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http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=91672Al-Qaeda claims fatal shooting of US marine in Kuwait DUBAI, OCT 18 (AFP)A shooting attack in Kuwait which killed a US marine and wounded another was purportedly claimed by al-Qaeda today. The statement, published by an Islamist website, also claimed the US has covered up "huge losses" during the October 8 attack during marine training on Failaka island, 20 kilometres east of Kuwait City. "We hail this courageous and successful operation ... that caused huge losses to the Americans," said the Arabic-language statement signed by the "political office" of the terror group carried by the www.jehad.net website. The statement, whose...

Terror Site Provides Detailed Handbook for Kidnapping AmericansBy Jeremy Reynalds (bio) An Islamic terrorist web site, is hosting a guide providing detailed instructions on how to kidnap American citizens. The handbook offers a variety of information, such as choosing an appropriate location and dealing with the need to properly stake out an area where a potential kidnapping is to take place; having the necessary "tools of the trade," and ways to mask the real location of an area where a kidnap victim is being taken. Here are some of the instructions in the guide. To make for easier reading...