(Pakistan) 'Terrorists may attack twin cities' - Islamabad & Rawalpindi during the coming few days
(UK) Islamists 'urge young Muslims to use violence' -- Hizb ut-Tahrir urged Muslim students at British schools to fight in Iraq
(India) Top cops to meet to tackle financial terror - Hawala transfers, fake currency, foreign aid the key elements in financing terrorism
Iraq: Sectarian violence kills 18 - Mosul carbomb, drive-by shooting kills Sunni sheik, US military hands over 9 bodies in Samarra -- and -- Mosul Car bomb kills police in northern Iraq
(Iraq) US-led forces kill top al-Qaida leader - Abu Usama al-Tunisi "the emir of foreign terrorists," led kidnapping & killings of U.S. soldiers
(Pakistan) Woman beheaded in Mohmand Agency -- letter claims murder for "moral" reasons
(U.S.) Jury set in Miami terror trial -- plot to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices
(U.S.) The Element of Surprise - L.A. Int'l Airport using random placement of security checkpoints
(Syria) Radical Syrian cleric 'shot dead' -- update on Friday story -- recruited foreign militants to Iraq -- Sheikh Mahmoud Abu al-Qaqaa aka Mahmoud Qul Aghassi -- see also -- Fatah al-Islam's God Father Assassinated in Syria
(UK) London Internet whiz was vital militant link: FBI - "Irhabi 007" ("Terrorist 007" or Younes Tsouli) the vital link in 3 plots - see CT Blog posts on Tsouli and FBI Director's speech
US Military in Iraq Reports Success Against Terrorists - U.S. military says core leadership of al-Qaida in Iraq crippled
Key nations agree to delay Iran action - U.S., 5 others delay new U.N. resolution until November
Report: Hamas' new peace gesture - offered to hand over the control of border crossings in Gaza to Egyptian security forces
(Thailand) Insurgents murder three soldiers -- in Pattani -- Army spokesman: "the insurgents can still get away with these attacks because they are supported by the people in the area"
(Japan) Security tightened on Tokyo subway after threat of terrorist attack -- extortionist calls with threat that "a terrorist group including Pakistanis was hiding in central Tokyo and planned to conduct suicide attacks on the subways"
Report: Security on U.S.-Canada border fails terror test - Terrorists can smuggle radioactive material from Canada to U.S. - Read report
(U.S.) 'Classified' Iraq Corruption Report Posted Online - "Iraq is not capable of even rudimentary enforcement of anti-corruption laws"
(India) Two held with crude bombs -- outside the Andheri railway station -- ingredients similar to 2006 Malegaon blasts
(UK) Teenager had bomb-making manual - Abdul Patel teenage son of a veteran of the Afghan jihad -- update on Wednesday story
(Germany) Iraqi jailed for aiding militants - Burhan Baraznjy raised money for Ansar al-Islam
Philippine army suspects rebels broke ceasefire - Two soldiers, at least 10 rebels killed - Moro ILF suspected
Iraq leader says flow of arms must stop - Al-Maliki: Weapons, suicide bombers, terrorism funding would result in "disastrous consequences"
(Afghanistan) Over 165 insurgents killed in Afghanistan -- battles in Musa Qala in northern Helmand province and in Uruzgan province
(Indian Kashmir) Four militants, soldier killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri and Doda districts - including two top commanders of the Hizbul Mujahideen
(Indian Kashmir) Infiltrator killed while crossing LoC - foiled an infiltration bid by terrorists in Machi sector
(Turkey) Terrorist attacks kill two soldiers - in the eastern provinces of Tunceli and Sirnak
Germans reveal bomb details -- fuses intended for use in a suspected plot to bomb US installations in Germany came from Syria through Turkey
(UK) Muslim faces jail over terror book -- Abdul Patel was said by the prosecution to be "ready, willing and able" to help terrorists bombers
(U.S.) Alleged Iranian 'Front' Represented by Mukasey Law Firm - Attorney General nominee's law firm assisted Alavi Foundation
(U.S.) Feds used ruse in terror case - FBI agents tricked man who was later arrested charged for aiding terrorists
(Philippines) Troops in Basilan attack beheaders - Philippine troops attacked Muslim extremists who beheaded 10 Marines in July
(Australia) Islamist `leader' backs a coup - Head of Australian Hizb ut-Tahrir revealed support for coups & revolutions - see Olivier Guitta's Hizbut article
(Pakistan) Military brains plot Pakistan's downfall -- report states former Pakistani military are operating out of Waziristan camp
