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	Judge Lets Guilty Plea Stand in Terrorism Case - washingtonpost.com
		Iyman Faris, an Ohio truck driver, pleaded guilty in 2003 to plotting to bring down the Brooklyn Bridge and launch a simultaneous attack in Washington.
		Faris is one of a number of terrorism defendants who have filed legal challenges to the NSA program, under which the agency has monitored phone calls and e-mails involving U.S. residents and foreign parties without obtaining warrants from a secret court that handles such matters.
		Faris is unique among defendants who have challenged the surveillance because Bush administration officials have said he was spied on -- and credited the program with helping to uncover his plot.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/10/AR2006111001450_pf.html (435 words)

	Terrorists planned to destroy Brooklyn Bridge, derail trains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Faris, 34, who was born in Kashmir, admitted his guilt as part of a plea deal with U.S. government prosecutors in which he agreed to cooperate fully and truthfully.
		Mohammed, who was captured in Pakistan in March and has been in U.S. custody overseas, also told Faris al Qaeda was planning to derail trains and asked him to get the tools for that plot as well, the officials said.
		Faris admitted to traveling to New York City in late 2002 to examine the bridge and said he concluded that the plot to destroy it by severing cables was unlikely to succeed because of its security and structure, they said.
	www.capitolhillblue.com /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=18&num=2412&printer=1 (733 words)

	Fayetteville Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Iyman Faris, who is 34, of Columbus, acknowledged in court documents that he met bin Laden in 2000 at an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan and provided operatives there with sleeping bags, cell phones and other assistance.
		Faris, who is represented by a lawyer and said in the documents he was not coerced to plead, could face 20 years in prison and up to $500,000 in fines.
		A government statement, signed by Faris, says that he was instructed by a senior al-Qaida operative to obtain "gas cutters," probably acetylene torches, that would enable him to sever the cables on "a bridge in New York City" that officials said was the Brooklyn Bridge.
	www.fayettevillenc.com /printer.php?Story=5718380 (691 words)

	Ohio trucker admits terror plots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Iyman Faris, a Kashmiri-born naturalized American citizen who is in federal custody, pleaded guilty May 1 to providing material support to a terrorist organization in a case filed under seal in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.
		Faris was asked to research ultralight planes as a means of escape for terror operatives, a task he accomplished at an Internet cafe in Karachi, according to the court papers.
		Mohammed informed Faris that al-Qaida was "planning two simultaneous operations in New York City and Washington D.C." He asked Faris to obtain "gas cutters" -- believed to be cutting torches -- to sever the bridge cables, and tools to damage railroad tracks.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/03171/194415.stm (977 words)

	two young engineers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Faris says, "When my father died I lost a friend that I can never replace." Mohammed says, "When I met Faris he was quiet, alone, and trusted no one." Faris says, "Mohammed restored my faith in people." They both say, "We are best of friends, we are brothers." They are both twenty-seven.
		Mohammed’s family disapproves of his music, believes that it is frivolous, but accepts it for the time being as a means of income.
		Faris has no money for music lessons and no time to practice; he is too busy trying to fix his car without spare parts, maintain his family’s home without construction materials, and help support his family with his meager earnings.
	www.iacenter.org /engineer.htm (407 words)

	NEWS - US NATIONAL - Comcast.net
		Iyman Faris' challenge is among the first to seek evidence of warrantless electronic eavesdropping by the National Security Agency, a practice that began after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
		Faris' attorney David Smith said he planned to file the motion Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va. It will argue that investigators improperly obtained evidence against Faris and that his trial lawyer was ineffective.
		Faris, 36, pleaded guilty in 2003 to conspiracy and aiding and abetting terrorism, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
	www.comcast.net /news/national/index.jsp?cat=DOMESTIC&fn=/2006/02/03/318521.html (469 words)

	The Columbus Dispatch Online: Archival Article
		Faris, a 34-year-old truck driver from Columbus, pleaded guilty on May 1 in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., to scouting potential targets in the United States for attacks by the terrorist organization.
		Faris was accompanied to the court clerk's office by a woman who described herself as his girlfriend.
		Faris, who divorced his American-born wife in 2001, lived off and on with a girlfriend in a rented house in Dublin recently.
	libpub.dispatch.com /cgi-bin/documentv1?DBLIST=cd03&DOCNUM=27444&TERMV=240:5:287 (755 words)

