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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

(Spain) Judge orders probe into death of UN soldiers - in Lebanon

(Thailand) Police nab 24 after explosions

(Indonesia) Bomb explodes in Central Java

(Philippines) New Abu Sayyaf leader 'is Islamic scholar' - Yasser Igasan

North Korea may have fired missile: report

(Russia) NATO Chief Urges Calm Talks With Russia

(Indonesia) Jailed JI leader denies role in bombings -

(USA) Islamic Follies - A conference at the Woodrow Wilson Center demonstrates the problems with modern "dialogues."

(Indonesia) Bashir wants anti-terrorism force 'eradicated' - Former Jemaah Islamiah (JI) head Abu Bakar Bashir has called for the eradication of Indonesia's counter-terrorism police unit

(USA) GOP support for Iraq war slips

Colombia Violence Dims Hope for Hostages

(Afghanistan) Women Attacked or Killed in Afghanistan

(Gaza) Kidnappers: We Will Kill BBC Reporter

(Iraq) US Chiefs: Iraq Not Ready to Hold Ground

(Lebanon) 300 Islamic Militants Killed, Wounded - Lebanese army says they cornered remaining members of the al-Qaida-inspired Fatah Islam group in a small section of the Nahr el-Bared camp

U.S. Official: Blair to Be Mideast Envoy- Blair to be named on as special envoy for the int'll diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East with a portfolio focused on Palestinian economic and political reform

Rice: Syria Must Keep Lebanon Jury Safe - Condoleezza Rice issues veiled warning to Syria saying a Lebanon tribunal must be safe while it handles the murder of a Lebanese leader, a prominent critic of Syrian influence in Lebanon.

Iraqi minister sought on 'terrorist' charges - Iraqi forces raided the house of a top Sunni minister and detained dozens of his guards after a court issued a warrant for his arrest on "terrorist" charges

Iraqi tribal leader shot dead in Baghdad: police -Tribal leader assassinated in Baghdad a day after a suicide bomber killed six Sunni Arab tribal leaders opposed to al Qaeda says Iraqi police

(Afghanistan)US dismisses reports on Afghan deaths - Despite rising civilian deaths and criticism in Afghanistan's counter-terror war --a U.S. general suggested that coalition commanders do not need to change the way they operate.

(Italy) 7 North Africans cleared of terrorism charges in Italy--Men cleared of accusations that they belonged to an Islamic extremist cell planning to send potential suicide attackers to Iraq

(Israel) No talks till Hamas accepts government--Abbas said Hamas Islamists who have seized control in Gaza must accept his government’s authority before it will consider calls for negotiations.

(Gaza) Gaza Christians fear abuse, vow to migrate if harmed

(Israel) Netanyahu: Prisoner release a 'mistake'

Iran oil exports at risk in UK ship sanctions plan--Confidential British proposal to target Iran's national shipping lines under a draft U.N. sanctions resolution could temporarily curb Tehran's ability to export oil to world markets

Iran to vie with West by launching news channel--Tehran-based PRESS TV will seek to compete against CNN and BBC World

(USA) States' Post-9/11 Grants Unspent - Nearly $5-billion in anti-terrorism grants awarded to the states since 9/11 have not been spent---Breakdown of unspent grants by state:

(UK) Fresh attack on Government over Rushdie honour - Muslim groups in Britain branded the Govt “duplicitous” for awarding Salman Rushdie Knighthood

Sri Lankan warplanes pound rebel positions; aid donors seek to halt bloodshed - According to military, Sri Lankan warplanes pounded two separatist Tamil Tiger rebel positions

(USA-Padilla Trial) Bin Laden looms over Padilla terrorism trial--and--Rise of al Qaeda detailed in Padilla trial - update

(Somalia) Explosion kills 6 in Somalia - roadside bomb in Mogadishu

(Iraq) U.S. troops target bomb networks -- believed to be bringing powerful roadside bombs from Iran

(Iraq) Clashes break out in central Iraq - in Diwaniyah between Shia militiamen and local security forces

Pakistan: Local Taliban asked to help curb crimes -- by NWFP tribes

(Pakistan) Taliban Militant killed in North West Frontier Province - tried to abduct the foreign principal of a school at Bannu

