(AP/Washington Post) Harry R. Weber - Syed Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee are accused of traveling to Canada to meet with Islamic extremists to discuss "strategic locations in the United States suitable for a terrorist strike," federal prosecutors said. Ahmed and Sadequee, U.S. citizens who grew up in the Atlanta area, met with at least three other targets of ongoing FBI terrorism investigations during a trip to Canada in March 2005, prosecutors contend. They say the men discussed attacks against oil refineries and military bases and planned to travel to Pakistan to get military training at a terrorist camp. Defense lawyer Jack Martin says investigators preyed on Ahmed's devotion to Islam during a terrorism probe and then reneged on a promise not to arrest him if he told the truth. Ahmed has been charged with providing material support to terrorists.
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