A Philadelphia man has been arrested today as an associate in the case of Jamshid Muhtorov, and also charged with conspiracy to assist the Islamic Jihad Union, the FBI and Pennsylvania news media reported.
Bakhtiyor Jumaev, 45, was arrested in connection with the case of Muhtorov, a former human rights activist who is said to have turned to extremist beliefs and planned to travel to Turkey to assist the IJU.
Fbi.gov reports:
The FBI has been conducting an investigation into the activities of Jumaev and his associate, Jamshid Muhtorov, who was arrested in January 2012 on similar charges. According to the affidavit in support of the criminal complaint, Jumaev and Muhtorov pledged support for the IJU and Jumaev sent funds to Muhtorov specifically intended for the IJU. The IJU is an extremist organization that is responsible for a number of attacks and bombings, including attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan. The IJU has been designated by the U.S. Secretary of State as a foreign terrorist organization.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says Jamayev was charged with sending just $300 to Muhtorov allegedly for the terrorist cause:
Court papers said Jumaev and Muhtorov pledged financial backing for the IJU and Jumaev sent $300 to Muhtorov on March 15, 2011 that was specifically intended for the IJU.
I don't see the court papers online yet -- still looking.
It doesn't seem like you could get very far with $300, that's not enough for an air ticket, but with free fertilizer pilfered from a farm, maybe you could get up to some terrorism.
Are we in the realm of "thought crime" with these two, as Joshua Foust and others at Registan have claimed?
I'm not seeing it, because the FBI wouldn't be able to make a case for terrorism if all they had was one emigre wiring a mere $300 to another.
Unlike Muhtorov, who was known and had an Internet footprint from various human rights reports, I don't see anything about Jamayev or бахтиор джамаев or various other spellings -- some of the people you see on social networks don't have the right age.
