Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday September 17 2002 — A9 In brief Five al-Qai- suspects handed over da to US flown out of Pakistan KARACHI Pakistan (AP) — Alleged Sept 11 planner Ramzi Binalshibh and four other suspects were handed over to the United States on Monday the Pakistani government said Two officials said the five were flown out of Pakistan Meanwhile police were investigating whether suspects arrested along with Binalshibh last week were involved in die murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl another official said on condition of anonymity If a link were established it would be the first evidence that may have been involved in Pearl’s abduction and killing in January The arrests of Binalshibh and about a dozen other militants in raids in this teeming port city marked a major success in the US-le- d war against terrorism The United States had Said it was seeking his extradition from Pakistan Binalshibh and four other militants were handed over to US custody on Monday government spokesman Maj Gen Rashid Quereshi said Pakistani officials speaking on condition of anonymity said the five militants were put on a flight out of Pakistan but did not say their destination Also arrested in the raids last week and now in US custody leader Tswfiq Attash was Umar a brother of Khallad a US defense official in Washington said on die condition of anonymity Khallad is thought to be one of the masterminds of the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen may have valuable Though not a leader in information nonetheless the official said Sixth man in alleged NY cell held BUFFALO NY (AP) —A Yemeni-bor- n American who was arrested in Bahrain was charged in a federal indictwith five others ment as a who were arrested in suburban Lackawanna federal officials said Monday ing material support and resources to foreign terrorist organizations The judge entered a not guilty plea for each and ordered the men jailed until a detention ’ US Marshalls speed off in a varf carrying Mukhtar after his arraignment in US District Court in Buffalo NY on is the sixth suspect arrestMonday cell in ed in connection with an NY He was arrested in Lackawanna Bahrain and brought to New York - da lro rib Singapore arrests 21 suspects it links to embassy attack plot al-Qai- ' da SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore authorities have arrested 21 people on suspicion most Of them belong to an militant group that was plotting to blow up the US Embassy the government said Monday ' All the suspects woe Singaporean citizens die Ministry of Home Affairs said without releasing details of their arrests last month None of them have been charged with any crimes although they remain detained as allowed by the Internal Security Act The ministry said 19 of the suspects belong to Jemaah Islamiyah a hardline Islamic group that authorities here say has cells throughout Southeast Asia — a region increasingly regarded as a second front in the global war on terror ' Singapore a key US regional ally last year arrested 13 alleged Jemaah Islamiyah members claiming they planned to attack the US Embassy and other Western interests in die wealthy city state Some the 13 men arrested in December allegedly instructed those arrested last month to conduct “reconnaissance and surveys of select targets in Singapore” the government said It gave few other details cations this month Mukhtar The investigation into the men began in early summer 2001 about die time they returned from Afghanistan said US Attorney Michael Battle The other five men woe bom in the United States and are of Yemeni descent Mayor John Kuryak said Monday he expects more to come from the case “I’m told they’re still questioning and looking for individuals and if anything further happens it’s all part of the investigation I wouldn’t be that alarmed" al-Ba-kd Al-Ba- emirate brother who would not give his name said from the steps of his Lackawanna home Monday brother who came to that his the United States when he was 15 or 16 was arrested the night of his marriage “He’s innocent” the brother said “I raised him up He went to Pakistan for vacation That’s not a crime Is it a crime to go out of the state?" “He graduated from Lackawanna High School He played soccer and hockey” The other five men appeared in court Saturday and woe charged with provid- i’s use only ' load nRnenrr Commercial and Residential - 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hearing Wednesday The criminal complaint said the five men — Shafal Mosed 24 Faysal Galab 26 Sahim Alwan 29 Yasein Taher 24 and Yahya Goba 25 — live within a few blocks of each another in Lackawanna and trained together at a camp in Afghanistan In a criminal complaint released Monname replaced the original day uncharged “coconspirator C” The complaint said that during a Sept' 11 2002 interview told agents “the three persons he traveled with were Sahim Alwan Yahya Goba and Jaber inpMinYvMiHYWf nwRMy Logan al Cadis VUnyUdllnSm Lain CHydrasWon Haas mdSouWi Towns Canm In QHiinMitlilWllnPrBasPimo Towns Canka In at Osorga si Had CWniWL AinsilcsnEirsadCaid Dinara Club MamaMonalMMtsrcsRe Visa sndThsMoowsr Card WsaatooaisysurDISnrsCisdlCaid'TTis |