Detained Americans in Pakistan facing deportation

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Source: AP

ISLAMABAD — Five young American Muslims detained in Pakistan over alleged terrorist links are most likely to be deported, a local police chief said Friday.

The men have allegedly told investigators they tried to connect with al-Qaida-linked militant groups in Pakistan and were intending to cross the border into Afghanistan and fight U.S. troops there.

They were reported missing by their families in the Washington D.C. area a week ago after one of them left behind a militaristic farewell video saying Muslims must be defended. Pakistani police detained them this week — along with one of their fathers — in the town of Sargodha in eastern Pakistan.

Regional police chief Javed Islam said the men had yet to be charged with any crime but they would "most probably" be deported. He declined to say how long police could hold them before they were charged.



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[Kolesar]

1. "Muslims must be defended" -- I'm for that

Send the police. Seriously, though, this is where "the real conflict" is. I doubt that terror attack plotters use video messages to telegraph their intentions and to reveal their members.

[TexasObserver]

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[UpInArms]

3. alexandria, virginia?

isn't that where the CIA is headquartered?

hasn't that organization been looking for spies?

hmmmm......

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. No. That is Lanley, VA

[UpInArms]

5. yeah, a separation of ...

nanometers

and the answer is still

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