Pakistan Reluctant to Face Mosque Militants -- Islamic vigilantes growing in stature as authorities watch

Pakistan radicals to target dance clubs in international hotels- Radical clerics of Lal Masjid involved in a stand-off with government over enforcement of Taliban-style moral policing

(Pakistan) 2 terrorists arrested - in Faisalbad

(Indian Kashmir) Two Indian troopers killed in gunfight in Kashmir - also killed Harkatul Mujaheedin group - in Bandipore

(Indian Kashmir) Two civilians killed in grenade attack in Jammu and Kashmir - update on Doda bus stop bombing story

(India) UNLF hideout neutralized in Assam

(USA) Homeland Security chief: US growing complacent on terrorism -- Michael Chertoff says Americans are 'starting to be unwilling' to make the needed sacrifices to repel attacks.

(Spain) Two suspected members of Al-Qaeda group arrested -- Moroccans Mohamed Laksir and Moulay Lahoucine Miftah Idrissi - members of Al Qaeda for the Islamic Lands of Magreb

(Germany) Moroccan-born Al-Qaeda suspect to be tried in Germany - Redouane e-H charged with recruiting Iraqi suicide bombers and maintaining contact with 9/11 plotters

(Israel) Two Kassams fired into Negev - on Tuesday morning

Hamas shuns Al-Qaida's support

(Turkey) Clashes kill two Kurdish rebels southeast Turkey - in the town of Silvan in Diyarbakr

Turkey bombards Kurdish border villages

Mauritania: Five Al-Qaeda suspects arrested in an Internet cafe - update to previous story

(UK) Terror suspect appears in court -- Ceri Bullivant - absconded while subject to an anti-terror control order

(Iran) Shiite cleric assassinated in Iran - known for his anti-Wahhabi activities

Terrorists, the new op-ed contributors -- Ahmed Yousef, a senior leader of Hamas, op-ed pieces in New York Times and in the Washington Post

Analysis: Box-office terrorism

(Iraq) US: Biased Shiites Moved From Iraq Force - More than a third of Iraq's national police battalion commanders are now Sunni after a purge of Shiites who had a sectarian bias, a U.S. general said.

True or False: We Are Losing The War Against Radical Islam - Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, are strangely united on one point: the threat from global jihad is growing dangerously.

(Iraq) Brutal New Tactics In Iraq

(North Korea) Pressure on N. Korea to close nuclear reactor

(Pakistan/Afghanistan) Pakistan in Nato Afghan warning - A Nato spokesman said Mr Karzai had a right to be "disappointed and angry" over the scale of civilian casualties.

(Sudan) World must tackle Sudan over Darfur conflict: Sarkozy - UN estimates 200,000 people have been killed and more than2 million displaced in the ethnic conflict --and--- Meeting on Darfur Ends With Little Visible Progress

Israel Announces Mass Prisoner Release (Updated)

(USA) Terror Trial Jurors Get al - Qaida Lesson - Establishing Al Qaida connection critical to proving Jose Padilla, Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi guilty of providing material support and conspiracy to murder, maim and kidnap people overseas.

(Iraq) Sunni Clerics Ask Shiites to Halt March - March by Shiites in predominantly Sunni area could lead to more sectarian violence between the two sects.

(Afghanistan) Taliban Puts Afghan Boy in Suicide Vest - Story of 6-year-old Afghan boy who says he thwarted an effort by Taliban militants to trick him into being a suicide bomber provoked tears and anger at a meeting of tribal leaders.

(USA) State Sends Passport SOS Overseas - With backlog of nearly 3 million applications and thousands more pouring in each day, State has issued urgent global appeal seeking diplomat volunteers to return to the U.S. at gov. expense

(USA) Whitman on Hot Seat Over 9 / 11 Aftermath - Since the attacks, independent government reviews have faulted EPA's handling of the immediate aftermath and the agency's long-term cleanup program for nearby buildings.

