The Escalating Ties between Middle Eastern Terrorist Groups and Criminal Activity

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Al Qaeda Lays Out Demands to France

(Pakistan) Suspected US Drone Attack Kills 6 in Pakistan

(Pakistan) 10 pro-Taliban rebels killed in northwest Pakistan

(Afghanistan) Taliban kill district police chief in east Afghanistan

(Afghanistan) Bicycle bombs kill three in Afghanistan

(Iraq) Insurgents Kill U.S. Soldier In Northern Iraq - Xinhua

Iraq TV reporter gunned down in home: police

(Yemen) Terrorists posing as refugees in Yemen

American-Born al Qaeda Calls for Attacks in U.S.

Guantanamo terrorism suspect may get plea deal

(Pakistan) 23 militants killed in Pakistan

(Afghanistan) Afghan capital enjoys relative calm amid security crackdown

(Iraq) At least five killed in Iraq car bomb

Hezbollah to Refuse to Handover Suspects to Hariri Tribunal - Sources

Al Qaeda kingpin escaped as chopper had no fuel

Yemen launches anti-al Qaeda operation

Al-Qaida in North Africa seen as key Europe threat

Iraq broadcasts confessions by al Qaeda insurgents

(Afghanistan) Linda Norgrove's Afghanistan captors 'set off explosion' during rescue attempt

(Afghanistan) 9 civilians killed in Afghanistan blast

(Pakistan) Suspected drone strike kills 8 in Pakistan

Pakistan Ex-Ruler Musharraf Favors Deals With Taliban to Counter Militants

Pakistan reopens border crossing to NATO trucks

Life in Prison for Would-Be Times Square Bomber - Faisal Shahzad

France Arrests 12 in Antiterrorism Raids

U.S. issues travel alert for Americans in Europe as terrorism threat grows

Pakistan: Dozens of Europeans in terror training

Officials: U.S. missiles kill Germans in Pakistan: Victims believed to be in the region for terrorist training

Osama bin Laden's spokesman freed by Iran - Sulaiman Abu Ghaith

Global manhunt for Canadian students

(Canada) Winnipeg Muslims shocked local trio target of global terrorism probe - Miawand Yar, Ferid Imam and Muhannad al-Farekh

EU holds anti-terrorist exercise amid reports of al-Qaeda plot

AP Interview: Interpol head warns of Somali threat - Ronald K. Noble

HSPI Report: Foreign Fighters: Trends, Trajectories and Conflict Zones

Call to Taliban After Bomb Attempt in Times Sq. - Faisal Shahzad

E.U. cites nationals training in terror - Ahmed Siddiqui, the German in custody at the U.S. air base at Bagram

Congress Passes Homeland Bills to Improve Information Sharing and Grant Oversight - Reducing Over-Classification Act (H.R. 553), Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance for Preparedness Grants Act (H.R. 3980)

U.N. Security Council Demands Better Cooperation Against Terrorism

(Yemen) 5 Militants Dead and 32 Suspects Arrested during Operations against Al-Qaeda in Shabwa - Official

Rise in Predator strikes in Pakistan aimed at foiling Mumbai in Europe

Norway: Admission in Bomb Plot Against a Danish Newspaper

Terror plot against Britain thwarted by drone strike: An al-Qaeda plot to attack Britain in a Mumbai-style attack has been thwarted by a drone strike in Pakistan.

Spain arrests American al-Qaida suspect - Mohamed Omar Debhi, from Texas

Yemeni cleric part of terror plots: Aided in Christmas plane-bombing attempt, court motion says - Anwar al-Aulaqi

(East Africa) Secret report exposes terror network's operations in Kampala attack

Congressional Research Service report: American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a
Complex Threat

Risk of small-scale attacks by al-Qaeda and its allies is rising, officials say - Statements at Senate panel hearing

President Obama sends letter, top counter terror advisor, to Yemen

Anonymity promised for NYC terror trial jurors - trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani

Yemen Military Besieges Remote Qaeda Redoubt

France raises anti-terror security after tip-offs

Pakistani identified as al Qaeda top brass: Deadly commander a CIA target - Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri

Pakistan Taliban threats to West limited, analysts say: Capability to attack U.S., Europe seen tied to homegrown terrorists

Inside the mind of the Times Square bomber - Faisal Shahzad

France suspects al-Qaeda behind Niger kidnappings: French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner says he suspects a group linked to al-Qaeda were behind the kidnapping of seven people in Niger.

