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(Iraq) Top Al-Qaeda suspect seized in Iraq -- Mahmud Kraydi aka Abu Hunata considered to be leader of Al-Qaeda in Ramadi -- arrested at Sharqat in Salaheddin province

(Iraq) Sadr to disarm if U.S. withdraws on timetable

(Afghanistan) U.S.-led coalition: 5 Afghan civilians killed - inadvertantly during fight in Taliban compound in Ghazni province's Giro district

(Afghanistan) Gates Endorses Plan to Expand Afghan Army by 50,000

Pakistan intelligence complicit in Afghan violence: US General -- Lieutenant General David McKiernan interview with CNN

(Pakistan) US worried over terror network in Pakistan - US Secretary of State

(Pakistan) US weighs stepped-up military forays into Pakistan

(Pakistan) FATA: Some 150 Pakistani soldiers under siege by militants -- in Bajaur agency

(Pakistan) FATA: Over 70 militants killed, 60 wounded in Pakistani tribal agency -- in Bajaur agency -- see also AP report

(Pakistan) FATA: Taliban kill three 'spies' in Pakistan tribal zone: officials -- Kayrala village in Bajaur agency

(Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban announce 'all-out war' in Swat -- Taliban behead one, gun down three others, more schools burned -- taking the number of destroyed schools in the region to over 100

(Pakistan) NWFP: Man hurt in blast near CD shop - in Hangu

(Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban threats : NWFP government to use sniffer dogs for security

(Pakistan) Commanders discuss security situation -- in FATA and NWFP

(Pakistan) Punjab: Terror accused on eight-day remand -- Islamabad, Rawalpindi men on November 24, 2007 attack on Hamza Camp

(Pakistan) Islamabad: Residents suffer in barricaded town -- Pakistan's capital

(Pakistan) RTT: U.S., Pak To Curtail ISI Role In War On Terror

(India) Blast at New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal; 3 children injured

(India) Ahmedabad blasts: More arrests likely -- Same material was used in Jaipur, Varanasi and Hyderabad blasts

(India) Ahmedabad blasts: Arrested Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) man from Bharuch may help in cracking blasts case

(India) Nagpur: Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) members remain under watch

(India) Students Islamic of Movement of India (SIMI) has terror links with Pakistan: Muslim body

(Al-Qaeda) Did Aafia Siddiqui smuggle gems for Al Qaeda?

U.S. Lawmakers Take Aim at Homegrown Terrorist Threat -- Andrew Cochran: "These again are instances of homegrowns who take it to the limit... These people wanted to go all the way to Iraq." - also see August 7 post

(U.S.) Report: "Bin Laden driver gets 66 months - but will never be released" -- London Times report states Pentagon retains right to imprison as "unlawful enemy combatant" -- see also: "Pentagon quietly celebrates Hamdan sentence"

(U.S.) Anthrax suspect passed 2 polygraphs -- FBI will analyze Ivins' computers -- Ivins' lab deemed early on as contaminated -- Anthrax Case Raises Doubt On Security

(UK) Nine in ten young people want to address terrorism 'taboo'

(Iran) New EU sanctions against Iran over nuclear program

(Iran) Study: Strike on Iran nukes just a delay

(Iran) Israel: 'We'll neutralize S-300 if sold to Iran'

(Lebanon) Hezbollah might attempt to shoot down Israeli aircraft -- Terror group stockpiling advanced radar missile systems, say security officials

(Somalia) Insurgents seize southern Somali town -- Islamist group Al-shabaab Friday took over Hudur, the provincial capital of the southern province of Bakool

Somali MP fears for her life as security deteriorates

East Africa bombings left us stronger, says US -- see also Jeffrey Imm's August 7 posting

(Yemen) Grenade attack in southern Yemen

Yemen: Shia rebels agree to peace terms

Nigeria: Militants Destroying S-South, Says Amaechi

(Turkey) Kurdish rebels claim pipeline blast: report

(Turkey) Israel irked over Iranian leader's planned visit to Turkey

French police defuse 3 bombs in Basque region -- Bombs found in French tourist hotspots

(Georgia) 10 killed in South Ossetia clashes -- Russia TV: Russian troops moving into S. Ossetia -- Georgian Official Reports Downing of 2 Russian Aircraft

(China) Ili explosion report rejected by authorities -- also Air China flight from Japan forced to turn back due to bomb threat

(China) Report: Nine killed in explosion in Xinjiang (aka Turkestan) - in city of Ili - Al-Jazeera report -- see also Walid Phares August 7 posting

(China) Islamic group threatens Olympic transport

China promises 'greatest' Olympic Games amid new terror threat -- Beijing ring of steel: 100,000 troops and police on stand-by as Islamic group warns of attack -- see also August 7 news reports

(Asia) Aspects of Islamism in South and Southeast Asia -- Animesh Roul, Robert W. Hefner, Joseph Chinyong Liow

(Thailand) Army spokesman claim officials have yet to control 20 % remaining areas in deep South

Philippines: Rebels clash with security forces in south - with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Friday

(Philippines) Muslim rebels leave occupied villages in southern Philippines -- "about 500 to 600" MILF rebels are left near farms in the central part of the southern island of Mindanao -- and -- MILF still in 6 villages in North Cotabato -- Philippine National Police (PNP)

(Philippines) North Cotabato folk told to defend selves

(Sri Lanka) New fighting kills 21 combatants in Sri Lanka - report on Friday-- see also IANS report

