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...fight their war against the Soviets in Afghanistan, spawning the Taliban and creating a refugee crisis that drained our resources. Now, again, we are plunged into an American war that is pushing us to the brink. We love our country and we will not succumb to terror - al-Qaeda's or America's. Nishat Mummunka, Lahore, Pakistan...
...been arrested six times since Sept. 11, 2001. "It's always the same scenario," he says, sporting a long russet beard and a ponytail, while his wife wears a full black chador. "The police barge into the house early in the morning and accuse me of having al-Qaeda connections." Last year police netted a cache of antitank mines in Rustempasic's family house, and imprisoned him for two months; Rustempasic and three others were arrested on suspicion of involvement in terrorist activities, but they were released due to a lack of evidence. Rustempasic says the weaponry was wartime trash...
...country as small as Bosnia. "Word spreads fast," says Aner Hadzimahmutovic, antiterrorism chief at the State Investigation and Protection Agency. "If 15 people with beards meet in the bush, someone will report them to us." The one Bosnian who repeatedly claims to have trained and fought with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan - citing gory details of how he supposedly slit the throat of an Australian soldier - remains free. Nihad Cosic was arrested in a 2007 police raid in Pakistan, but released for lack of evidence and flown home to Sarajevo. In April he offered his most recent description of his years...
...acknowledged helping those who carried out the embassy bombings, but says he was unaware of the plan he was aiding. Apologized to the American government during a 2007 hearing before a military tribunal. Also acknowledged meeting Osama bin Laden and receiving al-Qaeda military training, but said he attended for purposes of self-defense. Denied being a member of al-Qaeda...
...owned up to authoring a similarly executed gun and bomb attack on police and intelligence agency offices in Lahore. Vowing revenge for the Pakistan army's punishing month-old assault on its fighters, Taliban commander Hakimullah Mehsud warned of further attacks across the country. Other likely suspects include al-Qaeda. On June 3, a voice believed to be that of Osama Bin Laden's railed against President Barack Obama's administration. Specifically citing the military operation in the Swat Valley, the audiotape broadcast on Al-Jazeera accused Washington of "having planted new seeds to increase hatred for and revenge against...