Faysal Galab is a Yemeni-American who grew up in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York. In 2002, he was arrested as part of the War on Terror together with the other members of the "

Lackawanna Six The Buffalo Six (known primarily as Lackawanna Six, but also the Lackawanna Cell, or Buffalo Cell) is a group of six Yemeni-American friends who pled guilty to charges of providing material support to al-Qaeda in December 2003, based on their havin ...

", based on the fact the group of friends had attended an Afghan training camp together years earlier. Along with the others he was convicted of "providing support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization", and received a seven-year sentence."Member of 'Lackawanna Six' Released from Prison"
, May 6, 2008, NPR.org

Life

Galab was born to James Galab, a

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at Bethlehem Steel in Lackawanna, NY. Galab graduated from high school, married and worked as a

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. Taher, Moseb and Galeb all decided to leave together after

Sahim Alwan Sahim Alwan is a Yemeni-American who grew up in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York. In 2002, he was arrested and charged as part of the War on Terror together with the other members of the " Lackawanna Six", based on the fact the group of friends had ...

made it clear he wanted to return home and was unhappy with the tone of the camp. They were driven to Quetta, and rather than wait a day for the next plane, took a bus to Karachi so they could leave Pakistan immediately.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Galab, Faysal American people imprisoned on charges of terrorism Buffalo Six Living people People from Lackawanna, New York Year of birth missing (living people)