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FBI Raids Islamic Group, One Dead
(2009-10-28)
(Associated Press) -
Federal authorities in Detroit say they fatally shot the leader of a radical fundamentalist Sunni Islam group after he failed to surrender on several criminal charges. The U.S. attorney's office says Luqman Ameen Abdullah was killed while exchanging gunfire with federal agents today at a warehouse in Dearborn.

Eleven members of a group whose primary mission is to establish an Islamic state within the United States were named Wednesday in a federal complaint charging them with conspiracy to commit several federal crimes.

The names of the suspects and federal charges against them:

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Luqman Abdullah, also known as Christopher Thomas, 53, of Detroit: conspiracy to commit federal crimes; sale or receipt of stolen goods transported in interstate commerce; providing firearms or ammunition to a person known to be a convicted felon; possession of body armor by a person convicted of a violent felony; altering or removing motor vehicle identification numbers. Abdullah was killed by gunfire from federal agents during a raid Wednesday when he resisted arrest and fired at the agents.

Mohammad Abdul Salaam, also known as Gregory Stone, 45, of Detroit: conspiracy to commit federal crimes; sale or receipt of stolen goods transported in interstate commerce.

Abdullah Beard, also known as Detric Lamont Driver, 37, of Detroit: conspiracy to commit federal crimes.

Abdul Saboor, also known as Dwayne Edward Davis, 37, of Detroit: conspiracy to commit federal crimes.

Mujahid Carswell, also known as Mujahid Abdullah, 30, of Detroit and Ontario: conspiracy to commit federal crimes.

Adam Ibraheem, 38, of Detroit: conspiracy to commit federal crimes.

Gary Laverne Porter, also known as Mujahid Lnu, 59, of Detroit: conspiracy to commit federal crimes; possession of firearms or ammunition by a convicted felon.

Ali Abdul Raqib, 57, of Detroit: conspiracy to commit federal crimes.

Mohammad Alsahi, also known as Mohammad Palestine, 33, of Ontario: conspiracy to commit federal crimes.

Yassir Ali Khan, 30, of Warren, Mich., and Ontario: conspiracy to commit federal crimes.

Mohammad Abdul Bassir, also known as Frankin D. Roosevelt Williams, 50, of Ojibway Correctional Facility in Gogebic County's Marenisco Township, Mich.: conspiracy to commit federal crimes; sale or receipt of stolen goods transported in interstate commerce; mail fraud; providing firearms or ammunition to a person known to be a convicted felon; possession of firearms or ammunition by a convicted felon; altering or removing motor vehicle identification numbers.
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