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January 2007 Archives

(Afghanistan) NATO offensive 'kills 30 Taliban'

Osama's brother-in-law shot dead in raid - Jamal Khalifa alleged to helped finance Abu Sayyaf group in Philippines - see story here also

Kenyan police 'hack Al Qaeda laptop'

(South Africa) More SA names for terror list, says Pahad -- South Africa has been informed that more South Africans are to be listed on the United Nations Security Council list of terror suspects

(Netherlands) Amsterdam: Investigation into mosque - police want to see if the mosque is guilty of incitement or threats

Jordan considers hanging al-Qaida murder convict - Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly

Iran Denies Nuclear-Test Help From North Korea

(Iraq) Three US troops killed in western Iraq

(Bangladesh) Policeman killed in Bangladesh bomb blast - police arrested 30 Jihadists and seized large quantities explosives over past 2 weeks

(Iran) US takes new steps to isolate Iran - announcing a freeze on the sale of all F-14 fighter parts and warning that an attempt by Iran to block the flow of Gulf oil could be turned against it -- and -- US accuses allies of dragging their feet over Iran

(UK) Eight men arrested in Birmingham anti-terror raids -- and -- Police 'thwart plot to kidnap British Muslim soldier' - Jihadists plan to behead kidnap victim

(UK) Islamist bookshop was known to sell 'incendiary works' - in Birmingham - selling books/DVDs glorifying suicide bombing and anti-Semitism

Terror cells throughout Europe similar - Terrorism expert Edwin Bakker study "Jihadi terrorists in Europe"

Report: 8 Fatah members beaten by Hamas captors

(Turkey) Police foils Al Qaeda planned attacks - recent arrests uncovered that terror organization was planning bombing attacks in major cities of Turkey

US anti-terror program subject of constitutional arguments to begin Wednesday - federal appeals court

Germany seeks 13 over CIA 'kidnap'

Shell Games - Dennis Lormel: Vulnerability from shell companies can only be addressed by Congress through specific legislation

"Global war curriculum" seen in Iran's schools

Analysis: Encryption tool aids terrorist cause - see Andrew Cochran's Jan. 26 post

(US) Court reinstates key Padilla charge - federal appeals court reinstated a key terrorism charge, the only one carrying a potential life sentence

US: Pakistani student terror suspect convicted - Shiraz Syed Qazi guilty on gun charge - ties with Taliban - Houston paramilitary training

Pakistan: Controversial Clerics Receive "Death Threats" From Authorities -- see also January 30 posting by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

UK baroness: Islamic extremism greatest threat to West - Caroline Cox said in an address at the House of Lords -- and -- Commentary: Exclusive: How The UK Threatens US Security Part One

(Iraq) On Shiites' holiest day, 58 dead in Iraq - 23 killed by suicide bomber in Shiite mosque

Iraq: Al-Qaida leader captured - Provincial leader of al-Qaida in Iraq group north of Baghdad killed, 58 captured

(Iraq) Analysis: Najaf battle raises questions and Group Did Not Participate In An Najaf Battle - Questions raised over Shiite group's alleged involvement

U.S. unveils evidence Iran fueling Iraq war - Expert who exposed nuke program says Tehran agents hold top posts in Baghdad

Senior Hamas member killed as he left mosque

Report: Egyptian forces aided suicide bombing? Israel studying possibility Eilat attacker had help infiltrating Jewish state

Commentary: Welcome to Palestine

Afghanistan suicide blast wounds 12 - suicide attacker drove an explosives-laden vehicle into an Afghan army bus in the western city of Herat

Pakistan curfew after Shia attack - in the north-west Pakistani town of Hangu

Pakistan links Taliban, Al Qaeda: Kabul - drawing motivation from "success" in Iraq with Al Qaeda

(North Korea / Iran) How the 'axis' seeks the killer missile - North Korea and Iran are cooperating in developing long-range missiles, per Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency

