Al Qaeda in New Jersey

Ben writes, "Good stuff. In case you're ever arguing with someone who can't understand how there can possibly be a connection between and infantry  squad raiding an Al Qaeda house in Diyala and a building not exploding in Manhattan, this pretty much covers that gap in comprehension."

Al Qaeda Associates in New Jersey North Jersey.com

Osama bin Laden may be hiding in the impenetrable mountains near t he Afghanistan border, but FBI counterterror officials say they have identified several of his associates in a far more accessible spot -- northern New Jersey.

The FBI's elite Joint Terrorism Task Force in Newark says it is not only monitoring a number of North Jersey residents with ties to al-Qaida, but that agents have quietly "disrupted" their activities and even deported a few.

These glimpses into North Jersey's war on terrorism, from a series of interviews with task force leaders, come on the heels of revelations last summer that Bin Laden's terror network had regained strength. But that rebuilding was thought to have taken place overseas.

This is the first time since the 9/11 attacks that FBI counterterror officials have revealed an al-Qaida presence in North Jersey.

"There are definitely facilitators in this state," said Kevin Cruise, the veteran FBI counterterror agent who directs Newark's 100-member terrorism task force of FBI and CIA agents as well as state police and even local beat cops.

One of Cruise's deputies was even more specific.

"There are people in your county who are affiliated with known al-Qaida members overseas," said Jack Jupin, the FBI agent who heads the counterterror squad for Bergen County.

 

Comments

[chsw]

Please post a flashback to the radioactive stuff in the car trunk.

chsw

[seeteufel]

Feisal, a direct descendent of Wahabi assumed the throne in in 1964 and from that day, Islamic fundalentamism rose to the top of the heap of all the nutters. Saudis claim they are the worlds biggest (per capita) donors of aid, but it is all in mosques and preachers, I think they gave something like $50 mil. to their muslim brothers in the tsunami.Fundamentalism was originaly funded by the Saudis, it is only when Bin Laden decided that he did not like Kings that they stopped funding every murdering bastard who wanted to kill "Kaffirs". Stop the Saudis and you stop jihad.