US men held in Pakistan had contacted Al-Qaeda: officials

[Turborama]

Source: AFP

Five US men arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of plotting terror attacks had contacted someone linked to Al-Qaeda and were arrested just before a scheduled meeting, police said on Saturday.

The men have been questioned by the FBI and Pakistani officials, accused of seeking to engage in militant activities and trying travel to the northwest Taliban heartland, officials said on Friday.

The men arrested on Wednesday in Sargodha, about 180 kilometres (110 miles) south of Islamabad, are US citizens with origins in other countries, including two Pakistani-Americans, officials said.

"They had contacted one Saifullah, who has links with Al-Qaeda, and they were set to go to Mianwali town on the day they were arrested to see him," an official close to the investigations told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Read more: http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/pakistan/US-men-held-in-Pakistan-had-contacted-Al-Qaeda-officials/Article1-485700.aspx

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Interrogation Report of Five American Terror Suspects in Pakistan

ABC News has obtained the investigative report prepared by Pakistani police that offers insight to what had become the road to jihad for five young Americans.

In the document, titled "Interrogation Report: Profiles of the Foreigners Held," the Pakistani police give mug shots, passport photos and biographical information of American college students from the Washington, D.C. area who had allegedly traveled to Pakistan to connect with radical Islamic groups.

Read the interrogation report http://a.abcnews.com/images/Blotter/ht_interrogation_report_091211.pdf">here

From: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/interrogation-report-american-terror-suspects-pakistan/story?id=9312605

Rachel Maddow: Suspects laptops reveal terrorist trickery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCkqMMaDC3Q

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[dipsydoodle]

1. the road to jihad ?

Is this the missing Bob Hope and Bing Crosby film ? :sarcasm:

Seriously - it cracks me up that 5 guys from VA wherever can find an Al-Qaeda contact apparently so easily when the security forces appear to be unable to do the same.