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Oxford Muslims condemn suicide bombings

Suicide bombers who kill innocent people in the name of Islam are brainwashed individuals who are misusing the Koran, the Islamic holy book, say Oxford Muslims.

That was the message from the organisers of an open day at Manzil Way mosque, off Cowley Road, on Saturday to explain their faith.

Dr Raghib Ali, one of the organisers, talked to visitors about "Muslimic terrorism" and said: "What these people have been doing has nothing to do with the teachings of Islam and goes completely against what we are doing.

"The Koran says to take an innocent life is one of the greatest sins. These people who go around claiming to kill people in the name of Islam can never be justified. They take a verse of the Koran out of context and apply it to blowing up people on the Underground. They have been brainwashed."

Abu Ghraib prisoners released

US forces started releasing some 1,000 prisoners on Monday from the Abu Ghraib prison, the same prison which gained prominence last year after US prison guards there were charged with torturing Iraqi inmates under there watch.

US spokesmen told reporters that the move was a result of requests of the Iraqi government in light of the upcoming Ramadan holiday on October 5 according to AFP.

A US military statement announced, "In the spirit of the holy month of Ramadan, the Iraqi government requested a special release board and worked with multinational forces to expedite the release of more than 1,000 security detainees from Abu Ghraib”.

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Aljazeera spy

An Aljazeera cameraman, held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, has been promised release if he spies on his colleagues at the channel.

The Guardian reported on Monday that the US military told Sami Muhyi al-Din al-Hajj that he would be released as long as he agreed to spy on journalists at Aljazeera.

In documents seen by the Guardian newspaper, al-Hajj says US military personnel alleged during interrogation that Aljazeera has been infiltrated by al-Qaida and that one of its presenters is linked to Islamists.

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Aljazeera to appeal Alluni's conviction

Pan-Arab satellite channel Aljazeera has said it will appeal after a Spanish judge sentenced its correspondent Taysir Alluni to seven years in prison for collaborating with al-Qaida.

"The verdict is very disappointing and we consider it unfair and we will contact immediately the legal defence team to study the possibilities of appealing it," Aljazeera general manager Waddah Khanfar said on Monday.

The channel said it was an unjust sentence and a dangerous and unprecedented action in the history of journalism.

Alluni, who had insisted on his innocence throughout Europe's biggest al-Qaida trial, interviewed the group's leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan weeks after the 11 September 2001 attacks in the United States.

Accused of acting as a financial courier to the group while in Afghanistan, Alluni, who had faced a maximum nine-year term, said in testimony he was only doing his job as a journalist.

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Suicide bomber kills 10

A suicide bomber in Baghdad rammed his car into a bus carrying employees of Iraq's oil ministry as it passed a police academy, killing at least 10 people and wounding 30, police and witnesses said.

The attack came as violence between Iraq's three main communities spikes ahead of an October 15 referendum on a controversial new constitution.

"We heard the blast. They died," said a dazed survivor, who stood in a hospital as victims of the blast were wheeled in on stretchers.

Madrid bomber

A man suspected of involvement in last year's Madrid train bombings has been detained in Spain after being extradited from Serbia.
Moroccan Abdelmajid Bouchar, 22, faces trial for the bomb attacks which killed 191 people on 11 March 2004.

He was arrested at the main railway station in Belgrade in June. He had no documentation and said he was an Iraqi immigrant worker.

He had been on the run and was the subject of an arrest warrant.

Judge Juan del Olmo Juan del Olmo ordered Mr Bouchar to be jailed after a brief hearing and he was taken to a Madrid prison, according to Spanish media reports

Mr Bouchar is alleged to have fled an apartment in Leganes, near Madrid, where the suspected train bombers hid after the attacks in March 2004.

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Not in Pakistan

President Pervez Musharraf has said he would prefer Osama Bin Laden captured outside Pakistan - and by someone else.
He told Time magazine he did not know where the al-Qaeda leader was, but thought the "safest" hiding place for him was on the Pakistan-Afghan border.

Gen Musharraf did not say why he wanted Bin Laden caught outside Pakistan.

But many observers expect a backlash from Pakistanis opposed to the US-led "war on terror" if the world's most wanted man is arrested in Pakistan.

President Musharraf has played a pivotal role in the "war on terror" ever since the 11 September, 2001 attacks on the US, for which al-Qaeda is blamed.

Hundreds of alleged al-Qaeda members have been arrested in Pakistan, among them a number of key suspects.

'Australian Taleban' applies for British passport

An Australian being held at Guantanamo Bay has applied for a British passport, in the hope of securing his release.
David Hicks, whose mother is a British citizen, was captured in Afghanistan in November 2001 where he allegedly fought against American-led forces.

His lawyers say the UK is more strident in securing the release of its citizens from Guantanamo Bay than Australia.

Mr Hicks revealed his mother was British by chance in a conversation about cricket with his lawyer.

The 30-year-old former kangaroo hunter was discussing the recent Ashes series between Australia and England at the time.

This has allowed Mr Hicks to apply for a UK passport, which could represent his best chance of avoiding a trial before a military tribunal.

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Israeli air strikes on Gaza

Israel has continued air strikes on the Gaza Strip, hours after Palestinian militant group Hamas announced that it was ending rocket attacks on Israel.

Israel said it was targeting premises used to store or produce arms. No serious casualties were reported.

The Hamas announcement came after Palestinian militants in Gaza fired dozens of rockets into Israel.

Palestinian spokesman Saeb Erekat has called for international intervention to help stop escalating violence.

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Al-Qaeda suspect jailed over 9/11

A Spanish court has jailed a man accused of heading a Spanish al-Qaeda cell for 27 years for helping to organise the 9/11 attacks in the US.
Imad Yarkas was jailed along with 17 other men convicted on charges of aiding al-Qaeda.

Two others accused of involvement in the attacks were among six cleared in Europe's biggest terror trial.

A journalist for Arabic TV network al-Jazeera was also jailed for seven years for collaborating with al-Qaeda.

The 17 men convicted were sentenced to between six and 11 years in jail for a range of offences.

But the judges dismissed evidence of recorded telephone calls used by the prosecution, saying they were misleading and often based on misunderstandings of the Arabic language.

The case pre-dated the Madrid bombing in March 2004 that killed 191 people and has been seen as a testing ground before the trial of those suspected of involvement in the bombing begins next year.

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