Chechen Is Detained, Then Freed, in Poland - Akhmed Zakayev

Pakistani's Death in London Sets Off Unrest - Imran Farooq

(UK) British Police Hold 6 on Terror Charges as Pope Visits

(UK) MI5: Somalia, Yemen Pose Increasing Threat to Security

Anwar al Awlaki: the new Osama bin Laden? Anwar al Awlaki, a preacher broadcasting his Islamist ideology in sermons on the internet, is a clear and present danger, says Philip Johnston

Informer in Bomb Plot Describes His Two Lives

What the new Zawahiri tape means

Bayonne man admits lying about knowledge of two N.J. men accused in terror plot - Mohamed Osman

U.S. Debates Response to Targeted Killing Lawsuit Anwar al-Aulaqi

Witness's Role in Embassy Bombing Trial to Be Contested at Hearing - Trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani in New York

ICAO Aviation Conference Adopts International Air Law Instruments

US considers terror charges for cleric al-Awlaki - Updated

US eyes terror charges for Yemeni cleric al-Awlaki

Underwear Bomber Hints He Might Plead Guilty; Also Fires his Attorneys - Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

Cops, Robbers ... and the Muslim Brotherhood? Why the Egyptian government's propaganda version of CSI revealed more about its own paranoia than about its enemies.

(Afghanistan) Koran-burning protest turns deadly in Afghanistan

(Afghanistan) US troops killed in Afghanistan and Africa

Pakistani Insurgent Group Expands in Afghanistan

(Pakistan) While Pakistan grapples with floods, U.S. turns up the heat in northwest

(Iraq) Five killed in central Iraq violence

Charity founder found guilty: Pete Seda is convicted of smuggling and tax offenses - Al-Haramain USA

In Saudi Arabia, re-educating terrorists held at Gitmo: Former Guantanamo Bay prisoners said to be more likely to return to terror. - "Abdulrahman Al Hadlaq, director of the Interior Ministry's Ideological Security Directorate, said the program's relapse rate for Guantanamo returnees came close to 20 percent, or 18.9 to be exact."

Report calls immigrants and domestic Muslims a terror threat in U.S. Bipartisan Policy Center report by Peter Bergen and Bruce Hoffman is here

American Jihadi Killed In Somalia Shootout: Somalis Say Militant 'Commander' Killed In Street Battle Had US Papers - Dahir Gurey Sheikh Ali Guled

(Denmark) Explosion possibly terror related

Growing power of al-Qaida leader in Yemen - Said Ali al-Shihri, ex-Guantanamo detainee

Market Bomb in Russia's Caucasus Kills at Least 15

3 Pakistani men charged in failed Times Square bombing: The three are accused of helping Faisal Shahzad get Taliban training and giving him money as he prepared for a car-bomb attack. - Shahid Hussain, Shoaib Mughal and Humbal Akhtar are friends of Shahzad

This Sept. 11, Will Terror Sites Get Hacked Again?

Norway suspect pleads not guilty in country's first terror financing trial

Ex-Gitmo Detainee Arrested in Yemen - Jabir Jubran al Fayfi ISN 188

Al-Qaeda message targets Spanish enclaves in Morocco

Norway man pleads not guilty to terror financing - Name of Norway defendant protected under privacy law

Tunisians were heading for terror training in Somalia, says Kenya

In Saudi Arabia, women join fight against terror

Bahrain arrests dozens of Shiite Muslims accused of plotting coup d'etat

Muslim cleric calls for beheading of Dutch politician - Australia-born Feiz Muhammad threats on audio against Geert Wilders who faces trial in the Netherlands for inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims.

Inside Al Qaeda - Nine years after 9/11, Osama bin Laden's network remains a shadowy, little-understood enemy. The truth, as revealed by one of its fighters, is both more and less troubling than we think.

(UK)
Dead Codebreaker Was Linked to NSA Intercept Case - Gareth Williams, worked decoding Taliban communications, foul play

Probe Circles Globe to Find Dirty Money - Investigation of Alavi Foundation and Iran

Dutch Release Two Yemeni Men

U.S. charges Pakistani Taliban leader in CIA attack - Hakimullah Mehsud

U.S. adds Pakistan Taliban to terror list - Tehrik-i-Taliban, or Taliban Movement of Pakistan (TTP). Simultaneously, U.S. prosecutors charged TTP leader Hakimullah Mehsud for a plot that killed seven CIA employees at a U.S. base in Afghanistan last December.

(Germany) Hamburg Alert For Return of 'Jihadists' as Sept. 11 Mosque Shut

How ABC's Brian Ross blew the latest "terrorism" story

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