Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Tolimir arrested

(Iraq) US eyes cease-fires to end Iraq violence - #2 U.S. general says 80% of enemy combatants "reconcilable"

(U.S.) 'High tempo' of terrorist chatter: FBI - see James Gordon Meek's May 31 post

(U.S. - Padilla Trial) Ex-con says he knew Padilla, Hassoun at Florida mosque

(U.S. - NYC) Police scuba divers search New York waterfront for bombs in their new role fighting terrorism

Pakistan Militants Kidnapping School Children for Jihad

Norway resumes aid to Palestinians - first Western nation to recognize the new Hamas-led coalition - providing $10 million

Egypt intensifies arrests of Muslim Brotherhood: rights group

(Iran) Fourth Iranian-American detained in Iran

Philippines: MILF claims over 100 militants hunting down Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) bomber

(Italy) Moroccans acquitted of terror charges are freed in Italy

(Yemen) Shell kills 11 people in Yemeni marketplace

(Lebanon) Soldier killed by Islamic militants' sniper fire in northern Lebanon

(U.S. - Washington, DC) All Clear Given After Investigation Of Suspicious Packages - Packages near Energy & Transportation Departments "non-threatening"

U.S. invites terror suspect to dinner -- he declines - Soliman al-Buthi of Al Haramain, wanted in U.S., invited to Riyadh embassy

(U.S.) New Agency IARPA Develops Spy Tools - Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity developing new technology for 16 spy agencies

Bomb kills 1, wounds 7 in southwestern Pakistan city, police say - Bomb in Quetta

(Afghanistan) Taliban kill 16 policeman

(Thailand) Ten soldiers, five worshippers killed in Thailand - ambush in Yala - bombing, shooting outside mosque

Hezbollah, Syria denounce U.N. tribunal and Lebanon divided on UN Hariri court vote

Saudi detainee killed self at Gitmo, military says and U.S.: Dead detainee was of high value

(Iraq) 25 killed in suicide bombing in Fallujah recruiting station - clashes in west Baghdad

(Iraq) Three US soldiers die in Iraq - two from roadside bombing

(Iraq) One Iraqi police officer, two civilians killed in Mosul

(Iraq) Armed insurgents try to assassinate pro-government tribal chief in Iraq

(Iraq/UK) Britons' captors may demand swap -- and -- Mounting evidence is emerging that an Iranian-backed Shia Muslim militia was behind the abduction of the five Britons

(Afghanistan) Update: 5 Americans among 7 dead in Afghan helicopter crash - Taliban claims attack

(Afghanistan) Coalition: Taliban have Iran arms -- and -- Iranian arms to Taliban bother NATO

(Pakistan) 13 dead in attack on Pakistan anti-Taliban cleric's home - in Tank in northwest Pakistan

(Pakistan) 11 tribal militants held - huge quantity of arms and ammunition found

(Pakistan) Lal Masjid cleric warns of suicide attacks - Mullah Aziz said "thousands of students were ready to carry out suicide attacks"

(UK) Bomb plotters 'directed from the mountains' - MI5: "core Al-Qaeda leaders" met with UK bombers involved in airline plot, July 7 bombings, fertilizer bomb plot -- and -- UK bomb plotters directed by Al-Qaeda -- report

Al-Qaeda prepares for a new wave of terror -- Bin Laden and lieutenants regrouped and extending influence across globe, British say

(UK) Increase in anti-terror targets - 37% increase in "suspicious reconnaissance" of potential targets in first 4 months

'UK jihadis threaten Israel' - Senior House of Lords member says Britain has 'been deeply infiltrated by radical Islam'

(UK) Lawyers who delay expensive terrorism trials could be fired

Israel strikes northern Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire

Hamas plot against IDF thwarted

(Gaza) Jihadist groups fill a Palestinian power vacuum

(Iran) US urges Iran to change course on its nuclear defiance

(Turkey) Report: Turkish police capture 8 more suspected al-Qaida militants

(Turkey) Three Kurd rebels killed in clashes with Turkish forces

(Turkey/Spain) Police arrest Kurdish terrorist suspect in Majorca

Turkish general: Ready for PKK strike

Turkey: Six Arrested over plot to attack Christian pastor - in the south eastern city of Diyarbakir

(Turkey) Weapons found in derailed train - Weapons & ammunition, including 300 rocket launcher pads, headed to Syria

