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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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Zachary Adam Chesser: June 29, 2011

Bismillaah ir-Rahmaan ir-Rahiim,

As-salaamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu,

For those who do not know me, I am a prisoner in America who was arrested for providing support to Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahideen in Somalia, threatening the creators of South Park for insulting the Prophet, salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, and for soliciting others to leave empty packages in public places to tie up law enforcement and bomb squads. In shaa-Allaah I am not going to comment on any of these things, because my case is not fully resolved despite my pleading guilty to them.

However, I can mention that the government here gave me 25 years as a sentence for these things, and in exchange for my guilty plea, they agreed not to give my wife any jail time so long as she left the country. She was charged with making a false statement to a federal agent, for saying I was not trying to go to Somalia, a charge which could have carried eight years.

Had she gone to trial, she could have been facing the equivalent of life in prison for such things as allegedly driving me to New York, using a mailing address on a passport form instead of a living address, and some things related to my charges on the South Park thing (even though I plead guilty to five years on this issue, the charges which were considered by the government would have totaled about eighty years for this one issue).

Had my wife gone to jail, even for a short time, our son Talhah would have been given to a Christian family, so we both plead guilty to prevent this. Despite these efforts my son is with my wife’s mother who is a non-Muslim, but in shaa-Allaah she should be bringing my son to my wife in Jordan soon.

Please make du’a for this. My son is one and a half years old, and was born shortly before Fajr on the day of ‘Arafah, 1430 H, wal-hamdu Lillaah. Al-hamdu Lillaah, one might think that these are all great difficulties, but these experiences teach us patience, and the Prophet, salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, has said that this is the best gift one can receive. Read the rest of this entry »

 

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