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April 2007 Archives

(U.S.) Woman Finds Pipe Bomb Outside House - Improvised bomb not related to bomb near abortion clinic last week

(Pakistan) Mehsud behind attack: Sherpao - "Pak Taliban" leader cited as leader - Charsadda blast toll rises to 31

US launches container security project in Pakistan - Facility at Port Qasim in Karachi

(Iraq) White House 'concerned' over Iraqi firings - Dismissal of senior Iraqi officers for possible sectarian reasons

(Iraq) Baghdad bridge bomb shows insurgent skill - Sarafiya Bridge destruction shows sophisticated engineering analysis

German TV show exposes terror plans - News show cites "reliable sources" for attack prediction

Six Tamil rebels killed in Sri Lanka

(U.S.) Report says terror attacks up sharply - Annual State Department terrorism report says attacks up 25% worldwide - State Department report website and Iran remains biggest gov't supporter of terrorism

Colombian rebels release video of kidnapped regional lawmakers - 12 lawmakers among 60, including 3 U.S. defense contractors, held by FARC

Palestinians storm Egyptian Embassy in Gaza

How Pakistan settled an al-Qaeda score - Syed Saleem Shahzad: Squabbling between Taliban & al-Qaeda forced AQ leaders to move to Iraq

(U.K.) Convicted Fertilizer Bomb Plotters Get Life - 5 targeted shopping centre, nightclub and gas network with giant fertiliser bomb - linked to Al Qaeda in Pakistan & Afghanistan - Links Between the 7 July Bombers and the Fertilizer Plot (MI5 release) and Profile of the plotters and Informant captivated British courtroom

(Afghanistan) NATO kills 136 Taliban in Afghanistan today - on Sunday destroyed 7 Taliban positions and killed 87 fighters at Herat province

(Iraq) Violence in Iraq kills 13 - Suicide bomber outside police station, 2 roadside bombings, gunfight, 6 corpses found in Kut - 61 arrested in Mosul, 77 detained elsewhere

(Iraq) Four US soldiers killed in Baghdad: military -- over the past 2 days

(Iraq) Attack on girls' school thwarted

Iraqi leader warns Iran of terror threat

(Pakistan) Row with Pakistan stalls extradition - Rashid Rauf, suspected leader of airliner plot to attack USA; Pakistan wants UK to ban Hizb-ut-Tahrir and 8 Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) extradited

(Algeria) Five would-be suicide bombers arrested in Algeria -- linked to GSPC carried out April 11 attacks killing 30

Hamas threatens more Israeli kidnappings

(UK) Jet terror plot foiled after 7/7 - plan to shoot down jet with rocket launcher - Jihadist was linked to fertilizer plot

(UK) Al-Qaeda supporters working at strategic sites - transport hubs, power stations and the water supply

(UK) Six charged with terrorist fundraising in England - Four of group, including Abu Izzadeen, also charged with inciting terrorism overseas

Netherlands: Terror report -- and -- Belgium: Terror report

Sri Lanka Tiger rebels warn more air attacks

(Saudi Arabia) More Details released of terrorist plots - Jihadists got pilot training in unidentified "troubled country" nearby

(Thailand) Insurgents launched 3 arson attacks in Pattani - Against schools and clinic - 4 Muslims injured in bomb attack against mosque

(India) Top LeT militant killed in Jammu & Kashmir - Abu Hamza alais Shamsher

(Iraq) Uneasy Alliance Is Taming One Insurgent Bastion - NYT: Violence ebbing & insurgency in retreat in Anbar

(Israel/Gaza) Hamas leader justifies rocket attacks - see David Schenker's Apr. 27 post

(Iraq) Baghdad rocked with loud explosions - U.S. artillery fired in city - Coalition forces in Iraq detain dozens - 72 insurgents & bomb-making materials seized

Aircraft bomb two fuel installations in Sri Lanka - Tamil Tiger rebels prompt blackout in capital of Colombo

(U.S.) Arrest made in bomb left at women's clinic - Austin, TX man arrested over explosive device near abortion clinic

(Turkey) Government lashes out at the military - Islamic-rooted government criticizes military warning against it

