Canadian Terror Suspect Extradited to United States
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Jabarah was etradited to the U.S. at Niagra Falls, New York, by Canada. |
WASHINGTON,
Aug 2 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - A naturalized Canadian
citizen suspected in planning anti-U.S. attacks in Singapore has been
extradited to the United States, The Washington Post reported Friday.
Kuwaiti-born
Mohammed Mansour Jabarah, 20, is being held by the Justice Department
at Fort Hamilton military base in Brooklyn, New York, U.S. officials
said on Friday.
The
Toronto Star said Canadian intelligence agents handed him over to the
United States at Niagara Falls.
He
is said by the daily to be cooperating in the investigation, divulging
information about the activities of the al-Qaeda network, blamed by
the United States for the September 11 terror attacks that killed more
than 3,000 people.
According
to U.S. and Singaporean authorities, the young man, known as
"Sammy," was arrested in Oman. He is considered to be the
brains behind a cell of the secret Jemaah Islamiah network, which has
ties to al-Qaeda and was allegedly planning a string of anti-U.S.
attacks in Singapore.
The
Post reports Singaporean police arrested more than a dozen suspects in
December in connection with the plot, but Jabarah escaped. He was
arrested and interrogated in Oman, then turned over to Canadian
authorities before being sent to the United States, several officials
said.
Although
U.S. authorities do not believe Jabarah was a senior al-Qaeda leader,
one official said he had significant "operational authority"
in running the aborted attacks in Singapore, reports the paper.
The
Canadian daily The Globe and Mail suggested Jabarah could be called to
testify in the case of French national Zacarias Moussaoui, the only
person charged in connection with the September 11 attacks.
Last
December, about a dozen members of Jemaah Islamiah were arrested in
Singapore. Eight of them were found to have trained in one of the
al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan.
Among
their suspected targets in Singapore were U.S. military and corporate
interests, as well as the embassies of Australia, Britain and Israel,
the daily reported.
Jabarah's
extradition to the United States was reported by NBC News last week,
reports the Post.
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