Prosecutions

Authorities have prosecuted a wide range of extremists since the Sept. 11 attacks. In many cases, the men were not accused of planning to do harm on U.S. soil. Instead, they allegedly aided terrorist groups by raising money, recruiting other members or providing support. Officials say the cases illustrate the variety of groups that continue to pose a threat to U.S. interests here and abroad, from the Sunni fundamentalism of Abu Sayyaf to the Shiite militancy of Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran. But some of the most prominent cases have connections to al Qaeda or its former hosts in Afghanistan, the Taliban. Among them:

THE WASHINGTON POST