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...list and who doesn't. On July 8, Air France Flight 050 on its way from Paris to Chicago was forced to return to Paris when it was discovered that a passenger was on the no-fly list. Even though the man, who is of Middle Eastern descent, had flown out of the U.S. with no problems a month earlier, the TSA boasted of its quick action. "It's actually a success story for us," said Lauren Stover, a TSA spokeswoman. "[The flight] turned around, but it never even got close to U.S. airspace...
...movements of the Leeds threesome go undetected? There are some 570,000 people of Pakistani descent in Britain, so despite efforts by both countries to keep an eye on the human ebb and flow, many trips raise no flags. A visit to relatives in Pakistan can easily be used as cover for something nefarious--or put an unsuspecting young man on a path he and his parents never planned. Ten thousand madrasahs are teaching Islam to more than 1.5 million students in Pakistan, including young Brits. A militant in Jaish-e-Muhammad, a group whose activists were responsible for suicide...
...fish-and-chip shop, allegedly because the discipline was too hard. But he may already have secretly enlisted in the enterprise that came to a bloody climax on July 7. How did the movements of the Leeds threesome go undetected? There are some 570,000 people of Pakistani descent in Britain, so despite efforts by both countries to keep an eye on the human ebb and flow, many trips raise no flags. A visit to relatives in Pakistan can easily be used as cover for something nefarious - or put an unsuspecting young man on a path he and his parents...
...very difficult for the court to be mild." The verdict is due on July 26 and is widely expected to deliver a life sentence without parole. One question remains: How could Bouyeri, whom the prosecutor described as "an ordinary, on the face of it, well- integrated boy of Moroccan descent," revert to such radicalism? Lots of explanations were offered at the trial. The timing of his religious revival coincided with his mother's death. Bouyeri was also in close contact with a group of Islamic radicals, many of whom are now in jail on suspicion of terrorist activities...
British authorities now believe the attacks were carried out by suicide bombers—the first such incident in the country’s history—and have identified three of the four suspects as British citizens of Pakistani descent...