Crash Victim Tells Of Chemical Ordeal

A minor traffic accident at an Omaha intersection Monday led to an FBI investigation of a suspicious chemical that forced the decontamination of four people.

Following the collision between two cars at 40th and Leavenworth, police said one driver, Sivaprakash Natarajan of Manhattan, Kansas, offered the other driver money to let the matter drop. When that driver called police, Natarajan began eating a white, powdery substance that was in his car and became violently ill.

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Hamas Operative arrested after taping Chesapeake Bay Bridge

A man described in a federal indictment as a “high-ranking” Hamas operative was arrested in Maryland on Friday videotaping the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, authorities acknowledged last night.

Ismael Selim Elbarasse of Annandale, Va., long suspected by authorities of having financial ties to the Palestinian terrorist group, was taken into custody as a “material witness” in a Chicago terrorism case, according to Maryland’s U.S. attorney’s office.

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Airport security scandal exposed

An undercover Sun reporter has exposed chilling security blunders by smuggling a fake bomb on to a jet carrying more than 220 British holidaymakers.

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Weather Underground sets sights on GOP

Radical elements of the ’70s group the Weather Underground are in New York City and planning to disrupt the Republican convention later this month.

A source told the New York Post that several extremists associated with the group have recently been released from prison and will be directing terrorist-type operations against the GOP festivities.

“These people are trained in kidnapping techniques, bombmaking and building improvised munitions,” the source said. “They’re very bad people. They’re not likely to take direct action, but they’ll be orchestrating operations.”

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U.S. Probe Finds Al- Qaeda Travel Agency

Al-Qaeda runs a clandestine travel service, possibly partnered with human smugglers south of the US border, which helps move its terrorists around the world, according to results of a probe published here.

The national commission that investigated the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States disclosed its findings in a new report released over the weekend as its final act before formally disbanding.

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A New Manhunt in Pakistan

An aggressive campaign against al-Qaeda in Pakistan has taken a toll on the group’s top leadership. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the brains behind the Sept. 11 attacks, and several other experienced chiefs have been captured. And President Pervez Musharraf has lately turned up the heat. A State Department official says Pakistan has captured 30 al-Qaeda suspects in the past seven weeks alone.

But new leaders seem to be stepping in to fill the vacuum, and one in particular is emerging as a prime focus of the terrorist hunt. He is Abu Faraj.

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Possible terrorist sighting on Nantucket

A long-sought suspected Al Qaeda member who has eluded a concerted international dragnet may have been sighted at a Nantucket airport this week, prompting the FBI to distribute a picture of the suspect to law enforcement and transportation officials on the island.

Law enforcement authorities declined to disclose details of the possible sighting of Amer el-Maati, who allegedly has talked about hijacking a plane in Canada and flying it into a building in the United States. The sighting was first reported in the Inquirer and Mirror newspaper of Nantucket yesterday, citing unnamed town and airport sources.

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Militants Release U.S. Journalist

U.S. journalist Micah Garen, who was kidnapped in Iraq more than a week ago, was released Sunday in the southern city of Nasiriyah. Garen spoke to Al-Jazeera television, confirming his release.

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Al Qaeda Said to Recruit in Latin America

Governments throughout Mexico and Central America are on alert as evidence grows that Al Qaeda members are traveling in the region and looking for recruits to carry out attacks in Latin America, the potential last frontier for international terrorism.

The territory could be a perfect staging ground for Usama bin Laden’s militants, with homegrown rebel groups, drug and people smugglers, and corrupt governments. U.S. officials have long feared Al Qaeda could launch an attack from south of the border, and they have been paying closer attention as the number of terror-related incidents has increased since last year.

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Militants reportedly promise to free kidnapped Western journalist Garen

A top aide to firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who appealed to kidnappers to free a Western journalist, said Friday they had promised to release him.

The pan-Arab television station Al-Jazeera reported Thursday that a militant group calling itself the Martyrs Brigade had abducted New York journalist Micah Garen and threatened to kill him within 48 hours unless U.S. pulled out of the wear-shattered city of Najaf.

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Terrorists Eyeing Military Recruiting Sites

The FBI has received information that U.S. Armed Forces recruiting facilities could potentially be the target of a terrorist attack, sources familiar with the threat told FOX News Friday.

However, the threat information is uncorroborated and unsubstantiated, one law enforcement official warned.

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Arizona, Sonora on alert for al-Qaida suspect

A borderwide alert has been issued for a suspected al-Qaida member who U.S. investigators believe may try to cross the border through Arizona or Texas, officials said Tuesday.

Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, 29, a Saudi, is suspected of being an al-Qaida cell leader and has been wanted by the United States since 2003. The latest information places him in Honduras with the intent of crossing the U.S.-Mexican border, said Art Werge, a spokesman for the FBI’s El Paso office.

“We certainly don’t want him crossing into the United States because his plan is to conduct terror operations,”

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Officials Seek High-Level Al Qaeda Leader

Abu Faraj Farj, a Libyan al Qaeda leader now being sought in Pakistan, is the new operational chief of al Qaeda and is in close contact with Osama bin Laden.

Recently captured al Qaeda suspects have identified Farj, a former personal assistant to bin Laden, as the person who gave orders for terror attacks, including two assassination attempts against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in December. Intelligence analysts believe he controls al Qaeda sleeper cells in several countries.

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Al-Jazeera airs footage of US journalist giving message from Iraqi captors

Al-Jazeera news channel aired footage of a US journalist taken hostage in Iraq (news – web sites) reading a message from his captors in which they call on the American people to strive to “stop the slaughter” in the Shiite holy city of Najaf.

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