(Iran) Women bear brunt of Tehran's crackdown - Iranian women activists tell of imprisonment and interrogation by regime

Suicide bomber kills twenty eight in Pakistan town - Peshawar suicide bomber wounded 35 - no claim by any group yet

(Al Qaeda) Purported al-Qaida leader in new video - Abu Laith al-Libi, Al-Qaeda cmndr in Afghanistan - SITE Institute summary and video through Laura Mansfield

France confirms release of hostage in Afghanistan and French female hostage freed: Taliban - Deadline for other hostage and 3 Afghan hostages extended by week

(Afghanistan) Karzai offers peace - Pleads with Taliban - 15th anniversary of defeat of Soviets - Karzai "celebrating the jihad victory" over Soviets

(Iraq) Sixteen killed in Iraq, including Red Crescent workers - minibus ambush in Zafaraniyah, attacks in Saydiyah, Al-Risala district

(Iraq) U.S. jets destroy truck bomb in west Iraq: military -- near the volatile city of Falluja

Iraqi civilian killed, eight injured in Baghdad bomb explosion -- close to the Technology Institute in Baghdad's Zafaraniya neighborhood

(Iraq) U.S. raids target al-Qaida in Iraq - 17 suspected insurgents

(Pakistan) LeT Leader Saeed backs Lal Masjid moves - says Pakistan will have Sharia implemented soon -- additional report

(Pakistan) "Dr Khan case still open"

(India) Militant killed in Manipur

(Ethiopia) American still held in Ethiopian prison - for alleged ties to Islamic militants

(Somalia) NYT Report: Somali Capital Now Calm After Month in Which 1,000 Were Killed -- Somali Islamist: "We're thinking suicide bombs, kidnappings and attacks on government hotels."

(Thailand) Three killed in Thai south on third anniversary of mosque massacre - Buddhist man shot in drive-by shooting, two Muslim men gunned down by suspected Islamic rebels

(Thailand) Gunmen attack mosque in Thailand

Germany extends military mission to Darfur

(Iraq) A failure in generalship - Deputy cmnder, U.S. Army 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment: "America's generals have failed to prepare our armed forces for war..."

Iraq militia: we have special unit to target Prince Harry - Mahdi Army cmndr: ""One of our aims is to capture Harry"

Al-Qaida suspect caught, sent to Guantanamo - Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi a UBL associate, giving us "hundreds of leads" - 7/7 ‘mastermind’ is seized in Iraq

Islamic militants rebound in Somalia - see Daveed Gartenstein-Ross' Apr. 27 post

Saudi Arabia: 172 Terror Suspects Arrested -- Plan was to storm prisons, hijack planes to attack oil fields, carry out suicide missions against 'public figures' - AKI story -- and -- Saudi Terror Arrests Linked To Al Qaeda

Afghanistan: Taliban's hostage deadline expires Saturday -- called for France to withdraw from Afghanistan

France to pullout troops from Afghanistan

(Iraq) Bombers strike at Iraqi army, civilians on Thursday - 72 killed on Thursday

(Chechnya) Downed Russian helicopter kills 17 - Mi-8 transport helicopter "shot down" by Chechen rebel

(Pakistan) Curfew in Pakistan town after two more killings - terrorists on motorcycles kill men in Internet cafe

Somali PM claims insurgents subdued

(Thailand) Two injured in Narathiwat bomb attack - 68 year old grandmother and grandson in bombing

(Iran) Report: Iran may have nuke in 3 years

(UK) Court deals major blow to anti-terror strategy - Home Office 'disappointed' as 2 Libyan terror suspects win appeal against deportation

(Belgium) List of Belgians involved in terrorism - involved in Iraqi terrorist networks - created after Belgian committed suicide attack in Iraq

(France) Jewish woman attacked in France - attacked by "Middle Eastern looking men" on train station for wearing Star of David - painted with swastika

Kassam rocket fired at Israel; none wounded

MEMRI Islamist Websites Monitor No. 91

(Iraq) Chemical Ali's relatives shot (2 of Ali Hassan al-Majid's inlaws killed) and 10 dead in Iraqi army checkpoint attack -- 14 wounded in Diyala

