Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal was a member of a terrorist group dubbed the Portland Seven, some members of which attempted to travel to Afghanistan shortly after 9/11 in order to aid the Taliban. He was indicted and arrested in Malaysia in October of 2002. In 2003, he was sentenced to ten years on gun charges and for conspiracy to aid the Taliban in fighting the United States and coalition forces.

Ahmed Bilal and the Portland Seven

Patrice Lumumba Ford, Jeffrey Leon Battle, October Martinique Lewis (Battle's ex-wife), his brother Muhammad Ibrahim Bilal, Maher "Mike" Hawash, and Habis Abdulla al Saoub made up the original seven members wanted by the FBI.

According to the FBI, in plea agreements Muhammad and Ahmed Bilal admitted to engaging in martial arts and firearms in order to prepare themselves for military jihad in Afghanistan or elsewhere:

On September 29, 2001, Battle, Ford and al Saoub were discovered while engaged in shooting practice in a gravel pit in Skamania County, Washington. Also present was Ali Khalid Steitiye, who did not become an indicted member of the Portland Seven on terrorism charges, but who was separately charged with other crimes.

According to the indictment, on October 17, 2001, Battle and al Saoub flew out of Portland International Airport en route to Afghanistan. On October 20, 2001, Ford and the two Bilals also took the same route out of the United States.

The six male members of the group travelled to China in early 2002, with the intent of entering Afghanistan to aid the Taliban. Lacking visas and other documentation, they were turned back, and all but al Saoub then returned again to the United States.

On Thursday, October 3, 2002, a federal grand jury in United States District Court for the District of Oregon, at Portland, Oregon, indicted Battle, Ford, the two Bilals, al Saoub and Lewis. On October 4, 2002, four of the suspects were arrested, but Ahmed Bilal and al Saoub were both considered fugitives. [ [http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:gp0eLgTBOtgJ:portland.fbi.gov/pressrel/2002/itarrest.htm+Patrice+Lumumba+Ford,+Jeffrey+Leon+Battle,+October+Martinique+Lewis&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=7 FBI’S Joint Terrorism Task Force Arrests Four on Terrorism Charges, Two Others Who Were Indicted Are Now Fugitives] , FBI Press Release, Portland Field Office, Google Cache, October 4, 2002]

Al Saoub was killed by Pakistani forces in Afghanistan while part of an al Qaeda cell. Ford and Battle are each serving eighteen-year sentences. Lewis was sentenced to three years in a federal prison camp. Muhammad Bilal got eight years. Hawash was sentenced to seven years.

According to Front Page Magazine, Bilal was influenced by and expressed approval of the 9/11 attacks, saying, "All those Jewish people deserved to rot and die." [http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=7659]

References

External links

* [http://www.oregonlive.com/special/terror/index.ssf?/special/oregonian/terror/021004.html The Oregonian's news archive]
* [http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=62613 "Recordings reveal Portland Seven's brutal mindset" article with pictures of Bilal brothers]


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