(Indian Kashmir) Suspected Muslim rebels kill police officer in Indian Kashmir

(India) Three persons detained for carrying bin Laden posters

(India) Four more die as ethnic violence spirals in India

Interpol to speed up fight on global terrorism

(Al-Qaeda) Is North African militant new face of al-Qaida? Abu Yahya al-Libi is now seen as often in al-Qaida videos as al-Zawahiri

Somali gunmen slay security official in Mogadishu

Nigeria: American Hostages Regain Freedom

Morocco clears prisoner of terror charges - admits to attending Al-Qaeda camp, but claimed it was an "error"

(Switzerland) Update: Islamic terror groups using Swiss base: government

Indonesia: Radical Muslim Clerick Abu Bakar Bashir may run for president in 2009

(Philippines) Four foreigners kidnapped in southern Philippines

(Australia) Muslim nine deny terror charges in Australia

(China) Report: China drafting anti-terrorism law to combat threats from home and abroad

(USA) NW Flight 327 Terror Dry-Run: Flight Scare Highlighted Homeland Data Sharing Problems

(USA) US Airways seeks imam-suit dismissal

(USA) Sept. 11 First Responders Contracting Blood Cancer at Young Ages

(USA) Boeing Unit Sued Over CIA Flights - ACLU: Firm Flew Terrorist Suspects

(USA) Court Upholds $2.8M Iran Terrorism Claim

(USA) Iraq refugees knocking: U.S. to let in 7,000

Sri Lanka jets bomb insurgents after four soldiers die in clash

Sri Lanka: War between rebel factions looms

Business leaders can help thwart terrorists, security experts say

Life in a remote US Army outpost in Iraq: IEDs, DVDs, and A/C

5 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghan chopper crash and Pentagon sees Taliban on defensive in Afghanistan (updated)

30 terror suspects detained in Iraq and 5 Terror suspects detained in Sadr City (updated)

Iranian forces kill 10 militants - "Armed counterrevolutionary insurgents" killed

UN creates court to try suspects in Lebanese PM's murder - Gives Lebanese Parliament until June 10 to start one

(Iraq) 'Russian' Grenades Being Used to Kill U.S. Troops? - Terrorists using Russian-made WWII grenades - More Iraqi Journalists Killed

Four U.S. hostages released in Nigeria - gov't - Spent 3 weeks in captivity

(U.S.) 11 new charges filed in Jewish Federation shootings; defendant pleads insanity

Moderate voices from a Pakistani city - Civilian resistance to extremists in western provinces

Pakistani police in bomb arrests - 12 arrested over blasts on May 26 & 27 in Quetta

(Iraq) Sadr aide denies Britons kidnap - Sheikh Abdel al-Sattar al-Bahadli denies charges

Somalia: Ethiopian soldiers killed in landmine explosion and Five die in Somalia convoy attack

EU States share monitoring of Militant Web Sites - Draft statement agreed to by ambassadors

(India) 1993 Mumbai blasts: Dawood aide, another get life - Two conspirators in bombings which killed 257

(UK) Terror suspect in court - Islamic religious leader & wife allegedly flew to UK with missile blueprints & bomb recipes

US handing over security of north Iraq to Peshmerga and Istanbul Police Seize Terror Suspects - 11 suspected al-Qaida accused of Istanbul attacks

Lebanon charges 20 jihadists with terrorism -- (updated) charges against members of Fatah al-Islam

Islamic Society of Boston Dismisses Lawsuit Against Steven Emerson - Press Release by the Investigative Project and Boston Globe story

(USA) Inspector General Report confirms Flight 327 terror dry run -- flight from Detroit to Los Angeles -- see also -- Inspector General Report PDF File

20 Taliban, four policemen killed in Afghan clashes

(Afghanistan) Six police, guards killed in new Afghan attacks - in Kandahar

Al-Qaida escapee Abu Yahia al-Libi turns up in online video -- and -- Al-Qaida escapee from U.S. detention in Afghanistan (Abu Yahia al-Libi) lashes out at U.S. Saudi allies

(Iraq) Qaeda-led group claims downing of U.S. helicopter in Iraq -- and -- (Iraq) Freed Iraqis give details of captivity by al-Qaeda

Iraq: Government in talks with former Saddam deputy

(Iraq) Mehdi Army suspected in Baghdad kidnap, says Zebari -- and -- Shia suburb raided in hunt for abducted Britons

(Iraq/UK) SAS on alert to rescue Baghdad Britons -- Top UK officials work to free five Iraq hostages

Pakistani journalists get bullet 'warnings'

