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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2005/08/007805print.html
August 23, 2005
U.S. Says Terrorists May Pose As Vagrants
In the world of jihad, not everything is as it seems. The homeless person on the corner that you passed on your way to work this morning, for example. What if he's not "just watching all the girls go by?" From AP, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm.
WASHINGTON - Asking for increased vigilance in the wake of the London bombings, the government is warning that terrorists may pose as vagrants to conduct surveillance of buildings and mass transit stations to plot future attacks.
"In light of the recent bombings in London, it is crucial that police, fire and emergency medical personnel take notice of their surroundings, and be aware of 'vagrants' who seem out of place or unfamiliar," said the message, distributed via e-mail to some federal employees in Washington by the U.S. Attorney's office.
It is based on a State Department report that was issued last week. The State Department had no immediate comment Monday.
The warning is similar to one issued by the FBI before July 4, 2004 that said terrorists may attempt surveillance disguised as homeless people, shoe shiners, street vendors or street sweepers...
Posted at August 23, 2005 08:35 AM
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=26&story_id=23027&name=Convicted+9%2F11+terrorist+Motassadeq+to+appeal
"Convicted 9/11 terrorist Motassadeq to appeal"
23 August 2005
ARTICL SNIPPET: "HAMBURG - Lawyers for the only man ever convicted in connection with the September 11 attacks Tuesday said they have filed an appeal of last week's re-trial guilty verdict.
Defence lawyers for Moroccan-born Mounir al-Motassadeq told Deutsche Presse-Agentur they had filed an appeal because the verdict had been based on purely circumstantial evidence linking the Moroccan-born defendant to the 9/11 attacks.
In a virtual repeat of its 2003 verdict, Hamburg State Superior court last Friday found Motassadeq guilty of membership in a terrorist organisation.
The court sentenced him to seven years in prison. However, the court exonerated him of charges of actual direct involvement in the September 11 attacks."