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July 2007 Archives

(Canada) Two youths in terror bust go free - 17 Toronto-area suspects accused of terrorist training & plotting Canadian landmark attacks

(U.S.) Bounty Hunter Disrupts Possible Terror Plot - ABC News on capture of possible "lone-wolf"

Kurdish Leader Warns of Iraqi Civil War

Afghans say they won't free prisoners - Afghanistan will not release insurgent prisoners, Tailban's key demand to free captives

(Asia) Military Exercise Signals Cozier Sino-Thai Relations - Zachary Abuza quoted on first anti-terrorism exercises

(India) Detained Al-Qaeda suspect claims to hail from Tripura - True identity unclear, found with 2 passports

(Russia) Video casts new light on fatalities at Beslan - Casts doubt on official conclusions about explosion

(India) Two LeT terrorists convicted under POTA - Planned to assassinate political leaders

Mauritanian drops terror charges for 14 (updated) - see Olivier Guitta's June 7 post

(Germany) Journalists Unearth Rare Terrorism Trial Tapes From 1970s - Trial in 1975-76 of Red Army Faction leaders Baader, Meinhof, others

(Pakistan) Pak: At least 15 militants killed (updated) - Government troops with helicopter gunships repelled attack on North Waziristan military checkpoint

New Al Qaeda tape: Abu Yahya al Libi discusses Pakistan - Laura Mansfield press release - View picture from tape

(Iraq) US Army kills 8, detains 40 in precision raids throughout Iraq -- in Salahuddin and Anbar provinces - statement Monday

(Iraq) US soldier killed in Al-Anbar, Iraq

(Afghanistan) Suicide Car Bomber hits US coalition troops in Kabul - wounding 3 US troops and 7 Afghan civilians in Kabul - Taliban claimed responsibility

(Afghanistan) Taliban issues another hostage deadline -- threatened Tuesday to kill more hostages if their demands were not met by Wednesday -- and -- Body of second Korean hostage found -- Man, 29, is second hostage killed by Taliban

(Pakistan) Blast wounds six Pakistani troops -- roadside bomb at troubled tribal belt near the Afghan border

(Somalia) 8 killed in attacks in Somalia, witnesses say -- men in vehicles firing at government buildings shouting Allahu Akbar

Russian police officer killed, three wounded in bus shootout - gunmen opened fire on a military bus in Chechnya

Hamas to Show an Improved Hand

Jordanian Islamists pull out of vote over 'fraud' -- Islamic Action Front and the Muslim Brotherhood

Israeli home front unprepared for war -- Jerusalem, Tel Aviv lack bomb shelters, gas masks scarce

(USA) Oak Ridge Nuclear Labs: Car crashes at nuclear weapons plant - hot-wired car crashes into checkpoint after asked for ID, then driver fled on foot

Guantanamo cell is better than freedom in Algeria, says inmate fighting against release to Algeria -- Ahmed Belbacha lived in UK for 3 years

(UK) Secret evidence keeps terror suspects in UK - two suspected Algerian terrorists cannot be deported for reasons that are too secret to disclose - third acquitted in "ricin trial"

UK police admit Haneef mistakes

(Philippines) Rebels accused of beheading soldiers flee Philippine police raid -- all alleged Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)

(U.S.) Searching for Security Skills - U.S. struggling to fill thousands of homeland security jobs

(India) Charges to be framed in July 11 train bombing case - see Animesh Roul's July 11 post

Egyptian police dismantle terrorist cell

Gaza: IAF air strike wounds 3 gunmen

UK pushing ahead with Basra exit plan

(Iraq) Suicide fuel truck bomb, and car bomb targeting police patrol in Balad (my title) - on Sunday -- other violence in Iraq including three US soldiers killed Thursday

(Pakistan) Seven killed in militant violence in NW Pakistan - three paramilitary soldiers and four civilians

(Pakistan) Militants seize shrine in Pakistan -- in northwestern Pakistan, rename it after Red Mosque, 10 die near Afghan border

Iran rebuilds Lebanon to boost Hizbollah

Iran: No higher talks with U.S.