(Pakistan) Four killed in southwest Pakistan gunfight - Baluchistan province

(Pakistan) Clerics call for unrest, bombings if Musharraf doesn't "clean up country" -- put Islamic govt in place

Taliban resurgence worries India

India says 3 Pakistani suspected militants killed on Kashmir border

(Bangladesh) Jadid al Qaeda threatens to detonate explosions targeting national installations

Israeli air strike kills 2 militants in Gaza

Hamas doubles warhead size - of Kassam missiles

Hamas to continue attacks on Israel despite IDF strikes

(Palestinian Authority) Terror chief received U.S. assault rifles - Arrested militant Khaled Shawish doubled as officer in American-backed security detail

(Lebanon) Fighting flares again at besieged Lebanon camp

(USA) Pentagon Fears Release of Taped Confession of Khalid Sheik Mohammed Could Inspire Radicals

(USA) Update: American Al Qaeda Threatens Attack Worse Than Sept. 11, Virginia Tech Unless U.S. Leaves Mideast

(USA) Clash Of Rights Surfaces In Imams' Lawsuit

Iran top negotiator rejects nuclear freeze

(Iran) Rice slams U.N. nuke watchdog on Iran

(Algeria) From Iraq to Algeria, al-Qaeda's long reach - Algiers blasts suggest influence in enabling local groups to launch strikes

(Somalia) Four Somalis die in attack on Ethiopian truck: witnesses

Somali pirates release ship, crew

(Sudan) Britain supports US on Darfur, hopes for Security Council resolution

Turkish army build-up fuels anxiety on Iraq border

Indonesian student faces prison for designing terrorist website

(Canada) Appeal delays Canada's first terrorism case another time -- Momin Khawaja trial

(Thailand) Schools close as security ramps up

(Thailand) "Iron flowers" sent against Thai rebels - female paramilitary

(Jamaica) Islamic community extends olive branch to el-Faisal - "hate preacher" Abdullah el-Faisal Islamic cleric deported from UK

(Switzerland) The Islamist Threat Arrives in Switzerland

(Spain) Update: Eleven Pakistanis cleared of plot to blow-up Barcelona buildings - five others guilty of collaboration with terrorist organization

(Sri Lanka) Six killed as Red Cross returns to Sri Lanka front lines

(USA) Fort Dix tipster shrugs off 'hero' title - describes "moral dilemma" in turning in Jihadists

(Lebanon) Palestinian Islamic Council in Lebanon Head: "The Only Way to Liberate Palestine is by Jihad" - MEMRI transcript

(Afghanistan) Taliban learns tactics, PR from al Qaeda

Italy: European Court halts expulsion of Moroccans - acquitted of terrorism charges

(U.S.) Student pleads innocent to NY terrorism charges - Syed Hashmi the first person extradited by U.K. to U.S.on terrorism charges

Taliban chief demands inquiry into Afghan civilian deaths - Mullah Omar's new statement

(Lebanon) UN Security Council ready to vote on Hariri tribunal - Draft faces Russian objections - see Walid Phares' May 28 post

(Algeria) Al-Qaeda snatch Egyptian - Egyptian engineer kidnapped near Tizi Ouzu

“Legitimate Demands” - A Video Speech by Adam Yahiye Gadahn Produced by as-Sahab Media (updated) - SITE Institute release - see James Meek's and Evan Kohlmann's posts - video here (Laura Mansfield)

The Missing Terrorist - Newsweek: Ibn al-Shakyh al-Libi, key source alleged Iraq- Al Qaeda link, missing

(Iran) - Tehran's Secret 'Department 9000' - Newsweek: Secret group part of Quds Force of IRGC and liaison to Iraqi insurgents

(Iraq) Special Operations: High Profile, but in Shadow - NYT: U.S. Special Ops conduct up to dozen raids nightly

Saudi Authorities Crack Down on Forgery Networks

(U.S.) Guards weak link in homeland security - Ill-trained, low-paid guards protecting tempting terrorist targets

EU envoy says police training mission in Afghanistan should be bigger - 160-person group barely exceeds minimum needed

Four people killed in Pakistan militant clash - 7 wounded in Baluchistan - Blasts in southwest Pakistan over 1998 nuclear test

Nigerian armed group to release 6 hostages

Turkey probes weapons cache from Iran to Syria

(Lebanon) Terrorist suspect arrested in Beirut hotel raid - Saudi national suspected of Al Qaeda ties arrested in Christian area

(Iraq) Westerners seized amid explosion of Iraq violence -- and -- BBC: Five Britons 'seized in Baghdad' - A Brazen Kidnapping in Baghdad

