FBI: AQ Operative Used New Jersey as Base
Oct. 14, 2004 --
U.S. Port Security Is Found Lacking
The Department of Homeland Security's independent investigator has concluded that federal inspectors of oceangoing shipping containers still need to improve their detection equipment and search procedures to prevent terrorists from sneaking weapons of mass destruction into U.S. ports. (AP)
Report: Chechens entered U.S. via Mexico
A report that 25 Chechen rebels linked to Islamic terrorists entered the United States illegally via Mexico is under investigation, the Washington Times said. (UPI)
White House: Islamic Agency Aids Terror
The Bush administration on Wednesday accused a Sudan-based relief organization and five of its officials of helping finance Osama bin Laden and other terrorists. (AP)
Egypt Probes Whether al Qaeda Suspects Arrested in Libya Linked to Sinai Bombs
Egyptian authorities are investigating whether 17 suspected al Qaeda members arrested while illegally entering Libya are connected to last week's co-ordinated bombings at Sinai tourist resorts that killed 34 people, an Egyptian official said Wednesday. (AP)
Hostage Killed in Pakistan Rescue
One Chinese hostage held by Islamic militants in South Waziristan has been killed and one freed in a dramatic rescue mission by Pakistani forces. (BBC)
Plane Diverted After Security Scare
A Virgin Atlantic passenger jet travelling to Heathrow airport was this morning forced to make an emergency landing at Stansted following a security scare. (The Guardian)
Eight Dead in Iraq's Green Zone
Eight civilians have been killed in two blasts in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, the US military says. (BBC)
Falluja Threatened Over Militants
Iraq's interim leader Iyad Allawi has threatened an assault on Falluja if residents do not turn in Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. (BBC)
French Hostages in Iraq Are Still Alive, Negotiations Underway: PM
Two French journalists taken hostage in Iraq in August are still alive, and "indirect" negotiations have resumed to try to free them, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin told officials and party leaders Wednesday. (AFP)
UK Freezes Terror Group's Assets
The Bank of England has frozen the assets of a terrorist group that claimed responsibility for kidnapping and beheading two Americans and one Briton in Iraq, Treasury chief Gordon Brown said Thursday. (AP)
Zarqawi Group Beheads Two Iraqi 'Intelligence Agents'
A group loyal to wanted Jordanian Islamist Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi posted a video on the Internet showing the beheading of two men it claimed were in the Iraqi intelligence service. (AFP)
Video: Kidnapped Turkish Driver Beheaded
A man identified as a Turkish driver kidnapped in Iraq was beheaded in a video shown on an Islamic Web site Thursday. (AP)
Hundreds of Kurds Found Buried in Iraq Mass Graves
US investigators uncover the bodies of hundreds of Kurds in first forensic exhumation of a mass grave in Iraq. (The Guardian)
U.S. Considers Reopening Inquiry Into Possible Abuse Before Iraq Prison Scandal
Several weeks after two major reports detailed the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, the Pentagon is reviewing whether to reopen an inquiry into the case of four Iraqis who said they were abused in January at an American base in Iraq. (NY Times)
Oil-for-Food Probe Gets $30m Fund
An investigation into corruption within the UN's oil-for-food programme for Iraq will be funded with $30m (£17m) from the programme itself. (BBC)
Egypt Trying to Get Iraqi Opposition and Resistance Reps To Attend Conference
A senior source at the Iraqi Islamic Clerics Association told al Hayat newspaper that the Egyptian embassy in Baghdad was in contact with Iraqi parties that oppose the government. He also said it was trying to contact the resistance in Fallujah, Samaraa, Ramadi and Baaquba through Iraqi Islamic figures to convince them to send representatives to an international conference about Iraq that will be held in Egypt next month. (Al Hayat)
