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May 2007 Archives

(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. - 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

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

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

(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'

Hamas plot against IDF thwarted

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

Nigeria: American Hostages Regain Freedom

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Taliban resurgence worries India

Hamas doubles warhead size - of Kassam missiles

Somali pirates release ship, crew

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

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

(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

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

(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

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

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

Jihadists moving into Lebanon from Syria

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

(USA) Judge in Padilla case draws praise

Iran Charges 3 Americans With Spying

(Thailand) Bomb hurled into Hat Yai hotel

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

(UK) Boom in anti-terror spending

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

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

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) 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

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

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

Yemen buys bombs from civilians

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