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August 2006 Archives
Fourth Moroccan arrested in terror probe - Suspected members of "Ansar El Mahdi" had contacts with wife of slain al-Qaeda member from Morocco
Australian Travel Warning for Egypt - "terrorists are planning attacks against a range of targets, including places frequented by foreigners such as resorts and hotels"
'Dirty bomb' terror case loses much of its weight - Judicial rulings have stripped Padilla case of important counts
Officials underestimated Hezbollah's arsenal size - Hezbollah had broader access to sophisticated weaponry, including medium-range rockets made in Syria
Failing the Test Against Iraqi Militias - "Time" Magazine: Resolution of battle between Sadr's Mahdi army and Iraqi army shows Iraqi government still doesn't have will to rein in Shi'ite militias
The Strategies for the Secret Jihad Cells - SITE Institute: Member of al-Qaeda-affiliated forum posted 8 strategies for secret jihadi cells to use on August 28
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade head killed - Fadi Khafisha killed in Nablus in exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers
Sunni Arab Diehards Fight to the Death - James Dunnigan: "the dozen or so major terrorist groups are still able to find secure areas for their activities"
(Yemen) Two Al-Qaeda escapees surrender - 2 brothers among 23 Al-Qaeda who escaped from prison in February
Obscure Neo-Taliban Group Claims To Join Afghan Insurgency - "Council of the Secret Army" says it joined forces with Hizb-e Islami, led by former Afghan PM Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Pakistani Troops Find Body of Slain Tribal Chief - Nawab Akbar Bugti killed when explosion destroyed hide-out in Baluchistan
Taliban Militants Attack Southern Afghanistan Town - 2 terrorists killed after attack in Helmand province
Australian travelers get terror warnings - Travelers warned of danger of terrorists in parts of Nigeria and Bangladesh
FBI Shows Off Counterterrorism Database - Over 659 million records from over 50 FBI and other government sources
Pakistani militants decapitate 2 men - Militants decapitated Islamic cleric and Afghan refugee accused of spying for U.S. and Afghan authorities in northwestern Pakistan
‘Hizbollah fund’ charge enrages Argentine Jews - “There is a bank account, opened by the Lebanese embassy, and anyone who can is collaborating, with both cash and humanitarian aid”
West Bank leader of Islamic Jihad militant wing dies of wounds - Hussam Jaradat shot by undercover Israeli soldiers on August 23
Afghan police arrest 3 Iranian nationals - Alleged terrorists in contact with Pakistani-based Jamaat-e-Tablighi
Taxi Driver In London Acquitted in Terror Case - Iraqi taxi driver accused of helping make 2 videos of London landmarks that terrorists could use to attack
Uganda military starts truce with LRA rebels - Under pact on Saturday, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) terrorists have 3 weeks to assemble at 2 camps
Cyber War Nightmares - James Dunnigan: "The wargames have shown that military operations could be crippled" - see Evan Kohlmann's August 22 post
Ex-militant chief re-arrested in Pakistan - Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, LeT founder and former leader, re-arrested
German Suspects From Opposite Sides of a Lebanese Town - Prime suspects in what German authorities say was gravest threat since 2001: only technical fault prevented explosion of homemade bombs on 2 trains on July 31
'No role for Al-Qaeda in J&K' - Kashmir's top separatist leader and JKLF chief says Al-Qaeda has nothing to do with Kashmir
al Qaeda and Jehadi groups in J&K are closely linked: Saran (India) - Indian Foreign Secretary says close alignment between al Qaeda and Pakistan-based Jehadi outfits in Jammu and Kashmir
