Daniel Patrick BoydThe All American jihadist
AKA Saifullah
“You ain’t safe nowhere these days!” A quote from Boyd's neighbor in North Carolina.
The Boyd case underscores the fact that the U.S., Canada and Latin America are loaded with Al Qaeda moles. It is hard to believe that the Boyds were not discovered until recently and only because an informant gave the government information concerning the Boyds. Daniel Patrick Boyd’s terrorist ties go back to the days when the Soviets fought in Afghanistan in the late 1980s, unbelievable!
Saifullah was holding Friday prayers in his home and his neighbors did not notice!
Why didn’t our Pakistani friends tell us or remind us about this guy? The Boyds went before a special Pakistani Government Islamic court. Didn’t the Pakistanis pass that information to the U.S. embassy in Pakistan? How did these guys get out of Pakistan without our government knowing it? I am not certain but I believe in the late 1980s and early 1990s it was illegal for an American to travel to Pakistan under Pakistani law. Why weren’t the Boyds on the No Fly List?
After all, American Daniel Patrick Boyd and his brother faced stern a punishment after being convicted of robbing a bank in Pakistan: The Boyds were looking at losing a hand and foot under harsh Pakistani Islamic law.
When the Pakistanis arrested the Boyd brothers, they were carrying identification showing they belonged to the radical Afghan guerrilla group, Hezb-e-Islami, or Party of Islam. They had become the first foreigners to be convicted and sentenced by special Islamic courts set up by the conservative federal government to impose speedy trials for so-called "heinous" crimes.
In 1991 in Pakistan, Daniel Boyd and his older brother denied they were guilty of stealing $3,200 from the bank. When the sentence was imposed, Boyd shouted: "This isn't an Islamic court. It's a court of infidels!"
The Boyds avoided the sentence when their conviction was overturned. Two decades later, the 39-year-old Boyd is accused of organizing a group in the U.S. with international terrorist connections and he faces life in prison if convicted.
On Wednesday, July 22, 2009, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina returned a sealed seven-count indictment against the following defendants:
Daniel Patrick Boyd, 39, a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
Hysen Sherifi, 24, a native of Kosovo and a U.S. legal permanent resident located in North Carolina; the Balkans have historically been a hotbed of Al Qaeda and jihadist activity.
Anes Subasic, 33, a naturalized U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
Zakariya Boyd, 20, a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
Dylan Boyd, 22, a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan, 22, a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
Ziyad Yaghi, 21, a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
An 8th defendant (apparently unnamed) is at large.
Boyd's time in Pakistan included terrorist training. The last three years he recruited followers willing to die as martyrs waging jihad. Seven members of the group, including Boyd and two adult sons, were arrested on 27 July 2009 and charged with providing material support to terrorism and "conspiracy to murder, kidnap, maim and injure persons abroad."
Authorities would not detail what the group was targeting overseas. They provided money, training, transportation and men to help terrorists. Boyd and some of the others traveled to Israel in June 2007 intending to wage "violent jihad," but returned home without success, the indictment said.
Boyd lived at an unassuming lakeside home in a rural area south of Raleigh, where he and his family operated a drywall business.
Jim Stephenson, a neighbor in Willow Spring, said he often saw the Boyd family walking their dog. The indictment shocked neighbors. "We never saw anything to give any clues that something like that could be going on in their family," Stephenson said.
Boyd has been a terrorist for a long time. He was in Pakistan and Afghanistan from 1989 through 1992. He trained in terrorist camps in Afghanistan and fought the Soviets, who occupied Afghanistan.
It is unclear when he and his family returned to the U.S., but in March 2006, Boyd traveled to Gaza and attempted to introduce his son to individuals who also believed that jihad was a personal religious obligation, the indictment said. The document did not say which son Boyd took to Gaza.
The others charged are Anes Subasic, 33; Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan, 22; and Ziyad Yaghi, 21. Hysen Sherifi, 24, a native of Kosovo and a U.S. legal permanent resident was also charged in the case. He was the only person arrested who was not a U.S. citizen.
