Shafal Mosed is a

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who grew up in the suburbs of

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. In 2002, he was arrested and charged as part of the

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together with the other members of the " Lackawanna Six", based on the fact the group of friends had attended an

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together years earlier.Temple-Raston, Dina. "The Jihad Next Door: The Lackawanna Six and Rough Justice in the Age of Terror", 2007

Life

Born in

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, Mosed moved to Lackawanna as a child when his father's automotive job with

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was relocated to the Buffalo plant. When his father died of a heart attack, Mosed was left in charge of caring for his sickly mother and three younger siblings. The family lived in poverty, as Mosed worked as a

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and took computer courses at the local

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. Taher, Moseb and Galeb all decided to leave together after Sahim Alwan made it clear he wanted to return home and was unhappy with the tone of the camp. They were driven to

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, and rather than wait a day for the next plane, took a bus to

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so they could leave Pakistan immediately.

References

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