Kurdish group claims responsibility for Turkey bombings - "Kurdistan Freedom Falcons" claims 2 attacks
Kedumim terror attack mastermind killed (West Bank) - IDF kill 2 al-Aqsa in Nablus, including leader of West Bank terrorism attack
Riots hit southwest Pakistan - Sparked by killing of Nawab Akber Khan Bugti, militant Jamhori Watan Party (JWP) leader, in commando raid
Levey: Iran 'central banker of terror' - Top U.S. Treasury Department official: Iran provides millions to bankroll terrorist actsby Hezbollah
Timeline: Bomb blasts in Turkey - BBC timeline of terrorist attacks prior to Monday blast at Antalya
Scathing Self-Criticism by the Hamas Government Spokesman - MEMRI transcript of Hamas spokesman's critique in PA's daily Al-Ayyam
“Exporting” the radical ideology of the Islamic revolution in Iran - Booklet in possession of Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon presents Khamenei's teachings
Blast said to kill 3 in Turkish resort - Explosion Monday in Antalya killed 3, injured 18, in second blast in 2 days
Iraqis to Take Control of Their Army, Air Force, Navy - DOD press release: Ministry of Defense to assume operational control in early September
Dozens killed in Iraq; 8 U.S. troops die - Suicide car bombing and clashes left at least 50 dead, after over 60 died Sunday, with 8 US troops killed
Pakistan court orders release of ex-militant chief - Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, LeT founder and former leader
French soldiers, rebels killed in Afghan unrest - Two French soldiers killed in ambush - airstrikes in south killed 23 militants, including Taliban commander
Iraq tribal chiefs sign 'pact of honor' - Hundreds of Iraqi tribal chiefs gave important support to PM Maliki's reconciliation plan - 26 killed in dozen attacks
Pakistan: Peace Between Pro-Taliban Militants and Government Delayed Again - Syem Saleem Shahzad: Peace deal delayed again - temporary ceasefire extended and 10 fighters to be released
Flight Lands In Newark After Dynamite Found In Luggage (updated) - Checked luggage on Continental Airlines flight to Houston from Argentina contained dynamite residue - man told officials he works in mining and handles explosives - flight continued to Newark and held there
Two U.S. airliners diverted, passenger subdued: U.S. Airways from Phoenix to North Carolina, American Airlines from Manchester, England, to Chicago
Morocco cell 'equipped for huge attack' - Cell was equipped to carry out a far bigger attack than the bombings which killed 45 people in Casablanca in May 2003
CNN's Documentary on Bin Laden Criticized - "could almost double as a recruiting video for Al Qaeda"
(Video) Commentary: CNN Recruiting for Bin Laden? Evan Kohlmann: CNN documentary view of Bin Laden based on old information
Commentary: A Professor's Islamic Ties - Mentor for British-based Muslim Academic Azzam Tamimi supporting "martydom" is Georgetown University's Professor John Esposito
Iraq: Turkish Jets Strike Kurdish Bases As PKK Moots Truce - See Daveed Gartenstein-Ross' August 18 post
U.K. Regulator Freezes Charity Funds in Terror Probe - U.K. Charity Commission froze funds of Crescent Relief
Reporters' kidnappers denounced in Gaza - Palestinian official: "We were shocked at their demands because we don't need a new door of hostility opened with the U.S."
Man allegedly boasted of bombs - Spokane, WA, man owned 2 loaded ammo clips for AK-47, laptop computer reportedly containing al-Qaida training manual, and had traveled to Morocco
Airplane Terrorism Case Prompts Questions About the Work of Islamic Charities in Britain - Evan Kohlmann quoted on Muslim charities' role: “They also provide a cover story. They provide documents - and that is what they have always done in conflicts from Afghanistan to Bosnia-Herzegovina to the Caucasus to Iraq.”
