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ASADABAD, AFGHANISTAN - Three separate clashes with Al Qaeda fighters this week, including Wednesday's foiled attack inside the city of Kabul, point to the terrorist organization's resurgence in Afghanistan. But there may be much more to come. According to exclusive interviews with Afghan military intelligence chiefs in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar, Al Qaeda has established two main bases inside Pakistan – hundreds of miles north of where US and Pakistani troops are now hunting – and is preparing for a massive strike against the Afghan government. To blunt US air superiority, Al Qaeda forces are attempting to acquire...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Undercover FBI agents are boarding overseas flights bound for the U.S. and shadowing passengers suspected of being connected to al-Qaida and other terrorist groups, U.S. intelligence officials told WorldNetDaily. Upon landing in the U.S., agents have arrested some suspects with the help of other agents waiting in airport terminals to spring the trap, they say. Most recently some 20 FBI agents in Chicago converged on an O'Hare International Airport terminal to arrest an Arab man suspected of supporting al-Qaida, officials say. The suspect, a permanent U.S. resident, flew in from the Middle East on a connecting flight...

Body of slain American reporter returned to the US Los Angeles - (AP) -- The body of the American reporter murdered in Pakistan last winter has been returned to the US. A coffin bearing the remains of Daniel Pearl of the Wall Street Journal arrived at Los Angeles International Airport Thursday afternoon on board a commercial flight. The plane taxied to a remote gate out of sight of reporters. His remains were in a simple oak casket covered with red flowers. Pearl's parents live in a Los Angeles suburb and a family spokesman says they'll be holding a private...

And now they endorse Osama bin Laden and they want to control Jerusalem after driving the Jews into the sea. Shortly after the bombing at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, thousands of radical Islamic Palestinians gathered in Gaza to celebrate the death and destruction of a suicide bomber at the University. The spiritual leader of Hamas not only called for more attacks, but also stated that the only way to end the violence was for all Jews to leave Israel. The conflict between Arabs and Jews goes back to the birth of Isaac, the son of covenant, and Ishmael, who...

In 1975, Jimmy Carter's arms control director Paul Warnke published an article titled "Apes on a Treadmill," which summarized liberal thinking on the "lessons of Vietnam." Those "lessons" have sunk deep roots into liberal thinking and continue to hamper the sane conduct of foreign policy even as we contemplate a pre-emptive strike on Iraq. Warnke asserted that "we need not and cannot be the world's policeman. ... Neither we nor any other outsiders are wise enough to decide for another people the course to which their aspirations should lead them. The continuing penumbra of the illusion that somehow we...

Former Libyan PM: Why Do Arabs Ignore Their Flaws Former Libyan prime minister Abd Al-Hamid Al-Bakkoush published an article in the London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat titled, "Hasn't the Time Come to Stop Hiding the Flaws." The following are excerpts of the article: The Arabs Ignore Their Shortcomings and Make Them Virtues "They say that the camel cannot see his hump. Perhaps this is somewhat descriptive of our behavior. Yet while the camel cannot see, we… do not want to see…" "Anyone following the affairs in which we engage and of which we write or speak in this era will...

Apologists for the constant Arab terrorism against Israelis rationalize it by claiming past injustices and by suggesting an outgunned movement can only fight back by attacking civilian targets. Maybe those apologists for terror can start explaining why the same tactics by the same people are being employed against other Arabs in Lebanon. That's right. It hasn't received much attention in the international press. But there's a war raging in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. It's Lebanon's own little intifada in the making. Last week, a bomb went off in front of a shop in the Ain Helweh camp near...

Saddam Speaks to Attack Possibility Thu Aug 8, 4:01 AM ET BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Anyone who attacks Iraq will die in "disgraceful failure," Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ( news - web sites) said in a speech to the nation Thursday. AP Photo Related Links ? Saddam: U.S. Won't Be Able to Oust Government (AP) ? Defiant Iraq Talks Tough as U.S. Looks for Answers (Reuters) Speaking on the anniversary of the end of the Iraq-Iran war of 1980-88, Saddam made no direct mention of the U.S.-British demand for the return of U.N. arms inspectors to Iraq, which has sparked...

For the second time in three months, a bomb exploded underneath a fuel tanker yesterday, lightly injuring the vehicle's driver. New security procedures recommended by police to prevent such an attack have yet to be implemented. The bombing came as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon consulted with senior officials about prospects for a "mega-terror" attack that could kill hundreds of Israelis. Truck driver Rafi Levy, 47, of Jerusalem, was lightly injured when a bomb exploded underneath his truck as it was being repaired in a Rishon Letzion garage. Levy told police that he had parked the previous night in a secured...

<p>JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli soldiers arrested nine foreign activists, including three Americans, during a protest against Israel's occupation of Palestinian towns, and police said Thursday the detainees would be deported.</p> <p>Among those taken into custody was Adam Shapiro, 30, a New York City Jew who spent a night in Yasser Arafat's headquarters in April to support the Palestinian leader when the compound was under siege by Israeli forces.</p>

The internet has become a significant weapon for Al-Qaeda as it seeks to influence radical Muslim opinion and justify its campaign of terror against the West. Paul Eedle reports. While Al-Qaeda has found support in the Muslim world with its vitriolic condemnation of US policies on issues such as Israel, Iraq and Afghanistan, the organisation's strategy of all-out war against the West has met with a surprising amount of opposition from Muslim radicals. Important Muslim radicals in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, in particular, have been criticising Al-Qaeda, arguing that Muslims should avoid alienating potential supporters in the West and that...