	Front Page
		Faris, who is represented by a lawyer and said in the documents he was not coerced to plead, could face 20 years in prison and up to US$500,000 in fines.
		Faris is a native of Kashmir who originally came to the United States in May 1994.
		Faris had mentioned his access to airports as a trucker, sparking interest in cargo planes because of their weight and high fuel capacity.
	www.chinapost.com.tw /detail.asp?onNews=1&GRP=A&id=19461 (667 words)

	Lawsuit against Bush? - Salon
		Faris pleaded guilty in October 2003 to working with al-Qaida on a plot to bring down the Brooklyn Bridge with blowtorches.
		Faris may also be able to sue for civil penalties under Title III, the federal wiretap statute, which bars illegal monitoring of electronic conversations.
		In many ways, Faris is not an ideal plaintiff for attorneys who hope to focus their case on whether the president abused his authority by spying on innocent Americans.
	www.salon.com /news/feature/2005/12/23/nsa (793 words)

	The Triple Life of a Qaeda Man - TIME
		Faris' admissions, which could get him up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on Aug. 1, contributed to the recent decision to raise the terrorism alert to orange.
		Under grilling, Faris later acknowledged that he wrote the e-mail and was referring to the impossibility of an al-Qaeda plot to bring down the sturdy, well-guarded Brooklyn Bridge by cutting its suspension cables.
		Faris' connection to al-Qaeda was "as big a surprise to me as everybody else," his ex-wife Geneva Bowling, 46, told TIME last week from the front porch of her apartment.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030630-460158,00.html (1058 words)

	Khaleej Times Online - Education official accuses zone head of stealing papers from his office
		In his letter Faris claimed that when he reported to work he was surprised to find that somebody had broken into his office and that some important papers concerning a case of dispute between the owners of Cambridge High School, in which some Ministry officials have been accused of collusion with the owners, were missing.
		She said she felt sorry for him because he was a PHD holder but that he was prone to make trouble and when warned he was in the habit of saying that he was a local and that a local cannot be dismissed from his job.
		She said that Faris had on several occasions refused to do a job assigned to him and that was why he had been transferred to the zone.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2005/September/theuae_September619.xml§ion=theuae&col= (467 words)

	CBS News \| The Terrorist From Ohio \| June 20, 2003 09:26:10
		Records show that under his alias, Mohammed Rauf, he was married to Geneva Bowling from 1995 to 2000 and lived with her in a small home in Columbus.
		Faris, of Columbus, is cooperating in the investigation of al Qaeda, federal authorities said Thursday.
		The statement said that Faris researched the bridge on the Internet and traveled to New York in late 2002 to examine it, concluding that "the plot to destroy the bridge by severing the cables was very unlikely to succeed" because of its security and structure.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/06/19/attack/main559435.shtml (863 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation > America's War on Terror -- Ohio truck driver alleged to be al-Qaeda ...
		A government statement, signed by Faris, says that he was instructed by a senior al-Qaeda operative to obtain "gas cutters," probably acetylene torches, that would enable him to sever the cables on "a bridge in New York City" that officials said was the Brooklyn Bridge.
		Faris' original contact with al-Qaeda came through a second senior operative, named only as "C-1" or "bin Laden's right foot," whom the government says Faris had known since the Soviet-Afghanistan war in the 1980s.
		Earlier, Faris was asked by bin Laden associates in late 2000 to look into ultralight aircraft that could be used as escape planes by al-Qaeda operatives, prosecutors say.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/terror/20030619-1502-al-qaida-plea.html (898 words)

	USATODAY.com - Ohio man served as al-Qaeda's U.S. scout (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Faris, from Columbus, pleaded guilty May 1 in federal court in Alexandria, Va., to a count of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and a count of providing material support to terrorists.
		Faris, who is cooperating with U.S. authorities, admitted researching ultra-light airplanes on the Internet and helping deliver cash, 2,000 sleeping bags, several airplane tickets and cell phones for al-Qaeda.
		Mohammed told Faris that al-Qaeda was planning two simultaneous operations in New York and Washington, and he assigned Faris to procure equipment to sever the Brooklyn Bridge's suspension cables.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-06-19-suspect_x.htm (673 words)

