Photo: James Ujaama, once of Seattle, told of training.
Speaking publicly for the first time, former Seattle resident James Ujaama testified Tuesday in New York about his efforts to create a terrorist training camp in rural Oregon for would-be jihad warriors.
NEW YORK — Speaking publicly for the first time, former Seattle resident James Ujaama testified Tuesday about his efforts in 1999 to create a terrorist training camp in rural Oregon for would-be jihad warriors wishing to take up the fight against the U.S.-backed Northern Alliance in Afghanistan.
Among the instructors would be Oussama Kassir, a Swedish jihadist who once bragged he had been a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.
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My Comment: U.S. Homeland Security is focused on homegrown "right wing" groups and returning vets .... but any mention of groups like the above is absent.
A lot of people are falling asleep at the wheel.
In Conspiracy Trial, Dark Tale Emerges Of Jihad Training -- Seattle Times
Speaking publicly for the first time, former Seattle resident James Ujaama testified Tuesday in New York about his efforts to create a terrorist training camp in rural Oregon for would-be jihad warriors.
NEW YORK — Speaking publicly for the first time, former Seattle resident James Ujaama testified Tuesday about his efforts in 1999 to create a terrorist training camp in rural Oregon for would-be jihad warriors wishing to take up the fight against the U.S.-backed Northern Alliance in Afghanistan.
Among the instructors would be Oussama Kassir, a Swedish jihadist who once bragged he had been a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.
Read more ....
My Comment: U.S. Homeland Security is focused on homegrown "right wing" groups and returning vets .... but any mention of groups like the above is absent.
A lot of people are falling asleep at the wheel.