TERROR TRADING?

SNIPPET: "An unconfirmed report published by Muslim news portal, IslamOnline, suggests that the five Americans currently being detained by the Pakistani government on suspicion of terrorist ties will not be released unless the United States government is willing to negotiate a prisoner swap."

SNIPPET: "Among the names mentioned in the proposal are Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, Saifullah and Uzair Piracha, and Majid Khan. Each of these individuals is currently being held by the United States government for their connections to the Taliban and Al Qaida. While all of them provided financial and logistical support to these terrorist groups, Siddiqui went a step further – boldly attacking a group of U.S. servicemen with an assault rifle while in custody."

Terrorism never sleeps - sighing here.

Beat officers prevented terror attack by stopping suspicious tourist

Snip: A terrorist attack on London was averted because two beat patrol officers stopped a man who was acting suspiciously while filming with a mobile phone, police claimed yesterday.

The Algerian man said that he was a tourist, but when his phone was examined it yielded 90 minutes of footage of stations, security cameras and shopping centres.

Police release terror target footage

www.jihad.com

Snip: Let’s not fool ourselves. Whatever threat the real Afghanistan poses to U.S. national security, the “Virtual Afghanistan” now poses just as big a threat. The Virtual Afghanistan is the network of hundreds of jihadist Web sites that inspire, train, educate and recruit young Muslims to engage in jihad against America and the West......

Store operator in trouble over jihad comments

Snip: Is a Northwest Knoxville convenience store operator a jihad jokester or a terrorist-in-waiting?

FBI Agent Mark D. Murphy testified that an informant clandestinely recorded chats with Ahmed in early 2006 during which Ahmed allegedly tried to recruit the informant into the terrorist network al-Qaeda.

"He referred to jihad," Murphy said of Ahmed. "He asked the confidential source if he would be interested in joining jihad. He stated that he was connected to al- Qaeda, that he had worked for them for several years. He wanted the informant to join al-Qaeda. "

According to Murphy's testimony, Ahmed told the informant, with whom he was acquainted, that he planned to wait "until his son reached the age of seven" before putting into action a plan to carry out a terrorist attack at a shopping mall.

However, defense attorney Barbara Clark elicited testimony from Murphy that Ahmed told agents "he was joking." She also noted that although the FBI had been monitoring Ahmed for nearly four years now, they had not unearthed any proof that Ahmed had taken any steps to craft or carry out such a plot.

Norway - Extremist sites

Snip: Asked if there are activities on Norwegian sites or urls which they consider a danger to the state, Bernsen refused to comment.

  In an interview with Aftenposten in February of last year, then PST head Jørn Holme said that Norwegian youth are a target for terrorist groups who are actively recruiting members in Norway.

  Holme said then that they've gotten report of older, manipulating, extreme islamsits who are trying to motivate youth in Norway to participate in a Jihad attack abroad. He confirmed that these people were physically operating in Norway, but did not want to comment any further on how or which communities.

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