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September 2006 Archives

In Tribal Pakistan, an Uneasy Quiet

Kabul suicide bombing leaves 12 dead

Pakistan 'the West's main ally': Musharraf warns warned the West would be "brought to its knees" without his country's co-operation in the war against terror

(Afghanistan) Twelve killed in Kabul suicide blast

NATO meeting fails to solve Afghan troop shortfall

Yemen arrests 5 suspected of kidnapping

Bomb explodes in Indonesia's Poso

Congress pushes through security measures - Homeland security, border fence bills passed -- US House passes ports security bill

Bush says terrorists seek new base

Commander: Iraq insurgents losing ground

Iraq shuts down Baghdad with one-day curfew

(UK) Terror police shake-up proposed

Canadian pledges better airport security

(Philadelphia) Imam guilty of selling guns & ammo

(Iran) Woman Accused of Supporting Terror Group - supporting MEK group to overthrow Iranian regime

Fresh violence claims 15 more lives in Sri Lanka

Hezbollah's New Mission - The "resistance" takes aim at the Lebanese government - article by David Schenker

Hamas rally draws tens of thousands - to denounce Israel and state they will never recognize its right to exist

NATO soldier killed in Afghan explosion

Bush insists progress being made in Afghanistan

Bush Defends Approach to War on Terror

Tamil Tigers Arms Brokers Charged in Md. Sting

Somali Islamic militias to unite, official says

Somalia: Islamic Courts Close Radio Station

Iran mulled nuclear bomb in 1988

Pearl father: Punish al Qaeda No. 3

Senate Approves Terror Detainee Interrogation Bill

Two killed by trash bomb in Philippine capital

(Israel) Tel Aviv car bomb kills one - in a town south of the coastal city of Tel Aviv today, killing at least one person and wounding up to six others

Israel backs off plan to kill Nasrallah

7 tortured bodies found in Baghdad

NATO extends Afghan mission eastward - where Osama bin Laden is believed to be hiding

Commentary: A battle lost - regarding Pakistan truce with Taliban

Accord between Pakistan, Afghanistan - countries have agreed to hold two Loya Jirgas along border to involve tribal leaders in war against terrorists

(Pakistan) "CIA did not pay Pak government" - Musharraf now claims CIA paid the agency which hunted Al Qaeda suspects down

(UK) Radical Muslim who made death threats against Pope escapes prosecution - MP Davies: "It sends out a message to Muslim extremists across the world that we, as a country, do not have the moral courage to stand up to them."

(Indonesia) Bali remembers bombing - hundreds of police will be on patrol

(India) Strike in Kashmir over execution

UN report says U.S. breaking Qaeda in Iraq - Al Qaeda "may see more losses than gains" in Iraq

(Kashmir) Seven militants held in J&K

HVT #8 - Al-Qaeda Shura Leader of Mosul Captured in Mosul - "Fourth Rail" post on latest capture in Iraq

US Anti-Terror Experts: Hizbullah Still a Threat

U.N. Report: Taliban relies on al-Qaida

Bin Laden loses Iraqi hearts, minds

Israel bomb victims get green light to sue Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) - for knowingly providing services to a charity linked to Hamas

Somalia suicide bombing arrests

Somali Islamists shoot to disperse protest in port

UPI: More Muslim violence against Christians - church in Indonesia attack by mob for "illegal" prayer meetings - started demolishing roof

(UK) Pakistani intel (ISI) accused of al-Qaida help - BBC broadcast states document accuses ISI of indirectly supporting terrorist groups and should be disbanded

Senate Likely to Approve Detainee Interrogation Bill - House approved Wednesday

NATO likely to meet most Afghan troop shortfalls

U.N.: al-Qaida sanctions need improving - see Victor Comras' Sept. 19 post

Iraq convicts 22 suspected insurgents

(Iraq) 40 tortured bodies found in Baghdad

(Iraq) US seeks action on Shia death squads

Quarter million Iraqis flee sectarian violence

Poll: Iraqis Back Attacks on U.S. Troops

Abizaid says al-Qaida must be controlled

(India) Powerful bomb recovered in Manipur

Report: Suicide bombers follow Quran, concludes Pentagon briefing - report alleges Counterintelligence Field Activity study

