The FBI has issued an alert to be on the lookout for two Middle Eastern men seen in the Portland, Maine-area last Sunday. Witnesses claim the men fit the description of two suspected terrorists on the FBI’s latest bulletin. Maine State police received a bulletin on Wednesday from the FBI that said two of four men featured on the FBI’s Web site may have been seen driving in an area northwest of Portland. The alert said on Sunday, Sept. 7, around 4 p.m., two Middle Eastern men were seen in Naples, Maine, traveling southbound on Route 302 in a newer slate gray BMW sedan.
“There has been no confirmed sightings, but we have gotten the information out to our department and we are on the lookout for these guys,” said Steve McCausland of the Maine State Police. Massachusetts officials are on the lookout as well.
“I wouldn’t say that we’ve put it at a higher alert, but we definitely made sure that all of our members that are working definitely knew of this incident on Sunday, the sighting,” said Massachusetts State Trooper Scott Schubert.
The unconfirmed sighting claims one of the two men fit the description of Adnan el Shukrijumah, a Saudi native who lived for year in south Florida. The FBI has been searching for him for months. Officials said he could be a terror cell leader or organizer similar to Mohamed Atta, the alleged mastermind of the 9-11 attacks. Atta was also sighted at the Portland airport the morning of the attacks, boarding a plane for Boston.
For more information on Shukrijumah, visit: http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/adnan.htm
The second man possibly sighted in Naples is Abderraouf Jdey, who was born in Tunisia and is a naturalized Canadian citizen. He is one of five men who have left suicide letters promising to die fighting non-Muslim infidels.
For more information on Jdey, visit: http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/jdey.htm
“I would take it seriously. We are, unfortunately, overdue for a major strike. Keep in mind that al-Qaida or any other terrorist group periodically have to strike to keep their presence in America’s mind,” said terrorism expert Edith Flynn.
Officials said they have no information as to whether the men are involved in a specific terrorist operation.
Meanwhile, FBI spokesman Jim Osterreider told a Portland radio station that there was a second, unconfirmed sighting of the same men, reported several weeks ago in Islesboro Ferry, Maine.
Source: FBI; BostonChannel.com