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November 2006 Archives

Iranian Weapons Arm Iraqi Militia and Hezbollah Training Also Linked to Iraq Violence; US evidence of Iranian support for Iraq terrorists - brand-new weapons from Iranian factories

India: 30 Mumbai Attack Suspects Charged

(India) 7/11-like terror can hit Mumbai again

(Somalia) At least 12 killed in suicide car bomb blasts - see Douglas Farah's Nov. 30 post

Data on U.S. military's Iraqi operations leaked onto Internet - Privately owned personal computer loaded with file sharing software responsible

(Australia) Black Hawk 'too deep to salvage' - Pilot killed in crash of 10-man Black Hawk chopper, part of counter-terrorism squadron

(Thailand) Two killed, two injured in Thai south

(Afghanistan) Teacher disembowelled and murdered for teaching girls - one of four teachers killed in rapid succession by the Islamists at Ghazni

(Iraq) Maliki: Iran has no influence over Iraq

Iraq panel to call for troop pullback - Iraq Study Group to unveil report on December 6, Joint Chiefs oppose Iraq pullout, and Commentary: Talking to the rogues - Iran and Syria

(Lebanon) Hezbollah seeks government downfall, and Lebanon's pro-Syrian opposition calls for protests - Hezbollah-led campaign on Friday in Beirut

Hezbollah in Latin America

Terror Watch: Showdown over Jose Padilla

(UK) Terrorist suspects lose extradition battle - to United States: Babar Ahmad and Haroon Rashid Aswat

(Australia) Missing pilot 'counter-terrorist'

Iran issues fatwa on Azeri writer

Border security system posts just 1 terror case

Commentary: Free Speech in an age of terrorism - Newt Gingrich

Al-Qaida denounces pope visit to Turkey

(Iraq) Bush, Maliki talks cancelled - to meet over breakfast - and U.S. moving up to 2,700 troops into Baghdad

Hamas minister freed by Israel: witnesses

(Iraq) Al-Sadr loyalists boycott Iraq government

Morocco arrests imam for recruiting Iraq bombers

Commentary: The AP's new Baghdad Bob - CENTCOM: "police Capt. Jamil Hussein, is not a Baghdad police officer or an MOI employee"

(Iraq) Bush to Focus on Troop Training in Talks With Iraq Leader - and - Bush adviser's memo cites doubts about Maliki - might not be capable of controlling sectarian violence

(Iraq) Slaughter in the mosque: a new terror for Iraqis; Executions held in prayer rooms

Lebanon's Hezbollah to hold anti-govt protest - within next 48 hours

(Lebanon) Report: Two Syrian-Sent Would-Be Assassins Seized - planning to murder 36 senior Lebanese officials

MEMRI: Lebanon on the Brink of Civil War (4)

(Houston) U.S. Citizen Wanted to Join the Taliban, Officials Say (update on earlier story of US citizen and Pakistani national indicted)

(Afghanistan) Roadside bomb kills 2 NATO soldiers in Afghanistan - Logar province

(Afghanistan) Suicide bomb kills 2 civilians in southern Afghanistan - in Kandahar city

(Pakistan) 4 bombs explode on Pakistan railway line - in Naushki capital of southwestern Baluchistan province

(Pakistan) Al Qaeda and Taliban Openly Operating in Pakistan - senior al Qaeda seen "walking and talking openly" in North Waziristan - and Pakistan's Chitral District: A Refuge for al-Qaeda's Top Leadership?

(Iran) Ahmadinejad sends message to Americans - to be publicized at UN

Indonesian Muslim militant gets 12 years in terrorism sentence - Joko Wibowo

(UK) Sharia law is spreading as authority wanes - Islamic sharia law is gaining an increasing foothold in parts of Britain

(UK) Abu Hamza Prison Cell Near Dhiren Barot: "He and Hamza are very close. They’re allowed together for Friday prayers and get the chance to speak with all of the other terror suspects."

(UK) Britain accused on secret CIA flights

German police arrest Turkish terrorist suspects - 52 people targeted in raid against Marxist People's Liberation Party/Front

Europe Criticized on Terrorism - for tending to treat terrorism in Turkey as a matter of human rights

Federal Air Marshals decry imams' charges

Judge strikes president's authority to designate terrorist groups - litigation based on PKK and Tamil Tigers

FBI evidence offers insight into Unabomber - Extensive writings, unexploded bomb found among belongings

One killed in Nigerian bomb blast

Pakistan base bomb suspects held - attack at a military base that killed 44 personnel on 8 November

Five Years After the Fall of the Taliban: Afghanistan and the War on Terrorism - Transcript of panel discussion

(Iraq) 6 Iraqis killed as GIs fight insurgents - sectarian violence kills 9 other Iraqis, wounds 50 - Iraq extends state of emergency

Iraq's deepening religious fissures

(Somalia) Terror's Playground

Analysis: Europe's spy in al-Qaida, Part 2

(U.S.) Pacific subs take new role in war on terror - "The submarine is the perfect platform for the war on terror"

Hezbollah denies training Mehdi Army

Hamas continues smuggling millions of dollars - Hamas' Mahmoud Zahar returned with $20 million cash - and Bomb misses anti-Hamas Palestinian journalist

Bangladesh court upholds death for militants - Death sentences for 6 militants, including leaders of Jamaat-ul Mujahideen and Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh, upheld for bomb attacks that killed at least 30

Jihadi After Action Report: Syria - New report on failure of Jihadi movement in Syria from West Point Combating Terrorism Center

(Canada) RCMP foils terror plots, but partners doubt intelligence - claims disrupted 10 "significant" terrorist targets in the latest fiscal year

(Iraq) Al-Sadr's Mahdi Army trained with Hezbollah, U.S. official says - see 11/28 posting by David Schenker

Iraq extends state of emergency - various bombs kill 8, wound 40

(Lebanon) Lahoud expected to decline endorsing Hariri tribunal accord - and - What's at stake for Syria? - Walid Phares: "Any indictment of any Syrian official ... any implication of any Syrian intelligence officer will basically lead to indicting morally and politically the regime"

(Turkey) Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Turkey - Pope to be in Turkey for 4 days - high security to thwart attacks - and - Commentary: Pope Rage in Istanbul

Terrorists Launch Google Guide - for using the Google search engine to further the goals of the global jihad

(Iraq) Car bombs kill 4 outside Baghdad hospital

(Iraq) Insurgents attack Iraqi oil pipelines - Iraqi insurgents targeted oil refining system: mortar attack on distribution center & pipeline bombing

