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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
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"
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
(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)
Israel PM: Qana used "as a base for launching hundreds of rockets at Israel" -- Fox reports IDF video of Qana area missile launches against Israel
Deadly Israeli airstrike sparks fury - Israeli missiles hit buildings in Lebanon village, killing at least 56, mostly children
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
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
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
Hezbollah "agrees" to Lebanese peace plan, officials say - Hezbollah did not specifically agree to disarm
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
Abu Sayyaf-linked bombing suspects nabbed - 3 suspects held for bombings that killed over dozen people in 2003
'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
(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
Official: Hezbollah used U.N. as 'shield' -- Observer killed in strike wrote e-mail contradicting accusation against Israel
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
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
(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
(India) Chima trained Terror Tuesday men, say police - Azim Chima, key LeT commander for anti-India operations, the link between 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
Nine IDF soldiers killed in bitter south Lebanon fighting (updated) - Israeli jets destroyed offices of Hezbollah's south Lebanon commander in Tyre
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
U.S. Soldiers Capture Members of Iraqi 'Death Squad' - DOD: 5 "death squad" members & another terrorist captured; 3 hostages also freed
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
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
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
Our very strange day with Hezbollah - A CNN producer describes Hezbollah's propaganda machine at work in Beirut
(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
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
The American Domain Name Registrars of Hizballah - "Internet Haganah" post on American companies which enable Hizballah to operate websites
Albania Freezes Bank Accounts, Other Assets in Terror Probe - Albania seizes assets of at least 5 Islamic charities and accounts of Abdul Latif Saleh
Hizbullah Has Fired 20 Percent of Estimated Arsenal - Hizbullah terrorists have fired 2,200 rockets on northern Israel |