Most dangerous terrorist on US soil Spotted! FBI; others do nothing.

SPOCAHP ANAR · 03-02-2006, 10:47 PM

HOMELAND INSECURITY
Top terrorist sighting raises no FBI interest
Al-Qaida operative known as 'next Mohamed Atta' spotted in California, law enforcement goes AWOL
Posted: March 2, 2006

Adnan el-Shukrijumah

WASHINGTON – Two Americans believe they have spotted Adnan el-Shukrijumah, the al-Qaida operative identified as "the next Mohamed Atta" at a location near Bakersfield, Calif., but have been unable to get the FBI or Homeland Security to investigate.

An official report of the sighting of el-Shukrijumah or his "dead-ringer" was filed with an anti-terrorism unit in Kern County.

The local enforcement officers, including the county sheriff, reportedly neglected to conduct an investigation, despite the $5 million bounty on Shukrijumah's head.

Several federal officials, including U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., when notified of the incident, opted to turn a blind eye to the situation, even though they were aware that the suspect in question has been described as the most dangerous al-Qaida agent on American soil.

The eyewitnesses, a husband and wife who wish to remain anonymous for security reasons, say they encountered el-Shukrijumah and other potential al-Qaida operatives, including Aafia Siddiqui, in a small café near Lake Isabella Sept. 7, 2005. They described him as small (approximately 5'4"), thin (about 130 pounds), and clean-shaven with a prominent nose, dark eyes and black hair. They noted that he appeared nervous and spoke English to his Middle Eastern companions without an accent.

Mooseman684 · 03-02-2006, 10:54 PM

They shoulda got a Picture and A Tag Number...

troy2000 · 03-03-2006, 12:26 AM

And how did they know what this guy looks like? Have they been showing his mug on America's Most Wanted?

whirlwind · 03-03-2006, 12:42 AM

maybe the terrorists were just in town to place a bid on the los angeles port system? :jaw:

Dallas · 03-03-2006, 07:44 AM

Maybe we already know he's here and the FBI or whoever is already following this guy hoping to expose even more of his members, weapons cache's and plans? That might explain why everyone is ignoring this tip? Or perhaps these two "witnesses" are a couple of nut jobs looking for publicity and their 15 minutes of fame?

ShooMac · 03-03-2006, 02:04 PM

Uh...how exactly does Arlen Specter enter into this? Are US Senators cruising each other's states as "federal officials" in search of Adnan el-Shukrijumah? Actually, now that I said that, it would be a better use of them. Snap!

I think that they are trying to collect the $5 million bounty with a bogus story. It is not a good plan.

troy2000 · 03-03-2006, 04:58 PM

I used to work for a developer whose son, Jack, was a spitting image of Moamer Kadhafi, the leader of Libya.

Jack said he was traveling through New Jersey one evening, and someone called the police and told them that Kadhafi was eating dinner at the local Denny's.

When he finished eating and headed out to his car, four officers approached him in the parking lot with drawn weapons and asked for his I.D.

After things got sorted out, Jack asked them what exactly they had planned to do if he really had been Kadhafi. He says they were a little fuzzy with their answers.

I was skeptical when I heard the story, but his ex-girl friend vouched for it later; she said she'd been with him when it happened.

SPOCAHP ANAR · 03-03-2006, 09:08 PM

What's the Charge? Your Honor this man is guilty of being Momaur Ghadafi.

Idiots-GOSH!

SPOCAHP ANAR · 03-03-2006, 10:12 PM

HOMELAND INSECURITY
Sheriff denies hearing
about terrorist sighting
But couple insists they told top cop
they spotted 'next Mohamed Atta'

Posted: March 3, 2006
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com

Kern County, Calif., Sheriff Mack Wimbish
A California sheriff denies two citizens informed him they spotted an al-Qaida operative, but the witnesses insist they spoke with the officer and hand-delivered a report that was filed with his office.