(Iran) Bush says he has no plans to invade Iran

(Iran) With Iran ascendant, U.S. is seen at fault - Washington Post on Iran and Arab allies

(Philippines) U.S. offers $50,000 bounty for Philippine bomber - Abdul Basit Usman, former member of MILF, suspect in Mindanao bomb attacks

(Israel) IAF strikes terror tunnel in Gaza Strip - following Eilat suicide bombing

Hamas, Fatah declare new cease-fire

(U.S.) Suit by Suicide Bombing Victims Upheld - Judge allows foreign nationals to pursue claims against Arab Bank for funneling Saudi money to bombers' families - read decision here

Yahoo Hosting German al Qaeda Website - GIMF (Global Islamic Media Front)

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah attacks Bush

Bush: Iran, Syria fomenting "chaos" in Lebanon

(Miami) Threat level raised for Super Bowl

(Virginia) Man once acquitted of aiding the Taliban on trial - Sabri Benkahla accused of lying to a US grand jury about his training as a jihadist

Bush warns Iran against action in Iraq

US 'No strategic interest' in united Iraq: former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton

(Iraq) Executions on Tape: Iraqi vs. Iraqi - Sunni terrorists post videos of execution of more than a dozen captured fighters who were supposedly working with Iranian agents in Iraq

(Iraq/Dutch) Terror suspect pleads not guilty

(UK) Two charged in Britain with terrorism offenses after raids - CD clip entitled "al-Qaida,"computer files entitled "Attack Against American Troops," "Hamas Bomb," and "Instructions"

Pakistan Taliban vow more violence -- "Allah on 480 occasions in the Holy Koran extols Muslims to wage jihad. We only fulfil God's orders"

Explosion rocks Gaza near PM Haniyeh's house

(Israel - Eilat Attack) Suicide bomber's family: "We're very proud of him." -- Dozens of Palestinians, chanting slogans against Israel and the US, converged on the family's home to "congratulate" them on the success of the attack

Suicide bombing attempt to provoke Israeli retaliation? -- and -- Suicide-bombing planners loyal to Abbas - Today's attack 'reflects position of Fatah the occupation must be fought'

"Hot" patients setting off dirty-bomb alarms - side effect of radioactive medical therapies

(US) House Democrat vows scrutiny on homeland security -- see January 29 posting by Andrew Cochran

(UK) Cartoon protester was 'cheerleader' - Abdul Saleem chanted "7/7 on its way" and "Europe you will pay with your blood" at demonstration

(Philippines) Bin Laden relative denies militant link - Jamal Khalifa

(Iraq) Hundreds dead in Najaf battle - Sunday day long battle estimated 300 dead

Iraqi cult leader killed in Najaf battle - claimed to be Mahdi

Iraq: Arrests Follow Weekend Battle in Najaf - at least 130 people have been arrested and charged with belonging to terrorist groups near Najaf -- and -- Raids foil plot to kill Shia pilgrims

Iran and Syria blamed for Palestinian war

(Afghanistan) Insurgents killed in Afghanistan clashes - three separate clashes over weekend

US to try Dutch citizen on Iraq terror charges

(UK) 'Help Muslims report terror' call - urged forces to use "third-party reporting" to get terror information from Muslims

(UK) Young, British Muslims 'getting more radical' -- More young Muslims back sharia, says poll -- and -- Multiculturalism 'drives young Muslims to shun British values' - 13 per cent of young Muslims said they "admired" organizations such as Al Qaeda which are prepared to "fight the West" -- UK Report: "Living Apart Together: British Muslims and the paradox of multiculturalism" (PDF)

(Australia Hizb-ut Tahrir) Radical cause hits a glitch - problems with radical's webcast to world

Congress Pressured to Ban Racial Profiling - repercussions of removing group of imams from Minneapolis flight

(Iraq) 24 Iraqis killed ahead of Ashura rite - at least 24 Iraqis have been killed in ambushes, car bombs and firefights as Shiite Muslims headed to the shrine city of Karbala for Ashura