(U.S.) Mo.: Terror-Free Fund Beats Benchmark - Missouri's "terror-free fund" beat widely used index in first 12 months
Iraq car bombs kill nine -- in Baghdad and Basra -- death toll on yesterday's bombing rises to 28
(Afghanistan) Military: 60 Taliban killed in clash - Daylong battle in Helmand when insurgents attacked patrol
Iran frees fourth US-Iranian -- Ali Shakeri released on bail
(Turkey) Policeman killed in bomb attack -- car bomb exploded at a police outpost in eastern Turkey's Tunceli province
Czechs extradite terror suspect to U.S. - Lebanese man with Swedish citizenship Oussama Kassir - alleged participation in setting up terror training camps in rural Oregon
(Iraq) Blast kills 25 in attack on Iraq Alliance (updated) - Baquoba's police chief killed - “Al Qaeda Lost” (Michael Totten on Anbar victories)
Ahmadinejad questions 9/11, Holocaust - Columbia Univ. President: "You are either brazenly provocative or astonishingly uneducated"
(Canada) Air India inquiry probes suspect's purported confession - Prime suspect in 1985 Air India bombing admitted role in 1992
(Iraq) American forces kill 18 armed insurgents in mop-up operations - targeting Al-Qaeda activists north and south of the Iraqi capital
Pakistan backs off Al Qaeda pursuit - Political realities force Musharraf to reduce efforts
(Iraq) Al-Qaida accuses Iraqi insurgent group of betraying Islam - Islamic State of Iraq tells 1920 Revolution Brigades to "repent" - see Evan Kohlmann's May 2 post
Terror: Al Qaeda's Feuds and Fears - Newsweek: OBL fed up with silence, releasing tapes
(U.S.) Terror fight goes online - U.S. not doing enough to stop jihadists use of internet
Berlin opposes ‘non-UN’ sanctions on Iran - Germany opposes French drive for EU sanctions - see Victor Comras' Sept. 17 post
(Iraq) U.S. arrests 25 in sheik slaying probe -- includes members of security detail for Sheik Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha killed in a bombing Sept. 13
(Iraq) Blackwater faces arms smuggling probe -- investigation focuses on individual employees, not company
(Pakistan) Three die in militant attack on Pakistani town -- pro-Taliban militants fired rockets and mortar bombs into Khar
Iran president will get royal treatment - Ex-U.N. Ambassador Bolton: U.N. is "Twilight Zone" that gives platform to "tinhorn dictators"
(India) Terror funds in Dalal Street? - Khalid bin Mahfouz's investments in Indian companies through stock raising concerns
(U.S.) S.C. Mom Scoops al-Qaida With Its Videos - Laura Mansfield announced recent al Qaeda video before they did
Afghan Diary, Part One - First of 5-part diary by reporter who spent week with NATO - see links in article to Parts 2-5
His mentor turns on bin Laden - Salman al-Oadah publicly reproached bin Laden for murder - read his letter and MEMRI article
(Iraq) Hunting for Al-Qaeda in the night - Al Qaeda in Iraq leader runs cell of 100, runs strict Sharia court, plants bombs
U.S. commander: Iran supplying Taliban - CENTCOM head says Iran supplying roadside bombs, U.S. to "act decisively" if continues
(Iraq) Are Lost U.S. Weapons In Enemy Hands? - 30% of U.S. weapons issued to Iraqi Security Forces from June 2004 to Dec. 2005 lost
(U.S.) Student Arrested For Fake Bomb At Boston Airport - MIT student "lucky to be in a cell as opposed to the morgue"
Gunmen Kill Aides to Iraqi Shiite Cleric - Two aides to Ayatollah al-Sistani killed - at least 5 killed since early August
(Bangladesh) Clashes as Islamic protesters defy Bangladesh emergency -- to protest over the publication in a major newspaper of a cartoon deemed offensive to Muslims
(Europe) Terror tracking group SITE Institute releases info on targets named by Austrian-Canadian jihadist cell - Austria / Switzerland Euro 2008 championships, UN buildings in Vienna and Geneva, OPEC in Vienna, and British, German, and Austrian politicians
Swedish govt must punish blasphemer newspaper - Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and World Muslim League
Colombia hands FARC commander to U.S. -- Erminso "Mincho" Cabrera extradited
(U.S.) Case Dismissed? - Telecom companies want Congress to end lawsuits for assisting wireless surveillance program - Eavesdrop debate will cost U.S. lives: spy chief
Pakistan: 13 more soldiers reported missing in North Waziristan - 6 soldiers desert and refuse to fight, 7 soldiers kidnapped -- 250 soldiers still held hostage in South Waziristan -- day after bodies of 15 mutilated soldiers found
Pakistan troops 'lose faith in war on terror' -- many Pakistanis believe to be "someone else's war"