Responding to WND's story yesterday, Kern County Sheriff Mack Wimbish said he knows of no reports resembling the claim of two U.S. citizens who say they saw Adnan el-Shukrijumah, the al-Qaida operative identified as "the next Mohamed Atta," at a location near Bakersfield, Calif.

"We take these things very, very seriously," Wimbish told WND yesterday. "We spent several staff hours today working on this, and we are still researching it. If something has happened that has fallen through the cracks, we'll follow it up."

The FBI has a $5 million bounty on Shukrijumah's head.

One of the two witnesses, a husband and wife who wish to remain anonymous for security reasons, told WND yesterday he spoke with Wimbish Oct. 7 and hand-delivered his report.

Wimbish said he has "no recollection" of that.

The husband said he and his wife encountered el-Shukrijumah and other potential al-Qaida operatives, including Aafia Siddiqui, in a small café near Lake Isabella Sept. 7, 2005.

They described him as small (approximately 5'4"), thin (about 130 pounds), and clean-shaven with a prominent nose, dark eyes and black hair. They noted that he appeared nervous and spoke English to his Middle Eastern companions without an accent.
Adnan el-Shukrijumah

The couple said that several weeks later, they spotted the suspects near the same location and managed to jot down their license numbers.

Wimbish responded: "If he still has the license plate number, we'd love to have it, and the name of the café. The FBI is asking the same questions. We would be glad to follow up."

The sheriff noted he has people appointed full time to a terrorism task force.

"We follow up on hundreds of tips every month," he said. "Some are minor, yet this (claim) is a major thing."

If he had received such a report, Wimbish said, "that day, we would have been out there investigating."

It was not the first time a citizen has complained of law enforcement officials ignoring an alleged sighting of el-Shukrijumah.

In 2004, the manager of a Denny's in Avon, Colo., said it took five hours for a seemingly uninterested FBI agent in Denver to return his message after he thought el-Shukrijumah and another al-Qaida suspect, Abderraouf Jdey, had eaten at his restaurant.

Samuel Mac reported the two men said they were from Iran and were driving from New York to the West Coast, Mac said.

Mac's restaurant was just off Interstate 70.

The owner first called the FBI in Washington, D.C., but Mac said the man who answered the telephone instructed him to call the Denver office and declined to take down any of the information, the Denver Post reported.

When he called the Denver office, he was forwarded to voice mail because the agents were busy, Mac said.

The alleged sighting came the same day, May 28, that Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller showed photos of seven suspected terrorists – including el-Shukrijumah and Jdey –during a news conference on what they said was credible intelligence indicating an attack by al-Qaida in the U.S. was possible that summer.

.22guy · 03-03-2006, 11:51 PM

This happened in my hometown! We do have a lot of oil production here, some not too far from my house. I hope it wasn't him:joker: :jaw:

SPOCAHP ANAR · 03-04-2006, 07:18 AM

Just remember Law Enforcement (and I would say the same goes for the Feds) has no duty to prevent crime; their only duty is to report the facts and arrest people after the fact.

SPOCAHP ANAR · 03-04-2006, 07:36 AM

So these aren't the guys; why then the delay in checking it out; Only after a TV producer finds out then they decide to do something so as not to look bad?

HOMELAND INSECURITY
FBI says witnesses didn't spot terrorists

Posted: March 4, 2006

© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com

Lake Isabella, California
The Los Angeles division of the FBI says it pursued a report by a married couple who believe they met wanted al-Qaida terrorists at a California restaurant, but investigators found it to be a case of mistaken identity.

The FBI, however, received the report only because a TV producer interested in the reported sighting talked to the couple and passed on the information to the L.A. office.

As WND reported, the couple claim they handed over the information to Kern County Sheriff Mack Wimbish on Oct. 7 in Bakersfield, Calif. – which is in the FBI's Sacramento division – and never were contacted for follow-up.

The couple believe they met Adnan el-Shukrijumah, the al-Qaida operative identified as "the next Mohamed Atta," and Aafia Siddiqui at a restaurant northeast of Bakersfield.

