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“Suicide bombing attack in the Dimona commercial center kills one city resident and wounds many. Although a number of terrorist organizations claimed responsibility, it was apparently carried out by a Hamas terrorist squad from Hebron.”

February 5, 2008

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Experts say Libyans are third force behind al-Qaeda
5 Feb. 2008

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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http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/aq-khan-will-be-released-after-elections-says-mushahid_10016150.html

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