Al Qaeda suspect arrested in California

abc7news:

We're learning more about the terrorist accusations against a San Jose man. Police say he has ties to al Qaeda and that his brother is one of the FBI's most wanted terrorists.

Rahmat Abdhir has lived on Sunwood Drive in San Jose since 2003. The FBI raided his house yesterday.

Rahmat's younger brother is Zulkifli Abdhir, a fugitive terrorist living in the Philippines with an alleged leadership role in the al Qaeda affiliated terror group called Jemaah Islamiyah.

A 16-count indictment accuses the two men of working together to further terrorist acts. Rahmat's arrest has stunned his San Jose neighbors.

The indictment accuses Rahmat of funneling his brother more than $10,000 dollars in cash, dozens of two-way radios, ammunition and other equipment.

It lists 76 e-mails in the last year where the government says the two men used code words to carry out illegal activity.

The indictment concludes iron meant firearms, dogs refereed to government agents and prizes or presents were the code words for bombs or improvised explosive devices.

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Jenny Martinez, Stanford Law School: "There have been a number of indictments brought under the materials support statue and this is one where they're saying this man in San Jose was proving material support to his brother who was a terrorist."

The indictment cites one e-mail just last month in which Zulkifli writes to Rahmat, "last night I taught a course on sniping. Discontinued today because troops heard and then came spy planes."

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Democrats have to be disappointed that this man was arrested using laws they oppose, and clearly invading the privacy of the communications of accused terrorist.

An interesting coincidence appears to be developing. Al Qaeda issues threatening videos about the time their operatives are arrested or their plots are thwarted. We must be doing something right despite their best efforts and the best efforts of the Democrats.