Feds Unseal Documents & Pictures in Accused Terrorist Case
12.02.2010, 06:02
Never-before seen snap shots inside the Memphis apartment of an accused terrorist. Feds say Mahmoud Maawad had a bookcase of flying manuals and books, a stack of aviation DVDs, a pilot's uniform in the closet and even a bomber jacket.
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We showed the pictures to a former neighbor of Maawad. "It does surprise me. I was like who is this person how come I didn't know this person."
The feds also say Maawad ordered pilot's merchandise and books from sporty's pilot shop on the internet. The internet receipts show Maawad ordering flight simulators and long list of flying books and videos.
But the feds say that's not all. FBI agents found a chart of Memphis International Airport. And new details about where Maawad was going online are even more disturbing. For example, the site of a radical Sunni Muslim group led by Al Queda leader Abu Musab al-Zarquawi. The feds say Maawad also searched sites on how to smuggle "guns and bombs" into the airport. And even looked up "car bombs."
For now prosecutors have charged Maawad with wire fraud and using a false social security number to work at a Chelsea Avenue gas station and to enroll at the University of Memphis.
Back to the former neighbor, he just hopes people can realize most Muslims like him are happy to be here. "It doesn't really mean all Muslim's are terrorists. What he believes is totally different."
Maawad's trial is scheduled for next month. His attorney didn't return our phone calls for comment.