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Note to nwctwx -- adding to those Zarqawi links I posted to you.
Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.internet-haganah.us/harchives/004463.html

July 08, 2005
About the release and re-arrest of Al Maqdisi
Jordan: Freed Cleric In Contact With Al-Zarqawi:

Amman, 7 July (AKI) - The re-arrest by the Jordanian authorities of the Jihadi ideologue, Sheikh Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi - just a few days after he was released - is because of a telephone call he made to his close friend, Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an Arabic daily reports. London-based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat on Thursday cited Salafite Jihadist sources in Jordan who said: "It appears that as soon as al-Maqdisi got home he spoke with al-Zarqawi himself or his closest aide by phone."

Jordan arrests al-Zarqawi's spiritual mentor:
Jul. 6, 2005 - Jordanian police arrested the spiritual mentor of the leader of the al-Qaida in Iraq militant group on Tuesday as he was being interviewed on Al-Jazeera television, his first public appearance since his release last week, the Arab satellite channel said.
Isam al-Barqawi, also known as Sheik Abu-Mohammed al-Maqdisi, had just been freed from prison on Tuesday. Al-Jazeera said he was detained during the interview with its correspondent in Jordan, but gave no details.

Jordanian officials could not be immediately reached for comment.

Al-Barqawi is said to have taught Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in radical Islamic ideology while they shared a cell-block for four years between 1995 and 1999. Both were freed in an amnesty, and Al-Zarqawi later went to Afghanistan, then to Iraq, where his followers have waged a campaign of car bombings, attacks and kidnappings.

Posted by aaron at July 08, 2005 10:08 AM

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1439369/posts

"Italy Increases Security Around Vatican"
AP Yahoo ^ | 7/8/05 | Aidan Lewis, Marta Falconi and Andrew Dampf

Posted on 07/08/2005 3:53:45 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "ROME - Police stepped up the alert level around the Vatican, subway workers removed trash bins and an around-the-clock security monitoring system was installed Friday at Italian airports after the London bombings and threats that Italy could be the next U.S. ally targeted by terrorist.

Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Italy would begin withdrawing 300 troops from its 3,000-strong Iraq contingent in September. He denied that the withdrawal was linked to any terrorist threats against Italy, but said he wasn't underestimating the danger.

Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu convened top security and law enforcement officers for a second day of talks and "particular attention" was paid to the possible threat to Italy and preventive measures that had to be taken, the ministry said.

British installations in Italy were the top priorities. But some 13,246 sites around the country — including U.S. and NATO bases, telecommunications centers, public utilities and the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics site — were also under special surveillance and had been since the beginning of the year, the ministry said.

"Concerns never end," Luciano Barra, deputy CEO of the Turin Olympics organizing committee, said in a phone interview from Singapore. "We have good relations with the Interior Ministry and when we return to Italy we will see what can be done."

While there was little visible increased police presence in downtown Rome, Italy appeared to be taking seriously the threat contained in a purported claim of responsibility for Thursday's London bombings."