Terror Suspects Held Without Bail

Alleged Al Qaeda Backers Charged With Conspiracy

(AP) 
"He has no money," McBride said. "He works over there, then comes back and lives over here."

Prosecutors said Sabir, an Ivy League-educated doctor, agreed to treat jihadists, or holy warriors, in Saudi Arabia. Shah, a jazz musician and a self-described martial arts expert, allegedly agreed to train them in hand-to-hand combat.

The complaint unsealed Monday described Shah's zeal to train "brothers" for urban warfare. It alleged both men pledged their allegiance to al Qaeda during a May 20 meeting in the Bronx.

Shah went with an informant to a Long Island warehouse to see if it would be adequate as a training site, unaware FBI agents were videotaping the visit, the papers said.

He also discussed a desire to open a machine shop to make weapons, the complaint said.

"Shah indicated that his `greatest cover has been' his career as a `professional' jazz musician," FBI agent Brian Murphy wrote in the complaint.

At one point, the informant told Shah he was going to take him to Plattsburgh, N.Y., to introduce him to a recruiter from the Middle East, who actually was an undercover FBI agent, the complaint said.

Murphy said Shah was eager to introduce Sabir - a "very, very, very close friend" he had known for more than 20 years - to the recruiter.

Shah also discussed a desire to start a martial arts school only for Muslims and said he hoped to be trained in chemicals, explosives, firearms, AK-47 assault rifles and hand grenades, the complaint said.