article hits close to home
Reader comment on: Al Qaeda Cell May Be Loose in U.S., British Plot Hints

Submitted by Ric alford, Aug 9, 2007 00:52

This article hits close to home. I met Atta, Alshedi and Jirrah in the summer of 2000.
My next door neighbor asked me if I would train Students at the flight school where he was helping
his wife cleaning the offices. He asked if I would give them weight training and self defense training. I agreed to never having met them.
Later I met them when I was called to the place where they were living to work on their landlord's computer. Due to bad directions I arrived late and was let in by a man named Elbaneh. I explained I was there to work on the computer and he let me in. Atta arrived later and was very angry with the man who let me in. The computer could not be repaired there and I decided to leave and come back when the landlord was home.
However, when I was leaving Jirrah who lived across the street came up and asked if I was there to teach them martial arts. I told him no, but that I was there to work on the computer. He insisted though that I was the one who was to train them and asked me to go back inside with him. I found Jirrah to be likeable but had a bad feeling about Atta. I decided to go back inside with him to clear up what I thought at the time was a misunderstanding.
Inside Jirrah continued to insist I was the person who was there to train them. I had however, already decided because of how rude Atta had been to Elbaneh that I would not teach them. It did not occur to me at the time that these were the students my neighbor had asked me to teach.
I had a bad feeling about it at the time but did nothing and said nothing because I had no proof only suspicions.
All I can say is if you have a similar experience in todays world and political climate trust your gut instincts and say something.
The man I refer to as my next door neighbor can be viewed in action on youtube under the title
"Taliban's father of the year." This person lied to the FBI and denied any involvement. Yet he uses his children not only to vandalize my home and property but harass other neighbors as well. One of which he can be viewed threatening in the video. This man has used gangs of children to attempt to force his will on the neighborhood. I have also watched him attempt to cultivate the friendship of another neighbor who
is a retired nuclear scientist from the Maryland-Washington DC area. This man may indeed still be working with Al Qaeda. I say this because I know he took money from them. He told me that they payed in cash and that they payed well. However, when I pressed him for specifics he would not tell me only saying that they had paid him very well for his work.
His denial of this to the FBI and his ongoing actions leads me to believe that he is still involved. There may be others as this article points out. This is not fear mongering from me. This is not a political ploy from me. 911 happened. People died. I said nothing at the time and regret it but I encourage anyone with a similar experience now or in the past to speak out.
These people may portray themselves to be honorable American citizens. Fly the flag
etc. But when their true image has been viewed and nothing is said or done then that is a sad thing.

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