CNN lifts lid on Al Qaeda's obsession with media strategy - one of Bin Laden's media advisers used name "Abu Reuters"
Eighty Taliban join reconciliation scheme - Badghis province head of Taliban's religious police among converts
HuJi leaders appeared after talks with government (Bangladesh) - Leaders of Harkatul Jihad al Islami (HuJi) were in hiding since last year - see Evan Kohlmann's August 18 post
Colombian rebels say hostage exchange at a standstill - FARC holds 62 hostages, including 3 American defense contractors and French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt
Police Get Quiz Extension (London airline plot) - Scotland Yard granted custody extensions for 9 suspects - at least one suspect released
12 passengers on Dutch flight arrested - 12 arrested after flight for India flown back to Amsterdam - see Walid Phares' August 23 post
President Ahmadinejad Expected to Announce Iran's "Nuclear Birth" - MEMRI translation of Iranian news service's report
Afghanis, Pakistan to conduct patrols - Agreement to conduct coordinated and simultaneous patrols with U.S. along border
(UK) Targets film a joke: terror accused - Tablighi Jamaat admirer Rauf Mohammed claims video of UK targets for terror attacks were "joke"
Civilians' bodies used to conceal bomb in Algeria - two civilians killed by terrorists and bomb placed under bodies
London Plot Draws Attention to Potential Female Suicide Bombers - Also see views of Lorenzo Vidino and Stephen Emerson
Army of darkness - London "Telegraph" on Tablighi Jamaat group, to which some London airline plotters and London 7/7/05 bombers belonged
U.S. Says Over 100 Terrorists Captured In Iraq - One of those seized linked to February 22 "Golden Dome" mosque bombing
Hizbollah pushes past guards in show of force - UNIFIL guards brushed aside, "They will eat us alive," says UN peacekeeper
U.S. forces raid suspected terror camp (Afghanistan) - 3 suspects, arms and weaponry seized in raid against known al-Qaida facilitator
(British Terror Plot) Charges Against 11 Suspects (my title) - 8 charged with conspiracy to murder and preparing acts of terrorism, 3 charged with offenses under Terrorism Act of 2000; Suspects include two converts to Islam, mother of an eight-month-old baby, 17 year old
(British Terror Plot) Profiles of the eleven charged: Ahmed Abdullah Ali, 25; Cossar Ali, 24; Oliver Savant, 25; Adam Khatib, 19; Brian Young, 28; Waheed Zaman, 22; Tanvir Hussain, 25; Assad Ali Sarwar, 26; Abdul Muneem Patel, 17; Mehran Hussain, 23
Bomb-making equipment found in Britain - Eleven people were charged Monday with conspiracy to commit murder in the alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners, and investigators found bomb-making equipment and martyrdom video
(Russia) 2 Suspects in Moscow Market Blast Detained -- Report - Three or four people left a suspicious bag in the market's cafe and tried to escape
(UK) Cleric who urged jihad to be freed from prison - Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal influenced July 7 bombers and other jihadists
UK ExpoIslamia features suicide-bombing advocate - UK rally speaker Azzam Tamimi, praises suicide bombers in Israel
(UK) Mutiny as passengers refuse to fly until Asians are removed - Passengers refuse to allow holiday jet to take off until two Asian men are thrown off plane
(Japan Terrorism) Death upheld for doomsday chemist - appealed denied for Aum Shinrikyo terrorist chemist Masami Tsuchiya who developed nerve gas used in a 1995 attack on the Tokyo subways that killed 12 people
(British Terror Plot) Terror detectives 'find bomb kit' - Police probing an alleged plot to bring down flights have found a suitcase containing items which could be used to construct a bomb
Court quashes terrorist conviction of Australian allegedly linked to al-Qaida - British-born "Jihad Jack" Joseph Thomas
Israel alarm at UN force members - Some UN "Peacekeepers" come from countries like Indonesia and Malaysia that do not recognize Israel's right to exist
NSA eavesdropping program ruled unconstitutional - U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, who is based in Detroit, Michigan, orders immediate halt to program - PDF of ruling
(Update) Disturbance Diverts London-D.C. Flight - Suspicious Vermont Woman Muttering "Pakistan", Matches, Lotion, and Gelatin-Like Substance
FBI training struggles to keep up - After 9/11, focus is on terrorism, but academy is tradition-bound
Iran leader praises Hezbollah resistance: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - "victory" for Islam
London-To-Washington DC Flight Diverted To Boston - airport spokesman previously said the woman was carrying lotion, a screw driver and matches, but backed off the statement
