The Austrian public prosecutor’s office has reportedly been investigating an Austrian cell of worldwide terror network Al-Qaeda for three years.
The magazine News will have a report about that in its edition that goes on sale tomorrow (Thurs) based on documents allegedly in the possession of the Office for Protection of the Constitution and the Fight against Terrorism (BVT).
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http://austriantimes.at/index.php?id=12395
Police feared 'Al-Qaida terror attack' on UK was planned for Easter
4/9/09
Counterterrorism officials believe an alleged al-Qaida terror plot against the UK, designed to cause mass casualties, was due to be carried out within days, the Guardian has learned. A total of 12 people were arrested across northern England on Wednesday as police carried out a string of raids to thwart an alleged terrorist cell with overseas links.
Peter Fahy, the chief constable of Greater Manchester police, today confirmed that 11 of those arrested were Pakistani nationals.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/09/al-qaida-terror-uk
Turkey Police Detain 30 Suspects In Al-Qaeda Swoop
Thursday April 9th, 2009
ANKARA--Turkish anti-terror police Thursday detained 30 people on suspicion of belonging to al-Qaeda, the Anatolia news agency reported.
The suspects, rounded up in simultaneous operations in several districts in the western city of Eskisehir, were being questioned by police, the report said. Police weren't immediately available for comment.
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Militant groups are using the Internet to rally followers and boast of deadly new attacks — and they’re using American-owned Web hosts to do it, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
On March 25, a purported Taliban Web site called the voice of the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" heralded a deadly attack on coalition forces in the country. The site claimed four soldiers were killed in the ambush and the "mujahideen took the weapons and ammunition as booty."
The message, while written by the Taliban across the globe, was broadcast from Texas. Web hosts like ThePlanet, located in Houston, are falling victim to the militant efforts, renting cyberspace at inexpensive prices and unknowingly becoming the voice of extremists. "The relatively cheap expense and high quality of U.S. servers seems to attract jihadists," Rita Katz, co-founder of the Site Intelligence Group, told the Post.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,513499,00.html
Wanted Taliban Leader Doesn't Fear U.S.
4/9/09
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Afghan intelligence agents are sharing information with militants about U.S. and NATO troop movements, a top Taliban commander told NBC News.
"The people of Afghanistan are with us," said Sirajuddin Haqqani, in an exclusive interview. "The Afghan intelligence officials are sympathetic to the Taliban and they communicate the movements of the occupying forces [U.S. and NATO] to us."
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http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/04/09/1886824.aspx