Syed Haris Ahmed
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A resident of Atlanta, Georgia, Syed Haris Ahmed was arrested by the FBI on March 23rd, 2006.
A mechanical engineering student at Georgia Tech, Ahmed emigrated from Pakistan to the United States with his family in 1997 at the age of 12 and subsequently became a U.S. citizen.
He was arrested after videotaping "significant commercial buildings". He was charged with providing material support to a terrorist group, and plead not guilty. All documentats in the case were initially sealed at the joint request of the court and Ahmed. Subsequent developments led to the indictment being unsealed at the government's request in late April 2006. After the 2006 Toronto terror arrests in June, Ahmed was publicly named as a suspected colleague.
In a bail hearing for the other U.S. resident charded in the matter, Ehsanul Sadequee, prosecutors alleged that Ahmed and Sadequee traveled to Washington, D.C. to make "casing videos" of the United States Capitol building, the World Bank, a Masonic temple and a fuel depot.
| 2006 Toronto terrorism case |
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| Accused - Steven Chand, Shareef Abdelhaleem, Qayyum Jamal, Yasim Mohamed, Jahmaal James, Mohammed Dirie, Fahim Ahmad, Asad Ansari, Ahmad Ghany‡, Zakaria Amara, Amin Durrani, Saad Khalid and five young offenders whose names have not been released‡‡‡.
Suspected colleagues - Syed Ahmed, Ehsanul Sadequee Later arrests - Ibrahim Aboud‡ Defence Attorneys - Anser Farooq, Rocco Galati, David Kolinsky, Arif Raza, Gary Batasar, Saisal Mirza CSIS Informant - Mubin Shaikh ‡ denotes a suspect was released on bail |
[edit] References
- Atlanta Man Indicted For Material Support Of Terrorism. United States Department of Justice (April 20, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-07-04.
- The Pakistan-Jihadist Connection. Strategic Forecasting, Inc (April 20, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-07-04.
- Prosecutors Allege Terror Suspects Shot 'Casing Video'. Foxnews.com (April 29, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-07-04.
