Blog @ MoreWhat.com

Another slight departure for typical posting on this blog courtesy of a story one simply cannot ignore. There are serious and dangerous implications in this bit of news. And there is the entertainment value from the fact that the scenario is so stupid as to be categorized under stranger than fiction. In other words, you cannot make this stuff up. Well, certainly you could. But would it be believable? Would it provide the suspension of disbelief most fiction writing requires? The sad truth is conditions on this planet have deminished to a point where this kind of story is all to common.

The man who oversees Texas’ criminal justice system called Wednesday for a shake-up as authorities searched for a prisoner in a wheelchair who escaped on foot Monday from two armed guards as he was being transferred between prisons.

That’s right! An inmate escaped on foot from a wheelchair. The report suggests this may have been a hoax conjured by the inmate relating to the claim he had a stroke and needed the wheelchair for mobility. Oh yes, mobile he is.

Now for the serious part. The 6-foot, 200-pound Comeaux was serving a life sentence for aggravated sexual assault and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Now for the strange part. This is what his Mom had to say. “I’m trying to find out what the heck happened,” she said from her home in Houston. “How did my son come in contact with a gun inside the prison? I know he didn’t leave and go shopping. I’m looking at a corrupt system here.”

And there’s more.“His record is bad, and I admit that. I’m not hiding that.”

She said she hopes he returns to his parents’ house “so that I can talk to him, give him a good meal, a good bath, and send him back where he come from.”

She is also concerned that this may be a state conspiracy to set up her son for execution during the ensuing manhunt.

Wow, we actually have more problems to solve than those they are creating in Washington. Who’d a thunk it?

Stanford Matthews
MoreWhat.com

Thousands of Fugitives Across Florida Arrested in Operation Orange Crush

Ten-Week Operation Targets Violent Offenders Statewide

MIAMI – A U.S. Marshals-led sweep targeting the “worst-of-the-worst” offenders in Florida has led to the arrest of 2,497 fugitives, Deputy Attorney General Mark R. Filip and U.S. Marshals Service Director John Clark announced today.

The U.S. Marshals Service, assisted by federal, state and local law enforcement across Florida, also cleared 2,943 warrants statewide as part of Operation Orange Crush. U.S. Marshal Christina Pharo of the Southern District of Florida, and R. Alexander Acosta, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida also announced details of the operation.

A number of sites were chosen for the operation. In the Northern District of Florida, operations were conducted in Gainesville, Panama City, Pensacola and Tallahassee. In the Middle District of Florida, operations took place in Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa. In the Southern District of Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Pierce, Miami, Monroe County and West Palm Beach all took part in the operation. During the course of the operation, the U.S. Marshal provided extra personnel and equipment to support the statewide fugitive apprehension efforts. ”

All of our efforts in this area serve as a continued warning to fugitives from justice that wherever they are hiding, we will work together to find them,” said Deputy Attorney General Filip. “Equally important, these efforts assure our citizens that we are going after violent gangs, child predators, and others hiding from the law.”

Operation Orange Crush is the first-ever major fugitive apprehension effort led by the U.S. Marshals Service that was completely coordinated and executed on behalf of a single state.

During Operation Orange Crush, an emphasis was placed on the capture of violent gang members and sex offenders. Statewide, the operation arrested 55 gang members and 255 sex offenders. Among those brought in:

· Tony Hayward – a gang member involved in a homicide

· Freddie Chavers – a gang member involved in an abduction and a homicide

· Torrance Bell – a gang member involved in an abduction and a homicide

· Aristeo Ramirez-Linares – suspected of sexually molesting his step daughter since she was five years old

· Sherard Henderson – a previously convicted sex offender arrested for Lewd and Lascivious Molestation of the Elderly

· Jorge Perez-Gonzalez – a previously convicted sex offender arrested for burglarizing a residence and brutally assaulting its female occupant in an attempt to rape her

“When we were planning Operation Orange Crush we had hoped for several outcomes, to include the arrest of a significant number of fugitives and to continue developing the working relationships between the Marshals and our state and local counterparts,” said Director Clark. “We succeeded on all counts, but I know everyone associated with this operation sees this as only the beginning - there is more we should and can do to combat crime in Florida.”

“Operation Orange Crush was an example of the extraordinary investigative capabilities that arise when multiple law enforcement agencies join forces. With our partners from state, local and other federal agencies, we apprehended some of the most violent criminals and sex offenders preying on the citizens of South Florida,” said Marshal Pharo. “This operation may have ended, but our efforts to locate and apprehend these wanted criminals will not. We will continue to offer our assistance to our friends in law enforcement and make every effort to rid our streets of these criminals.”

