Syed Haris Ahmed
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Syed Haris Ahmed, a resident of Atlanta, Georgia, 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 in 2003. His father, Syed Riaz Ahmed, is a faculty-member of North Georgia College and Georgia State University.[1]
He was arrested after videotaping "significant commercial buildings."[2] He was charged with providing material support to a terrorist group,[3] and plead not guilty. All documents 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.
[edit] References
- ^ The Pakistan-Jihadist Connection. Strategic Forecasting, Inc (April 20, 2006). Retrieved on July 4, 2006.
- ^ Prosecutors Allege Terror Suspects Shot 'Casing Video'. Foxnews.com (April 29, 2006). Retrieved on July 4, 2006.
- ^ Atlanta Man Indicted For Material Support Of Terrorism. United States Department of Justice (April 20, 2006). Retrieved on July 4, 2006.
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 · five young offenders whose names have not been released‡‡‡°.
Suspected colleagues: Syed Ahmed · Ehsanul Sadequee
Later arrests: Ibrahim Aboud‡
Defence Attorneys: Michael Block · Anser Farooq · Rocco Galati · David Kolinsky · Donald McLeod · Arif Raza · Michael A. Moon · Gary Batasar · Faisal Mirza
CSIS Informant: Mubin Shaikh
‡ denotes a suspect was released on bail · ° denotes a suspect had all relevant charges dropped
