(Pakistan) Al-Qaeda leaders frequented bombed Pakistan madrassa: official - Pakistani official says UK airline plot mastermind not killed
(UK) Livingstone backs terrorist's Tube job - Mayor of London Backs Terrorist to Work on London Subway
Hey, Let's Play Ball - Intel officials reaching out for new perspectives and info
The Eye of The Storm - Profile of U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, coordinating intel from 16 agencies
Violence, Corruption Impede Iraq Reconstruction - New report: snipers and death threats make electricity repairs impossible in Baghdad
Jurors hear Salah tapes - see Steven Emerson's October 31 post on Chicago Hamas trial
Treasury Acts Against Narco Leader's Front Companies, Cohorts - Press release: "Beto Renteria is one of Colombia's most powerful and sophisticated narcotics traffickers" - see designation chart
Iraqi bus passengers 'kidnapped' - at least 30 passengers, mostly Shia - town of Balad
U.S. stymied in al-Qaeda anthrax case; Pakistan says no grounds for arrest - Scientist Abdur Rauf who wrote to Ayman al-Zawahiri goes free
(Pakistan) Zawahiri Was Target in U.S. Attack on Religious School in Pakistan - ABC News: 2-5 senior al Qaeda killed, including mastermind of UK airliners plot - and NBC: On-scene at blasted Pakistan madrassa (confirms school was al Qaeda & Taliban camp) -- see also Oct. 30 posting by Andrew Cochran and Oct 30 posting by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
(Pakistan) Convictions overturned in Pakistan bombing - appeals court on Tuesday overturned the convictions of four terror suspects in a 2002 car bombing outside the U.S. Consulate in Karachi
(Update) Indian police crack mosque blasts case, arrest bomber - Noor-ul Huda, former activist of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI)
(Pakistan) Militants blame U.S. for Pakistan strike - Islamic leaders and al-Qaida-linked militants blamed US, called for nationwide demonstrations, 2000 chant "Death to Musharraf! Death to Bush!"
Al Qaeda: Plans for an October Surprise? - Evan Kohlmann quoted that pre-election message a "very good likelihood"
Terror trial begins in Spain - terror trial for six Algerian men, one of whom is charged in an alleged failed plot to attack a U.S.-Spanish military base in southern Spain
(UK) Fair Trial Is 'Impossible' - Court of Appeals told in the case of radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza
(Iraq) Twofold Operation Seals Sadr City - U.S. forces have isolated home of alleged death squad leader Abu Deraa
(Iraq) U.S. tries to cut off terrorists' cash flow - 2003 Baathists moved cash from Iraq to Syria - and now moving cash back to Baghdad to fund terror
Morocco: Islamist Militants Flee To Spain, Report - banned Moroccan Islamist group 'al-Adl al-Ihsan'
India makes first arrest in textile town blast - Muslim man has been arrested on charges of planting one of three bombs that killed 32 people
(India) 3 more held in Al Badr terror plot - in Mysore - three had aided the terrorists - Mohammed Fahad and Mohammed Ali Hussain - by fabricating documents for them to obtain Indian passports - and (India) Two men questioned over alleged links to terror suspect
Terror suspects are 'Australian-born' - Yemen arrested Australian terror suspects are Australian-born
Italy's rebel woman MP fears fatwa- Italian feminist politician Daniela Santanche's draws apparent death sentence from an imam
(India) J&K blasts: Woman killed, 3 injured - in Mahore of Udhampur district when she stepped on an IED that exploded killing her on the spot
Israeli Arab charged in foiled attack - allegedly assisted Palestinians who attempted to carry out a terror attack on a restaurant in Ra'anana
Irish police 'foil Republican bomb plot' - Bomb found in area where "Real IRA" testing explosives
(Afghanistan) British troops hide from bombers - British troops in Helmand staying in barracks to avoid Taliban suicide bombers
(India) One killed, 34 wounded in Kashmir blast (updated) - Suspected Islamic militants hurled a hand grenade Saturday at a police patrol
(Afghanistan) Taliban says no to peace talks with Kabul -- Taliban leader Mullah Omar has rejected the latest conditional offer of peace talks by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a rebel spokesman said on Saturday
(Afghanistan) NATO boss, Bush condemn Taliban atrocities - how the Taliban has begun using Afghan civilians as human shields
(UK) Author Salman Rushdie Author Warns Muslims Over Extremism (video) -- Briton backs imam in 'uncovered meat' row - Abduljalil Sajid, a senior figure in the Muslim Council of Britain, offered support for Sheikh Taj Din al-Hilali's views
