Al-Arian’s Code Words
Charles Johnson
Thu Jul 28, 2005 at 8:32 am PDT • Views: 158
According to the FBI, when accused Islamic Jihad leader Sami al-Arian communicated with other jihadis they used a “terror code.”
TAMPA, Fla. - A fired college professor and associates accused of terrorism conspiracy communicated in code to conceal their support of a Palestinian group whose mission was to kill Israelis and disrupt the Middle East peace process, an FBI agent testified Wednesday.
Agent Kerry Myers testified that a 1994 coded fax sent to Sami Al-Arian’s home seemed to discuss “magazines” but really referred to money that Iran was sending to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The organization is a terrorist group for which Al-Arian and three co-defendants are accused of raising money.
Other code words Myers identified as typical during phone, fax and letter communications included “grooms” for terrorist bombers, “wedding” for terrorist act and “the family” for the Jihad organization itself.
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