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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

Jordan works on mosque law - to prevent the kingdom's mosques from being used to propagate extremist ideas

(UK) Terror board game sickens bomb victims

Tigers deny forcing Muslims out of Sri Lanka town

Experts see lower threat from al-Qaida - No sign of direct al-Qaida hand in assault on U.S. Embassy in Damascus or shooting of British tourist in Jordan

(Bangladesh) 5 JMB men jailed for 78 years - Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh jailed for illegal arms, ammo & explosives - verdict soon against JMB leader Ataur Rahman Sunny and others for August 17 bomb blasts

Militants attack Pak military base - Islamic militants' attack in South Waziristan wounds 2 - insurgents also blew up gas pipeline in Baluchistan

Christian leader dismisses Hezbollah 'victory' as thousands rally - Samir Geagea, former leader of Christian militia, backs PM Saniora

Sri Lanka navy attacks rebel ships - 8 Tamil Tiger ships loaded with troops & weapons sunk, killing 70

(Spain) Report: Militants say ETA to keep arms - Masked pro-ETA militant read statement at independence rally

Somalia's Islamists seize seaport - Islamists take over port city of Kismayo

White House: Account of Iraq report incomplete - Says NYT report on new report that Iraq war enabled rise in terrorism "not representative of the complete document"

Iraq says arrests insurgent leader - Leader of "1920 Revolution Brigades" arrested

Inquiry slows giving to Islamic charity - FBI of Detroit's Life for Relief and Development raises concerns among donors

US adjusts strategy in Padilla terror case

Explosion near Iraqi church kills 4, wounds 14

(Iraq) Woman may have set Baghdad bomb - on kerosene tanker that killed 37

Turkey: 17 wounded by truck bomb - suspected Kurdish guerrillas set off an explosive-laden minibus

Spies reject 'Bin Laden is dead' claim

(UK) Police to brief Muslims before terror raids

Pope praises slain nun

Coup May Allow Thais to Take New Tack on Insurgency - Zachary Abuza: Thaksin’s ouster likely to end destabilizing rotation of military commanders

al-Qaeda, Taliban behind the Waziristan Accord - "Fourth Rail" post names parties to agreement - see Daveed Gartenstein-Ross's Sept. 23 post

Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terror Threat - NYT: New National Intelligence Estimate links Iraq war to radicalism

Heroic fight for British Afghan base - British commander forced to use engineers and military policemen against Taliban

Somalia: Jihad registration office to open in Mogadishu - See Douglas Farah's Sept. 22 post

(Iraq) Terror group posts footage of bodies - MSC posts video of bodies of 2 U.S. soldiers dragged behind truck & set on fire - see Site Institute summary

Bomb ignites tanker in Iraq, killing 37 (updated) - also Muntasir Hamoud Ileiwi al-Jubouri, leader of Ansar al-Sunnah, captured by Iraqi and U.S. forces - see Evan Kohlmann's Sept. 18 post on merger of groups

(Turkey) Bush to reproach Erdogan about el-Kadi - U.S. alleges that Saudi-based Muwafaq Foundation headed by el-Kadi is al-Qaeda front

(Turkey) US: All anti-PKK options on table

Cycle bomb kills two in Pakistan, injures 20

Three Russian soldiers killed in Chechnya

(Columbia) U.S. Embassy on alert, fears attack - U.S. Embassy staff warned of possible attack by FARC

French newspaper says Saudis believe bin Laden dead - newspaper L'Est Republicain said Saudi Arabia was convinced bin Laden had died of typhoid in Pakistan last month -- France to probe bin Laden death report leak

Official: US cannot confirm bin Laden death report

(Pakistan) Bomb blast kills two, wounds eight in Pakistan - bomb planted on bicycle kills seven-year old child

No cut in U.S. force in Afghanistan soon

US wary of Al Qaeda's Lebanese ambitions

(Spain) Islamists 'planned to hit' US base - six suspected Islamic radicals, arrested in 2003, planned to attack a U.S. military base in southern Spain

Spain asks Italy to hand over bombing suspect - Rabei Osman El Sayed, alias "Mohammed the Egyptian", who is accused of playing a key role in the Madrid bombings

Churches attacked in Gaza, W. Bank

Uneasy Mood Marks New Year in Israel

(Indianapolis) Man facing charges over bomb kit - al-Qaeda literature, gas masks, bomb materials in apartment

(Chicago) Feds drop charge in terror funding case - drop a key charge against grocer (Muhammad Salah) accused of supporting terrorism as a leader of the Palestinian extremist group Hamas

GOP Upbeat on Terror-Trial Bill - Republicans united for bill, Democrats silent

U.S.: More Iraq troops needed in Baghdad - 3,000 more Iraqis needed but reluctant to leave home regions

Europe terror plan dumped - 14 member states refused to surrender national vetoes on terrorism and cross-border crime policy

(Norway) Oslo terrorists targeted ambassador - also planned to kidnap Israeli ambassador to Norway Miriam Shomrat and cut off her head

U.S. Commander Concerned Over Venezuela’s ‘Exporting of Instability’ - Says FARC terrorists seek safe haven in Venezuela - see Aaron Mannes' Sept. 22 post

Somali Islamists stage execution

Peru ex-spy chief convicted in gunrunning for FARC

Saudi to free Guantanamo returnees during Ramadan

U.S. warns of possible bombings in Colombia

Britain plays down critical e-mail on Afghanistan - Army officer said British air force pilots "utterly, utterly useless" and more troops needed

4 dead in attacks on mosques in Baghad - 13 bodies of Iraqis found and U.S. soldier dies

Prosecutor: Terror suspect said he wanted to join Taliban - American Ehsanul Sadequee met in Canada with two who were arrested this year in Canadian terrorism roundup

25 Taliban killed in southern Afghanistan: police - Fighting in Uruzgan province

Taliban take over district headquarters in western Afghanistan - 500 Taliban take over Gulistan district HQ in Farah province

Bomb, Taliban ambush kills 19 - Attack near Kandahar

Crime pays way for Baghdad sectarian killers - Shiite militias earning at least $1 million a day through crime

Five Soldiers Ambushed in Chechnya

Islamic force tighten grip on Somalia - see Douglas Farah's Sept. 22 post

New Attacks in Chechnya Reported

Thai war on terrorism presents diplomatic headache - Zachary Abuza quoted on deposed PM

