(US) Suspect at Guantanamo Claims Torture Suspected Saudi Terrorist at Guantanamo Says He Was Tortured Into Confessing
(Afghanistan) Five Afghan force members killed, Taleban leaders arrested - Involved in attempt to kill important tribal leader
Iran dissidents: British capture ordered -- planned in advance to retaliate for U.N. sanctions
(Iraq) Commentary: The Christian victims of Iraq - 14-year-old boy nailed to a cross by Islamists in Iraq and other atrocities
(Iraq) Four bombs kill 14 in Iraq - outside hospital, fuel station, central square, shopping area
(Somalia) Artillery rocks Mogadishu - resumed attacks on Islamist rebels and clan militia
Iran: Khatami Lashes Out at Reformists - Khatami calls those who want suspension of enrichment "traitors" who don't "support the Islamic Revolution and its values"
(Pakistan) Taliban free Pakistan school principal - who tried to stop Taliban from recruiting at school
(Pakistan) "Hit list" of terrorist outfits - extremists expected to target 26 clerics, senior govt officials, foreigners and diplomats on Eid Miladun Nab
Damascus must soon choose - Commentary in Egypt's Al-Ahram Weekly: "Syria's alliance with Iran is not working in the favour of Damascus"
Suicide bombers kill 130 in Iraq (updated) - Bombers in NE Baghdad killed 76, wounded 100; Bombers elsewhere killed 53, wounded 103
(India) Govt allows FIU to share intelligence with others - Financial Intelligence Unit to share information on suspicious transactions with other countries
(UK/Pakistan) Secret talks to get airline bomb suspect back to UK -- Pakistan seeks swap deal to extradite dissidents living in Britain
Update: Pakistani Intel Officers Killed While Searching for AQ Leader, Sources Say - planned to meet with leaders to help find al Qaeda's No. 2 Ayman al Zawahri and one of his deputies
Indonesia shifts battle against extremists - plan to rehabilitate Jihadists - authorities debating arrested members of extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) to change their ideology
Colombian army says 10 rebels killed in combat - Battle with FARC over jungle territory used to produce cocaine
Press Reports Reveal Moroccan Hizbullah, Iraqi Hamas - "Brigades of the Twenties Revolution" in Iraq changes name
Experts Address Terror Financing - Singapore conference brings experts together to discuss cases and policies
Three Palestinian militants wounded in Israeli strike - Islamic Jihad preparing to fire rockets into Israel from northern Gaza
(Pakistan) Militants attack town in Pakistan - Taliban recruiting in town - militants fired rockets, killed policeman, kidnapped school principal
(Indonesia) Father of terror suspect questioned - father of suspected terrorist Ahmad Syahrul Uman, alias Khoirul
(Denmark) 2 Danish Palestinian charity members acquitted of financing terror - Al Aqsa Foundation transferred funds to Islamic Charitable Society and WAMY, but court decided no proof funds went to Hamas
Navy: nothing to substantiate Iran market rumor - Rumor that Iran fired at U.S. naval vessel in Gulf sent oil futures up $5/barrel
US tells Syria to stop bombers crossing into Iraq - 90 percent of bombers are foreigners - most cross from Syria
Iraqi bomb attacks kill 77: police - Attacks target Sunni tribes allied against al Qaeda - Leader of 1920 Revolution Brigades, Harith al-Dari, killed
Divisive Egypt reforms approved - Muslim Brotherhood leader: "It is 100% forged... They are lying"
U.S. base in Iraq attacked with suicide truck bombs - Fallujah base attacked by 2 suicide truck bombs and 30 gunmen, with 15 killed
ITT fined $100 million for illegal exports - Illegally sent classified night-vision tech to China, Singapore & UK - Plea Agreement
Pakistan 'secret agents killed' - four of Pakistan ISI intelligence shot in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan
Indonesian anti-terror raid reveals more explosives - 12.5 KG TNT, 14 KG other explosives, 20 detonators, 101 books on jihad
US posts reward for Abu Sayyaf Malaysian terror suspect - $5 M for Zulkifli bin Hir (a.k.a. Marwan), for attacks in Philippines - see profile here
Bank Buyer Threatens N. Korea Cash Move - British investor buying NK bank trying to block transfer of money in Macau bank
(Guantanamo Bay) Hicks pleads guilty to terror charge Australian citizen pleads guilty to providing material support to terrorism.
