Show A6 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday September 20 2002 (Defense: Suspects not ST fJ - l: ‘m i v- ' - AP photo Ahmed Mosed brother of Shafal Mosed left and Ahmed center walk into federal court in Buffalo brother of Mukhtar for their brothers’ detention hearing Thursday Their brothers are terror among six men accused of supporting bin Laden’s network ri da to an to leave” training camp in Afghanistan and repeatedly asked to leave his lawyer said Thursday During a bail hearing lawyer James Harrington said Sahim Alwan had asked several people at the camp if he could leave He could not get out until a ' few days after Osama bin Laden spoke at the camp Harrington said Alwan then got a ride to Kandahar “1 was scared and missed ' my family I did not agree with the mentality of some of the people at the camp” Alwan 29 told FBI investigators “After realizing the - - crazy radical mentality of people at the camp I decided da - i:rv? cbv $- fl ? BUFFALO NY(AP) — One of the six men suspected of being part of a New York terror cell grew afraid after being taken to an V' ‘'V - : Q-v- -: Alwan spoke to the FBI several times before his arrest according to the criminal complaint which disclosed details from the interviews Prosecutors said the men are a flight risk and also should remain in jail because some claimed tiny net worths while carrying thousands of dollars Defense attorneys have moved to dismiss the charges The men accused of supporttering bin Ladep'sal-Qaid- a ror network are all American citizens ' William Gauss who represents Yahya Goba 25 said prosecutors had no evidence suggesting Goba took orders from or linking him da : al-QaB- dla disputed the claim that their t f clients ever visited Afghanistan Joseph Lalbna I? representing Galab said there isn't any proof his client went f except the statements of to the Alwan and FBI Schroeder said the bail hearing would continue Friday afternoon Five of the men were arrested last week after a series of raids in Lackawanna five miles south of Buffalo The sixth was detained in Bahrain and flown back Assistant US Attorney William Hochul said a July 18 to an sent by uses uncharged that used similar to language by bin Laden in a December 2001 videotape and discusses an attack using explosives prosecutors said was from one suspected cell member to another At their arraignments US Magistrate H Kenneth Schroeder entered innocent pleas for Alwan and Goba as well as for Faysal Galab 26 Shafal Mosed 24 Yasein Taher 24 and Mukhtar 22 They could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted Defense attorney Patrick Brown said Mosed’s family got pledges for real estate valued at about $600000 fm bail if needed “These are people of rather modest means! think who are willing to risk it all That says something” Brown and Rodney Person-iu- s Taher’s lawyer questioned Alwan's credibility and ail ’ ail West Nile may spread through transfusions ATLANTA (AP) — Government health officials Thursday said West Nile can apparently he spread by transfusion and announced that all blood donations will probably be screened for the virus as soon as a test can be developed ' “Since this transmission by transfusion appears likely it is likely also that we will need to move toward testing of donor blood" said Dr Jesse Goodman of the Food and Drag Administration “While the investigation is ongoing we believe there's sufficient evidence when you put it all together that there likely is a risk” Goodman said he could not predict how long it would take to develop such a test or how much it would cost “probably can be spread by transfusion" Previously doctors were not sure whether it was possible to spread Wbit Nile through blood although a Georgia case in which donated organs spread the virus to four recipients in August raised that possibility West Nile emerged in the United States just three years ago The CDC has repotted more than 1700 human cases of West Nile virus so far this year including 84 deaths The weak and elderly are especially vulnerable to the viras which can cause encephalitis a potentially lethal inflammation of the : ' ' brain The CDC also warned doctors Thursday that West Nile can cause acute polio-lik- e paralysis in some cases Doctors were urged to test patients for West Nile if they report sudden painless paralysis but do not appear to nave had a stroke “What we're trying to do this process here is jump-sta- rt so we can gel a test as soon as possible” he said Goodman spoke after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released information that suggests that the jviruscan survive in donated blood for several days and that blood recipients ipay Cimc been sickened by infected blood Most people who become infected with the virus suffer no ill effects at all others develop only flu-lisymp- toms -- "''fT'-- ' i 4wiMr tiM Jki Researchers also point out that not all patients who receive tainted blood will become mfected'with West Nile See SPREAD on r fry- Kyvf UA4h r t)v ke A woman in Mississippi caught West Nile after receiving transfusions from three infected donors CDC doctors called that case “highly suspicious” and said that West Nile 'Mobile' fc mmmmmmmmm Motorola T193 p— v - a- - All SUPPORTIVE CARE MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES SECURITY PEACE OF MIND lYOURCHOICE-FO- ASSISTED LIVING 11 R - t When yon activate a a calling plan with atAlcrtCellular T-Mo- blle U X'-?- ' V" 'Y' 1 Alort Collular Locations v li V Ml UTAH IDAHO WIRELESS ' 1 1 Providence Assisted Living RETIREMENT LIVING GROUP CaU Today 792-477- 0 233 NORTH MAIN PROVIDENCE UTAH OGDEN PROVO TOWNE CENTRE 1200 1mm Centre Bird SWashinglM) BM IS 01412-123- 2 OREM LOGAN WILD WIRELESS CACHE VALLEY MAU 317East 130Q South' 350 North Main 97 N Main Suite A 1300 N Main ' ' i ’ LAYTON Assisted Living thaft out' goal and our commitment! 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