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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (10670)	8/15/2006 1:52:11 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 14758

New suspect held over UK planes bomb plot: police Reuters via Yahoo ^ \| 8/15/2006 British police arrested another person on Tuesday in connection with last week's alleged plot by suspected Islamist militants to blow up transatlantic airliners. "The person who was arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 on suspicion of involvement in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism is in custody at a police station in the Thames Valley area" in Britain's southeast, a police spokeswoman said. The arrest takes the number of people being held to 24.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (10670)	8/15/2006 1:58:34 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

Egypt presents new deal for release of abducted IDF soldier (600 Pali Terrorists for Shalit) Reuters/Haaretz ^ \| 08/15/06 \| n/a haaretz.com Egyptian mediators have presented Hamas and other militant groups with a new proposal aimed at ending a six-week-old standoff over an Israel Defense Forces soldier seized near the Gaza strip, Hamas officials said on Tuesday. A source close to the negotiations said the proposal called for Hamas to transfer Corporal Gilad Shalit to Egyptian authorities in return for Israel's release of up to 600 Palestinian prisoners, including some women and minors. Another group of Palestinian prisoners, including many who have served longer sentences, would be freed by Israel at a later date. Israel has so far rejected any prisoner swap for Shalit, who was captured by gunmen from Hamas and other groups in a cross-border raid on June 25. "A new offer was made to the Hamas movement by the Egyptian security delegation in Gaza," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told reporters, declining to discuss the proposal's contents. He said the militant groups would not back down from demands that Palestinian prisoners be released in exchange for Shalit. "Hamas is still committed to its demand that there must be reciprocity in time and action," Abu Zuhri said.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (10670)	8/15/2006 2:16:15 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 14758

Muslims call for special bank holidays Daily Mail (UK) ^ dailymail.co.uk Muslim leaders summoned to talks with the Government on tackling extremism in their midst called for public holidays to mark their religious festivals. The Whitehall meeting was set up in response to last week's airline bomb plot discovery. Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly had prepared an uncompromising message on the need to tackle dangerous radicalism. But, in what she admitted were 'sharp' exchanges, some senior Muslim figures turned the tables yesterday and made a series of demands which also included the introduction of Sharia law for family matters. Dr Syed Aziz Pasha, secretary general of the Union of Muslim Organisations of the UK and Ireland, said: 'We told her if you give us religious rights, we will be in a better position to convince young people that they are being treated equally along with other citizens.' Dr Pasha said Miss Kelly had agreed to look at the proposals, though her spokesman insisted later that she did not favour any legal change which would give 'special treatment' for the Muslim community. Some of the 30 moderate Muslim leaders at the meeting told Miss Kelly that important days in their two main religious festivals - Ramadan and Eid-ul-Adha - should be made public holidays for followers of the faith. Sharia law, which is practised in large parts of the Middle East, should also be introduced in Britain, they argued. While it specifies stonings and amputations as routine punishments for crimes, Dr Pasha said he wanted it only for family affairs.