Al-Qaida associates in N.J.

[sabra]

Source: northjersey.com

Osama bin Laden may be hiding in the impenetrable mountains near the Afghanistan border, but FBI counterterror officials say they have identified several of his associates in a far more accessible spot -- northern New Jersey.

The FBI's elite Joint Terrorism Task Force in Newark says it is not only monitoring a number of North Jersey residents with ties to al-Qaida, but that agents have quietly "disrupted" their activities and even deported a few.

These glimpses into North Jersey's war on terrorism, from a series of interviews with task force leaders, come on the heels of revelations last summer that Bin Laden's terror network had regained strength. But that rebuilding was thought to have taken place overseas.

This is the first time since the 9/11 attacks that FBI counterterror officials have revealed an al-Qaida presence in North Jersey.

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Cruise, who supervised FBI investigations of terrorist bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa and the USS Cole before taking over the Newark task force, cautioned that his agents have no information about an imminent attack here. But he said several al-Qaida sympathizers would try if given the chance.

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[VWolf]

1. Wait - I thought we were fighting them over there ...

Oh fuck. Nevermind.

[lost-in-nj]

2. Well now that the cat's out of the bag

I guess the terraists will just go back to
normal everyday life here in NNJ.....

:tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :eyes:

lost

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

5. I wonder how...

One might say that catch-all, good-for-any-occasion, uniquely New Jerseyan homily in Arabic.

I speak, of course, of the phrase "Go Fuck Yourself".

I doubt the state could function as a society without it. ;-)

[napi21]

3. I wonder what constitutes "an associate"? ShrubCo has made me so

skeptical, I can't believe anyone anymore! I love the comment about al qaida sympathizers though. My guess is that there are quite a few "sympathizers" the same as there are a quite a few Dobson, Fallwell, etc. sympathizers! That doesn't mean AL OF THEM would KILL to further their fundie goals!!!

[acmavm]

4. Yeah, now that you mention it, I wonder as well. Are we ALL

al Q sympathizers because we deplore and dispise the genocide carried out on the Iraqi people by our military? Are we sympathizers because we won't go along with the 'oh well, so we lied, get over it' reasoning for this 'war'?

What makes on a sympathizer?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

6. Back in the 70's and 80's...

Moog made some very popular sympathizers. ;-)

[rodeodance]

9. associate trumps an Assistant. more professional you know.

[napi21]

12. Yea right. That's why all the retailers changed to calling all their

employees Associates instead of clerks!

That's actually why I asked the question. I can't give this admin credit for much, but they sure do know how to manipulate the english language! Few words mean what they used to!

[liberal N proud]

7. What is the bu$h regime trying to get passed in Congress this week?

Need to inject the element of fear into America every time they need to pass some legislation to take more rights away from the people.

[cyberpj]

8. 'agents have quietly "disrupted" their activities' - Since when does this admin not TRUMPET such?

This probably has far more to do with scare tactics for renewing free-for-all spying programs than anything else.

[rodeodance]

10. poor jersey-----

[karynnj]

11. This is pathetic

As a resident of Northern Jersey, I'll keep an eye out for them.

This is an incredibly paranoid article. I especially liked that:
"Undercover agents attend all professional football games at Giants Stadium. Agents also plan to monitor the upcoming Breeders' Cup at Monmouth Park Racetrack."

(of course the 1993 WTC bombers did come from the Jersey City area.)

[Doctor_J]

13. There are also OBL associates in DC

particularly the White House - the Bush family has long been business partners with OBL.

[HuffleClaw]

14. suuuuuuuuuuuuure

let me guess, some poor schmo has a distant relative whose brother-in-law's dentist's...