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Moslem cleric in England says killing non-Moslems is OK By: John Russell | Source: IRN NEWS May 27, 2004 5:29PM EST -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A leading Muslim teacher in the United Kingdom is telling his followers that the killing of non-Moslems is in accordance with Islamic teachings. Shiek Abu Hamsa of the notorious Finsbury Park Mosque in London has been videotaped telling his congregation that, “If a Kafir (that is a non-Moslem)is walking by you and you catch him he’s booty (that is a slave), you can sell him in the market. Most of them are spies. And even if they don’t...

MADRID, Spain - A Spanish military adviser who fell into a coma after being seriously wounded in a shootout in Iraq (news - web sites) last month died Wednesday, the Defense Ministry said. Civil Guard commander Gonzalo Perez Garcia's death brought to 11 the number of Spaniards who have been killed in Iraq since last August. Perez Garcia was shot in the head on Jan. 22 after the pre-dawn raid of a suspected terrorist hideout in southern Iraq. He fell into a coma and was flown back to Spain on Jan. 23. He died in a Madrid military hospital shortly...

Italian police say they have broken up a suspected al-Qaida terrorist cell that was reportedly planning attacks against targets in Europe. Italian police, working with the American FBI and British police, arrested four Tunisians during the past week. A fifth Tunisian, said to be part of the same cell, has been detained by authorities in Malta, and a sixth suspect is still being sought. The four men arrested in Italy were charged with conspiracy to commit terrorist acts, trafficking of forged documents, and facilitating illegal immigration. The group's suspected leader, a man known by the name "Hamsa the Libyan", was...

Seattle militants investigated for possible ties to al-Qaida Additionally, federal investigators believe members of the group scouted a ranch in southern Oregon as a potential site for a terrorist training camp. About 15 of the militants visited the sagebrush-covered property near Bly, Ore., in fall 1999 to participate in target practice, and two men from Abu Hamza's mosque visited the ranch later that year, sources say. That account was supported by a relative of one of the men under investigation. The investigation comes to light as Attorney General John Ashcroft is warning that al-Qaida maintains a "hidden but active presence"...