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July 2006 Archives

'Hizbullah has only few launchers left' - IDF: While Hezbollah has hundreds of rockets left, few launchers remaining with capability

Counterterrorism in India - Council on Foriegn Relations summary

Police arrest four under terror laws (UK) - Four men linked to arrest at Manchester airport on June 6 - not linked to London attacks

Saudi Al-Qaeda Not Inclined to Support Hezbollah - "Voice of Jihad" column: "Support for Hezbollah, and its eventual victory would cause enormous problems for our relationship with the people"

"Tipping Point" - "Newsweek" on Iraqi Sunni and Al Qaeda insurgents' foothold in Ramadi

Syrian Government Media Response to Proposed Multinational Force in Lebanon - MEMRI report with transcripts of rejection of idea by Syria

Israel says hits 2/3 of Hizbollah's heavy missiles - Iranian-supplied Zelzal-2 missiles have range of 200 km (125 miles) and capable of biological or chemical warheads

(Lebanon) Senior Hizbullah operative among those killed - Jihad Adiya, Hizbullah's head of logistics in southern Lebanon

Bomb explosion at Afghan mosque kills 8

(Israel) Terror Suspects Arrested in Haifa

Australian synagogue attacked

Lebanon's PM thanks Hizbollah

(India) Now, terrorists plan to trigger mobile bombs - terrorists were collecting SIM cards for mobile bombs per interrogation of LeT suspect

Zest for martyrdom fuels Hezbollah in battle: "Whatever more we can offer, we will. Our men, our children, our siblings."

Photos that damn Hezbollah - Australian "Sunday Herald Sun" photos show Hezbollah using high-density residential areas as launch pads for rockets and heavy-calibre weapons

MB Chairman: Peace Treaties Provided Cover for Zionist Massacres - Muslim Brotherhood Chairman says Israeli strikes will "kindle zeal for jihad within the hearts of Arab and Muslim people" (quoting story)

Gaza Militants Attack Southern Israel

The Secretive Fight Against Bioterror

Deadly Israeli airstrike sparks fury - Israeli missiles hit buildings in Lebanon village, killing at least 56, mostly children

U.S. Airstrike Kills 2 Militants in Iraq (updated)

(India) Bomb blast on bus kills two

Rockets in Northern Israel and Southern Lebanon - Sunday morning wave of Katyushas hits northern Israel, causing injuries, sending tens of thousands into shelters - 90 rockets hit Israel on Saturday

Support for Hezbollah Growing in Mideast

Israeli forces kill Islamic Jihad head - Leader of Nablus militant wing, Hani Awijan, killed with another terrorist by undercover troops

Iranian officer: Hezbollah has a commando naval unit - Hezbollah might have submarine unit and navy commando unit with Chinese-built speed boats

Nasrallah: Israel temporary country - "the bombardment of Afula is just the beginning"

Blasts in Baghdad as US faces stiffer Shiite resistance - US troops' primary foe remains Sunni insurgents, but increasingly clashing with Shiite militias

Israel pulls out of Hezbollah stronghold (updated) - Israeli troops pulled back from Bint Jbail - bridges and houses in southern Lebanon attacked

(Seattle) 6 shot at Jewish office - 1 killed: Pakistani-American Naveed Afzal Haq: "I'm Muslim American. I'm angry at Israel" - was headed to Pakistan

(Indonesia) Survey reveals Muslim views on violence - more than 40 percent ready to wage war

Israel rejects U.N. request for cease-fire

500,000 Israelis Living in Bomb Shelters

Hezbollah "agrees" to Lebanese peace plan, officials say - Hezbollah did not specifically agree to disarm

(Pakistan) 19 injured in Quetta bomb blast

'Global terror was in place before 9/11'

Bush Submits New Terror Detainee Bill

Osama's a scaredy-cat: pal

Fajr-5 missiles fired at Israel (updated) - Hizbullah fired 5 Fajr-5 missiles at Afula - Massive rocket barrages fired by Hizbullah at Israel's north Friday afternoon

Israel out of Gaza, Hamas urges diplomacy

Abu Sayyaf-linked bombing suspects nabbed - 3 suspects held for bombings that killed over dozen people in 2003

Al-Qaeda wants in on fight in Lebanon - Evan Kohlmann & Douglas Farah quoted on Zawahiri tape

