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Pakistan Remands Suspected American Militants for More Questioning

   VOA News 25 December 2009
   In  this  five-combo file photo released by Sargodha Police Department
   (11  Dec  2009),  arrested American Muslims, from left, Waqar Hussain,
   Ramy  Zamzam,  Umar  Farooq,  Ahmad  Minni,  Aman  Yemer  are  seen in
   Sargodha, Pakistan

Photo: AP

   In  this  five-combo file photo released by Sargodha Police Department
   (11  Dec  2009),  arrested American Muslims, from left, Waqar Hussain,
   Ramy  Zamzam,  Umar  Farooq,  Ahmad  Minni,  Aman  Yemer  are  seen in
   Sargodha, Pakistan

   Investigators in Pakistan are getting more time to question five young
   Americans suspected of trying to join a militant group.
   A Pakistani court in Punjab province Friday granted police another ten
   days to interrogate the men.
   The five, all from the Washington, DC area, were arrested earlier this
   month in Sargodha at the home of a leader of the banned militant group
   Jaish-e-Muhammad (Army of the Prophet Mohammad).
   Police  say the men used Internet sites to try to contact militants in
   Pakistan  before  traveling  there  from the U.S. in late November.  A
   civil  rights  group  representing  Muslims,  the  Council on American
   Islamic  Relations,  said  the  men  made  a "farewell video" with the
   message that Muslims must be defended.

   A  senior police official in Sargodha, Haseeb Shah, says investigators
   may ask for another extension at the next court hearing.
   U.S. FBI agents in Pakistan have also questioned the Americans.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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