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...ARRESTED. ABU HAMZA AL-MASRI, 47, Muslim cleric accused by the U.S. of helping al-Qaeda and the Taliban; by British police acting on a U.S. extradition order; in London. The British citizen is wanted by the U.S. on 11 terrorism-related charges in connection with a 1998 hostage taking in Yemen, an alleged attempt to set up a terrorist-training camp in Oregon and other incidents. He could face the death penalty if extradited, but British officials have said that they will not surrender Abu Hamza unless the U.S. promises to waive capital punishment...
This was, in fact, the second claim of responsibility from an al-Qaeda-related group. On Thursday night the London-based daily Al-Quds al-Arabi received an e-mail from another group claiming authorship for the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades, named for an al-Qaeda leader killed in a U.S. missile attack in Afghanistan. The message said one of its "death squads" had planted the bombs to settle "old accounts with Spain ... America's ally in its war against Islam." The statement went on, "The death squad succeeded in penetrating the crusader European depths and striking...
...Abbas will return, Palestinian sources say there's little chance Abbas--who tearfully accused Arafat of inciting threats against him--would return under Arafat. Among the possible successors to Abbas are Ahmed Qureia, speaker of the Palestinian parliament; Nabil Shaath, who served as Abbas' Foreign Minister; and Munib al-Masri, a Palestinian businessman...
...heat that often reaches 38?C, where they're permitted as little as 30 minutes, three times per week, for exercise. As a teenager in London, Abassi was a good student who liked rollerblading and Michael Jackson. But he came into the orbit of radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, ultimately living at his mosque and setting up a militant Islamic website before allegedly going to Afghanistan for military training, where he was arrested by U.S. forces in December 2001. Begg left Birmingham in June 2001 to take his wife and four children to Afghanistan, where his parents believed...
...Mazen, and his slate of ministers shows that, for the international plan to have any hope of success, another road map will be needed - for peace within the Palestinian camp. "The heavy pressure from European and Arab leaders on Arafat produced results," says Palestinian Legislative Council member Muawiya al-Masri. But it has also further strained relations within the Fatah movement, which dominates Palestinian politics and has been riven by intifadeh-related infighting. The moderate Abu Mazen is unpopular among Palestinian radicals, and some Fatah leaders have been busy smearing the new PM and his internal-security chief, Mohammed Dahlan...