In addition to the numerous gang members and sex offenders apprehended during Operation Orange Crush, 113 homicide arrests were made and 76 weapons were seized.

The concept behind broad, interagency law enforcement operations such as Operation Orange Crush evolved largely from smaller, local/regional task forces. Groups such as these have historically combined local, state and federal agencies to find and apprehend area fugitives. The U.S. Marshals adopted such interagency teamwork in the early 1980s, when they combined their resources and expertise in fugitive apprehension with the local knowledge and unique insight of officers on the street level.

In order to provide participating agencies with broader jurisdictional authority, all state and local law enforcement officers were sworn in as Special Deputy U.S. Marshals immediately prior to the start of the operation. Throughout the course of Operation Orange Crush, this special authority from the U.S. Marshals Service empowered all local and state law enforcement officers to cross traditional lines of jurisdiction to track down and arrest targeted fugitives.

Director Clark emphasized that these operations work because local law enforcement officers strive to make a difference in their own communities. “The Marshals Deputies that work these operations live in the communities they serve,” said Director Clark. “Their children go to school here, they attend community events, ballgames and they shop and go to church here. For both personal and professional reasons, they have a stake in ridding their communities of crime. They want their neighbors and their families to be safe and they are doing something about it.”

Those involved in Operation Orange Crush in South Florida include: DOJ/United States Marshals Service, DOJ/United States Attorneys Office, DOJ/Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, DHS/Immigration & Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of State, Division of Diplomatic Security, U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Florida Attorney Generals Office, Florida Department of Corrections, Probation & Parole, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Indian River County Sheriff’s Office, Martin County Sheriff’s Office, Miami-Dade County Police Department, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, City of Hialeah Police Department, City of Miami Beach Police Department, City of Miami Police Department, City of Miramar Police Department, Coral Gables Police Department, Coral Springs Police Department, Davie Police Department, Delray Beach Police Department, Fort Lauderdale Police Department, Fort Pierce Police Department, Lake Worth Police Department, Lantana Police Department, Miami Gardens Police Department, Palm Beach Gardens Police Department, Pembroke Pines Police Department, Plantation Police Department, Port St. Lucie Police Department, and the West Palm Beach Police Department.

For more information about the U.S. Marshals Service, visit http://www.usmarshals.gov

Remarks by Deputy Attorney General Mark R. Filip

###

A classic case of all parties involved pitching their version of the story. Out of all this what seems accurate or believable? The woman arrested is from Pakistan. She was educated at MIT and Brandeis as a neuroscientist and has a son. She and her son are accused of plotting a terrorist attack. She and/or her son possessed enough evidence on them to convince a US Court to go ahead with the case.

After disappearing the woman surfaced in Pakistan and was arrested. While being held in Pakistan one person arriving at her location left an M14 ‘on the floor’ and she retrieved the weapon and from behind curtains opened fire. She missed but a soldier returned fire hitting her in the abdomen. After surgery, etc., she was brought to the US, is in jail and refusing to appear in Court. Her defense team claims it is because of physical and mental difficulties.

The two odd things noticed while reviewing this story were an apparent typo in a WaPo account that described the soldier’s weapon as an M-4 assumed to be an M-14. To Siddiqui’s attorney: how believable was it that a soldier left a weapon on the floor and that a mere 90 pound woman could pick it up? The sole commentary from this blog on the story reads like this, ‘Hey defense attorney lady, any chance you had to convince me of your client’s innocence disappeared with your ridiculous comments in the press just paraphrased here’.

Stanford Matthews
MoreWhat.com

Below, Al Jazeera chimes in with this video……..

and here is a report on the story from Voice of America

Mystery Shrouds Case of Pakistani Scientist Linked to Terrorists
By Walter Wisniewski New York

Wisniewski report - Download (MP3)
Wisniewski report - Listen (MP3)

A Pakistani woman who is charged with trying to murder U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan refused to appear for her arraignment in New York City Thursday. Defense lawyers say Aafia Siddiqui is unable or unwilling to submit to a required strip-search due to wounds she suffered when she was arrested nearly two months ago and that she urgently needs medical and psychological care. VOA’s Walter Wisniewski has more.

Aafia Siddiqui

Aafia Siddiqui was absent when prosecutors and defense attorneys gathered in federal court on Thursday. The defense team says the 36-year-old, U.S.-educated scientist is in extremely poor mental and physical health. The lawyers want the court to transfer her from a federal detention center to a hospital, to determine whether she is able to stand trial.