Alleged Islamist Leader On Trial In Uzbekistan

15 charged in driver’s license conspiracy - Truck driving schools in Missouri helped over 70 Somalis and Bosnians illegally obtain licenses

Thousands rally against pope in Mideast - Protests in numerous cities draw thousands

Pakistani killed in Afghan raid; Turk found dead - Oil tanker convoy attacked

Hezbollah leader: Arsenal undiminished - Nasrallah claims Hezbollah has 20,000 rockets, refuses to release kidnapped Israeli soldiers

Norway taped plot to blow up U.S. embassy

Al Qaeda Past, Present and Future - Video of Lawrence Wright, author of "Looming Tower," at appearance on Sept. 18

IDF arrests 12 Palestinian fugitives in West Bank

Al-Qadi close to regaining frozen assets in Turkey

(Iraq) Gunmen attack Sunnis in Baghdad; 3 dead

(Houston) Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to bomb-making charge - plot to build and sell a bomb to an al-Qaida affiliate in Houston - faces 5 yr sentence

U.S. threatened to bomb Pakistan after 9/11: Musharraf - alleges Armitage threatened to bomb Pakistan "back to the Stone Age" if didn't cooperate in war against Taliban in Afghanistan; Musharraf found "ludicrous" request by US to suppress domestic expression of support for terrorism against US

Pakistan President Released Al Qaeda Suspects

Pak wary of proposed anti-terror pact with India

Bush links Pope's remarks to anti-terrorism fight

(Thailand) Bomb plot investigation comes to halt

Philippine defense chief says bomb seizure in south thwarted - bomb factory run by al-Qaida-linked militants

(UK) BBC lets Reid protester renew his attack - Abu Izzadeen investigated for comments on London tube bombings - Transcript of BBC interview - Convert who calls for Islamic state

Britain Relaxes Rules on Carry-On Baggage - allowing "essential liquids" - after previous threat of liquid-based explosives

British Muslim on terror charges - Syed Talha Ahsan - accused of plotting terror attacks against the US Navy appeared in court facing extradition to the United States

Al-Qaeda threatens truck bombings in Israel

(India) Tension in Mau as bomb explodes in Madrasa

(Somalia) Islamist movement tightens Sharia law

(Nigeria) Religious rioters torch 10 buildings in Jigawa - parked off by an alleged blasphemous comment on Prophet Muhammed

Indonesia: Three executed for attacks on Muslims

Mideast expert lays out Israel’s missteps in its war on Hizbullah - David Schenker: "Israel degraded Hizbullah, but was that really the objective?”

Controversial Muslim leader Mathout gets award despite opposition - See Steven Emerson's Sept. 15 post

Financing Somalia's Islamist Warlords

General Explains Decision to Refrain From Targeting Taliban Funeral - DOD press release

Pakistani clerics, scholars want pope removed - 1,000 clerics and religious scholars demanded removal for "insulting remarks"

Top Al-Sadr Aides Reportedly Detained In Iraq

Five Police Officers Killed In Chechnya

Pakistan: Shiite Leader Assassinated - Shiite religious leader shot in eastern province of Punjab

US still lacks understanding of al Qaeda - report

Iraqis assume control of 2nd province

CNN: Bush would send troops inside Pakistan to catch bin Laden - President Bush said Wednesday he would order U.S. forces to go after Osama bin Laden inside Pakistan if he received good intelligence on the fugitive al Qaeda leader's location

Afghanistan, Pakistan clash over terror fight

(Guantanamo Bay Naval Base) Sept. 11 mastermind to face hearing - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, is expected to face a hearing here within three months

(India) Another suspect convicted in 1993 Mumbai blasts - convicted a ninth person Pervez Shaikh

(Iran) Ahmadinejad: Why so sensitive about Israel?

Iran leader's U.N. finale reveals apocalyptic view - At U.N., Ahmadinejad makes illusion to return of messianic Islamic 'madhi'

(UK) Muslim protest after police terrorism raid

Update: (Norway) Charged with terrorism - Police have expanded the charges against the four arrested for firing on the Oslo synagogue

(Russia) Terrorists may get nuclear 'free agents'

Report: Luggage screening crisis looming - Not enough screeners and machinery slow and difficult

Testimony: Islamic charity had radical bent - Daveed Gartenstein-Ross' Sept. 19 testimony quoted

(Norway) Arrest in synagogue shooting - Pakistani man previously suspected participating in the planning of a terrorist attack on World Cup in Germany

NATO to provide more Afghanistan troops

FBI informant takes the stand - 2 Albany, NY mosque leaders accused of laundering money to informant for phony assassination plot

(UK) Terror Suspect Charged - Accused of collecting info about potential targets and training in Pakistan

Key LeT militant slips into Bangladesh: Probe - Aslam Kashmiri, linked to July 11 Mumbai train bombings, fled following arrest of 4 LeT militants in India

Iraqi insurgents unleash their latest weapon -- children - Shi'ite militias urge children to hurl stones and gas bombs at U.S. convoys

Compromise offered on surveillance bill

(Somalia) Islamists plan camps for holy war - to prepare students for a holy war against any foreign peacekeepers sent to the region

(Iraq) U.S. expects more violence for Ramadan

Jordanian Al-Qaida suspect: I killed an 'apostate'

The Religious Foundations of Suicide Bombings - Scholarly analysis of basis for suicide in Islamic teaching

(Kashmir) Hizb offers ceasefire in J&K during Ramzan - Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen offers "ceasefire" if India takes certain steps

(Philippines) MILF talks tough, says it’s ready for new war - Moro Islamic Liberation Front demands more territory in talks

Gaza's Christian Arabs Living in Fear - Walid Phares: "These are the same Salafi (Wahabi) Jihadists, a mix of al Qaeda, Hizbu Tahrir, and elements from Hamas and Islamic Jihad..."

