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An investigation into an alleged al-Qaida terrorist cell in Lodi that has netted a father and son and two Muslim religious leaders widened Wednesday with a fifth arrest of a member of a local Pakistani community, according federal authorities. An official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed that the Mohammad Hassan Adil, 19, was detained Wednesday on immigration violations. He is the son of Muhammed Adil Khan, who was recently taken into custody for immigration violations. "He's being held on administrative immigration violations," Virginia Kice, an immigration spokeswoman, said of the son. She declined to discuss the details of...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A lead FBI agent on Tuesday linked two local Muslim clerics to the Taliban and Osama bin Laden, contending the two were planning to set up a school near Lodi that would breed anti-American terrorism. The agent testified that Lodi clerics Shabbir Ahmed and Mohammed Adil Khan were prepared to relay information on terrorist plots from sources close to bin Laden. The allegations were dismissed by Ahmed's lawyer, who said the FBI and federal prosecutors have "made the whole thing up." The striking allegations came during an immigration hearing for Ahmed at which Immigration Judge Anthony Murry...

Federal officials believe they have broken up an al Qaeda terror cell operating in Lodi and have arrested two men and detained two others as part of a wide-ranging investigation, authorities said Tuesday. One of the men arrested, 22-year-old Hamid Hayat, is accused in a federal criminal complaint of training in an al Qaeda camp in Pakistan to learn “how to kill Americans” and then lying to FBI agents about it. His training included explosives and weapons instruction and using photographs of President Bush as targets, court documents indicate. More:http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/v-print/story/13022958p-13869232c.html