Two Lodi men arrested for suspected al Qaeda ties
June 7, 2005 by Homeland Security NTARC News
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Federal officials believe they have broken up an al Qaeda terror cell operating in Lodi and have arrested two men and detained two others as part of a wide-ranging investigation, authorities said Tuesday.
One of the men arrested, 22-year-old Hamid Hayat, is accused in a federal criminal complaint of training in an al Qaeda camp in Pakistan to learn how to kill Americans and then lying to FBI agents about it.
His training included explosives and weapons instruction and using photographs of President Bush as targets, court documents indicate.
His father, 47-year-old Umer Hayat, a Lodi ice cream truck driver, is charged in the complaint with lying about his son%u2019s involvement and his own financing of the terror camp.