(Belgium) Hijacking attempt foiled - by "disturbed" Frenchman on Brussel to Algiers flight
(US) Report: "Ordinary customers flagged as terrorists" - Office of Foreign Asset Control's list of "specially designated nationals" - but auto dealer says if he had checked OFAC list would not have sold car to Mohamed Atta
(Iraq) Al Qaeda leader, two aides arrested in Baghdad - Ahmad Farhan confessed to ties with Abu Omar Al Baghdadi, support from Syria & Jordan
(Ireland) Adams and Paisley agree historic deal - Old enemies meet for first time to set date for assembly meeting
(Sri Lanka) CT Blog Says Tamil Tigers Supplied Forged Passports... (shortened title) - Sri Lanka paper quotes Aaron Mannes' Mar. 22 post on LTTE help for Ramzi Yousef
Iranian military warns U.S. against any attack -- Comments come two days after U.N. imposed new sanctions on Tehran
(France) Police: Four suspects with alleged ties to terror group arrested in France - Ansar al-Fath - terror cell plotted attack on Paris subway, Paris airport, DST HQ
(Morocco) Terror plot to target tourists in Morocco is foiled -- (Morocco) Suicide bomber cell smashed ---Islamic terrorist cell was plotting to send suicide bombers against British and other foreign tourists
Indonesia police arrest suspected al-Qaida man - Ahmad Khoirul Uman accused of ties to Jemaah Islamiyah
Iran partially suspends nuke cooperation - Ahmadinejad says enrichment won't be halted "even for a second"
Iran "to try Britons for espionage" - Website run by Ahmadinejad associates reported British face "serious penalty" if convicted - Iran denies UK access to sailors
Analysis: U.S. doubts Saudi terror arrests - Matthew Levitt quoted on lack of information on arrested
Report: Iranians Had Showdown With U.S. Forces - US News & World Report: American advisers for Iraqi border guards recently attacked by Iranian soldiers
(Iraq) Suicide bombers strike in Iraq, killing dozens - in a string of attacks on mostly Iraqi police targets that killed more than 30 people and wounded dozens
(Pakistan) Foreigners offered amnesty - foreign militants battling tribesmen in South Waziristan can get amnesty if they surrender
(USA) 'Former US sailor assisted terrorists' - Hassan Abujihaad (aka Paul Hall) ordred to remain behind bars
Iran to hit back at US ‘kidnaps’ - Iran might retaliate in Europe for "kidnaps" of senior IRGC officers
(Iraq) DOD press releases on 3 seizures of weapons caches HERE and HERE and HERE
U.S. accuses detainee of carrying Jakarta bomb funds - Mohammed Farik bin Amin Zubair accused of transporting $50,000 for 2003 Jakarta Marriott bombing - read transcript
(U.S.) Detainee Pleads Ignorance In Bomb Plot - Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, indicted in bombing of U.S. Embassy in Tanzania, says he unwittingly delivered explosives - read transcript
(U.S.) Court affirms former professor's contempt citation - Sami al-Arian refused to testify before grand jury investigating Islamic charities
(Spain) Fury as judges say Otegi should face terror charges - Prosecutor dropped charges against leader of ETA's political arm
Iran's president cancels U.N. appearance - Blames "America's obstruction in issuing visas"
Colombia backs hostage-swap offer - Offer to negotiate release of 61 hostages for FARC in jail
Somalia silences Al-Jazeera - Al-Jazeera satellite TV network and 2 local private radio stations turned off
A Bombing Campaign In UK - 7/21 suspect spent 2 months in Pakistan at same time as two 7/7 bombers
(Iraq) Al-Qaida group denies chlorine usage -- Chlorine cache found in Iraq - U.S. troops sweeping Baghdad have found containers of nitric acid and chlorine
