Abu Hamza al-Muhajer

How did suicide Bombers detonating themselves create the damage FROM the ceilings? . http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabbah/tags/explosion/ Blasts Wreck Jordan’s Image of Calm Al-Qaida has claimed responsibility for three synchronized bomb blasts at international luxury hotels in the Jordanian capital Amman, killing at least 57 and injured hundreds on Wednesday night. Elsewhere, Tony Blair suffers a legislative setback in his war on terror and George Bush proclaims World Freedom Day. Police said they suspect the attacks in Amman were the work of suicide bombers . A statement posted on a website frequently used by Islamic extremists claimed “a group of lions of al-Qaida ” carried out the ... Read Full Story

A legislator has called for an investigation into whether British secret services may have mistakenly recruited people sympathetic to al-Qaida, a newspaper reported Saturday. Patrick Mercer, a Conservative member of Parliament, says six suspect people were recruited in a rush to beef up intelligence following the suicide bomb attacks in 2005, which killed 52 people in London. The Daily Telegraph quoted Mercer as saying two men recruited by the MI5 intelligence agency had attended al-Qaida training camps in Pakistan. They were given several weeks of training before being ejected from the service, Mercer said. Questions were raised about unexplained gaps in the past activities ... Read Full Story

Jordan's struggle with Islamism The Jordanian government's relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood has always been a difficult one - and in the closing days of the current parliamentary election campaign, the movement appears as strong as ever. The main campaign rally of the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), was an impressive event. There were thousands of people there. Men grouped at the front waved the green IAF flags which show crossed swords and a copy of the Koran. The speeches were fiery, criticising corruption in Jordan and the US and Israeli policies in the region. Real ... Read Full Story

A terror suspect who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide support to al-Qaida will serve about a year in prison and then be deported to Canada. U.S. District John R. Tunheim sentenced 35-year-old Mohammed Abdullah Warsame (wur-SAH'-mee) on Thursday to 92 months in prison, but gave him credit for the time he has already spent in custody. Warsame has spent over 5 1/2 years in solitary confinement at a maximum-security prison in Minnesota while awaiting trial. Prosecutors had sought a longer prison sentence. In the plea agreement, Warsame admitted to conspiring with others to help al-Qaida beginning in 2000. Authorities say he attended al-Qaida ... Read Full Story

Three sons of radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza, who is currently serving time for incitement to murder, were on Thursday jailed over their involvement in a luxury car scam in London. Hamza Kamel, 22, and Mohamed Mostafa, 27, helped run the fraudulent scheme with their step-brother Mohssin Ghailam, 28, according to prosecutors at Southwark Crown Court. Judge Gregory Stone jailed them and four others for what he called "serious criminality" over the scam, in which they used a legal loophole to steal Mercedes, BMWs and Range Rovers left in long-stay car parks. Kamel was jailed for two and a half years, after pleading guilty ... Read Full Story