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Jordan: "State Security To Begin Trial of Terrorist Sajidah al-Rishawi on Monday" Al-Dustur (Internet Version-WWW) Tuesday,April 18, 2006 The State Security Court will begin on Monday (24 April) the trial of the 35-year old Iraqi terrorist Sajidah al-Rishawi who took part in the Amman hotel bombings, in which seven other terrorists headed by the leader of Al-Qa'idah in the Land of the Two Rivers, Ahmad Fadil Nazzal al-Khalayilah (Abu-Mus'ab al-Zarqawi) took part, and three Iraqi dead, including Ali Husayn and Ali al-Shammari, Sajidah's husband. The members of the terrorist group, which managed last November to carry out three terrorist operations...

Not for commercial use. Solely to be used for the educational purposes of research and open discussion. SYRIA CONFIRMS GERMAN CITIZEN SUSPECTED OF SUPPORTING AL-QA'IDAH IN CUSTODY BBC Monitoring International Reports Source: Der Spiegel, Hamburg, in German 29 Jul 02 p 21 July 29, 2002 The decision by Prosecutor General Kay Nehm not to prosecute two suspected Syrian agents, who were arrested in Germany, has It is striking that death pilot Mohammed Atta spent an extended period in Zammar's home town of Aleppo promoted German-Syrian cooperation in combating terrorism. For the first time the Syrian government has now officially confirmed...

Pakistani paper reports pro-Al-Qa'idah web sites unavailable   07/29/2002 BBC Monitoring Source: The News web site, Islamabad, in English 29 Jul 02/BBC Monitoring/(c) BBC     Text of report by Rahimullah Yusufzai entitled: "Two web sites of Usamah, Al-Qa'idah shut down", published by Pakistani newspaper The News web site on 29 July Peshawar: Two Arabic-language web sites supporting Usamah Bin-Ladin and Al-Qa'idah have been shut down while a third one is now operating from a new address. The web sites, www.jehad.net and www.jihad-online [domain name as received], could not be accessed on Friday and Saturday [26-27 July]. The message...

Al-Qa'idah commander warns of new operations in Afghanistan   07/29/2002 BBC Monitoring Source: El-Youm web site, Algiers, in Arabic 28 Jul 02 p 5/BBC Monitoring/(c) BBC     An Al-Qa'idah commander has said that the Taleban and Al-Qa'idah leaders are well and planning new operations. Interviewed by the Algerian newspaper El-Youm, Abu-al-Layth al-Libi said the two organizations were working together within Afghanistan and the Taleban were forging new alliances. He said he had eye-witness reports that the US forces lost several hundred in the Shahi Kot battle in March. He said he expected the transitional administration in Afghanistan to...

Al-Qa'idah spokesman threatens new attacks on US interests -Algerian paper   07/12/2002 BBC Monitoring Source: El-Youm web site, Algiers, in Arabic 9 Jul 02 pp 1, 5/BBC Monitoring/(c) BBC     The official spokesman of the Al-Qa'idah organization has threatened the US with more attacks. In an interview with Algerian newspaper, Sulayman Abu-Ghayth said Al-Qa'idah was planning further operations against US and Jewish targets inside and outside America. He cherished the fact that the US had failed to destroy the organization's infrastructure and to capture Usamah Bin-Ladin and the Taleban leader Mola Omar, the two main objectives of the...

Not for commercial use. Solely to be used for the educational purposes of research and open discussion. German prosecutors say they plan to charge Sept. 11 suspect arrested in Hamburg Associated Press Worldstream May 17, 2002 Friday 5:15 AM Eastern Time BERLIN G erman federal prosecutors plan to present charges this year against a jailed Moroccan man they accuse of controlling an account used to bankroll several of the Sept. 11 plane hijackers, a spokeswoman said Friday. German federal prosecutors have alleged that Mounir El Motassadeq had close contact over a period of years to several men in the Hamburg...

Not for commercial use. Solely to be used for the educational purposes of research and open discussion. Indonesian court dismisses libel suit against Singapore over terrorist claims LELY T. DJUHARI; Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream May 16, 2002 Thursday 3:52 AM Eastern Time JAKARTA, Indonesia A judge on Thursday accused Singapore's government of "arrogance and cockiness," but ruled that it could not be sued by an Indonesian Muslim cleric who claimed it slandered him by dubbing him an international terrorist. "The world is being run by infidels," the aging cleric said. "If the infidels want to play, we will fight...