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A suspected terrorist, arrested in Minneapolis and held in prison for nearly 3 and a half years without a trial, is asking to be released. Mohammed Warsame is charged with federal crimes of violence and supplying support to Al Qaida. Supporters in the Muslim community packed the federal courthouse in Minneapolis Tuesday to express their concern for Mohammed Warsame. "The length of this detention, without his day in court, is causing a serious problem," said Somali Justice Center Director Omar Jamal. Warsame's attorney said it's the longest time in U.S. history someone has been incarcerated pretrial. "He's been incredibly resilient,"...

Three years after Mohammed Warsame was arrested in Minneapolis and jailed for alleged ties to Al-Qaida and lying to FBI agents, a defense attorney is calling the case a "travesty" and has filed a brief in U.S. District Court demanding charges be dismissed because of delays in the case. "The wheels of justice have not ground slowly in this case," wrote Chicago lawyer David C. Thomas in the brief filed Wednesday. "Instead they have ground to a halt." Warsame, 33, a Canadian of Somali descent, remains among a handful of people arrested in Minnesota since 2001 in connection with terrorism...

HOMELAND INSECURITY'20th hijacker' in custody?Al-Qaida member arrested, said to know about Moussaoui activities Posted: December 10, 200312:27 p.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Authorities in Minneapolis have arrested a suspected al-Qaida operative under a shroud of secrecy. A law-enforcement official told the Minneapolis Star Tribune the unnamed man is said to have knowledge of some of the activities of Zacarias Moussaoui, who was indicted Dec. 11, 2001, on six conspiracy counts for allegedly joining in a plot to hijack and crash U.S. jetliners. According to the official, the detainee has confirmed some of investigators' suspicions about Moussaoui, who was arrested while learning to...

Al-qaida military chief killed, taliban confirms The military chief of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network was killed along with seven colleagues in a US bombing raid three days ago, a Taliban official has confirmed. Mullah Najibullah, a Taliban official in the south-east Afghan border town of Spinboldak, confirmed Atef's death but would not identify the location of the airstrike or the other al-Qaida members who died with him. It was the first time a senior Taliban official has confirmed Friday's claim by US officials that Atef was killed in an airstrike outside Kabul. Atef's death is seen as a ...