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| expat | Nov 7 2009, 10:26 AM Post #1 |
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Court papers say terror suspect tried to ‘recruit’ others Officials seek to have man held without bail By Shelley Murphy and Milton J. Valencia Globe Staff / November 7, 2009 E-mail|Print|Reprints|Yahoo! Buzz|ShareThis Text size – + A Sudbury man indicted this week on terrorism charges confided to a friend three years ago that he stopped speaking during prayer sessions at a Sharon mosque because someone complained that he sounded like an Al Qaeda operative, according to documents filed in federal court Thursday. Tarek Mehanna, 27, an Internet blogger who is accused of promoting violent jihad, wrote to a friend online in June 2006 that after he spoke at the mosque someone told his father, “If we didn’t know he was ur son . . . we would say that he was a member of Al Qaeda,’’ according to the records. Mehanna added that as a result, “I can’t speak anymore . . . and I have to pack up all my books.’’ The Internet chatter was detailed in a 75-page memorandum filed by prosecutors in US District Court in Boston to support their argument that Mehanna is a danger and might flee the country unless he is jailed without bail until trial. A hearing is scheduled Thursday on whether he will be detained. The memorandum, based on information the FBI seized from Mehanna’s computer, secret recordings, and interviews with witnesses, portrays Mehanna and his codefendant, Ahmad Abousamra, as radicals who were trying to recruit other young men in Boston to join them in a jihad, or holy war. In an April 15, 2006 online conversation with an unidentified man from New York, Mehanna said he was one of only three people in the Boston area who understood what the faith was about, but he was trying to convert others to his cause, the memorandum says. “Recruit, brainwash,’’ said the New York man, according to the memorandum. Attorney J.W. Carney Jr., who represents Mehanna, could not be reached yesterday. Mehanna was arrested two weeks ago on a criminal complaint, then on Thursday a federal grand jury indicted him and Abousamra, 28, formerly of Mansfield, on charges of providing and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, and making false statements to law enforcement. Abousamra has not been arrested and is believed to be in Syria. Mehanna graduated with a doctorate in 2008 from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Abousamra graduated from the University of Massachusetts in Boston in 2006 with a degree in computer science. They are accused of trying to join a terrorist training camp overseas, plotting to attack a mall, assassinate two unidentified US government officials, and attack US soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Prosecutors allege Mehanna hoped to be part of Al Qaeda’s “media wing’’ and translated videos and documents that inspired jihad and glorified terrorist acts from Arabic into English and posted them on radical jihadi websites. After Mehanna allegedly translated “39 Ways to Serve and Participate in Jihad,’’ a friend who helped post it on the Internet messaged him “we got our stuff pinned on big forums’’ and suggested they were part of Al Qaeda’s media wing, the memorandum says. “I don’t think we deserve that title,’’ Mehanna allegedly wrote back. “If we are lucky . . . we get to clean their toilets.’’ According to the memorandum, his friend messaged back that he would be “the happiest man in the world’’ if Osama bin Laden “just let me hang around him . . . and clean . . . his toilet.’’ In other postings, prosecutors allege Mehanna spoke with reverence for bin Laden and other terrorists, saying, “I look to him . . . as being my real father, in a sense.’’ “I have been following him . . . for over six years now,’’ Mehanna messaged a friend online in April 2006, the memorandum says. “From the moment I saw him . . . the hair on my arms ... stood on end . . . without even knowing who he was . . . or what he was all about . . . he’s the reason . . . I started practicing.’’ © Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. Start your week off right with in-depth coverage. Subscribe now |
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