(Europe) US to begin fingerprinting visitors at airports - Visitors from European nations traveling with visas or visa-free to the U.S. will soon have to give digital fingerprints upon entry

(Gaza) Al-Qaida looming large in Gaza

Knighthood violates UN code: Pakistan - Pakistan has informed Britain that Salman Rushdie’s knighthood breaches a UN resolution aimed at calming tensions between different regions

[Egypt] Al Qaeda in Egypt Leader Calls for Attacks On Women and Children - statement from Mohammed Khalil al Hakayma, wanted by the U.S., has been posted on numerous jihadi Web sites. (Updated)

(Mauritania) Suspected Islamist militants face Mauritania court

Algerian troops kill six armed Islamists - Two bombs buried near pipeline which links the Sahara with the north detonated by remote control.

[Iran] Iranian President Volunteers to Serve as Human Shield at Natanz Nuclear Facilities - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: "we will sit down together in the nuclear facilities, and if they want to attack, they will have to attack us first"

Iraq bombers kill 40 in 4 separate bombings, sheikhs opposed to Al-Qaeda among Mansour hotel dead - car bombings in Baiji, Mosul, Hilla, and suicide bomber in Baghdad's Mansour hotel - fuel tanker rammed police HQ in Baiji

(Afghanistan) Sixteen dead in Afghan clash - on Sunday - includes 13 Taliban and 3 police - in Zehri district of Kandahar province

(Indonesia) Accused Asian terror leader warns more blood will be shed -- Jemaah Islamiyah's Abu Dujana: Islamists will continue to target Westerners on the streets of Indonesia as they fight to impose full Islamic law -- and -- (Indonesia) Muslims want back land, JI captive says

(Lebanon) Jihadists answer al-Qa'ida call to arms - call to flood Lebanon with foreign Islamic extremists appears to have been heard

Egypt Al-Qaeda cell backs Hamas

(Israel) Kassam rocket falls near Sderot

(Pakistan) Three army personnel kidnapped

(Pakistan) Taliban blow up CD shop in NWFP

(Pakistan/Germany) Suspected Terrorist had Access to Radioactive Material - access to a research center in Karlsruhe, Germany

(Indian Kashmir) Thirteen people injured in grenade attack in Kashmir - at a bus stand in Doda

(India) Bomb attack on Soren's convoy -- in Jharkhand

(Iran) UN nuclear inspectors to go to Iran

(Australia) Muslim groups' united front - for terrorist group Hezbollah

(Indian Kashmir) At least 11 police personnel injured in J&K blast - in north Kashmir's Bandipore district

(Pakistan) Bombs found on oil tankers - engaged in oil transportation to Afghanistan

(Pakistan) Lal Masjid frees hostages - madrassa students vow to continue attacking massage centers

(Israel) Two rockets fired into Sderot

Senior Hamas and Fatah Terrorists Arrested - in Ramallah

Israeli Cabinet releases funds to Abbas

Nigeria: 4 kidnapped foreigners released

(UK) Internet spreads terror to Britain - Jihadists such as Omar Bakri Mohammed using web to spread hate in UK

Sri Lanka claims 13 rebels killed

(Iraq) U.S. forces tighten grip on Iraqi city of Baquba - tightened their cordon around al Qaeda fighters

(Iraq) 2 al-Qaida leaders captured in Iraq - and seven other operatives Saturday in Diyala province

(Iraq) Bomb kills 20 police, forces kill 17 militants - on Friday - update on previous report

(Afghanistan) Around 80 Taliban killed in Afghanistan - in past 24 hours - , most of them in a strike on rebels preparing an attack near the Pakistan border -- and -- Forward Operating Base Thunder AP related news report (my title)

(Pakistan) Blast kills three Pakistani paramilitary soldiers - east of Miranshah

(Pakistan) Roadside bomb kills 4 Pakistani soldiers near Afghan border -near the town of Mir Ali

(Pakistan) 4 injured in Quetta grenade attack - at barber's shop

Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) leader warns to bomb UK embassy - "I will carry out a suicide attack on the British High Commission in Islamabad"

(India) Two Pakistan-trained Harkat-ul Jehadi Islami (HuJI) guerrillas arrested in Lucknow - with nine kg of RDX explosives

(India Assam) Indian blast kills six, injures 20 - in Guwahati - near vegetable market and mosque - ahead of sports event -- and -- ULFA-triggered bomb blast in Assam -- see also Animesh Roul's June 23 posting

