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(Lebanon) Hezbollah gunmen seize control of Beirut neighborhoods -- routs government forces -- see Walid Phares' May 8 posting

(Iraq) U.S. forces say kill 14 militants in Baghdad - in Sadr City

(Iraq) Four killed in Baghdad Shiite militia bastion - 51 wounded - in Sadr City

(Iraq) US military denies Iraq report of al-Qaida arrest of Abu Ayyub al-Masri -- says arrested had "similar name"

(Afghanistan) US: Several militants killed in Afghanistan clash -- Garmser district of Helmand province

(Pakistan) Rocket attack kills Pakistani police: official - in Swat's Kabbal town -- and -- Explosions in northern Pakistan kill one, wound two -- Jihadists also use remote-controlled bomb to attack government girls' college in Bannu district

U.S. says 5-10 percent of Guantanamo inmates fight again

U.S. man jailed for 20 years for eco-bombing plot -- Eric McDavid

Iran accuses US, Israel of provoking Lebanon violence

Sri Lanka military captures town, 31 rebels dead - update

(North Korea) US diplomat receives key North Korean nuclear documents

(U.S.) Representative Hoekstra Sponsors Amendment to Intelligence Bill - to "prohibit the intelligence community from adopting speech codes that encumber accurately describing the radical jihadist terrorists" - rejected by House Committee on Intelligence

(Iraq) Abu Ayyub al-Masri arrested in the northern city of Mosul

(U.S.)Grand jury charges Yemeni trio with money-laundering

(Iraq) 25 killed in Iraq as rockets shatter Basra calm

(Afghanistan) Suicide bomber in car blows himself up and wounds 3 in Kabul. Also KUNA Report: "Blast injures five in Kabul

(Afghanistan) Taliban governor killed in raid: Afghan ministry -- Mullah Sarajuddin killed in Ghor province

(U.S.) Guantanamo judge may suspend trial for Canadian detainee

(U.S.) House votes to ask US to take the African National Congress off terrorism no-entry lists

U.S. National Drill: U.S. Tests Response To Set of Calamities -- Executive Branch 'Runs' Government From Outside D.C. as Mock Crises Moun

(UK) Osama bin Laden's 'right-hand man' Abu Qatada wins bail fight -- Islamic preacher Abu Qatada described as "Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe" bailed by immigration commission -- Background on Abu Qatada

(Lebanon) Fighting rocks Beirut, five die, Hezbollah defiant

(Lebanon) Hizbullah Chief Hassan Nasrallah: 'Lebanese gov't has declared war on us'

Lebanon: Armed clashes erupt after Hezbollah chief's warning

(Lebanon) US: Hezbollah must stop 'disruptive' acts

Update: Iran 'blames monarchists for mosque blast'

Iranian President Ahmadinejad: Israel is a 'stinking corpse'

(Israel) Palestinians fire Kassam rocket at western Negev

(Saudi Arabia) Those who go to fight in Iraq 'are preachers of evil'

(Somalia) Islamist fighters reportedly seize police headquarters in Mogadishu

(Canada) Tories stick to their guns in letting U.S. government deal with terrorism suspects

Sri Lanka military says it captured small territory in battle that killed 10 rebels

U.S. Urged: Fight Terror On Web -- Security Panel Finds Internet Being Used To Recruit, Train Terrorists -- growing use of Internet to recruit terrorists in U.S. -- Senate Homeland Security Committee report "Violent Islamist Extremism, the Internet, and the Homegrown Terrorist Threat" (Acrobat PDF file)

MEMRI: Islamist Forums Teach Mujahideen How to Manufacture and Use Explosives, Weapons, and Poisons

(Iraq) Seven killed in Baghdad battles - between Shiite fighters and US forces - in Sadr City

(Iraq) Rocket kills 2 civilians in Baghdad park - in Sadr City

(Iraq) Residents says Iraqi soldiers warn them to leave Sadr City

(Iraq) Ex-Qaeda leader wounded in Iraq suicide bombing

(Iraq) US: Former Gitmo prisoner carries out recent attack in Iraq - update -- see also Washington Times report

(Iraq) MEMRI: New Iranian Surface-To-Surface Missile Found In Basra

(Afghanistan) Six Taliban killed in fighting with Afghan police -- clash in remote Ghor province

(Afghanistan) Twelve dead in Afghanistan violence - in Laghman province's Alishing area, and in Khost

(Afghanistan) 2 police killed in roadside blast in eastern Afghanistan -- and -- 6 police killed in clashes, bombing in Afghanistan - in Muqur district of central Ghazni province

(Afghanistan) Taliban return to attacking girls' schools in Afghanistan -- in Kandahar

(Pakistan) Militants raze second Swat girls' school - in Pakistan - Swat's Matta tehsil

(Pakistan) 2 police among 4 killed in Quetta - update

(Pakistan) Govt aware of foreigners joining 'unwanted' groups: Qureshi

(Pakistan) Jirga to negotiate 7 abducted troops' release with Taliban

(Pakistan) 'Mix of force and opportunity the answer to FATA extremism'

