Fifth Column Watch

What is it with terrorists and the cell phone business. The Madrid terrorists also operated a cell phone business.

"Current credible intelligence indicates that al-Qaida wants to hit the United States and to hit us hard," he said. "We know our enemies will go to great lengths to lie in wait and to achieve the death and destruction they desire."


Abdi, who operated a cell phone business in Columbus, also is charged with fraud and misuse of documents by claiming that he had been granted valid asylum status in the United States. Prosecutors say he obtained that refugee document under false pretenses.

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