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THE FBI SENT out a nationwide bulletin to police urging them to be on the lookout for Adnan G. El Shukrijumah.
“The United States has information indicating he may be involved in al-Qaida and may pose an imminent threat to U.S. interests at home or overseas,” the bulletin said.
The bulletin said word of his plans was based on information obtained from recently captured al-Qaida operatives.
An FBI official, who spoke with Reuters on condition of anonymity, said that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the detained alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 hijacked airline attacks on New York and the Pentagon, was among those providing the information.
El Shukrijumah is believed to be “an integral part” of a new al-Qaida plot against U.S. interests, the official said. He could not provide details of what the plot involved.
KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN IN U.S.
The officials who spoke with NBC News said El Shukrijumah was known to have been in the United States since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, living for a time in Miami. His whereabouts now are not known.
Federal agents on Thursday raided a home where the suspect was last known to have lived and interviewed his brother, Nabil, who said that El Shukrijumah had left the country several years ago and is now living with his family in Morocco.
The law enforcement bulletin described El Shukrijumah as 27, about 5-foot-4 and 132 pounds or heavier and said he may or may not have a beard.
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http://www.msnbc.com/news/888153_asp.htm
“The United States has information indicating he may be involved in al-Qaida and may pose an imminent threat to U.S. interests at home or overseas,” the bulletin said.
The bulletin said word of his plans was based on information obtained from recently captured al-Qaida operatives.
An FBI official, who spoke with Reuters on condition of anonymity, said that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the detained alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 hijacked airline attacks on New York and the Pentagon, was among those providing the information.
El Shukrijumah is believed to be “an integral part” of a new al-Qaida plot against U.S. interests, the official said. He could not provide details of what the plot involved.
KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN IN U.S.
The officials who spoke with NBC News said El Shukrijumah was known to have been in the United States since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, living for a time in Miami. His whereabouts now are not known.
Federal agents on Thursday raided a home where the suspect was last known to have lived and interviewed his brother, Nabil, who said that El Shukrijumah had left the country several years ago and is now living with his family in Morocco.
The law enforcement bulletin described El Shukrijumah as 27, about 5-foot-4 and 132 pounds or heavier and said he may or may not have a beard.
Read full story here:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/888153_asp.htm