Offices Of Kurdish Party In Northern Iraq Bombed - 3 dead in second attack this week

Hezbollah taunts Israel with giant pic - 3M by 5M photograph on Lebanon border shows 2 soldiers held by Hez

(U.S.) 5 Arrested in Federal Weapons Raids in Northeast Alabama - Explosives sales ring run by an local militia group

(U.K.) Man 'told his web work for al-Qaeda was inspirational' - Younes Tsouli and 2 others accused about films on beheadings, bomb-making instructions & handbooks

(Iraq) US military accuses Iraq prison commander of aiding enemy - U.S. Army Lt. Col. faces 9 offenses, including aiding enemy

Taliban video of boy executioner causes anger - among Afghans

(Iran) The Case Of The Missing FBI Agent

(Pakistan) Court boost for 'extremist' group - banned al-Rashid Trust can reopen its offices - US named it a sponsor of Al-Qaeda

(Pakistan) Jihadi media thrives in Pakistan

Commentary: Pakistan: The Taliban takeover

Pakistan Govt creating problem in NWFP: MMA

(Thailand) 11 soldiers injured in ambush in Pattani - Muslim insurgent bomb and gunfire attack

(Thailand) Four injured in Narathiwat bomb attack - at restaurant

(Thailand) Buddhists demand protection - from Islamist terror attacks

(Australia) Convicted terrorist free next month - British-born Muslim convert Jack Roche serves minimum sentence - plotted to blow up Israeli embassy

(U.S.) Tamil Tigers rep arrested in NYC - Top U.S. rep arrested for material support of terrorist group - DOJ press release

Suicide attack hits Iraqi police station - 4 officers dead - explosions, shootings & mortar attacks left at least 41 dead elsewhere

(Somalia) Mogadishu becoming "ghost city"

Bin Laden overseeing Iraq, Afghanistan ops - Taliban - Mullah Dadullah claims UBL active planner

(UK) 4 Britons plead guilty in terror plot - Conspired with AQ operative Dhiren Barot, convicted of plotting USA and UK attacks

(UK) Terrorist 007 "was internet propagandist for al-Qaeda" -- London computer expert Younis Tsouli (aka "Irhabi007")

(U.S.) Federal Judge Withdraws Ruling Against Bush Terror Designations - Had ruled against designations of 27 groups & individuals in 2001

PBS in Islamist Wonderland

(U.S.) New questions for the ISB - Payment from Islamic Society of Boston to Abdurahman Alamoudi contradicts "no contact" claims

(Iraq) U.S. says killed senior al Qaeda in Iraq figure - Muhammed Abdullah Abbas al-Issawi, aka Abu Abd al-Sattar, linked to VBIEDs with chlorine in Anbar

(Iraq) Al-Qaida claims new bomb tactic - in Tuesday's double suicide bombing with dump trucks in Diyala

(Iraq) Grisly problem, grateful Iraqis, a grim outlook - Recovery of dead Iraqi example of complexity of security issue

(Pakistan) Three killed in Pakistan attack - sectarian attack by Sunni militants to kill Shiites

Pakistan DAWN Report: Pakistan goverment agrees to all Lal Masjid Red Mosque demands - including the enforcement of 'Sharia' law in the country

(Pakistan) Pamphlets distributed in Bajaur for release of "mujahideen" - or "action" would be taken

Israeli Arab allegedly helped Hezbollah

(India) Rebels threaten internet cafes

India urged to cut Kashmir troops

(India) Maoists behead two brothers - 20 Communist Party of India-Maoist raided house, beat brothers then decapitated them

Kenya arrests 11 suspected of al Qaeda ties

(UK) Moroccan wins UK fight against extradition to Spain - Farid Hilali suspected of links to 9/11 - will be released in UK

(UK) Islamist militants may strike in Britain again - London police's anti-terrorist chief said on Tuesday it was a "sensible assumption" that Islamist militants will strike again in Britain

"COIN:" The Gravity Well - "Blackfive" post on new model of counterinsurgency warfare

(Iraq) Basra splits between warring Shi'ites