Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, the Virginian man linked to an al Qaeda plot to assassinate President Bush has plead 'not guilty' to all six counts in a Federal indictment.

Abu Ali was valedictorian at a Saudi funded Wahhabist high school in Alexandria, VA. The alleged terrorist also attended and taught at a mosque with ties to The Muslim Brotherhood, a group dedicated to the imposition of Islamic law and the return of the caliphate. more...

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Good news, a federal judge has refused to release Ahmed Omar Abu Ali pending trial. Abu Ali is being held on six terrorism related charges, one of which included his involvement in an al Qaeda plot to assassinate the President of the US. KRT:

A federal magistrate Tuesday declined to release a Virginia man on bond who is accused of joining al-Qaida and plotting to kill President Bush.

But U.S. Magistrate Liam O'Grady left open the possibility of reconsidering his decision after hearing evidence that a top FBI official indicated last spring that the suspect, Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, was no longer of interest to the bureau and might soon be freed from a prison in Saudi Arabia.

For the moment at least, O'Grady accepted the government's arguments and ruled that "there's way beyond clear and convincing evidence that (Abu Ali) is a danger to the community" and should not be released pending trial.

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The Associated Press has just reported that an FBI witness testifying in the bail hearing of the would-be presidential assassin, Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, heard the terror suspect confess his al Qaeda connections on numerous occasions.

Further, FBI agent Barry Cole testified that Abu Ali is an admitted member of al Qaeda. Cole testified that Abu Ali had also discussed with his al Qaeda associates the possibility of another 9-11 style attack either in the United States and that (Reuters):

"Once into U.S. territories they would fly into designated targets," he said.

Abu Ali also discussed killing U.S. congressmen, soldiers and blowing up naval ships in American ports, Cole said.

This would mesh with earlier reports made here that Ali was raised in a household that supported the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood is a world-wide movement dedicated to the restoration of the Islamic Caliphate. The teachings of the mosque attended by Abu Ali in his youth would have indoctrinated him to believe that the Saudi government had corrupted 'true Islam' and was a front for Zionist and Crusaders.

Lawyers for Ahmed Omar Abu Ali are scheduled to testify later today. more...

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Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, the 'Rosa Parks' of the Muslim-American community, is scheduled to appear before a federal judge today for a bail hearing. So what is the MSM saying about the man who plotted to assassinate the President of the United States? Daniel Pipes in today's Front Page Mag: more...

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