Israeli troops raid bank, moneychangers in W. Bank

Is Al Qaida seeking help from others? (Commentary) - Al Zawahiri might be looking for alliances after rejection by others

Afghan Police Kill 11 Suspected Taliban (Tuesday) - Former Taliban commander among arrested

(Missouri) FBI searches Islamic leader's home - Shakir Abdul-Kaf Hamoodi

Yemen arrests armed al-Qaeda suspect - "carrying several grenades and explosives"

(India) 7/11 accused admit links with terror groups - Muzamil Sheikh and Faisal Sheikh

Four arrested as Indian police seize terror CDs

(Australia) Accused terror suspects to stand trial - produced a propaganda video for al-Qaeda called "Such as the Messengers Tested"

(Australia) Government seeks 'anti-terror formula'

Hamas PM rejects aid conditions

Pope expresses "deep respect" for Islam

Al Qaeda Suspect's Lawyer Advises Guilty Plea - Lawyer for Ramzi bin al-Shibh says he should plead guilty because he was in Sept. 7 video with OBL

Leaders of Banned Muslim Party Return to Algeria - Islamic Salvation Front (FIS)

(Iraq) 15 killed in assorted attacks in Baghdad

Young children fight U.S. troops in Iraq

British police arrest woman, probe links to banned Islamist group - Al Muhajiroun

Bush to Muslim World: Turn Your Back on Extremists

Iran’s VEVAK: Disinformation, Inc. - Provocative article on Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (VEVAK in Farsi) and Khomeinists who were taught by Soviet KGB

Internet Jihadis React to Alleged Nuclear Plot on the United States - Recent reports on al-Qaeda's preparations for U.S. attack prompts conflicting reactions in forums

Failed assassin warns pope of danger - Mehmet Agca, who shot Pope John Paul II, writes from jail: "I write as one who knows about these matters very well. Your life is in danger. Don't come to Turkey -- absolutely not!"

Terror group threatens Gaza Christians - Previously unknown Huda [Guidance] Army Organization threatens Christians unless Pope apologizes

(India) 'Package' on board, AI jet returns - Air India jet with 150 on board returned to Toronto after suspicious package found

Iraqi Government Bans PKK Activities in Iraq

Gunmen attack Palestinian news agency in Gaza

Israel to withdraw all troops by weekend

Afghans say they net al Qaeda plotters in Kabul raid - 4 al Qaeda nabbed with dozen bombs to have been used in Kabul

Rocket Attack in Baghdad Kills 10 People (updated)

More wrangling over interrogation bill

Taliban executes Turkish engineer in Afghanistan - Held for 2 weeks

(Pakistan) Hizbul chief asked to declare ceasefire - Pakistani intel asked head of Kashmiri Hizbul Mujahideen, to declare Ramadan ceasefire

Armed terrorists break into home of Chechnya’s parliament speaker - Son and nephew seriously hurt

British troops shoot dead southern Iraq militia leader - Commander of Mahdi Army military wing, Habib Jassim Al Ibadi, aka Abu Haidar

Kuwaiti court reopens trial of 36 Qaeda suspects

British and Iranian consulates in Basra attacked

Report: Iraq journalist killed in Ramadi

(Iraq) Zarqawi had foes within al Qaeda

Al-Qaeda accused in bid to kill Somali politician

(UK Trial) 'Bomb plot' man's silence blamed on spies - suspect Omar Khyam claims Pakistan ISI threatens family - planned terror attacks in Kashmir

Death toll from Afghan blasts rises to 21

Yemen arrests 'terrorist' over US plot

Troops in Afghan District Find Anger at Lax Government - “Please bring security and stability”

Innocent Man Was Deported to Syria, Inquiry Finds - Canadian police wrongly identified Maher Arar as Islamic extremist, prompting U.S. to deport him

Taliban: 500 Suicide Bombers Ready to Attack

White House Selects Cybersecurity Chief

(UK) The Pope must die, says Muslim - Muslim extremist Anjem Choudary said those who insulted Islam "subject to capital punishment"

White House to revise terror proposal

Turkey flouts UN sanctions on Kadi

Why FBI Raided Largest U.S. Islamic Charity Today

Iraq violence kills at least 41 people - Suicide bomber killed at least 20 and wounded 17 in Tal Afar

Four Canadians among 19 killed in Afghan blasts - 4 Canadian soldiers kiiled while 15 Afghans killed in 2 other blasts

American al Qaeda Spotted in Pakistan

Explosions in Somali town kill 11 - 2 bombs in assassination attempt on President

(Thailand) Bombers, arsonists, strike again

(UK) Airline bomb suspects appear in UK court - 13 among the 25 arrested in airline bombing plot

Iraqi tribes to fight insurgents - 25 tribes in Anbar joining forces to fight Al Qaeda and foreign terrorists

Vatican: Al Qaeda in Iraq Threatens Rome - New MSC web statement follows others by Jaish al-Mujahedeen (the Mujahedeen's Army) and Asaeb al-Iraq al-Jihadiya (League of Jihadists in Iraq)

Russian Interior Ministry says 2 suspected militants killed in Chechnya - "Top warlord" in several regions of Chechnya killed

Freed Palestinian "Militants" behind 14 attacks - 132 civilians killed and many injured by those released between 1993 and 1999

(Israel) 10 Arrests in Counter-Terror Operations - IDF in Judea and Samaria arrested ten suspects

UNIFIL commander: troops won't disarm Hizbullah

Philippines says seizes bomb material in south

Al Qaeda says it killed senior security official in Gaza - Al Qaeda claims murder of senior Palestinian intel official and 4 associates

(Philippines) MILF bombers fall in Central Mindanao - Two suspected bombers arrested in Central Mindanao

Sri Lanka: 11 Muslim Workers Massacred

Abu Sayyaf leader nabbed in Basilan

Thirteen Taliban dead in Afghanistan battle

Democrats May Soon Thank McCain for Scrubbing Off Their ‘Traitor’ Label - "(B)big overhaul if the Democrats have their way in November"

US arrests top al-Qaeda militant - "Extremely active weapons facilitator" arrested in Mosul

Pope sorry for reaction to his remarks - Pope Benedict XVI: "At this time I wish also to add that I am deeply sorry for the reactions in some countries to a few passages of my address at the University of Regensburg, which were considered offensive to the sensibility of Muslims."