L.A. FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller told WND her office received the report from a third party, who gathered the information from the couple and believed it was his obligation to have it investigated.

"We have checked this information out and feel confident that the two individuals in question are not these two terrorists," Eimiller said.

WND spoke to a TV producer who said he was the one who turned over the report to the FBI's L.A. bureau. He asked not to be identified, however.

The FBI spokeswoman said the two men investigated were businessmen, one of them Jewish, residing in the Los Angeles area, but she could not divulge any more information due to policy restrictions.

Eimiller said, however, the two men were "extremely cooperative."

Asked why the couple was not brought in to verify that these two men in fact were the ones they met, Eimiller replied, "Normally the witnesses would be interviewed first. We took information we had from the third party that alleged there were terrorists among us. All the information did in fact check out. But these are two legitimate businessmen."

Eimiller said, however, "the couple will be interviewed as part of routine follow-up."

But she would not specify whether that was a decision made as a result of WND's stories this week or was part of the original plan.

She emphasized, nevertheless, the bureau is confident the al-Qaida suspects in question were not in California.

troy2000 · 03-04-2006, 10:11 AM

Maybe because they know where they really are? Or is that too much to hope for?

NorCalAshnjikov · 03-05-2006, 08:25 PM

When will people learn,
tell the cops and then tell the media

Rufus Rhastus J · 03-06-2006, 08:12 AM

oh heck, why not wait for something to be blown up, maybe then they will show interest.

03-02-2006, 10:47 PM	#1
SPOCAHP ANAR Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: SC-upstate Posts: 4,192 Images: 1 Blog Entries: 6	Most dangerous terrorist on US soil Spotted! FBI; others do nothing. HOMELAND INSECURITY Top terrorist sighting raises no FBI interest Al-Qaida operative known as 'next Mohamed Atta' spotted in California, law enforcement goes AWOL Posted: March 2, 2006 Adnan el-Shukrijumah WASHINGTON – Two Americans believe they have spotted Adnan el-Shukrijumah, the al-Qaida operative identified as "the next Mohamed Atta" at a location near Bakersfield, Calif., but have been unable to get the FBI or Homeland Security to investigate. An official report of the sighting of el-Shukrijumah or his "dead-ringer" was filed with an anti-terrorism unit in Kern County. The local enforcement officers, including the county sheriff, reportedly neglected to conduct an investigation, despite the $5 million bounty on Shukrijumah's head. Several federal officials, including U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., when notified of the incident, opted to turn a blind eye to the situation, even though they were aware that the suspect in question has been described as the most dangerous al-Qaida agent on American soil. The eyewitnesses, a husband and wife who wish to remain anonymous for security reasons, say they encountered el-Shukrijumah and other potential al-Qaida operatives, including Aafia Siddiqui, in a small café near Lake Isabella Sept. 7, 2005. They described him as small (approximately 5'4"), thin (about 130 pounds), and clean-shaven with a prominent nose, dark eyes and black hair. They noted that he appeared nervous and spoke English to his Middle Eastern companions without an accent. __________________ Spocrest Out!..........

03-02-2006, 10:54 PM	#2
Mooseman684 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alaska Wilderness Posts: 10,528 Images: 2	They shoulda got a Picture and A Tag Number... __________________ You know you might be facing your doom,when all you get is a click when you're expecting a BOOM!

03-03-2006, 12:42 AM	#4
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,751 Images: 1	maybe the terrorists were just in town to place a bid on the los angeles port system? :jaw: __________________ De oppresso liber !

03-03-2006, 02:04 PM	#6
ShooMac Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 354	Uh...how exactly does Arlen Specter enter into this? Are US Senators cruising each other's states as "federal officials" in search of Adnan el-Shukrijumah? Actually, now that I said that, it would be a better use of them. Snap! I think that they are trying to collect the $5 million bounty with a bogus story. It is not a good plan. __________________ "Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun." - Ash

03-03-2006, 09:08 PM	#8
SPOCAHP ANAR Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: SC-upstate Posts: 4,192 Images: 1 Blog Entries: 6	What's the Charge? Your Honor this man is guilty of being Momaur Ghadafi. Idiots-GOSH! __________________ Spocrest Out!..........

