Dubai - According to US counter-terrorism experts from West Point's military academy, the Libyan connection inside the terrorist group al-Qaeda is very strong and second only to the Egyptian and Saudi forces.
In consultations with West Point's experts by Arabic language newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat, the assassination of Abu Layth al-Libi, an al-Qaeda field commander, has not diminished these connections. After the Egyptian and Saudi terrorist forces which dominate the Jihadist movement. "There has been a recent rise of Libyans inside the al-Qaeda network," explains terrorism expert Vahid Brown.
"Today, Egyptians and Saudis control the military strategies and sources of funding, but there are various signals that point out the increasing influence and usage of Libyans."
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http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.1846748713
A.Q. Khan will be released after elections, says Mushahid
February 4th, 2008
Lahore - Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Secretary General Syed Mushahid Hussain has said that incarcerated nuclear scientist and proliferator Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan would be released after the February 18 elections.
The BBC Urdu service quoted Hussain as saying that he had met the detained scientist and told him that his previous status will be restored. Speaking in BBC Urdus programme Talking Point, Hussain said Khan had sacrificed for the sake of Pakistan to save the countrys nuclear assets. Khan, is widely regarded as the founder of Pakistans nuclear program.
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Islamic preacher 'recruited terrorists for Iraq' (U.K.)
05/02/2008
A radical preacher who heckled the Home Secretary tried to recruit Muslims to fight British soldiers in Iraq and raise money for terrorists, a court has been told.
Trevor Brooks, who uses the names Omar Brooks and Abu Izzadeen, and six co-defendants, claim their arrest in 2007 was "politically motivated" because Brooks once interrupted a speech made by John Reid when he was home secretary, the court heard.
In a video played to the jury, one of the accused, Abdul Rehman Saleem, praised Osama bin Laden and said Islam was a "religion of terrorism". He said: "Terrorism against the kuffar [non-believers], terrorism against those that terrorise us, terrorism against those that terrorise our women and children. Yes we have terrorised them so when they call you terrorist, be proud to have that title."
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/05/nterror205.xml
from your article, Oorang:
“...the Libyan connection inside the terrorist group al-Qaeda is very strong and second only to the Egyptian and Saudi forces.”
Very under-reported.
Thanks Oorang.
WASHINGTON - Al-Qaida, increasingly tamped down in Iraq, is establishing cells in other countries as Osama bin Laden's organization uses Pakistan's tribal region to train for attacks in Afghanistan, the Middle East, Africa and the United States, the U.S. intelligence chief said Tuesday.
"Al-Qaida remains the pre-eminent threat against the United States," Mike McConnell told a Senate hearing more than six years after the Sept. 11 attacks. McConnell said that fewer than 100 al-Qaida terrorists have moved from Iraq to establish cells in other countries as the U.S. military clamps down on their activities, and the organization "may deploy resources to mount attacks outside the country."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080205/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_terror_threats
blog:
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/191093.php
February 05, 2008
“What if an Indicted Terror Supporter Had a Website?”
Note: Photos included.
ADDING 1 link:
blog:
http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/003968.html
February 4, 2008
“UK: Muslim Fanatic Abu Izzadeen Stands Trial”