Illegal document ring broken in DC:
According to the: Washington Times | 8-4-05
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents yesterday arrested 16 persons in raids on a suspected counterfeit document ring that operated "open-air markets" in Washington's Adams Morgan neighborhood and in Hyattsville, Md.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman; Mr. Boyd said:
More than 10,000 documents have been seized with an estimated street value of $450,000
Five document "mills" have been shut down as a result of the investigation
159 aliens have been apprehended and 40 have been prosecuted.
Agents discovered and seized phony Social Security cards, laminating machines, typewriters, and more than 20 bags of "documentary evidence" during raids at five locations.
All of those arrested were identified as illegal aliens. Read more.
Jordan Dismantles Two Terror Cells
According to the: United Press International | 8-4-05
AMMAN, Jordan -- Jordanian intelligence have dismantled two terrorist cells, including one affiliated to Abu Musab Zarqawi's al-Qaida Organization in Mesopotamia.
Two Amman dailies, al-Rai and al-Dustour, on Thursday quoted the public prosecutor for the State's Security Court, Maj. Fawwaz Atoum as saying the intelligence department referred to him 17 people belonging to the terrorist cells for interrogation.
He said the second cell is called the Brigades of the Two Holy Mosques in Saudi Arabia.
Atoum said the groups planned to attack intelligence officers and foreign officers in Jordan in addition to recruiting people for al-Qaida network and raising funds for the organization.
He said the suspects will be tried by the State Security Court as soon as the indictment is completed. It will include charges of conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks and performing illegal acts that undermine Jordan's relations with a foreign state. Read full story.
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