Full Text Indictment of Daniel Patrick Boyd
Below is the indictment for the alleged North Carolina Jihad cell consisting of Daniel Patrick Boyd, Hysen Sherifi, Anes Subasic, Zakariya Boyd, Dylan Boyd, Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan and Ziyad Yaghi.
Full text of indictmentLabels: American-Al-Qaeda, Daniel-Patrick-Boyd, Homegrown-Terrorism, INTELFILES
Bryant Neal Vinas Confession
In the fall of 2007, I left my home in Long Island to travel to Pakistan with the intention of meeting and joining a jihadist group to fight American soldiers in Afghanistan. When I arrived in Pakistan, I made contact with and was accepted into al-Qaeda, a jihadist group that I knew to be responsible for attacks against the United States, including suicide bombings targeting civilians.
As a member of al-Qaeda, I received training in courses in general combat and explosives. During my time in al-Qaeda, I took part, at the direction of al-Qaeda leaders, in two missions in September 2008 in which we agreed and planned to attack a United States military base near the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The first attack failed and we had to abort the mission before firing on the base, but a few days later, I took part in firing rockets at an American military base. Although we intended to hit the military base and kill American soldiers, I was informed that the rockets missed and the attack failed.
Finally, during my time with al-Qaeda, I consulted with a senior al-Qaeda leader and provided detailed information about the operation of the Long Island Rail Road system which I knew because I had ridden the railroad on many occasions. The purpose of providing this information was to help plan a bomb attack of the Long Island Rail Road system.
Full transcriptLabels: Afghanistan, American-Al-Qaeda, Bryant-Neal-Vinas, Homegrown-Terrorism, INTELFILES
Bryant Neal Vinas Indictment and Transcripts
From the
L.A. Times:
An American Muslim convert from Long Island, N.Y., who was captured while fighting for Al Qaeda in Pakistan is now cooperating with authorities, opening a rare window into the world of Western militants in the network's hide-outs, U.S. and European anti-terrorism officials said.
Bryant Neal Vinas, 26, is one of the few Americans known to have made the trek to Al Qaeda's secret Pakistani compounds, the officials said.
Vinas has admitted to meeting Al Qaeda chiefs and giving them information for a potential attack on New York commuter trains, conversations that resulted in a public alert in November, said the officials, who requested anonymity because the case was ongoing.
Here are the key court documents in the Vinas case:
All documentsNovember 14, 2008, First indictmentNovember 22, 2008, Court transcriptJanuary 28, 2009, Superseding indictmentJanuary 28, 2009, Court transcriptJuly 22, 2009, Order to unsealLabels: Afghanistan, American-Al-Qaeda, Bryant-Neal-Vinas, Homegrown-Terrorism, INTELFILES, Pakistan, Terrorist-Recruitment
