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Israeli security forces announced Wednesday that they had foiled a global jihad plot to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem's Convention Center. But U.S. officials told NBC News they couldn't confirm the threat, and hinted that the Shin Bet may even be misleading the Israeli government regarding the link between the cell and Al Qaeda. The Shin Bet went public Wednesday with the arrests of three Palestinian Arabs who were captured a month earlier, and said that the suspects had been recruited by Al Qaeda over the Internet by an operative working for Ayman al-Zawahiri –...

Security forces arrest nearly two dozen PFLP operatives running terrorist cells near Jerusalem; were planning on kidnapping IDF soldiers, shootings, and bombings; many had previously served in Israeli prisons. The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) have arrested close to two dozen Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) operatives who were running a number of terror cells near Jerusalem and were planning to kidnap soldiers and perpetrate other terror attacks against Israel, it was released for publication on Sunday. Some of the operatives, the Shin Bet said, were Arabs from east Jerusalem in possession of Israeli identity...

The Shin Bet security service and the Ministry for Internal Security recently rejected a request by imprisoned Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti to meet with family members due to the fear that he would utilize the visits to pass instructions to associates involved in terror activities. In his closing argument at the trial for his alleged role in terror attacks that killed 26 Israelis, Barghouti declared it is "better to die than live under [Israeli] occupation." The Shin Bet's decision came in response to a petition lodged by Barghouti and his Israeli attorney, Shamai Leibowitz, demanding that he be allowed to...

U.S. activist plans to send thousands of radios into North Korea to challenge government's information monopoly SEOUL, South Korea, Mar 29, 2003 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- No independent radio or television. No propaganda-free newspapers. No public Internet access. Few North Koreans know what is really happening in their homeland or outside. Their communist government controls the national media and bars citizens from accessing foreign broadcasts. A Korean-American human rights activist hopes to lift the curtain of censorship by sending thousands of tiny, solar-powered radios into North Korea so people can listen to foreign stations. Pastor Douglas Shin plans...