(Sudan) USA imposes new sanctions on Sudan - Steps aimed at halting bloodshed in Darfur -- US Treasury Designation Targets Sudanese Government, Rebel Leader

(Iraq) Car bomb at Baghdad Shiite mosque kills 21

Iraq: Parked minibus explodes in Baghdad, killing 22 and injuring 58 - attack in Tayaran Square

10 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq, Military Says (updated) - 2 bombings and chopper shootdown

(Afghanistan) Al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan money man behind Bin Laden -- Mustafa Abu Yaz former treasurer to Bin Laden

Bomb Injures Nine At Pakistani Court Building (updated) - Car bomb in front of Peshawar court building

(Lebanon) Fatah Al Islam refuses to surrender militants -- Clerics mediate as army tightens grip on Nahr al-Bared -- and -- Lebanese soldier injured in army clashes with militants dies of wounds

(Lebanon) Moroccans members in Fatah Al-Islam -- daily

(Lebanon) Four killed at Beirut checkpoints

(Lebanon) Trial of suspects in failed Germany train bombing postponed

Jihadists moving into Lebanon from Syria

(Syria) Al-Qaida inspired group launches protest - Tawhid and Jihad

(USA) Judge in Padilla case draws praise

Israeli forces kill 2 Hamas militants in Gaza raid -- Israeli Commandos Target Hamas Militants -- and -- 2 Palestinians killed in Gaza ground operations - and Four Fatah activists were apprehended

(Israel) Kassam lands in open area in W. Negev

Egyptian police detain six Muslim Brotherhood members in Menoufiya

Iran Charges 3 Americans With Spying

(Iran) EU foreign policy chief Solana likely to meet Iran nuclear negotiator Larijani in Madrid Thursday

(Thailand) Bomb hurled into Hat Yai hotel

(Thailand) Two killed, 11 injured in new Songkhla explosion -- Bomb kills four in Muslim southern Thailand

(India) Security beefed up at Mumbai airport after threat call

(Mauritania) Up to 10 years jail requested for Islamists on trial in Mauritania

(India) 1993 Mumbai blasts: Four ex-customs officers sentenced

(Somalia) Two die as grenades thrown at troops in Somalia

Congo-Kinshasa: Massacred Villagers Found Dead in Their Beds

Nigerian militants: considering request by new president for cessation of hostilities

(Canada) Terror cell suspects in court - two among bomb plotters in southern Ontario

(UK) Academics oppose UK Govt drive to root out Islamic extremists at universities (my title)

(UK) Boom in anti-terror spending

Italy: Terror Charges against Milan Imam dropped under statute of limitations -- and -- Italy to expel 2 Moroccans acquitted of terrorism charges

(Spain) Three Pakistanis sentenced for financing al-Qaeda in Spain

(Spain) Bomb expert says type of explosive not clear used in 2004 Madrid train bombing attack

(Australia) Pipe bomb detonated near APEC meeting

(Australia) Bill to stop Hicks making money from story

Venezuela accuses CNN of linking Chavez to Al-Qaeda

(Nepal) Blast kills nine in Nepal - year after signing peace pact with Maoist insurgents

Sri Lankan capital on alert after bomb blasts kill 11

Serb police detain 7 ex-paramilitaries in connection with 1991 killings of Croats

MEMRI: Islamist Websites Monitor No. 104

Zimbabwe releases activists - 41 activists released without charge after recent bomb attacks

(U.S.) Providers move to postcode terrorism cover - U.S. life insurers adding local terrorism risk to policy decisions

Pakistan losing territory to radicals - Maualana Fazlullah leads militia allied with Taliban, thousands of followers, stockpiles weapons, linked to Al Qaeda

(Lebanon) Beirut wants Palestinians to settle Nahr al-Bared crisis -- Army, Fatah Al-Islam militants exchange 'light gunfire' as standoff enters second week -- and -- Lebanon a Launch Pad for Al-Qaeda's New Phase

Israeli Army gets go-ahead for broader Gaza ground incursions -- (Israel) Thousands of bomb shelters in North to be upgraded -- and -- Fatah Terror mastermind Khaled Shawish arrested after 7 years

(India Chattisgarh) 9 policemen killed in India land mine blasts by suspected Maoists

Afghan clash kills two dozen insurgents - Taliban ambush of supply trucks in southern Afghanistan -- and -- General: U.S. airstrikes killed Taliban

(Iraq) Car bomb kills at least 21 in Baghdad - in Sinak commercial district and damage to the nearby Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani mosque's minaret

