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SNIPPET: "The Tablighi Jamaat (TJ) name has come up before in connection with terrorism plots, including the October 2002 Portland Seven and the September 2002 Lackawanna Six cases in the United States, as well as the August 2006 plot to bomb airliners en route from London to the United States, the July 7, 2005, London Underground bombings and the July 2007 attempted bombings in London and Glasgow, Scotland. Over the past several years we also have received several queries about TJ from U.S. law enforcement officials who are concerned about the group’s presence and activities in the United States. U.S....

BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) -- 26-year-old Michael J. Abdallah will be heading to court this week for a felony hearing after being accused of holding a runaway teen in his home for six months. Abdallah has been charged with kidnapping and rape, after police say he held a teen captive from July to December of 2009. Police say Abdallah forced the teen to have sex with him, and babysit his one-year-old son. Neighbors of Abdallah are finding the news difficult to believe. Abdallah will be in court for a felony hearing on February 11.

CAPTURED PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION; CONSPIRING TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION JABER A. ELBANEH PHOTOGRAPH OF JABER A. ELBANEH PHOTOGRAPH OF JABER A. ELBANEH TAKEN IN APPROXIMATELY 2000 PHOTOGRAPH OF JABER A. ELBANEH TAKEN IN 1996 Photograph taken in approximately 2000 Photograph taken in 1996 Aliases: Jaber A. Elbanelt, Jaben A. Elbanelt, Jabor Elbaneh, Abu Jubaer, Jubaer Elbaneh, "Jubair" DESCRIPTION Date of Birth Used: September 9, 1966 Hair: Brown Place of Birth: Yemen Eyes: Brown Height: 5'8" Sex: Male Weight: 200 pounds Complexion: Unknown Build: Stocky Citizenship: Yemeni Languages: Arabic, English Scars and Marks:...

23 mins ago WASHINGTON – The Bush administration in 2002 considered sending U.S. troops into a Buffalo, N.Y., suburb to arrest a group of terror suspects in what would have been a nearly unprecedented use of military power, The New York Times reported.

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Plans to close Guantanamo are not sitting well with the Sept. 11 victims' relatives who sat stunned while two alleged terrorists declared they were proud of their role in the plot.

Note: Photos included. FOCUS:TERRORISM SNIPPET: "Faysal H. Galab, the first to take a plea deal, received the shortest sentence, seven years, and is now out of federal custody and living in the Detroit area under his own name. Shafal A. Mosed is out of prison and in a federal halfway house in Rochester working as a day laborer. He plans to move back to Lackawanna and rejoin his wife and child in September, according to members of the Yemenite community in Lackawanna. His brother, who refused to speak about Mosed’s upcoming return, pointed out that Galab has managed to succeed...

Prosecuting Terror No Choice but Guilty Lackawanna Case Highlights Legal Tilt By Michael Powell Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 29, 2003; Page A01 First of two articles LACKAWANNA, N.Y. -- Even now, after the arrests and the anger and the world media spotlight, the mystery for neighbors in this old steel town remains this: Why would six of their young men so readily agree to plead guilty to terror charges, accepting long prison terms far from home? The reality appears to fall between such disbelief and talk of sleeper cells. Two men who were veterans of the war in...

Lackawanna suspect takes plea By DAN HERBECK News Staff Reporter1/11/2003 Faysal H. Galab faces seven years in prison if prosecutors and judge are satisfied with his cooperation.   Click to view larger picture DEREK GEE/Buffalo News Attorney Joseph M. LaTona insisted Friday that his client, Faysal H. Galab, had no foreknowledge of the 9/11 attacks. The operator of a Lackawanna gas station admitted Friday that he traveled to an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan in April 2001 and heard Osama bin Laden proclaim that he had sent a team of 50 men "on a mission to attack America." In a surprise...