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SEATTLE (AP) — German officials in Seattle Wednesday questioned Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian convicted in an unsuccessful plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport, about the structure of the al-Qaida terrorist network, an attorney taking part in the proceedings said. ``The question is how the network of al-Qaida works,'' said Ulrich von Jeinsen, a German attorney who represents the Families of Sept. 11 Organization. German law allow relatives of crime victims or their lawyers to participate in trials. ``Ressam is a member of al-Qaida. He had been in Afghanistan for training,'' von Jeinsen said. ``The reason we are here is...

The United States has warned that Al Qaida may be planning to kidnap Americans in Jordan. U.S. officials said the U.S. embassy in Amman issued the warning after receiving information that Al Qaida was plotting abductions of Americans in the Hashemite kingdom. They said available information suggests Al Qaida formulated the plans in August. On Sept. 26, the U.S. embassy issued what officials termed a "warden message" to the American community in Jordan, Middle East Newsline reported. The message said the U.S. government had received uncorroborated information that reported a plot being considered by an Al Qaida operative to kidnap...

NBC: Terror network seeks material to explode bomb in U.S. WASHINGTON, April 22 — A captured key strategist for the al-Qaida network told interrogators Monday that al-Qaida was working to obtain fissionable material for radiation bombs to be exploded in the United States, NBC News has learned. U.S. officials could not confirm the assertions of the strategist, Abu Zubaydah, but said they were taking him at his word. SOURCES TOLD NBC News that Zubaydah, believed to be one of the top lieutenants of Osama bin Laden, believed to be the mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United...

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) --  Authorities in Sudan have detained a suspected al-Qaida official and questioned him about a plot to blow up Los Angeles international airport and the attack on the U.S. destroyer Cole in a port in Yemen, three Bush administration officials said Tuesday.</p>