America's Al-Qaeda spy Canadian Abdurahman Khadr, just recently released by America from Guantanamo Bay, admitted on CBC television that his family had links to Al Qaeda. He said after being captured by the Americans in Afghanistan, he was recruited to work for the CIA, the FBI and the U.S. military, then later as a spy at the U.S. prison facility in Guantanamo Bay. He claims he was then sent to Sarajevo to try to penetrate Al-Qaeda as a US spy.
Terrorist bombs kill nearly 200 people on trains in rush-hour attack in Madrid Spain A number of bombs hidden in backpacks exploded in quick succession destroying four commuter trains. At least 198 people killed, 1400 injured. Spain blamed Basque separatists, but a shadowy group claimed responsibility in the name of al-Qaida. This was the worst terrorist attack in Spain's history.
Britain's MI5 fooled by Al-Qaeda double agent As friendly European governments repeatedly called for his arrest, Britain ignored the warnings about Abu Qatada's links to terrorist groups and refused to take action. They were hoping to use the cleric as an informer against Islamic militants in Britain. Abu Qatada convinced MI5 he could prevent terrorist attacks in Britain and expose dangerous extremists arriving in the country. But they not reveal that he was all along setting up a safe haven for terrorists in Britain.
Philippine President says Madrid-level bombing averted President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said a major terrorist attack has been averted in Manila with the arrests of four Abu Sayyaf members and the confiscation of 80 pounds of TNT. It is believed the explosives were to have been used to bomb trains and shopping malls. Arroyo said one of the men arrested claimed responsibility for a Feb. 27 explosion on a ferry that killed more than 100 people.
8 suspected terrorists arrested in London British Police arrested the men and seized a 1/2 ton of ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer compound that can be used to make bombs.
