(Iraq) US eyes cease-fires to end Iraq violence - #2 U.S. general says 80% of enemy combatants "reconcilable"
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
(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'
(Turkey) Weapons found in derailed train - Weapons & ammunition, including 300 rocket launcher pads, headed to Syria
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
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
(UK) Terror suspect in court - Islamic religious leader & wife allegedly flew to UK with missile blueprints & bomb recipes
Lebanon charges 20 jihadists with terrorism -- (updated) charges against members of Fatah al-Islam
(Jamaica) Islamic community extends olive branch to el-Faisal - "hate preacher" Abdullah el-Faisal Islamic cleric deported from UK
(U.S.) Student pleads innocent to NY terrorism charges - Syed Hashmi the first person extradited by U.K. to U.S.on terrorism charges
(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
(Lebanon) Terrorist suspect arrested in Beirut hotel raid - Saudi national suspected of Al Qaeda ties arrested in Christian area
Bomb Injures Nine At Pakistani Court Building (updated) - Car bomb in front of Peshawar court building
(Canada) Terror cell suspects in court - two among bomb plotters in southern Ontario
(Nepal) Blast kills nine in Nepal - year after signing peace pact with Maoist insurgents
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
(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
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
Al-Qaeda chief urges Iraqis to export jihad - al-Zawahiri in letter urges “holy war” in other Middle Eastern countries to creat "greater Syria"
Islamist militant in Lebanon vows to fight U.S.: report - Purported leader of Fatah al-Islam vowed to fight "the Americans and the Jews"
(Iraq) U.S. forces raid al-Sadr's stronghold - kill five suspected militia fighters in air strikes - leader of cell facilitating bombs from Iran to Iraq
(USA/UK) Al-Qaeda suspect extradited from Britain to US - Pakistan-born US national Syed Hashmi, charged with supplying weapons to Al-Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan
(UK) Racist Muslim preacher is deported to Jamaica - Abdullah el-Faisal influenced July 7 2005 bomber
(USA) House, Senate pass war funding bill - funds military operations, mostly in Iraq, through September
Pakistani elders resign over raid on militants - protesting Tuesday's raid on an Islamist training camp
Qaeda militant said extradited by Turkey to U.S. - New Al Qaeda video claims that Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi now held by U.S.
(Afghanistan) Al-Qaeda's Afghan head 'named' - New video shows Mustafa Abu al-Yazid presenting himself as leader - picture here
Thailand set to make Buddhism the state religion - Zachary Abuza: "It's going to play into the hands of the militants"
(U.S.) Death from WTC dust added to 9/11 toll - NYC Medical Examiner adds death from dust to total for first time
(Thailand) Seven killed in Thailand's south - by two gunmen - 11 others killed in series of bombings
Pakistani mullah warns Musharraf of Taliban challenge -- Lal Masjid leader: "If the government tries to suppress the change that our movement is demanding, then there is a likelihood of Talibanization"
(UK) Absconded terror suspects 'may be abroad' -- police fear they may join Islamist militants fighting British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
European Security Officials back plan to profile mosques - to identify imams who preach radical Islam that raises the threat of homegrown terrorism
(Lebanon) U.N. Security Council Statement on Lebanon - Supports "sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity and political independence of Lebanon"
(Afghanistan) Taliban commander: War until West leaves - Alleged tape of replacement for Mullah Dadullah pledges victory
India: Third Bomb Suspect Detained - in the Mecca Masjid blast in Hyderabad
(UK) British police search for three terror suspects - control orders on Lamine Adam, Ibrahim Adam (linked to nightclub/power plant bomber) and Cerie Bullivant, who have absconded
Iraqis say body found of U.S. soldier - second body found in area where first body discovered - US military not identified victims
(Iraq) There's Good News from Iraq - TIME: Violence in Anbar plummets, but Shiites don't trust Sunnis
(Iraq/Iran) US forces find Iranian money in Baghdad raid - $6,000 in US money and materials to make IEDs also found
(Saudi Arabia) Terrorists Plotted to Storm Jail - Al-Qaeda arrested in June 2003 plotted to free jailed members
Jordan arrests three Islamists - 3 from country's strongest opposition group in Zarqa