Hizbullah: Disarmament not on agenda - UN's Annan: "dismantling Hizbullah is not the direct mandate of the UN"
(British Terror Plot) "People are definitely skeptical"; Britons view terror plot as "cover-up" for Lebanon war, "propaganda", and "make-believe"
Experts: London plot not Osama's encore - Terror kingpin said preparing bigger strike on U.S. 'ground
10 Katyusha rockets explode in Lebanon - Israel's military said Hezbollah fired at least 10 rockets into southern Lebanon
(Update) U.S.: Gas leak to blame for Iraq blasts 47 killed in Shiite area of Baghdad; Iraqis still blame bombs
(British Terror Plot) Baby bottle 'used as bomb' - to be used for liquid explosive on airline bome - British husband and wife planned to take six-month-old baby on a mid-air suicide mission - Abdula Ahmed Ali, 25, and his 23-year-old wife Cossor
(British Terrorism Plot) Hunt for chemistry student in British mass-terror plot - al-Qaida recruit with expertise in creating liquid explosives
DHS scrapped flight-list plan as transatlantic threat grew -- Advanced database necessary to target high-risk passengers still eludes Customs
(Update) Hezbollah fires 250 rockets into Israel - on Sunday - worst barrage in terrorist group war on Israel
(British Terror Plot) 22 suspects questioned about terror plot - UK warns risk of another attack still remains high
UK Terror Plot: Muslim Leaders Speak Out - condemning UK foreign policy, not condemning terror plot by British Islamists
(UK) Street unrest feared over terror arrests - UK govt is worried about waning support of the most influential Muslim groups in Britain
Britain's Al-Qaeda leader seized - UK security sources believe that a man arrested in last week's anti-terror raids in Britain is Al-Qaeda's leader
LeT founder's house arrest not related to terror plot: Pak - Pakistan official said no connection between airline terror plot and house arrest of Hafeez Muhammad Sayeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET)
Major terror attack averted in southern Russia - Russian security forces averted strike by Caucasian extremists, killing local warlord and seizing explosives
Analyst sees Iran’s fingerprints on Hizbullah attacks on Israel - Olivier Guitta: "Israel needs to... kill Nasrallah and Mugniyeh...If they don’t kill those guys, they will regroup and go back to the same kinds of attacks..."
(British Terror Plot) Student activist and trips to Islamic camp - Waheed Zaman often went to the weekend camps in British mosques run by the Tablighi Jamaat movement
Britons arrested in Pakistan 'have Al Qaeda connections' - Afghanistan-based connections, naming Rashid Rauf as one of two British terrorists arrested
Thousands in Somalia rally for holy war - Pro-Hezbollah Rally - "Down with the enemies of Islam, wherever they are!"
Day of terror strikes was planned for August 16 - United Airline tickets dated August 16 found at raided address
Terrorist Threat in New Delhi and Mumbai - US Embassy advisory that terrorists, possibly including Al-Qaida, allegedly intend to attack in or around New Delhi and Mumbai
(British Terror Plot) 13 raids in UK neighborhoods seeking terrorists (my title) - Heathrow Airport worker held
Many in State Dept. Can't Talk the Talk - See Douglas Farah's August 4 post on State Department language proficiency
The Man Who Is Planning the Next Attack on America - ABC News report on Matiur Rehman, keeper of log of recruits who attended al Qaeda training camps in 1990s
Pakistan Puts Leader of Militant Group Under House Arrest - Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, founder of Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT), put under house arrest by Pakistani authorities
Terror suspects planned to use liquid explosives to blow up planes - "US News & World Report" with new details
Hunt for terror suspects: 'Mass Murder Terror Plot' - 24 people arrested in London, Birmingham and the Thames Valley - plot to use liquid explosives - arrests due to covert counter-terrorist operation - See posts by Evan Kohlmann, Andrew Cochran, and Walid Phares
Tactics that have kept the Middle East's most powerful army at bay - "In the eyes of Arabs and Muslims Hezbollah has already “won” the month-long war simply because it has not been defeated" by Israel
DHS Red / Severe Alert Status for UK-USA Aviation Sector. Chertoff: "We believe that these arrests have significantly disrupted the threat, but we cannot be sure that the threat has been entirely eliminated or the plot completely thwarted." Intra-country USA flight status is Orange Alert.