(USA) US house votes to ban aid to Saudi Arabia -- faces a veto threat from the White House because of an unrelated provision

US faces problems if Guantanamo closed

Hamas: IDF arrested 'Kassam' founder -- Israel seizes top Hamas leader Saleh al-Aruri in West Bank

Iran says 'zero chance' of US attack - to thwart its nuclear ambitions

Symposium: Mutating Jihad: Phares, Emerson, Gartenstein Ross, Roggio - symposium on evolving jihadi strategies

Commentary: Franchising Al Qaeda -- by Rita Katz and Josh Deven

(Afghanistan) Cat and mouse games in Afghanistan - BBC Kabul correspondent embedded with British troops in Garmsir on Operation Bataka

(Thailand) Six killed by rebels in Thai Muslim south - update

(Somalia) Fifteen killed as rival Somali troops clash - near the southern town of Kismayo

Somalia's Al-Qaeda Link

Abbas Signals Shutdown of Hamas Groups

Hamas scores publicity coup in U.S. -- with the New York Times and the Washington Post

Iran Said to Retaliate Against Students - Student activists arrested - and - Iranian dissidents face broad crackdown

(USA) CIA Airs Decades Worth of Spy Documents - CIA plans to declassify 700 pages of materials next week

(USA) Treasury: Small Banks to Get a Break - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced plans Friday to come up with ways to ease pressure on nation's smaller banks

N. Korea delays U.N. inspectors

(Australia) I support Hezbollah: Aussie cleric - Australia's senior Shia cleric attacked John Howard for backing Israel and openly declared his allegiance to Hezbollah.

(UK) Muslim peer compares Rushdie to 9/ll bombers -- Labour peer Lord Ahmed of Rotherham -- and -- British Muslims burn St George's flag at anti-Rushdie rally

'Afghans killed' in air strikes (updated) and -- Afghan air raid kills 20 Taliban, 25 civilians - in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province

Aussie sailors repelled Iran attack, BBC says - Iranian naval forces tried to capture an Australian boarding team in the Persian Gulf even before they seized and held 15 British sailors and Marines

(Germany) Terror Threat in Germany Is Now Similar to 2001

(Iraq) Troops battle tough resistance in Al Qaeda bastion: US - Thousands of US Army troops on offensive north of Baghdad facing fierce resistance from hundreds of Al Qaeda militants

(Iraq) U.S. troops detain 18 militants in Iraq - Suicide Bomber attacks police patrol in Fallujah, killing two officers and wounding three others, along with six civilians

(Iraq) Bomb strikes UK patrol in Basra

(Afghanistan) British troops in Taliban offensive - in Garmsir

Somalia: Bomb Explosion Kills Five Including 4 Somali Policemen - near the main seaport of Mogadishu --- and -- Curfew announced in Mogadishu as attacks escalate

(Kenya) 20 killed in new Kenyan violence - in overnight violence in and around Kenyan capital, police say - two beheaded

Yemen: Man claims to head Al-Qaeda's local branch - Abu Basir Nasir al-Wahish

(Thailand) Bombs wound 6 in restive southern Thailand - suspected Muslim insurgents triggered the explosion with a cell phone in Yala

(Thailand) Muslim man partially beheaded -- attacks by separtist Islamist militants

(Lebanon) Uneasy truce broken at Lebanon siege camp - sporadic shooting around Nahr al-Bared camp

Pakistan expanding nuclear program, U.S. group says - updated story

(India) Bomb blast in Jammu and Kashmir - at Janbazpora -- LeT activist arrested, arms cache discovered

(India) UNLF cadre shot dead in Manipur

(India) Documentary to be made on Kanishka

(USA) Feds prosecute 1960s KKK slayings

(Gaza) Alan Johnson 'kidnapper' interview - Mumtaz Dagmoush interview on BBC reporter's kidnapping

Lebanon declares victory in camp war on militants (updated) - Not all terrorists have surrendered

(Gaza) A Visit to Fatah's Torture Chamber - Hamas opens Fatah prison to public

(Iraq) Australians 'repelled Iran navy' Iranian naval forces tried to capture Australian Navy team but repelled