(Iraq) Al-Qaeda controls western Iraq: Report

Iran vows to help Iraq with security

Afghanistan: Kidnapped Reporters Reach Safety

(Pakistan) 4 militants killed in N Waziristan

(India) Terror pockets increasing in Uttar Pradesh - article references "ISI-backed" sleeper cells

5 Russians Detained Over Illegal Purchase of Portable Surface to Air Missiles - in South of Russia

Iran to host Holocaust conference - for Holocaust deniers

(Egypt) Muslim Brotherhood in ascent in Egypt

Jew, turned Muslim, offers knowledge of Al Qaeda - article on Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

(USA) Special Report: Terror TV in English

Iraqi militias claim to have downed US F-16 jet

(India) Bomb device found on Assam railway track

(Iraq) Anbar a No-Win Battle For U.S., Marines Say - Classified report: "the social and political situation has deteriorated to a point" that coalition "no longer capable of militarily defeating the insurgency in al-Anbar"

What Makes a Muslim Radical? Gallup World Poll shows little difference between radicals & non-radicals, except radicals better educated, wealthier

French secret service agent killed in Iraq - French agent killed by militiamen last week in Basra

(Iraq) Attack sparks fire at Iraq oil facility

Sudan 'rearming militia'

(India) Two JeM terrorists held at Old Delhi - arrested with explosive at train station

U.K. anti-terror list found in rental car

Analysis: Europe's spy in al-Qaida, Part 1 - Muslim spy for European intel services inside global network that became al-Qaida writes memoir, "Inside the Jihad"

(Southeast Asia) Drifting Toward Extremism - "Newsweek International" article on trends in Malaysia and Indonesia

(Iraq) Sword of the Shia - "Newsweek" cover story on Moqtada al-Sadr

Germany granted access to Syrian-German terror suspect held in Damascus - Mohammed Haydar Zammar alleged to have introduced Mohammed Atta to Al Qaeda in Afghanistan

(India) Police crack Malegaon mosque blasts case - Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activists included one trained in Pakistan

(Russia) Official: Caucasus Al Qaeda Chief Killed in Chechnya - Jordanian Abu Khavs (aka Abu Hafs) - see Nov 27 posting by Evan Kohlmann

Afghan suicide attack kills two NATO soldiers

Afghan rejects Iran's call to oust "occupiers"

(Iraq) No evidence to link Iran with al Qaeda: Iraqi National Security Advisor Al Rubaie - although Iran may be assisting "extremist groups"

SWIFT rapped for terrorism data violation

(Update) Thailand closes southern schools - closing all 994 public schools in southern Thailand indefinitely - due to terror attacks in South

India: Threat of Kashmir "Intifada"

(Palestinian Territories) Terrorists: Cease-fire means chance to reload - Militants say Israel-Palestinian downtime to be used for weapons smuggling, training to attack Israel

Somali Islamic militia puts troops near Ethiopia

Kenyan paper says Islamist letters led to U.S. alert - letters called for assassinations, uprisings, and for Shabab militia fighters to mass along the Kenya-Somali border

(USA) Official who warned of terrorism dies - Robert Kupperman warned of attacks on US more than 30 years ago

(Iraq) Twenty-one kidnapped near Baghdad - in Diyala province

(Pakistan) 8,000 rally in Pakistan against rape law changes - "We will not let Pakistan become secular," the supporters of a coalition of Islamic groups chanted

(India) PM rules out tougher terror laws

(Thailand) Four shot dead in Islamic unrest

(UK) British terror trial centers on alleged homegrown plot - Trial of 7 men reveals cell workings

Commentary: Europe's tolerance finds its limit

Israel, Palestinians OK Gaza cease-fire

U.S. Finds Iraq Insurgency Has Funds to Sustain Itself - NYT: $70-$200 million a year through oil smuggling, kidnapping, counterfeiting, corrupt Islamic charities and other crimes

5 militants killed in Algerian military sweep - Gunmen believed to belong to Roub el Mout, branch of GSPC

Sri Lanka Rebels’ Critic Silenced by Bullet - Critic of Tamil Tigers terrorists assassinated

Beirut OKs international Hariri tribunal

(Iraq) Insurgents gun down 21 in Iraqi village - Gunmen killed 21 Shiites in front of relatives - More U.S. troops dying in Anbar province - and Ferocity of Iraq attacks leaves US troops helpless

(Iraq) Shi'ites burn six Sunnis alive in Iraq

(Iraq) Bush keeps plans to meet with Iraqi PM

(Pakistan) Terrorist bid foiled - Quetta - arresting three terrorists including two Afghans and recovered huge cache of explosive materials

Hamas threatens third intifada

Iran builds up nuclear defenses - with Russian missiles

(Thailand) 300 Thai schools to close amid attacks - will close indefinitely Monday after attacks by suspected Muslim terrorists left two teachers dead

(Morocco) Town that breeds suicide bombers

Irish Extremist Charged in Bomb Attempt

(Iraq) Some Fighters in Iraq Adopt New Tactics to Battle U.S. (Sunnis trained in camps east of Baghdad fighting U.S. forces in set-piece battles) and Revenge attacks wreak bloody toll

(European Union) Report: Data Agency Broke Privacy Laws - EU panel says SWIFT broke European privacy laws by using personal data for anti-terror action

(Iraq) Mosques torched after worst Iraq bombing

Ford Motor Company Asked to Disclose Business Ties to 'Terrorist-Sponsoring States' - Syria, Iran and Sudan

Bin Laden and bankers' bonuses - Terrorism has led to higher risk aversion for physical investment and fueled speculation in financial assets

Syria may not cooperate with Hariri tribunal

Morocco: Jihadi Cell Broken Up, Press Reports - see Evan Kohlmann's Nov. 23 post

Russia Arms Iran With Advanced Missile System - capable of hitting multiple targets

Iraq car bomb kills 22 after deadly day, 26 wounded on Friday in Northern Iraq - Al-Sadr party will withdraw Maliki support if Bush mtg next week

Thursday: (Iraq) Bombs kill 202 on Thursday, 257 wounded - Baghdad Sadr City five car bombs and two mortar shells struck beginning about 3 PM local time - 30 gunmen involved - and - Al-Qaeda blamed for attacks on Shias that kill 150 in Baghdad, Iraqi gov't closes Baghdad International Airport, Indefinite curfew slapped on Baghdad

