By Jerry Markon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 9, 2009; 2:43 PM

Five missing Muslim men from Northern Virginia have been arrested in Pakistan and are being held by Pakistani authorities, the FBI and a Muslim group said Wednesday.

[b]Pakistani media reports said the young men were taken into custody at the home of an activist linked to Jaish-i-Muhammad, a jihadist group that was implicated in the December 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament in New Delhi [/b]and has been branded a terrorist organization by the United States. Those reports could not be immediately confirmed.

Officials at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the men -- who are in their early 20s and from the Alexandria area -- disappeared last week. Their families approached CAIR, which informed the FBI and has been working with federal authorities to locate the men and find out why they went to Pakistan.

"The Muslim community has taken the lead in bringing this case to the attention of law enforcement authorities and will offer ongoing cooperation with the FBI as the investigation moves forward," CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said in a news release.

FBI Supervisory Special Agent Katherine Schweit, spokeswoman for the bureau's Washington field office, said in a statement that the FBI "is working with families and local law enforcement to investigate the missing students and is aware of the individuals' arrested in Pakistan."

She added that agents are also working with Pakistani authorities "to determine their identities and the nature of their business there, if indeed these are the students who had gone missing."

FBI agents have been interviewing family members, friends and classmates of the men in the Washington area. Their names have not been released, and it was unclear Wednesday afternoon where they attend school.

CAIR is holding a news conference later Wednesday afternoon about the case, where it will "urge anyone aware of the missing group's activities to come forward and warn against the dangers of adopting or promoting extremist religious views," the group said.

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why are u posting this here . . .they are plotting to kill americans like kobojunkie. . . not us. . .

The five were from Virginia and their families had contacted the FBI soon after they went missing, he said. They include two Pakistani-Americans, two Yemeni-Americans and an Egyptian-American.

allah is great!

paddy_lo:

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why are u posting this here . . .they are plotting to kill americans like kobojunkie. . . not us. . .

You dey mind Osisi. . . . Osiso comot this nonsense for here. . . .

One of them left behind a videotape that appeared to be a "farewell" statement accompanied by references to the conflict between the West and Muslim world, Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), told reporters.

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/298628,five-american-muslims-arrested-in-pakistan.html

Thank God; virtually everyone understands that weird woman.

muhsin:

Thank God; virtually everyone understands that weird woman.

sharap!
It was posted in the wrong section and the mod has moved it.
Now comment on the thread.
Your murderous brothers never cease to make news
From Gombe to Islam[/b]a[b]bad

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Its nothing new. I have seen nigerians Kill fellow nigerians for no justifyable reasons, especially Hausa Muslim killing Christians.

Why is the American case making headline here?

You can say all the crap you harbor against Muslims.

Makes no difference. . .at all!

muhsin:

You can say all the crap you harbor against Muslims.

Makes no difference. . .at all!

Wont it be better you advice your MUSLIM people to start killing non-muslims at WILL?.
Its very unfair when a muslim kills his fellow nigerian cos of a mohammed cartoon drawn in far away Denmark.
It tells you that all is not well with both nigeria and those killing their fellow citizens over religious issue(S).

Do you know what's called responsive or retaliatory action during crisis?

@ Mushin
Is your statement neant to justify the killing of fellow nigerians in the north over a cartoon made in Europe?
I hope you will not mind being at the receiving end of the ''responsive or retaliatory act'' someday!

muhsin:

Do you know what's called responsive or retaliatory action during crisis?

Yes
Like Mutallab tried to kill strangers he met on a plane

Baby Osisi, you still dey? I missed you.

muhsin:

Baby Osisi, you still dey? I missed you.

I dey
I missed you too
How was your Sallah?

Islam is terrorism . . . . no stereotype

0hsisi:

I dey
I missed you too
How was your Sallah?

Sallah was great.
How were your Xmas and New Year as well?
BTW, why have you been less active these days?