March 11, 2010

American al Qaeda terrorist in Yemen kills guard in hospital shootout

It just never ends. A former nice boy from New Jersey, currently an al Qaeda terrorist, is in custody in Yemen. He was a) planning a terror attack b) apprehended and hospitalized last week and c) killed a hospital guard Sunday in an escape attempt. The Yemeni military earlier reported the shooter was a German citizen of Somali origin. Fox reported today that he has dual Yemeni-American citizenship.

NBC40: Federal sources have confirmed that a man from Buena is in custody in the Middle East, and they say he's believed to be an Al-Qaeda militant who's accused of going on a deadly rampage.

"We don't know nothing, we're trying to hear something," said Charles Mobley. Those were the only words he would share on camera about his son, 26 year-old Sharif Mobley. Federal sources have confirmed the 2002 Buena Regional High School graduate is currently in custody in the Middle East, suspected of being an Al-Qaeda militant.

"I remember him from high school," said Dawn Bass, "he was just outgoing, he wanted to be, like the center of attention. He was a nice kid."

Which is why those who knew him are shocked to learn that reports from the Middle East say Mobley was recently arrested with several others in Yemen, for allegedly plotting attack for Al-Qaeda. But that's not all, according to those reports, Mobley, who was apparently hospitalized in Yemen's capital for an unknown reason, allegedly killed a police guard and seriously wounded another over the weekend, in a failed attempt to escape. "It's shocking," said Bass, "I wouldn't expect anybody that I graduated with to do something
like that."

When are we going to stop being shocked? A British Airways employee charged yesterday with plotting a terror attack may also have Yemen links.

By Jane at 03:59 AM | |