DOCUMENTS found in raids in Dublin have linked the only man charged over the September 11 attacks on the US with an al-Qaida cell in the city, investigators in the US have claimed.

A suspected al-Qaida terrorist today appeared in court for an extradition hearing brought by the US.

An unnamed US official has claimed that a Palestinian militant who has evaded intelligence agencies for years has become the new chief of operations in the al-Qaida network.

An Algerian man has been charged with helping a terrorist trained by Osama bin Laden in the failed plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport during millennium celebrations.