Detroit
An extensive web in the U.S. has provided money and logistical support to overseas terrorists, federal officials said this week. In Detroit, four Arab men were charged with running a “sleeper” terrorist cell that plotted attacks in Turkey and Jordan and possessed surveillance videotapes of Disneyland and a Las Vegas casino. In another case, James Ujaama, a Seattle Muslim activist, was accused of conspiring to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon. Authorities also believe a Midwestern drug ring broken up eight months ago funneled money to Middle East terrorist groups like Hezbollah. “America has been a piggy bank for certain terror organizations to the tune of tens of millions of dollars,” said a high-ranking investigator.
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