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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE - Travis airman Ahmad I. Al Halabi pleaded guilty Wednesday to three minor charges in what began as a high profile military espionage case, ending a yearlong effort by the government to prove that the naturalized U.S. citizen attempted to spy for his native country of Syria. Al Halabi, who once faced charges that could have resulted in the death penalty, agreed to a plea bargain that involves substantially reduced charges, admitting he was guilty of illegally taking photographs, lying to investigators and improperly handling sensitive materials. Al Halabi was expected to be sentenced to the...

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) - Adam Yahiye Gadahn was 17 years old when he walked into the Islamic Society of Orange County and asked for permission to worship there. The farm kid who grew up in a home with Christian roots declared himself a Muslim, ready to immerse himself in his new religion. But his devotion eventually spiraled into trouble - and an arrest. Gadahn, who was named Wednesday as one of seven suspected al-Qaida operatives sought by the FBI, was later expelled from the mosque after attacking an employee. Records show he pleaded guilty to assault and battery charges...

ALBANY - (AP) — New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton says the case of a Pakistani immigrant detained after taking pictures of a reservoir was "disturbing." In a letter sent to federal immigration officials, Clinton asks that they consider requests from Ansar Mahmood's former neighbors in Hudson to release him and allow him to stay in this country. ~snip~ But investigators found he co-signed an apartment lease and registered a car for an area Pakistani couple with expired visas. He was convicted in January 2002 of illegally harboring aliens and ordered deported. Mahmood's fight has attracted sympathy from people who...

This is an email that has been sent to the MSA-listserv of my university. I just copied & pasted the message, because I want to keep the identity of the mole secret. Asalaamualaikum: If its one thing i'd like to say to All those on this listserv....keep Sh. Ahmed Yassin in your du'a. If people only knew and researched this scholar's background....subhan'Allah.This is indeed a very sad and tearful day for people who knew the caliber of this man...not as a founder, not as an activist, not as a respected scholar, not as a humanitarian, but as a devout Slave...

BLAME AMERICA FIRST: College Campuses Respond to The War on Terror I) INTRODUCTION Professor Noam Chomsky of MIT hates America. He hated America for waging the Vietnam War. He gave aid and comfort to our Communist North Vietnamese enemy by constantly accusing American politicians and generals of committing war crimes against the Vietnamese people. This linguistics professor wrote many books, articles and letters based on distorted or nonexistent evidence asserting the evil acts America did in Vietnam. Chomsky openly rejoiced when Saigon surrendered to the North Vietnamese Army in 1975. He completely ignored the sufferings of the Vietnamese boat people...