“I believe that she has severe emotional, psychological and medical issues, [and] that human rights require that she be taken out of the Bureau of Prisons and transferred to Bellevue [Hospital], so that she can be evaluated,” said Elizabeth Fink, Siddiqui’s lead defense attorney.

Siddiqui came to the United States as a teenager. She trained as a neuroscientist at two prestigious American universities, married and had three children, then returned to Pakistan in 2002. A year later, she dropped out of sight and was not heard from again until her arrest in mid-July in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province.

The police who arrested Siddiqui called in U.S. soldiers and FBI agents to interrogate the woman the following day. They say their prisoner somehow took a rifle from one of the Americans and opened fire. She missed, but one of the soldiers shot Siddiqui in the abdomen.

After emergency surgery, she was held in Afghanistan for several weeks, then returned to the U.S. and charged with attempted murder and other offenses. Her indictment, which was unsealed earlier this week, links her to unspecified terrorist groups and that, through handwritten notes and computer files, she discussed the feasibility of attacks on U.S. targets — including New York’s landmark Empire State Building.

No one will speak on the record, but the implication is that Siddiqui was a suicide-bomber-in-training, and that she was under the control of terrorists during the nearly five years in which she dropped out of sight.

Defense attorney Elizabeth Fink

Siddiqui’s lawyers tell a markedly different story. They suggest that Siddiqui originally was detained by what attorney Elizabeth Fink calls “the American dark side”. The defense lawyer scoffs at the indictment’s citation of the suspicious documents, and notes that no charges of terrorist activity have been brought against her client. “She’s not being charged with possessing any of those documents. Why was that put there? It was put there so that everybody can think that she’s ‘al-Qaida mom.’”

Although Fink and her colleagues have not seen Siddiqui since August 11, they say she has been left “incredibly damaged” by the events of the past two months. They are seeking psychological tests to determine whether Siddiqui is competent to stand trial. They say the strip-search required at the detention center where Siddiqui is being held is excruciatingly painful because of the severity of her wounds.

U.S. District Judge Richard Berman ordered prosecutors and defense lawyers to try to agree on arrangements for Siddiqui to appear in court in Manhattan, possibly by a videolink from her cell in Brooklyn. Both sides are due to appear in court again on September 22.

Trackposted to The Virtuous Republic, Rosemary’s Thoughts, Right Truth, Dollar Traveler, Shadowscope, , The Amboy Times, Cao’s Blog, Leaning Straight Up, NN&V, Democrat=Socialist, Diary of the Mad Pigeon, third world county, Allie is Wired, Woman Honor Thyself, DragonLady’s World, Walls of the City, The World According to Carl, The Pink Flamingo, and Right Voices, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe

By VOA News

A British court has ruled that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges.

The court in London issued the ruling Thursday.

Al-Masri is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence in Britain, after his 2006 conviction for inciting murder and racial hatred.

He was originally arrested in Britain on an extradition warrant from U.S. authorities in 2004. But that process was put on hold until his London trial ended and his appeals were exhausted.

The decision still needs the approval of Britain’s Home Secretary Jacqi Smith.

U.S. officials accuse the cleric of aiding a 1998 hostage-taking in Yemen and of trying to set up a terrorist training camp in the northwestern U.S. state of Oregon.

By Deborah Tate
Capitol Hill

Tate report (mp3) - Download 846k
Listen to Tate report (mp3)

A new report to the U.S. Congress has found problems with the government’s terrorist watch list, prompting concerns that terrorists could potentially enter the United States undetected.  VOA’s Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill.The terrorist watch list, compiled by U.S. intelligence agencies, is used by the U.S. government to bar individuals who pose a threat to national security from entering the country through land border crossings, airports and seaports.

But in a new report, the Government Accountability Office, Congress’ investigative arm, has found problems with the list.

The report was presented at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Wednesday.

Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine told the panel that his office reviewed 105 records from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Terrorist Screening Center (TSC), which oversees the watch list, and found that 38 percent of them had errors or inconsistencies.

“We believe it is critical that the TSC further improve the quality of its data and its redress procedures,” he said.  “Inaccurate, incomplete and obsolete watch list information can increase the risk of not identifying known or suspected terrorists, and it can also increase the risk that innocent persons will be repeatedly stopped or detained.”

