http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,342248,00.html
Jihad USA: Confronting the Threat of Homegrown Terror
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Law enforcement officials and security experts are warning against the threat of homegrown terrorism as several cases involving alleged American jihadists enter the courts.
“The public is getting complacent,” New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly tells FOX News. Kelly, who was the police commissioner during the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993, has developed a task force of counterterrorism officers trained to spot jihadists.
Although there has not been a major terrorist strike in the U.S. since Sept. 11, 2001, Kelley says the country cannot let down its guard.
“We can’t afford to be complacent in law enforcement, and I don’t think we are,” Kelly says in the new FOX News documentary, “Jihad, USA,” which will air at 9 p.m. ET on March 29.
Several terror-related cases now in the courts highlight this need for continued vigilance, experts say.
— In Florida, the retrial of six of the “Liberty City Seven” is coming to a close. The group members, who allegedly plotted to destroy the Sears Tower in Chicago and swore allegiance to Al Qaeda on a secret FBI surveillance tape, were arrested in June 2006. Their first trial ended in a not-guilty verdict for one defendant and a mistrial for the other six.
— In Washington state, the murder trial has begun for Pakistani-American Naveed Haq, who is accused of opening fire in Seattle’s Jewish Federation Building in July 2006, killing one woman and wounding five others. Haq allegedly said he was mad at the Jews and how they are running the country.
Two other cases are to enter court next month.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,342855,00.html
Military Contractor’s Grandfather Says Bad Ammo Accusations Are False
Friday, March 28, 2008
U.S. Army
An investigation photo of suspected Chinese ammunition allegedly given to Afghans by a U.S. military contractor.
MIAMI — The grandfather of a 22-year-old military contractor accused of illegally providing Chinese-made ammunition to the Afghanistan army defended him Friday as a dedicated businessman and legitimate weapons dealer.
Angelo Diveroli called the accusations “fabrications” by competitors jealous of his grandson’s small profit margin. He did not name the competitors but said: “They want to destroy him with all kinds of lies because he works for the government.”
The Army told Efraim Diveroli in a letter Tuesday that his Miami Beach company, AEY Inc., was suspended from government contract work pending the outcome of a criminal investigation into his claims that the munitions were made in Hungary.
Providing Chinese-made ammunition would violate AEY’s contract and U.S. law. There were also complaints from the U.S. military in Afghanistan that the ammunition arrived there poorly packaged, including loose cartridges in paper bags.
There have been no reports that the ammunition was unsafe or failed to work properly. A Pentagon spokesman said some of it may not have been used because of concerns about its packaging.
Diveroli did not respond to a note left Thursday at a Miami Beach apartment listed as his address. Messages left Friday for his attorney and at a phone listing for AEY Inc. were not immediately returned.
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