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June 2007 Archives

(UK) Police Arrest 2 More in Connection With London, Scotland Terror Incidents -- two suspects were arrested in Cheshire - in addition to two arrested in Glasgow at airport attack -- Cheshire suspects arrested by a joint swoop by specialist officers from London and Birmingham

UK At Highest Terror Level After Attack -- UK is now at its highest threat level and means an attack is expected "imminently" -- and -- UK terror threat now 'critical'

(UK) Sleeper Terror Cell on the Loose in U.K. -- counter-terrorism analysts estimate that the apparently coordinated attacks in Great Britain are the work of a sleeper cell that could include as many as 20 individuals

(UK) Commentary: Luck is not enough

(Iraq) Dozens of bodies found in mass grave -- US forces found around 40 bodies, bound and bearing gunshot wounds, in a mass grave south of Fallujah

(India) Bangladeshis arrested from Howrah for terror links to Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI)

Israel launches Gaza air strikes -- killing six Palestinians, among them a senior member of Islamic Jihad

(Iraq) US kills senior Egyptian al-Qaeda figure in Iraq -- Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Masri -- and --(Iraq) Al-Qaeda's "mufti" killed near Fallujah

(Iraq) Some 47 Iraqis killed, 22 wounded in Miqdadiya suicide bombing -- at a military recruitment center in Miqdadiya, Diyala Province

(Afghanistan) 15 insurgents killed in Afghanistan -- in the southern Helmand province, a local official said on Saturday

CAIR: "UK Muslim Held in Los Angeles" - and is being returned to Britain

(Spain) Bomb explosion at Ibiza airport - Basque separatists ETA -- and -- Security alert at Spain's Ibiza airport

(Pakistan) Taliban militancy could engulf Pakistan, Musharraf is warned -- and -- Document warns Taliban threatens Pakistan - "There is a general policy of appeasement towards the Taliban, which has further emboldened them"

(Pakistan) 13 oil tankers blown up - by Pro-Taliban militants in Landi Kotal

(Pakistan) Radical Pakistan mosque warns Musharraf -- Suicide bombers holed up in Lal Masjid: president -- and -- Musharraf ready to raid Lal Masjid -- if Pakistan media agrees not to show any bodies

(Israel) Qassam hits Negev homes - Al-Quds cell claims responsibility for rocket attack which directly hit elderly couple's home

Hamas TV show kills militant mouse character - describes Farfour the mouse as "martyr" who is "killed" by "Israeli"

(Australia) Muslim cleric a danger on paper -- Sheik Feiz Mohamed

Colombia rebels to hand over 11 bodies

North Korea agrees on reactor closure

(Ivory Coast) Rockets fired at Ivorian PM plane

(USA Padilla Trial) Expert Testifies on al - Qaida Records

U.N. Ends Iraq Weapons Monitoring

(Iraq) Half of Baghdad Now Under Control - In the face of stiffening insurgent resistance, U.S. and Iraqi security forces now control about half of Baghdad according to American commander overseeing operations

(Gaza) More Beards, Less Political Talk in Gaza

(Lebanon) 2 Killed, 29 Wounded in Lebanon Clash -- and -- Lebanon army kill demonstrators (Updated)

US Urges Vigilance After London Incident - Bush admin officials said they saw no special terrorist threat heading toward next week's holiday

U.S. Reaches Tentative Deal With Europe on Bank Data - Agreement between US and EU will allow the US to continue once secret program to obtain banking records from Brussels-based consortium for use in CT investigations

(UK) Terror Plot Involves Islamic Extremists; Police Have 'Crystal Clear' Picture of Suspect -- suspect was arrested with Dhiren Barot Jihadist gang, but was released for lack of evidence

(USA) 4 indicted in terror plot to blow up JFK airport - indictment charged Russell Defreitas, Kareem Ibrahim, Abdul Kadir and Abdel Nur with conspiring to "cause death, serious bodily injury and extensive destruction" at JFK

(USA) Guantanamo Bay detainees win challenge - US Supreme Court has agreed to consider the demands of Guantanamo Bay prisoners to have their detentions reviewed by a US federal court

(UK) Car bomb found and defused in Central London -- apparent car bomb with gas canisters and nails near London nightclub - subway areas near Piccadilly Circus closed off -- also London Telegraph report, BBC report, Sky news report, Daily Mail report

(UK) Cartoon protest 'death threats' - Mizanur Rahman called for the beheading of opponents of Islam

(Iraq) Five US soldiers killed in Baghdad ambush - military detained dozens of suspected Al-Qaeda linked militants in raids across Iraq on Friday

Iraq: Bomb Damages Oil Pipeline

(Pakistan) "Khan network no longer exists"

(USA Padilla Trial) Padilla co-defendant denied mistrial - Juror saw a co-defendant in shackles, but judge rules fair trial wasn't jeopardized

EU backs passenger data deal with US

"EU moves to prevent religious hatred"

(USA) Signs point to a terror aid plateau

(Iran) British draft compromise on Iran

Lessons Of The 'Family Jewels' - CIA says it has left its shady past behind. But has the agency learned from its mistakes—and how much has really changed

(Commentary) 'Freeze For Freeze’ - A U.S.-European proposal may allow Tehran to continue with some uranium enrichment. Is this the way out of the Iran nuke impasse?

