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Note: The following text is a quote: 09 July 2009 EGYPT ARRESTS TERRORIST CELL OF 25 MEMBERS CAIRO, July 9 (Xinhua) The Egyptian authorities have arrested a terrorist cell of 25 members, 24 Egyptians and one Palestinian, for plotting to carry out terrorist attacks in Suez Canal, Egyptian Interior Ministry said in statement issued on Thursday. According to the statement, the members of the cell who believe in Jihad (Holy War) were located in Cairo, Alexandria and Daqahlia governorates and communicated through internet with other terrorist groups outside Egypt. The cell's members, mostly engineers, were developing high-tech and electronic devices...

How The West Was Won The rapid and unexpected decline of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq was officially recognized this week, when Maj. Gen. John Kelly, commanding the Marine Expeditionary Force, turned operational control of Anbar Province over to the Iraqi army and police. Anbar, a vast expanse of desert the size of North Carolina, had been the stronghold of the Sunni insurgency. For years, foreign fighters loyal to al-Qaida had sneaked across Iraq's northwestern border with Syria, into Anbar and down a "rat line" of safe houses in Haditha, Ramadi and Hit. From Fallujah, the arch terrorist Zarqawi...

A look at the Islamic extremist group Ansar al-Islam, blamed for attacks in Iraq and supported by a network of members in Europe, according to authorities. -HISTORY: Founded in late 2001 in Kurdish part of northern Iraq by Mullah Krekar, who has lived as refugee in Norway since 1991. Area was beyond Saddam Hussein's control thanks to Western-enforced no-fly zones. Supporters set up an enclave near the Iranian border ruled by strict Islamic law. Members trained in Afghanistan and provided safe haven to al-Qaida members fleeing after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. -SIZE: Ansar al-Islam fighters in Iraq, believed to...

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Bashar Assad’s Syria: The Next Target in the War on Terror Compiled By: Ryan Mauro tdcanalyst@optonline.net On January 23, 2004 Jane’s Intelligence Report had Rumsfeld quoted as saying that the United States was considering a multi-faceted attack on Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, to wipe out terrorists there including Hezbollah. Limited action in Somalia was also mentioned.[1] The increased pressure on Syria certainly shows an escalating series of events that could culminate in such limited strikes. People in the Bekaa Valley have reported that a US military attaché to our embassy in Beirut has been seen visiting the area with military escort.[2]...

TRIPOLI, 2 September — Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi announced yesterday that his country’s prisons were free of political detainees except for members of Osama Bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda network. “As from the date of this anniversary, Libyan prisons will be empty, with the exception of a group of heretics believed to have links with what is known as Al-Qaeda and the Taleban,” Qaddafi said. “So with the exception of the heretics, the prison will be emptied,” he said in a televised address yesterday marking the 33rd anniversary of the revolution that brought him to power. The Al-Qaeda suspects “were in Afghanistan...

<p>A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up near the home of a prominent Kurdish politician in northern Iraq on Thursday night, officials said.</p> <p>No other casualties were reported.</p> <p>Security officials at the scene said they believed the man was a member of the Islamic extremist group Ansar al-Islam, which the United States has accused of harboring fugitives from Usama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network.</p>

I recieved this just today. Though an obvious scam if not an out-right joke, I thought enough about it to pass it along to the FBI. Notice the links at the bottom of the message. FROM:Jerry Williamtutu. PHONE:(874)-762864167, FAX :(874)-762864168 &nb sp; (URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL) RE: TRANSFER OF ($26,000.000.00 USD} TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS Dear Sir, We want to transfer to overseas account ($26,000.000.00 USD) Twenty six million United States Dollars) from a Prime Bank here in South Africa, I want to ask you, If you are not capable to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will...