Jihad funding ring in Maryland…with illegal alien help
Via Jihad Watch, here’s news of a bunch of FBI arrests in connection with a busted jihadi funding ring. Those ensnared include nine Pakistani illegal aliens, and one defendant charged with attempting to finance al Qaeda. National security-immigration enforcement nexus, anyone:
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested six more suspects of Pakistani origin from Maryland on charges of money laundering.
On Thursday, 11 suspects were arrested in Maryland, including nine illegal immigrants from Pakistan. On the same day, US federal officials had indicted 39 people, including some Pakistani operators of convenience stores in Eastern Shore communities, the Dawn reported.
Saifullah Ranjha, one of the defendants, was also charged with attempting to finance the al Qaeda.
A Pakistani official is downplaying the bust:
Commenting on the arrests, Pakistan’s Ambassador Mahmud Ali Durrani said that he did not know the details of this particular case, but similar cases in the past has shown that “American officials were often too zealous.”
Uh-huh. Meanwhile:
Spanish officials said on that acting on tips received from the FBI, they had arrested two Pakistanis from Madrid and Barcelona.
According to police, Anar Muhammad Shan and Mehmood Sandhu, who are members of a terror group, have allegedly collaborated with their accomplices in the US to transfer money to alleged al Qaeda men in Pakistan.
The FBI, however, has claimed that no such money transaction took place…
…According to reports, 45 suspects have been arrested so far in this sting operation in North America and Europe.
“Federal prosecutors are seeking $5.1 million in criminal forfeitures and ownership interest in two convenience stores located in Snow Hill, which belonged to a Pakistani,” the daily reported.Federal prosecutors have identified one suspect as Mohammed Ahsan, a 49-year old Pakistani-American who lives in a Washington suburb Laurel.
As per the US officials, Ahsan was involved in laundering 520,000 dollars through his home in 2005 and 2006, believing he was helping drug dealers move their illicit money out of the United States.
Flashback: Here’s my report on the Baltimore terror cell.
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I sure hope there were not listening in. We wouldn’t want to violate their rights to blow up some of our people and maybe kill them!!!
Just doing the money laundering Americans won’t do…
I’ll bet a few phone calls were intercepted
Nice job by the FBI. Now if only Homeland Security was – well – home…
Isn’t Laurel right next door to Fort Meade, home of the NSA??
Rounding ‘em up, one by one.
Kinda ironic, thats how most of the illegals treat the US, as their own personal convenience store with all the goodies laid out for them.
Homeland Security is too busy giving 10 to 20 Terabytes of vital Defense information to the Chinese to worry about stopping terrorists.
Contractor Blamed in DHS Data Breaches
I also love the attempted cover-up, and trying to protect their obviously incompetent contractor. I honestly do not know what’s worse: Protecting a support company who obviously knows jack-squat about securing information systems, or pretending like nothing happened after a known and very large security leak.
Maybe if it was lettuce, or someone threatening illegal aliens. Then it would have gotten more attention, right?
Oh, and BTW.
Good job, FBI! Keep it up, because it looks like you are all alone in protecting us domestically.
And the supposed “tough guy” on terrorism, Rudi Giuliani, says illegal infiltration isn’t a crime, and shouldn’t be a crime. Speak, Rudi.
So despite the public perception of Rudi as a “tough guy” on crime and terrorism, something doesn’t ring true.
Of course Rudi made his name on 9/11….
Where is Jeraldo when you need him. We really need to stop picking on these poor “undocumented” alians. They’re just trying to make a better life for themselfs. HA!
Chertoff is the enemy. A clown who talks like a fool.
Miss Ladybug…
Ft. Meade and NSA are in Anne Arundel Country which adjoins Laurel, MD.
Illegal aliens from Pakistan? [sarc on] I thought the only illegals the authorities were going after are Hispanic! [sarc off]
So much for the racial profiling crowd. Unless of course, illegal = race.
Thanks for letting more, and more moon god worshipers into our country Condi. That’s what we need, more of the same.
ROPMA
If they’d just moved to New York the gov would see to it they get a driver’s license. They then could legally fly anywhere within the U.S.. We can all rest knowing that if the Dream Act passes their kids will get in-state tuition and possibly health care. America, what a country.
….. right after Bush and Condi.
Well, if you think Chertoff, Bush and Condi are the enemy, then I guess you’re on the side of the jihadists. Listen, not everyone wants to be a Muslim. Deal with it.
And why wouldn’t they go after illegals from the Middle East? Sorry, but Catholic Hispanics aren’t the one’s knocking over skyscrapers and setting off bombs.
I have no problem with people coming here to work, but I really cannot support any legislation helping illegal immigrants when stuff like this is going on.