03-03-2006, 12:26 AM	#3
troy2000 Resident Armed Liberal Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 10,018 Images: 9	And how did they know what this guy looks like? Have they been showing his mug on America's Most Wanted?

03-03-2006, 07:44 AM	#5
Dallas PUKHA DAWG Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, just outside of Washington D.C. Posts: 3,609	Maybe we already know he's here and the FBI or whoever is already following this guy hoping to expose even more of his members, weapons cache's and plans? That might explain why everyone is ignoring this tip? Or perhaps these two "witnesses" are a couple of nut jobs looking for publicity and their 15 minutes of fame?

03-03-2006, 04:58 PM	#7
troy2000 Resident Armed Liberal Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 10,018 Images: 9	I used to work for a developer whose son, Jack, was a spitting image of Moamer Kadhafi, the leader of Libya. Jack said he was traveling through New Jersey one evening, and someone called the police and told them that Kadhafi was eating dinner at the local Denny's. When he finished eating and headed out to his car, four officers approached him in the parking lot with drawn weapons and asked for his I.D. After things got sorted out, Jack asked them what exactly they had planned to do if he really had been Kadhafi. He says they were a little fuzzy with their answers. I was skeptical when I heard the story, but his ex-girl friend vouched for it later; she said she'd been with him when it happened.

03-03-2006, 10:12 PM	#9
SPOCAHP ANAR Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: SC-upstate Posts: 4,192 Images: 1 Blog Entries: 6	Sherrif denies Report HOMELAND INSECURITY Sheriff denies hearing about terrorist sighting But couple insists they told top cop they spotted 'next Mohamed Atta' Posted: March 3, 2006 © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com Kern County, Calif., Sheriff Mack Wimbish A California sheriff denies two citizens informed him they spotted an al-Qaida operative, but the witnesses insist they spoke with the officer and hand-delivered a report that was filed with his office. Responding to WND's story yesterday, Kern County Sheriff Mack Wimbish said he knows of no reports resembling the claim of two U.S. citizens who say they saw Adnan el-Shukrijumah, the al-Qaida operative identified as "the next Mohamed Atta," at a location near Bakersfield, Calif. "We take these things very, very seriously," Wimbish told WND yesterday. "We spent several staff hours today working on this, and we are still researching it. If something has happened that has fallen through the cracks, we'll follow it up." The FBI has a $5 million bounty on Shukrijumah's head. One of the two witnesses, a husband and wife who wish to remain anonymous for security reasons, told WND yesterday he spoke with Wimbish Oct. 7 and hand-delivered his report. Wimbish said he has "no recollection" of that. The husband said he and his wife encountered el-Shukrijumah and other potential al-Qaida operatives, including Aafia Siddiqui, in a small café near Lake Isabella Sept. 7, 2005. They described him as small (approximately 5'4"), thin (about 130 pounds), and clean-shaven with a prominent nose, dark eyes and black hair. They noted that he appeared nervous and spoke English to his Middle Eastern companions without an accent. Adnan el-Shukrijumah The couple said that several weeks later, they spotted the suspects near the same location and managed to jot down their license numbers. Wimbish responded: "If he still has the license plate number, we'd love to have it, and the name of the café. The FBI is asking the same questions. We would be glad to follow up." The sheriff noted he has people appointed full time to a terrorism task force. "We follow up on hundreds of tips every month," he said. "Some are minor, yet this (claim) is a major thing." If he had received such a report, Wimbish said, "that day, we would have been out there investigating." It was not the first time a citizen has complained of law enforcement officials ignoring an alleged sighting of el-Shukrijumah. In 2004, the manager of a Denny's in Avon, Colo., said it took five hours for a seemingly uninterested FBI agent in Denver to return his message after he thought el-Shukrijumah and another al-Qaida suspect, Abderraouf Jdey, had eaten at his restaurant. Samuel Mac reported the two men said they were from Iran and were driving from New York to the West Coast, Mac said. Mac's restaurant was just off Interstate 70. The owner first called the FBI in Washington, D.C., but Mac said the man who answered the telephone instructed him to call the Denver office and declined to take down any of the information, the Denver Post reported. When he called the Denver office, he was forwarded to voice mail because the agents were busy, Mac said. The alleged sighting came the same day, May 28, that Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller showed photos of seven suspected terrorists – including el-Shukrijumah and Jdey –during a news conference on what they said was credible intelligence indicating an attack by al-Qaida in the U.S. was possible that summer. __________________ Spocrest Out!..........

