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(India) Terror insurance premium to rise

Mumbai Police Home In on Attack Mastermind - Yusuf Muzammil, head of LeT's operations against India, identified by Kasab - Mumbai Attacks Linked to Pakistan Militants, U.S. Official Says

Taliban, Lashkar-e-Taiba Leaders Declare Readiness To Fight India In Event of Indian Military Action in Pakistan - MEMRI report

Credit card fraud might have played role in financing Mumbai terror attacks, expert suggests - (Acrobat file added with permission) Dennis Lormel quoted

(Pakistan) Pakistani Taliban bomb Afghan supply convoy - and NWFP: Taliban kill 2 truck drivers, torch 21 US vehicles in Peshawar

(Pakistan) FATA: Troops kill 15 Taliban in Bajaur

(UK) Glasgow Car Bombing: Airport bomb accused 'planned murder on a terrible scale'

Somalia: Islamists Capture Military Base Near Baidoa and Islamists Carry Out Attacks in Mogadishu Over Night

Turkish Planes Bomb PKK in North Iraq

(Philippines) Troops launch offensive vs. Abu Sayyaf militants in Basilan

Pakistan: Militant group denies role in Mumbai attacks - Syed Saleem Shahzad with quotes from LeT spokesman Abdullah Ghaznavi - See Evan Kohlmann's Nov. 28 post - and - Police: Mumbai gunmen came by sea from Pakistan

(Italy) Milan police say 2 terror suspects arrested in Italy; planned civilian attacks

Behavioral screening -- the future of airport security?

(U.S.) Nuclear or Bioterror Attack on U.S. Likely by 2013, Panel Warns

CIA: Osama Bin Laden Is Still Enemy No. 1

(U.S.) Homeland security: a multi-agency behemoth

(Iraq) 'Chemical Ali' Sentenced to Death in Iraq

U.S.-Iraqi accord shows Muqtada Sadr's diminished clout

(Mumbai attacks) Al-Qaeda 'hijack' led to Mumbai attack and Investigators Trace Boat's Last Voyage and Terrorists took cocaine to stay awake during assault

India says no military action against Pakistan: report

(India) Official: Bomb blast kills 3, wounds 29 in India - train bombing

(India) Commentary: How U.S. should respond to Mumbai attacks - Peter Bergen

Source: U.S. warned India about possible Mumbai attack

India names two most-wanted fugitives - Dawood Ibrahim and Maulana Masood - India demands Pakistan hand over 20 fugitives - Douglas Farah quoted

(India) FBI Begins Mumbai Terror Attacks Assessment

Pakistan village yields few clues about captured gunman

Pakistani Taliban bomb Afghan supply convoy - heading through Khyber pass

(Pakistan) Suicide blast kills 10 in Pakistan - in Swat

(Afghanistan) US 'wants more Diggers' in Afghanistan - will call on other nations to boost their contributions

(Afghanistan) Tribal politics key to building bridges in Afghanistan

Iran to supply guns to Israel's neighbor - in a deal with Lebanese army

Somalia's premier wants Ethiopian troops to stay

Somali pirates fail to hijack US cruise liner

(U.K.) Top terrorism suspect ordered back to jail - Abu Qatada, once Bin Laden's top operative in Europe

(Algeria) Three Men Jailed Over Algerian Suicide Bombing - Reports - 2007 suicide bombing

Spanish Judge Approves Probe of ETA and FARC Links

Mumbai attacks: more terrorists 'on the run' (updated) - Up to 13 more terrorists involved in planning attacks

Mumbai gunmen trained in Pakistan: investigators

(Afghanistan) Taliban kill Afghan district governor

At Least Six Injured in Explosion Outside Turkey's Ruling Party Office

(Iraq) US army in Iraq arrests four Hezbollah members

(UK) Islamic terrorist 'planned Mumbai-style massacre in Britain' -- Kazi Nurur Rahman

(Iran) German firms seek to bypass Berlin sanctions on Iran

(Russia) Gunmen kill 4 people in south Russia: Agencies

Sri Lanka seizes town held by rebels for 18 years

South Korea ends Iraq deployment, troops head home

(Iraq) Turkey strikes Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq: army

(Afghanistan) Taliban release two Afghan journalists

(Indonesia) Al-Qaida's Zawahri praises executed Bali bombers

Spotlight Falls on Pakistan After Mumbai Terror Attacks - Animesh Roul quoted

(U.S.) Defense Department Sustains Focus On 'War of Ideas' in Anti-Terrorism Efforts

