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As early as Thursday the Justice Department and the FBI will announced the indictment of two men who carried out the attack on the USS Cole which killed 17 United States Sailors more than two years ago, ABC News has learned.One of the men, Fahd Mohammad Ahmed Al Quoso, may also be linked to the 9/11 terrorist plot, sources invloved in the investigation told ABC News.Sources said Al Quoso said an operative who would eventally become a suicide bomber in the Cole attack each carried $18,000 in cash money belts to Bangkok, Thailand in 1999, and gave it to Waleed...

Norway probes four refugees suspected of al-Qaeda links Monday, 26-Aug-2002 4:40AM      Story from AFP Copyright 2002 by Agence France-Presse (via ClariNet) </CLARI-ITEM HEADER>OSLO, Aug 26 (AFP) - Norway's intelligence agency PST has launched a probe into four refugees suspected of having links to the al-Qaeda network, Norwegian daily Verdens Gang reported Monday.One of the four being investigated at the request of British and US intelligence agencies is Mullah Krekar, a Kurd presumed to be the leader of the suspected bio-warfare group Ansar al-Islam, which is linked to al-Qaeda.The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration confirmed last week that Krekar has had...

The leader of The Supporters of Islam group, who was being held in the Netherlands, has been unexpectedly expelled and sent to Norway. Mullah Krekar, an Iraqi Kurd, was detained at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport last September while he was travelling to Norway where he had political refugee status. The decision by Dutch Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner to expell Mr Krekar is conspicuous because Jordan had asked for his extradition. A court was to handle the extradition request next week. Mr Krekar was detained at Schiphol because the United States claims his organisation had close links with the al-Qaeda network.