(Australia) Terror suspect Jamal back in Sydney

Assailants throw gasoline bombs at Russian mosque

Cleric Said to Lose Reins Over Part of Iraqi Militia - Moktada al-Sadr lost control of Mahdi Army splintering off into freelance death squads and criminal gangs

U.S.: Afghan attacks way up since truce - Threefold increase since agreement between Pakistan and Waziristan tribes

Al-Qaida No. 2 to comment on pope, Bush, Darfur in upcoming message -- Laura Mansfield advises Jihadist banner states upcoming al Zawahiri tape will be titled "Bush, the Catholic Pope, and Darfur: The Crusader's War"

NIE: Full terror report to stay secret - White House says releasing full intelligence report would endanger lives

House OKs Detainee Trial Bill on Treatment of Terror Suspects

U.S. terror insurance renewal debated

(Iraq) Ten Sunni worshippers gunned down

Saudis plan 560-mile fence across border with Iraq

Little pressure on Hezbollah to disarm

Afghanistan: Three Italian Soldiers Wounded

Turkey: Ankara angry over Talabani's remarks

Experts: U.S. Must Protect Food Supply

Israel: Egypt allowing weapons smuggling - 19 tons of explosives & rifles into Gaza Strip since August 2005

Iraq Sunni tribal leaders pledge support for Shi'ite PM - 16 Sunni leaders pledge to drive out Al Qaeda

Bomb-Sniffing Dog Alerts to Package Outside Federal Courthouse - Federal courthouse in Washington evacuated

Declassified NIE Key Judgments Report (pdf)

Insurgent leader captured in Iraq

(Iraq) British, Iraq troops begin Basra mission

(Australia) CommBank denies terrorism funding claims - report that Indonesia-based Islamic charity Medical Emergency Rescue Committee funding may be supporting terrorists

(Australia) Terror suspects could get Aussie hideout - Foreign terror suspects who help authorities arrest and convict cohorts could be resettled in Australia in witness protection program

(DC Area) Emergency 'nerve center' opens

(Afghanistan) Australian commandos battled Taliban

Jordan court convicts 5 in terror plot

Fight terror with India, US asks Pakistan

(Thailand) Four Buddhists shot dead in unrest - by suspected Islamic militants

Philippines rejects Muslim rebel demands for land

Somali Islamists in war warning - says Ethiopia has declared war by sending its troops to help the interim govt

(Australia) Terror suspects get laptops - to study evidence

(Spain) Secret report reveals Madrid bombers' training camp - some suspects were trained in Afghanistan

German officials, Muslims to discuss integration

(UK) Accused admits buying fertilizer for bomb

Israel court orders Hamas leader's release

Tiger rebel leader agrees to talks: Sri Lanka

Terror analysis fuels Iraq war debate

Letter Exposes New Leader in Al-Qa`ida High Command - Newly declassified letter from previously unknown leader to al-Zarqawi (saved in "CT Library")

Troops finish sweep of Baghdad Shiite neighborhood - 2 week sweep in Shiite section of Baghdad

Hezbollah rebuilding in Palestinian camps - Hezbollah moving rockets & other weapons to Palestinian camps near border with Israel

Air India inquiry opens in Canada - New inquiry on bombing which killed 329 over 21 years ago, Canada's worst mass murder

Europe doubts legality of bank monitoring by U.S. - SWIFT monitoring might violate European banking law

(UK) Police to brief Muslims before terror raids - Police to consult panel of Muslim leaders before counter-terrorist raids or arrests

Bush to release part of intel assessment - President Bush orders release of unclassified sections of NIE