In fact, Eileen Larence, director of homeland security and justice issues at the Government Accountability Office, says individuals on the watch list have passed undetected through airport screening.

“Individuals on the no-fly list have boarded aircraft, and sometimes flights had to be diverted,” she noted.  “Agencies know this, because for international flights into the United States, Customs and Border Protection [CBP] screens all passengers a second time, after the airlines, to determine if the passengers can enter the country.  To do the screening, CBP needs passenger data, but currently it is not sent to CBP in time to screen before the flight departs.”

Larence says new government rules, to be put into effect in the near future, will require that the agency receive passenger information sooner, and thus could help identify terrorist suspects before they board aircraft.

U.S. officials defended the watch list program.  They say they are working to better identify suspected terrorists before they enter the United States.

Homeland Security Assistant Secretary of Policy, Paul Rosenzweig:

“We have made great strides,” he said.  “More work needs to be done, but the improvement is quite noticeable.”

The chairman of the Senate committee, Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, expressed concern about the growth of the terrorist watch list, which the GAO report says has grown from 158,000 in June 2004 to 860,000 today.

“With the list likely to go over one million names in the near future, we need to know that there are clear standards for placing names on it and of course taking them off it,” he said.

But Leonard Boyle, director of the Terrorist Screening Center, says the list is actually much smaller than described by the GAO because some people may be on the list more than once if their names are listed under multiple spellings.

“The actual number of human beings reflected in the data base is far fewer than 800,000,” he explained.  “I cannot give you an exact number because, in fact, we do not know for sure, some people successfully create an entire separate identity. Even if we look at the database we might see what appear to be two completely separate identities that reflect but one person.  So the number is far fewer.”

Boyle says federal agencies have agreed to a set of procedures to allow people who believe they were wrongly added to the watch list a timely, fair and accurate review of their cases.

An absolutely outstanding development in the case of the internet pedophile Christopher Paul Neil is detailed below in a press release from Interpol. Not unlike many websites around the world, the request by Interpol was honored on Blog @ MoreWhat.com October 9th. That request was for assistance in getting out the word on Interpol’s global search for this thoroughly disgusting criminal. They provided the necessary information to post alerts and we thank them for their efforts and success in capturing this pedophile. Let’s hope this starts a trend. The more pedophiles removed from civilization the better.

After the Interpol press release is a report from VOA on this story.

Stanford Matthews
MoreWhat.com

Global hunt for suspected child abuser launched by INTERPOL ends in Thailand

LYON, France – International co-ordination between police on three continents has led to the arrest of Christopher Paul NEIL in Thailand just 10 days after INTERPOL launched a worldwide appeal to identify an unknown man photographed sexually abusing young boys.The Royal Thai Police arrested the 32-year-old Canadian in Nakhon Ratchasima in the northeast region of the country today, 19 October, just one day after issuing an arrest warrant and requesting an INTERPOL Red Notice, an international wanted persons notice.
“I want to commend the Royal Thai Police for the swift and decisive actions that led to NEIL’s arrest and those local citizens who helped to identify and locate this suspected predator in a civil manner,” said INTERPOL’s Secretary General Ronald K. Noble.

“This is but one example of how co-operation between INTERPOL, its police partners in 186 member countries and the public can work together to bring international criminals to justice.

“Today’s arrest sends a clear message to those men who think they can travel to Southeast Asia to abuse innocent children: there is no longer any such place as a safe haven for paedophiles; there is no such thing as anonymity; and there is no escape.”
On October 8, INTERPOL launched its first-ever global appeal for assistance to identify an unknown man featured in a series of around 200 photographs in which he was shown sexually abusing young children. Nearly 400 people worldwide responded, with five different sources all naming Christopher Paul NEIL as a potential match.

Police work on the ground quickly established that NEIL had fled his home in South Korea. He was last seen on 11 October arriving at Bangkok International Airport in Thailand.

Close co-operation between the Royal Thai Police and INTERPOL led to the identification of a previously unknown victim who confirmed to police that he had been abused by NEIL, which enabled Thai authorities to issue an arrest warrant. NEIL was arrested 24 hours later.

“That NEIL is in Thai police custody just 10 days after INTERPOL’s appeal to identify a man whose name, nationality and whereabouts were unknown is an outstanding achievement due to the co-operation between the police, the public and the media” said Head of INTERPOl’s liaison office in Bangkok, Colonel Panaspong Sirawongse.