Iraq oil city shudders as bombing campaign kills 27 - Seven blasts in Kirkuk targeted security forces

Italian nun shot dead by Somali gunmen

Southeast Asia emerges as key link in US terror fight - Al Qaeda WMD experts, Yazid Sufaat, in prison in Malaysia

(Thailand) Extremists spread war into Hat Yai - More on major southern city wracked by terrorist bombings

Inside Baghdad: last battle of a stricken city - British reporter's story after 2 weeks in Baghdad

US casualties cut by half as Baghdad tears itself apart - Sunni insurgent leader: "We made an agreement with the American army four months ago to stop the fight"

'Dirty' bomb fears over world's most insecure nuclear facility - UN says over 2 tons of radioactive material in Serbia is easy target for terrorists

Key strike puts Taliban to flight - NATO, led by Canadians, have driven Taliban out of important Panjwayi district between Maiwand and Kandahar

U.S. Asks Finance Chiefs to Limit Iran’s Access to Banks - At least 30 Iranian front companies involved in illicit activities

Iraqi forces stand by while youths harass U.S. patrol - U.S. ops around Sadr City met with increased resistance

Six bombs explode in Thailand city, killing 4

Iraq stumbling in bid to purge its rogue police

Yemen says oil site attacks linked to al Qaeda

Yemen authorities arrest four militants

Saudi Arabia's grand mufti: Pope's comments lies - Saudi Arabia's highest religious authority: "Everybody should know by now that all claims about religions' reconciliation have just been proven to be lies in reality"

Sheikh Salah: J'lem will be Muslim - Islamic Movement head: Jerusalem will be capital of new Muslim caliphate

Security Ring for Baghdad Underway

Pope statement not enough: Muslim Brotherhood

Bomb blast kills three near Kabul

Full text of Vatican statement on pope’s speech - "The Holy Father thus sincerely regrets that certain passages of his address could have sounded offensive"

Hamas denies prisoner swap to start Sunday

Five Palestinian Area Churches Attacked - Pope's comments cited as excuse for attack

Syria: U.S. Policy Options - Council on Foreign Relations analysis - David Schenker quoted

Hizb conning India with peace call

Iraqi armed group threatens attacks in Italy: Internet - Jaish Al Mujahedeen: “We swear that we will destroy their cross in the heart of Rome ... and that their Vatican will be hit and wept over by the pope"

Top Kashmir militant killed by Indian forces - Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)'s Abu Saad was commander, administrator and financial controller for 2 districts

Bodies found as U.S. vows to secure Baghdad - 47 more death squad victims in Baghdad

Coalition begins anti-Taliban operation - see also "Fourth Rail" report

Kosovo: Police Minister's Automobile Bombed

Pakistan Releases over 2,500 Taliban, al-Qaeda - "Fourth Rail" post with names of terrorists released by Pakistan

(Singapore) Jemaah Islamiah detainees released

(Japan) Subway attack mastermind loses appeal

France Worried By Terror Threat - PM Dominique de Villepin views France in "situation of risk"

Deported terror suspect faces no charges in France

(UK) Suspected international terrorist is deported to France - French-Algerian only identified as "MK"

Flow of Somali refugees to Kenya triples - UN - Pro-Islamist militia reported moving into Kismayo from Mogadishu

Afghanistan: Contradictions Hint At Division Within Neo-Taliban - Numerous groups in Afghan opposition issue conflicting statements

Kazakh Security Agency Seeks Ban On Two 'Terror' Groups - Japan's Aum Shinrikyo one of 2 groups

Uzbek Imam Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison - Alleged to be a leader of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

U.S. Pulls Back From Al-Anbar To Secure Baghdad - No. 2 U.S. general and top operational commander says troops siphoned from Al-Anbar

NATO renews call for Afghan reinforcements

Attacks on Yemen oil plants kill 5 - Suicide bombers tried to strike two oil facilities in Yemen with explosives-packed cars - days after al-Zawahri threats on Persian Gulf

Report: Five Palestinians killed in Gaza - Palestinian gunmen open fire on car with top Palestinian intel official

(Israel) Terrorists planning to kidnap soldiers, civilians - 16 concrete warnings on terrorists' plans to carry out shooting attacks, kidnappings

In search of the Taliban's missing link - see Andrew Cochran's September 12 post

Smugglers attack Lebanese army near Syrian border

Iraqi Authorities Find 30 Bodies in Baghdad

(Iraq) U.S. Marine killed in Anbar province

(Iraq) Slain al-Qaida member had letter to Osama

Air Cargo Faces Tighter Screening

(UK) Update - Terrorism inquiry focuses on containers near M40 - liquid contained in the bottles could have been used in an explosive

(UK) Two men in court over anti-terror charges - Mohamed Hamid and Kibley Da Costa - arrested during 9/1 raid

(UK) British terrorist views USA as enemy (my title) - Omar Khyam: "America was and still is the greatest enemy to Islam"

(UK) Anti-terror tsar may oversee police teams

Muslim anger grows at Pope speech - after he made a speech about the concept of Jihad; individual stories in Turkey, Pakistan, India, UK

India links illegal immigrants to terrorism

NATO fears new front in Afghanistan

France reacts cautiously to latest terror threat

(Philippines) - AFP admits strong Sayyaf resistance - Philippine military, backed by US intel, might have 2 JI leaders surrounded

(India) Abducted photographer beheaded in J&K

Indonesian jailed for Bali bomb - Fourth man jailed for 2005 bombings which killed 20 and injured over 100

(Philippines) 3 NPA rebel camps fall in Bukidnon - Firearms, ammo, food, medicines & documents of terrorist group seized

Sahara seen as potential terrorist breeding ground

(India) Muslim bomber guilty of killing 17 - Mohammed Ghansar guilty of 1993 Mumbai bombings which killed 257, wounded 713

(UK) Police Find 'Terror Items' - New search connected to airline plot yields several "bags"

(UK) Six Appear In Court On Terror Charges - Associate of Abu Hamza in court today accused of soliciting murder of non-Muslims

UK terrorism suspect Omar Khyam "happy" about Sept. 11 - gone to Pakistan in 2000 to train with Pakistan intelligence service (SIS)

(Canada) CBC's 9/11 Slanders

(Turkey) Detained PKK Leader Released

Russian central banker killed in contract "hit" - Respected deputy chairman of Central Bank fought against money laundering

Death squads threaten Iraq's politics - Sunni leader threatens collapse of peace process

Hizbollah guilty of war crimes, Amnesty says - Hizbollah rockets, packed with metal ball bearings, targeted Israeli civilians

Africa key to Pentagon counterterrorism strategy - Small groups of special forces traversing over dozen countries

(Iraq) 20 tortured bodies found in Baghdad - On Wednesday police had found 64 bodies in Baghdad recovered over the previous 24 hours