Afghanistan: Suicide bomber targets market in southwest

Somalia: A New al Qaeda Safe Haven? - al-Shabaab now controls much of southern & central Somalia

Bombs tear through Baghdad, Mosul, killing 31

Libyan ship carrying Gaza supplies ordered back

US deaths in Afghanistan drop dramatically

NATO trucks attacked in Pakistan; bomber kills 8

India: Mumbai attacks, 10:00 am ET, Dec. 1: India clears bodies from last Mumbai siege site (death toll set at 172) - and - Mumbai attacks - city fears five terrorists are 'missing' - and - Ex-soldier trained terrorists, says Kasab - and - In Just Minutes, Mumbai Was Under Siege - and - Foreign SIM cards, fake IDs from Bangladesh

Links to CT Blog posts on attacks moved to "Navigation" box in left sidebar

(U.S.) Suspected al Qaeda "media chief" rejects U.S. court - Al Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul declined to enter a plea at his arraignment

(U.S.) 2nd FBI informant to take stand in Fort Dix trial

(Afghanistan) Two Aussies wounded in Afghanistan bomb blast

(Afghanistan) Woman UN employee killed in Afghanistan

(Pakistan) Taliban Kill 'US Spy' In Pakistani Tribal Area - Official

(Pakistan) Riots leave 13 dead in Pakistan's port city of Karachi

British Muslims have become a mainstay of the global 'jihad'

Israel keeps Gaza border sealed as violence persists

FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Nov 30

(Afghanistan) Kabul suicide attack on German convoy kills two

Hamas claims attack on Israeli army base near Gaza

(Afghanistan) Taliban frees 2 kidnapped Afghan journalists

(Pakistan) Six Policemen, Three Militants Die In NW Pakistan Clashes

Sri Lankan helicopters bomb rebels

Somalia an overlooked front in war on terror

Iraq's Sistani has concerns about U.S. pact: source

(Iraq) I'm Still Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq - a U.S. interrogator whose techniques helped get Zarqawi speaks out

MILITARY: Marines face 'profound' differences in Afghanistan - from Iraq

British general's interpreter in Afghanistan jailed for spying - was passing emails to Iran

(Afghanistan) Troops kill 44 rebels in Afghanistan: military

Iraqis find 33 bodies beneath former Al-Qaeda 'court'

Pakistani militant group focus of U.S. intelligence

(U.S.) Ahead for Obama: How to Define Terror

(Pakistan) Terrorism That’s Personal - acid attacks on women

(Thailand) 51 protesters wounded in Bangkok explosions

Sri Lanka: Air force bombs rebel positions

Hamas prevents Muslim pilgrims from leaving Gaza

Hunting for the Mumbai killers - by Paul Cruickshank

Who is to blame for Mumbai attacks? - Paul Cruickshank quoted - and - Militants say they belong to Pakistan-based group - Lashkar-e-Toiba - however - Pakistan-based militant group denies Mumbai attacks - and - Militants who attacked Mumbai came from Pakistan: army official - and - Terrorists in touch with Karachi via satphones: intelligence - and - Pakistan FM asks India not to point finger for Mumbai attacks - and - Analysis: Attacks in India may thwart better relations with Pakistan - and - Previously Reported: Pakistan spy chief to aid Mumbai investigation - Now- Pakistan withdraws offer to send spy chief to assist in Mumbai terror investigation - and - Were terrorists aiming to blow up Taj hotel? Also, FBI agents ordered to India to investigate attacks - and - Indians claim terrorists took orders from Pakistan

Twitter turns serious amid India terror - See Roderick Jones' Nov. 27 post

(Afghanistan) U.S. Troops Kill Taliban Commander, Clad in Woman's Clothes - Haji Yakub

(Iraq) Iraq‘s top Shiite cleric has concerns over US pact

(Iraq) Death Toll Rises In Iraq Mosque Bombing

(Thailand)
Bomb exploded at PAD's rally site inside the Government House and ASTV station

Ex-hostage Betancourt returns to Colombia: diplomat

Suspected US missile strike kills 2 in NW Pakistan

Taliban in dress, 52 others killed in Afghanistan

UN says 2 dead in attack near its Iraq compound

Germany welcomes release of 3 citizens in Kosovo. The 3 were suspected of plotting to bomb EU offices.

(Israel) Jailed Hamas official has kidney stone removed in Israeli hospital

(U.S.) Cyber-attack on Defense Department computers raises concern

(Lebanon) Hariri tribunal expected to start on March 1

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