(Iraq) Insurgents hijack 2 buses in Baghdad - kidnapping at least 15 passengers, at least 3 police killed

(Iraq) Security forces foil bus kidnap attempt - in Fadhel Sunni neighborhood

(Iraq/Iran) U.S. tells Iran to stop backing Iraq militias

(Iraq) Troops free 42 Iraqis held by al-Qaida -- U.S., Iraqi troops find Qaeda prison camp in Iraq -- and -- Largest number of detained Iraqis found in single Al Qaeda hide-out

(Iraq) Report: Militants widen reach as terror seeps out of Iraq - Iraq begins to export Islamist fighters

(Pakistan) Bomb kills guard in southwest Pakistan -- and -- (Pakistan) Van blast kills security guard in Quetta - other car bombs and bomb thrown into house to threaten govt officials

(Pakistan) Two firing incidents in northern Pakistan kill five people - in Tank and Bannu in NWFP

Pakistan Prime Minister Aziz: 'Al Qaeda leaders not present in Pakistan'

(Pakistan) FBI team seeks money laundering and transfer records from Pakistan

Hamas rockets fall, Israel eyes escalation

(Israel) One wounded as ten Kassam rockets land in western Negev -- and -- (Israel) 3 Kassam rockets land in Sderot

(Israel) Report: Jerusalem 'Terror cell in capital ready for attacks' - Militant leader claims Israeli residents recruited to carry out bombings

(Israel) Al-Qaeda: Help Fatah al-Islam attack Israel

Lebanese Army soldier wounded in skirmishes with Palestinian militants

Lebanese army and Islamists clash violently - in short fire fight -- and -- Lebanon: Clashes resume at Nahr al-Bared refugee camp

(Lebanon) Four injured in Beirut grenade blast

(Thailand) Bomb kills four in Muslim southern Thailand - in Songkhla

(Thailand) Thai police search for culprits after 7 bombs wound 13 - hit hotels, shops, restaurants in Hat Yai

(Indian Kashmir) Two more die in fresh Kashmir border violence

(Indian Kashmir) 'Terrorists waiting for troop reduction'

Spain makes 14 terror arrests - of suspected Islamic terrorists recruiting to fight in Iraq, Afghanistan - most Pakistani origin -- and -- Spanish police arrest Islamist Jihad suspects

(USA) More details on Flight 327 released - air marshals state terrorist dry run on Northwest Flight 327 from Detroit to LA

(Egypt/USA) US Congressional delegation angers Egypt with Muslim Brotherhood visit

(Algeria) Terror: former leader of GSPC, Hassan Hattab is to appear before court

Yemen says will take most Yemeni Guantanamo inmates

Yemen buys bombs from civilians

(USA) Study cites lack of terrorism-linked deportation

(USA) Report: Energy Department guards get low pay, little training

Norway: Letter smuggling attempt by terror suspect

(UK) Journey into terror of my brother the 7/7 leader

(Sri Lanka) Nine killed in fresh Sri Lanka violence

(UK) Britain extradites U.S. man on terrorism charges

(Afghanistan) Taliban says frees 3 workers for French aid group Also Suicide bombing kills two civilians in Afghanistan

(Gaza/Israel) Hamas says Israel wound gunmen in fresh violence

(Philippines) Communist rebels kill 3 soldiers

(Iran/Iraq) US and Iran to hold key meeting

(Afghanistan) Update: Taliban attack kills 6 Afghan police officers

(Iraq/Turkey) Iraq urges Turkey to resolve PKK issue politically

(Afghanistan) Blast hits foreign forces in Afghanistan

(Afghanistan) Foreigners in the sights of new Taliban operation

(Gaza) BBC journalist 'could be free soon'

(Congo) Rwandan combatants attack Congo village, killing 17

U.S. raids in Iraq target Shiite cells and U.S. security contractors open fire in Baghdad

Iran says keeping word to Russia over atomic plant

Israeli killed in Palestinian rocket attack

Al-Qaeda chief urges Iraqis to export jihad - al-Zawahiri in letter urges “holy war” in other Middle Eastern countries to creat "greater Syria"

(Pakistan) 10,000 Pak police withdrawn from Lal Masjid mosque operation and Taliban kidnap two in Lakki Marwat

(Thailand) 5 soldiers injured in ambush in Yala - by Muslim insurgents

(Lebanon) Fatah al-Islam Preparing for Final Showdown With Army and Lebanon gunmen dig in for 'two-year battle'