- Mukhtar al-Bakri
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Mukhtar al-Bakri is a Yemeni-American who grew up in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York. In 2002, he was arrested and charged as part of the War on Terror together with the other members of the "Lackawanna Six", based on the fact the group of friends had attended an Afghan training camp together years earlier.[1]
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Life
Mukhtar was born, along with a twin brother named Amin, to Ali al-Bakri, a Yemeni who had immigrated to the United States decades earlier, and had spent the past 25 years working in the Sorrento Cheese Factory in New York.[1] Ali and his wife, their twin sons, and their eldest son, his wife and children all lived together in a 2-storey house on Ingham Avenue.[1]
Arrest
American counter-terrorism officials grew increasingly worried that al-Bakri's conversations kept mentioning a date in the future as the date of his "wedding" and the planning of a "big meal", so when he flew to Bahrain they arranged for a commando team to storm his hotel room. They were surprised to find al-Bakri in bed with his new wife, preparing to consummate their marriage - and quickly handcuffed him and hustled him out of the room as she cried.[1][2]
He was held by Bahrain for five days, until State Trooper Mike Urbanski was able to fly out to the kingdom to pick up al-Bakri. After being interrogated and sharing his life story with Urbanski for five hours, al-Bakri had just one question he asked in return; how the Buffalo Bills football team was doing.[1]
Trial
References
Alleged militants in the War on Terror who have lived in the United States
September 11 attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed · Mohamed Atta · Satam al-Suqami · Waleed al-Shehri · Wail al-Shehri · Abdulaziz al-Omari · Marwan al-Shehhi · Fayez Banihammad · Mohand al-Shehri · Hamza al-Ghamdi · Ahmed al-Ghamdi · Hani Hanjour · Khalid al-Mihdhar · Majed Moqed · Nawaf al-Hazmi · Salem al-Hazmi · Ziad Jarrah · Ahmed al-Nami · Saeed al-Ghamdi · Ahmed al-Haznawi
Buffalo Six Sahim Alwan · Mukhtar al-Bakri · Faysal Galab · Yahya Goba · Shafal Mosed · Yaseinn Taher
al-Qaeda / Islamic Jihad /
al-JihadSami Al-Arian · Anwar al-Awlaki · Khaled Abu el-Dahab · Adam Yahiye Gadahn · Wadih el-Hage · Ziyad Khaleel · Sharif Mobley · Ali Mohamed · Zacarias Moussaoui · Aafia Siddiqui · Bryant Neal Vinas · Najibullah Zazi
Boston cab drivers Mohamad Elzahabi · Raed Hijazi · Bassam Kanj
Portland Seven Arrested in 2005
and convictedAbdulrahman Farhane · Mahmud al-Mutazzim · Rafiq Abdus Sabir · Tarik Shah
Liberty City Seven convictedPatrick Abraham · Burson Augustin · Rotschild Augustine · Narseal Batiste · Stanley PhanoracquittedNaudimar Herrera · Lyglenson Lemorin2007 Fort Dix plot Agron Abdullahu · Dritan Duka · Eljvir Duka · Shain Duka · Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer · Serdar Tatar
2009 Bronx plot James Cromitie · David Williams · Onta Williams
2010 Vilks assassination plot Colleen LaRose · Jamie Paulin-Ramirez
D.C. Five Umer Farooq · Waqar Khan · Ahmed Abdullah Minni · Aman Hassan Yasir · Ramy Zamzam
Others Nuradin Abdi · Ahmed Omar Abu Ali · Farooque Ahmed · Shirwa Ahmed · Mohamed Mahmood Alessa · Carlos Eduardo Almonte · Daniel Patrick Boyd / Raleigh jihad group · Iyman Faris · Rezwan Ferdaus · Michael Finton · Nidal Malik Hasan · David Headley · Majid Khan · John Walker Lindh · Daniel Maldonado · Sayed Malike · Mohamed Osman Mohamud · Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad · José Padilla · Michael Curtis Reynolds · Faisal Shahzad · Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah · Hosam Maher Husein Smadi · Ali al-Tamimi · Detroit Sleeper Cell · Virginia Jihad Network · 2011 Manhattan terrorism plot · 2005 Los Angeles bomb plot
Held in Guantanamo Bay Majid KhanCategories:- American people imprisoned on charges of terrorism
- Buffalo Six
- Living people
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