2 Held on Terror Charges in Ohio - Airplane passenger lists & information on airport security checkpoints found in car; up to $25,000 laundered
40,000 troops poised to enter Lebanon - Senior IDF officer says 1 week to reach Litani and 4-6 weeks to clear out southern Lebanon of Hizbullah and destroy rockets
August 22: Does Iran have something in store? - Bernard Lewis' "Wall Street Journal" column on possible Iranian attacks on important day in Islamic calendar
Iranians among Hizbollah dead: Israel TV - Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard have been found among Hizbollah guerrillas slain by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon
Nasrallah's Men Inside America - "Newsweek" article quotes Dennis Lormel: "Their fund-raising activities have been very fruitful in the United States"
RP captures 5 suspected Abu Sayyaf militants - Philippine military hunting AS & Indonesian JI suspects - see Zacharay Abuza's August 9 post
Indonesian Police Vow To Stop Militants Going To Lebanon - Indonesia Foreign Minister says can't keep militants out of Mideast
U.S. Counterterrorism Efforts Remain Uncoordinated - "Washington Post" analysis of impacts of changes in U.S. bureaucracy since 9/11 attacks
Colombia and Afghanistan Cooperate - James Dunnigan: Colombian counternarcotics officials visited Afghanistan to share experiences
Analysis of the draft of the UN Security Council resolution... (shortened title) - Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center: "it is different in nature" from UNSCR resolutions after previous conflicts
4th Iraqi Army to take the lead - DOD press release on assumption of security in 2 provinces (3 major cities) from US 101st Airborne Division
Terrorism? What's That? - Claudia Rosett on UN's inability to define terrorism - Victor Comras quoted
(Israel) Troops catch 2 guerrillas with missiles - Hezbollah operatives were setting up anti-aircraft missiles
(Lebanon) Minister: Hezbollah stays in S. Lebanon - Information Minister says Hezbollah has every right to be there
(Israel) Soldiers Kill Four Hizbullah Terrorists in Gun Battle - in the south Lebanon village of Bint Jbeil killed
(Russia) N. Caucasus prosecutor injured in bomb attack - prosecutor in Daghestan, which borders on Chechnya
Security Issue Grounds London-To-Boston Flight - after U.S. authorities discovered a passenger's name was on their "no-fly" list
Been There, Done That (column) - Washington Institute analysis of futility of negotiating with Syria over Hezbollah and Lebanon
Indonesian jihadis set deadline - for peace in Middle East - or threatens "jihad activities that follow"
How Syria, Iran armed Hezbollah - Used Iranian Bam Earthquake "Relief" Planes to Get Sophisticated Weapons to Lebanese Terrorist Group
(Hezbollah) Nasrallah's Men Inside America - Prosecutors suspect Hezbollah has fund-raising cells in the United States
(India) July 11 terror attacks part of LeT's mega terror plot - part of the Lashkar-e-Taiba’s larger, pan-India plan to spread terror
Tehran and Hezbollah's Secret History - Hezbollah is one of the institutions of the ruling regime in Tehran and a main element of its military, according to Ali Akbar Mohatashemi, the former Iranian ambassador to Syria and the founding father of Hezbollah
Reuters admits altering Beirut photo - blogs call Reuters on authenticity of photograph, photo is withdrawn and photographer suspended
Iran's plot to mine uranium in Africa - A United Nations report, dated July 18, said there was “no doubt” that a huge shipment of smuggled uranium 238, uncovered by customs officials in Tanzania, was transported
Bin Laden deputy welcomes Egyptian group - a revived Gamaa Islamiya, led by Mohammed al-Islambuli, joins al-Qaeda
Hezbollah equipped like the `Syrian or Iranian army' - Israel's enemy is no ragtag militia,Anti-tank missiles proving deadly
U.S., France OK U.N. Mideast truce pact - draft UNSC resolution calls for a "full cessation" of fighting between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas, but would allow Israel to defend itself if attacked.
