Pakistan rebels discuss soldier release - new report says Pakistani soldiers not yet released
(U.S.) Bush Seeks Legal Immunity for Telecoms - Would stop civil suits for cooperating with NSA eavesdropping program
(U.S.) Florida students face explosives indictment -- Egyptian students in Florida indicted -- stopped with pipe bombs near Navy base - one also charged with distributing information relating to explosives -- see also IPT's "Indicted USF Student has Terror Past in Egypt"
(U.S.) Lawmakers slam Islamic Society convention -- Congressmen criticize DOJ role in ISNA conference, investigating spending -- see IPT posting, and Imm, Emerson, Gartenstein-Ross postings
(Iraq) Civilian killed, one injured in N. Iraq -- source - gunmen and explosive device in Kirkuk
(Afghanistan) Mortar raid on U.S. base kills Afghan civilians -- killing at least 10 Afghan civilians, including women and children
(Afghanistan) Report: Ransom paid for South Korean hostages -- Japanese newspaper reports from Afghan mediator, also says South Korean official and Taliban spokeman deny this -- and -- Seoul denies ransom allegations
(Fatah) Abbas' group vows rocket attacks despite amnesty -- Fatah terror organization claims debut of new, more deadly projectile
(UK) Scotland: Terror trial jury sees footage of 'execution' - soldier execution on CD - suspect also at Abu Hamza web site -- Mohammed Siddique trial
(SWIFT) Bush may use privilege in Swift case - to block a suit against a Belgian banking cooperative
Canadian man convicted of terror attacks returning to Canada -- Jamal Akkal convicted by an Israeli military court for his involvement with Hamas
(Thailand) Insurgents kill railway officer in South -- terrorists also planted bomb to kills other security forces -- in Narathiwat province
UN inspectors find chemical in UN office - Chemical agent probably taken from Iraq's main chemical weapons facility 11 years ago
(Iraq) Little progress seen on Iraq goals - U.S. Government Accountability Office report says at least 13 of 18 benchmarks unfulfilled - Pentagon disputes parts of Iraq report (updated)
(U.S.) Air their 9/11 struggle, kin of jet victims implore judge - Relatives of 9/11 United Flight 93 victims want cockpit recording aired in civil cuit
(U.S.) Plan for Terror Screening of Aid Groups Cut Drastically -- Pilot program with West Bank & Gaza recipients - see Matthew Levitt's Aug. 24 post
The Iran Dossier: Iran's proxy war against the U.S. in Iraq - 32-page Acrobat file on Iranian support for Iraqi terrorists
(Afghanistan) 6 killed in blast near Pakistan border - suicide bomber in Khost bazaar killing 2 Afghan soldiers and 4 civilians - on Wednesday
(Pakistan) Three soldiers injured in Miranshah explosion -- militants also fired rockets on the Frontier Constabulary (FC) fort in Miranshah
(Pakistan) Mixed Reports on Musharraf - Bhutto Deal: AP, AKI, London Times
Hamas's Military Capabilities after the Gaza Takeover - "Hamas has significantly enhanced its military capabilities"
(Pakistan) Death threats against Peshawar Christians - Islamist threats of suicide bomber attacks (my title)
(India) The dossier of a terror mastermind -- Shahid, alias Bilal alias Abdul Rehman
Thailand: Separatists target civilians in attacks, rights group -- Terrorists killing, mutilating civilians to establish Islamic state in southern Thailand
(Israel) Bethlehem 'Nativity terrorists' allowed to return -- Jihadists took over Church of the Nativity, accused of Christian persecution
(UK) Lawyer's 'bribe' in terror trial -- Muslim lawyer Mudassar Arani in Abu Hamza trial faces police probe claims she tried to bribe July 21 bomb plot terror suspect
(UK) London editor prays for nuclear attack on Israel -- Abd Al-Bari Atwan regular commentator on BBC and Sky News
(Iraq) Shiite gunmen clash at Karbala festival (updated) -- 51 dead, 240+ wounded in clashes between security forces and Mahdi Army militia
(Afghanistan) Taliban agree to release all South Korean hostages -- sources say deal requires South Korean military to leave Afghanistan
(India) Police arrest Saturday blasts suspect Md Abdullah (in Assam) -- primary suspect for mastermind is Shahid alias Bilal with Bangladesh-based Harkatul Jihad Islami (HUJI)
(India) 'Extremists have entered IT firms' -- police: at least a dozen trained operatives of extremist groups have infiltrated into the rank-and-file of some top IT companies
(Iraq) Hussein-linked 'terrorist' caught - Cell believed funded by Saddam Hussein's daughter, Raghad, in Jordan
(Australia) Troops lose faith in failing weapons - Conditions in Iraq & Afghanistan causing Australians' weapons to fail
