The Lackawanna Six terror group was arrested in September 2002. When the FBI arrested Yahya Goba, Yasein Taher, Sahim Alwan, Shafal Mosed, Faysal Galab, and Mukhtar al-Bakri in New York, the press title the group the “Lackawanna Six,” the “Buffalo Six,” and the “Buffalo Cell.” Lackawanna, New York was the home of five of the six suspected terrorists.[9] All six are United States citizens of Yemeni descent. The members of the group stated that they were going to Pakistan to attend a religious camp, but instead attended an al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan. The six suspects pled guilty in 2003 to providing support to al-Qaeda. The suspects were all sentenced to prision time with sentences ranging between seven and ten years.[10] Goba’s sentence
