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To: Jerome who wrote (6681)	4/3/2007 6:28:35 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Of course jerome, simply avoid the context of the question entirely.

To: Jerome who wrote (6681)	4/8/2007 6:10:12 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Bronx Man Pleads Guilty in Terror Case NY Times ^ \| April 5, 2007 \| ALAN FEUER nytimes.com A jazz bassist and martial arts expert charged two years ago in an elaborate undercover terrorism investigation pleaded guilty yesterday to plotting to teach would-be Qaeda operatives how to wage jihad with hand-to-hand combat. The man, Tarik Shah, 44, entered his guilty plea in Federal District Court in Manhattan. In exchange, he will receive a reduced maximum sentence of no more than 15 years. The plea by Mr. Shah, who is from the Bronx, brings to a close his involvement in a wide-ranging federal sting operation that reached its height in May 2005 when an undercover F.B.I. agent posing as a recruiter for Al Qaeda met him in a ground-floor apartment near the Grand Concourse. There, the government says, Mr. Shah discussed a failed attempt to attend a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan and then, in words that were secretly recorded, pledged “bayat,” or allegiance, to Al Qaeda. The government has acknowledged that neither Mr. Shah, nor the three others accused in the case — two of whom have already pleaded guilty — were on the verge of any violent act. But the case stood out because it stemmed, in some measure, from the work of a former jailhouse informer and evolved into a large sting operation, complete with secret meetings, coded messages and talk of travel overseas for formal training in the name of jihad. Mr. Shah first came to the attention of authorities in 2003, court papers show, when he began a relationship with a man he did not know was a federal informer. He told the man of his martial arts training and of his ability to teach “brothers” how to fight. The government never revealed the identity of the informer beyond saying he was convicted in 1990 of crimes related to a robbery; his cooperation in... (Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ....