U.S. Grand Jury Indicts a Briton, Charging He Supported Terrorists
Babar Ahmad, a British citizen arrested in London last summer at the request of the United States government, which charged that he ran an Internet site that supported terrorist causes, also arranged for the purchase of gas masks, camouflage suits, night-vision goggles and other possible terrorist tools, according to a grand jury indictment released on Wednesday. Mr. Ahmad, 30, was detained on charges initiated by the United States Attorney’s Office in New Haven that he provided material support to the Taliban and to Chechen separatists by using an Internet site based on Web servers in the United States to raise money and rally support for the causes.Full Story