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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