(Afghanistan) Drone photo said to show Taliban

(UK) Six charged over terror recruitment - arrested during Sept 1 raids - bring the total number of suspects charged in connection with the investigation to 10

Zawahiri says Algeria's GSPC has joined Al-Qaeda

Latest al-Qaeda tape made France a target

(Fourth) Indonesian jailed for (2005) Bali bomb - Anif Solchanudin sentenced to 15 years

(Indonesia) The jihadi who turned 'supergrass'

(Israel) Two Kassams land near Gaza security fence

'Hezbollah youth scouts' train in terrorism

Hezbollah 'still in south Lebanon'

Egypt: FBI Helping Al-Qaeda Hunt, Press Reports

Turkey: Police Search for Diyarbakir Bomb Suspects

(Ohio) Suspected suicide bomb equipment defused

(Thailand) Bomb threats made against banks

House approves praise of 9/11 measures

U.S. rebukes Norwegian imam

China Opposes Sanctions Against Iran

Pope: Jihad contrary to God's plan

Tariq Ramadan new links to terror - Terrorism analyst JC Brisard's blog: "Tariq Ramadan is on the eve of entering the United States" and denies contacts going back years

America the Vulnerable (Commentary)

Bombings, mortar attacks kill 39 in Iraq (updated) - 65 bodies of men tortured, shot and dumped, found - 2 U.S. soldiers killed

Turkey hunts for bombing suspects

Militants Claim To Have Shot Down Russian Helicopter - "Ossetia Jamaat" claims 11 soldiers killed

No Extra NATO Troops Committed To Afghanistan

Chechen, Ingush Security Forces Clash - 3 Chechens, 1 policemen killed, over dozen wounded

Osama's on the move again - OBL recently moved from South Waziristan to eastern Afghan provinces of Kunar and Nooristan, or Bajour in Pakistan - see Andrew Cochran's Sept. 13 post

Pentagon: Release of Taliban Funeral Photo Unauthorized - NBC News claimed U.S. Army wanted to attack ceremony but prevented under rules barring attacks on cemeteries

Western-born Muslims seen as biggest threat - Steven Emerson: "It's in al-Qa'ida's manual to do better counter-intelligence... Hezbollah excels in reconnaissance - sending back to Tehran videos that they have witnessed in terms of the vulnerabilities."

Israel general quits over Lebanon

Hamas declares EU to lift PA siege

Lebanon: Al Qaeda Pointman Revealed - Al-Arabiya identifies Abu Rushd al-Miqati - created al-Qaeda's first cell in Lebanon months before 9/11 attacks, with 13 cells now there

(Syria) Fourth attacker on U.S. embassy dies - see Olivier Guitta's, Walid Phares', and David Schenker's Sept. 12 posts

All Attackers On U.S. Embassy Were Syrian

Update on Bomb Attack in Turkey (my title) - 11 killed - bomb exploded prematurely - see Daveed Gartenstein-Ross' Sept. 12 post

Police discover 65 bodies across Iraq - car bombs, mortars, & shootings killed at least 30 - 2 U.S. soldiers killed - attacks today

173 killed in Afghan suicide bombing(s) - Total for year to date - 16 militants killed today

UN employee shot dead in Afghanistan

Suicide bomber targets Afghanistan mosque

U.S. Can't Protect All Targets, Chertoff Says

NYPD Built Bomb for Terror Study

Deal Reported Near on Rights of Suspects in Terror Cases - see Andrew Cochran's Sept. 6 post

(Agroterror) Fighting terror in the fields

EU to restrict liquid in air luggage

Hamas Gov't Rejects American 'Intervention'

Nasrallah: No deal without Kuntar

Jordan: Court convicts 4 in plot to kill Americans

Iran sets conditions on enrichment suspension

(UK) English Woods a Suspected Cover for Terror

NATO Forces Recapture Afghan Territory - 510 suspected militants killed, dozens detained - NOTE: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar not captured

Pakistan anti-terrorism effort questioned

Thai teachers reach for guns - to defend themselves from Jihadists who have killed 40 teachers in southern Thailand in past 2 years

Terrorist Ali Hamadi Rejoins Hezbollah Following Release From Prison - One of 4 Islamic militants who hijacked TWA Flight 847 in 1985 to Beirut - beat and shot American Robert Stetham

Egypt discovers weapons cache intended for Gaza

Al-Qaida cell targeted Oslo synagogue

U.S. Embassy in Syria attacked; al-Qaeda offshoot group suspected (updated) - Syrian official says al-Qaeda offshoot group Jund al-Sham suspected - see Walid Pahres' Sept. 12 post

Iraqi Militias Seen as Spinning Out of Control

Saudi foils arms-smuggling to terrorists - Saudi forces foiled attempt to smuggle RPGs and bombs into Yemen

Man claims beheading of Sudan editor for al Qaeda - Claim by Abu Hafs al-Sudani, "leader" of al Qaeda in Sudan & Africa

(Indonesia) Former terrorist leader says Jemaah Islamiyah operative planning annual attacks - Nasir Abbas, Malaysian branch leader before 2003 arrest, says Noordin Top instructed followers to form small cells

Philippines: Jemaah Islamiyah Member Reportedly Killed - Either Umar Patek and Dulmatin, top JI terrorists hiding with Abu Sayyaf, possibly killed

12 Suspects to Appear in a Belgian Court - Alleged members of far-right terrorist movement had "vast" number of weapons in homes

Al-Qaida lieutenant warns of new attacks - Al-Zawahiri: "We have repeatedly warned you and offered a truce with you. Now we have all the legal and rational justification to continue to fight you until your power is destroyed or you give in and surrender"

Some See al Qaeda Video a Harbinger of Bin Laden's Unfinished Business - Two top CIA and FBI veterans see signs in latest video that stage set for another big attack, with U.S. Capitol as very likely target

Suicide bomber kills Iraq recruits, Qaeda mocks US

Iraq insurgents blow up Shia mosque, kill seven

(Indonesia) Terror guide spread in Indonesia - distributed among independent terror cells

(India) Terrorists gun down couple in J&K

(India) What turns Maharashtra a terror hub

India urges Kashmir militants for Ramadan truce

Canada's anti-terror act unjust, court told

(UK) Four in court after terror swoop - from Sept 1 raids - including Mutegombwa brothers

