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To: RinConRon who wrote (200237)	3/23/2007 8:47:48 AM
From: RinConRon	Respond to of 793761

Friends: Sailor unhappy with U.S. policy By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press Writer Fri Mar 23 Friends say they knew Hassan Abujihaad was unhappy with American foreign policy, but they were surprised when the former Navy sailor was arrested on charges of supporting terrorism. Abujihaad, 31, is accused of giving a suspected terrorism financier secret information about the location of Navy ships and the best ways to attack them. He is due in federal court in Bridgeport on Friday. "He was very opinionated," said Miguel Colon, a friend who said he was questioned about Abujihaad by FBI agents this week. "He would talk about things in regard to the way the Iraq war was going. It was something he disagreed with." But Colon, 24, who met Abujihaad at a mosque in Phoenix, said he rarely saw his friend angry. Colon said he had a hard time believing the man whose children played with his children secretly supported terrorists. "It's just very stressful, it's almost unbelievable," he said. Abujihaad did admire rebels in Chechnya and said they were formidable fighters, Colon said. Abujihaad was arrested March 7 in Phoenix, where he was apparently working as a delivery man. He was charged with one count of providing material support to terrorists with intent to kill U.S. citizens and one count of disclosing classified information relating to the national defense. Messages seeking comment were left Wednesday and Thursday with his attorneys. Abujihaad said his case was blown out of proportion and that he only bought DVDs, Colon said. Federal authorities say they recovered e-mails about videos Abujihaad ordered that promoted violent jihad. "I was shocked," said another friend, Shakir Mannan. "I still don't believe he did that. I never got the impression he would do something like that." Deedra Abboud, former executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations in Phoenix, said Abujihaad told her when they met a few years ago that he disagreed with some aspects of American foreign policy. "He still considered himself a U.S. citizen and a member of the U.S. military and would never have betrayed them," Abboud said. Colon said Abujihaad, an American-born Muslim convert also known as Paul R. Hall, was dedicated to his prayers, reading Islamic literature and following rules against drinking. "He was pretty much a homebody," he said. Abujihaad had custody of his two young children from a previous marriage and had remarried, Colon said. "He was always helping out his family a lot," he said. "He spent quite a lot of time with them." The investigation began at an Internet service provider in Connecticut and followed a suspected terrorist network across the country and into Europe and the Middle East. Abujihaad is charged in the same case as Babar Ahmad, a British computer specialist arrested in 2004 and accused of running Web sites to raise money for terrorism. Ahmad is awaiting extradition to the U.S. to face trial. During a search of Ahmad's computers, investigators discovered files containing classified information about the positions of U.S. Navy ships and discussing their susceptibility to attack. Abujihaad, a former enlisted man, exchanged e-mails with Ahmad while on active duty on the USS Benfold, a guided-missile destroyer, in 2000 and 2001, according to an FBI affidavit. In those e-mails, Abujihaad discussed naval briefings and praised Osama bin Laden and those who attacked the USS Cole in 2000, according to the affidavit. Abujihaad received an honorable discharge from the Navy in 2002, according to the affidavit. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison. Copyright © 2007 The Associated Press.

To: RinConRon who wrote (200237)	3/23/2007 11:50:59 AM
From: Oral Roberts	Respond to of 793761

Seems time to launch a massive joint raid to rescue them and destroy Iran's ability to pull off nonsense like that again. Start by turning Iran's navy into fish cribs.

To: RinConRon who wrote (200237)	3/23/2007 12:51:01 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793761

Iran seizes British navy personnel in Iraqi waters This is like the second or third time. Why not snatch a few brits when you know they won't threaten to bring holy hell down on your heads? These guys were detached from a British frigate on patrol in Iraqi waters. 15 men. 15 men that got snookered and didn't call in the frigate when they were being approached from Iranian waters, and didn't threaten to open up the 50 cals on their asses. Where was the frigate??

To: RinConRon who wrote (200237)	3/24/2007 8:42:58 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793761

Iran captured fifteen British Royal Navy personnel during a "routine boarding operation" in Iraqi waters on Friday, Britain's Ministry of Defense said. The game is on! This likely started it. Turkish Columnist: Another Two Iranian Military Commanders Missing; Fingers Pointing at U.S., Israel Ibrahim Karagul, a columnist with strong anti-U.S. views who writes for the Islamic Turkish daily Yeni Safak, which is the unofficial mouthpiece of Turkey's AKP government, has stated that since the disappearance of former Iranian deputy defense minister Ali Reza Asghari, two more Iranian commanders have been "kidnapped." He added that the espionage games being played by the U.S. and Israel, with Istanbul as their playground, are making Turkey look suspicious. In his column, Karagul wrote that while the mystery of Asghari's disappearance is still unsolved, Iranian Col. Amir Muhammad Shirazi and Gen. Muhammad Sultani are missing. He added that fingers in Iran are pointing at U.S. and Israeli intelligence services, and wrote, "It is said that five Iranians left Iran on Friday, March 16, and entered Turkey at midnight on March 17, and that they were handed over to CIA and Mossad agents on March 18. Whether Col. Shirazi and Gen. Sultani were among these five is not clear." He warned, "If the U.S. keeps kidnapping Iranian officials, a big storm will erupt, because Iranian circles are warning that they have the capability and manpower to kidnap or strike at any U.S. or Israeli target, any time and anywhere in the world." Source: Yeni Safik, Turkey, March 20, 2007