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11-22-2005, 06:59 PM
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'Dirty Bomb' Suspect Jose Padilla Indicted
Charges Don't Include Government's Earlier Allegations That He Planned Terror Attacks in the U.S.
By Daniela Deane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 22, 2005; 2:36 PM
Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held by the Bush administration for three years without charges as an enemy combatant plotting a "dirty bomb" attack in the United States, has been indicted on charges unrelated to any potential terrorist attack in this country.
Padilla, 35, a former Chicago gang member who converted to Islam, was indicted by a Miami federal grand jury Thursday on charges he and four others were part of a U.S.-based terrorism conspiracy to "murder, maim, and kidnap" people overseas, Justice Department officials announced at a press conference in Washington today.
"The indictment alleges that Padilla traveled overseas to train as a terrorist with the intention of fighting a violent jihad," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said.
The charges did not include the government's earlier allegations, however, that Padilla was planning to carry out terrorist attacks in the United States. When asked about those allegations, for which Padilla was held, Gonzales said he could comment only on the present indictments
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June 2002.
(CNN) -- The following is a transcript from U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's announcement Monday in Moscow, Russia, of the capture of a suspected al Qaeda operative who allegedly was planning to explode a "dirty bomb" in the United States:
I am pleased to announce today a significant step forward in the war on terrorism. We have captured a known terrorist who was exploring a plan to build and explode a radiological dispersion device, or "dirty bomb," in the United States.
In apprehending Al Muhajir as he sought entry into the United States, we have disrupted an unfolding terrorist plot to attack the United States by exploding a radioactive "dirty bomb."
Now, a radioactive "dirty bomb" involves exploding a conventional bomb that not only kills victims in the immediate vicinity but also spreads radioactive material that is highly toxic to humans and can cause mass death and injury.
From information available to the United States government, we know that Abdullah Al Muhajir is an Al Qaeda operative and was exploring a plan to build and explode a radioactive "dirty bomb."
Let me be clear: We know from multiple independent and corroborating sources that Abdullah Al Muhajir was closely associated with al Qaeda and that as an al Qaeda operative he was involved in planning future terrorist attacks on innocent American civilians in the United States."
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Whatever happened to the Dirty Bomb charge?
Like I have said before, the 'Dirty bomb' is a figment of the Govt's imagination, concocted to scare the US public into letting them do what they want. The Govt exaggerated every threat, real or imaginary, in order to gain support for the war in Iraq. This is a blatant example.
Now that the Govt has been FORCED to charge Padilla , an American citizen [ something they never wanted to do], their false claims and hype are being revealed. Obviously, they have no evidence to back-up their claims about a 'dirty bomb' despite at the time of his arrest they were so certain.
There are no 'maybe's or probably's' in Ashcroft's statement, he is very clear.
Notice how Padilla is refered to by his Muslim name, Abdullah Al Muhajir . Also Ashcroft says that he was caught when trying to enter the USA when in truth the guy was just coming home!.
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'Dirty Bomb' Suspect Jose Padilla Indicted
Charges Don't Include Government's Earlier Allegations That He Planned Terror Attacks in the U.S.
By Daniela Deane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 22, 2005; 2:36 PM
Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held by the Bush administration for three years without charges as an enemy combatant plotting a "dirty bomb" attack in the United States, has been indicted on charges unrelated to any potential terrorist attack in this country.
Padilla, 35, a former Chicago gang member who converted to Islam, was indicted by a Miami federal grand jury Thursday on charges he and four others were part of a U.S.-based terrorism conspiracy to "murder, maim, and kidnap" people overseas, Justice Department officials announced at a press conference in Washington today.
"The indictment alleges that Padilla traveled overseas to train as a terrorist with the intention of fighting a violent jihad," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said.
The charges did not include the government's earlier allegations, however, that Padilla was planning to carry out terrorist attacks in the United States. When asked about those allegations, for which Padilla was held, Gonzales said he could comment only on the present indictments
<hr /></blockquote>
June 2002.
(CNN) -- The following is a transcript from U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's announcement Monday in Moscow, Russia, of the capture of a suspected al Qaeda operative who allegedly was planning to explode a "dirty bomb" in the United States:
I am pleased to announce today a significant step forward in the war on terrorism. We have captured a known terrorist who was exploring a plan to build and explode a radiological dispersion device, or "dirty bomb," in the United States.
In apprehending Al Muhajir as he sought entry into the United States, we have disrupted an unfolding terrorist plot to attack the United States by exploding a radioactive "dirty bomb."
Now, a radioactive "dirty bomb" involves exploding a conventional bomb that not only kills victims in the immediate vicinity but also spreads radioactive material that is highly toxic to humans and can cause mass death and injury.
From information available to the United States government, we know that Abdullah Al Muhajir is an Al Qaeda operative and was exploring a plan to build and explode a radioactive "dirty bomb."
Let me be clear: We know from multiple independent and corroborating sources that Abdullah Al Muhajir was closely associated with al Qaeda and that as an al Qaeda operative he was involved in planning future terrorist attacks on innocent American civilians in the United States."
?????????????
Whatever happened to the Dirty Bomb charge?
Like I have said before, the 'Dirty bomb' is a figment of the Govt's imagination, concocted to scare the US public into letting them do what they want. The Govt exaggerated every threat, real or imaginary, in order to gain support for the war in Iraq. This is a blatant example.
Now that the Govt has been FORCED to charge Padilla , an American citizen [ something they never wanted to do], their false claims and hype are being revealed. Obviously, they have no evidence to back-up their claims about a 'dirty bomb' despite at the time of his arrest they were so certain.
There are no 'maybe's or probably's' in Ashcroft's statement, he is very clear.
Notice how Padilla is refered to by his Muslim name, Abdullah Al Muhajir . Also Ashcroft says that he was caught when trying to enter the USA when in truth the guy was just coming home!.
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