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By Paul Sperry © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com WASHINGTON -- A top textbook consultant shaping classroom education on Islam in American public schools recently worked for a school funded and controlled by the Saudi government, which propagates a rigidly anti-Western strain of Islam, a WorldNetDaily investigation reveals. The consultant, Susan L. Douglass, has also praised Pakistan's madrassa schools as "proud symbols of learning," even after the U.S. government blamed them for fueling the rise of the Taliban and al-Qaida. Douglass, routinely described as a "scholar" or "historian," has edited manuscripts of world history textbooks used by middle and high school students across...

GLOBAL JIHAD New al-Qaida plot to burn U.S. forests Arab message board posts 'plan of economic attack' Posted: April 8, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com An Arabic-language jihadi website posted a message purporting to be "al-Qaida’s plan of economic attack" on the U.S. that included setting forest fires, according to the Northeast Intellgence Network. The six-point plan appeared Saturday and called for: attacks on the assets of large American companies all over the world; attacks on U.S. oil refineries; attacks on civilian airports with the goal of financially devastating U.S. airlines; deliberate pollution of food system; setting of...

GLOBAL JIHAD Saudi student indicted for terror From Idaho school set up website to recruit holy warriors Posted: January 10, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com A Saudi graduate student in the U.S. believed to have ties to close associates of Osama bin Laden was indicted yesterday on charges he provided material support to terrorists. The University of Idaho student, Sami Omar al-Hussayen, 33, created websites to recruit members for terrorist groups and raise money for their activities, prosecutors charge. Al-Hussayen, who studied computer science, also is scheduled to go on trial in two weeks on visa fraud charges....

Has Bush staked his presidency on Abu Mazen? Posted: July 9, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Mike Evans © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com President Bush telephoned Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) on Friday, July 4, to thank him for his strong leadership, said the president's spokesman, Ari Fleisher. You've got to be kidding me! On the Fourth of July, you call a terrorist and thank him for his leadership? Was it Fleisher who said that, or Baghdad Bob? This was the same day that President Bush said at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, "We will not stand by and wait for another attack, or...

WND AT THE WHITE HOUSE Islamic Jihad terrorists not true Muslims? Fleischer questioned about Bush's view on religion of bombers Posted: May 20, 2003 5:00 p.m. Eastern Editor's note: Each week, WorldNetDaily White House correspondent Les Kinsolving asks the tough questions no one else will ask. And each week, WorldNetDaily brings you the transcripts of those dialogues with the president and his spokesman. If you'd like to suggest a question for the White House, submit it to WorldNetDaily's exclusive interactive forum MR. PRESIDENT! By Les Kinsolving © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com At today's White House news briefing, WND asked presidential press secretary...

Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Israel arrested two wanted Palestinian militants in a two-day sweep that ended on Friday. The operation included the controversial removal of a thousand men from a Palestinian refugee camp. Anwar Alian, the leader of Islamic Jihad in the West Bank town of Tulkarem, was allegedly planning to carry out a car bomb attack inside Israel in the near future. He is blamed for many shooting and bombing attacks in the area of Tulkarem, security sources said on Friday. Alian surrendered without a fight after several hours. His aid, Yahi Tawir and 21 other wanted Palestinians were also...