[war] Feds Arrest Al Qaeda Suspects With Plans to Poison Water Supplies

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Feds Arrest Al Qaeda Suspects With Plans to Poison Water Supplies WASHINGTON — Federal officials have arrested two Al Qaeda terror suspects in the U.S. with documents in their possession about how to poison the country's water supplies, Fox News has learned.

The first case involves James Ujaama, 36, who surrendered to the FBI last week in Denver. Sources say they found documents about water poisoning among several other terrorism-related documents in his Denver residence.

Sources say the government has additional evidence that prior to Sept. 11 James Ujaama acted as a courier delivering laptop computers to the Taliban. Federal agents seized two computers and two floppy disks from the house where James Ujaama had been staying when he was arrested as a material witness to terrorist activity, his brother said.

James Ujaama's brother is Mustafa Ujaama, the founder of the now-closed Dar-us-Salaam mosque in Seattle. The FBI has been investigating activities and officials from the former mosque for several months.

Investigators believe officials and members of the mosque were trying to establish a terrorist training camp in Bly, Ore., Fox News has confirmed. Investigators say there is evidence that Mustafa Ujaama visited Bly to check it out as a possible facility location.

The Ujaama brothers are also known to have helped establish several Web sites for radical Islamic clerics worldwide.

Another former member of the mosque is also now in custody and suspected of plotting terrorist attacks. His name is Semi Osman and he too is accused of having documents about poisoning water supplies in his possession when he was arrested.

Sources say the Ujaama brothers and Osman are all tied to a prominent radical Muslim cleric in London named Sheikh Abu Hamza Al-Masri. Al-Masri is a one-eyed mullah who is often seen preaching at Finsbury Park's North London Central Mosque and is wanted in Yemen on terrorism charges.

Investigators say they have evidence indicating that Al-Masri supplied the information about poisoning water supplies to both James Ujaama and Semi Osman.

Furthermore, sources say Al-Masri's Web site was designed by the Ujaama brothers.

James Ujaama was arrested Monday at his grandmother's home. Mustafa Ujaama said he did not know what was on the disks that were taken from the home. One of the computers belonged to Mustafa Ujaama and the other was his son's, he said.

FBI spokesman John Lipka confirmed that agents went to the grandmother's house but would not say why. "We are in furtherance of an active investigation," he said.

Holding a person as a material witness — someone believed to have important information — allows federal authorities to keep him in custody indefinitely.

Federal authorities speaking on condition of anonymity have said authorities believe James Ujaama took computer equipment to an Al Qaeda terrorist camp in Afghanistan. They said authorities also were investigating whether James Ujaama trained at the camp.

Earlier news reports said James Ujaama was taken to Virginia after his arrest, but his lawyer, Daniel J. Sears, said he was jailed in Denver. Justice officials have refused to confirm where he was being held.

Sears said James Ujaama had not been charged with any crime. He said a hearing has been scheduled to review the legality of the detention, but he could not say where or when. He said his client is outspoken and has publicly disagreed with the government on Middle East issues.

"I hope we have not advanced to the point in this country where we are jailing people because the government may disagree with their beliefs," Sears said.

Agents arrived at the home at about 5 p.m. and spent about two hours inside. Mustafa Ujaama said they had a warrant.

The brothers moved to Denver this month from Seattle. Mustafa Ujaama was detained briefly on Monday when his brother was arrested.

Their aunt, Robin Thompson, stood outside the home during the search.

"They could have done this in Seattle. We are Americans. I don't know why they're doing this," she said.

The brothers were born James Ernest Thompson and Jon Thompson and grew up in Seattle. Some community leaders there have credited them with helping to rid their poor, black neighborhood of drugs and prostitution by recruiting former gang members and others into the Dar-us-Salaam mosque.



-- Anonymous, July 30, 2002

Answers

I don't believe that they have any quickie way to effectively disable the water system. Long-term is another matter. (IOW, you would have time to fill up all your containers, but they might not last you long enough.)

-- Anonymous, July 30, 2002

Brooks,

Agreed that I don't think they have any way to quickly poison the water supply. Who is to say that one hasn't already did the dirty deed on a water supply somewhere?

Since I'm rural now and have a well, I wonder how long something would take to actually show up in my ground water supply?

-- Anonymous, July 30, 2002


Probably a good idea to findout if there is a water purifier around that can remove poisons from the water.

-- Anonymous, July 30, 2002

Barefoot, you usually need to know what poison you are talking about. Charcoal works for some of it. Reverse osmosis might be the most reliable for the unknown, but expensive.

apoc, it depends on the geology of your area, and you would need to be downstream.

I don't know if the following link will work (long):

http://search.usgs.gov/query.html?col=&ht=0&qp=&qs=&qc=&pw=100% 25&ws=1&la=en&qm=1&si=0&ct=1628170799

It should connect to a state-by-state search at the USGS.gov site. USGS or your local DPW are sources for the types of aquifers in your area. You may not be in a major area, or you may be pulling from a very shallow one that isn't so affected, if at all, by regional conditions.

Anyone who has their own well should get to know about their conditions.

-- Anonymous, July 30, 2002


I remember a contamination of our auqifer a few years back. it was because a dry cleaner north of me had been dumping their chemicals down the drain out back. As a result of this, all the folks nearby had to switch to city [county] water which required the county to put the water lines in so these people could connect.

The flow of the water is to the southwest, which means that all that contamination was/is headed towards us. it may be lessened by now since that was a while ago.

Our well water follows the same basic flow direction as the everglades since it is part of it.

We don't use our well to drink from, but we do have a hand pump on it from 1999. We figured that if a hurricane [or y2k] messed up the county water we would still be able to get it from the ground.

We have not yet tested it for drinking, we only use it to water the yard and wash the house. oh yeah, and for the fishpond. they haven't died or mutated to three eyes or anything as yet so I figure it can't be too bad.

No rust stains anywhere either, although we have seen hard water deposits on the windows. Since it is filtered thru the limestone that is to be expected.

-- Anonymous, July 30, 2002



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