Accused terrorist Omar Hammami showed signs of religious extremism at Daphe High, teacher says - Breaking News from the Press-Register - al.com

Accused terrorist Omar Hammami showed signs of religious extremism at Daphe High, teacher says - Breaking News from the Press-Register - al.com: "A suspected al-Qaida-linked terrorist from Daphne began to show an anti-American streak as far back as high school, one of his former teachers said Saturday.

Cynthia McMeans, who taught Omar Hammami in an international studies class and a Model United Nations program, said the teenager affected a Middle Eastern accent almost overnight during his junior year at Daphne High School.

As a teenager, Hammami had turned from the Baptist beliefs of his mother to the Muslim religion his father practiced, McMeans said, and in the spring of 2001, he expressed sympathy toward hard-line Islamic regimes."