Update: (Iraq) Shia troops break away - 3,000 Mahdi Army financed directly by Iran and no longer loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr - Hundreds of Mahdi Army fighters reportedly have crossed into Iran
(Iran) Major Powers Submit Final Iran Draft - New resolution to pressure Iran to suspend uranium enrichment - vote in 2 days
(US Homeland Security) U.S. to test anti-missile drones - designed to deter ground-fired missiles from striking passenger planes
(France) Editor wins Mohammed cartoons trial - Paris court acquitted editor of French weekly, sued by 2 Muslim groups
Al Qaeda Plotting Attacks on Oil, Sources Say -- against oil facilities and personnel in Africa and the Middle East
(UK) Three men arrested over 7/7 London bombings - Two about to board flight to Pakistan -- BBC report -- see also Andrew Cochran posting
(Iraq) GAO: Looted munitions pose new threat - Explosives from Iraq sites will support terrorist attacks for years
(Jordan) Death sentence on Fatah Islam chief - Jordan says Shaker al-Absi, head of Fatah Islam, linked to al-Qaeda in Iraq
(Algeria) Terrorist leader reported to get death sentence in absentia - Abdelmalek Dourkdel heads GSPC -- and -- Report: Algeria to Execute Top Terrorist - Abdelmalek Dourkdel, head of GSPC, & 7 others convicted in absentia
(Iraq) Shiite militia may be disintegrating - Hundreds of Mahdi Army fighters reportedly have crossed into Iran
(Iran) Top Iran cleric warns on uranium enrichment - Khamenei threatens "illegal" steps if Security Council insists it stop practice
KSM’s missing confession - J.C. Brisard on 2002 attack on Tunisian synagogue, killing 21, planned by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
(U.S.) Man pleads not guilty in terror case - Chicago man charged as part of conspiracy - see CTB posts here and here on case
IT firm: Terror video made in Germany - GIMF video threatening Germany & Austria to leave Afghanistan launched from Erfurt, eastern Germany
Security developments in Iraq, March 21 - Reuters summary from cities across Iraq
Iraq PM orders Sadr aide released by U.S. forces - Ahmed Shibani, held for over a year, released on Maliki's orders
Colombia rebels target survivor mayor in stronghold - FARC repeatedly tries to kill defiant mayor of city near drugs heartland
Jordan court refuses to hear Hamas leader - Trial against 3 accused of smuggling & storing weapons for Hamas
A top hawk joins flight from Bush administration - State Department's arms control official reportedly disagrees with actions on North Korea
Dissident: Iran Is Training Iraqis - Insurgents, guerrilla fighters & death squads in secret camps with blessing of top Iranian leaders
US looks to sell arms in Gulf to try to contain Iran - Congressional approval to sell to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, & Oman
(U.S.) Islamic Radicalism in Our Nation's Capital - Radical pro-Iran cleric preaches hate miles from White House
(Iraq) 11 killed in Iraq attacks - twin mortar attacks in Al-Madaen
(Pakistan) Over 100 killed in Pakistan militant battles - Uzbek and tribal leader clash continues in South Waziristan
(Palestinian) Melchior: Alert Abbas to PA textbooks - New Palestinian Authority textbooks call destruction of Israel a religious duty
(UK) Al-Qaeda man to be extradited to USA- Pakistani-born US national Syed Hashmi - charges he was "quartermaster" who supplied the terror network's operatives in Afghanistan and Pakistan
(Iraq) Police Yield to Sunni Insurgents' Ultimatum - 5 police stations destroyed in 2 weeks in town north of Baghdad
Khalid Sheikh Muhammad: Waging Jihad from Prison - Michael Scheuer: KSM's testimony benefits al-Qaeda and causes problems for U.S.