(Afghanistan) Taliban attack leaves 24 dead in western Afghanistan -- Bala Murghab district -- 20 suspected militants and four officers dead
(Iraq) American troops kill seven Qaeda activists - in the town of Mahmoudiah -- also three persons were killed in a car bomb blast in the eastern Baghdad
(Iraq) Iranian officer is arrested in Iraq -- accused of smuggling roadside bombs Into Iraq
(Iraq) CIA Shut Down in Iraq - CIA, State Department, & contractors stuck inside Green Zone due to Blackwater shutdown
(Israel) IDF troops thwart Hamas suicide attack - part of a wide-scale raid on the Nablus refugee camp of Ein Beit Ilmeh
Anti-Syrian lawmaker killed in Lebanon (updated) - Antoine Ghanem the 8th leading anti-Syrian figure killed since 2005 - Walid Phares' and David Schenker's Sept. 19 posts
The Bank Behind Iran's Missles - Victor Comras & Matthew Levitt quoted about role of Bank Sepah and other Iranian banks
Forthcoming Video from al-Qaeda Multimedia Arm, as-Sahab, "The Power of Truth" - SITE Institute release - see as-Sahab image from SITE and image from Laura Mansfield
US says Qaeda car-bomb chief killed in Iraq - Abu Yaqub al-Masri, aka Zakkariya or Doctor, killed August 31 - responsible for car bombs, killed 202 in Baghdad
(U.S.) Terrorists Training in Rural America? - Daveed Gartenstein-Ross quoted on Jamaat Al-Fuqra in rural Virginia
(U.S.) Settlements Do Not Deter 9/11 Plaintiffs Seeking Trials - "I want to know why Abdulaziz Alomari and Mohamed Atta were allowed to walk on planes... with prohibited weapons."
(Iraq) U.S. Working to Reshape Iraqi Detainees - Islamic clerics enlisted to "teach out of a moderate doctrine" and persuade detainees from insurgency
(Afghanistan) NATO forces launch major Afghan anti-Taliban operation in Helmand -- Also, Afghan troops killed 3 militants, detained 4 in Wardak -- woman killed in Taliban attack on NATO outpost in Zabul
(Israel) IDF kills 2 terror suspects near Nablus -- troops hunt for cell allegedly planning suicide attack
(Israel) IDF Arrests Senior Terrorist in Shechem -- Al-Aez worked with both Hamas and the PFLP in planning terrorist attacks
(UK) Al-Qaeda suspect to face London court -- Raingzieb Ahmed returned from Pakistan suspected being member of Al-Qaeda -- and -- (UK) 2 in UK in court on terrorist charges - Raingzieb Ahmed and teenager charged with chemicals for terror act
(Israel) Terror group broadcasting from Temple Mount - Al-Quds network of Islamic Jihad broadcasting nightly prayers
(Lebanon) 'Terror leader escaped notice for over two years' - Rifles, RPGs, canisters of liquid hydrogen for bombs found in Sunni area
(UK) Teen arrested on terror charges -- Yorkshire police state - charges relateing to possessing and collecting information for terrorist act
(Iran) Ahmadinejad's Planned UN Visit Draws Fire - Plans to attend General Assembly's annual session next week
'Dozens died in Syrian-Iranian chemical weapons experiment' - Dozens of Iranian engineers & 15 Syrian officers killed July 23
'Israeli warplanes raid' Lebanon - Flying supersonic at low altitude over southern Lebanon
(U.S. Michigan) Armed student's motives unclear - Muslim medical student who admires Hezbollah entered Dearborn park with AK-47
(U.S.) Kin of 14 victims of 9/11 settle suits - Families of 14 victims settled lawsuits against airlines and others over security - AP story
(Indian Kashmir) Four terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir - between Bhagat post and Guatam post in the Machhil sector of Kupwara district
Convicted Dutch Islamist jailed for 4 more years - Guilty of planning attacks on government buildings
(U.S.) Mukasey Has Long Terror Resume - Nominee for Attorney General presided at trials of 1993 WTC bombing defendants and Jose Padilla
Al Qaeda urges Islamic terror in West in third 9/11 video -- called on Islamists to sow terror in the West to create a climate of fear -- see also Jeffrey Imm September 17 posting
(Iraq) Car bomb blast kills 10 people in Baghdad -- close to a Shiite mosque in the district of Jamila
(Afghanistan) Suicide blast in Afghanistan kills eight: official -- attack on police offices in the Nad Ali district - southern Afghanistan
(Pakistan) Pro-Taliban cleric killed in Pakistan -- Maulana Hassan Jan, a senior leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
(India Assam) Police arrest rebel commander in northeastern India - Prabal Neog, a commander of the United Liberation Front of Asom