Norwegian imam: Muslims not behind 9/11

Sri Lanka rebels say ready for talks to halt war

One in 5 Canadians sees 9/11 as U.S. plot: poll

Abbas: Fatah, Hamas Agree to Form Gov't

CIA: 5,000 Terrorists Captured or Killed - CIA Director makes claim in letter to CIA employees

Situation Called Dire in West Iraq - Intel chief for Marine Corps in Iraq reported prospects for securing Anbar province dim and almost nothing U.S. can do

Al Qaeda releases 9/11 anniversary message - al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri on calls on Muslims to step up their resistance against the United States and warns that "new events" are on the way and warns that "new events" are on the way - SITE partial transcript

"Knowledge is for Acting Upon" – As-Sahab Five Year Anniversary Video Documentary of the September 11, 2001 Attacks

Iraq recruiting center blast kills 16

Car bomb kills 4 Iraqis in attack on US convoy

NATO says scores Taliban killed in Afghan clash - Over 180 insurgents killed in 2 separate clashes

Hizbollah Strikes Back- James Dunnigan: "The buzz in Lebanon is all about a possible Hizbollah/Shia plot to oust the government and install a more pro-Syrian administration with greater Shia involvement."

(DC) Emergency Plans Still in Progress

Divided world remembers Sept. 11 attacks

9/11 NYC - Remembering 5 Years Later

9/11 Pentagon - 'I just want to move on'

US vows to help India in war on terror

India bombings photofits released

Thousands walk to Pentagon to mark 9/11 - streaks of light projected into the night sky to honor the victims and will repeat 9/11 night from dark to dusk -- Pentagon Memorial Fund

President set to visit all three 9/11 sites

Web Site Airs al-Qaida, Sept. 11 Videos

Has Al Qaeda advanced its goals since 9/11?

Poll: More Palestinians support terror

(UK) Paintball imams spread militancy - Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HT) - imam instructs on need to create global Islamic caliphate

Afghan mountains burn as US forces hunt Al Qaida

So where is bin Laden?

(India) Five terrorists among eight killed in J&K - Eight persons, including five militants of the banned Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba outfits were killed

(India) Three Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists killed

El-Al Security Approach To Preventing a New 9/11: "The person is what is important; the weapon is marginal. In fact, the person is the weapon!"

(Michigan) Man Arrested in Airport Knife Scare - Mohammed Ghanem headed to Yemen

Experts: U.S. likely to be hit again

Bomb blast wounds 15 in southwest Pakistan

38 convicted in Iraq insurgency

Iraqi police find 14 more tortured corpses

Bin Laden's trail cold - "U.S. commandos whose job is to capture or kill Osama bin Laden have not received a credible lead in more than two years."

Medusa and the Kabul Cell - Bill Roggio's "Fourth Rail" post on status of Afghan ops: "an al-Qaeda car bomb cell is active in Kabul"

(Afghanistan) Nato kills 94 'Taleban fighters'

(Afghanistan) More troops needed, Henault says

India police probe link between mosque, rail bombs

(UK) Blair: world could accept Hamas coalition

(Hezbollah) Blair 'unwelcome in Lebanon'

(UK) Top soldier quits as blundering campaign turns into 'pointless' war - Former top aide in British Afghan taskforce says Helmand campaign “textbook case of how to screw up a counter-insurgency”

At least 13 killed, 11 corpses found in Iraq

Bomb kills one in Indonesian province

(Indonesia) Police raid bomb-making factory

Turk police detain four men over al Qaeda link

Australia secret agents fight al-Qaeda

Palestinians burn West Bank YMCA - Follows Muslim warnings for Christian group to leave Hamas-controlled town or see violence

KC man linked to early al-Qaida - Lorenzo Vidino on Mohammed Loay Baizid: “It’s no exaggeration to say he was one of the four or five founding members”

Afghanistan remembers anti-Taliban hero amid surge in violence - Ahmed Shah Massoud killed Sept 8, 2001 by Al Qaeda suicide bombers

Pakistan arrests suspected Islamist militant - Member of Jaish-e-Mohammad wanted for attacks and smuggling explosives used in bombings in Karachi

Israeli forces clash with militants in Gaza

Source: Mullah Omar in Pakistan

NATO: 30 Taliban killed in southern Afghanistan

Hunt for terrorists with missiles near airports

9/11 trauma persists five years later

BYU puts 9/11 conspiracy theorist on leave

UN adopts global anti-terror strategy

Police experts: NYC still a prime terror target

Bush Plans Prime Time Sept. 11 Address

US visitor finger-printing expanded

Chertoff: Security against terror 'impossible'

Bin Laden's Speeches 2003-2006 - MEMRI transcript of speeches and links to other statements by bin Laden

Mexico arrests Colombian cartel leader - Jaime Maya Duran and 3 others ran Norte Valle cartel and responsible for nearly half of cocaine smuggled into U.S.

Senate: No prewar Saddam-al-Qaida ties

(Turkey) Who's Bombing Tourists? - see Daveed Gartenstein-Ross' August 31 post

Pakistan-Taliban Agreement Prompts Concern - Daveed Gartenstein-Ross: "planning and training for terrorist attacks against the West... may not capture Pakistan's attention" - see his Sept. 7 post

U.S. enters age of foiled plots - Evan Kohlmann: "Even the ones who seem like harmless dimwits, if they get in contact with people who have more sophistication and money, can become a real threat."

Indonesia urges access to top militant held by U.S. - See Zachary Abuza's Sept. 6 post, "Hambali Goes to Gitmo"

5 more suspects held in Danish terror probe

Afghan attack worst since Taliban's fall

(Iraq) Explosion kills 2, wounds 6 in Baghdad

(Afghanistan) 2 GIs among 18 killed by Afghan bomber - targeted American convoy near US embassy

(Iranian former president) Khatami defends Ahmadinejad, Iran's nuke plans - speaks at Washington National Cathedral

Commentary: Are we in denial?

9/11 conspiracy theorists multiply

(UK) "Cancel Israel" stickers on London buses

(UK) Media is warned over its coverage of Islam

Homeland Security sifts data in terror war

Drug dealers, other criminals becoming newest terrorist recruits - Magnus Ranstorp: "We talk about the terror CEO, or the al-Qaida franchise, and that is completely misleading in terms of the amorphousness of the adversary we’re facing.”