The men's wives, also Americans, said that they had come to Pakistan in 1989 and that the United States was a country of "kafirs" or heathens. The wives refused to answer questions about their husbands' links to the Afghan or Islamic hirabists, though they did say their husbands embraced Islam nine years earlier.
Boyd's wife, Sabrina, had three sons with her in Pakistan at the time of the sentencing: 3-year-old Zakariya, 1-year-old Luqman and 5-year-old Mohammed. The indictment filed in North Carolina says Dylan Boyd is also known as Mohammed.
Although court documents indicate that prosecutors will introduce evidence gathered under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Several of the defendants, including Boyd and his sons, also face firearms charges. The indictment says they had obtained a variety of weapons from handguns to rifles.
The indictment also alleges that Daniel Boyd obtained a variety of weapons in furtherance of the conspiracy to murder persons overseas and provide material support to terrorists. These included a Bushmaster M4A3 rifle that Boyd allegedly received illegally via interstate commerce in 2006, as well as an ETA M16 V System C-MAG that he purchased in 2006. In 2007, he allegedly purchased a Ruger mini 14 long gun.
The Boyd case underscores the fact that the U.S., Canada and Latin America are loaded with Al Qaeda moles. It is hard to believe that the Boyds were not discovered until recently and only because an informant gave the government information concerning the Boyds. Daniel Patrick Boyd’s terrorist ties go back to the days when the Soviets fought in Afghanistan in the late 1980s, unbelievable!
Saifullah was holding Friday prayers in his home and his neighbors did not notice!
Why didn’t our Pakistani friends tell us or remind us about this guy? The Boyds went before a special Pakistani Government Islamic court. Didn’t the Pakistanis pass that information to the U.S. embassy in Pakistan? How did these guys get out of Pakistan without our government knowing it? I am not certain but I believe in the late 1980s and early 1990s it was illegal for an American to travel to Pakistan under Pakistani law. Why weren’t the Boyds on the No Fly List?
After all, American Daniel Patrick Boyd and his brother faced stern a punishment after being convicted of robbing a bank in Pakistan: The Boyds were looking at losing a hand and foot under harsh Pakistani Islamic law.
When the Pakistanis arrested the Boyd brothers, they were carrying identification showing they belonged to the radical Afghan guerrilla group, Hezb-e-Islami, or Party of Islam. They had become the first foreigners to be convicted and sentenced by special Islamic courts set up by the conservative federal government to impose speedy trials for so-called "heinous" crimes.
In 1991 in Pakistan, Daniel Boyd and his older brother denied they were guilty of stealing $3,200 from the bank. When the sentence was imposed, Boyd shouted: "This isn't an Islamic court. It's a court of infidels!"
The Boyds avoided the sentence when their conviction was overturned. Two decades later, the 39-year-old Boyd is accused of organizing a group in the U.S. with international terrorist connections and he faces life in prison if convicted.
On Wednesday, July 22, 2009, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina returned a sealed seven-count indictment against the following defendants:
Daniel Patrick Boyd, 39, a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
Hysen Sherifi, 24, a native of Kosovo and a U.S. legal permanent resident located in North Carolina; the Balkans have historically been a hotbed of Al Qaeda and jihadist activity.
Anes Subasic, 33, a naturalized U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
Zakariya Boyd, 20, a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
Dylan Boyd, 22, a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan, 22, a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
Ziyad Yaghi, 21, a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
An 8th defendant (apparently unnamed) is at large.
Boyd's time in Pakistan included terrorist training. The last three years he recruited followers willing to die as martyrs waging jihad. Seven members of the group, including Boyd and two adult sons, were arrested on 27 July 2009 and charged with providing material support to terrorism and "conspiracy to murder, kidnap, maim and injure persons abroad."
Authorities would not detail what the group was targeting overseas. They provided money, training, transportation and men to help terrorists. Boyd and some of the others traveled to Israel in June 2007 intending to wage "violent jihad," but returned home without success, the indictment said.