Canadian Suspected of Sexually Abusing Children Arrested in Thailand

By Luis Ramirez
Bangkok
Thailand’s capture Friday of a suspected pedophile from Canada is highlighting efforts in the Southeast Asia region to combat child sex tourism. VOA’s Luis Ramirez reports from Bangkok.

Thirty-two-year old Christopher Paul Neil of Canada was taken to Thailand’s Royal National Police headquarters in Bangkok Friday after his capture in the north of the country.

Neil’s arrest came after the international police agency, Interpol, issued an unusual appeal over the Internet to law enforcement agencies and ordinary people around the world. The appeal was to help identify and catch a man shown in Internet photos, allegedly performing lewd acts with at least 12 young boys in Cambodia and Vietnam.

The photos showed the man’s face distorted by a digital swirl pattern, but authorities in Germany were able to unscramble the pictures and reveal Neil’s face. A manhunt ensued when Thai authorities discovered he had entered the country last week after leaving South Korea, where he had worked as a teacher. He had previously taught children in Thailand.

The manhunt for Neil and his arrest highlights growing worldwide efforts to combat so-called sex tourism, a problem that is rampant in Southeast Asia. Richard Bridle, UNICEF’s deputy regional director for Southeast Asia, tells VOA the number of pedophile arrests and prosecutions is rising, thanks to growing cooperation between the rich western nations that export child molesters and the poorer countries that host them.

“There are two parts to the equation: the kids who are the victims seem to be Southeast Asians - at least that’s what the news stories tell us - and a lot of the perpetrators are coming from Europe and North America, and so on,” said Bridle. “I think we’ve begun to realize that it just isn’t right that crimes like this should be committed against children, and this says very, very bad about our own society.”

Bridle says technology and improving communication have helped in the battle against an age-old crime, which is prevalent not only in Asia, but in Africa and Latin America as well.

“If you go back in history, you’ll find a lot of instances of sexual abuse of children in Europe and North America, for instance. But I think this is one of the positive sides of globalization,” he said. “We’re beginning to see a common ethic that is developing around the world, and we’re beginning to see that wherever you are, there should be absolute zero tolerance of crimes against children, and we’ve got all these instances of good cooperation.”

Some nations, including Australia, Britain and Canada, have passed laws with extra-territoriality clauses - meaning those who travel and abuse children in other countries can be prosecuted and jailed at home.

By VOA News

The international police force, Interpol, has launched an unprecedented worldwide hunt for a man it says has posted numerous pictures of himself on the Internet raping young boys.

In a statement Monday, Interpol, which is based in Lyon, France, said it is the first time it has made such an appeal to the public.

The police force said it has tried all other means for years to bring the man to justice, and is now convinced it can not catch him without the public’s help.

The statement says without that help, Interpol fears the man will continue to rape young children. The victims’ ages have ranged from six to the early teens.

Interpol says the 186-member country organization has yet to learn the man’s identity or nationality.

Most of the pictures are believed to have been taken in Vietnam and Cambodia and involved 12 different boys.

CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT HOSTAGE TAKING RESULTING IN DEATH; HOSTAGE TAKING; MURDER OF A UNITED STATES NATIONAL OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; HOSTAGE TAKING RESULTING IN DEATH; CONSPIRACY TO USE AND CARRY A FIREARM DURING A CRIME OF VIOLENCE; USING AND CARRYING A FIREARM DURING A CRIME OF VIOLENCE; AIDING AND ABETTING AND CAUSING AN ACT TO BE DONE

ISNILON TOTONI HAPILON

Photograph taken in 2000

Aliases:
Abu Musab, Sol, Abu Tuan, Esnilon, Salahuddin, The Deputy, Deputy Amir

DESCRIPTION
Date of Birth Used: March 18, 1966
Hair: Brown
Place of Birth: Bulana, Latawan, Basilan, Republic of the Philippines
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5′6″
Sex: Male
Weight: 120 pounds
Complexion: Light-skinned
Build: Slim
Citizenship: Philippine
Languages: Tausug, Tagalog, English, Yakan
Scars and Marks: Hapilon has facial birthmarks.
Remarks: Hapilon graduated from the University of the Philippines School of Engineering. Hapilon may travel to Saudi Arabia and Malaysia.

CAUTION

Isnilon Totoni Hapilon was indicted in the District of Columbia, for his alleged involvement in terrorist acts against United States nationals and other foreign nationals in and around the Republic of the Philippines. Hapilon allegedly served as deputy or second in command for the foreign terrorist organization, Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). This organization of armed individuals allegedly took the foreign nationals hostage and committed violent acts against them to include murder.

