Texan Al Qaeda Blogger
Charles Johnson
Tue Feb 13, 2007 at 6:51 pm PST • Views: 513
Last week, we noted the report that two Americans had been arrested in Kenya, fleeing the jihad in Somalia. New details are emerging tonight about one of those Americans: Ex-Texan Charged With Aiding Terrorists.
HOUSTON Feb 13, 2007 (AP)— A former Houston man arrested in Kenya last month has been charged in Texas with teaming with al-Qaida to overthrow the Somali government and form an Islamic state there.
Daniel Joseph Maldonado, 28, also known as Daniel Aljughaifi, was ordered held without bail Tuesday on federal charges of undergoing military training with a terrorist organization and conspiring to use a destructive device.
Maldonado was returned to the United States on Monday night and appeared Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Calvin Botley, the U.S. attorney’s office in Houston said. A detention hearing is set for next week.
Maldonado’s arrest marks the first criminal prosecution of an American suspected of joining terrorists in Somalia, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Wainstein said in a statement.
More at the Lone Star Times, where they provide a link to Aljughaifi’s blog: Houston blogger arrested for terrorism?
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