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Islamberg, located in rural upstate New York, is a 70 acre underground-bunkered paramilitary Islamic compound. Here within the compound lives a Muslim only community. The majority of these are black american born males, hardened criminals who converted to radical Islam whilst serving time in state prison. It is also the headquarters of Muslims of the Americas, the International Quranic Open University and the United Muslim Christian Forum. Islamberg is the best known among 35 such compounds, ranging in size from 25 to 300 acres, that already dot 22 states across America. Evidence suggests these Islamic compounds and the convicted criminals...

Thanks to U.S. taxpayers, an Islamic enclave is being carved out of the heart of the City of Brotherly Love. And how generous have you been with your tax dollars? You just gave $1.6 billion for the privilege of turning over all this cash to the Islamic community. The person doing the carving is Kenny Gamble, the author of such hit songs as “Love Train” and “Me and Mrs. Jones.” So far Americans have shelled out $1.6 billion in federal grants, loans, and “charitable” gifts to create an alleged “Muslims-only” community. A convert to Islam, Gamble, now known as Luqman...

AUSTRALIAN troops have killed four East Timor rebels, but their leader Alfredo Reinado has escaped an attempt to capture him. President Xanana Gusmao today said Reinado remained a fugitive after escaping a raid on his camp in the East Timorese town of Same. Four people fighting with Reinado were killed by Australian troops, he said. No civilians were injured. The president said the operation to capture Reinado was continuing. A Defence spokesman in Canberra said no Australians had been killed or wounded. "The purpose of the operation was to apprehend Alfredo Reinado and his associates," he said. "We have not...

Reports and rumours continue to circulate about the condition and whereabouts of the Jordanian-born insurgent leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. It remains unclear whether he is seriously wounded, whether he is in Iraq or elsewhere, and whether he has been replaced at least temporarily as leader of his group. But what is his significance and the potential impact of his fate on the insurgency? The US military in Iraq makes no secret of the fact that Zarqawi is its number one target. He is blamed for many of the most deadly attacks and is the only widely-recognised leader in...

An audacious attack on an Iraqi police station that left more than 20 people dead on Saturday was the work of a well-trained military unit, American officials said last night. The main police station in Fallujah was overwhelmed in an operation far more sophisticated than the suicide bombings and ambushes that have been the hallmark of resistance to the US-led occupation. Observers said this could signal a new phase in assaults on the Americans and those assisting them in Iraq. Up to 70 gunmen attacked the police station with machineguns, hand grenades and rocket-propelled grenades. A second team of insurgents...

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Al-Qa'ida on the Fall of Baghdad, Guerilla Warfare: 'Is the Most Powerful Weapon Muslims Have, and It Is the Best Method to Continue the Conflict with the Crusader Enemy' Al-Nidaa, the Web site of the Al-Qa'ida organization, posted an initial reaction to the fall of Baghdad. The Al-Nidaa Web site, which is regularly knocked off the Web and thus its URL changes every few days,[1] is posting a series of articles on "The Crusader War in Iraq." The first article asks 35 questions, and the answers are published in the successive segments, at the rate of one every few...

The Times Unseemly Eagerness Over Iraqi Terror “Tactics” Alan Cowell finally finds something about the war to get enthused about: Iraqi guerilla warfare against American troops. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/27/international/worldspecial/27URBA.html?pagewanted=print&position=top For the Times man in London, it’s a change from fretting over British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s future encapsulated in doom-ridden headlines like “For Blair, a Gamble to Avoid Political Disaster.” (Blair’s approval ratings rose once hostilities started and a recent poll showed 55% of the British population approve of his handling of Iraq.) http://www.icmresearch.co.uk/reviews/2003/notw-iraq-poll-3mar-2003.htm In Thursday’s “Urban Warfare: Long a Key Part of an Underdog's Down-to-Earth Arsenal,” Cowell takes a rather unseemly...