REWARD

The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading directly to the apprehension or conviction of Isnilon Totoni Hapilon. SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUSIF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.

CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT AIRCRAFT PIRACY, TO COMMIT HOSTAGE TAKING, TO COMMIT AIR PIRACY RESULTING IN MURDER, TO INTERFERE WITH A FLIGHT CREW, TO PLACE A DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT, TO HAVE EXPLOSIVE DEVICES ABOUT THE PERSON ON AN AIRCRAFT, AND TO ASSAULT PASSENGERS AND CREW; AIR PIRACY RESULTING IN MURDER; AIR PIRACY; HOSTAGE TAKING; INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CREW; AND PLACING EXPLOSIVES ABOARD AIRCRAFT; PLACING DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES ABOARD AIRCRAFT; ASSAULT ABOARD AIRCRAFT WITH INTENT TO HIJACK WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON AND RESULTING IN SERIOUS BODILY INJURY; AIDING AND ABETTING

MOHAMMED ALI HAMADEI

Photograph taken in 2005……Photograph taken in 2004

Photographs taken circa 1985Aliases:
Mohammod Ali Hamadei, Ali Hamadi, “Castro”

Date of Birth Used: June 13, 1964
Hair: Black
Place of Birth: Lebanon
Eyes: Dark Brown
Height: 5′8″
Sex: Male
Weight: 150 pounds
Citizenship: Lebanese
Build: Medium
Languages: Arabic, German
Scars and Marks: Hamadei has a mole on his right cheek below the eye.
Remarks: Hamadei is an alleged member of the terrorist organization, Lebanese Hizballah. He is thought to be in Lebanon.

CAUTION

Mohammed Ali Hamadei was indicted for his role and participation in the June 14, 1985, hijacking of a commercial airliner which resulted in the assault on various passengers and crew members, and the murder of one United States citizen.

REWARD

The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading directly to the apprehension or conviction of Mohammed Ali Hamadei.

SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.

MURDER AND CONSPIRACY TO MURDER UNITED STATES NATIONALS AND UNITED STATES MILITARY PERSONNEL; CONSPIRACY TO USE AND USING WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION; DAMAGING AND DESTROYING GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES AND DEFENSE FACILITIES; PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO TERRORIST ORGANIZATION

JAMEL AHMED MOHAMMED ALI AL-BADAWI

Aliases:
Jamal Muhsin Al-Tali, Abu Abdul Rahman Al-Badawi, Abu Abdul Rahman Al-Adani, Jamal Mohammad Ahmad Ali Al-Badawi, Jamal Mohammad Ahmad

Dates of Birth Used:
July 22, 1960;
October 23, 1960; 1963
Hair: Black
Place of Birth: Al-Shargian, Makiris, Yemen
Eyes: Black
Height: Approximately 5′5″
Sex: Male
Weight: Approximately 175 pounds
Complexion: Olive
Build: Medium
Citizenship: Yemeni

CAUTION

Jamel Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Badawi is wanted in connection with the October 12, 2000, bombing of the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen. This attack resulted in the deaths of 17 American sailors. Al-Badawi was being held by Yemeni authorities in connection with the attack when he escaped from prison in April of 2003. Al-Badawi was recaptured in March of 2004, but again escaped Yemeni custody on February 3, 2006.

REWARD

The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest of Jamel Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Badawi.

SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.

PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION; CONSPIRING TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION

JABER A. ELBANEH

center photo taken about 2000
right photo taken 1996

Aliases: Jaber A. Elbanelt, Jaben A. Elbanelt, Jabor Elbaneh, Abu Jubaer, Jubaer Elbaneh, “Jubair”

DESCRIPTION

Date of Birth Used: September 9, 1966
Hair: Brown
Place of Birth: Yemen
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5′8″
Sex: Male
Weight: 200 pounds
Complexion: Unknown
Build: Stocky
Citizenship: Yemeni
Languages: Arabic, English
Scars and Marks: None known
Remarks: Elbaneh has ties to Yemen and speaks in a Yemeni accent. He has worked as a salesman and a taxi driver.

CAUTION

Jaber A. Elbaneh is wanted in connection with a federal criminal complaint unsealed on May 21, 2003, in the Western District of New York, Buffalo, New York. He is charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization and conspiring to provide material support, specifically to Al-Qaeda.

Elbaneh is believed to have fled the United States and is still thought to be outside the country.

REWARD

The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest of Jaber A. Elbaneh.

SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.