LOS ANGELES (AFP) - US authorities have charged a man with trying to illegally export sensors that could allegedly be used to make bombs to Iran in violation of a US trade embargo, officials said.
Los Angeles resident Mohammad Fazeli, 27, was arrested on March 16 and arraigned Monday in the West Coast city on charges of trying to ship more than 100 Honeywell sensors to Iran.
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http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6366
Trial of suspected terrorists opens in Paris
PARIS, March 20, 2006
The trial of 27 people suspected of planning terrorist attacks in France opened Monday in a Paris court, following one of the country's biggest anti-terrorism investigations in recent years.
They are charged with associating with criminals connected to a terrorist organisation. Some of the suspects have given statements claiming that attacks were planned against French targets including the Eiffel Tower, police stations and a central Paris shopping centre.
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The Global Jihad - The Yemeni Connection
An updated Perspective
Scores of al-Qaida members are currently on trial in Yemen on suspicion of planning and perpetrating terrorist attacks against Yemenis officials and Western targets both in Yemen and abroad. Unfortunately, the escape of 23 al-Qa'ida members from the maximum security prison in Sana at the beginning of February overshadows this important chapter in the war on terrorism.
This article is examines the Yemeni connection to worldwide Islamic terrorism, the involvement of Yemeni Muslim volunteers in the war in Iraq, and the measures taken by the Yemeni government to combat this terrorism. In addition, this article will track the recent developments in the trials of the Al-Qa'ida members.
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Last week three Muslim conscripts of the Austrian army refused to salute the Austrian flag because this was incompatible with their faith. The Austrian paper Die Presse (18 March) reported that three soldiers of the Maria Theresia barracks, where most of the 1,000 Muslim soldiers serve, refused to salute the flag at a parade and instead turned their backs on it. The soldiers were not disciplined. However, an imam was summoned to issue a fatwa stating that Muslims are allowed to salute the Austrian flag.
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http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/928
Germany: 100 Firms Involved In Illegal Arms Exports To Iran
Berlin, 22 March
As many as 100 dummy firms in Germany are involved in illegally exporting components for missiles and aircraft to Iran, according to security experts interviewed by German public broadcaster ARAD, quoted by the German Deutsche Welle radio station's website. Most of the exports were designed to refine and perfect Iran's missile programme - considered by many to be a key part of the country's ambitions to establish itself as a major nuclear and military power.
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http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&loid=
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