Free Republic

Does America need a terrorist financier to secure its “freedom”? Sami al-Arian thinks so. His National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom poses as a watchdog for the Constitution, but he has focused his lobbying efforts on repealing anti-terrorist legislation. While Sami al-Arian himself has been arrested for being a prime financier for Palestinian Islamic Jihad (and likely one of its three founders), his political movement continues to threaten homeland security. Al-Arian founded the National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom (NCPPF) in 1997 as a reaction to the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1996. The coalition’s stated goal “is to help change the...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -- One of Northern Ireland's most infamous Protestant militants, Michael Stone, forced the province's legislature to be evacuated Friday when he tossed a bag into the building and said it contained a bomb.

Tuesday, 1 January, 2002, 09:10 GMT US targets NI dissidents The UK has always urged action against the groups The US has frozen the assets of four loyalist groups and one republican paramilitary group as part of its war on terror. Officials designated the groups as suspected terrorist organisations but said it was too early to tell if any of them have financial assets in the US. The loyalist groups targeted were the Loyalist Volunteer Force, Orange Volunteers, Red Hand Defenders, and the Ulster Defence Association, also thought to cover sister organisation, the Ulster Freedom Fighters. The republican Continuity ...