Egypt sentences 3 extremists to death

Senate panel to release new prewar Iraq reports - Report compares prewar intel on Iraqi WMD and Saddam Hussein's links to terrorism with findings after invasion

Treasury Designation Targets Hizballah’s Bank - Bayt al-Mal and Yousser Company for Finance and Investment, and Bayt al-Mal head Husayn al-Shami named as Specially Designated Global Terrorists

(UK) Al-Qaeda suspect trained kids - Police searching home of former henchman of Abu Hamza

US military 'loses control' of key Iraqi province - "US military has lost control over volatile al-Anbar province, Iraqi police and residents say."

Yank-Qaeda the traitor - Indictment of Adam Gadahn, aka Azzam al-Amriki, expected in next few days for material support to terrorists

Ayatollah al-Sistani and the end of Islam (Commentary) - Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's withdrawal from Iraqi politics "portends the end of Islam in the Persian Gulf"

Iraq assumes command of military today

Baghdad: 4 bombs kill 14 people, wound 45

(Iraq) U.S. says Al-saeedi captured in June

Iraq Deaths Multiply in New August Count - 1500

Terror Suspects Still at Large - Al Qaeda detainees helped identify 86 terror suspects planning attacks in US or Europe - most remain free (LA Times free registration site)

(Australia) Terror cell accused denied bail

(India) J&K: Hizbul terrorist escapes custody

(India) Nine killed in Kashmir violence

Britain 'more distrusting of Muslims'

Men captured in Pakistan church attack

Arrests made over Sudan beheading

69% of New Yorkers fear another attack: poll

(NYC) Sept. 11 Tribute Center Opens

Philippine woman sent off plane after bomb joke

Bush Reveals Secret War on Terror, Movement of Suspects -- 14 terror suspects being transferred to GITMO including Khalid Sheik Mohammed, asking Congress for legislation to try terror suspects for war crimes

Global terror plots thwarted: Bush - CIA interrogations methods wrecked al-Qaeda plots in the US, Africa, London and Pakistan

US fears terror attack using nukes

(British Terror Plot) 2 charged, 2 freed in U.K. airline terror plot: Don Stewart Whyte and Mohammed Usman Saddique charged

Iraq hangs 27 on terrorism charges

Two killed in Yemeni port blasts

Two NATO troops killed in Afghanistan

Kidnapped Sudan editor beheaded - previously on trial for Islamic blasphemy

Jordan: Gunman fired to avenge brothers

Sinn Fein leader meets Hamas lawmaker

Commentary: Pakistan schools for scandal

U.S. launches attack in east Afghanistan

Another Blow to Al Qaeda in Iraq - Evan Kohlmann: "We killed the No. 1 guy, and it was a great victory, but it did nothing to stop the violence in Iraq."

9/11: The Forgotten Victims - "NY Daily News" series on WTC-related illnesses of Ground Zero victims and workers

The Western Media's Misreading of al-Qaeda's Latest Videotape - Michael Scheuer (for Jamestown Foundation) on new video by al-Zawahiri and Gadahn

(Turkey) Bomb explodes near AKP İzmir branch - Bomb next to ruling party offices in western city caused no injuries

U.S. military says arrest of al-Qaida in Iraq No. 2 came in June - General Caldwell says arrest of Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi the most significant since Zarqawi's death - mastermind of February 22nd Samarra shrine bombing reported directly to al-Seedi

Israel lifting sea blockade of Lebanon

Mine kills NATO soldier in Afghanistan - Six others wounded when patrol strayed into unmarked minefield in southern Afghanistan

Intelligence Operations: The Customer Takes Charge - James Dunnigan: "troops are increasingly telling the intel bureaucrats to either get on board or get out of the way"

Somalia: Islamist Leader May Have Met With U.S. Officials, Somali Paper Says - Islamic Courts Union leader held secret meeting with US & European diplomats

Peres: Hizbullah used Russian-made weapons - Russian anti-tank missiles one of Hizbullah's most effective weapons

6 Palestinians killed by IDF in less than 24 hours - 5 Hamas militants among killed

Lebanon airs footage of missing Israeli airman

To stay alive, Iraqis change their names

(Lebanon) Senior security officer survives bomb attack - Two roadside bombs near Sidon killed 4 bodyguards of senior Lebanese intel officer

Egypt: 16 MB leaderships Released - Cairo court ordered release of 16 Muslim Brotherhood leaders arrested last month

Denmark jails two suspects on terror charges - five others must be released if charges not filed

(UK) British police release two of 14 terror suspects - arrested over the weekend

(British Terror Plot) Crunch time for five airline terror suspects - decision due on five suspects in airline plot or they are released

Final moments of Britain's first suicide bomber - in Tel Aviv

Jordanians seethe with hatred for the West

(Hezbollah) Captured booklet links Iran to Lebanon war - Israeli soldiers find 'ideological guide' in possession of Hezbollah operatives

Bomb kills one on Indonesia's Sulawesi island

(Ireland) Omagh bomb: IRA suspect on trial

Pakistan 'Taleban' in peace deal - Pakistan signs deal with Jihadists on the Afghan border

Govt fears bomb attacks, rise in crime in Ramadan (Bangladesh)

Lebanon to air footage of missing Israeli airman

National Strategy for Combating Terrorism - Link to entire report (Acrobat file) released by the White House - see also "Fact Sheet" released with report

(Israel) IAF strike kills three Hamas members - IDF said car was carrying terrorists on way to execute an attack

Four suspected Bangladeshi militants arrested

Hezbollah: We're keeping our rockets

Saudi sympathy for al Qaeda still runs strong

Bush says he won't allow a nuclear-armed Iran

Fact Sheet: Department of Justice Anti-Terrorism Efforts Since Sept. 11, 2001 - U.S. Justice Department release

Sri Lanka freezes Tamil charity's bank accounts - Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation received large sums of money from foreign locations

Hizbollah in Venezuala Threaten U.S. - Jawa Report post

Lebanese troops move into Hizbollah bastion

Danish police arrest 9 terror suspects - see Lorenzo Vidino's Sept. 4 post

3 U.S. troops killed in Iraq fighting

Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq Blesses the Shootings in Amman, Jordan - SITE Institute release (Acrobat) with translation of MSC statement