Bush: Osama Bin Laden ordered non-Iraq attacks - ordered Al-Zarqawi, his senior operative in Iraq, that USA should be first in his sights -- and -- US declassifies bin Laden terror report
Jihadis Post Scenario for the Defeat of the United States - Scenario starts with attacks on 3 major cities, preferably with nuclear weapons
(Iran) US to protest UN nuclear chief comments on Iran - diplomats -- Mohamed ElBaradei says Iran should be allowed to keep some uranium enrichment
(Pakistan) Confrontation at an Islamabad mosque - Religious students stockpile arms, abduct police in Pakistani capital
(NYC) Elite Counter-Terror Team of Experts on WMDs - NYC may add WMD experts "Civil Support Team" to its lineup of first responders
(Colombia) Colombian rebels want peace talks - National Liberation Army announces during talks with Colombian government
(US) Devices "identical" to extremist group's - Investigators search suspect's computer for ties to ecoterror groups
(Turkey) Opinion: Turkey at the boiling point - Army will close PKK camps in Iraq if no one else does
Some US Muslims justify suicide attacks - Pew Research: 25% of young U.S. Muslims justify suicide bombings of civilians - only 40% of respondents believe 9/11 attacks by Arabs - entire survey
(India) Serial blasts rock busy Gorakhpur market (updated) - 3 bombs hidden in bags - 6 to 12 reported injured, no deaths - see news video
(U.S.) Breaching America: War refugees or threats? - "U.S.-bound illicit travel from Islamic countries... has gained momentum and worried counterterrorism officials"
(Iraq) Car bomb kills 25 at Baghdad market - a crowded outdoor market in southwestern Baghdad
(Iraq) US-Iraqi forces free 12 hostages - in western Anbar who were held captive and beaten by terrorists - also killed nine insurgents
(Pakistan) Lal Masjid brigade defiant -- and -- Lal Masjid operation called off - armed operation by security forces against clerics called off for now
Pakistani militant freed despite Al Qaeda links - Qari Saifullah Akhtar, the chief of the banned organization Harkatul Jihad al-Islami
Yemen says terror suspect is captured - Jaber A. Elbaneh lived in Lackawanna, N.Y.
The Threat in Our Midst - Cells with no links to Al-Qaeda - Newsweek article on NJ, NY, Florida, Canadian independent Jihadist cell growth
(Iraq) U.S.: Iraqi ringleader dead - leader of an Iraqi insurgent group that killed five U.S. soldiers in an attack in Karbala has been killed by American troops
Israel threatens to hit Hamas leadership - unless rocket fire from lawless Gaza subsides
Pakistani Lal Masjid cleric threatens jihad - if authorities use force to free two police officers being held captive by students -- (Pakistan) Govt seen preparing for Lal Masjid operation - to free remaining kidnapped police - police arrested 37 madrassa students earlier in the day -- and -- Lal Masjid stand-off continues - 10,000 commandos deployed
At least seven Iraqis killed in central Baghdad blast - Iraqi forces claim a leader of al-Tawhid wal Jihad group arrested
Pakistan patrols slashed, despite payment - U.S. sent $1 billion payment for anti-terror
Lebanon army battles militants in north, 38 killed - Al Qaeda-linked militants based in Palestinian refugee camp
(Bangladesh) Police yet to find existence of 'Jadid al Qaeda' group Group claimed responsibility for the May 1 bomb explosions at three railway stations.
21 killed in Iraq, Sadr leader arrested, raids on - 152 militants & leading Sadr movement figure arrested
(Iran) Boycott Threat Puts Pressure on Iran to Release Scholar - Middle East Studies Association of North America warns Iran of "grave concern"
(Pakistan) Gunmen in Pakistan kidnap 8 government officials - ambushed them in a troubled northwestern tribal region of Pakistan
Philippine military warn of terrorist attacks in Manila - bombers are targeting a shopping mall and a public square
(UK) Hamza 'was behind ambush death plot' - Abu Hamza masterminded a terrorist kidnapping plot that led to the deaths of three British tourists and an Australian
(UK) Al-Qaeda's Cell Phone - mobile phone smuggled into Belmarsh Prison
Bangladeshi Islamists readying for car bomb attacks - Militant commander "wants to establish Allah's rule in Allah's soil"
(Pakistan) Army called out in Tank after clashes - reports that 90 to 100 militants entered city to carry out terrorist activity in areas
(U.S. - Lodi Terror Trial) Calif. man's terror conviction upheld - Hamid Hayat convicted of training at a Pakistani terrorist camp
(U.S.) CBS 2 HD Exclusive: Model Airplane Terror? - Accused terrorists have tried to use model planes
