Defendant Jany Leveille (L to R) sits next to her defense lawyer, defendant Siraj Ibn Wahhaj and his defense lawyer

The chief suspect in the case of the New Mexico compound, where 11 children were kept in slum-like conditions, sought to build an army of child recruits to carry out jihad, according to an FBI interview with one of the victims.

Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 37, who was arrested by the FBI and charged with child abuse resulting in the death of his three-year-old son Abdul Ghani, dreamt of turning the children into an army by training them for a religious war against non-believers.

That's according to an FBI interview with a 13-year-old boy who was among the 11 children Wahhaj and his associates kept in wretched conditions for months at a desert compound in Amalia, New Mexico. The interview is included in the agency's affidavit in support of the criminal complaint filed against five adults with hardline Islamist views, and cited by Reuters.

The boy claims that Wahhaj, the son of a prominent Brooklyn imam, was training him and the other children to handle firearms. The training also included specific techniques, like rapid reload and hand-to-hand combat. He then encouraged children to commit jihad, defining it as killing on behalf of Allah.

The 13-year old also revealed some details about his mother's bizarre behavior, telling FBI agents that she believes she receives orders from God. The 'exorcism' ritual that she and Wahhaj performed on three-year-old Abdul Ghani, which killed him, was approved by the Lord, she claimed.

The toddler's severely decomposed body was found by police in a tunnel near the compound. The 13-year old said the adults told him to never mention that the deceased boy had ever been on the compound, since it would mean prison sentences for all of them.

Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, his two siblings, Hujrah Wahhaj and Subhanah Wahhaj, his girlfriend Janny Leveille, and one Lucas Morton, were all arrested by the FBI on Friday, days after child abuse charges against all of them were dropped by the judge. The charges against Wahhaj and Leveille relating to Abdul Ghani's death remain, however.

The FBI charged Leveille, a Haitian national who has overstayed her US visa by 20 years, with unlawful firearms possession and being an illegal alien in the US, while the other four defendants were named as her co-conspirators and abettors.

Wahhaj was previously described by local law enforcement as "an extremist of the Muslim belief." Writings seized from the compound and accounts of the children that had lived through the ordeal suggest that members of the extended family were fascinated by the prospect of blowing themselves up in the name of God.

One of the notes found at the compound is titled "Phases of a Terrorist Attack" and offers guidelines to "the one-time terrorist" and suggests an "ideal" place to commit a terrorist attack. Prosecutors' earlier interviews with the children revealed that both Leveille and Subhannah Wahhaj talked about dying in jihad, while Morton said he dreamed of being killed in a "holy war."

The prosecution previously argued that the firearms training could have served a more specific purpose - to repel a potential FBI raid and possibly commit a school shooting.

Despite mounting evidence, no terrorism charges have been brought against the suspects who remain in custody and are due in court on Tuesday. The defense, meanwhile, argues that the defendants have been discriminated against because of their race and religious beliefs, arguing for their right to bear firearms as well as practice whatever religion they want.

http://www.sott.net/article/394953-13-year-old-New-Mexico-compound-victim-says-children-were-trained-to-wage-jihad

Well, that figures.

Perhaps the IRS should have a close look at their taxes?


There's more than one way to skin a cat.

Seems these compounds are most always in TX ?. Is that because there is soo much land? Doesn't anyone check on these type compounds when they pop up?

Not bashing TX..just wondering

But yeah, they usually are in TX.

Longest border with Mexico...

If the testimonies are admissible and can be tied to physical evidence, especially in the current climate, it sounds like a pretty ironclad case of a terrorist conspiracy. Penal Code 2.18 section 133



A penalty of imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years shall be applied to any person who plans or prepares a terrorist act by entering into a conspiracy with another person to commit a criminal act specified in sections 131, 138, 139, 141, 142, 143 or 144.

A penalty of imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years shall be applied to any person who enters into a conspiracy to commit a criminal act specified in sections 137 or 140.

There are several compounds in different parts of the US. training children for war . I t's nothing new been going on for more than a Decade. The media is not Full. force on reporting any of this. Only because. It was reported children were being mistreated. In one of these compounds.

I believe they are on Private properties. Even US citizens have complained of this in different states .

US/, Washington better wise up and go after these people forming the componds. Because they are coming for Americans.

I think the skinheads have one up in Washington or Oregon..somewhere up there and you are right it is private property so the law has a hard time gathering Intel on what they are doing in there

the Patriot act allows the game wardens full police powers...meaning they're the only law enforcement that can go anywhere without a warrant and arrest anyone for any crime...

Don't forget about the IRS and census workers.
Official reconnaissance that is admissible in court.
They come back, testify to what they saw and that is called 'probable cause'.

I know a program that does sound lot of research on things like this! And you can believe me, many people haven't got a clue as to what is Really going on here in our own Country. Working against the American People.

News media concentrates on Trump daily! And the Librals jump right on board.

They want the people here, that will work on detroying. this Country!

Sad

Land and climate.

Nobody wants to freeze their nuts off,
practicing for jihad in Antarctica.

They did in the 80's but it's moved. That's where Bob Matthews ran "the Order" out of.