Israel air strike hits Gaza -- wounding two members of Islamic Jihad and the Gaza commander of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades

(Hamas) Report: U.S. coordinated security with 'top Hamas agent' -- Hamas agent believed to have infiltrated Fatah

UK wanted US to rule out Bin Laden torture - report claims UK refused to pass on information in 1998 and 1999 to allow Bin Laden capture, unless promise of humane treatment

(UK) Let's launch a 'cultural offensive' against militant Islam, Brown tells Bush -- Brown: "expose terrorism for what it is - not a cause but a crime" - does not recognize Islamist ideology as threat

(UK) MPs oppose terror detention plans

(UK) Many Asians 'do not feel British'

Freed Guantanamo inmates take up arms

Philippines: Islamist groups target civilian says rights group - Islamist groups in the Philippines have killed or injured more than 1,700 people in bombings and other attacks since 2000 -- and -- Philippines is Southeast Asia's terror hotspot: report

(Pakistan) 600 ‘suicide bombers’ lurking in twin cities -- ‘Walking bombs’ left Lal Masjid before final military operation

Hezbollah rejects U.S. vision of Mideast - Leader claims terrorist group ready to strike Israel again at any time

(UK) Campus 'Holy War' threat growing

US ‘dirty bomber’ is a trial for CIA

Serb Police Arrest Gunman Who Killed 9

Saudi turns his back on jihad

(Iraq) Cutting Costs, Bending Rules, And a Trail of Broken Lives - Wash Post on American private contractor's failures in Iraq

(Iraq) Car bomb in Baghdad kills five, wounds 20 (updated)

Afghan clashes kill 3 NATO soldiers, 24 Taliban (updated)

Stepping Up Hunt for Osama Bin Laden, Taliban and Al Qaeda Hideouts - U.S. Air Force's Reaper to be added to the theater of operations in Afghanistan

(Afghanistan) 50 Taliban and 28 civilians killed in Afghan clashes -- officials said on Friday

(Pakistan) Six terrorists arrested -- three were arrested in Peshawar for NWFP bomb blasts and three for bombing attack on Matta police station

Pakistan suicide bomb wave warning -- authorities warned more suicide bombers were stalking Islamabad --- and --- Recurring suicide bomb nightmare haunts Pakistan

(Pakistan Red Mosque) Seminary students thrashed and kicked Jamat-e-Islami (JI) leaders (my title) -- shouting "You better go to London and hold your meetings" -- and -- Lal Masjid tense after angry students attack media

(UK Car Bombs Plot) Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef leaves Australia - goes to India

(UK) British students jailed for terrorism plans - updated and more detailed report -- on 5 British students jailed for Jihad: Akbar Butt, Usman Malik, Aitzaz Zafar, Awaab Iqbal, and Mohammed Irfan Raja -- British Jihadist Mohammed Irfan Raja note

(UK) Sleeper terrorist had al-Qaida links -- Anti-terror police believe Omar Altimimi, jailed for 9 years, had links with international terrorist and al Qaida

(UK) Bomber's prison cell set on fire in Britain -- 7/21/2005 Bomb Plotter Hussain Osman

U.K. official jailed for terrorism leak - Scotland Yard's counterterrorism section's Thomas Lund-Lack

Bosnia: High Representative demands expulsion of Islamic radicals -- including Abu Hamza

(Israel) Unconfirmed report: One of two captive soldiers has died -- held captive by Hizbullah

Debate in Salafi Islam over Jihad Against 'Heretical' Arab Regimes -- however, Jihad against western forces OK

(Thailand) Thai security forces accused of beating suspected Muslim insurgent to death - suspected in execution-style slaughter of eight Buddhists

Colombian rebels break off peace talks

(Pakistan) Balochistan official 'is killed' - Most senior official killed in province since insurgency began

New PA platform omits 'armed struggle' - New program includes peace agreement with pre-1967 borders

U.S. says kills 17 militiamen in Iraq clashes (updated) - US & Iraq forces pursued Mehdi Army cmndr, came under fire - U.S. captures Iraqi militant leader

Korean hostages alive in Afghanistan, say Taliban (updated)

(UK/Pakistan) Foreign Secretary Miliband in Taliban policy split with US -- seeks diplomatic, political approach to Taliban in tribal areas

(UK) Charges dropped against Dr. Mohammed Haneef after terror case bungles -- suspect in UK car bombing plots

U.S. Senate approves anti-terror bill

(U.S.) Al Qaeda seen in search of nukes -- US senior intel official says Al Qaeda terrorists seeking nuclear, other unconventional arms