Norway-Hamas link angers Israel - Israel cancels meeting after Norway's FM meets with new Palestinian PM
(U.S.) Watchdog calls FBI abuses inexcusable - DOJ Inspector General says FBI misused info search authority while hunting terrorists
Russia reportedly exits Iran nuke site (updated) - Russia pulling experts out from Iranian nuclear reactor they were helping build
46 Die in Militant Clash in Pakistan -- Uzbek Al-Qaeda militants, Pakistan tribesmen clash
(Pakistan) Another Al Qaeda suspect points to Pakistan link - Yemeni Walid bin Attash says USS Cole attack had supplies and other support from Pakistan
Iraqi Government Hangs Saddam's Former Deputy - Taha Yassin Ramadan was VP when ousted by U.S. in 2003 - fourth man executed for killings of 148 Shiites after 1982 assassination attempt against Saddam
(Israel) We'll respond to any terror activity, security source says - senior defense official says "from now on, any terror incident will receive an appropriate response"
Israel fears fight against Hamas - views Hamas fortifying Gaza for fighting based on Iranian help, expertise
Pentagon: Suspected Mastermind of USS Cole Bombing Confesses -- Yemeni Waleed bin Attash also said he helped plan the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 that killed 213
Egypt to Launch Production on Movie on Al-Qaeda - intends to blame US and Arabs for spread of terror
(Australia) Islamic group 'a threat' - Hizb ut-Tahrir a potential threat
Honor My Mother (commentary) - Daughter of 9-11 victim reminds that families due same respect as all victims of crime
Chiquita pleads guilty in terror probe - Guilty to doing business with terrorist organization in plea deal - DOJ press release - Aaron Mannes post
Lawmakers push ‘terror-free’ investing - California state lawmakers want bans on state investments tied to Iran
(Iraq) Weapons found at Iraqi politician's home - raid on the Baghdad home of a Sunni Muslim Iraq politician turned up 65 Kalashnikov rifles and other weapons
(Iraq) 'Top al-Qaeda financier' held - arrested an Iraqi-born Palestinian suspected of acting as a financier for the al-Qaeda network
US warns Palestinian unity government - US will deal with it only if it renounces violence and fully recognizes Israel
Yemen lawyers demand to see Qaeda accused files - trial of 36 accused members of Yemeni Al-Qaeda
U.S., North Korea resolve Macau bank dispute - $25 million transferred to Bank of China for NK's education and humanitarian purposes
Resilient Iraqis ask what civil war? - New British poll of Iraqis show life is better than under Saddam and most don't believe they are in civil war
Freed Hamas leader shuns terror tactics - Salah Arouri, released after 15 years, urges political action
(Iraq) Sunni militants disrupt plan to calm Baghdad - Bombings by Sunni militants now greater danger than Shia gangs
Saudi Arabia Routinely Frees Detainees - Gitmo Bay prisoners feed within weeks of return
(U.S.) Amid Concerns, FBI Lapses Went On - FBI used flawed procedures to obtain phone records despite escalating concerns
3 children killed in Thai school attack - Insurgents attacked Islamic school with explosives & assault rifles
(Iraq) Gas sickens more than 350 in Iraq blast - 3 suicide bombers driving tanks filled with chlorine struck in Sunni Anbar province -- and -- Iraqis killed by chlorine bombs - 8 killed
(Iraq) Foes change their focus - blatant attacks by al Qaeda in Diyala province
(Pakistan) Riots push Pakistan towards political crisis - Musharraf's dismissal of chief justice "serious miscalculation"
(US) Update: Probe of Al-Qaeda Leader's Handling Sought - Senators Urge Inquiry After Khalid Sheik Mohammed Alleges Abuse -- Washington Post
Indonesian Militant "Condemns Bombings" - Jemaah Islamiyah leader declined to directly condemn 2002 Bali bombings and other attacks
(UK) Uproar over IRA bomb as 'best thing for city' - British Labour MP who said the IRA bomb in Manchester was "the best thing to happen to the city"
(UK) Academic: Extremism debate is being stifled - Lecture at Leeds University on Islamic anti-Semitism cancelled by protests
(US) FBI Bulletin: Terrorists On School Buses? U.S. Security Bulletin Says Extremist Group Members Have Signed Up As Drivers -- related report
Al-Qaeda Denounces Hamas - New Web Posting - by Atiyatullah Abdel Rahman al-Libi
Palestinians swear allegiance to Bin Laden - 'We pledge loyalty to Sheikh Osama Bin Laden and we will carry out jihad,' online statement says
Boston: Islamic group sues scholar for libeling Muslims -- Islamic Society of Boston suing Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, David Project, Boston Herald, Fox 25 News, and Steven Emerson
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: I beheaded American reporter - Revised transcript released Thursday by U.S. military
(Iraq) Sunni tribes attack al-Qaida - UK Guardian Films with video of attack in Anbar province
(Palestinian Territories) Bank sanctions to curb aid to Palestinian cabinet - Israel & U.S. to limit donations to Palestinian government - Matthew Levitt quoted
UN's al-Hariri inquiry finds out more about bomber - Suspected bomber grew up in polluted city - team requests more time to finish
France jails man over ties to Sydney terror plot - Willie Brigitte gets 9 years for links to group suspected of plot against nuclear plant
(Iran) Major Powers at U.N. Reach Deal on Sanctions for Iran - Ambassadors from 6 nations agree on "modest package" (quoting AP)
(Iran) Interpol seeks 6 in Argentine attack - see Douglas Farah's Mar. 5 post on warrants for 1994 Buenos Aires bombing
Iran executes man for 'terrorist' acts - paper - Executed a member of group Iran says linked to Al Qaeda
(Russia) "Blacklisted" terrorist groups may not appeal designation - Supreme Court ruling on 15 organizations, including Hizb ut-Tahrir, Muslim Brotherhood, LeT
The Republican Party’s Unwelcome Guests - Newsweek with details on political ties of NY businessman and Canadian - see Andrew Cochran's Mar. 12 post
Funding terror - Cell phone payment systems "the 'killer application' for money laundering and terror financing"
(Afghanistan) 4 killed - Policeman, three Taliban killed in Afghan clashes
(Columbia/FARC) Chiquita to pay $25 million for dealings with militants -- The fine will settle a U.S. inquiry on whether the company knowingly paid Colombian groups deemed to be terrorist for protection -- and -- Chiquita charged in terror investigation -- see also Andrew Cochran 3/14 posting
Judge rules against Sudan in bombing - see Douglas Farah's Mar. 14 post - Testimony by him, by Lorenzo Vidino and other experts cited
(US DHS) Chertoff warns of Web of terrorism -- Radical Islamists are using the Internet to recruit homegrown terrorists in the U.S.
U.S. officials want more outreach to American Arabs, Muslims -- Homeland Security aides note difficulty in recruiting interpreters and analysts
(CAIR) Critics target American Muslim group -- looking for links to Hamas and Hezbollah
Danish firm charged in anti-terror case - raised funds for Columbia's FARC and Palestinian PFLP terror groups
(U.S.) Lawyer: Terror talk a 'bunch of bunk' - Yemeni man in Ohio might be charged with “material support of terrorism”
(U.S.) Spied-On Lawyers Get Day in Court - Lawyers for al-Haramain want program declared illegal
Top Baluch militant caught in southwest Pakistan - Wahid Bakhsh Qambar, leader of Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA), caught with 5 others
Iraqi militant group says abducts "senior officer" - Officer appeared in civilian clothes in cards posted by Ansar al-Sunna
Drug money funds Philippine rebels - U.S. official - Abu Sayyaf controlling traffic of smuggled drugs from Jolo Island
(Yemen) Sana’a stands by Al-Zindani - Yemeni government won't comment on US accusation that Sheik Al-Zindani supports Al Qaeda
(Iraq) Mosul Qaeda leader captured - Mohammed Younis al-Hayali, allegedly northern Iraq’s #2 al-Qaeda, supposedly captured
Sadr still exiled in Iran: US - Not seen since start of new strategy on Feb. 14
Militant base discovered in Chechnya - Active militant base with enough food for 10-15 people
US takes steps to enable release of frozen North Korean assets - Designation of Macao bank enables NK to regain money not linked to illicit activities - Treasury official's statement
(Pakistan/Germany) Suspected German militant freed - German police free convert arrested in Pakistan - Flirting with Jihad? (on that arrest)
Kenya denies arrest of associate of terror suspect - Denies arrest of man linked to Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, wanted for 2002 Kenya hotel and 1998 U.S. embassy bombing attacks
(Algeria) US warns of possible Algerian plane attack - Possible attack against flights carrying Western workers in Algeria
U.S. Record Keepers Removed 1 Million Papers to Foil Terrorists - maps and data of govt, nuclear, weapons facilities and technologies
(CAIR) Muslim group stirs suspicion -- CAIR denies critics' claims it's a front for terror organizations
Hamas official: Our ideological stance to change in near future - interview with Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in London-based Al-Sharak Al-Oust daily
(Iraq) Shrine Bombing as War's Turning Point Debated - Experts discuss importance of Samarra shrine bombing in civil war
(USS Cole Lawsuit) Father of sailor killed in USS Cole attack testifies - Lorenzo Vidino testified that "strict correlation between al-Qaida and Sudan made that attack possible"
Kenya, U.S. question terror suspect - Suspect linked to 3 al-Qaida who fled Mogadishu
(Pakistan) Sacking of Pakistani chief justice sparks ire -- his dismissal Friday raises fresh concern that President Musharraf will remove obstacles to his reelection this fall
Report: Dirty bomb materials still available - NBC News: New report that dangerous materials remain vulnerable to terrorists overseas
Nigerian arrested for extradition to US - Suspected of money laundering and involvement in drug smuggling
September 11 suspect gets Guantanamo hearing - Panel examined case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed at closed hearing
(Iraq) U.S. troops to root out car-bomb shops - U.S. troops will fan out into Baghdad communities to shut down factories
Israelis and Palestinians in “secret contacts” - “There are secret contacts, but there is no secret channel for negotiations”
(U.S.) House GOP protest Muslim seminar on Hill - House Republican Conference referred to CAIR as "terrorist apologists"
Afghanistan: Pakistani Close to Bin Laden Arrested, Says Report - according to Pakistani sources sited in the Arabic newspaper al-Hayat
Iran Issues Bank Note With Nuke Symbol Amid Standoff - new bank note has nuclear symbol, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and quote from Prophet Muhammad:
Terrorists proving harder to profile -- Traits of suspected Islamic extremists constantly shifting, officials say
Report: U.S. "Visa Waiver" policy greenlights terror -- 'Homegrown' jihadists in Britain welcomed without question in U.S.
(Iraq) Deadly blast as peace talks underway - car bomb in Sadr City, mortar rounds inside Green zone nearr where delegates discussing security
(Iraq) Top al-Qaida official taken in Iraq raid - "not Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, but, in fact, another important al-Qaida official"
(Iraq) Suspected AQ Media Emir, alleged "Butcher" captured in raids - DOD press release on Al-Qaeda media emir and "Butcher" responsible for kidnappings, beheadings, suicide operations
(Afghanistan) Six die after Afghan attack on influential leader - bomb ripped through the vehicle of Mullah Naqeeb, an influential pro-government tribal elder
Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar wants "joint front" with Taliban - against Afghanistan government -- Hekmatyar's Hezb-e-Islami (Islamic Party) - Hekmatyar says misunderstood by media that he wants to break with Taliban
Kenyan police arrest key Al Qaeda suspect - tied to 2002 hotel attacks in Mombasa and attempt to shoot down Israeli airliner
(Houston, TX) Terror suspect wondered, 'Am I Wahhabi?' - accused of training in Somalia to become a bomb maker
(US) Air Marshals book trans-Atlantic flights - are beefing up protection of specific overseas flights after UK Jihadist transatlantic airline bomb plot
