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California Arrests al Qaeda Suspect Ahmadullah Sais Niazi

James Joyner · Friday, February 20, 2009 · 5 comments

Rusty Shackleford is hot on the trail of an Afghani arrested in California for lying about his lack of association with terrorists.

The indictment, unsealed this morning, alleges [34 year old Ahmadullah Sais] Niazi hid associations with “Specially Designated Global Terrorists,” groups including Al Qaeda, Hizb-i-Islami and the Taliban, when he completed nationalization papers five years ago. During one visit, the government alleges Niazi visited Dr. Amin al-Haq, the security coordinator for Osama bin Laden.

Worth keeping an eye on.

FILED UNDER: Terrorism, al-Qaeda, California, Osama bin Laden, Rusty Shackleford, Taliban

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Comments

Triumph says:

Friday, 20 February 2009 at 18:30

California Arrests al Qaeda Suspect Ahmadullah Sais Niazi

He’s not only a terrorist, but a Nazi as well. He probably was going to consort with Nancy Pelosi as well, whilst in California.
tom p says:

Friday, 20 February 2009 at 18:30

an Afghani arrested by Canadian authorities

Uhhh, James, I was a littled confused by the title of the post and the above quote from your post…

since when do Canadian authorities operate in California? Orange County is a long way from Canada.
James Joyner says:

Friday, 20 February 2009 at 20:27

since when do Canadian authorities operate in California? Orange County is a long way from Canada

I’d misread the original post and thought it was in Canada. I fixed the headline and the closer shortly thereafter but missed the opening sentence.
tom p says:

Friday, 20 February 2009 at 20:54

I’d misread the original post and thought it was in Canada. I fixed the headline and the closer shortly thereafter but missed the opening sentence.

thought so, just wanted to make sure everybody else was clear as well.
tom p says:

Friday, 20 February 2009 at 20:58

and not to get nitpicky (ok, ok, to get nitpickyy)… but wasn’t he arrested by federal authorities?