Kosovo Albanian, six others, arrested in US over terror plot
American authorities have arrested Hysen Sherifi, Kosovo Albanian, and six other persons suspected of planning terrorist attacks oversees, including in Kosovo
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Prosecutors claim Sherifi visited Kosovo in July 2008 "to engage in violent jihad", before returning to the US in April 2009 to raise "funds and personnel to support the mujihadeen".
According to the indictment, the leader of the group is Daniel Patrick Boyd, who used his experience from Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he was from 1989 to 1992, to form his own group for training fighters, gathering money and planning and committing terrorist acts abroad.
His two sons Dylan, 22, and Zakariya, 20, are also suspects, along with Sherifi, 24, Anes Subasic, 33, Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan, 22, and Ziyad Yaghi, 21.
The seven, who could face life in prison if found guilty, are accused of traveling to Gaza, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan and Kosovo in order to plan or contract people for attacks.
They have all been charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and conspiring to murder, kidnap and injure of persons abroad.
According to the indictment, the group has been active since late 2006, though they have not been charged for any attacks.
One U.S. officials told reporters that there is not indication that Boyd's group had ties to any international militant organization or that they were planning any attacks in America.