Boyd lived at an unassuming lakeside home in a rural area south of Raleigh, where he and his family operated a drywall business.
Jim Stephenson, a neighbor in Willow Spring, said he often saw the Boyd family walking their dog. The indictment shocked neighbors. "We never saw anything to give any clues that something like that could be going on in their family," Stephenson said.
Boyd has been a terrorist for a long time. He was in Pakistan and Afghanistan from 1989 through 1992. He trained in terrorist camps in Afghanistan and fought the Soviets, who occupied Afghanistan.
It is unclear when he and his family returned to the U.S., but in March 2006, Boyd traveled to Gaza and attempted to introduce his son to individuals who also believed that jihad was a personal religious obligation, the indictment said. The document did not say which son Boyd took to Gaza.
The others charged are Anes Subasic, 33; Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan, 22; and Ziyad Yaghi, 21. Hysen Sherifi, 24, a native of Kosovo and a U.S. legal permanent resident was also charged in the case. He was the only person arrested who was not a U.S. citizen.
The men's wives, also Americans, said that they had come to Pakistan in 1989 and that the United States was a country of "kafirs" or heathens. The wives refused to answer questions about their husbands' links to the Afghan or Islamic hirabists, though they did say their husbands embraced Islam nine years earlier.
Boyd's wife, Sabrina, had three sons with her in Pakistan at the time of the sentencing: 3-year-old Zakariya, 1-year-old Luqman and 5-year-old Mohammed. The indictment filed in North Carolina says Dylan Boyd is also known as Mohammed.
Although court documents indicate that prosecutors will introduce evidence gathered under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Several of the defendants, including Boyd and his sons, also face firearms charges. The indictment says they had obtained a variety of weapons from handguns to rifles.
The indictment also alleges that Daniel Boyd obtained a variety of weapons in furtherance of the conspiracy to murder persons overseas and provide material support to terrorists. These included a Bushmaster M4A3 rifle that Boyd allegedly received illegally via interstate commerce in 2006, as well as an ETA M16 V System C-MAG that he purchased in 2006. In 2007, he allegedly purchased a Ruger mini 14 long gun.
During 2008, the indictment alleges that Boyd purchased a Mossburg 100 ATR .270 rifle, a Llama Camanche III .357 revolver, a Century Arms AK Sporter 7.62 X 39 rifle and a Ruger mini 30 7.62 X 39 rifle. During 2009, Boyd allegedly purchased a Ishmash SAGA .308 rifle, a Century Arms Polish Tantal 5.45 X 39 rifle, a Century Arms C91 rifle .308, a Century Arms M70B1 7.62 X 34 rifle, a Ruger mini 14 5.56 rifle, and a Smith & Wesson MP15 .223 rifle.
The indictment further alleges that in February 2009, Daniel Boyd and his son, Dylan Boyd, knowingly sold a Beretta 9 mm handgun and ammunition to a convicted felon. In addition, the indictment alleges that in June 2009, Daniel Boyd and his son, Zakariya Boyd, used firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence, specifically conspiracy to murder.
The indictment also alleges that Daniel Boyd and several of the defendants practiced military tactics and the use of weapons on private property in Caswell County, N.C., in June and July 2009.
In July 2008, Sherifi left for Kosovo to engage in jihad. He returned to North Carolina in April 2009 to solicit funds and warriors to support the mujahedeen, but again the indictment did not give details. In October 2006, Yaghi went to Jordan to engage in jihad, according to the indictment.
These charges hammer home the point that terrorists and their supporters are not confined to the remote regions of some far away land but can grow and fester right here at home. Terrorists and their supporters are relentless and constant in their efforts to hurt and kill innocent people across the globe.
The threat that extremists and radicals pose to America and our allies has not dulled or gone away. These arrests today show there are people living among us, in our communities in North Carolina and around the U.S., that are honing their skills to carry out acts of murder and mayhem. Their ultimate goal is to wage war on freedom and democracy.
For some of us September 11th is not a vague memory, nor should it be for anyone. We should all remain vigilant to the Islamic threat.
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