WASHINGTON - Two United States residents of Yemeni descent who flew from Chicago to Amsterdam on Sunday night were detained by the Dutch police after landing on Monday in a bizarre episode that American officials feared might be a dry run for a terrorist plot.
But American law enforcement officials cautioned on Monday night that the men had not been charged with any crime and that the episode might be a misunderstanding. "There's nothing at all confirmed at this point that's associated with terrorism," one official said.

While Muslim parents pack public meetings with pronouncements that 'Islam is a religion of peace,' their sons and daughters are being taught something else.

Relatives and supporters of men charged with planning terrorist attacks in the Toronto area arrive for a bail hearing in 2006. Community leaders often decry bad 'behaviour' and denounce 'terrorism,' but fail to take on the jihadist ideology that is poisoning Muslim youth. Photograph by: J.F. Moczulski, Reuters

A 27 year old Moroccan man has been arrested in Poble Nou de Benitatxell, Alicante, because of his alleged links to Islamic terrorism and Al Qaeda, according to the Mayor of the town, Josefa Ronda.
Spain's Interior Ministry says police have arrested a Moroccan man in the southeast of the country on suspicion of having links to Islamic terror groups and of recruiting jihad fighters.
The arrest was carried out on Friday afternoon by Guardia Civil officers from Madrid, where they have taken the detained man for questioning. Witnesses speak of a spectacular police operation, with a large number of participants and the use of balaclava helmets despite the high temperatures.

Awso Peshdary

OTTAWA -- A fourth person has been arrested in Ottawa as part of the investigation into the alleged Ottawa terrorism cell Friday -- the same day accused Khurram Sher appeared in court.
The RCMP issued a press release Friday afternoon stating the person had been arrested but not charged earlier in the day.
If charged today, the person could appear in court Saturday.  Meanwhile, the third suspect in the terrorism probe, Khurram Syed Sher, 28, of London, Ont., was remanded to appear by video from the Innes Rd. detention centre along with two Ottawa men, Hiva Mohammad Alizadeh, 30, and Misbahuddin Ahmed, 26.

Burning tires in Manama

MANAMA, Bahrain - The three women in head scarves and black abayas surged into the main atrium of the Seef Mall at 11 p.m. the other night, unfurling a banner outside the Next clothing boutique that read, "It is forbidden to arbitrarily arrest and detain people."
A picture was taken, and in less than a minute they had dispersed. As they tried to leave, more than a dozen plainclothes and uniformed police officers surrounded one of them, Fakhria al-Singace, pinning her spread-eagled on a cafe table.