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José Padilla (born October 18 1970) also known as Abdullah al-Muhajir or Muhajir Abdullah (About this sound pronunciation ahb-DUHL-lah al moo-HAH-jeer) is a United States citizen from Brooklyn New York who was convicted in federal court of aiding terrorists.Padilla was arrested in Chicago on May 8 2002 on suspicion of plotting a radiological bomb (dirty bomb) attack. He was detained as a material witness until June 9 2002 when President George W.