(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Bin Laden's Former Driver Sentenced to 5-1/2 Years in Prison -- Salim Hamdan's sentence includes credit for 5 yrs served -- also Fox News/AP report and Hamdan apologizes to victims

(Iraq) Eight Iraqis from one family killed by old bomb in southern Iraq -- Thi Qar province

(Afghanistan) Seven police, three dozen Taliban killed in Afghanistan -- Helmand province, Kandahar, and Badghis province -- Six Canadians injured in Taliban ambush -- Zhari base

(India) Police arrests six LTTE rebels from Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu

(UK) Jury out in 'encyclopedia of terrorism' trial - Aabid Khan and three others

Yemen holds refugee teacher wanted by Sudan

(Canada) Toronto 18 trial: Accused terrorist had 'no idea,' lawyer argues

Iraqis: Deal close on plan for US troops to leave and Anti-US cleric Muqtada al-Sadr links truce to security agreement

Gunmen kill head of orphanage in Somalia

Israel to free about 150 Palestinian prisoners - Palestinians asked for release of Marwan Barghouti & Ahmed Saadat, PFLP leader

(India) Top IT firms use hackers to fight terror

Botswana gets US terror cash

(U.S.) SEC Announces Two New Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Initiatives

(China) Video threatening Olympics is posted online-- Chinese Islamic group's new video with burning Olympics logo & explosion over venue for Beijing Games -- "Call to the Global Muslim Ummah" urges Muslims to "choose your side" - warns Muslims out of planes, buses, buildings with Chinese -- SITE Intel Group press release -- Laura Mansfield input -- YouTube video "Dunya Musulmanlirigha Omumi Murajiat"

(U.S.) Judge denies request for delayed re-trial in Holy Land case -- trial still scheduled for September 8

(Iraq) Forces Capture 25 Suspected Terrorists in Iraq -- across central and northern Iraq Thursday

(Iraq) US military: Iranian-made munitions seized in Iraq

(Iraq) Anti-US cleric al-Sadr to announce new group - called Momahidoun, or "those who pave the way," referring to Mahdi, or so-called "Hidden Imam" - Radical Iraq Cleric in Retreat (WSJ scoop)

(Iraq) US military: Shiite militia leaders trying to return

(Afghanistan/Iraq) Roadside bombs now less sophisticated, more vexing

(Afghanistan) Kidnapped German-Afghan freed in Kabul: intelligence

(Afghanistan) Resurgent Taliban mete out harsh justice -- "more reports of local Muslim clerics referring people to the Taliban in part because of their commitment to Shariah, or Islamic law" -- and -- Taliban justice digging in roots -- "first thing the Taliban do when they come into an area is to set up court"

(Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan troops kill 25 Taliban in clashes: officials - Bajaur Agency -- Forces retake Bajaur area from Taliban -- and -- 200 pro-Taliban militants attack Pakistan post

(Pakistan) FATA: New Taliban group claims Waziristan blasts

(Pakistan) NWFP: Key Taliban leader among 14 killed in Swat -- Ali Bakht, a close aide of Maulana Fazlullah, killed - Kabal tehsil - 2 security personnel killed

(Pakistan) NWFP: Army called in after clash in Peshawar -- after Taliban attacked a police station in Matani on Wednesday

(Pakistan) NWFP: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) raps govt for Swat operation

(Pakistan) NWFP Chief Minister Hoti warns insurgency can engulf peaceful parts of country

(Pakistan) Sindh minister rejects threats of Talibanization in Karachi -- see also Jeffrey Imm's August 4 posting

(Pakistan) Joint efforts under way on ISI issue: US

(Pakistan) Musharraf to be impeached on August 11: Reports

(India J&K) Police defuse 80-kilogram bomb in Indian Kashmir -- in high-security area in Srinagar

(India J&K) Kashmiri Muslims protest alleged assault by Hindus -- Indian Army deploys more 10,000 troops in Jammu and Kashmir

(India) Ahmedabad blasts: Forensic lab seeks US varsity help on terror mail

(India) Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), the first among terror suspects

(India) SIMI bomb scare in Karimnagar district - threat sent in the name of SIMI, by "One Islam, Allah"

(India) Two security personnel gunned down by rebels in Northeastern India -- in Manipur

(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Bin Laden driver to seek leniency from Gitmo jury - Salim Hamdan trial -- After split decision in Guantanamo, legal debate rages on

(U.S.) FBI - Anthrax Investigation - Closing a Chapter -- Anthrax suspect afflicted with paranoia -- and -- Anthrax mailer feared his life's work was over, prosecutors say

(U.S.) Beheading Raises Bus Security Concerns -- Industry Has Made Little Progress in Passenger Protection

(U.S.) Guantanamo detainee petitions rights panel over torture --- Algerian Djamel Ameziane

(U.S.) Threat of scud attacks a reality

UK seeks quick ruling on 'terror cleric' -- European Court of Human Rights stayed extradition of Abu Hamza from UK to US on Monday

(UK) 'The carrot of counter-terrorism' -- Birmingham University's M G Khan: "I know organizations who are reluctant to accept funding on the basis of preventing violent extremism simply because they would lose integrity and compromise their access to young people."

(UK) Daily Telegraph: "New European spying proposals 'threaten British security' "

(Iran) US: Iran stalling on nukes, new penalties likely -- UN nuclear watchdog in Tehran talks amid sanctions calls

(Iran) '2 US aircraft carriers headed for Gulf'

(Iran) Israel considers military option for Iran nukes -- Israel Defense Minister: All Iran options are 'open and ready'

(Lebanon) Israeli war planes violate Lebanese airspace

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