(U.S.) Police: Guns, animal rights literature found in explosives probe - Animal Liberation Front mags and nitro found

(India) 11 convicted in 1993 RSS blast

(Russia) Hizb ut-Tahrir activists convicted in Magnitogorsk - Third case in Chelyabinsk region

North Korea threatens South over sea intrusion - Seoul denied intrusion

(Somalia) Five Killed in Capital and Eight tons of weapons detonated in the capital by Ugandan troops

(India) Two suspected Pakistan-trained terrorists held in Lucknow with seven kg RDX - near Lucknow railway station

The Pakistan Connection - Arrests of 3 near Iranian border, possibly headed to Europe or US, renews doubts on Pakistan

New Photos Show Secret Pakistan Plutonium Plant - ABC News: Pakistan completing third reactor, suggesting expanded arsenal

US State Dept weighs reaching out to the Muslim Brotherhood (my title) - Zeyno Baran quoted

(Iraq) Suicide truck bomber kills 18 in N.Iraq attack -- blast in Sulaiman Bek

(Iraq) British hostages held by "Iran-backed" killers - US General Petraeus: Mahdi Militia kidnapped 5 Britons

(Iraq) Allen: Fallujah to be clear of al-Qaida - by August

(Afghanistan) Iraqi tactics come to Afghanistan - Taliban hunt spies, target Kabul with Iraq-style tactics

Gaza militants launch 'web-war'

Hamas creating 'empire of darkness'

(Indonesia) Report: Fugitive Bombing Mastermind "Arrested" - Detikcom news agency reports arrest of Malaysian national Noordin Mohammed Top

Pakistan hardliners honor bin Laden in Rushdie row - given bin Laden the title "Saifullah," or sword of Allah

(Pakistan) Landmine explosion in Pakistan kills three people - in Pakistani tribal agency of Kurram bordering Afghanistan

(Pakistan) KFC ransacked in Pakistan riots

(India) Two bomb blasts in Manipur

Algeria: leader of al-Qaeda gets 20 years prison sentence in absentia -- national leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Abu Musab Abdelouadoud alias Drudkal

(Nigeria) Gunmen driven from Nigerian oil facility - leaving a dozen gunmen dead

Germany indicts Lebanese for bomb attempt -- accused of planting terrorist bombs a year ago on German trains

(UK) Seventh terror suspect flees control order - new terrorist suspect on run - suspect subject to control order vanished Monday night

(Guyana) Sons Of Guyana Terror Accused Freed On Bail - sons of JFK Plotter Abdul Kadir

(Thailand) Sweep-up operation in Yala

Bin Laden may have arranged family's US exit: FBI docs - FBI agent's note leads to speculation - actual documents

Hamas Leader Warns Israel Not to Attack

Canadian Police arrest suspected ETA member - Suspect in 2000 Madrid car bombing - second ETA arrested in Canada in June

Amnesty Offered to Tajikistan Militants - Hundreds in prison for 1992-7 civil war

Shootout in Chechnya kills at least 3

U.S. Opts Not to Release Iranians Detained in Iraq Raid - Wash Post: Won't release 5 until at least October

U.S. lawmakers pressuring EU on Hezbollah terrorism designation - see Michael Jacobson's June 20 post

(Iraq) US-led forces strike Qaeda strongholds in Iraq - killing at least 30 alleged insurgents, the US military said Wednesday

(Iraq) Gunmen blew up two Sunni mosques Wednesday south of Baghdad - no casualties - updated death toll on Tuesday mosque bombing is 87 dead (my title)

(Afghanistan) 3 killed in Afghan mosque shooting - Taliban militants overran another district in southern Afghanistan

3 Canadian NATO soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan - 21 Taliban killed in same province

(Pakistan) Lal Masjid standoff: Pakistan to rebuild seven mosques -- with the hope of ending a prolonged siege at a girl's seminary

Pakistan: New strategy to fight terrorism

(Thailand) Police raid insurgents, arrest three - Thai border patrol police officer was killed in a drive-by shooting

Indonesia: Terror suspect meets family

Swiss Internet terror trial opens - Moez Garsallaoui and Malika El Arou accused of Al Qaeda bomb-making web sites

(UK) Light shed on IRA murder of Nairac

(USA) DHS acknowledges own computer break-ins -- problems involved DHS's unclassified computer networks

Hit hard in West Bank, Hamas vows comeback - "The West Bank may surprise the world..."