(Lebanon) Shutdown hits Lebanon business as murder protests roll on - and - Lebanon minister returns in boost for anti-Syrian cabinet - Interior Minister Hassan Sabaa nine months after resigning over riots- see Nov. 21 posts by Walid Phares, Douglas Farah and Olivier Guitta

Russia charges 17 for planned terror attacks - Tatarstan region charges Islamic Jamaat members

Hamas militant killed by Israeli fire in Gaza

(Philippines) Gonzalez orders 4 airlines monitored for terrorists - watching for Jemaah Islamiyah terrorists - and - Official: Suspected bin Laden allies enter Philippines

(India) Security beefed up in Guwahati after blast - see Animesh Roul's Nov. 24 post

(Europe) Indonesia warned against Sharia law

(Turkey) Istanbul police to ensure pope's safety - released 39 protestors who occupied former church in protest to Pope - and - Christian converts on trial in Turkey

Bomb threat evacuates North Ireland parliament

Commentary: Is Britain Lost?

Sri Lanka violence leaves 30 dead: army

NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan - terrorist rocket attack killed one NATO soldier and injured another

Iran nukes 'worst threat in Israel's history'

(Iraq) Gunmen attack Baghdad health ministry

Commentary: Shariah rising in the West - Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa Lappen

PKK: US in contact with anti-Iran Kurds

UN to assist Lebanon Gemayel probe

(India) Finance ministry on terror money trail

Ex-Qaeda suspect seeks to enter Bahrain parliament - allegedly plotted bomb attacks

France okays firing at IAF over Lebanon

Hamas official shot by West Bank gunmen

Analysts: US could bomb Iran in 2007

Somalia on knife-edge as Ethiopia, Islamists ready for all-out war - see Nov. 22 posting by Douglas Farah

(Seattle) barber shop owner flees U.S.- shop was gathering place for radical Islamists - flees to Somalia

(Norway) Controversial mullah loses another round - but Krekar will remain in Norway until conditions change in Iraq because his safety cannot be assured in Iraq

(Iraq) More than 140 bodies turn up on Baghdad streets - over past three days

(India) Christian convert killed in J&K

(Iraq) UK's Beckett: Basra hand-over by spring

Violence in Iraq increasingly targeting women

Fake relics sold on eBay 'funding terrorism'

(Indonesia) Militant Sentenced for Harboring Top Terrorist Leader in Indonesia - Subur Sugiarto sentenced to life in prison for harboring Noordin Top

Morocco: Probe Underway Into Recruitment Center for Suicide Bombers- Iraqi paper says CIA investigating centre in Tetouan

UN to freeze Iran atomic aid - tentatively agreed to shelve Iran's request for nuclear project aid

Israel moves against Hamas as Gaza violence persists - Israeli ground troops, tanks & armored vehicles advanced on 2 northern Gaza towns in pursuit of Palestinian rocket squads

Jordanian: British are enemies of Islam - terrorist attack in Amman's Roman amphitheater - Allah "blessed" him for the attack

Officials: Afghanistan needs more troops

Belgium: Al-Qaeda spy debunked - Youssef El-Majda aka Omar Nasir - 1995 claims to be in Afghan training camp, but was in Belgian prison - Source: HLN

Commentary: Tariq Ramadan is at it Again

Nigeria: Bomb Scare - Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority Orders Screening Machine Relocation - following foiled attempt to smuggle explosives on plane

Nigeria hostage rescue attempt kills four

Tunisia: New Arab Anti-Terror Plan Unveiled

Homegrown Terrorists Recruited to Attack America - "We are the nation of Hezbollah. I shall sacrifice my life for Allah"

(Pakistan) BBC journalist beaten, released

Egypt denies visa to Pakistani Islamist leader

UK street gangs breeding radicals - radical Islamist groups are turning to British street gangs for at least some new recruits

U.N.: Iraqi civilian deaths at new high - another sign of the severity of Iraq's sectarian bloodbath

Indonesian Police Hunt Five Key Poso Suspects

Yemeni court sentences rebel leader to death - Ibrahim Sharafuddin - for plots on attacks on Yemen military and govt facilities

Palestinians: Hamas activist killed by IDF fire

(Thailand) Experts alert for shift in Thai Muslim insurgency - might one day "go global"

Report: N. Korea won't abandon nukes

Lebanon minister shot dead- and Lebanese Christian politician killed - see Nov. 21 posts by Walid Phares, Douglas Farah and Olivier Guitta

(Pakistan) 39 suspected Taliban jailed in Pakistan - an Islamist group insisted the detainees were only students

(Pakistan) Suicide bombers on the loose - at least eight suicide bombers have been sent for attacks, and two of these completed their missions with the recent blasts at Dargai and Peshawar

(Iraq) U.S., Iraqis Seize 7 in Baghad Slum Raid

(Afghanistan) NATO, Afghan army patrols escape suicide bombings - Jihadist targeted troops handing out supplies to school children, injuring two of the children

(India) New al-Qaeda Threats Issued Against Indian Infrastructure - analysis by Animesh Roul

(Gaza) 2 abducted Red Cross workers released

Somalia Islamists join terror networks - see Aaron Mannes' Nov. 17 post

U.S. military IDs two Iraq hostages

(Iraq) Insurgent TV station defies broadcast ban

Bomb explodes in Kosovo classroom

(India) Engineer, two rebels killed in Kashmir

India steps up security after deadly train blast

Pakistan police arrest dozens of Taliban suspects - in a raid on an Islamic school in Quetta

Pakistan urged to act over missing BBC reporter

Iran cleric offers reward for Azeri writer's death - cleric says writer he says insulted Mohammad

(Iran) Ahmadinejad: Israel too 'weak' to attack Iran - Aims to have 100,000 centrifuges to produce concentrated uranium

Hizbullah Deputy Admits Iran Funding Hizbullah

MEMRI: Lebanon on the Brink of Civil War

Philippine terror groups linked to drug trade

Egyptian police find explosives in Sinai

(Yemen) Al-Qaeda's number two in Yemen to be freed (within a month) - despite Criminal Court of Appeals supported ruling sentencing Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal Abu Assem to 37 months in jail

Somalia region leader to use Islamic law

(Australia) Terror finance laws need boosting

Oman FM accuses US of handing Iraq to Al-Qaeda

Reno Files Challenge to Terror Law - regarding enemy combatant alleged al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri

Commentary: Effective counterterrorism

Sri Lanka air force pounds Tamil Tiger territory

(India) Ten killed in West Bengal train blast - 70 injured - Unconfirmed reports said there were at least 12 deaths - toll continues to climb

(Germany) 9/11 suspect appealing to German court - Mounir el Motassadeq appealing latest conviction

Paper Reports "Merger" Of North African Groups - Al-Qaeda instructed Algerian GSPC to command groups such as Morocco's Islamic Combat Group, several extremist Tunisian groups and Libya's Islamic Group

(Missouri) Islamic charity tries anew to lose label - Treasury Dept considers Islamic American Relief Agency to be an arm of the Islamic African Relief Agency (accused of providing financial support to al-Qaida and Hamas)

(DC) Air Marshals kept off plane at Reagan

(Canada) Khawaja to appeal terror ruling

(UK) Terror hotbed theory 'unproven' - impact of segregated Islamist communities debated

MEMRI: Islamist Websites Monitor No. 23; Mujahideen in Lebanon Accuse Hizbullah, Iran, and Syria of Attempting to Wipe Out Lebanese Sunnis; Islamic Army in Iraq Denounces Iraqi Government's Warrant for Arrest of Sunni Sheikh Hareth Al-Dhari

(Israel) Terrorist Apprehended in Bethlehem

(Iraq) Pentagon develops three plans for Iraq: report - "Go Big", "Go Long" and "Go Home" - see Walid Phares' Nov. 20 post

(Thailand) Motorcycle bomb kills 2, wounds 16 in Thai south - see Nov 19 posting by Zachary Abuza

Philippines: Terrorists Trained Muslim Rebels, Says Intelligence Official - Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants trained Muslim rebel commanders

Iranian militia threatens Gulf if US strikes - to send suicide bombers to attack pro-American Gulf neighbors if the United States uses its military bases to strike
Iran

US Fears Al Qaeda Attack in Saudi Arabia

Analysis: Algeria's al-Qaida Franchise

(Geneva) Panel to address bio-terror fears

Afghan army to strike Taliban in winter

(UK) Al-Qaeda's "best assets" prime UK timebomb - report: MI5 believes that British Muslims volunteering to fight against coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are being sent back to Britain to become al-Qaeda "sleeper" agents

(Iran) Ayatollah who backs suicide bombs aims to be Iran's next spiritual leader - Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah-Yazdi

Iraqi forces arrest 200 insurgent suspects

(U.S.) Lodi terrorism probe still looking at suspects - 18 months after Hayats' arrest, FBI still examining individuals

Militants kill "U.S. spy" cleric in Pakistan

(Pakistan) Wounded Taliban treated in Pakistan - Pakistan assists Taliban wounded in NATO battles - Modern Military Radios for Pakistan - Pakistan buying 3,900 U.S, military radios for army

(Thailand) More Buddhists killed in Thailand's Muslim south - victim shot and neck also partially severed by suspected Muslim terrorists

(Ireland) Al-Qaeda's airport bomb plot - Islamist explosives expert (Abbas Boutrab) now in a Northern Ireland prison conducted dummy runs for terror attacks at Dublin and Knock

Report: Baker met with Syrians on Iraq

Islamic leader urges 'Greater Somalia' - that would incorporate regions of Kenya and Ethiopia

Israeli official calls for Hamas' end

Israeli envoy walks out of U.N. session

Ex-head of Chechen force reported killed

(Australia) Terror link probed - British multi-millionaire named Mohammed Islam

Justice priorities outlined by IG - including Counterterrorism, violent crime and the protection of civil rights and civil liberties

(Thailand) Five shot dead in Thailand's Muslim south - by suspected Islamic militants

(NYC) Jihad's femmes fatales - Women terrorists real threat, says NYPD -- warning business to watch for female jihadists who can hide explosives by faking pregnancy or talk past security officers

Russian oil wells blown up in Chechnya

Indonesia: Terror threats up ahead of Bush visit

(Pakistan) "50 terror camps destroyed" - President Musharraf states at least terrorist camps have been raided and destroyed in Balochistan

(India) Bomb threat: Security tight at stations

(Yemen) Al Qaeda number two in Yemen may be freed in December - Mohammed Hamdi Al Ahdal imprison for attack on oil company helicopter

3 Guantanamo detainees released to Albania - Algerian, Egyptian, and Uzbek

(UK) Islamic fanatics 'grooming students at 25 universities' - threat has been drastically underestimated by ministers - and - Guidelines issued for campus Islamists

Hamas rejects US call to change policies

Israeli forces kill Palestinian militant in Gaza

(Lebanon) Iranian group warns Lebanese Sunnis - that "Shiite death squads" acting under Iranian religious edicts are preparing to attack Sunni Muslims in Lebanon

Holland to ban burqa as 'terror threat'

Spying on the Terrorists (follow-up to BBC story of 1990s Al-Qaeda infiltrator)

Pentagon to seek $115 million for terror trials

MEMRI: Islamist Websites Monitor No. 22; Taliban: We Have Taken Arghandab District in Afghanistan; Video Documenting Raid on Police Station in Bak, Afghanistan

(Gaza) Islamic Jihad offers to halt rockets

US Dialogue With Iran, Syria Would Be 'Disastrous,' Experts Say - Walid Phares quoted, see Nov. 13 post and Jonathan Winer's & Doug Farah's Nov. 14 posts

Group Will Sort Terrorism Alerts for Local Governments - see Nov 17 posting by Michael Kraft

Italy to turn over Madrid terror bombing suspect to Spain - Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed

(Iraq) 2 Gunmen Killed in Iraq After Hijacking

(Pakistan) Suicide bomber dies attacking Pakistan police - in northwest city of Peshawar - also bombing of bus station at Lahore

Pakistan still aids militant attacks: India

German prosecutors demand arrest of suspect Montassadeq - still free on bail despite his conviction for aiding 9/11 attacks

Lebanese confirm arms flow to Hizbullah

(Turkey) Three Kurdish terrorists killed

Britain tackles Islamic extremism on campus - and related stories on recruitment and monitoring

Islamic extremism threatens Bangladesh

Google Hosts al Qaeda Website - Google owned Blogger network is hosting an al Qaeda linked website - The Caliphate Voice Channel

Ideology is al Qaeda's Achilles' heel - US study

(Israel) 22 Arrested in Counter-Terror Operations - throughout Judea and Samaria arrested 22 suspects during the night

