Lackawanna Six Suspect Jaber Elbaneh Held in Yemen

Federal officials say a man accused of helping recruit men known as the “Lackawanna Six” to train at an al-Qaida terrorist camp has been taken into custody again in his native Yemen.

U.S. Attorney Kathleen M. Mehltretter's office confirmed the development with Two On Your Side.

Jaber Elbaneh is being held and has asked for a lawyer to

defend him against charges he's faced in Western New York since 2002. Federal authorities accuse Elbaneh of recruiting the Lackawanna Six, and bringing them to an Al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan in 2001.

Elbaneh was out of the county when authorities arrested the Lackawanna Six in September of 2002.

The 43-year-old Yemeni-American is on the FBI's list of

most-wanted terrorism suspects. He been held several times by

Yemeni officials since being charged in the U.S. The two countries don't have an extradition treaty.

“We would like to get him back here in the United States for prosecution,” said James Robertson, the Special Agent-in-Charge of Buffalo's F.B.I. Office. “He's on our top 28 Most Wanted Terrorists Lists. I think there's a five million dollar reward out for him. It's a matter of high interest to the United States Government.”

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