(Afghanistan) Two suicide attacks in Afghanistan, four dead - Car bombs ripped into security vehicles killing 2 foreigners, 2 Afghans; 3 policemen beheaded by Taliban

Iraq PM warns of al Qaeda attacks on other nations - Prime Minister al-Maliki said interrogation of captured al Qaeda operatives in Iraq showed the group was planning attacks in a number of countries

(Somalia) Islamists Invited to Somali Reconciliation Talks

(Somalia) U.N. Council cautious on Somalia peacekeeper request

Mauritania: 6 arrested in Mauritania on suspicion of terrorism--Police chief: they are believed to belong to an Algerian group affiliated with al-Qaida

North Africa is the New al-Qaeda Hotbed

(USA) Terrorism Suspect Portrayed as 'Slow' - Calls Show Padilla Sometimes Frustrated His Alleged Handlers

Lebanon: Al-Zarqawi's brother may be hiding in Palestinian camp - Lebanese daily al-Safir: "judicial sources from several Arab countries" believe that Muhammad Khalayla is in Nahr al-Bared campaign hiding with Fatah al-Islam

(Lebanon) PLO in Lebanon: Fatah al-Islam must disarm

(Gaza) Bombings against Businesses in Gaza Renewed - Spate of bombings against barber shops, internet cafes, shops selling music, cell phones.

Spain: Tensions Grow Over Lebanon Mission - Growing divisions in Spain over country's contribution to UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon

EU keeps Iranian opposition group on terror list- Paris-based People's Mujahadeen Organization of Iran to remain on list

(Turkey) Islamic inroads to Europe - The AKP has a stranglehold on Turkey for the foreseeable future.

Russia 'terror remains' ban kept -Top court backed law banning return of bodies of those branded terrorists or suspected of terrorism to families.

(Iraq) U.S. says it killed an al-Qaida leader - Mehmet Yilmaz, also known as Khalid al-Turki - and two Turkish Al Qaeda militants

(Iraq) Four journalists killed in Iraq

(Pakistan) Three militants killed by own bomb in Pakistan - at Datta Khel village in North Waziristan

(Indian Kasmir) 10 terrorists, soldier killed in J&K gunfights - near Zorawar village in Uri sector of Baramulla district

(Turkey) Eight Kurdish terrorists killed in clash - update

Hezbollah preparing for the next war

Israel fights Fatah militants in West Bank city - of Nablus

Abbas announces crackdown on militants - in West Bank

Israel rejects Hamas crossing request

U.S. govt appeals enemy-combatant ruling

Somali officials escape assassination bids

(Thailand) Insurgents kill 2 villagers in Yala -- in Pattani, insurgents blasted a unit of five soldiers

(UK) Lockerbie bomber allowed appeal -- Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi

"Dutch anti-terror approach is unique"

North Korea: Launches were new missiles

Vatican to Back Moderate Muslims -

(Russia) 2 Policemen Charged Over Beslan Seizure - 2 charged with negligence in connection with the 2004 Beslan school hostage seizure.

Libya's Gadhafi Misbehaving Again

(Iraq) Chemical Ali can hang in Kurdistan says judge

(Israel) 3 Kassam rockets land in w. Negev; none wounded

Russia: Ex - Guantanamo Detainee Killed - in a a region near Chechnya plagued by violence linked both to crime and to religious tensions according to the Federal Security Service

(Iraq) US Foot Patrols Seeks to Sidestep Mines

EU, U.S. Reach Deal on Passenger Data - Ends a year of wrangling over how to share information about trans-Atlantic air passengers that Washington says is needed to fight terrorism

(Iraq) Bombing Near Shiite Shrine Kills 14

(USA) Clinton, Richardson Fault Policy on Iran - Candidates urge Bush admin to continue a dialogue with Iran as U.S.tries to thwart country's pursuit of nuclear weapons

Australian Omar Hadba detained in Lebanon may have al-Qaeda link - Former Sydney taxi driver detained in Lebanon identified as a possible Fatah al-Islam leader

(UK) Two men charged under Terrorism Act - Men accused of giving support to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

(Spain) Theft of 22kg of fire bomb materials linked to ETA - Employees of factory held at gunpoint

(Jammu/Kashmir) Kashmir militants use liquid bombs

(India) Two bomb blasts in Assam, no casualties

U.S. Efforts against Terrorism Financing: A View from the Private Sector - Remarks from Managing director of Merrill Lynch's Monetary and Financial Control Group; previously director at FinCEN and OFAC.

(USA) Panel demands White House eavesdropping documents - Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Cheney's office Wednesday

A lawsuit without merit - Lawsuit dropped by the Islamic Society of Boston (ISB)

Wordpress Hosting Jihadist Propaganda Blogs...- A few of the Jihadist sites hosted by Wordpress

Gaza: 12 Palestinians dead, 40 wounded in clashes with IDF -- also -- 2 Kassam rockets landed in Sderot and 3 mortars fired into Israel near the Erez crossing in the northern Gaza Strip

(Gaza) Christians threatened in Gaza -- Islamists seek to enforce Sharia law

Commentary: The Hamas blitzkrieg - by Walid Phares

Jordan struggles with Palestinians

(Pakistan) "Suicide bombers are in Islamabad" -- and --Pakistan Bracing for Suicide Attacks - govt received intelligence indicating suicide bombers have entered the capital city of Islamabad

(Pakistan) Rocket fired at army base

(Indian Kashmir) Three soldiers and three terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir - in an encounter at Gamroo in the Bandipora district - also Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) militants arrested