U.S. personnel. Siddiqui had been an enthusiastic volunteer with CARE International.
Mehanna himself was convicted of material support of terrorism, in part for translating and disseminating al Qaeda propaganda online, and in April 2012, he was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison.
FourthBase on facebook wrote:Note the presence of Mehanna. Also note the presence of Siddiqui, who was alleged to have practiced shooting firearms at the Braintree Rifle & Pistol Club, testimony about which was a major factor in her conviction. Also note the monthly presence for four years of the FBI and Homeland Security at the ISBCC. Praytell, will we discover that any imams and/or parishioners have been informants for the government?
I take back what I said about the MA National Guard team being the juiciest subject of inquiry. It's the above, and the below. If you care enough to read up on the context of the bombings, to contemplate questions the media is giving short thrift: THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE READING, lol.
http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/2101411
Mosque that Boston suspects attended has radical ties
Oren Dorell, USA TODAY
Published: 04/23/2013 04:57pm
BOSTON - The mosque attended by the two brothers accused in the Boston Marathon bombing has been associated with other terrorist suspects, has invited radical speakers to a sister mosque in Boston and is affiliated with a Muslim group that critics say nurses grievances that can lead to extremism.
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http://www.necn.com/04/12/12/Mass-man-s ... eedID=4206
"Today Mr. Mehanna, faced the consequences of his actions for conspiring to support terrorists, for conspiring to kill Americans overseas, and for lying to the FBI," said U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz.
Mehanna's case has gotten world wide attention, a crowd of supporters chanted outside the courthouse.
"All these people here - they know Tarek. And they are not here because they support a terrorist, they are here because they know full well that he did not do anything wrong," said Tamer Mehanna, brother of Tarek.