(Hezbollah) New Fears: The Return of a Superterrorist - Imad Mughniyeh

Gaza battle rages on after 25 dead -- and -- Bomb explodes on 3rd day of Palestinian infighting - gunmen from rival Palestinian factions exchanged fire at the start of a third day of infighting

Yemen: 6 killed in clashes with Shi'ite rebels

(Philippines) Five dead in fresh clashes in southern Philippines - Muslim MILF terror group attacks village - forcing hundreds to evacuate -- and -- Philippine officials meet Muslim rebels

Tech's dark potential troubles terror expert

(Iraq) Death squad chieftains flee to beat Baghdad surge -- most of the leaders loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr, the radical anti-American cleric, had gone into hiding in Iran

(UK) Islamic school raided by police stays open -- Jameah Islamiyah

(UK) Terror searches 'to be scaled back' -- Stop-and-search powers for police conducting counter-terrorist operations are to be reviewed after complaints from Muslims that they feel victimized

(Australia) Ban radical Muslim group Hizb ut-Tahrir, says minister - as hundreds of its supporters meet in Sydney today

(Pakistan) Bombing near mosque in Pakistan - 15 killed, 30 injured near crowded Shiite mosque in Peshawar, two police officials, including city police chief, killed -- and -- Bombing near mosque also reported as "parcel bomb"

(Kenya) Two dead in attack on US embassy car

Iranian Lawmaker (Alaeddin Boroujerdi) Says Country Has Begun Installing 3,000 Centrifuges -- and -- Iran denies centrifuge claim - Hossein Cimorgh, Iranian Atomic Energy Organization

Egyptian police arrest would-be suicide bomber -- 17-year-old Egyptian boy who intended to execute a suicide attack in Israel

DHS sees flaws in Coast Guard ship program

(US) Justice found unprepared for crises

(Iraq) Suicide car bomb kills 13 in Baghdad - Two car bombs in succession in market kills at least 13, wounds more than 40

(Pakistan) Islamabad mullahs threaten suicide attacks - Imams seeks reconstruction of madrassas and mosques, "millions of madrassa students had decided to sacrifice their lives in the name of Allah"

(Pakistan) Two blasts rock Quetta

(Pakistan) U.S. bill seeks surrender of Pakistan's Dr. Khan -- Analyst says Nuclear Black Market Counter-Terrorism Act could link aid to cooperation

(Thailand) Thai policeman killed, school torched -- as the Prime Minister toured the region to promote peace

Thailand clears all New Year's Eve bomb suspects - cleared all 19 suspects

Philippine troops raid MILF rebels, 6 dead - Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in North Cotabato province

(Indonesia) Al-Qaida-trained militant killed in Indonesia raid -- Mahmud attended a military training class at an al-Qaida camp in Afghanistan

(Australia) Sheik understudy creates his own stir - Yahya Safi gave a sermon reportedly calling for attacks in Iraq to destroy the enemies of Islam

(Spain) America's Cup 'was ETA target'

(Canada) CSIS: Too much secrecy helps terrorist - Canadian Security Intelligence Service warns of "excessive government secrecy and draconian counterterrorism measures"

(Iran) UN nuclear chief calls for "timeout" over Iran -- and -- Iran rejects U.N.'s chief inspector -- Official already banned from entering Iran – objection keeps him from reviewing program

N. Korea denies nuclear cooperation with Iran

(India Assam) ULFA militant shot dead in Assam

Bin Laden Alive, Active Says Algerian Group - GPSC says OBL gave approval for name change to "Al Qaeda Organization in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb"

Bush steps up anti-Iran talk -- and -- U.S.: Evidence shows Iran subversion in Iraq - US intends to present evidence that Iranian operatives in Iraq are targeting U.S. troops

(Iran) Report: Thousands of Iranian agents in Iraq - Iranian group releases list of 32,000 names

(Iraq) US to 'speed up' Iraq deployment

(West Bank) Deported Ohio imam denies ties to Islamic Jihad - Fawaz Damra