(Philippines) Local terror group owns Weena bombings - Alkobar terror group claims 2 deadly bus bombings

US, Canada downplay Al-Qaeda camp graduation video - (Updated)

Kuwait commutes death sentences of four Qaeda members -- 4 Al Qaeda in gunbattles with police in 2005

Israel says it foiled terror plot - Palestinian plot to blow up synagogue & kidnap Americans

(Iraq) Mortar rounds hit Baghdad's Green Zone

Afghan police retake district from Taliban (updated) -- 10 civilians & 60 Taliban killed in days of fighting in Uruzgan

(Pakistan) Blasts Reported At Militant Hide-Out - Suspected hide-out in NW Pakistan near border - Missiles kill 32 militants in Pakistan tribal region

Syrian Efforts to Deny Fath Al-Islam Affiliation With Syrian Intelligence - MEMRI analysis of Syrian statements

(Iraq) U.S. Sends 10,000 Troops Into Diyala to Take on Al Qaeda in Iraq - killing at least 22 insurgents

(Iraq) 78 killed by bombing at Baghdad mosque - Truck with fans & air coolers to hide explosives

Iraqi battle with Shiite Mahdi Army militia kills 25 - in Nasiriyah

U.S. warns Iraq about Kurdish rebels

Palestinians might demand release of terrorist founder Marwan Barghouti - Officials believe intifada planner, convicted murderer can strengthen Abbas forces

Indian court delays sentencing for Bollywood star - in connection with bombings in Mumbai in 1993

Somalia presidential spokesman shot twice

(Somalia) Amnesty for Somalia's Islamists

Nigeria: Alleged militants hit oil plant

(UK) Papers pay out over terror claim

(Thailand) Bomb, shootings leave 5 dead in Thailand's south -- and -- (Thailand) District chief dies in car bombing - terrorists burn 2 schools, kill three people on their way to inspect a school destroyed by arson -- see Zachary Abuza's June 18 post

(Columbia) Released FARC man leaves Colombia - for Cuba

(Afghanistan) Afghan forces recapture district overran by Taliban

(Pakistan) 2 planners of deadly Pakistan suicide bombing arrested, police say - Lashkar-e-Jhangvi suspected in April 2006 attack - Explosion in NW Pakistan wounds 5 in Bajaur

(U.S.) All-Clear Given After White House Press Offices Evacuated - "Suspicious scent" from nearby minivan

Deadly shooting erupts at Israel-Gaza crossing - At least 1 killed, 15 wounded

Iraq: Basra police chief replaced - Fired over failure to stop attacks on Sunni mosques

Afghans: Over 100 dead in southern fight - 3 days of fierce clashes between NATO forces & Taliban fighters in Uruzgan

(Iraq) New military operations underway in Iraq - along Baghdad's southern and northern belts - and the Tharthar area near Fallujah and in Diyala province

Iraq: Three soldiers killed in explosions

(Afghanistan) Seven Afghan children killed in strike on 'Al-Qaeda hideout' - madrassa viewed as militant target

Lebanon Group claims rocket attack on Israel- "the Jihadi Badr Brigades — Lebanon branch" claims Sunday rocket attack on Israel

(Gaza) Abbas attempts to isolate Hamas

Gaza's Christians fear for their lives

Report: Israel plans attack on Gaza - Sunday London Times: Defense minister planning attack if Hamas fires rockets or resumes suicide bombings -- Israeli troops move into Gaza -- and -- Israelis cut fuel supplies to Hamas territory

Kenya: Wanted Man Surrenders to Police -- linked to last week's explosion in Nairobi

Pakistan Minister Tries To Justify Terrorism In Kashmir -- and --Pakistan demands 'total' pullout of troops from J&K -- or warns of continued activities by 'jihadi' groups

Pakistan: death of soldiers linked to arrest of members of banned separtist group - the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA)