Lebanon bomb blast kills 2, hurts security officer - car bomb - security officer was involved in investigation of former PM Rafik Al-Hariri

Danish Police Arrest 9 Terror Suspects

Egypt: Terror Suspect Arrests Top 90

(UK) New Islam Converts Held - Five of the men held in the latest wave of terror raids are new converts to Islam

(UK) Terror suspect's garden dug up - Abu Abdullah. Abu Hamza's Number Two - Spanish Monitored Suspects

Omar Bakri Mohammed Detained in Lebanon, 3 al-Muhajiroun Arrested - "Jawa Report": Exiled British Muslim cleric detained last week and questioned about airline terror plot, but released after passing bribe

(Afghanistan) NATO: We have Taliban cornered

Iraq to extend state of emergency for 30 days

Indian PM warns of more likely terrorist attacks

Jordan says attacker acted alone

Sri Lanka says rebel town seized - Government soldiers with artillery and airpower seized key Tamil Tigers enclave in east

Somalia, Islamic Militia Sign Agreement - Somalia's weak government and Islamic Courts militants to eventually form unified national army

Al Qaeda's Pandemic - James Kitfield on spread and mutation of Islamic terrorism since 9/11 attacks

Alleged Radical Islamic Leader Dead In Kyrgyzstan - Leader of Islamic Movement of Turkestan, Rasul Akhunov, died of heart failure - wanted in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan - linked to Al-Qaeda leaders

(Canada) The path to terror in Canada - the role of a Pakistani training camp - Stewart Bell investigative reporting

(UK) Four terror suspects visited extremist camps - in Algeria, Morocco, or Tunisia

Iraq Al-Qaeda Denies Capture of Its No. 2

Saudi says arrests 4 militant suspects in south

(Afghanistan) Top Taliban military commander dismisses NATO casualty reports, warns journalists - Mullah Dadullah: "We have the Islamic right to kill these journalists and media"

33 bodies found scattered across Baghdad (updated) - Almost all appear to be tortured

Study: Terror cases now at pre-9/11 rate

Al-Qaida's list of favorite, least favorite Westerners - Latest warning video from terror group names enemies, friends in U.S., Britain - American Al Qaeda Gadahn condemns Daniel Pipes, Robert Spencer, Steven Emerson, Michael Scheuer, President Bush

Crime boss brokered nuclear-delivery missile sale to Iran - sold by former senior member of the Ukrainian security service

(Afghanistan) Kabul suicide bomber kills five

Iraqi Olympic Soccer Player Kidnapped

Two British soldiers killed in Iraq attack

Bomb blast in Turkish cafe kills 2

Police search 17 homes in London - Police investigating alleged terrorist training network searched 17 homes and granted more time to question 14 suspects - also searched Islamic school in southern England for second day

Hundreds of suspected Taliban killed

Al Qaeda No. 2 Releases Tape Inviting Americans to Convert to Islam - video of Ayman al-Zawahiri and American Al Qaeda convert Adam Yehiye Gadah - Laura Mansfield's Strategic Translations web site has the video for download

The "Azzam" Threat: A Prelude to Future Jihad in America - Walid Phares' Analysis of Video from Jihadist Adam Gahdan

Iraq's al-Qaeda number two captured - Hamed Jumaa al-Saedi arrested, according to Iraq's national security adviser

(Iraq) Mortar Attack Kills 6 Near Baghdad

(Iraq) 2 U.S. soldiers killed in Baghdad blast

(UK) Police hunt for terror training camp at a faith school in Tunbridge Wells - Jameah Islameah Islamic in East Sussex - were being trained to launch suicide attacks in "crowded areas" in London, Manchester, such as shopping malls, railway stations - Abu Hamza reportedly organized training

(UK) Search at home of one 'preacher of hate' - London home of the radical Islamist preacher Abu Abdullah, associate of Abu Hamza

(Germany) Mohammed cartoons 'sparked bomb plot'- failed bomb attempts on German passenger trains

Hezbollah announces commander's death

(Hezbollah) Terror ambulances

4 Palestinians caught with 5-kg explosive device

Iran: No uranium halt before talks

US policies fuel terrorism: (former Iranian President) Khatami - to meet with former US President Jimmy Carter

7 Turkish soldiers killed by guerrillas

TSA delays bomb-detecting technology

Russia commemorates victims of terrorism

(UK) Two arrested in (Manchester) anti-terror raids Saturday morning - linked to the arrest of a terrorism suspect on August 23

(UK) 14 held in (London) terror police swoop - Friday night raids not connected to translatlantic jet bomb plot or 7/7 bombings - Islamic school searched - source believes arrests related to UK terror training and recruiting

(UK) Attacks on Jews soar since Lebanon - British Synagogues and British Jewish citizens have been targeted

Suicide bomb in Afghanistan - bomb wounds three; 14 people were killed in a series of Taliban attacks

German bomb plot intended for World Cup - failed train bombs for World Cup match attacks per newspaper Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung's security sources

Islamist Palestinian group (Holy Jihad Brigade) vows to target all non-Muslims - all prisoners face death unless they convert to Islam

Hunt for bin Laden like "chasing ghosts"

Major developments following the 9/11 attacks

(Miami Terror Cell) Was it a terror sting or entrapment? Lawyers for jihadists claim entrapment

Airport insecurity on the rise across the U.S.

EU says giving Iran two more weeks

Italian troops arrive in Lebanon

(UK) Terror police 'monitor thousands'

(UK) Fury as cleric likens 7/7 bombers to Jesus

Al-Qaeda Launches Site in German

U.S. Muslims Warn of Threat From Within

Pentagon Says Iraq Sectarian Violence Spreading

German fears of terrorist attack surge

(British Terror Plot) Terror arrests deadline - UK police have until Wednesday to question the remaining five terror suspects

Eleven Australians to stand trial on terrorism charges (my title) - arrested during raids on houses in Sydney and Melbourne last November

(Australia) Judge queries second Lodhi trial - questions whether Lodhi should stand trial on charges of lying to the national security agency

(Australia) High Court bid delays terror-training trial - Sydney man training with LeT

Death toll after attacks in Iraq at 64

Iran Defies U.N. on Enriching Uranium

Tehran enforces Islamic dress code

Al Qaeda looking at Africa: Expert

Israel: Hezbollah used shrapnel-filled rockets