Israel developing anti-militant "bionic hornet" - to track terrorists

14 suspected ETA members go on trial in France

Americans among contractors abducted in Iraq - Also 2,200 Marines deployed to Anbar province and 35 bodies of Iraqis found

Red Flag - "Newsweek": Former Iranian diplomat, linked to terror attacks in Israel by Matthew Levitt, arrested by British at U.S. request for trying to help Hezbollah

Algeria: Six Terror Suspects Arrested - operation to look for militants with the Salafite Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC)

(Pakistan) Al Qaeda Recruitment Ongoing - gathering in a field held this week outside Lahore, used to recruit new Jihadists

Pakistani MP admits terrorist link - reports that Islamabad's Parliamentary Defense Secretary Major Tanvir Hussain was "actively linked" to Lashkar-e-Toiba

Pakistan hardliners attack joint terror deal

(Thailand) Buddhist Teacher murdered, two schools closed - drive-by shooting by gunmen

(Indonesia) Bomb victims despair as terrorists freed - almost 60 convicted Islamic extremists linked to the Bali bombings, Australian Embassy and Marriott Hotel attacks and other atrocities, have been set free

Iran gave $120 mln to Hamas govt: Palestinian FM

(Australia) Two suspected over Hezbollah cash

U.S. avoids Hezbollah in aiding Lebanon

Israeli PM: No Gaza offensive planned

Turkey fears new homegrown terror threat - Instanbul bombing supect called for more bombings in Turkey

(Detroit Airport) Man arrested with $78,000, nuclear info - Court records say suspect carrying cash, data about nukes and cyanide - arrived in Detroit from Nigeria by way of Amsterdam and headed for Phoenix

(UK) Al-Qaeda threat 'not appreciated' - agent infiltrated Al-Qaeda in 1990s says West didn't understand threat - gave France and UK intelligence money to Al-Qaeda

(UK) Ottawa man allegedly discussed bomb detonating device, U.K. trial hears - Momin Khawaja suspected of plotting to bomb public sites in London with ammonium nitrate fertilizer

(UK) Counter-terror bill 'by Christmas' - seeks to include 90-day extension detention period for terror suspects without charge

Syria denies arming Somali Islamists

(India) Nepal Maoists step up recruitment drive

(Iraq) U.S. kills 9 suspected Al-Qaida in Iraq - in Baghdad, suspected insurgents and militias using guns, bombs and mortar shells to kill 15 Iraqis

(Iraq) Four US soldiers killed - in Diyala and Baghdad

(Iraq) Al-Qaeda's 'satanic terror' on Shi'ites

(Afghanistan) Coalition force in Afghanistan kills terrorist - and arrested four suspects in Kabul

Morocco: Casablanca Jihadist Cell Is Busted

(Israel) IDF finds undetectable bomb belts - Nablus-based terror cell which was manufacturing explosive suicide belts with liquid explosive material, unable to be detected by metal detectors

PBS targets dangerous Muslim Brotherhood - documentary on militant group in U.S. - will utilize investigative journalists Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball of Newsweek

(Pakistan) Islamabad got $4.8B from US to fight terror - since January 2002

(UK) Extremist at the Home Office will keep his job - Abid Javaid senior operative of Hizb ut-Tahrir - Mercer warns dozens more extremists could be employed in the Home Office and across Whitehall

2 Islamic extremists arrested in Siberia - belonging to the outlawed Islamic extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir

Indonesian gets jail for hiding top terror fugitive - never reported Noordin Top whereabouts to authorities

(Australia) Sell Indonesia used military gear: analysts - US "think-tank" Stratfor suggests Australia should provide Indonesia with used military hardware

(Malaysia) Bomb goes off near food stall

(Bangalore) Mysore terror: Accused spill beans - Mohammad Fahad - terror suspect picked up in Mysore - named certain Pakistani operatives leading and planning India terror attacks

(Philippines) Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) bomb plot uncovered in Philippines - to launch bomb attacks in the troubled southern region of Mindanao

Saudi sets up Islamic tribunal to try extremists

(Turkey) Prosecutor seeks life imprisonment for al-Qaeda suspect - Syrian citizen Loa'i Mohammad Haj Bakr al-Saqa charged with Instanbul attacks killed 58

Iraq partition 'unacceptable' to US

U.S. Senate to address bioterror defense

Belgium releases Iranian after plane bomb claim

Iran tried to swap guns for Somali uranium

Hamas MPs smuggle $4 million in cash into Gaza

Iraq: Three killed in suicide attack at funeral

US Senator Carl Levin: Can't 'save the Iraqis'

MEMRI Islamist Websites Monitor No. 21, "Voice of the Caliphate" Presents Video on Islamic State of Iraq, Video of Female Suicide Bomber's Last Message

Indian forces kill seven rebels in Kashmir

(Gaza) Palestinian rocket fire kills 1 Israeli

German criticizes Lebanese terrorism inquiry

(Tajikistan) Suspected Islamists in Tajik terrorism trial - Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan goal to create caliphate in region

(UK) Leading member of Muslim extremist group working at the Home Office - Abid Javaid member of Hizb-ut Tahrir

(UK) Hate videos of Muslim group they failed to ban - Hizb-ut Tahrir - recruit: "They said, 'we have to attack from the inside' and I think they meant terror attacks."

(UK) Bakri 'supports terror on internet' - Exiled Islamic cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed is allegedly using a variety of pseudonyms to broadcast support for terrorism in the UK via the internet

Iraqi police arrested over kidnappings, all hostages released (updated) - Local police chief & 4 officers arrested in connection with kidnapping of scores of workers - all hostages after operations by security forces

UBS, C.Suisse to end dollar deals with Iran -paper - see Jonathan Winer's Nov. 14 post

(Turkey) PKK terrorists killed in clashes

Iraqi Special Forces, Police Nab Cell Leaders, Members - DOD: Iraqi special forces nabbed terror cell leaders and members in Baghdad; 11 insurgents killed in Ramadi

Pentagon Imperative: A Spotlight On Africa (commentary) - U.S. Congressman on creation of new "Africa Command"

Father Of Captured Accused Terrorist Pleads For His Return - Father of Abu-Nasir al-Qahtani, top Al Qaeda operative, wants him returned to Saudi Arabia

(Iraq) US raid kills 30 in Ramadi

Plutonium Traces Found In Iran Waste Facility - IAEA finds "unexplained" enriched uranium - Iran reportedly has secret nuclear fund

(New Zealand) Terror alert in South Pacific - F.B.I. chasing Wolfgang Bohringer, who sailed into Kiribati & allegedly linked to Mohammed Atta - tried to set up pilot training school

(Philippines) Wife of Indonesian terror suspect names 6 alleged militants hiding in RP - Dulmatin's wife names 4 Indonesians, Singaporean, & Malaysian as JI fugitives

Nepal Maoists to be on US terror list

Prosecutor asks for life in prison for key al-Qaeda suspect on trial in Turkey - Bin Laden ordered mastermind to carry out 2003 Istanbul suicide bombings, killing 58

Japan bans luxury exports to North Korea's elite

Witness Is Silent in Terror Probe - Sami al-Arian, who pleaded guilty to supporting PIJ, refuses to testify before grand jury in Virginia cases.

