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Posted on Tue, Aug. 24, 2004 Swiss Accuse Group of Backing al-Qaida JONATHAN FOWLER Associated Press GENEVA - Swiss investigators have found evidence that suspected members of a group backing al-Qaida were supplying fake documents to enable collaborators to enter Switzerland and other European countries illegally, the supreme court said Tuesday. The Federal Tribunal said one suspect, whose name was not released, was found to have links to both an unidentified al-Qaida recruiter who sent volunteers to the terror group's training camps and another unidentified individual convicted of terrorism offenses in France. The support group also provided cell phone numbers...

Roi Kais @kaisos1987: The Lebanese Al-Jadid channel published photos of the objects found by the Lebanese security forces in the room of Imad Amhaz, the Lebanese captain associated with the Hezbollah naval unit that was captured by the IDF force. In the room he rented in Al-Batrun, over ten SIM cards from foreign communication companies were found Miscellaneous, including those operating in Latin America and Africa, and a Panamanian passport belonging to him. It is possible that Amhz holds Panamanian citizenship. According to the report, these items were not taken by the IDF force that captured Amhaz, and remained in...

<p>The commodore in charge of the two U.S. Navy boats that strayed into Iranian waters leading to the capture of his 10 sailors for 16 hours in January will be relieved of command likely putting an end to his career, Fox News has learned.</p>

... The first report on the incident, released Monday, noted the loss. “A post-recovery inventory of the boats found that all weapons, ammunition, and communication gear are accounted for minus two SIM cards that appear to have been removed from two handheld satellite phones,” said the report from the U.S. Central Command. ... “Those SIM cards don’t just contain the satellite links,” he said. “They also include encryption codes, and otherwise unpublished data relating to specific orders and personnel,” he added. The former naval officer said those SIM cards should not have been allowed to fall into Iranian hands. .......

HOUSTON—A federal grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas returned an indictment today charging Barry Walter Bujol, Jr., with attempting to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney José Angel Moreno and FBI Houston Special Agent in Charge Richard C. Powers announced today. “Protecting the American public from the threat of terrorism, both international and home-grown, is the highest priority of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas,” said U.S. Attorney Moreno. “Proactive investigative efforts and cooperation between the...

"Pakistan Acknowledges Mumbai Attacks Planned Partially In Pakistan; Trail Leads To Spain, Italy, Austria, Houston" SNIPPET: "The Urdu-language website of the Pakistani television channel ARY OneWorld reports that Pakistan has acknowledged that part of the planning for the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks took place in Pakistan." SNIPPET: "According to a report carried by the website of Pakistani daily Dawn, ‘‘Investigators had also discovered that some funds transferred from Italy and Spain were used to finance the attacks, Austrian telephone SIM cards were used, and he [Rahman Malik] also spoke of a link, possibly an Internet domain, to Houston in...

Has any one made a map, or done any tracking, of cities/towns the cell phones are being purchased? or of where the suspects are being picked up? Thanks.

U.S. Warned India in October of Potential Terror Attack NSA Now Tracking Captured Phones, U.S. Connections By RICHARD ESPOSITO, BRIAN ROSS and PIERRE THOMAS December 1, 2008— U.S. intelligence agencies warned their Indian counterparts in mid-October of a potential attack "from the sea against hotels and business centers in Mumbai," a U.S. intelligence official tells ABCNews.com. A second government source say specific locations, including the Taj hotel, were listed in the U.S. warning. One month later, Nov. 18, Indian intelligence also intercepted a satellite phone call to a number in Pakistan known to be used by a leader of the...