Celebrities Targeted for Murder By Al Qaeda?

A video posted on YouTube by followers of the Al Qaeda-affiliated organization, Islam Base, lists potential targets for MURDER BY AL QAEDA, according to a security expert. Celebrities in the video are all hip hop and sports stars, including Usher, Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Snoop Dogg and David Beckham. Terrorism expert Neil Doyle is quoted as saying: "There's no question — this video is setting sports stars up as potential targets. Choosing their words carefully, using double meanings and veiled threats, the people behind it are trying to stay within the realms of the law."

Pakistan Frees Al Qaeda 'Computer Expert'

Pakistan has released al-Qaeda "computer expert" Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan. When khan was arrested in July, 2004, his "laptop contained details of a terrorist plot to attack key US financial installations and locations in the UK," a government lawyer told the Supreme Court today, according to the BBC. "Pakistani investigators said Mr Khan had invented secret codes, which enabled al-Qaeda operatives to send ENCRYPTED EMAILS AND MESSAGES via the Internet."