Islamic Jihad: PA security forces thwarted our kidnapping attempt - Terrorists "surprised" that Palestinian Authority saved Israeli officer
(Iraq) Extremists target Iraqi Shiite pilgrims - sniper terrorist kills Shiite on Baghdad bridge - four US soldiers killed in firefights
(Iraq) A Potentially Winning Tactic, With a Warning -- article on "Iraq Tribal Study: Al-Anbar Governorate"
Pakistan: Militants launch fresh attacks - rockets fired by terrorists outside of Miran Shah - one terrorist killed and 3 civilians injured
(Pakistan) Scores of Pakistan soldiers desert forces - feel fighting Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Waziristan not morally right
Palestinians back caliphate over politics -- growing number of Palestinians support Hizb ut-Tahrir
Indonesians live in sin if Islamic law not implemented: spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) Abu Bakar Bashir
Philippine police warn of alleged bomb plot in capital -- by al-Qaeda-linked Islamic militants to bomb shopping malls and gasoline stations in the capital
(U.S.) Feds urged to help pay for terrorism claims - Insurance industry wants 15-year extension to 2002 federal terrorism insurance act
Afghan forces strike Taliban inside Pakistan (updated) - 6 insurgent positions destroyed, 30 dead
(Iraq) New US ‘allies’ in hostages threat - "Islamic Army," Sunni insurgent group, warns of ceasefire with Al Qaeda
Abu Sayyaf in Basilan: A Deadly Redux - Zachary Abuza quoted on AS action in Basilan
(U.S.) Dell Dailey: Soldier, Counterterrorism Warrior - Profile of former top Special Ops general, now leading State Dept. CT office
Hundreds of Colombians flee fighting - Armed forces face FARC and paramilitaries over cocaine routes
Hamas TV Airs `Lion King' Cartoon Hero - Disney-like character brags about victory over Fatah
(Lebanon) Militant families leave Palestinian camp (updated) - 25 women & 38 children of Fatah Islam fighters leave Nahr el-Bared
(Iraq) Baghdad clash kills 18, intelligence outlook grim (updated) - US forces clash with Shi'ite militants in western Baghdad
(Pakistan) Official: 5 Pakistani soldiers killed - car bomb near Miran Shah - roadside bomb near Razmak
(Spain) ETA blamed for car bomb attack - car bomb outside police station in Basque city of Durango
Iran on anti-racism committee -- selected by UN for 'leading position' to plan anti-racism conference -- and -- Iran: Israel the standard bearer of Satan
(Germany) Bail allowed for Berlin "terrorist supporter" -- group responsible for 25 arson attacks - leftist MG (Militante Gruppe)
U.S. OK'd Troop Terror Hunts in Pakistan - U.S. military given broad incursion authority in 2004 without telling Pakistanis
(U.S.) Prosecutor raises 'Trojan horse' theory in Seda case - Former U.S. head of al-Haramain fights for bail - Daveed Gartenstein-Ross testified at hearing
Pakistan: 'Talks with Taliban' tied to energy needs - Turkmenistan, Afghanistan & Pakistan close to agreeing to new 2,200 km gas pipeline
UK court denies bail for terror suspect -- Algerian "U" - arrested on suspicion in planning attacks on Los Angeles airport and in Strasbourg, France
(UK) Scotland: Student trained in terror in Edinburgh -- Mohammed Atif Siddique trial update -- and -- Scotland: Terror trial hears threat claims -- Mohammed Atif Siddique threatened to "blow up Glasgow"
(Belgium) Pro-Hezbollah Group Will Demonstrate in Brussels on 9/11 -- "against Islamophobia" - founder called 9/11 attacks "sweet revenge"
(Afghanistan) Bomb kills 2 Canadians in Afghanistan -- Zhari district of southern Kandahar province - on Wednesday
Pakistani militants are released from jail -- dozens of suspected Islamic militants have been released from prison without trial
(Pakistan) NGOs stopped from working in Swat -- threatening letters from suspected militants
(Pakistan) Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs blasts pro-US foreign policy - blames Jewish people for 9/11 attacks, and cites Qu'ran as basis for enmity against other religions
Indian actor Sanjay Dutt freed on bail - convicted on weapons charge for 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts
Iranian dissident warns of US actions -- by declaring Iran's Revolutionary Guards a terrorist group
(Israel) CNN Special Compares Yesha Jews to Muslim Terrorists -- media watch dog CAMERA states that CNN's "God's Warriors" compares the Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria to Islamist terrorists
(UK) Britain frees assets eyed in jet plot -- lifted financial sanctions against Shazad Khuram Ali, was suspect in transatlantic jet plot to attack USA
(Canada) Charkaoui witness recants, reporter tells court -- withdrew allegations against accused al-Qaeda sleeper