	Terror Watch: Did Phone Spying Foil Plots? - Newsweek Terror Watch - MSNBC.com
		Faris is serving a 20-year sentence in a federal maximum-security prison after confessing to a plot that included an alleged scheme to bring down the Brooklyn Bridge by burning through its suspension cables with a gas torch.
		The best-known investigation was the case of Faris, a Columbus, Ohio, truck driver and naturalized U.S. citizen who pled guilty in 2003 to an alleged conspiracy that included the purported plot to cut down the Brooklyn Bridge.
		Faris had been tasked to go and look at the Brooklyn Bridge as a possible target of an attack by Al Qaeda.” David B. Smith, Faris’s current lawyer, says he is convinced this information came from Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who had just been arrested in Pakistan.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/10711930/site/newsweek/from/RSS/print/1/displaymode/1098 (1361 words)

	CBS News \| Alleged Al Qaeda Plot In U.S. \| September 26, 2003 12:35:10
		Faris is believed to have received instructions directly from senior al Qaeda leader Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who also is in U.S. custody overseas and has provided U.S. interrogators with valuable intelligence about the terror group.
		Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, was arrested in early March.
		At the time of the arrest that Mohammed was also suspected of orchestrating new threats against the United States that were a factor in raising the terrorist threat level in February.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/09/26/attack/main575338.shtml (1013 words)

	Northwest Indiana News: nwitimes.com
		Mohammed wasn't named in court papers, but his identity was confirmed by a federal law enforcement official on the condition of anonymity.
		Faris was asked to help by finding equipment capable of burning through the suspension cables of the Brooklyn Bridge and tools able to derail trains.
		Faris faces a total of 20 years in prison and a fine of $500,000 on both counts.
	www.thetimesonline.com /articles/2003/06/20/news/top_news/46cbf52c058cdad486256d4b000ff0dc.txt (624 words)

	Mir EP-1
		Syrian guest cosmonaut Mohammed Faris and Soviet cosmonaut Alexandr Viktorenko returned to Earth in Soyuz TM-2 with Alexandr Laveykin, who was diagnosed by ground-based doctors as having minor heart problems.
		Transported to the Mir orbital space station a Soviet-Syrian crew comprising cosmonauts A S Viktorenko, A P Aleksandrov and M A Faris to conduct joint research and experiments with cosmonauts Y Romanenko and A Laveykin.
		Soyuz TM-2 landed at 01:05 GMT with the crew of Faris, Laveykin and Viktorenko aboard.
	www.astronautix.com /flights/mirep1.htm (420 words)

	OpinionJournal - The Western Front
		Faris also allegedly obtained 2,000 lightweight sleeping bags for al Qaeda, shipped them to Afghanistan, and provided other material support to the terrorist network including cell phones, cash and plane tickets for al Qaeda operatives to travel to Yemen.
		Faris fit the profile of a potential terrorist, but the FBI didn't detain him.
		In May Faris pleaded guilty to "felony terrorism charges." He faces a possible 20 years in prison and $500,000 fine when he is sentenced in August.
	www.opinionjournal.com /columnists/bminiter?id=110003664 (768 words)

	Fenchurch Faris Ltd. Company Management in Athens
		Basim R. Faris, B.A., F.C.I.I., is the Managing Director and a partner of Fenchurch Faris Ltd. (He is Palestinian and has Jordanian and Greek nationalities - Arabic is his mother tongue and English is his second language).
		Mohammed is Palestinian and has Greek nationality (Arabic is his mother tongue and he is fluent in English, Greek and French).
		Mohammed joined Fenchurch Faris Ltd. in 1985, training in various areas (accounts, claims, facultative placements) while at the same time studying at the university.
	www.fenfar.gr /company_Management_Athens.htm (765 words)

	A Stranger in Faris By Eric Umansky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Iyman Faris, who Attorney General Ashcroft described as leading a "secret double life," has been in custody for a few months and has turned states' evidence in return for slightly lesser charges: providing "material support" to terrorists.
		According to the feds, Faris, who is from Kashmir and is a naturalized U.S. citizen, went to Afghanistan in 2000 and met with Osama and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
		Faris' big plan was to take a blow torch to the Brooklyn Bridge's suspension cables.
	slate.msn.com /id/2084645 (1059 words)