Iran considering fresh US talks on Iraq

Saudi arrests are effort against Web jihad

Bosnia terror Swede's 'sentence cut'

Iraqi Sunni Leader Dies of Heart Attack - Sheik Jamal al-Din Abdul Karim al-Dabban died of heart attack

(Iraq) U.S. Strategy on Sunnis Questioned - Shiites & Kurds critical of U.S. action with Sunnis to defeat al-Qaeda - see posts by Evan Kohlmann & Douglas Farah

Iraq: Car bombs kill two, wound two others

Lal Masjid issues fatwa against magazine

(Qatar) Prison sentence for terror convict upheld - Qatari man's 10-year term for 4 attacks on US troops in Iraq upheld

Colombian Rebel Demands Guerilla Release - FARC's "Foreign Minister" demands U.S. release jailed terrorists

(Indonesia) JI terrorist confirms Bashir role - Abu Dujana named Abu Bakar Bashir the JI leader from 2000 - 2002

(U.K.) BAE paid for luxury Saudi honeymoon - £250,000 for Prince Bandar's daughter's honeymoon

U.S.: 60 pct of Baghdad not controlled

U.S. Chooses Sides In Palestinian Struggle.President to send money to Fatah-only government

'Technical glitch delays transfer of North Korean funds' - Russia having problems transferring to bank with NK accounts

Four Philippines cops killed in attack - Communist rebels blamed

(India) Four injured in Amritsar blast

Roadside bomb hits army patrol in Thailand - 7 soldiers dead

Two key Iraqi militants detained in Baghdad - Including leader of secret ‘extremist elements’ cell in Mehdi Army

U.S. finds IDs of 2 GIs missing in Iraq - see Jeffrey Imm's June 4 post

(Iraq) Kidnapped Athletes Found Dead. Remains of 13 Members of Iraqi Tae Kwon Do Team Kidnapped Last Year Found in Anbar Province.

Ten Indian hostages freed in Nigeria

(Afghanistan).Suicide bomb hits Kabul

Iraq Contractors Face Growing Parallel War

(Gaza) Siege was months in the making - Hamas leaders cite Hezbollah & Muslim Brotherhood - see June 15 posts by Matthew Levitt & Douglas Farah

(Nepal) Prachanda requests Carter's help in withdrawing US terrorist tag - Head of Nepal's Maoists asks Jimmy Carter to help remove designation

(India) ULFA threatens Assamese mobile theatre groups - Terrorist group threatens actors and stagehands

J&K: 2 LeT militants killed, suicide attack foiled - Pakistani militants of Lashkar-e-Tayiba

(Lebanon) Saudi Doctor in Army Custody Says Abssi, Hureira Are Alive - Claimed Fatah al-Islam leader & military commander suffered non-fatal wounds

Iraq: U.S. Forces Arrest 3 Iranian Officials Near Baghdad - Iraqis detained, then freed them, after intervention of Iraqi foreign ministry

Treasury Designates Al Qaida, LIFG Operatives - US Treasury release - Members of al Qaida & Libyan Islamic Fighting Group - newswire story

Treasury Action Targets Individuals Involved in Iran's Nuclear Program - U.S. Treasury release - see Michael Jacobson's June 15 post - newswire story

(Somalia) Second attempt on Somali MP's life. 8 killed, others wounded in suicide attack & roadside bomb

(Nigeria) Gunmen kidnap 5 more foreigners

Abbas appoints Salam Fayyad as new PA prime minister - Hamas released 10 Fatah officials, seized weapons

(Iraq) 5 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq

(Iraq) U.S. says Iraq troop surge complete

(India) Terror averted in Tinsukia railway station - bomb recovered - UFLA suspected

(Lebanon) Outrage over Lebanese TV anchor's comments - Gloated over killing of anti-Syrian, Walid Eid: "So, why did it take them so long to kill him?" - proposed killing other anti-Syrian in parliament

Indonesia captures head of Jemaah Islamiah: police -- Zarkarsih aka Mba --- and --- Indonesia raids net terror leaders -- see also Kenneth Conboy June 15 posting

(Somalia) Four die in Somalia attack -- Islamist grenade attack on video hall as opposition to western and Indian films

