ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - The FBI agent who arrested Zacarias Moussaoui in August 2001 accused headquarters of criminal negligence for its refusal to investigate Moussaoui aggressively after his arrest, according to court testimony Monday.
Agent Harry Samit testified under cross-examination at Moussaoui's trial that FBI headquarters' refusal to follow up "prevented a serious opportunity to stop the 9/11 attacks" that killed nearly 3,000 people.
Moussaoui is the only person charged in this country in the attacks.
The FBI's actions between Moussaoui's arrest on immigration violations on Aug. 16, 2001, and Sept. 11, 2001, are crucial to his trial because prosecutors allege that Moussaoui's lies prevented the FBI from thwarting or at least minimizing the Sept. 11 attacks. Prosecutors must prove that Moussaoui's actions caused the death of at least one person on 9/11 to obtain a death penalty.
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19 March 2006 | 15:29 | FOCUS News Agency
Sofia. Alex Alexiev, adviser on national Security with the Pentagon and the CIA, and a Vice President for Research with the Center for Security Policy and leads the program on “Islamic Radicalism And International Terrorism”, said in an interview for FOCUS News Agency that the strong presence of Wahabi groups in Bulgaria and the attempts to islamize Turkey are worrying for the country’s future.
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Mother Teresa statue angers Albania's Muslims
3/20/06
TIRANA, Albania-Albania's Muslim community said Monday that raising a bust of Mother Teresa in a northern city would not damage religious harmony, rejecting claims from other Muslim associations.
The proposal from the Culture Ministry to put a statue at the entrance to Shkodra, 110 kilometers (68 miles) north of the capital, Tirana, had been opposed the day before by some small Muslim associations.
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