July 04, 2003

Politics: Update

Alert reader S.A.A. points out that the 11 men indicted recently and discussed here were not all Arab or Arab-American. Pointing to the AP item from the original arrest, S.A.A. notes:
Six of those charged were arrested Friday by the FBI: Mohammed Aatique, 30, a Pakistani national and U.S. visa holder, in Philadelphia; Masoud Ahmad Khan, 31, and Donald Thomas Surratt, 30, both U.S. citizens, in Baltimore; and U.S. citizens Randall Todd Royer, 30; Hammad Abdur-Raheem, 29; and Caliph Basha Ibn Abdur-Raheem, 29, in northern Virginia.

Two had previously been taken into custody: Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Hamdi, 25, a Yemeni national; and Yong Ki Kwon, 27, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from South Korea.

Three others, all U.S. citizens, are believed to be in Saudi Arabia: Seifullah Chapman, 30; Khwaja Mahmood Hasan, 27; Sabri Benkhala, 28. FBI officials said the United States is working with the Saudis to locate and apprehend the men.

Thanks for clearing that up.

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