'Arrested LeT man handled funds for terror attacks' (updated) - Police say Faizal Sheikh conduit for funds for LeT's ops in Mumbai

B-1s Bomb Taliban Extremists - DOD press release: In recent one-week period, B-1s provided close air support over 21 times and destroyed Taliban compounds - heaviest tempo since 2001

Al-Qaeda Launches Web TV - al-Firdaws broadcasts speeches by bin Laden, al-Zawahiri, and al-Zarqawi, from 8pm Mecca time to midnight

Somali riots erupt after minister shot - See Douglas Farah's July 27 and July 25 posts on Somalia

(Israel) Terrorists Open Up 3rd Front, Murder Yesha Resident - Hamas and Hizbullah terrorists in Gaza and Lebanon have urged Arabs in Judea and Samaria to open up the third front

Israel: Hezbollah Will Never Be the Same

Official: Hezbollah used U.N. as 'shield' -- Observer killed in strike wrote e-mail contradicting accusation against Israel

Germany may send troops to Middle East

Graphic Change to Al-Qaeda Video

ETA suspects again snub Spanish justice

Al Qaeda exploits Lebanon war despite Shi'ite rift - "Al Qaeda will lose a good part of its supporters within the Arab Sunnis if they're going to be seen as part of Hizbollah's operation in Lebanon."

Wachovia cuts ties to bank in Lebanon - Correspondent relationship with Middle East and Africa Bank cut after NBC News alleged bank's ties with Hezbollah

Colombia medics 'freed by rebels' - FARC frees 12 members of medical mission

Suspected Islamists Detained In Kazakhstan - Seven Tablighi Jamaat members charged with illegal activity

Coalition Forces Capture Terrorists, Seize Weapons - DOD on operations in Iraq: 13 suspected terrorists and weapons caches found

House Panel Faults Pace of U.S. Intelligence Overhaul - House Intel Committee report will criticize pace of 2004 Intel Reform Act changes

Massive barrage hits northern communities (Israel) - Dozens of Hezbollah rockets hit Kiryat Shmona, Carmiel, Nahariya and Rosh Pina area

Al-Qaida vows reprisal for Israeli attacks

Israel pounds suspected Hezbollah targets

Lebanese Palestinians to join Hizbullah

Iranian volunteers set off to join Hizbullah - Over 260 volunteers leave Iran to fight Israel

Mortar rounds, car bomb kill 31 in Iraq

US army kills Al Qaeda member in Baghdad

(USA) Trial Set for 7 Accused of Terror Plot - March 5 date for terror suspects accused of plots against Sears Tower and Miami, Chicago, LA, NYC, DC

Commentary: Iran's Day of Terror?

(India) Chima trained Terror Tuesday men, say police - Azim Chima, key LeT commander for anti-India operations, the link between attacks

Bangladesh on alert against terror attacks

Hizbollah bombards northern Israel - More than 125 rockets fired by Hizbollah guerrillas slammed into the city of Haifa and other parts of northern Israel

Hizbullah sending text messages to Israelis? Terrorist group breaks into Orange cell phone database

Nine IDF soldiers killed in bitter south Lebanon fighting (updated) - Israeli jets destroyed offices of Hezbollah's south Lebanon commander in Tyre

23 Reported Dead in Israeli Strikes on Gaza (updated)

Israel endures worst losses of campaign - Top Israeli commander expects campaign to last "several more weeks"

Gunmen kidnap 17 in Baghdad after new security plan - Gunmen in police uniforms kidnapped 17 from Baghdad apartment building in daylight

22 Taliban killed in Afghanistan fighting (updated) - Latest clashes occurred in 2 districts of Helmand province

Three Indian soldiers admit to terror links (India - updated) - Three Indian Army soldiers admitted to providing support to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)

Bangla Bhai's top aide arrested (Bangladesh) - Top aide to JMJB leader and a suspect in August 2005 serial bombings arrested

Ethiopian troops 'are in Somalia'

U.S. Soldiers Capture Members of Iraqi 'Death Squad' - DOD: 5 "death squad" members & another terrorist captured; 3 hostages also freed

Taliban offers fighters more money - Taliban offering 3 times the daily pay of Afghan National Army

Hizbullah: Next target-Netanya - Senior Hizbullah official says Netanya a target as rockets will reach 100 km (62 miles) into Israel

