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<p>MANILA, Philippines — Two American brothers arrested in the Philippines last year for alleged ties to Al Qaeda (search)-linked groups were deported to the United States, immigration officials said Monday.</p> <p>Michael Ray Stubbs (search), 55, of Antioch, Calif., and his brother James, 56, who also goes by the name Jamil Daud Mujahid (search), of Newark, N.J., were arrested in December and ordered deported.</p>

The Philippines has deported two US citizens who were arrested last year on suspicion of links to Muslim separatist groups. Brothers Michael Ray Stubbs, 55, and Jamil Daud Mujahid, 56, have been turned over to American marshals, who escorted them back to the US. The Immigration Bureau says both were blacklisted as "undesirable aliens and threats to national security". The two have been in detention since December after being arrested south of Manila. Authorities say the suspects were earlier seen meeting with leaders of the Abu Sayyaf and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The Abu Sayyaf is a...

<p>A former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employee and his brother face deportation from the Philippines after their arrest in that country for suspected links to Muslim rebels and charities tied to al Qaeda, authorities said Tuesday.</p> <p>Michael Ray Stubbs, 55, of Antioch, who worked at the nuclear-weapons laboratory for 10 years ending in 2000, and his brother, James Stubbs, 56, a convert to Islam, were taken into custody on immigration violation charges Dec. 13 in the town of Tanza in Cavite province.</p>

<p>An Indianapolis family kept vigil Tuesday awaiting news of two brothers they say are wrongly being held in the Philippines for suspected ties to terrorists.</p> <p>"This is like a (bad) dream," said Pamela Stubbs Thornton, a sister of the detained men, Michael Ray Stubbs and Jamil Daud Mujahid.</p>

<p>INDIANAPOLIS -- The sister of two American brothers arrested in the Philippines for suspected links to terrorism disputed those allegations Tuesday and expressed hope that the men could return to the United States soon.</p> <p>"My brothers are not terrorists," Pamela Stubbs of Indianapolis said in a phone interview. "They're citizens, and they're good people. ... This is just crazy."</p>

<p>MANILA, Philippines — Philippine (search) authorities said Tuesday they were set to deport two American brothers arrested for suspected links to terrorism and for allegedly meeting charity groups believed to be Al Qaeda (search) fronts in the country.</p> <p>Officials said one of the men had worked as a heating and air conditioning technician at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (search) -- a major nuclear weapons lab outside San Francisco -- for about 10 years ending in 2000. The FBI was looking into whether he had access to sensitive information, they said.</p>

THE Bureau of Immigration is set to deport two US citizens who were arrested two weeks ago in Cavite on suspicion of being sympathizers of Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network. Immigration Commissioner Andrea D. Domingo and the Philippine Navy flag officer in command, Adm. Ernesto de Leon, both announced that African Americans Jamil Daud Mujahid, 56, and his brother, Michael Ray Stubbs, were arrested by a joint military and immigration team on December 13 in Tanza, Cavite. The two Americans have been tagged as undesirable aliens for allegedly meeting with known leaders of various fronts for terrorist groups in the...

Philippines to Deport Two U.S. Brothers By HRVOJE HRANJSKI, Associated Press Writer MANILA, Philippines - Philippine authorities said Tuesday they were set to deport two American brothers arrested for suspected links to terrorism and for allegedly meeting charity groups believed to be al-Qaida fronts in the country. One of the men, Michael Ray Stubbs, worked as a heating and air conditioning technician at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ? a major nuclear weapons lab outside San Francisco ? for about 10 years ending in 2000. Officials said the FBI (news - web sites) was looking into whether he had access...

Philippines to expel US 'militants' The Stubbs brothers deny any links with Muslim militants Two American brothers arrested in the Philippines and suspected of having links with Muslim militants will be deported, Manila authorities have said. The men, named as James and Michael Ray Stubbs, were detained on 13 December. The authorities said the brothers had been questioned about alleged links with al-Qaeda - which they deny. The Philippine Government says the militant organisation Jemaah Islamiah has been training Filipino rebels in the south of the country. The two brothers, aged in their 50s, were born in the US state...

MANILA, Philippines -- Philippine authorities said Monday that they have arrested two American brothers for suspected links to terrorism as the country remained on alert over the reported presence of foreign Muslim militants in the south. Michael Ray Stubbs and his brother James, a convert to Islam, have been held at an undisclosed location since they were arrested earlier this month in the town of Tanza in Cavite province, 35 kilometers (21 miles) southwest of Manila, an immigration official said on condition of anonymity. The official said the brothers were of Middle Eastern origin but gave no other details. The...

MANILA, Philippines - Two American brothers were arrested for possible links to terrorism, a Philippine official said Monday. Michael Ray Stubbs and his brother James, a convert to Islam, have been held at an undisclosed location since they were arrested earlier this month 21 miles southwest of Manila, an immigration intelligence official said on condition of anonymity. The official said the brothers were of Middle Eastern origin but gave no other details. It was not clear what charges they could face or why authorities believe they may be linked to terrorism. The two were to be brought before the media...