Yahya Goba

Yahya Goba 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 that he and a group of friends had attended an Afghan training camp together years earlier.[1]

Life

When Kamal Derwish moved back to Lackawanna in 2000, he lived with his uncle until Goba volunteered to split an apartment with him. Derwish then began holding regular get-togethers at the apartment, where a group of upwards to 25 young Muslim men would get together to discuss religion and eat pizza. Goba and Jaber Elbaneh tended to "compete" for the attention and favour of Derwish, who spoke of his travels abroad and ostensible history fighting in Palestine.[1] He applied for a new passport, noting that his old one had been destroyed after being thrown in the washing machine in a shirt pocket. Authorities believe and have averred that he was trying to erase incriminating visa stamps marking his overseas visits.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Temple-Raston, Dina (2007). The Jihad Next Door: The Lackawanna Six and Rough Justice in the Age of Terror. New York: PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1586484033.
  • v
  • t
  • e
United States Alleged militants in the war on terror who have lived in United States
People listed in italics have died.
September 11 attacks
Buffalo Sixal-Qaeda/al-JihadBoston cab driversPortland SevenArrested in 2005
and convicted
Liberty City Seven
  • Patrick Abraham1
  • Burson Augustin1
  • Rotschild Augustine1
  • Narseal Batiste1
  • Stanley Phanor1
2007 Fort Dix plot
  • Agron Abdullahu2
  • Dritan Duka1
  • Eljvir Duka1
  • Shain Duka1
  • Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer1
  • Serdar Tatar1
D.C. Five
  • Umer Farooq1
  • Waqar Khan1
  • Ahmed Abdullah Minni1
  • Aman Hassan Yasir1
  • Ramy Zamzam1
Others
Related articles
1 Currently imprisoned.   2 Released after serving sentence.