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August 2007 Archives

Pakistan rebels discuss soldier release - new report says Pakistani soldiers not yet released

(Pakistan) CD Shops Blown Up, Burned, Store Owners Threatened (my title)

(U.S.) Bush Seeks Legal Immunity for Telecoms - Would stop civil suits for cooperating with NSA eavesdropping program

(UK) Glasgow terror accused possessed jihad and 9/11 videos, court told - Images and documents found in Mohammed Siddique's laptop

Germany wants to cyber-spy on terror suspects

(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) US troops kill 12 Qaeda members NE Iraq -- near the town of Karmah

(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) Suicide bomber strikes close to Kabul airport, 2 soldiers killed - killing 2 Afghan soldiers and wounding 10 others - apparently aimed at convoy -- also Bomb targets Germans in Afghanistan

(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

(Iran) Report on Iran's nuclear activity exposes split -- between UN and US

(Gaza) Israeli planes strike Beit Lahiya

Fatah protest against Hamas ends in clashes

(Hamas) Thousands defy Hamas in Gaza prayer -- called by Hamas opposition parties -- and -- Anti-Hamas rallies staged in Gaza

(Fatah) Abbas' group vows rocket attacks despite amnesty -- Fatah terror organization claims debut of new, more deadly projectile

Israeli Paratroopers Shoot Terrorist in Shechem - gunman from Fatah / PFLP involved in bombings -- and -- Terror suspect seriously wounded by IDF fire in Nablus

(UK) Scotland: Terror trial jury sees footage of 'execution' - soldier execution on CD - suspect also at Abu Hamza web site -- Mohammed Siddique trial

Russian Supreme Court leaves previous verdict on terrorists -- attacks on the Moscow metro in 2004

(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

(Canada) 2 arrested in letter bomb case

(Mexico) Bomb scare at Mexico skyscraper - bomb found in car in Torre Mayor building in Mexico City -- and -- Defused car bomb hints at Mexican guerrilla group

(Thailand) Insurgents kill railway officer in South -- terrorists also planted bomb to kills other security forces -- in Narathiwat province

Australia beefs up security for APEC

Algeria: Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb attached to bloody choice - Rejects ceasefire proposal by former AIS head

(Yassin al-Qadi) Well Connected, A Saudi Mogul Skirts Sanctions - see Aug. 30 posts by Matthew Levitt and by Douglas Farah

UN inspectors find chemical in UN office - Chemical agent probably taken from Iraq's main chemical weapons facility 11 years ago

(Afghanistan) Taliban Release Remaining South Korean Hostages (updated) - 7 remaining South Koreans freed - Canada criticizes S. Korea over hostage talks

(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

(Iraq) Desperados: Al Qaeda is having a bad reaction in Diyala province - Report from embedded reporter - Anatomy of a Tribal Revolt by former adviser to Gen. Petraeus

(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

(Iraq) Multi-National Force captures Al-Qaeda leader in northern Baghdad -- during Tikrit operations - linked to AQ in Samarra

The Iran Dossier: Iran's proxy war against the U.S. in Iraq - 32-page Acrobat file on Iranian support for Iraqi terrorists

(Afghanistan) Wanted Taliban leader killed in raid: Afghan ministry -- Mullah Brother

(Afghanistan) U.S. Military Commander: Force not enough to beat Taliban - Maj. Gen. Robert Cone

(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: Christian group asks govt. for protection -- attack on Quetta church

(Pakistan) Mixed Reports on Musharraf - Bhutto Deal: AP, AKI, London Times

(India) Bomb haul in Topsia factory

India needs more police: minister

(Israel) IDF troops foil suicide attack near Gaza border -- 15-year-old Palestinian suicide bomber

Hamas Blocking Exports from Gaza

(UK) Scotland: Terror accused 'had videos urging jihad on laptop computer' - Mohammed Atif Siddique trial

France-Libya deal includes military hardware

(North Africa) Islamists could kidnap Europeans in Africa - report -- by Spain's secret service

(Thailand) Insurgents shoot man, his daughter -- in Pattani province

Members of Congress in Letter to DOJ: Don't Co-Sponsor Radical Conference - Steven Emerson's blog post, with copy of letter - see his Aug. 28 CTB post

(India) 12 policemen feared killed in Chhattisgarh Naxal attack - see Animesh Roul's Aug. 29 post

Hamas's Military Capabilities after the Gaza Takeover - "Hamas has significantly enhanced its military capabilities"

(Iraq) U.S. troops release detained Iranians-- detained due to unauthorized weapons found in cars -- Iran says U.S. accusations on Iraq "not true"

(Iraq) American soldier perishes in northern Iraq - in Kirkuk combat

(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

(Thailand) 4 insurgent suspects arrested in South -- in Narathiwat province

(Somalia) Three killed in Mogadishu violence

Kenya: Court Calls Anti-Terror Police Boss

Lebanese Army still pounding Fatah Al-Islam

(Gaza) Rebel Terrorists Attack Hamas In Gaza

(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

Spain: ETA May Have Base In Portugal

(Sri Lanka) Four killed in Sri Lanka fighting

U.S. Delays Terror Screening for Aid Groups - see Matthew Levitt's August 24 post

Jordanian Islamists report abduction, beating of leading member - Muslim Brotherhood & Islamic Action Front accuse other gang

(Iraq) Shiite gunmen clash at Karbala festival (updated) -- 51 dead, 240+ wounded in clashes between security forces and Mahdi Army militia

(Lebanon) Army Choppers Pound Fatah al-Islam

(Afghanistan) Suicide blast kills 3 NATO soldiers in Afghan east -- in a district of Paktia province

(Afghanistan) Taliban agree to release all South Korean hostages -- sources say deal requires South Korean military to leave Afghanistan

(Afghanistan) UK's 5000 troops can't stop a record Afghanistan opium crop -- in Helmand Province

(Pakistan) Dr Mohammad Rasool arrested for suspected links with Al-Qaeda movement -- recovered 6 suicide jackets and explosive materials from his house -- and -- (Pakistan) Doctor, Qaeda bomber's wife held

Pakistan: Militants free troops -- 18 troops that had been kidnapped -- and -- (Pakistan) Militants release four kidnapped Pakistani officials

(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) 3 held for supply of bomb material -- suspected used in Hyderbad bombing

India loses maximum lives to terror except Iraq -- and -- India easy prey for bombers -- 3,674 people killed between January 2004 and March 2007

(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

Somali Islamic leader vows to fight to death

(Sudan) MEMRI: Life in Darfur Revealed

(Thailand) Eight die in fresh South violence

Israeli says Hamas is training hundreds abroad - most of them in Iran

Palestinian missile hits Sderot