(U.K.) Hamza extradition case opens - USA says cleric was part of global jihad conspiracy
(Sweden) Second Terror Suspect Deportation Reversed - regarding second of two Egyptian terror suspects handed over to CIA agents
Senators want CIA to release 9/11 report - CIA the only federal office with no public version of internal 9/11 investigation
(Israel) Shin Bet foils plot to kill Olmert - Palestinian from Gaza who works for Doctors Without Borders arrested
Nigeria: U.S. Delists Nigeria From Non-Conformist Nations - U.S. Treasury says Nigeria added "significant reforms" - see Doug Farah's May 11 post
The Silencing - How Islamic Society of Boston uses lawsuits to silence critics and media
Tamil 'rebels' held in Maldives - Boat held carrying suspected Tamil Tiger rebels from Sri Lanka
(UK) Fund for overseas terror victims - British Red Cross Relief Fund for UK Victims of Terrorism will provide payments
Bomb Tunnel Under Gaza Road - Abbas canceled Gaza visit - tunnel built under road that he would take
(U.S.) Man in Houston Taliban case gets 10 months - One of 4 Muslim men charged in "Houston Taliban" case
Pakistan: Military Clash in Tribal Area Kills 6 - clash between law enforcement and Islamic militants in Tank
(Somalia) Bomb kills four peacekeepers in Somalia - Five peacekeepers and two children were also wounded in the attack on the African Union convoy
(UK) Prince Harry's Iraq tour called off - Specific threats by insurgents made it too risky
Cover-up and Deny - Muslim American Society supported fatwa endorsing suicide bombings of Israelis - Daveed Gartenstein-Ross quoted
Attack on Nigerian leader's house - Property of VP-elect and nearby police station attacked, destroyed
Korean boats seized off Somalia - 2 South Korean fishing boats with 30 people
(U.S.) Kurd restaurateur's brother quickly deported to Turkey - Ibrahim Parlak accused of ties to Kurdistan Worker's Party
Bombs explode on eve of Algerian polls - 1 killed, 5 wounded in Constantine from homemade bombs
41 Iraqis killed in new violence (updated) - Parked car bomb killed 32 in Shiite enclave
(Pakistan) Five killed in Pakistan militant clashes - rockets fired by militants hit a bus stand in a northwestern Pakistani town
(India) Chidambaram denies terror manipulation in stock market - denies allegation of terror money laundered in Indian stock market
(Netherlands) "Hell's Angels delivered to terrorists" - supply of weapons and explosive to Hezbollah and IRA
(U.S.) Bush Taps New 'War Czar' - Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute to oversee wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
(U.K.) July 7 bombings: three released - Hasina Patel, widow of ringleader Mohammed Sidique Khan, among released
(U.S.) CIA Agent Testifies At Padilla Trial - Disguised agent describes finding documents in Dec. 2001 in Afghanistan
(U.S.) Organized crime may fuel terror - Terror groups seeking money in California - company assisted Chechen terrorists
(U.S.) Analysis: No Balkan Nexus to Fort Dix Plot - No religious figure or outside inspiration mentioned in affidavits
Terror suspect denies al-Qaida link, accuses U.S. of torture at Guantanamo - Majid Khan accused in plots to blow up U.S. gas stations & poison reservoirs and kill Musharraf - Transcript here
(Australia) Islamists starved of funds - Australians reducing funds from Saudi charities and Saudi nationals to "trickle"
14 killed in Gaza as fighting spirals (updated) - Hamas-Fatah infighting escalates
(Pakistan) Bombing in Pakistan border area kills 25 (updated) -- Hotel restaurant in Peshawar -- see Animesh Roul's May 15 post
(Michigan/Hezbollah) Evidence hearing held in '98 terrorism case - Dearborn man charged with attempt to sell items to Hezbollah is expected to be tried this year
Yemen Deports Jihad Leader's Daughter to Egypt - Daughter of head of military wing of Egyptian (Islamic) Jihad Group & husband
Egypt: Islamists will be tried in military court - Supreme Court reverses May ruling that 40 Muslim Brotherhood to be tried in civilian court
Al-Qaeda Loses an Iraqi Friend - Harith al-Dari, top Sunni cleric, says al-Qaeda has "gone too far" - see Evan Kohlmann's May 14 post
(Gaza) Hamas seizes US weapons - Sources say Hamas ambushed convoy, seized weapons aimed for Fatah militias
(U.S.) Extremist taunts his victims from prison - Eric Rudolph, abortion clinic bomber, writes letters posted on website
US blocks soldiers from websites - YouTube, MySpace, 11 other sites accessed via US military portals blocked
Mother of man held in Colombia receives e-mail - Marc Gonsalves & 2 colleagues held by FARC since August 2003