Saudi religious leader blasts Hizbullah - Hizbullah, which translates as "the party of God," is actually "the party of the devil"
Negroponte orders an update on terrorism's influence in Iraq - New National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq ordered
The Plot Against America - Review of new book, "The Looming Tower," about 9/11 attack plot, with new details
Up to 40 farmers hurt in IAF raid near Syria - air strike occurred on Lebanese-Syrian border in the Bekaa Valley
US slaps sanctions on N.Korea, Russian firms - 7 companies from North Korea, Russia, India and Cuba hit for alleged arms dealings with Iran
Uganda's LRA rebels declare immediate ceasefire - see Douglas Farah's June 29 post, "Small Progress with the Lord's Resistance Army"
Dozens die in surge of violence in Iraq - Two dozen people died in northern Iraq, at least 17 others elsewhere - 17 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since July 27
Al Qaeda Web Site Calls for Undermining Its Islamic Rival Hezbollah in Lebanon - See Walid Phares' August 4 and Jeffrey Cozzens' August 3 posts
(Indonesia) Southeast Asian jihadis dispatched for global war on Israel - also see "Austalian" story quoting Zachary Abuza on suicide bomber threat
Troops continue assault in 3rd day of Sulu offensive (Philippines) - Filipino troops attack suspected lairs of Abu Sayyaf & JI leaders - Zachary Abuza quoted
Paraguayan Smuggling Crossroads Scrutinized - Paraguay, Brazil & Argentina "tri-border" the target of new US measures against rings funding Hezbollah and other groups
Lebanese hospital: Number of casualties from Qana air strike is 28, not 52 - Tyre hospital revised count after Human Rights Watch questioned toll
Wave of Rockets Launched into Israel Claim 8 Lives (updated) - Over 180 rockets hit Israel, with IDF troops pushing into Lebanon - see Bill Roggio's August 3 post
Report: Bin Laden's son sent to operate against Israel - released by Iran for "building Islamist terror cells and preparing them to fight together with Hizbollah"
Palestinians giving Hezbollah rockets - Abbas' party calling on its fighters to battle Israel in Lebanon
U.N.'s Malloch Brown Questions Hezbollah's 'Terror' Designation - see Victor Comras' July 20 post on lack of designations
Israel: Video proves hospital was Hezbollah HQ - Israeli forces raided hospital near Baalbeck, snatching 5 militants and killing 10 others
Stacked Deck: Rewards of Millions in the Hunt for Latin Narco Terrorists - ABC News reports on huge rewards for FARC, AUC, & ELN narcoterrorists
IDF, Hizbullah engaged in fierce battle in Atya a-Shab - Nearly 9,000 troops on ground in southern Lebanon
Ongoing violence kills 53 people in Iraq (updated) - Bombs exploded on soccer field, killing 11, and at least 42 others, including 2 Americans, died elsewhere
Hezbollah Answers Israeli Offensive With Rocket Attacks (updated) - Over 200 rockets fired, including one at West Bank 70 km from Lebanon
Tajik authorities seize a batch of over 320 kilograms of drugs - 700 pounds seized included 40 kg (88 pounds) of heroin smuggled from Afghanistan
Digital Implication of the Attack to Lebanon: It's Cyber War - Hundreds of web sites attacked as protest against bombing by Israel (tip to TT)
Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei threatens the West over Lebanon (my title) - IRNA press release with full text of his statement
Iraq businesses shut down due to violence - Sectarian violence & rising crime transforming Baghdad’s once bustling commercial hubs into deserted streets
(US) Border agents let fake IDs go through - including instances in which DHS agents didn't ask for ID
Hezbollah rocket reaches farthest point - struck Israel in Beit Shean - 42 miles south of the Lebanese border
German Police Probe Terror Link to Cases Packed With Explosives - luggage containing explosives left at two German train stations (Dortmund and Koblenz)
(Indonesia) Anti-terror police search villages for suspected militants - Noordin Top possibly in search area
Fears of annual Indonesia bombing worries experts - between August and mid-October - Kenneth Conboy & Zachary Abuza quoted
(Israel) 300-400 Hizbullah Fighters Killed - since the start of the IDF counter-terrorism offensive in Lebanon
Assailants carry out attacks in Thailand - at least 40 bomb and arson attacks Tuesday night in Thailand's three Muslim-dominated southernmost provinces
Heavy clashes between IDF, Hezbollah; IAF to renew strikes (updated) - 3 IDF soldiers killed, up to 25 wounded - at least 10 Hezbollah killed
News of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation, July 15-31, 2006 - Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center on Hamas' attacks since Lebanon war began
Kazakhs Probe Somalia Arms Reports - See Douglas Farah's July 29 and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross' July 27 posts
Hezbollah forces were ready for Israeli retaliation - U.S. intel agencies say that Hezbollah remains intact and receiving outside support, primarily from Iranians
Michigan man faces charges related to Toledo terror probe - Accused of lying about link to Marwan El-Hindi, accused of conspiring to kill U.S. troops in Iraq
2 suspected al-Qaida members captured in S. Afghanistan - in Afghanistan's southern restive province of Helmand
Iran cleric calls for Hezbollah weapons - Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati calls on all Muslim states to provide weapons to terror group Hezbollah
Syrian group claims it attacked Israel - "Front for the Liberation of the Golan" says it will stage more assaults against Israel
America nails Pakistan-blessed terror camps - US Defense Intelligence Agency satellite imagery confirms existence
(US) Islamic Charity Fundraiser Released - Holy Land Foundation's Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan Released Without Bond |