Al Qaeda terror convict deported to India, agencies to probe radicalisation angle

United States has deported Al Qaeda terrorist Mohammed Ibrahim Zubair to India who h pleed guilty to concealment of financing of terrorism. Zubair, who is from Hyderab, has been brought back to India on a special flight, and security ncies will question Al Qaeda operative after mandatory quarantine period ends. 

Zubair, 40, is an Indian citizen who studied engineering at University of Illiis Urbana-Champaign from 2001 through 2005. He moved to Ohio in 2006 and married a US citizen, becoming a lawful permanent resident of United States in or around 2007. 

Al Qaeda operative helped in concealing provision of thousands of dollars to Anwar Al-Awlaki, a key leer of Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula, in an effort to support violent jih. Al-Awlaki is kwn for vocating violence against United States and was involved in attempted terrorist attacks against civilians, according to US court documents. Al-Awlaki was later designated a terrorist and killed by a US drone in 2011.

indictment order, states that he, 'Provided material support & resources to Awlaki to wit, currency and monetary instruments, tangible property, services and expert vice and assistance, kwing an intending that y were to be used in preparation for and in carrying out 'violent Jih' against United States and United States military in Iraq, Afghanistan and throughout world'

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Facilitated transfer of money

Farooq Mohamm, one of Al Qaeda terrorists, h travelled with two or people to Yemen in 2009 to meet Awlaki but were unsuccessful. He travelled to Sana’a to meet one of his associates where y gave him approximately $22,000 to be given to Awlaki. Zubair facilitated transfer of money to Farooq Mohamm overseas for him to take to Awlaki in Yemen. 

According to US Department of Justice, Zubair attempted to conceal source of funds provided to Awlaki by lying to investigators and deleting emails from ir accounts that were related to transactions.

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