(UK) Dirty bomb plotters jailed for 136 years -- Seven accomplices of dirty bomb plotter Dhiren Barot jailed -- and -- Profiles of Dhiren Barot British Jihadist gang

Around 100 Fatah officials flee to Egypt

North Korean funds transferred from bank

(Iraq) Al-Qaeda military emir of Mosul killed - Kamal Jalil Bakr 'Uthman, aka Sa'id Hamza

EU Sets Cash Customs Limit To Fight Laundering, Terrorism - See Victor Comras' June 13 post

(Philippines) Police tag terror suspect in car bomb plot - One-armed JI terrorist, Edris Sabal, failed to set off powerful bomb

French family pleads over Colombia rebel hostage - Ingrid Betancourt held by FARC for 5+ years - Colombian Terrorist Victims' Families File Suit in South Florida

(U.S.) Judge clears way for wounded soldier to collect judgement against terrorist - Federal judge approves damages owed by Ahmad Said al-Khadr

U.S. Forces Detain 6 in Raids Targeting Al Qaeda in Iraq (updated) - 25 arrested over past 2 days - members of a car bomb network

Syria's Export of Terrorism to Lebanon: Threat and Response - David Schenker on Syria's role in numerous terrorist attacks

(Iraq) Al Qaeda in Iraq kills 14 hostages - executed 14 soldiers and police in a video posted on the Internet

N. Korean funds transferred from bank (updated) - Over $20 million transferred from Macau - North Korea's Kim Jong Il had heart surgery in April: report

33 militants killed in Afghanistan (updated) - Several Taliban commanders among dead

(Iraq) Explosions rock Baghdad, smoke seen by Green Zone - see Daveed Gartenstein-Ross' June 14 post

Iraq: Suicide attack on Anti-Al Qaeda Alliance -- in Ramadi on Wednesday

(Iraq) Six Iraqis wounded in Kirkuk blast

Hamas liberation hails victory, "liberation" of Gaza Strip -- Hamas now in control of Gaza Strip -- Key security HQ in Gaza City, last Fatah stronghold, falls -- and -- EU suspends Gaza aid due to "suicidal" fighting

UNRWA to scale back Gaza mission

(Israel) Two Kassams land in Sderot

Kenya: Two Women Held Over Bomb Blast

(Nigeria) Army 'kills' Nigerian militants

Nigerian court frees oil militant

(UK) Briton found guilty of Al Qaeda plot - Qaisar Shaffi part of Dhiren Barot Jihad group plotting to bomb US financial targets

FBI finds it overstepped in collecting data -- Internal audit faults national security investigations

Somali conference postponed again - Planned June 14 conference delayed twice already

Mexico deports suspected ETA member - Another detained for financing terrorism and 1999 Pamplona bombing

(Somalia) Navies Urged to Fight Somali Pirates - Global shipping officials warn attacks at "terrifying levels"

Hamas pounds main Fatah security posts (updated) - Gaza City's 3 main security compounds pounded - hundreds from Fatah-allied clan surrendered to Hamas

(Iraq) Suspected Al Qaeda insurgents bomb Shiite shrine -- Sacred Shiite shrine devastated - insurgents blew up remaining 2 minarets of Askariya Mosque -- Fear of repeat bloodshed after second gold dome attack -- and -- U.S. official: Mosque attack may have been inside job

(Iraq) Big boost in Iraqi forces is urged - by US military commander

(Israel) Two women would-be suicide bombers caught on way to attack - foiled a double suicide attack planned for Tel Aviv and Netanya by the Islamic Jihad -- and -- Pregnant Palestinian woman arrested under suspicion of planning suicide bombing

(Pakistan) Recruiting Taliban 'child soldiers' -- in Tank and Pakistan tribal belt

(Pakistan) Four persons injured in grenade attack in Balochistan - on a hotel at Golli Mar Chowk in Quetta

Philippine police foil car bomb attack - by suspected Islamic militants in Surallah

(UK) Woman in July bomb claims - UK woman taught to be a bomber - turn herself into a suicide bomber by concealing explosives under baggy, traditional Islamic clothing -- BBC Newsnight (video) -- other video