Algiers, 12 Jan. 2007 - The former leader of Algeria's outlawed Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) Anwar Haddam has announced he will form a new party to be called Movement for Freedom and Social Justice. In a statement published Friday by Algerian daily 'Al-Bayane', Haddam also announced his support for a government national reconciliation plan granting an amnesty to Islamist militants who give up armed guerrilla fighting.
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http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.375770131&par=0
Left Behind Leaves Wal-Mart Ahead (Wal-Mart Stands Up To CAIR)
Wal-Mart may be the first corporation to not cave in to Muslim offense-taking and demand-making. The retailer is continuing to sell the “Left Behind: Eternal Forces” video game despite CAIR’s complaints — rather than pull the product and put employees through sensitivity training like every other company has done so far when confronted with even a single complaint by a Muslim.
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http://politicalmavens.com/index.php/2007/01/08/left-behind-leaves-wal-mart-ahead/
Islamic Terror Group Posts Video Appearing to Show Chemical Rocket Attack Against U.S. Base in Iraq
Friday, January 12, 2007
A video was posted Thursday on the Web that graphically shows members of a well-known and highly organized Islamic insurgent group preparing and launching four rockets loaded with chemicals at a U.S. military base near Samarra, Iraq.
The video, which is posted on several Islamic Web sites, appears to show the attack being carried out by members of the self-proclaimed Salahaldin Al-Ayoubi Brigades, the military wing of Al Jabha Al-Islamiyya l'il-Muqawama Al-'Iraqiyya (JAMI), which has carried out numerous bombing and rocket attacks against U.S. military installations, including a mortar attack last October 10 that destroyed a major military ammunitions dump and lit up the sky on the outskirts of Baghdad.
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Man Questioned -- Again -- For Pre-paid Cell Phones(WestVirginia)
Posted Tuesday, January 9, 2007
A Michigan man was questioned Friday during a routine traffic stop after Philippi police found 90 pre-paid, or TRAC, cellular phones in his car.
The unusual discovery prompted officers to contact federal authorities, following alerts that large quantities of the phones have been linked to terrorist activity.
At 5:08 p.m. Friday, police stopped Hashem Sayed, 24, on Route 119 near its intersection with Hackers Creek Road. According to the traffic citation, Sayed was heading north towards Grafton and was driving left of center. Barbour County Prosecutor Lynn Phillips said he had about 90 TRAC phones with him. Police questioned Sayed and the two others with him.
The police contacted federal authorities, but officers soon released Sayed. Phillips said the investigation is considered complete at the local level. Bill Crowley, an FBI spokesman, could not confirm or deny any ongoing investigation Monday.
This is not the first time Sayed, of Dearborn, Mich., has raised a red flag. In August, Grafton police pulled him over for a routine traffic stop. What they found in his car was far from routine: more than 150 TRAC phones. It may have been unusual, but not illegal. Still, the police contacted federal authorities. At the time, Sayed said he was buying them to ship to California to sell for a profit. Authorities let him go.
Cases like this have the FBI on high alert. Last February, the agency sent out a bulletin warning local law enforcement of links between the pre-paid cell phones and terrorist activity. The phones' digital frequency has been used to detonate car bombs overseas. In Marietta, Ohio, two Michigan men were found last August with a large quantity of phones. In the past year, men with large numbers of cell phones have been found across the country. Some have been arrested on terror charges.
http://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=18400
Here is the article on Hashem Sayed's August 2006 run in with the WV authorities: