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March 2007 Archives

(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

Power struggle in Iran over hostages - London Times: Top Iranian generals disagree - Iran envoy denies saying Britons may face trial

(India) LeT terror shadow on SAARC meet

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) 55 deaths reported in Iraq

(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

Australian Hicks to exit Guantanamo in plea deal at US tribunal -- serve 9 months in Australian prison

(Iran/UK) US rejects Iran captives exchange

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"

Iran denies 'secret atomic program'

(Iran) Bin Laden's Son in Iran, Experts Say

(Pakistan) Security force official killed in Balochistan - gun battle between security forces and militants

(Pakistan) Taliban free Pakistan school principal - who tried to stop Taliban from recruiting at school

(Pakistan) Cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz gives govt a week to impose Sharia - otherwise "clerics will Islamize society themselves"

(Pakistan) "Hit list" of terrorist outfits - extremists expected to target 26 clerics, senior govt officials, foreigners and diplomats on Eid Miladun Nab

Pakistani tribesmen battle Al Qaeda fighters

Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable missile

(Pakistan) "US military aid up by 45,000%" -- to $4.2 billion

Could Terror Suspects Be Moved To San Diego?

Palestinian premier a terrorist: Olmert

Nigerian gunmen kidnap British oil worker

Coalition Forces in Iraq Kill Four Terrorists, Capture 67 - DOD press release with details of operations

Treasury Designates Individuals & Entities for Contributions to Conflict in Congo (shortened) - Related to Victor Bout - see Douglas Farah's Oct. 30 post

Australian signs Guantanamo plea deal for seven years - will serve sentence in Australia - see Michael Kraft's Mar. 26 post

(Europe) Don't confuse terrorism with Islam, says EU -- word "jihad" is to be avoided altogether

(Iraq) Coaltion forces detain Iraq bomb suspect - Suspect linked to imported IEDs

(Iraq) Militiamen return to Sadr City

Bangladesh executes six top Islamic militants - see Animesh Roul's Mar. 30 post

Israel says it can destroy Iran's missiles

UK resident to be freed from Guantanamo

(Ireland) Four arrested in anti-terror swoop

Analysis: Al Qaeda, Penny-Pinchers?

Damascus must soon choose - Commentary in Egypt's Al-Ahram Weekly: "Syria's alliance with Iran is not working in the favour of Damascus"

U.N. calls on Iran to free Britons and Iran: UK sailor calls for troops out of Iraq -- Second letter allegedly from female sailor

Suicide bombers kill 130 in Iraq (updated) - Bombers in NE Baghdad killed 76, wounded 100; Bombers elsewhere killed 53, wounded 103

(Lebanon) Patriarch Sfeir Hammers Lahoud and Aoun - Maronite Patriarch accuses 2 leaders of aiding Hezbollah -- and -- TIME: Inside Hizballah's Hidden Bunkers

(India) Govt allows FIU to share intelligence with others - Financial Intelligence Unit to share information on suspicious transactions with other countries

Iran's Suicide Brigades: Terrorism Resurgent - IRGC "think tank" develops suicide units

Russia's New Position on Iran's Nuclear Program Creates Iran-Russia Crisis - MEMRI translations point to serious split

Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi: "Civil Jihad" Won't Abrogate Military Jihad - MEMRI transcript of video - see Douglas Farah's Mar. 26 post

(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

(Iraq) Four Iraqi police killed in war-torn capital - terrorists bobby-trapped car with corpse

(Iraq) Bomb Tears Through Baghdad Market

(Indonesia) Wanted militant believed still in Indonesia -- Noordin Mohammad Top

Indonesia shifts battle against extremists - plan to rehabilitate Jihadists - authorities debating arrested members of extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) to change their ideology

(USA) Records say how CIA got Padilla papers

(USA) Al-Qaeda Faces U.S. Cyberwar

Sri Lanka clash 'kills 15 rebels'

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

(Gaza) Gunmen wound Hamas commander and Gunmen wound Hamas chief's children - Head of Hamas's armed wing in Beit Hanoun

70 Iraqis massacred in revenge attacks -- In Al-Wahada, 40 missing & 30 wounded -- Enraged Policemen Go on Revenge Killing Spree in Northern Iraqi Town

Experts Address Terror Financing - Singapore conference brings experts together to discuss cases and policies

Interpol issued international extradition warrants... (shortened) - ITIC analysis - See Douglas Farah's Mar. 15 post

Three Palestinian militants wounded in Israeli strike - Islamic Jihad preparing to fire rockets into Israel from northern Gaza

Iraq: Al-Qaeda Says It Struck in Talafar

Taliban demands Karzai swap prisoners for Afghans - Wants 2 Taliban prisoners swapped for 6 Afghans - Taliban Kill Senior Pakistani Intelligence Official; Taliban-ISI Rift?

(Pakistan) Militants attack town in Pakistan - Taliban recruiting in town - militants fired rockets, killed policeman, kidnapped school principal

Update: Pakistan signs deal in militant area - formally announced by both sides

(Indonesia) Father of terror suspect questioned - father of suspected terrorist Ahmad Syahrul Uman, alias Khoirul

Commentary: The Word Games That Hamas Plays

(NYC) Bomb threat at UN HQ tightens security

(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

(Netherlands) ID card for foreigners

(US) Stepped-up counterintelligence OK'd

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"

Top Taliban Leader Targets German Army in Afghanistan - Former Taliban defense minister captured after this interview

U.S. base in Iraq attacked with suicide truck bombs - Fallujah base attacked by 2 suicide truck bombs and 30 gunmen, with 15 killed

Sunni militants take aim at 'soft' Lebanon - See Olivier Guitta's Mar. 27 post

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

U.S. offers nearly $60 mln to prepare Abbas's forces - Plans to strengthen security forces & support elections - Militants die in West Bank battle

Bank Buyer Threatens N. Korea Cash Move - British investor buying NK bank trying to block transfer of money in Macau bank

(Iraq) Mortar rounds kill 4 in Shiite area

(Pakistan) Militants hailed by Pakistani government vow to fight on in Afghanistan - "We will continue our jihad (in Afghanistan) if that is against America"

(Pakistan) Al Qaeda's Pakistan Sanctuary - Bill Roggio

Iran: 15 Britons treated humanely

(Guantanamo Bay) Hicks pleads guilty to terror charge Australian citizen pleads guilty to providing material support to terrorism.

(Australia) 13 terror accused could get bail

(Belgium) Hijacking attempt foiled - by "disturbed" Frenchman on Brussel to Algiers flight

(US) Jury selection set to begin Tuesday in military secrets case - engineer Chi Mak for China

(US) FBI acknowledges faulty warrant info

(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 S