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(UK) 'Terrorist British Airways worker planned to take advantage of strike':A British Airways worker who allegedly wanted to be a suicide bomber has been accused of offering to take advantage of the airline's approaching strike to join the cabin crew - Rajib Karim: " Sources say that Karim's brother has been arrested in the Yemen"

Internet making it easier to become a terrorist: 'JihadJane' and other U.S. suspects don't need militant training camps, officials say. They just go online.

Jailed Jordanian Cleric Is a Poster Boy for Al Qaeda Recruiters - Shaykh Abu Muhammad al-Tahawi

Al-Qaida vet 'takes over Somali jihadists' - Fazul Abdullah Mohammed

Indonesia crackdown may have foiled major attack

Friend: Suspected US al-Qaida Member Grew Radical - Sharif Mobley worked at nuclear plants in NJ

Al Qaeda link, a gun in hand: Jersey man held in Yemen - Sources: Sharif Mobley met Anwar al Aulaqi

Interview: 'My Life With the Taliban' - Translators of autobiography of Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan and former Guantanamo detainee

Complaints Persist as US Frees Afghan Detainees

US District Court Sends Summonses to N. Korean Foreign Minister - DC cases stem from the alleged abduction of a missionary who was aiding N. Korean defectors in China and alleged North Korean weapons sales to Hezbollah

'Jihad Jane' Exposes Web's Dark Side

An Awlaki Link for Jihad Jane? via IPT Blog

Hamas Releases British Journalist

Yemen Reportedly Holding U.S. Terror Suspect - Sharif Mobley

South Jersey Man Accused of Terror Attacks: Sources say Sharif Mobley may be linked to al-Qaeda and is accused of shooting Yemeni police guards - Sharif Mobley, 26, of Buena Borough, N.J. is accused of going on a shooting rampage in a Yemeni hospital on Monday, according to sources

No-Fly List Doubles After Christmas Attack: 2,600 New Additions to Government's List Include Yemeni Associates of Suspected Christmas Day Bomber

Bali bomber led new terrorist gang - After Dulmatin's death, seeking terrorist cell's last at-large

Russia: Militants formally arrested over Russian train bombing - 6 other militants, including Alexander Tikhomirov AKA Said Buryatsky, were killed.

Spain: Aid worker snatched by al Qaeda freed - AQIM still holds 2 Spanish workers kidnapped in Mauritania

(Sweden) 'Jihad Jane' visited Sweden to plan attack - Also, in Swedish, Dagens Nyheter extensive coverage

Why the Jihad Jane Case is a Win for the Patriot Act

(UK) British Airways employee faces terrorism charges Rajib Karim advised foreign terrorists on airport security measures, including suspicion scans, liquid allowances, and computer systems, prosecutors alleged

'JihadJane' suspect dropped out before high school, married at 16

(Indonesia) Police Kill Bali Nightclub Bombing Suspect - Dulmatin

Suspect's Death Leads to Questions on Indonesia's Border Security - Dulmatin

Behind the scenes, crafting the US no-fly list

'Jihad Jane's' Arrest Raises Fears About Homegrown Terrorists: Experts Say Suburban Pennsylvania Woman Was Easy to Find, and There Could be More Like Her

Eritrean pleads not guilty to aiding terrorists - Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed, Al Shabaab

Pak likely to offer 'deal' to Karzai over Baradar's extradition during his Islamabad visit

Pa. woman accused of recruiting jihadists: Indictment alleges American used Internet to spark terror overseas - Colleen R. LaRose, relates to Ireland case re Swedish artist threat

Irish arrest 7 over threat to kill Swedish artist - Drawings by Lars Vilks published in a Swedish newspaper in August 2007

Nigeria extradites Al-Qaeda suspect - Ibrahim Haman Ahmed

Venezuela linked to terror groups

(Canada) U.S. looks for way to return Khadr: No stomach to try child for war crimes: insider - Omar Khadr

Indonesian Police Confirm 3 Terror Suspects Killed Near Jakarta: Unclear whether Dulmatin, one of the most-wanted leaders of the Jemaah Islamiyah militant group, among the dead

(EU) Passenger data deal key to catching terrorists, says US - Passenger Name Records (PNR) agreement has been provisionally in force since 2007, but now requires ratification by the European Parliament

Taliban, HIG infighting leads to split in Afghan insurgency in the North

Brought to U.S., Man Is Charged With Aiding Somali Terrorists - Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed brought from Nigeria on Saturday, believed to be Eritrean citizen resident of Sweden

(Canada) Distinguish between jihadists and terrorists, Harkat trial told - Expert testimony of US professor at trial of Mohamed Harkat

Terror trial opens for 9 in Belgium - Names of defendants

Al Qaeda agent held in Pakistan is not Adam Gadahn; the Riverside man is still at large -
Pakistani officials reverse earlier statements that they had arrested the spokesman and propagandist for the terrorist network. They now say the man seized in Karachi is a Pennsylvania native.

Malaysia deports 2 terror suspects, including 1 Yemeni; to deport 7 other foreigners

Kadhafi's call for Jihad not linked to violence, terrorism - Civil jihad against Switzerland?

Full text of the Gadahn video posted Sunday 3/7 - read down on page, via Intelwire

Qaeda Operative Arrested in Pakistan Was it Gadahn? NYT identifies as Abu Yahya Mujahdeen al-Adam

Canada to ban militant Somali Islamist group - Al Shabaab

Alleged al-Qaida Terrorist Cell on Trial in Brussels - Trial includes a woman, Belgian-Moroccan Malika El Aroud,

Qaeda suspect kills guard in Yemen hospital escape bid - German citizen of Somali origin

Pakistan Arrests American-Born al-Qaida Militant - Adam Gadahn Update

U.S. Enriches Companies Defying Its Policy on Iran

Saudi king says determined to fight extremism: Saudi security arrests son of human rights activist, 50 others in northern province of Qassim

Malaysia: Terror-accused students remain in detention

Philippine marines kill 7 suspected militants - wanted Malaysian suspect Marwan escapes