(UK Foreign Ministry) 'Al Qaeda Aiming For Atomic Attack' - Al-Qaeda 'wants to acquire nuclear weapons' - and - Al Qaeda seeking nuclear kit for attacks

(Lebanon) Hezbollah chief says Lebanon government "will go", Al-Qaida threatens to topple Lebanon govt. - because it "receives orders from the American administration", Sixth minister resigns from Lebanese gov't - see Walid Phares' November 13 post

Iran plotting to groom bin Laden's successor - and - Iran 'is training the next al-Qa'eda leaders' - see Doug Farah's Nov. 14 post & Jeffrey Imm'sNov 14 post

Hamas rules out recognizing Israel

Trail of Afghan bombs often leads to Pakistan

Indonesian leader faces no-confidence motion over Bush visit - Hardline Indonesian Islamic groups are considering launching a no-confidence motion against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Somalia's Islamic militia ready to talk

(Iran) Bush calls for global isolation of Iran - until it "gives up its nuclear ambitions"

(Iraq) Baghdad Bus Bombing Kills at Least 20; Abizaid Visits Iraq - Gunmen killed at least 10, including city councilman and Sunni sheik, in executions around Iraq

(Iraq) Sadr's rising influence poses dilemma

(India) LeT militant, two armymen killed in J&K

(India) Terrorists target India's economic hubs

(Israel) Terrorists Apprehended in Bethlehem

Senior Hamas official confirms agreement on Shabir as new Palestinian premier - Mohammed Shabir headed Gaza’s Islamic University until 2005

(Spain) New Figure Emerges in Spain Bombings - Moroccan man identified as Mohammed Oulad Akcha

Fresh Fighting Erupts in Central Somalia, Government-allied Somali militia poised to attack advancing Islamists - and - UN report links Somali Islamists, foreign militants - U.N. report also says Iran may have sought to trade arms for uranium

APEC to approve counter-terrorism pact - 21 nations of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation approve CT Task Force recommendations

(Korea) Seoul balks at U.S. plan to enforce naval ban - South Korea refused U.S. request to help stop NK ships suspected of carrying supplies to build WMD - and - North Korea accuses US of deploying atomic bombs in South Korea

Jihadists trash Muslim U.S. rep - Jihadist websites condemn Keith Ellison, newly elected Congressman

(Afghanistan) Al-Qaida member arrested in Afghanistan - Abu Nasir al-Qahtani Arab Al-Qaeda operative - detained six in Khost (four Afghans, an Arab and a Pakistani)

(Afghanistan) Insurgent activity spikes in Afghanistan - now launch over 600 attacks per month

(Palestinian) Terror groups vow to attack US targets - to "hit Americans without mercy" - Popular Resistance Committees, Fatah's Aksa Martyrs Brigades, Abu Rish Brigades [another Fatah militia], Brigades of Tawhid - all calling for attacks on USA; claims US Army officers participated in the last IDF military operation in Beit Hanun - see also Nov 12 posting by Evan Kohlmann

(India) Airports put on high alert after FBI warning - FBI told Indian authorities that US-bound planes from India could be hijacked

Pakistani airports step up security

(USA) Court to hear appeals in LAX bomb plot - challenging parts of the 22-year sentence given to Ahmed Ressam for plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport

(US DOD) Gates likely to sustain terror war

Indonesia bomb not linked with Islamic militants - based on low quality bomb-making material used -- and -- Boy claiming to be relative of bomber tells radio station he is willing to die for Islam

(Indonesia) U.S. warns of protests during Bush Indonesia visit - Americans warned of potential protest violence, vigilence to avoid protest areas

(Philippines) Alleged militant caught with bomb materials - may have averted attacks on mainly Roman Catholic cities on the southern island of Mindanao

Morocco: Islamist Hackers to Target Airline Site

(UK) Report slams Government's anti-terrorism policy - Study by Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust fears alienation of British Muslims

Israeli unease grows over fraying U.S. ties - A tight relationship is showing strains over the specter of a nuclear-armed Iran

(Mexico) Youths fire-bomb McDonald's in Oaxaca

Hamas accepts peace conference proposal - after Arab League agrees to end a financial blockade on the Palestinians

Iraqi PM urges cabinet reshuffle

Syria a 'dangerous' country, says Rice

(Somalia) Islamists 'take key Somali town'

(UK) Tories warn on terror detentions

British to quit Iraq "in a year"

'Die-hard Taliban will have to be eliminated' - British Cmndr in Afghanistan says small core of "ideological" Taliban fuelling insurgency

W.House brands Iran, Hezbollah as terror 'nexus'

Claim: Cat Stevens Financed Terrorists, Tied to Radical Clerics - "Jawa Report": Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) once connected to Omar Bakri Mohammed & Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman; also involved in terrorist financing

'Israel must prepare for full-scale war': Israeli military official regarding Hezbollah, Syria, Iran

Indonesia police plan to quiz wounded bomb suspect - see Nov 11 posting by Kenneth Conboy and Nov 11 posting by Zachary Abuza

(Russia) Jewish Center Firebombed

(Philippines) Troops kill Abu Sayyaf sub-leader in Zambo Sur - involved in mass abductions of people including children and a priest six years ago

US think-tank warns India against terror attacks

(India) Hijack threat: Chennai airport on alert

(UK) Islamists infiltrate British universities: Brunel, Bedfordshire, Luton, Sheffield Hallam, Manchester Metropolitan Universities, in addition to Kingston; Dhiren Barot did research at Brunel University

Al Qaeda May Be Plotting Holiday Attacks - CBS News: "One suspect said plans for repeating the Heathrow attempt... were all prepared" - and Terror Expert: Terrorist Moves Worrisome

Indonesia: Bomb explodes in American restaurant - A&W restaurant

Protesters rally in Mideast capitals against Israel, US - Jordan, Sudan, Lebanon, Egypt, Palestinian Territories; Palestinians chanted "a suicide bomber makes us proud"

Iran complains against Israel at UN

Khamenei calls elections a victory for Iran - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: "(T)his defeat is actually an obvious victory for the Iranian nation."

