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...training camp near Jalalabad. Garzón alleges that Yarkas and his co-conspirators were on the move constantly to send recruits and, when possible, money to support al-Qaeda. Some of the cell members allegedly made fraudulent use in Spain of credit cards stolen in Britain; a fraction of their proceeds went to Sheik Salah in Peshawar...
Choudary and Yahya belong to the extremist Islamic group al-Muhajiroun, and though they speak for only a tiny fraction of Britain's 2 million Muslims, their views received grim publicity last week with the news that three British-born Muslims had been killed in Kabul--allegedly in a U.S. bombing raid on a Taliban compound--after volunteering for the jihad...
...Despite losing Mazar, the Taliban is far from crippled. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld admits that air strikes have killed only a tiny fraction of the Taliban forces, who are burrowed into caves and hidden in mosques and schools. The regime may be marshaling its soldiers and artillery for a hellacious counterattack. "It's not very surprising, given the heavy U.S. bombings, that they pulled out of Mazar," says Rifaat Hussain, head of defense and strategic studies at Islamabad's Quaid-i-Azam University. "If the Taliban choose to fight a real battle, it will be over Kabul." The capital...
...Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said last week what worries him most is the safety of the nation's food supply, especially of imports, a concern reflected in all the talk in the makeshift antiterrorist war room he has opened in his Washington headquarters. Only a tiny fraction of the food coming into the U.S. undergoes inspection, officials note. One concern: imported gum arabic plants, the source of additives for many foodstuffs. These come largely from Sudan, once bin Laden's lair, via Canada, and because of the North American Free Trade Agreement may enter the U.S. uninspected...
...issue could make or break her presidency," says Eros Djarot, her former adviser. The immediate consequences: international praise and strident gatherings outside the U.S. embassy in Jakarta. A leading Islamic council promised jihad?though not necessarily violence?if the U.S. invades Afghanistan. And extremist groups, a tiny but vocal fraction of Indonesia's Muslims, conducted "sweeps" through hotels in central Java, checking guest lists for Americans and warning that they will return if war commences. It's hard to attract investment if investors are scared...