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Beginning in January, RightSideNews has run a series called "Islam in America." We've looked at the growing influence of radical Islam in the workplace, the educational system, the internet - in short, in almost all aspects of life in the United States.

HOMELAND SECURITY UPDATE: Man convicted in NY of trying to start terror camp. "The verdict against Oussama Kassir capped a three-week trial that featured the testimony of a U.S.-born Muslim convert who said he tried to create the training camp on 360 acres in Bly, Ore., in 1999.

LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that OUSSAMA ABDULLAH KASSIR, a/k/a "Abu Abdullah," a/k/a "Abu Khadija," was found guilty today of charges relating to his participation in an effort to establish a jihad training camp in Bly, Oregon, and his operation of several terrorist websites.

Swedish terror suspect Oussama Kassir is seen here in a 2006 file photo. He was convicted in federal court in Manhattan Tuesday on terror-related charges.

A jury convicted a Lebanese-born Swede on Tuesday of plotting to help al-Qaida recruit by trying to set up a weapons-training post in Oregon and distributing terrorist training manuals over the Internet.

A weapons training post at an Oregon ranch was just part of a man's scheme to recruit al-Qaida members on U.S. soil, a prosecutor told a jury Monday in closing arguments at a terrorism trial.

The fourth annual Salem Film Festival drew more than just celebrated cinematographers and short features to Salem.

A former Seattle man has testified at a terrorism trial that he tried to create a militant jihad training camp in Oregon but he no longer supports terrorist causes.

James Ujaama admitted he lied about everything and to nearly everyone as he tried to sell the idea of setting up a camp to train jihad fighters in Oregon in 1999.

By Ron Brown A May 1, 2009 A NEAR BLY, Ore. - Sixty four-years-ago, most Americans were hoping for a quick end to World War II.

James Ujaama, a Muslim convert who lived in Seattle, told a jury in Manhattan federal court that he envisioned the camp, which never came to fruition, in 1999 as a place for Muslims to get military training to fight in Afghanistan.

Former Seattle resident James Ujaama is testifying in New York federal court in the terrorism trial of a man accused of traveling from London to set up training camp in Bly, Ore.

A Seattle man who helped the Taliban is scheduled to testify at the New York trial of a man accused of trying to set up an al-Qaida training camp 10 years ago in Bly, Ore.

The votes are in, and it's time for the winners of the NW Emerging Artists Competition to pop the champagne.

Oussama Abdullah Kassir, 43, who was extradited from the Czech Republic on terrorism charges in 2007, faces multiple charges including supporting al-Qaeda by attempting to set up the camp in rural Oregon from 1999 to early 2000 and later setting up websites on explosives and poisons.

A Lebanese-born Swedish man attempted to set up an al Qaeda militant training camp in the United States on the orders of a firebrand Muslim cleric in Britain, a U.S. prosecutor told a U.S. jury on Tuesday.

A Lebanese-born Swede has gone on trial on charges that he tried to help al-Qaida by trying to set up a weapons training post in a small Oregon town.

Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of a Lebanese-born Swedish man accused of helping set up a militant training camp in rural Oregon and operating websites showing how to assemble bombs.

Japanese women, who participated in making balloon bombs during World War II, made a trip to Bly in 1996.

The following cases were decided in Lebanon Municipal Court between Dec. 30 and Jan 7. Information for each case includes the defendant's name, age and city of residence, offenses the defendant was convicted ...