Percussion bomb explodes in Iran

Report: U.S., N.Korea may meet in N.Y.

Lebanon talks on govt change collapse - anti-Syrian group reject Hezbollah demands

Commentary: Why Al-Qaeda's Happy

Commentary: Resolved to defeat Islamic extremism

Al-Qaida in Iraq claims it's winning war - Abu Hamza al-Muhajir audiotape -- see also Walid Phares' Nov. 10 post & Jeffrey Imm's Nov 10 post - also 3 Al-Qaida captured: Abu Muhayyam al-Masri (the Egyptian), Abu Issam al-Libi (the Libyan), and Abu Zaid al-Suri, (the Syrian)

(USA) Judge rejects claim of warrantless eavesdropping in al-Qaida case - Iyman Faris conspired with Al-Qaeda to destroy Brooklyn Bridge

(Pakistan) Bomb kills Pakistani elder, 8 others

Egypt uncovers tunnel under Gaza border

(Oregon) Four plead guilty in ecoterror case

Russia negotiating Korean energy deals - violation of UN Sanctions against North Korea

Turkey - Attackers Firebomb Protestant Church

Britain facing 30 terrorism plots, says MI5 spy chief - tracking 1600 suspects, most British-born -- and More Britons are turning to terror, says MI5 director - MI5 chief's full speech - 200 terror groups or networks -- see Douglas Farah's Nov. 10 post and Jeffrey Imm's Nov. 7 post

Thai govt tries to quell Muslim insurgency - almost daily bombings & shootings in south continue despite government's outreach - see Zachary Abuza's Nov. 10 post

Israel on high alert for fear of attack

(Kenya) Govt to review terror Bill

Britain says Kenya corruption invites terrorists

Vietnam to deport 3 US citizens

Pat Tillman's Last Day, Reconstructed

Five Pakistanis arrested in Italy for links with Al Qaeda - four brothers—Pervez Ahmed, Mohammed Javed, Samar Abbas and Tahir Abbas along with their friend Aziz Abbas

(India) UK terror: 4 held in Gujarat - Four people were arrested and are being questioned by Gujarat ATS in connection with the Al Qaida plot in Britain to blow up passenger aircraft mid-air

(India) Badr man Fahad set up sleeper cells

(India) In peace, we lose as many as US in Iraq

(Argentina) Judge orders capture of Iran's ex-leader - Rafsanjani and eight others in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center that killed 85 people

Arsonists attack French Jewish school

Analysis: More rumors of bin Laden's death - Saudi security & intel analyst Nawaf Obaid cites patterns among fighters returning from Pakistan & Afghanistan

Chad: Sudan violence spills over border

(UAE) Emirates Airlines to Allow Mobile Phone Usage During Flights (my title) - says because of tighter security at airports there is less concern about phones being used to trigger bombs on board

Commentary: Israel - Al-Qaeda already here

Examining Counterterrorism Culture - Douglas Farah: “Incoming (FBI) agents are still essentially told ‘terrorism stuff is a non-starter,’ and will not lead to promotion."

(Thailand) Nine injured in blasts, one shot dead, in restive Thai south - coordinated bombs targeting car and motorcycle businesses

Kenya: US Explains Terror Alert

(Indonesia) Beheaded girls were Ramadan 'trophies' - see also Nov 9 posting by Kenneth Conboy

Pakistan blast raises fear of tribal vengeance

(UK) Camcorder footage was key in trans-Atlantic terror trial - see also Nov 7 posting by Jeffrey Imm

(India) Two Lashkar-e-Toiba commanders killed in Kashmir - terrorists also shot dead a 50-year-old woman

India puts airports on high alert over Al-Qaeda attack fears - discovery of an anonymous letter threatening car bomb attacks by Al-Qaeda

Detained Iran-bound North Korea ship baffles India - can't explain why sailing empty vessel to Iran

(Israel) Firebomb Attack Prevented in Hevron

(Lebanon) French nearly fired at Israelis

France Sends Jailed ETA Leader To Spain

(IRA) Abandoned bomb report is checked

(Iraq) Two US servicemen killed in Iraq

(Gaza) Two Hamas men killed in IAF airstrike in Gaza - Senior Hamas Commander Targeted in Surgical Strike - responsible for the organization’s Kassam rocket squads

(India) Post 7/11, Unani doctors under watch

(Iraq) Sadr City a militia hive

Pak hoodwinking Bush on Taliban pact: Report

U.S. Engages Al-Qaeda Fighters In Iraq - 14 suspected Al-Qaeda killed in 2 raids

(Pakistan) 42 die in attack at Pakistan army camp - in Army camp in in the town of Dargai, in North West Frontier Province - and - Hours after the bombing an unknown caller to the authorities claimed that "Pakistani Taliban" had carried out the attack

Pakistan: Afghan Spies Behind Blast Security Sources Say; Pakistan intelligence claims "There is hardly any chance that Pakistani Taliban would be involved"

Israel frees Pakistani terror suspect - Pakistani detained for 50 days on suspicions of involvement in terror network

Hamas urges attacks on U.S. targets - see Nov. 8 posting by Douglas Farah

Gaza rocket exchange kills 19 Palestinians

Hamas chief: Truce with Israel is over

Palestinians: IDF kills 4 gunmen, one civilian

Palestinian women held in terror ring

Somali Islamists storm hijacked ship

Former Somalia pres declares jihad on Ethiopia

(USA) Feds eye terrorist recruiting in prisons

Iran to continue buying nuke technology

Colombian rebel testifies in U.S. trial

(Sri Lanka) Rebels claim 45 civilians killed

Qaeda claims Yemen oil attacks, vows more strikes - Al Qaeda's wing claims Sept. 15 attacks - see SITE Institute release & translation

Mortar exchanges kill 21 in Baghdad

(Spain) Four arrested for aiding Iraqi Islamic militants - an Egyptian and three Algerians

The Truth About Beslan

Egypt's police finds more explosives in Sinai - 250 kg (550 lb) of explosives destined for smuggling into Palestinian territories

Analysis: Musharraf strategy in tatters - Strike on Bajaur madrassas indicates U.S. has no faith in peace deal strategy

Deadly truth about Hezbollah - Zachary Abuza quoted on Hez cells in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines

(Indonesia) Jakarta yet to freeze JI's millions - Zachary Abuza: "(S)ome 15 or other JI-linked madrassas across Indonesia, and some charities... have many millions of dollars worth of real estate" - see his Nov. 6 post

Afghan police arrest Taliban commander - Khan Mohammad involved in anti-government activities in Paktika

'Libel tourism' and the war on terror (commentary) - About Ehrenfeld vs. Bin Mahfouz case

(UK) Terror plotter Dhiren Barot sought to enlist West's Muslims - drafting British Muslims to organize terrorist attacks on financial targets in New York, New Jersey and Washington, D.C.

