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HOMELAND INSECURITYChechen women:A threat to U.S.?New federal intelligence report warns of al-Qaida using non-Arab terrorists Posted: December 31, 200311:00 a.m. Eastern By Paul Sperry© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com WASHINGTON – As the nation ramps up security for New Year's Eve festivities, the Department of Homeland Security is warning law enforcement that al-Qaida may have recruited non-Arabs, including Chechen women, to carry out terrorist attacks on America, according to a new U.S. intelligence report obtained by WorldNetDaily. "Federal and local law enforcement authorities should be aware that al-Qaida terrorists may not appear Arab," said the report issued Dec. 23 by the Department of Homeland Security's...

13 Russian Air Force Officials, Others Killed In Suicide Attack Updated on 2003-06-05 06:50:33 MOSCOW, Russia: June 05 (PNS) - At least 13 people have been killed after a female suicide bomber blew up a bus in southern Russia, Russian officials have said. The explosion happened near the city of Mozdok in North Ossetia, which borders the breakaway republic of Chechnya. The bus was carrying Russian air force personnel and civilians. "Just as the bus was going over a railway crossing the woman walked up to it and blew herself up," a Russian defence ministry spokesman said. Mozdok is...

One of the leading Muslim scholars has issued a fatwa permitting women to carry out suicide attacks. Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian who serves as the dean of Islamic Studies at the University of Qatar, issued his ruling in response to last week's bombing in Afula, which was carried out by 19-year-old Hiba Daraghmeh, a female student from Tubas in the northern West Bank. "Women's participation in the martyrdom [suicide] operations carried out in Palestine given the status of the land as an occupied territory, in addition to a lot of sacrilegious acts perpetrated by the Jews against the sanctuaries...

ANKARA, Turkey, May 20 (UPI) -- A female militant killed herself when a bomb she was carrying exploded Tuesday in a cafe in the heart of Ankara, police said. Two other people were injured when the bomb went off immediately after the woman entered the bathroom of the Cafe Crocodile carrying a big bag, an eyewitness said. The police identified the woman as Songul Akyurt and said she was a member of an underground Turkish Peoples' Liberation Army Front. Analysts said the incident marked a reappearance of Leftist terrorism after years in which terrorist violence has been more often associated...

WASHINGTON - The FBI is telling law enforcement agencies nationwide to be aware that Al Qaeda may be using women to carry messages, handle financial transactions and provide other logistical support. The FBI's weekly bulletin to 18,000 state and local police agencies follows last month's global alert for Aafia Siddiqui, a former Boston woman wanted for Al Qaeda links. Authorities believe Siddiqui could be a fixer - someone with knowledge of America who can support Al Qaeda and help get things done. She has not been charged with any crimes in the U.S. "Law enforcement agencies should remain alert to...

<p>WASHINGTON — FBI officials are concerned that Al Qaeda, with its ranks thinned and tactics exposed by a series of arrests, may turn to women to carry out or facilitate surprise terror attacks, officials say.</p> <p>For the first time in the war on terror, the FBI has issued a be-on-the-lookout bulletin for a woman, a Pakistani neurological expert, wanted for questioning in connection with Al Qaeda.</p>

Al-Qa’ida has established a women’s unit to carry out suicide bomb attacks, the London-based Arabic newspaper A-Sharq Al-Awsat reported today (Wednesday) on its website. The groups says it is ready to carry out a major attack on mainland America. The website quoted a woman named Umm Usama, who describes herself as the leader of the women fighters for the organization. She stated that Osama Bin Laden’s network established this unit after the organization recently decided to include women in its military actions. “Islamic law permits the woman to stand by the man and to support him in the holy war...