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Abouhalima admits to knowing two of his fellow defendants in the bombing case, Nidal Ayyad and Mohammad Salameh, both age 25. The government claims to , have evidence showing Abouhalima meeting on many occasions with other alleged plotters to prepare for the bombing. In one case, Abouhalima joined Salameh to remove explosives from a New Jersey apartment, the indictment claims. In another instance, prosecutors say they can prove Abouhalima participated in a "test explosion." The alleged test may have taken place in a remote part of Pennsylvania, where Abouhalima conducted weapons training with Siddig Ali, his fellow "commander" from the Afghan...
...extradition; Mubarak would vastly prefer to have Abdel Rahman in a U.S. prison than on trial in Egypt, fluttering terrorists' hearts. The sheik's lawyers have talked about having him go voluntarily to Afghanistan, but no one wants to see him free in that hotbed of Islamic fundamentalism. Mohammad Mehdi, head of an Arab-American organization, predicts that "the sheik is going to be our guest in America for many years." Fine by Washington, as long as his guesthouse has bars on the windows...
Finally, the gang proceeded to actual assembly of the bombs. Last Wednesday two men brought to the Queens safe house diesel fuel from a gas station in Yonkers, a northern suburb, operated by one of the suspects, Mohammad Saleh. Some of the gang also reportedly made specific preparations to flee the country within a few days. The FBI and city police, who had been watching the assembly through concealed television cameras (which later pictured their own raid on the factory) and listening through monitoring devices, decided they had better move immediately. Said FBI special agent in charge James...
Council member Mohammad S. Yassin '93 agreed. "The problem is not as much the structure of the U.C., but rather the process by which it is conducted." Yassin said one of the most significant problems of the council was evidenced by the fact that fewer than 30 members attended to debate the constitution...
Therefore, worse than insensitivity is intolerance. Worse than divisiveness is an existing dogma left unchallenged. While some members of the Council and the student body castigate Mohammad and Mansfield, I celebrate them for reinforcing what we all already knew: racial bigotry is simply unacceptable. Instead of condemning those with "insensitive" opinions, let us thank them. David L. Hanselman, Jr. '94 Vice-Chair, Undergraduate Council