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http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2008122224797&archiveissuedate=2202/12/2008 Friday, 26 December 2008 - 28 Thul-Hijjah 1429 H ISLAM ‘Tracking down terrorists is a great Jihad’ By Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan Q – We are a group of police officers and we would like to direct a question to you since we have been entrusted in this country with investigating those who are out to disturb the peace or disobey and reject obedience to the leader of the country. And we have heard of a religious verdict stating that it is impermissible to track these people down and fight them because they are “Mujahideen” (people waging religious Jihad), and...

WASHINGTON – "San Diego defense contractor SAIC said Thursday it had fixed flaws in heavily criticized software it developed for the FBI as part of a $170 million contract to help the agency track terrorists and manage criminal cases. "We fully conformed to the contract we have and gave the taxpayers real value for their money," said Arnold L. Punaro, executive vice president of SAIC. He blamed the FBI for the initial problems, saying the agency had a parade of program managers and demanded too many design changes. During 15 months that SAIC worked on the program, 19 different government...