(UK) Dhiren Barot Plotter's Meticulous Plans - Plans to wreak havoc buried deep in deleted computer files - and - The video made five months before 9/11 attacks

(Afghanistan) NATO soldier killed in Afghan blast - in Kandahar on Tuesday

Afghan violence leaves five dead, including NATO soldier - on Monday

(India) Two policemen, two rebels killed in Kashmir

(UK) Muslim Guard 'barred from guarding Blair' - because his children had attended a mosque associated with a Muslim cleric linked to a suspected terrorist group

Palestinians protest Saddam death sentence - chanting "Beloved Saddam, strike Tel Aviv"

(Iraq) Talabani calls for amnesty for PKK

(Pakistan) Two convicted over Lahore bombs

(Philippines) Bomb chemical seized in Zamboanga - a truck transporting a chemical used by rebels in manufacturing homemade bombs

(France) Appeal over terror link - Rachid Ramda, an Algerian, convicted for involvement with 1995 Paris subway bomb attacks

Islam challenges secularism in Turkey's east

Tunisia: 55 Islamic Militants Freed

Two hostages freed in Nigeria

Five More U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq

Taliban support on rise in Afghanistan

Policing Online Money Laundering - (FATF) Financial Action Task Force study warns of misuse of online payment schemes

(UK) The evidence against Dhiren Barot - explosive, arson, biowarfare materials and pre 9/11 video of Broad Street, Wall Street, the NYSE, Jewish buildings, synagogues, etc. - with focus on the entrances, security cameras, barriers, side streets

Italy convicts Egyptian linked to Madrid bombings - Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed aka "Mohamed the Egyptian" gets 10 year sentence

Female bomber blows herself up in Gaza

(Indonesia) Bashir warns against Indonesia jihad - tells Jihadists to "go on Jihad" outside of Indonesia - see also Nov 6 posting by Zachary Abuza

How Iran Became Syria's Master

EU foreigners to need British ID cards

Making the Beast Kosher: A Jihadi Fatwa on Saddam Hussein's Death Sentence - Reuven Paz on fatwa issued by Jihadi-Salafi leader Sheikh Hamed al-Ali (Acrobat file)

(Iraq) Saddam Dossier Archive

Pakistan-US discuss counter-terrorism

Algeria: Anti-Terror Plan Kicks Off, Report

Analysis: No real terror A-bomb threat

(UK) Muslim convert accused of U.S. and British bomb plot to be sentenced - Dhiren Barot plotted agains NY Stock Exchange & IMF HQ in DC - and - British Muslim 'wanted to blow up Tube train under Thames'

(Afghanistan) U.S.-led troops detain 6 in Afghanistan - including "a known al-Qaida terrorist", five others include Saudis and Pakistanis

(India) Two arrested in Mysore terror plot

Christian Missionary Killed in Pakistan

Iraqi capital on lockdown after Hussein verdict

Heightened EU terror security starts

U.S. urges Muslim youth to avoid extremism

Justice Dept. disputes report on terror cases

Study: Justice Dept. rejecting FBI terror cases

(Iraq) 53 Al Qaeda militants, 14 others killed across Iraq - arrested 16, in Baghdad suburb of Tuwaitha

Iran to consider US request for Iraq talks

(Thailand) Bombs kill five in Thai south

Thailand 'rebels' attack schools - burnt down 3 schools, shot teacher

(Pakistan) Four killed in Pakistani tribal area - including murder of a pro-government tribal elder

(Pakistan) Rocket plot uncovered

'Pak officers tried to kill Musharraf' - among 50 arrested in assassination plot

'Pak joined terror war under duress'

(India) At least six people killed in Kashmir violence - Hizbul Mujhahideen shot dead four in family after they refused to marry off their daughters to militants

(Russia) Suspected Chechen rebels shot dead

(Israel) PM: IDF offensive in Gaza will end when Qassam fire curbed - 27 Palestinians killed in Gaza over weekend

Yemen court acquits 'Zarqawi group' of terror charges - appeals court acquits 19 suspected members of Al-Qaeda cell, including five Saudi nations

(Canada) Hot for martyrdom - Tawfik Hamid addresses growth of militant Islam

(Pennsylvania) Man On Terror Watch List Arrested At Local Bank - Raza Hussain had a tampered Pakistani passport, fake driver's license, fake Social Security card

Rebels threaten all-out attack on Nigeria's oil

ETA: Peace Process Is in Crisis

C.I.A. Review Highlights Afghan Leader’s Woes

Terrorist Planners Surf Net

Playing Defense - Detailed US News & World Report special report on changes in U.S. intel community - and Inside Intelligence blog post by David Kaplan

(Indonesia) Hardline Muslims protest Bush visit

(Iraq) Curfew in Baghdad on Saddam verdict day - on Sunday

(Pakistan) Predator carried out Bajaur strike - CT Blog referenced and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross quoted on Zawahiri

(UK) Muslim 'wanted new 9/11' across Europe - Mizanur Rahman in London demonstrations

(Thailand) Seven shot dead in Thailand's restive south - one Muslim victim had been cooperative with the government killed by Jihadists

Palestinian women help free Hamas gunmen

Thousands of Iranians protest outside US ex-embassy - 27th anniversary of seizure by Jihadists

Six Arab states join rush to go nuclear - Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, UAE and Saudi Arabia seek atom technology -- in March 2006 - German Magazine Cicero reported - Saudia Arabia working on secret nuclear program with Pakistan help -- this has been previously reported in West - Pakistan, Saudi Arabia in secret nuke pact