Militants targeted in northern Lebanon - Army conducts two raids to oust terrorists
French police arrest former Red Brigades member - Italian court sentenced Marina Petrella to life in 1992 for murder, other charges
(Iraq) Bombing toll soars over 500 (updated) - Deadliest terrorist attacks since 9/11 in Iraqi villages near Syria
Albanian, Saudi Militants Among Kosova Jailbreakers - Saudi terrorism suspect, 2 leaders of Albanian National Army group escaped Aug. 18
(Jose Padilla case) Jose Padilla Makes Bad Law and Padilla Lessons - Commentaries on case - see Bill West's August 16 post
Bajaur jirga gives Taliban four days -- to make a final decision on their peace agreement with Pakistan govt
(Pakistan) US angers Pakistan over Al-Qaeda claims -- US director of national intelligence Mike McConnell comments
(U.S.) CAIR concedes membership down -- blames the Justice Department for listing it as an unindicted co-conspirator in a Texas case against a charity accused of ties to terrorists
(UK) Scotland: Student terrorism trial date set -- Mohammed Atif Siddique in Glasgow charged with possession of bomb making instructions, the use of various weapons systems, terrorist training camp information
(Slovakia) Suspected terrorist seeking asylum in Slovakia -- Algerian citizen Mustapha Labsi, suspected of cooperating with al-Qaeda
(U.S.) Poultry farm industry group unwilling to support homeland security by completing propane form --- lobby group protests DHS attempts to regulate anyone purchasing 7,500 pounds of propane (my title)
Iraqi gunmen kill baby, 6 others in home - Suspected Shiite militia stormed Sunni Arab home south of Baghdad
(U.S.) CIA missed chances to thwart al-Qaida - Newly declassified 2005 report says spy community lacked plan to stop al-Qaida before 9/11 - Read report and Tenet's response
Top Pakistani Taliban militant blows himself up - Wanted for kidnapping of 2 Chinese engineers in 2004
Saudi-Syria tensions seethe over Lebanon - Results of Hariri assassination, Hezbollah war
Pakistan says terror cell uncovered, two arrested - Men in custody allegedly involved in recent attacks and "connected" to Red Mosque
(U.S.) Pentagon to suspend anti-terror database - "TALON" to be moved to FBI "Guardian" database
(U.S.) Holy Land Fund Trial: Judge threatens to bar Holy Land defendant -- Ghassan Elashi: 'This trial is an extension of a Zionist conspiracy' -- see also August 20 IPT Posting "An Unexpected Guest"
(Iraq) Five killed in Iraq violence - roadside bombs in Baghdad Jadida and Kirkuk, driveby shootings in Baquba and Kanaan
Pakistan frees man held in terror case, dismaying U.S. officials -- Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan's computer included surveillance info on World Bank & IMF in DC, Citigroup Tower & NYSE in NYC, Prudential Building in Newark
Israeli helicopters strike Gaza -- at least 10 terror suspects of Islamic Jihad and Hamas killed
Philippine National Police on nationwide alert - because of anti-terrorist because of ongoing operations in Sulu and Basilan
(UK) Police in court bid for Channel 4 tapes -- of unbroadcast material in documentary "Dispatches: Britain Under Attack"
Electricity is latest Gaza battleground - EU cut off power donations because Hamas diverting supplies
US-backed campaign against Hamas expands to charities - Matthew Levitt: "The Hamas charity system is the secret to its success" - Blacklisted charities
(Iraq) Roadside bomb kills second Iraqi governor -- Mohammed Ali al-Hassani, governor of Muthanna province
(Iraq) Baghdad explosion leaves 3 dead, 12 injured - motorcycle rigged with explosives parked in Al-Rasafi square
(Pakistan) Violence in northern Pakistan kills 4, wounds several others - in Hungu town - north of Islamabad -- also roadside bomb in Tank and driveby shooting of intelligence official in Dera Ismail Khan district
Pakistan: Suicide bombing kills 3 troops -- outskirts of Thal,in the North West Frontier Province
'Pakistan is world's most dangerous country' -- per US' Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
(US & UK) Hamza may go free as witness backs down - Abu Hamza al-Masri, British Islamist wanted in US, might go free if James Ujaama doesn't testify
(Iraq) 12 killed in Baghdad mortar attack - Over 30 injured during clashes between US and Shiite terrorists
Muslim terror suspect allowed to stay in UK - Hani al-Sibai publicly praises Iraq & Afghanistan terrorists - see MEMRI video
(Iraq) A Deadly Clash at Donkey Island - Wash Post account of major Ramadi battle on June 30
(Afghanistan) Suicide Car bomb kills 15 in Afghanistan -- in Kandahar - near a convoy of private security forces - death toll includes women and children
