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WOT’s Up: Upcoming Trials

Awaiting Trial

Ziyad Yaghi
Today, Monday, August 15th,10:00 a.m. marks the arraignment of North Carolina resident Ziyad Yaghi at the Federal Building in Raleigh (310 New Bern Ave) for charges of conspiracy to murder and kidnap. He and his co-defendants; Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan, Hysen Sherifi, Anes Subasic and Dylan Boyd, have entered pleas of not guilty and are also expected at a hearing tomorrow, Tuesday, August 16th at 9:30 a.m. Previously this year two co-defendants, Zakariyya Boyd and Daniel Boyd, pled guilty to conspiracy charges. The trial for the remaining five defendants is set for September 19th and is expected to last nine weeks.

Mahamud Said Omar
Former Minneapolis resident Mahamud Said Omar, recently extradited to the U.S. from the Netherlands after being arrested last year, will appear in court today to address charges of involvement in recruiting at least 20 Somali-American men in 2007 and 2008 to fight for al-Shabaab against the Ethiopian army that occupied their homeland.

Naser Jason Abdo
U.S. Army Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo, who was arrested last month for allegedly plotting to attack American servicemen at or near Ft.Hood, was indicted by a grand jury inTexas on August 8 on charges of possession of an unregistered destructive device and illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. American-born Abdo, 21, initially voluntarily enlisted in theU.S. military but later refused to deploy to Afghanistan and was granted status as a conscientious objector because of his religion.

Omar Farouk Abdulmutallab
A lawyer assisting Omar Farouk Abdulmutallab filed a motion on August 5 requesting that Abdulmutallab’s trial be moved from Michigan so that his client could receive a fair trial. Abdulmutallab, who plans to represent himself in court, also asked the judge to throw out statements he made while sedated while undergoing medical procedures for burns he suffered when his pants ignited. A separate motion filed by and granted to prosecutors on August 9 stipulated that Abdulmutallab be prevented from questioning government officials during the trial in the case that it may force them to reveal information sensitive to U.S. national security. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on August 15, 2011 in Campaigns, News Items

 

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Federal government isn’t touching Arkansas terrorism case

July 11, 2011

Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad of Memphis, Tenn., says his trial in a fatal Little Rock Army facility attack is being handled in Arkansas state court to get him the death penalty. His father alleges a government coverup.

Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad insists he is an Islamic radical, has confessed to killing an Army soldier and wounding another at a Little Rock recruiting station two years ago, and wants to be tried on terrorism charges in federal court.

But in an unusual twist, state prosecutors, with the blessing of the federal government, are treating him like a common American criminal and trying him in state court next week on capital murder charges.

Either way, Muhammad could become the first person sentenced to death in the U.S. for an act of terrorism — even if that is not the charge — since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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Posted by on July 12, 2011 in News Items

 

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Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad: July 9, 2011 (Public Statement to Renounce)

Sah’ban 1432 AH

Public Statement to Renounce

Before this bogus upcoming
sham trial, that will most
certainly end with me on Death Row,
I publicly renounce my citizenship
of America. I am not an American
and Never have been. I am a West African
descendant whose forefathers were
abducted, kidnapped and brought to this
country and forced-enslaved. I am a
Muslim citizen of the Islamic Emirates.
I pledge my allegiance to Mullah Muhammad
Omar, the Leader of the believers
(Ameer Al-Mu’mineen).

Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad

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