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September 2006 Archives
A Video Speech from Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri: Bush, the Pope of the Vatican, Darfur, and the Crusader Wars, by as-Sahab Productions - Online Video Web Link to Zawahiri Message
Indian police: Pakistan behind bombings - Mumbai police chief A.N. Roy "The whole attack was planned by Pakistan's ISI and carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba and their operatives in India."
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
Congress pushes through security measures - Homeland security, border fence bills passed -- US House passes ports security bill
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
Explosion hits Iran-Turkey gas pipeline-reports - allegation that it was result of actions separatist Kurdish rebels
(Albany, NY) Defendant (Imam Yassin Aref) Faces Cross-Examinations In Terrorism-Related Trial - see Andrew Cochran posting on Evan Kohlmann's expert testimony
(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
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."
HVT #8 - Al-Qaeda Shura Leader of Mosul Captured in Mosul - "Fourth Rail" post on latest capture in Iraq
Treasury Designation Targets Nine Leaders and Key Figures of the FARC - see also chart of latest designation
Al-Qaeda in Iraq's New Leader Issues Message: call to Jihadists to kidnap during Ramadan and calls for scientists to join Jihad and test radiation or biological weapons on US bases in Iraq
Israel bomb victims get green light to sue Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) - for knowingly providing services to a charity linked to Hamas
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
(Pakistan) Musharraf denies Pak supports terrorism, says Osama in Afghan -- Angry Musharraf to raise ISI collusion claims with Blair
(Iraq) Twin bomb blasts kill five - in Baghdad ; Suicide car bomb kills 2 Iraqi soldiers in Shaab neighborhood
Report: Suicide bombers follow Quran, concludes Pentagon briefing - report alleges Counterintelligence Field Activity study
(Israel) Palestinian Fatah Leader Barghouti: More kidnappings if top Palestinian prisoners not freed
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
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
(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
Suicide blast in Afghanistan as troops kill eight rebels - Suicide attack outside police base in Afghanistan
(Pakistan) Al-Qaida No. 3 (Khalid Sheikh Mohammed) said linked to Pearl slay --
Somali Islamists in war warning - says Ethiopia has declared war by sending its troops to help the interim govt
(Spain) Secret report reveals Madrid bombers' training camp - some suspects were trained in Afghanistan
(Gaza) Pope in 'Crusader conspiracy' with Bush; Sheik: 'Only dialogue we want is when all religions agree to convert to Islam' - Palestinian media calls pope 'stupid,' 'criminal'
Letter Exposes New Leader in Al-Qa`ida High Command - Newly declassified letter from previously unknown leader to al-Zarqawi (saved in "CT Library")
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
(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
Pakistan Govt Denies Mullah Omar's Role In Waziristan Peace Deal - denies earlier report of Mullah Omar role
(Pakistan Pres Musharraf) MI6 'didn't tell us that 7/7 bombers were in Pakistan' - more on Musharraf book: The wanted man, the Heathrow plot and the 7/7 bombers
(Israel) Defense minister says terror alerts have increased - 10 terror attacks thwarted in past 3 weeks
U.S. refuses visa to Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan - Visa denied "for providing material support to a terrorist organization"
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
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
(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
(Afghanistan President Karzai) Time to close hate schools - put an end to Islamic schools that teach hatred and produce suicide bombers |