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Terror suspect testifies about shady ‘marriage’ emails


By Selim Algar

February 26, 2015 | 8:13pm


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He says he was trolling for girls, not terror.

Accused al Qaeda operative Abid Naseer testified Thursday that his shady email exchanges with a man prosecutors say was a terror supervisor were nothing more than boastful chitchats about young ladies he wanted to marry.

The former Pakistani cricket standout — who is charged with plotting to bomb a British shopping mall as part of a three-fold plot that included a foiled plot on New York’s subway system — told Brooklyn federal court jurors he sometimes even used female names online because it made it easier to converse with cyber girls.

“I wanted to get married as soon as possible,” Naseer claimed, adding that he created 10 email addresses to lure prospective brides on several online dating sites and in chat rooms.

But federal prosecutors have argued that Naseer shrouded his true intent — the infliction of mass casualties in the heart of Manchester, England — in the language of online dating.

Naseer, 28, used the names of various women — including “Huma” and “Nadia” — to refer to specific types of weaponry and terms like “marriage” and “wedding” to allude to specific operations, prosecutors said.

“There is going to be a huge party for everyone,” he wrote to his purported al Qaeda handler, a man named Sohaib. “I wish you could be here to enjoy the party.” Prosecutors assert that the “party” in question was a terror attack.

In other emails to Sohaib, Naseer discusses Huma and Nadia, which the feds called code words for different types of bombs.
I wanted to get married as soon as possible.

- Abid Naseer

“Nadia is more gorgeous than Huma at the moment,” he wrote. “She was easy to befriend…she will suit me at the moment.”

Naseer, who is representing himself at the trial, initially withstood a furious onslaught of questioning from federal prosecutor Celia Cohen during cross-examination.

Speaking with calm and confidence on the stand, Naseer answered each rapid fire question without hesitation and set the pace and tone of the questioning.

But as Cohen tightened the evidentiary grip, Naseer slowly began to splinter.

She succeeded in establishing that the only other person with whom Sohaib corresponded using his This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. address was none other than convicted Queens subway bomb plotter Najibullah Zazi.

The feds have argued that the link between Naseer and Zazi is crushing evidence of his guilt in the case.

“The only people sanapakhtana corresponded with are you and Najibullah Zazi, is that correct?” asked prosecutor Celia Cohen. “Yes, that’s correct,” the defendant conceded.

Naseer is accused of being part of an international terror ring that plotted separate attacks on the subways, a Danish newspaper and in Manchester.

His cross examination continues Friday.​

I guess he will be 69 when he gets out. Why can't these folks give it a rest. His "friend" and handler sent him down the river without a paddle. Word to the wise...be careful who your enemies are, be more careful who your friends are.