August 03, 2009

Terrorism suspects' acquaintance 'wasn't surprised' by arrest

CNN reports on an acquaintance of two of the NC7 suspects (Saifullah Boyd network). Humza Ismail claims, among other things, that

...he and others raised concerns about Hassan and Yaghi to officials at the Islamic Center of Raleigh, but were "overlooked."

"I did my part," Ismail says.

But Imran Aukhil, a spokesman for the Islamic Center of Raleigh says there is no record of anyone raising alarms about Hassan and Yaghi. "We have no information about that," he says.

Aukhil says that there are many part-time volunteers at the mosque, one of whom may have been approached by Ismail, but they would have been in no position to investigate the truthfulness of the accusations.

Posted on 03 August 2009 @ 18:04 GMT