February 11, 2009 5:18 PM

2 Chicago-Area Men Arrested In Terror Case

(AP)  Two Chicago-area cousins were arrested Wednesday on charges out of Cleveland accusing them of conspiring to commit terrorist acts against Americans overseas, including U.S. military forces serving in Iraq.

Zubair A. Ahmed, 27, of suburban North Chicago, and Khaleel Ahmed, 26, of Chicago, were arrested after a Cleveland grand jury returned an indictment charging them and adding charges against three other men from Toledo, Ohio, who already face terrorism charges.

According to the indictment, the conspiracy included finding fresh recruits to wage "violent jihad" against Americans and locating sites for training them in the use of firearms, explosives and hand-to-hand combat.

In early July 2004, the two cousins, both of whom are American citizens, traveled to Cleveland to meet with a trainer and discuss possible training in the use of weapons, according to the indictment.

The indictment was announced by the U.S. attorney's office in Cleveland and distributed to reporters by federal prosecutors in Chicago.

The three others from Ohio who were charged previously were Mohammad Zaki Amawi, 27, Marwan Othman El-Hindi, 42, and Wassim I. Mazloum, 22, prosecutors said.

The newly returned superseding indictment added more charges against them and added the names of the two Ahmeds to the list of defendants.

The names of attorneys for the two cousins were not immediately known.

The Ahmeds were to appear before a federal magistrate judge in Chicago for their initial appearance in court on Wednesday and then be sent to Cleveland for arraignment, prosecutors in Chicago said.

Prosecutors in Cleveland said that in addition, a separate indictment was returned charging Bilal Mazloum, 22, of Sylvania, Ohio — brother of Wassim I. Mazloum — with making a false statement to federal agents.

Prosecutors said an additional indictment was returned charging El-Hindi and Ashraf Zaim, 22, of Ottawa Hills, Ohio, with conspiring to defraud the government, theft of government funds and wire fraud, all involving a $40,000 federal grant they received in 2002.

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by lars008-2009 February 22, 2007 7:59 AM EST
RIDICULOUSLY BACKWARD BARBARIC SCUM!!!
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http://masada2000.org/kill-collaborator.mpeg

RUSSIAN PRISONER OF WAR
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HOW MUSLIMS TREAT RUSSIAN CIVILIANS
http://masada2000.org/Execution%20-Russian.asf

HOW MUSLIMS TREAT ORIENTALS
http://masada2000.org/shosei-koda-beheading-video.wmv

HOW MUSLIMS TREAT EUROPEANS
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HOW MUSLIMS TREAT YOUNG GIRLS
Search Three Indonesian Girls Beheaded
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How Muslims Treat Farm Animals
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Iran to Stone 13 Year Old Incest Victim
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by lars008-2009 February 22, 2007 7:52 AM EST
I was talking today to a woman from Bosnia, she so many horrific inhuman things were dont by the Muslims to her people. She would only tell me a couple of what she thought was the least of the horrific things that were done... she said that the Muslims would take the pregnant women and asked them if they wanted to know what the *** of their baby is and even if the woman said NO, they would then proceed to cut the baby out of the womb then hold the baby up and tell the dying woman the *** of her baby... and to the men they would put him over a very sharp pointed stake, and eventually he wouldn't be able to hold his weight up and he would fall and impale himself through the bowels and die a horrific death...
These people say that Allah is all merciful, Allah will let people submit and live, but if they dont submit they die, simple...so we either submit or we die,, just as the quran says, and our leaders seem hell bent in putting us in more and more danger, they have allowed the enemy to not only get behind enemy lines but to multiply like flies... They have to deal with the fast growing ever increasing Muslim problem at home and in every country that they have adopted...all other religions come and live happily all except Islam,,
Posted by Gaye5 at 02:41 AM : Feb 22, 2007
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by lars008-2009 February 22, 2007 7:48 AM EST
let the riots begin......

The float carried two identical cartoon-style papier-mache figures, each wearing a suicide-bomber's belt and carrying a dagger and a pistol. The first was labelled 'the cliche,' the second was labelled 'the reality.'

Both scowling figures were labelled 'mullahs,' a term used to describe both Shiite and Sunni clergy. The float was part of a carnival parade watched by more than half a million people in the western city of Dusseldorf.

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24507_German_Muslims_Seething_at_Carnival_Parade&only
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1265687.php/Carnival_attracts_3_million_in_Germany_-_Muslims_offended__Roundup_
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by morecokesplz February 22, 2007 2:17 AM EST
******* muslims!
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by grazinggoat February 22, 2007 1:48 AM EST
It is a cancer that is speading worldwide, and anyone who believes that we are not in a major religious war is like the ostich with it's head in the sand. Keep your weapons locked and loaded. We will fight them to the death. Like a great general once said." if they want to get to heaven that bad I'm here to help".. So am I
Posted by tootoo68

poopoo68
U've been watching too many scary movies, Freddy, the lost arch adventures and the Mummy, and whatnot.. boy, gal. Stop watching those scary shows they're making you gellypoop in your pants, and darnly smelling.

How many guns have you got to help out?

Did you know this is called incitement to murder what you're proposing? You better shut up your little-intelligent but so heinous comments, krappy-mind.
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by j-whitman February 22, 2007 1:38 AM EST
Who can we believe,,,
, We also know today, this administration has been basing thier terrorism decisions on contrived statistics ---- Jail these idiots
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by grazinggoat February 22, 2007 1:37 AM EST
Wake up America!!
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by grazinggoat February 22, 2007 1:31 AM EST
What we need to do is adverties thier locations and schedules and ask for termanily ill people to take them out. I have a list. Just incase I get cancer. And yes this Imam is on it.
Posted by cbscrash07

-It's incredible to see people SPYING on other people. Are you part of the FBI, KGB, CSI, KRAP, CIA? What do you know about your neighbors Crutch07?
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by usawatchman February 21, 2007 11:45 PM EST
Prosecutors said an additional indictment was returned charging El-Hindi and Ashraf Zaim, 22, of Ottawa Hills, Ohio, with conspiring to defraud the government, theft of government funds and wire fraud, all involving a $40,000 federal grant they received in 2002.

It was REFRESHING to finally hear the

OUR CRIMINAL GOVERNMENT come clean
that these TERRORIST
were GOVERNMENT FUNDED TERRORIST..

or was that the CRIMINAL GOVERNMENT
in a feeble attempt to
SHOW THEIR ARROGANCE by STACKING THE CHARGES

accidentally give the PEOPLE TOO MUCH INFORMATION...?
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by zootallures2 February 21, 2007 11:19 PM EST
They are either propaganda or idiots dumb enough to believe the baloney and false flag ops the elite performs or spews in the media. Hey, if they can fool the huge militaries of the US, Russia, and China... why not a couple of Muslims? Everyone loves an excuse to kill, so it's not that hard of a sell, either.
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