Former Muslim testifies in Ashland charity investigation - Daveed Gartenstein-Ross testified that charity leader gave radical literature to inmates and funded Chechen terrorists

HVT #6 - al-Qaeda's Emir of Anbar Province Killed - "Fourth Rail" post on killing of Khalid Mahal, Anbar leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq

Al-Arian ordered to testify in case - Sami al-Arian, who pleaded guilty to helping PIJ, subpoenaed in International Institute of Islamic Thought case

Bomb hits NATO convoy in Kabul

(US) Pakistani sentenced for trying to sell missiles to Al Qaeda - more than 18 years in prison for conspiring to obtain and sell stinger missiles to the Taliban and the Al Qaeda

(Afghanistan) Scores Die in Terror Attacks - two attacks - suicide bomb in Helmand killing 18, attack in Kabal killing Italian soldier and child

(Iraq) Police find 13 bodies across Baghdad - believed to be victims of sectarian death squads

Afghan leader slams Musharraf's policies

(Pakistan) Musharraf lashes out on US 'book tour' - regarding Afghanistan and President Karzai

(India) "Pakistan a nursery of global terror"

Update (Norway) Terror suspects in custody - updated story with additional details

Palestinian rockets fall in south Israel

(Israel) Defense minister says terror alerts have increased - 10 terror attacks thwarted in past 3 weeks

(Israel) Car bomb explodes in Tel Aviv; none hurt

(Egypt) Nasrallah dates sold to break Ramadan fast

(Indonesia) Bali bombers to keep their heads

U.S. refuses visa to Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan - Visa denied "for providing material support to a terrorist organization"

Talabani Says PKK Ceasefire Imminent - PKK claimed Saturday's twin blasts in Turkey - 17 injured

U.S.: Sadr City again a militants' haven - In last 2 weeks, casualties from dozens of shootings, mortar attacks & roadside bombings

Hizbollah, Hamas join forces to fight common foe - Hizbollah & Hamas leaders quoted saying Shiite & Sunnis united against Israel

Hezbollah moving rockets near Israeli border - Lebanese government notes trucks coming, going from Palestinian camps

(Lebanon) Tests show Hariri killed by truck bomb

(UK) Fertilizer claim in terror trial - 600kg of ammonium nitrate to be shipped to Pakistan

Aide to late warlord Khattab surrenders in Chechnya - Russians say 300 militants have accepted amnesty offer

British troops in Iraq kill top Qaeda figure - Omar Faruq killed in Basra - captured in Indonesia in 2002, and described as most senior al Qaeda figure in southeast Asia and key link to Jemaah Islamiah

U.S. to Relax Air Travel Restrictions - most liquids and gels that air travelers purchase in secure areas of airports will now be allowed on planes

(India) Policewoman killed in grenade attack

(Pakistan President Musharraf) I took a ruthless decision for the sake of my people - excerpt from his new book

(UK) Woman charged with funding terrorism - Mehreen Hajil; her partner Habib Ahmed charged with planning terror attacks and attending Pakistan terror training camps

(UK) The day I met Al-Qaida informer in Pakistan

(Indonesia) Muslim mob kept from destroying church

Afghan women's affairs chief dead - gunmen riding motorcycles shot dead

(Afghanistan President Karzai) Time to close hate schools - put an end to Islamic schools that teach hatred and produce suicide bombers

Al Qaeda Members Moving To Middle East

(Turkey) Kurdish group takes credit for bombing

Update: (India) Twelve killed in Kashmir violence

Bahraini terror suspects released

(Bahrain) Al Qaeda links claim man freed

Egypt bans European papers for comments on Islam

Yemeni mediator: French hostages freed

Iran files complaint against US Treasury Dept.

(Iraq) Militia standoff at Iraqi police station

(Iraq) Army considers more combat units for Iraq

Pope Meets With Muslim Diplomats

(Lebanon) Nasrallah's popularity climbs