	CNN.com - Ohio trucker joined al Qaeda jihad - Jun. 19, 2003
		Iyman Faris, 34, checked out the chances of destroying a New York bridge and tried to buy equipment for proposed al Qaeda attacks while appearing to be a law-abiding trucker, according to documents unsealed Thursday in the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia.
		Faris pleaded guilty May 1 to providing material support to al Qaeda and to conspiring to do so, according to the documents.
		Faris' first links to al Qaeda came in late 2000 when he traveled with a longtime friend, who was an operative for the terror group, from Pakistan to Afghanistan, according to the court documents.
	www.cnn.com /2003/LAW/06/19/alqaeda.plea (1064 words)

	FOXNews.com - Truck Driver Pleads Guilty to Al Qaeda Ties, Conspiracy - U.S. & World
		Faris, who is represented by a lawyer and said in the documents he was not coerced to plead, could face 20 years in prison and up to $500,000 in fines.
		The statement says that Faris researched the bridge on the Internet and traveled to New York in late 2002 to examine the bridge, concluding that "the plot to destroy the bridge by severing the cables was very unlikely to succeed" because of its security and structure.
		Faris was also asked by bin Laden associates in late 2000 to look into ultralight aircraft that could be used as escape planes by Al Qaeda operatives, prosecutors say.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,89896,00.html (1089 words)

	Kashmiri’s arrest to put pressure on Pakistan -DAWN - National; June 21, 2003
		Faris had acknowledged that he met Osama bin Laden in 2000 at an Al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan and provided operatives there with sleeping bags, cell phones and other assistance.
		Faris pleaded guilty on May 1 to providing material support to terrorists and conspiracy to provide support, according to documents unsealed on Thursday in US District Court in Alexandria, near Washington DC.
		The officials said that Shaikh Mohammed, who was captured on March 1 in Pakistan, told US authorities that Faris had been trained to blow up bridges and derail trains.
	www.dawn.com /2003/06/21/nat15.htm (546 words)

	Al-Qaida planla å ødelegge livsviktig bro i New York
		Faris, som skal ha drevet med spaning og klargjøring for operasjoner for Al-Qaida, innrømmet i mai at han har bidratt med viktig hjelp til terrorister.
		Amerikanske påtalemyndigheter hevder at Faris reiste til Afghanistan og Pakistan flere ganger fra år 2000.
		Mohammed er i amerikanske myndigheters varetekt på hemmelig sted i utlandet.
	www.aftenposten.no /nyheter/uriks/article568551.ece?service=print (460 words)

	Workshop gives hope to amputees in the north (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Barzan Mahmood, Wrya Mohammed and Mohammed Amin were brought together by similar misfortune but together they are carving a future they could only have dreamt of.
		But again, Faris realised that most had no funds to set themselves up in business and often more than one person was needed to operate something like a carpentry or engineering workshop.
		Faris insists that Emergency stays with the graduates well after they have been set up in business, by sending field staff to visit them regularly.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=38945 (972 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Prosecutors said Faris, who also goes by the name Mohammed Rauf, had traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan several times, including in the beginning of 2000, and met with Osama bin Laden and his operations director Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to organize and finance terrorist activities in the US.
		Although Faris was arrested three months back, Ashcroft announced only today that he had agreed to plead guilty before a US court, even as General Musharraf landed in Boston to spend some time with his son Bilal before coming to Washington.
		Faris was apprehended reportedly on the basis of information provided by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed who was arrested in Pakistan in March this year.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=33924 (2107 words)

	FactsOfIsrael.com: American Muslim planned to destroy Brooklin bridge in New York
		Iyman Faris, 34, of Columbus, Ohio, masqueraded as a truck driver criss-crossing the United States, but all the while he was plotting terrorist attacks on his fellow Americans, Ashcroft said as he announced the man's guilty plea to two felony charges.
		The statement says that Faris researched the bridge on the Internet and traveled to New York in late 2002 to examine the bridge, concluding that "the plot to destroy the bridge by severing the cables was very unlikely to succeed" because of its security and structure.
		Faris was also asked by bin Laden associates in late 2000 to look into ultralight aircraft that could be used as escape planes by Al Qaeda operatives, prosecutors say.
	www.factsofisrael.com /blog/archives/000670.html (1617 words)

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