Islamistischer Terrorismus

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Non-Arab recruits scout for Al-Qaeda
Officials provide detail on U.S. cells
By John Diamond and Toni Locy
USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — Al-Qaeda allies are believed to be scouting U.S. targets, and the terror organization is using non-Arab recruits to avoid detection, U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials say.
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SUSPECTS 'PLOTTED ATTACK'

Eight men arrested in an anti-terrorism swoop have been charged with attempting to launch a radioactive or chemical attack.
The suspects were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder and some accused of plotting a terror campaign against major financial landmarks in the USA.
The men were among those seized in a series of raids in London, the Home Counties and in Lancashire two weeks ago.
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German convert to Islam describes meeting 9/11 suicide pilot

17 August 2004

HAMBURG - A German who converted to Islam testified Tuesday to a Hamburg court about how he became acquainted with the main 11 September suicide attacker, Mohammed Atta, in a city mosque.

The 23-year-old witness, whose name was withheld in line with ethics guidelines, was testifying at the trial of Mounir al- Motassadeq, a Moroccan student accused for the second time on charges of aiding murder and being a member of the Hamburg terrorist cell.
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Terror group threatens Dutch with 'Islamic earthquake'

16 August 2004

AMSTERDAM — Muslim extremists have threatened an "Islamic earthquake" and "nights of bloodshed" in the Netherlands unless Dutch troops are withdrawn from Iraq. The warning came a day after a Dutch soldier was shot dead in southern Iraq.

"We address this message to all crusader countries plotting against the Muslims, and which are sending forces to Iraq and Afghanistan, especially Italy and the Netherlands," organisation al-Tawhid wa al-Jihad said on an website on Sunday.
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The Guantanamo Four
By Michael Radu
FrontPageMagazine.com | August 17, 2004

Their names: Mourad Benchellali, Nizar Sassi, Brahim Yadel and Imad Achab Kanouni.

Their current status: captured in Afghanistan by US forces, the four—all of whom are French citizens or residents— were held at Camp Guantanamo for over two years. That is, until last month, when they were sent back to France and placed under arrest on charges of “criminal association with the intent of committing acts of terrorism” and, more specifically, of membership in the terrorist “Chechen connection.”
The case of these four men is typical of the terrorists held at Guantanamo and thus, deserves some examination. While we are constantly being told by “human rights” activists that the prisoners at Guantanamo are “ illegally” held, and that many, if not all are “innocent” and have been mistreated by the Americans, the reality is something far different.
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