3 illegal immigrants sentenced to time served in bribery case (MD)
Three illegal immigrants from South Asia were sentenced yesterday to time served in prison for their attempts to bribe a government official and receive green cards illegally.
Mohammad Akaram Khan and Hasar Ahmad, both originally from Pakistan, and Muhammad Razzaq Butt, originally from India, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore and were sentenced the 106 days they have served and three years of supervised release. The men, who have been living in Maryland, were immediately turned over to federal immigration officials for deportation proceedings, prosecutors said......
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.cash04jan04,0,1249696.story
Five illegal immigrants admit to conspiracy over green cards (TX)
Five illegal immigrants pleaded guilty to conspiracy to fraudulently obtain immigration documents, commonly known as green cards, in Houston federal court.
Steavan Boxie, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, and Rajesh Kumar Ratilal Chauhan, Dipak Kumar Patel, Kamlesh Kumar Nana and Hitesh Patel, all of India, were arrested in September as a part of an 11-month sting operation....
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/5429450.html
Terror Suspects Hone Anti-Detection Skills
Simple Codes, Remote Sites, Internet Phone Calls Among Means Used to Foil High-Tech Surveillance
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/04/AR2008010403573.html
It goes against religious taboos in Iraq to involve women in fighting, but three recent suicide bombings carried out by women could indicate insurgents are growing increasingly desperate.
The female suicide attacks come as U.S.-led coalition forces are increasingly catching militants suspected of training women to become human bombs or finding evidence of efforts by al-Qaida in Iraq to recruit women, according to military records.