Experts see proxy war under way in Somalia - Plane carried land mines, bombs, long-range guns - see Doug Farah's July 25 post

Report: Israel to occupy Lebanon border strip - Until international force occupies border area

US is urged to lower terror-list delays

Florida terrorism suspect gets 37-month sentence - for supporting Palestinian Islamic Jihad with co-defendent Sami Al-Arian

Al-Zarqawi group aims to strike beyond Iraq - Evan Kohlmann: Zarqawi's successor state “good news” coming from terrorist cells very soon

Iranian report: Suicide bombers en route to Lebanon - Iranian news agency claims expeditionary force of suicide bombers sent from Tehran via Syria to Lebanon

Israel says killed senior Hizbollah commander - Abu Jaafar, commander of Hizbollah's "central sector" on border with Israel, killed near Maroun al-Ras

Kenya terror suspect is British national: Indian detectives - Kenyans deported Ismoila Olatunde Rufai, mistakenly identified as Abdul Karim Tunda, alleged LeT leader

Men detained in Vladikavkaz were preparing terror attack - ministry (Russia) - Three North Ossetia residents detained; explosive equivalent to 10-12 KG of TNT and remote control found in vehicle

Hezbollah leader says group did not expect Israeli onslaught - Deputy political chief says Hezbollah expected "the usual, limited response"

Lebanese Druze Leader Criticizes Hezbollah (my title) - MEMRI transcript of Walid Jumblatt interview: "I believe that the first person to warn against the Iranian-Syrian alliance was me"

Hezbollah banks under attack in Lebanon - Israeli intel sources tell NBC News financial institutions among top targets - see Doug Farah's July 21 post

13 doctors kidnapped by Colombian rebels - FARC kidnapped doctors on mission to help remote villages & Indian tribes

IDF: Control of Bint Jbeil to provide security - Israeli commander says army controls 'Hizbullah's capital' - see Walid Phares' July 25 post

The Would-Be Terrorist's Explosive Tell-All Tale - life among extremists in Saudi Arabi

Bush, Al-Maliki shift forces to Baghdad - Backup force in Kuwait heading into Iraq, involving 500-1,000 troops - 100 people per day dying in Baghdad

Iraqi Forces Nab Eight Insurgents in Early-Morning Raids - DOD press release: Six Baghdad insurgents believed to be in "death squad"

U.S. Gives Israel Timeline for Assault on Hezbollah, Official Says - Israeli officials says US wants "strategic blow" in next 10-14 days

Bali bombers may be executed in August (Indonesia)

Our very strange day with Hezbollah - A CNN producer describes Hezbollah's propaganda machine at work in Beirut

Insurgent Ba'athist In His Own Words - TIME interviews Izzat al-Douri

Mind of Mugniyeh - A primer on Hezbollah's Imad Mugniyeh

Court frees "Spanish Taliban" from prison - after guilty ruling of belong to Al Qaeda

(UK) Trio cleared of red mercury plot - three cleared of trying to create "dirty bomb"

(India) US embassy put on terror alert - expected to be targeted any time between now and July 30 by terrorists owing allegiance to an Iranian terror group

DOD not tracking terror war costs: GAO

Lebanese parliament speaker rejects Rice proposals - rejects proposals calling for removal of Hizbullah weapons from a buffer zone extending 30 kilometers from the Israeli border

Sleeper Hizbullah cells activated - Hizbullah "sleeper" terror cells set up outside Lebanon with Iranian assistance have been put on standby to attack Jewish and Israeli targets around world

Fighting Moves Deeper into Lebanon

Israeli copter crashes near Lebanon border

(India) Doctor arrested over Mumbai train blasts: report - Tanvir Ansari alleged operative of LeT

Pakistan in large-scale nuclear expansion

(Australia) Cleric sought to 'kill 1000'

The American Domain Name Registrars of Hizballah - "Internet Haganah" post on American companies which enable Hizballah to operate websites

North Korea's growing trade in terror

Albania Freezes Bank Accounts, Other Assets in Terror Probe - Albania seizes assets of at least 5 Islamic charities and accounts of Abdul Latif Saleh

Group: Gunmen have killed 682 in Somalia

Hizbullah Has Fired 20 Percent of Estimated Arsenal - Hizbullah terrorists have fired 2,200 rockets on northern Israel

Hamas Has Developed 13-Mile Katyusha