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• California Terror Informant Faces Deportation
  
  
  
• US Navy Ships Target of Terror Plotters
  
  
  
• Lebanon Unmasks 4 al-Qaeda Suspects
  
  
• North Korea Ship Has Turned Around
  
  
• al Qaeda Warns France Of Revenge For Burka
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• Tennis Ball Bomber Denies Terrorism Charges –
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California Terror Informant Faces Deportation Posted: 01 Jul 2009 12:51 AM PDT He’s a Pakistani immigrant who helped the United States in the war on terror, but now the U.S. government wants to deport him. His lawyers are working furiously to try to allow him to stay in his adopted country. The man, who wants to remain unidentified, said he put himself in harm’s way by working as an undercover informant in California for ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, searching out terrorist connections. He said ICE agents told him if he worked for ICE, he could stay here indefinitely or even get a green card. The former informant is originally from Karachi, Pakistan and has lived in the US for over 20 years, first as a student and then as a white-collar professional. But now he faces deportation back to Pakistan. “I thought I had a chance to live here without being deported or you know that’s what they told me, (ICE agents) said if I work with them as an informant I will be able to stay in this country indefinitely,” he said. ICE agents approached him in 2004 after he was charged with overstaying his legal visa and suggested there was another way to stay in the United States. “They told me if I helped them they would get me a green card, but later on they changed their statement and they said I can stay in the United States indefinitely, you know,” the informant said in describing those events. In exchange, the agents wanted him to work as a confidential informant, to help crack the case of a Fresno paralegal named Akram Sabar Chaudhry, who the agents said was filing false asylum claims for immigrants. Read Full Article This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information.

US Navy Ships Target of Terror Plotters Posted: 01 Jul 2009 12:45 AM PDT US Navy ships in Bahrain were the target of an alleged terror attack, it was claimed in court yesterday. Two Bahrainis, accused of smuggling weapons into the country, planned to attack US ships and personnel at Mina Salman, say prosecutors. They, aged 22 and 21, were arrested on April 26 – the day of the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix – when police allegedly seized machine guns, weapons, computer discs and other evidence from their homes in East Riffa. Both appeared before the High Criminal Court for the first time yesterday, where they denied plotting terror attacks and smuggling weapons and ammunition into the country. Police believe the pair had met members of a terrorist cell (Al Qaeda) abroad. Their arrest came after National Security Agency received information that the 22-year-old unemployed man, of Jordanian origin, had intensified contacts with the cell in Iran. Officers obtained a search warrant and found tapes, CDs, computers, bank statements and exchange company documents in his house. He then led police to the other – a 21-year-old junior customs officer – who possessed the smuggled weapons. Police raided his house and found two machine guns, a pistol, bullets, knives and swords, the court heard. They also seized several books on building missiles, rockets, weapons and explosives, and pictures of the American Base and Navy ships along with research and videos on jehad, alleged prosecutors. Source This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information.

Lebanon Unmasks 4 al-Qaeda Suspects Posted: 01 Jul 2009 12:37 AM PDT According to a report released by the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI), three of the suspects were charged on Monday by the Lebanese military prosecutor Judge Saker Saker with establishing a clandestine gang connected to the al-Qaeda terror group, while the fourth suspect remains at large. The judicial officials meanwhile announced the three in custody are of Kuwaiti, Syrian and Tajik nationalities. Under the Lebanese Constitution, they will be handed death sentences should they be convicted of the charges. The report comes as an al-Qaeda group — allegedly plotting attacks in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and the Persian Gulf states like Kuwait — was exposed earlier this month. Recent acts of violence in Lebanon and Syria have largely been pinned on extremist groups inspired by the al-Qaeda. Source This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information.

North Korea Ship Has Turned Around Posted: 30 Jun 2009 07:10 PM PDT A North Korean ship tracked by the US Navy and suspected of transporting weapons or military know-how in violation of UN sanctions has turned around, a Pentagon official said. The official declined to provide details, including where the Kang Nam 1 ship — reportedly originally bound for Myanmar — could now be headed, but news reports out of South Korea suggested the ship may be returning home two weeks after it set sail June 17. A diplomatic source speaking on condition of anonymity told the Korea Herald that the ship was “near our waters,” which could suggest that sanctions were having an effect on reclusive North Korea. “If the ship is on its way back, it would mean that Resolution 1874 is taking effect and causing the North to retreat,” Kim Tae-woo, vice president of the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, told the newspaper. The Kang Nam 1 quickly drew the attention of the US military under new UN sanctions designed to punish Pyongyang over its May 25 underground nuclear test. The US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, confirmed Sunday that the United States was tracking the cargo ship. “Obviously we’re pursuing and following the progress of that ship very closely,” she told the CBS network. Source This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information.

al Qaeda Warns France Of Revenge For Burka Stance Posted: 30 Jun 2009 06:30 PM PDT Al-Qaeda’s North Africa wing threatened on Tuesday to take revenge on France for its opposition to the burka, calling on Muslims to retaliate against the country, the US monitoring service SITE Intelligence reported. Earlier this month, President Nicolas Sarkozy said the burka, which covers the whole face, was not welcome in the strictly secular country. “Yesterday was the hijab (the Islamic headscarf long banned in French schools) and today, it is the niqab (the full veil),” Abu Musab Abdul Wadud, head of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb was quoted as saying. “We will take revenge for the honour of our daughters and sisters against France and against its interests by every means at our disposal.” The group also called on Muslims to retaliate for what it called French “hostility” against the community and its attempt to obstruct Islam’s practice on its territory. “For us, the mujahedeen … we will not remain silent to such provocations and injustices,” Abdul Wadud said without elaborating, according to SITE. Source This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information.

Tennis Ball Bomber Denies Terrorism Charges – UK Posted: 30 Jun 2009 06:24 PM PDT A “bigoted and racist” neo-Nazi was planning to use tennis ball shrapnel bombs in a hate campaign against Asians, a court heard today . Neil Lewington, was said to have been on the brink of a bombing spree when he was “fortuitously” arrested for being drunk and disorderly at a Suffolk railway station. Police found he was carrying two home-made fire bombs in a holdall, the Old Bailey heard. In a raid on the 43-year-old’s home in Tilehurst, Berkshire, which he shared with his parents, police found a bomb factory, it was alleged. Lewington denies eight charges under anti-terrorism and explosives laws. Source This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information.

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