(Update) Canadian arrested in Kabul on suspicion of terrorism - man of Pakistani background with Canadian passport came by bus from Pakistan
(Iraq) 2 bomb attacks kill 49 Iraqis -- Truck bomb kills 32 in northern Iraq offices of Kurdish political party -- and car bomb exploded in market in Central Baghdad killing 17
(USA) War on terror needs you - Federal officials say help from American public and informants is necessary to quell domestic terrorism
(USA - Fort Dix Plot) A cyberworld of hate, terror and jihad - Fort Dix plot opens window on sinister sites where extremists are recruited and trained
(Iraq) 5 GIs dead, 3 missing after Iraq attack - 7 U.S. soldiers and Iraqi interpreter patrolling near Sunni insurgent stronghold
US study finds billions of Iraqi oil missing - 100,000 - 300,000 barrels per day, valued at $5 - $15 million daily
Canadian militant arrested in Afghanistan: Canada - 24-year-old Pakistani living in Calgary arrested at Kabul bus station
(U.S.) Trading in drugs & terror: feds - Mohammad Essa extradited to U.S. for managing Afghan drug lord's network, with Taliban paid for protection
(U.S.) Big nuke terror drill on tap in U.S. today - Operation 'Noble Resolve' tests response to simulated detonation in Virginia harbor
Moroccan Sept. 11 Suspect Loses Appeal in Germany - Motassadeq convicted in November of accessory in 9/11 attacks
(U.S. NY-Miami plot) Terror suspect admits support for armed jihad - Rafiq Abdus Sabir admitted family violence, fascination with weapons, and belief in armed jihad
(Sri Lanka) Sri Lanka struggles with flying Tigers - Sri Lanka needs time to neutralise air strike capability - airport closed at night fearing air raids
4 Islamists killed near Syria-Iraq border- Syrian forces killed 2 military chiefs of Fatah al-Islam and 2 combatants
(U.S.) Hometown Jihad: The Hamas Connection - Salah Sultan is president of Ohio-based American Center for Islamic Research & protégé of Al-Qaradawi
(Australia) Sheik cleared of diverting charity funds - Sheik Taj Aldin Alhilali cleared of claims he diverted funds to Hezbollah
(U.K.) Warning on terrorist charity links - 48 "suspicious activity" reports on links between charities and terrorist financing filed last year
U.S. bankers propose solution to NKorea impasse - Would treat Macau bank as "distressed bank" enabling $25M transfer
U.S. probes Cuba hotel bombings - Luis Posada Carriles, cleared of immigration charges, might face charges over 1997 bombings
Coalition Forces Destroy Terrorist Camp in Iraq - ABC News: F-16s destroyed truck-mounted anti-aircraft weapons & killed al Qaeda
U.S. charges suspected bin Laden driver - Salim Ahmed Hamdan charged with conspiracy and material support for terrorism
Gunfight mars new Gaza security plan - Clashes between Hamas and Fatah security forces
(U.S.) FBI let terror plot linger, Cleary speaker says - Steven Emerson: "the most serious incident since 9/11"
Pakistan rebel camps ’smashed’ - Musharraf claims over 60 camps in Baluchistan eliminated
(U.S.) Police, bomb dog search Colo. school (updated) - Cafeteria worker saw 2 men in camouflage & ski masks enter building
Greek terrorist group threatens more attacks - Leftist group claims grenade attack, promises more
(Lebanon) Trial of German train bombers adjourned for third time - Trial of 4 Lebanese accused of attempting to bomb German trains last July
Iranian exile group sues EU over terror list asset freeze - People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI) on terror list
(Iraq) Izzat Ebrahim 'visited Saddam grave' - Most wanted ex-regime official still free
Saudis move to curb money laundering - Limits cash brought into or out of country, mandates banks to verify identities
N. Korea cash may end up in U.S. bank - Special exemption from federal law needed to transfer funds from banned Macau bank
Roadside bomb kills 10 Colombian troops - FARC suspected - second attack this week
(Netherlands) Mohammed B.'s views as extreme as ever - Van Gogh murderer says anyone not serving Allah is infidel to be fought with sword
Iraq: Kurdish Arm of Al-Qaeda Claim Erbil Blast - "Kurdistan Brigade of al-Qaeda in Iraq" part of Ansar al-Islam
(Japan) Offices of cult splinter group raided - "Ring of Light" split from Aum Shinrikyo terrorist group, which attacked Tokyo subways in 1995
(India) Tiger Memon’s mother, brother are among 23 acquitted by Tada court - 23 acquitted in 1993 Bombay blasts case, including mastermind's mother, set free
(Afghanistan) Taliban makes bombs from Dutch aid - Dutch handsaws & batteries for civilians instead used in roadside bombs
(Canada) Antiwar group backs working with Mideast radicals - Canadians activists urging solidarity with Hezbollah, Hamas