The FBI arrested five California men suspected of being members of an al-Qaeda cell. One of the men admitted in an affidavit to having attended a terrorist training camp in Pakistan.

A father and son were arrested in California on Sunday (6/5) on charges of lying to investigators about training the son had received at an al-Qaeda camp in Pakistan.

Two Americans were arrested and charged this week after an FBI sting uncovered evidence that they had sworn a formal loyalty oath to al-Qaeda and were conspiring to train international terrorists and help provide medical treatment to injured jihadists.

An internet statement purportedly from al-Qaeda in Iraq reported that terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been injured during recent fighting.

The trial of Florida Professor Sami al-Arian began this week. Al-Arian has long been suspected of running American front groups that raised funds for Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Pakistani authorities announced the arrest of Abu Faraj al-Libbi, a Libyan who is believed to be al-Qaeda's chief operating officer. His capture has led to a series of arrests of al-Qaeda members.

The State Department released a report showing that the number of significant terrorist attacks worldwide tripled in 2004. Iran was the most active state sponsor of terrorism in 2004.

The U.S. revealed this week that it had nearly captured Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in February. While Zarqawi escaped, a senior lieutenant of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was captured along with a computer that reportedly contained information that further confirmed the close links between bin Laden and Zarqawi.

Al-Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility for two suicide car bombings that killed at least 15 people. In separate attacks, suicide bombers also killed an American aid worker and a dozen people outside an Iraqi army recruitment center.

The U.S. indicted three alleged al-Qaeda members who had reportedly scouted targets in New York, Newark, and Washington. The three were among eight picked up last summer by British authorities after an investigation in Pakistan turned up computer files naming the suspects.

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