Pakistani soldier injured in fresh clashes with militants - in Miranshah --- also rockets fired at Banda security checkpost
(U.S.) Padilla Trial - Terror Ties Shock Ex-District Officials - co-conspirator Jordanian Kifah W. Jayyousi - former DC school official
(Afghanistan) Bomber kills Afghan district head - senior official in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar has been killed along with three of his children in a suicide bomb attack
(Kenya) Crowd torches church building in Kenya slum -- police state dispute between the mostly Muslim Nubian community and Presbyterian church
(U.S.) Padilla and co-defendents found guilty on all charges -- enemy combatant Jose Padilla aka Abdullah al-Muhajir found guilty on charges he conspired to kill people in an overseas jihad and to fund and support overseas terrorism -- also Jury Finds Jose Padilla Guilty on All Counts in Terrorism Trial
(U.S. & Columbia) Treasury Targets Financial Network of Ramierz Abadia - U.S. Treasury designates leader of Colombia's North Valle drug cartel
(Iraq) Top U.S. general may propose pullbacks -- Petraeus is expected to tell Congress that Iraqis can assume duties in some areas, freeing U.S. troops for other uses
U.S. to Designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard as Terrorists - First national military branch ever named "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" - see CT Blog posts on IRGC HERE and HERE
(U.S.) Ujaama faces more prison time -- update on guilty plea regarding Abu Hamza Oregon Jihadist camp
Gaza tunnel smugglers grow under Hamas - Smuggling weapons, cigarettes, people
Iraq: 'Saddam Hussein' caught - Al-Qaeda leader with that battle name planned April attack, killing 71 & wounding 175
(Afghanistan) 11 killed in Afghanistan violence -- rocket-propelled grenade attack in Kandahar
(Pakistan) Kidnapped Pakistani soldier beheaded in Waziristan - one of 16 soldiers kidnapped - more killed unless 10 militants released
(India) Six die in 'revenge killings' in Tamil Nadu -- for local Hindu leader Kumar Pandiyan, who was killed by Muslims earlier
U.S. cooperator pleads guilty to terrorism charges -- James Ujaama, American Muslim convert, pled guilty to assisting Abu Hamza in setup of Oregon terror training camp
The Libel Tourist Strikes Again - How Sheikh Khalid bin Mahfouz uses British court system to "squelch any unwanted discussion of his record."
Aussie's radical husband held in Iran - Egyptian Mustafa Hamid, aka Abu Walid al-Masri, confidant of bin Laden and key ideologue
Israeli Arab terrorist group 'ready for attacks' - "Freedom Brigades of the Galilee," took credit for attack that wounded nine
(Lebanon) Security forces crack Fatah al-Islam sleeper cell - Four confessed they set off 3 bombs on July 18 & delivered $40,000 to FaI leader
Four children die in Pakistani gunfight - Gun battle with tribesmen protesting arrest of hardline cleric
(U.S.) The Coming Urban Terror - Analysis of likelihood of terror attacks on urban areas
(Iraq) Bad guys make even worse allies - Co-author (with Douglas Farah) on Viktor Bout's role in missing Iraqi arms
(Iraq) US troops launch new assault on Iraq militants - Operation Phantom Strike to attack Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and alleged Iranian-aided extremist groups
(Pakistan) Musharraf says not all Taliban terrorists -- Pakistan President Musharraf says that Taliban are part of Afghan society and must be brought into the political mainstream
(Philippines) US warns of terror threat in southern Philippines -- in city of Cotabato and nearby areas on the southern island of Mindanao
(UK Car Bombs Plot) Man remanded on terrorism charge -- Dr Sabeel Ahmed, brother of Glasgow suicide bomber Kafeel Ahmed
Meet the New Face of Terror - Peter Bergen & Paul Cruickshank on women suicide terrorists
(U.S.) Dirty rat behind dirty bomb scare - Evan Kohlmann: Adam Gadahn "is a fairly important player... but the idea that one can divine hints about Al Qaeda's upcoming military operations from his lurid threats is wishful thinking"
Lebanese group on US terror blacklist - al-Qaeda-inspired Fatah al-Islam to be named "Foreign Terrorist Organization" - see current list and regulations and past CT Blog posts on Fatah al-Islam
Terror threat Web site called unreliable - Site at heart of NYC alert (DEBKA) gets mixed reviews
(UK) Database of top-secret police phone taps stolen - Thousands of records from terrorism and other cases stolen
(US & UK) Terror alert on freed UK suspects - Pentagon claims 5 suspects whom Britain wants freed from Gitmo tied to OBL
(UK) Army warns on Basra deaths - Army warns selaying withdrawal would result in more deaths