03-03-2006, 11:51 PM	#10
.22guy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,255	This happened in my hometown! We do have a lot of oil production here, some not too far from my house. I hope it wasn't him:joker: :jaw:

03-04-2006, 07:18 AM	#11
SPOCAHP ANAR Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: SC-upstate Posts: 4,192 Images: 1 Blog Entries: 6	Just remember Law Enforcement (and I would say the same goes for the Feds) has no duty to prevent crime; their only duty is to report the facts and arrest people after the fact. __________________ Spocrest Out!..........

03-04-2006, 07:36 AM	#12
SPOCAHP ANAR Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: SC-upstate Posts: 4,192 Images: 1 Blog Entries: 6	So these aren't the guys; why then the delay in checking it out; Only after a TV producer finds out then they decide to do something so as not to look bad? HOMELAND INSECURITY FBI says witnesses didn't spot terrorists Posted: March 4, 2006 © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com Lake Isabella, California The Los Angeles division of the FBI says it pursued a report by a married couple who believe they met wanted al-Qaida terrorists at a California restaurant, but investigators found it to be a case of mistaken identity. The FBI, however, received the report only because a TV producer interested in the reported sighting talked to the couple and passed on the information to the L.A. office. As WND reported, the couple claim they handed over the information to Kern County Sheriff Mack Wimbish on Oct. 7 in Bakersfield, Calif. – which is in the FBI's Sacramento division – and never were contacted for follow-up. The couple believe they met Adnan el-Shukrijumah, the al-Qaida operative identified as "the next Mohamed Atta," and Aafia Siddiqui at a restaurant northeast of Bakersfield. L.A. FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller told WND her office received the report from a third party, who gathered the information from the couple and believed it was his obligation to have it investigated. "We have checked this information out and feel confident that the two individuals in question are not these two terrorists," Eimiller said. WND spoke to a TV producer who said he was the one who turned over the report to the FBI's L.A. bureau. He asked not to be identified, however. The FBI spokeswoman said the two men investigated were businessmen, one of them Jewish, residing in the Los Angeles area, but she could not divulge any more information due to policy restrictions. Eimiller said, however, the two men were "extremely cooperative." Asked why the couple was not brought in to verify that these two men in fact were the ones they met, Eimiller replied, "Normally the witnesses would be interviewed first. We took information we had from the third party that alleged there were terrorists among us. All the information did in fact check out. But these are two legitimate businessmen." Eimiller said, however, "the couple will be interviewed as part of routine follow-up." But she would not specify whether that was a decision made as a result of WND's stories this week or was part of the original plan. She emphasized, nevertheless, the bureau is confident the al-Qaida suspects in question were not in California. __________________ Spocrest Out!..........

03-04-2006, 10:11 AM	#13
troy2000 Resident Armed Liberal Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 10,018 Images: 9	Maybe because they know where they really are? Or is that too much to hope for?

03-05-2006, 08:25 PM	#14
NorCalAshnjikov Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 688 Images: 1	When will people learn, tell the cops and then tell the media

03-06-2006, 08:12 AM	#15
Rufus Rhastus J Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: West, Central Florida, Third World America Posts: 6,339 Images: 1	oh heck, why not wait for something to be blown up, maybe then they will show interest. __________________ "They cannot be trusted.....The Romulans (our politicos) are without honor." Worf