by Prashant Rao
AFP Thu Aug 24, 2006 LONDON - Nine people became the first terror suspects to be held in British jails without being charged for longer than 14 days after a court granted police more time to quiz them as the investigation into a foiled alleged plot to blow up US-bound passenger jets continued.
Police were granted warrants to detain eight terror suspects until August 30, and one until Thursday, a police spokeswoman told AFP. Two others were released without charge Wednesday. |
By TOBY STERLING
AP Aug 24, 2006 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The incident in which a Northwest Airlines flight bound for India returned to Amsterdam shortly after takeoff was not terrorism-related, the Dutch state broadcaster said Thursday, citing the justice minister.
Wednesday's flight was escorted back to Schiphol Airport by Dutch fighter jets after the crew of the DC-10 became suspicious of some of the passengers, and 12 people aboard were arrested. But NOS news quoted Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner as saying there were no signs of a terrorist threat aboard the flight. |
By GREG GORDON
McClatchy Newspapers August 23, 2006 WASHINGTON - A Northwest Airlines plane flying from Amsterdam to India was escorted back to the airport by Dutch F-16 fighter jets Wednesday, and police arrested 12 passengers whose behavior had aroused the crew's suspicion.
Coincidentally, among the 149 passengers aboard Northwest Flight NO0042 was the tipster who first alerted the FBI to al Qaida operative Zacarias Moussaoui's odd behavior at a Minneapolis area flight school five years ago. Tim Nelson, who was seated in the forward business-class section, said by phone from Amsterdam that he watched the plane dump fuel as it circled back toward the airport, while several federal air marshals appeared in the front of the cabin, hanging their badges around their necks to keep order. Comment: Coincidence? We think not.
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www.chinaview.cn 2006-08-23 21:41:07
GAZA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- An unknown Palestinian group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for kidnapping two Fox journalists on Aug. 14, threatening the United States to release Muslim prisoners held in U.S. jails within 72 hours, the Doha-based Al-Jazeera satellite TV reported.
Comment: Geez, an unknown Palestinian group. Hmmm. Who could that be?! And it happens at the time of the cease-fire in Lebanon!
So, which "Palestinian" group is it? Still need a hint? Six letters. Starts with "M". Has a well-earned "SS" in the middle.... |
The Daily Mail
23rd August 2006 Two Asian students have revealed their shock and despair after being thrown off a plane because other passengers feared they were suicide bombers.
Manchester Umist students Sohail Ashraf and Khurram Zeb, both 22, said they sympathised with nervous travellers, but urged people not to be paranoid about Muslims. "We might be Asian, but we're two ordinary lads who wanted a bit of fun," Mr Ashraf told the Daily Mirror. "Just because we're Muslim does not mean we are suicide bombers." |
By TOM RAUM
Associated Press Writer Thursday August 24, 2006 WASHINGTON (AP) - In the thick of an election campaign, President Bush has revived and retooled his argument that the U.S. must fight terrorists overseas or face them here. Despite the unpopularity of the Iraq war, some GOP candidates are borrowing Bush's line.
"We leave before the mission is done, the terrorists will follow us here,'' Bush warned at a news conference this week. |
by Juergen Oeder
AFP August 24, 2006 KARLSRUHE, Germany - The second of two Lebanese suspects in a failed plot to bomb German passenger trains has handed himself in to police in Lebanon, the office of Germany's federal prosecutor said.
Jihad Hamad, a clean-cut looking 20-year-old whose picture has been splashed in German media, handed himself over in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. The prosecutor's office said it was arranging to have him extradited to Germany where it believed he and an accomplice tried to blow up two regional trains on July 31 with homemade bombs. |
AP
Wed Aug 23, 2006 CHICAGO - Cook County prosecutors say a 29-year-old man traveling with his mother desperately didn't want her to know he'd packed a sexual aid for their trip to Turkey. So he told security it was a bomb, officials said.
Madin Azad Amin was stopped by officials on Aug. 16 after guards found an object in his baggage that resembled a grenade, prosecutors said. Comment: Just take a minute to reflect on the absolute absurdity of this story...
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By MARK CORALLO
NY Daily News 22 August 06 |
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