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Unclear Danger: Inside the Lackawanna terror case

Number 20893
Subject Terrorism
Source New York Times
State New York
Year 2003
Publication Date Oct 12
Summary In the spring of 2001, seven young Yemeni-American from Lackawanna, New York went to Afghanistan to train for Jihad. What followed is one of the most intense and high profile terrorism cases since Sept. 11. The story offers the perfect backdrop for a story about how terrorist cases are pursued in the wake of the Patriot Act.
Category Contest Entry
Pages 13
Keywords jihad;al qaeda;buffalo;sleeper cell;terrorist;bombing;yemen
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