OTTAWA — When the British police raided the homes of the terrorists, the evidence was plentiful: Travel documents hidden in a baby walker, videotapes of Osama bin Laden speeches and in the wardrobe, a stack of pamphlets titled Jihad and Preparation.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060318.wccard0318/BNStory/International/home
Al Qaeda in Lebanon
18/03/2006
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat- Worrying signs emerging from Lebanon about the growth of al Qaeda, have triggered a general unease and anxiety in security and diplomatic circles.
The wave of bombings that targeted Beirut and the South and the arrest for several cells whose members have confessed to belonging to al Qaeda, in addition to Abu Musab al Zarqawi claiming responsibility for an attack on Israeli settlements using Katyusha rockets, have all heightened the fear that al Qaeda is seeking a permanent base in Lebanon.
Ahmad Fatfat, the Interior Minister, said he had "impressions" that al Qaeda was seeking to increase its activity in Lebanon. Leading figures in the March 14 coalition went as far as speaking about training camps in northern Lebanon for Sunni militants.
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http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3&id=4176
White House report alleges Belarus has sold arms to Iran
(Filed: 19/03/2006)
Belarus moved closer to international isolation yesterday after the White House submitted a largely classified report to Congress accusing the country's president of illegally selling weapons to Iran.
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MI5 spies deal blow to terror suspect Hicks
March 19, 2006
AUSTRALIAN terror suspect David Hicks was secretly interrogated in Guantanamo Bay by British intelligence agency MI5 and admitted to training with several terrorists including the infamous "shoe bomber" Richard Reid, according to new claims from the Blair Government
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ISLAMABAD: Six people were off loaded from different international flights for carrying fake travel documents. Immigration officials at the Islamabad Airport stopped Masood Qasim and Mohammad Junaid, who were to board the London-bound flight PK 785 and checked their travel documents, which were found to be bogus.
Safder Iqbal, an employee of PTCL, was off-loaded from the same flight for possessing a private passport and going abroad without informing his department. Sajjad Khan, resident of Sawat, was barred by the immigration officials from boarding the same flight for d checked his travel documents, which were found to be bogus. Nadir Khan and Mohammad Shabbir were offloaded from the Jadha-bound flight PK 753.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006/03/19/story_19-3-2006_pg7_30
Pakistani convicted in US of illegally exporting military aircraft parts
18 March 2006
SAN DIEGO - A Pakistani who spent five years in prison for selling missile parts to Iran in the 1980s has been convicted of illegally exporting military aircraft parts to Belgium, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.
Arif Ali Durrani was convicted on Friday in US District Court on four counts of exporting engine parts and other components for the F-5 fighter jet and the Chinook helicopter, said Jennifer Silliman, assistant special agent in charge for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Diego.
Durrani was also convicted on one count of conspiracy to export parts, she said. The ultimate destination for the parts was Iran, she said.
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Terror link to Glasgow kidnap
March 19, 2006
ANDREW Ramsay, the Glasgow accountant abducted this month as he walked home with his girlfriend, claimed to have knowledge of a criminal ring with links to terrorist activity.
Friends say Ramsay, 51, claimed to have stumbled on a £40m money laundering operation and was in fear of his life. He believed huge sums of cash were being raised by a complex Vat fraud — known as carousel trading — and voiced concerns of links with Al-Qaeda.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-2093077,00.html
Police Raid Extremist Bakri's London Home
18/03/2006
London Asharq Al-Awsat- Police raided the house of an Islamic militant cleric on Thursday and confiscated a number of items. No arrests were made.
Omar Bakri Mohammed, a Syrian born cleric, was barred from Britain in August 2005, after the Home Office deemed his presence was "not conducive to the public good". The former spiritual guide of al Ghurabaa and head of al Muhajiroun which disbanded in 2004 currently lives in Beirut. A Scotland Yard spokeswoman confirmed that police had searched the house in Tottenham, north London on Thursday.
In a telephone conversation with Asharq al Awsat, Bakri, aged 46, said the raid scared his children. They confiscated two computers, including a laptop used for personal use, and a number of books and articles about Salafi and religious discussions.
The raid took place as five of his followers were arrested, including the lawyer Anjam Choudry, secretary general of al Ghurabaa and al Muhajiroun who was released Friday without charge. Omran Jawid and Abdul Rahman Salim were charged with incitement for racial hatred, after they took part in angry demonstrations in protest at the publications of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
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http://www.asharqalawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=4180
Lashkar-e-Toiba quartermaster sentenced to 9 years imprisonment
London, Mar 18
Mohammed Ajmal Khan, a Pakistan-trained terrorist and the global quartermaster for Lashkar-e-Toiba, has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment after admitting to charges of conspiring to provide funds for terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Pakistan-trained terrorist, hailing from Coventry, had travelled widely to make available funds from an ''unidentified but undeniably terrorist-related source,'' Justice Fulford said, while giving his judgment at the Snaresbrook Crown Court yesterday.
Khan(31) allegedly used millions of pounds raised by supporters in the UK to purchase Kevlar body armour, firearms and hi-tech surveillance equipment which were sent to rebels in Afghanistan and Jammu and Kashmir.
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http://www.deepikaglobal.com/ENG4_sub.asp?newscode=134123&catcode=ENG4&subcatcode=
A MUST read Bump
The invention that makes al-Qaeda rich
Article snippet from the link you posted Oorang: "Ottawa - When the British police raided the homes of the terrorists, the evidence was plentiful: Travel documents hidden in a baby walker, videotapes of Osama bin Laden speeches and in the wardrobe, a stack of pamphlets titled Jihad and Preparation."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060318.wccard0318/BNStory/International/home
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Note: I want to focus on that "baby walker" for a moment. I firmly believe that baby strollers, backpacks on wheelchairs;backpacks and handbags should be searched at all public events before going into stadiums; special events and airports. Anything can be hidden in these objects.