UK: Bail granted to 2 accused in airliner plot -- Nabeel Hussain, 22, and a 17-year-old male were granted bail in case of plot to blow up US-bound jetliners with liquid explosives
Saudi oil terminal on alert after terror threat -- (UAE) Naval Forces in Gulf on High Alert After Al Qaeda Threat - on watch for possible terror threats to oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain - Al Qaeda threat last month to target Gulf oil terminals
(Florida) From Beirut, terror suspect's wife criticizes US house search - wife of Adham Amin Hassoun - house in Fort Lauderdale - Hassoun charged along with Jose Padilla
Denmark: Two terror suspects released - Five other men are being held on suspicion they were planning a terror attack
Twelve states to launch new anti-terror initiative - Morocco mtg to include Britain, China, France, Russia, United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan and Turkey
Israel may bomb along border with Egypt: paper - use "smart" bombs on the narrow border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip to destroy tunnels used to smuggle weapons into the Palestinian territory
(Iraq) Eerie calm in Baghdad as Al-Qaeda vows victory; Al-Qaeda statement: "We call on all mujahideen... to support the young Islamic state in Iraq. Weakness has gripped the infidel nations. The first signs of victory can be seen on the horizon"
(India) Pakistan terrorists planned to bomb government office -- Two Pakistani Terrorists Arrested In India, Plans To Target Bangalore, Mysore Foiled
(Update) Names of Iran officials charged in 1994 Argentina bombing - detailed listing of names in addition to Rafsanjani -- see also Oct 27 posting by Aaron Mannes and Oct 26 posting by Douglas Farah
Philippines assures Australia of JI hunt - to capture two Jemaah Islamiah militants hiding out in the southern island of Jolo
Police say fighting kills 30 in Iraq - Police and suspected militia fight near Baqouba, killing 30, wounding 42 - and One day US Iraq death toll climbs to eight
Up to 85 Afghan civilians killed in US airstrike - Pres. Karzai orders investigation into NATO airstrikes during Islamic festival
Attack on passenger train injures two in Quetta - Terrorists fired machine guns and rockets at passenger train in Baluchistan
Somalia's Islamists take key town - Islamic Courts drive into key trading town of Sakow on way to Baidoa
What Osama Wants (commentary) - Peter Bergen: "A total withdrawal from Iraq would play into the hands of the jihadist terrorists."
Australian Muslim cleric apologises for remarks on women (updated) - Most senior Islamic cleric described scantily-clad women without headscarves as “uncovered meat” inviting sexual attack
Russians Mark Fourth Anniversary of Moscow Theater Rebel Raid - 41 terrorists, 130 victims killed in siege, most when security forces pumped gas into theater
(Iraq) Eight policemen killed in ambush - near town of Baquba - 50 other police missing; police station also attacked
Admitted 9/11 planner wants U.S. trial - Ramzi Binalshibh of Yemen filed a legal challenge in federal court in Washington Oct. 10, claiming he has been wrongfully imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay
U.S. revives terror data mining - More on "Tangram," being developed by DNI to determine potential patterms
(Miami) Sentencing in Terror Plot -- Sultan Khanbey, linked to plotters who allegedly hoped to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings, pleaded guilty to weapons charge
Former Iran leader wanted in Argentina - Judge orders arrest of former Iranian Pres. Rafsanjani and 7 others for 1994 bombing of Jewish center that killed scores; prosecutor says actual attack entrusted to Hezbollah
(Philippines) Another bomb found in a week - another bomb made of C4 explosive was found in the car park of Robinsons Place-Iloilo
(Australia) Terror suspect makes third bail bid - Abdullah Merhi, 21, and his 12 co-accused are alleged to have been in the early stages of planning a terrorist attack in Australia
Iraq: PM Accuses Neighbors of Backing Al-Qaeda - condemns states collaborating with terrorists such as Iran, Syria
Israel intercepts shipment of explosives - through Gaza-Israel passage headed for West Bank
NATO, Afghan troops seize huge drug haul - 9 tons of marijuana, 55 kilos of opium found in southern Afghanistan
(India) Three Al-Badr terrorists arrested on LoC - Three Pakistan-trained terrorists of the Al-Badr outfit were on Wednesday arrested while trying to cross the Line of Control in