'Pakistan's radical groups facilitating Arab funding to Taliban, Al Qaeda'

'Pakistan may be launching point of future Al Qaeda strikes' -- U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Howard L. Berman

Pakistan tests nuclear-capable cruise missile

(Pakistan) Award-winning Pakistani reporter braves attacks, arrest

(U.S.) Technical flaws mar hearing in new Guantanamo court

(U.S.) Toledo terror trial: Defense attorneys grill FBI agent

(UK) July 7 ringleader Mohammed Siddique Khan 'not a good practicing Muslim' -- per Mohammed Shakil on trial accused of helping July 7 bombers

India to probe Glasgow bomb doctor's links

(India) Three suspected Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activists held in Madhya Pradesh

(India) Three suspected Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activists held in Madhya Pradesh

Iran arrests group for mosque blast, blames West

(Iran) Russia signs sanctions law on Iran

(Lebanon) Sunnis and Shiites clash for a second day in Lebanon -- and -- Beirut airport closed for second day as tension remains

(Lebanon) Hizbullah: Qassem warns 'pro-Israeli factions' - Hizbullah warns against resistance, disabling Hizbullah's private communications network

(Lebanon) Top Sunni accuses Hezbollah of 'invading' Beirut - Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Kabbani: "an invasion of the city by an armed group"

(Lebanon) Nasrallah: Lebanon has declared war on Hezbollah

Report: "Lebanon's religious pluralism figures to deny firm foothold for Al-Qaeda"

Report: Syrian leaks jeopardized possibility of summit with Israel

(Gaza) Palestinians: IDF kills gunman in Gaza -- and -- 4 Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunmen injured in IDF strike in Gaza

Palestinian Authority: U.S.-trained Palestinian anti-terror units running scared

Israel Celebrates 60th Birthday Amid Frequent Clashes

Somalia fighting leaves 23 dead - in Garsani - Sheikh Abdirahin Ise: "our holy warriors with the help of Allah won a huge victory"

(Somalia) Bomb blast 'damage' Somalia - in Baidoa

Somalia: Deadly Battle Rages Between Ethiopia Soldiers, Insurgents

(Algeria) "Terror networks in Maghreb region have no link to Al-Qaeda" - General Secretary of PJD Islamic party in Morocco

(Africa) Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb: An Evolving Challenge in the War on Terror

Nigeria oil rebels offer to halt attacks if Jimmy Carter is allowed to help talks

Sudanese convicted of espionage in Germany -- spying on opponents of Islamism in Sudan

Turkish Airstrikes Drive Home Foreign Policy in Northern Iraq

Kosovo braces for renewed unrest if nationalists win weekend elections

(Canada) Terrorism suspect tries to quit his own trial -- 20-year old Islamic convert won't recognize Canadian law - name withheld as he was underage at time of arrest

(Canada) Terror 'wannabes' Canada's biggest threat -- and -- Latest terror threats 'scare us': senior Mountie

(Canada) Terror suspect persecuted in jail, lawyer says

(Philippines) 3 killed, 10 wounded by bomb in southern Philippines -- and -- At least 2 dead in North Cotabato bombing--officials (Philippines Inquirer report) -- bus bombing

(UK/Sri Lanka) Four on Tamil Tiger terror charges

Sri Lanka clashes kill 43

(North Korea) U.S. envoy returns to North Korea to extract nuclear list

(Nepal) No change in 'terrorist' status of Nepal Maoists: US

Ecuador orders jets -- in response to the March 1 attack by Colombian troops on a FARC rebel base inside Ecuador

(U.S.) Ark. Police Learn Terror Questioning From Israeli

(Iraq) True Identity of 'Islamic State of Iraq' Leader Revealed, Photos Aired - Translation of Al Arabiya report

Iraq: Foreign Fighters Continue To Wreak Havoc

(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Our jihad will continue, detainee says -- Ali Hamza al Bahlul: "We will continue our jihad and nothing's going to stop us" - Suspected al Qaeda 'media chief' rejects U.S. court

(UK) Airline terror plot trial: Terror suspects discussed telling wives

Ex-prince wants Taliban brought into Afghan govt

(U.S. & Colombia) Treasury Targets FARC Money Exchange House - Colombian money exchange house laundered funds - 4th action against FARC in 6 months

(Iraq) US soldier killed in western Iraq

(Iraq) Report: al-Qaida linked Kuwaiti militant tells daily that Iran supports Sunni fighters in Iraq -- and -- Iraqi foreign minister says U.S.-Iran talks postponed indefinitely

(Iraq) Report: Al-Qaida in Iraq leader identified with photograph -- Al-Arabiya television reports

(Iraq) The Challenge Of Creating A Lasting Peace -- "Some of the Awakening are chanting for al-Qaeda and using slogans for al-Qaeda. I think the district will pay the price because of these problems."

(Afghanistan) 2 police killed in roadside blast in eastern Afghanistan -- Khost province

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