(UK) Scottish Muslim student convicted of Internet terrorist offenses -- Mohammed Atif Siddique found guilty of four counts involving possession and distribution of terrorist material via Web sites and providing instructional material about guns and explosives over the Internet -- Daily Telegraph report -- BBC report -- key figures in trial
(UK) Eight Britons have control orders -- More than half of terror suspects under house arrest-like conditions in the UK are now British
(Denmark) 'Al-Qaida training camp exists in Pakistan' -- US helped Danish security locate terror suspects through electronic intercepts of Pakistan Al-Qaeda training camp
Algeria, China teamed on nuke -- U.S. government suspected China was helping Algeria build a secret facility in 1991 for developing nuclear weapons
'Pentagon listed 2,000 Iranian targets' - U.S. State Department giving up on diplomatic solution
(Afghanistan) 3 alleged Taliban kidnappers killed - Allegedly involved in abduction of 23 South Koreans
Sunni leaders in Iraq threatened - Islamic State of Iraq: "special security committees" to Sunni tribal figures - Al-Qaida: Bounty on Swedish cartoonist -- SITE Institute summary of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi's statement
(Iraq) Coalition Forces Kill 14 Terrorists in Iraq -- detain 17 -- raids in central and northern Iraq
(Pakistan) Al Qaeda has made Pakistan Army vulnerable even in barracks -- growing presence of Taliban indoctrinated soldiers within the Pakistan Army
(Indian Kashmir) Five terrorists and two civilians killed in Jammu and Kashmir -- at Dalwa area -- Pakistani cadre of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) killed by security forces in Sodal
Eritrean president pledges support for Somali rebels -- Eritrea has supported Somali Council of Islamic Courts since December
(Australia) Tiger trio raised A$ 2m for suicide terror - Accused of collecting from Australia’s Tamils for equipment similar to suicide bombings
(Saudi Arabia) Failed suicide bomber turns on al Qaeda - Ahmad al Shayea survived Iraq suicide mission - 700 former AQ free in Saudi Arabia
Iraq: Revenge sought in sheik's death -- Sunni Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha organized alliance against Al-Qaeda
(Afghanistan) Bomb maker among three arrested in eastern Afghanistan -- Taliban Haji Shir Khan -- in Sherzad district of Nangahar province
(India) 'Bilal brainwashed 300 Hyderabadis' -- Shahid Bilal associated with Hyderabid bombings
(U.S.) California: Bail mulled for man linked to terrorism -- update with additional detail on JI suspect Rahmat Abdhir
(U.S.) Michigan: ABC-Detroit news video states that Houssein Zorkot arrested on AK-47 weapons charges has alleged pro-Hezbollah website Zorkot.org - photo -- additional blog feedback -- Detroit News reports Zorkot held on $1 million bond
(Canada) Alleged terrorist may face further charges - Quebecer Said Namouh suspected of links to Global Islamic Media Front -- New Terror Arrest in Canada - in conjunction with the arrests of three other suspects in Austria -- and -- RCMP says it helped Austria foil bomb blot
(Al Qaeda) U.S. releases censored tape of suspected 9/11 mastermind -- Released Khalid Sheikh Mohammed audio tape, without his justification for waging jihad against U.S. -- audio link - transcript link
(India) Father, cops have no news of terror suspect's death - "Bilal," lead suspect in August 25 Hyderabad blasts, killed August 30
(Indian Kasmir) J&K: Teen militancy raises concern - 70 teen boys have joined south Kashmir militants in 2007
Saudi Arabia waves off US accusations of complacency in fight against terror - Senior U.S. official said Saudis have never prosecuted any terror financier
Indian court upholds death penalty for militant -- Ashfaq Ahmed of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) - in 2000 Red Fort attack
Austrian suspects may have had ties to kidnappers of BBC's Alan Johnston -- SITE says one of 3 suspects arrested was leader of Global Islamic Media Front
(UK) From radical Islamic leader to disillusioned ex-prisoner - Maajid Nawaz, who quit Hizb ut-Tahrir: "What I did was damaging to British society and the world at large"
U.S. looks to sanctions on Iran's Quds force - U.S. officials say they won't name the entire IRGC a terrorist group - CT Blog posts on IRGC and on Quds force
U.S. let al-Qaida deepen roots, group claims - New Int'l Institute of Strategic Studies report paints bleak picture
Judge: Jury can hear parts of Flight 93 audio - Jury in lawsuit over attacks will hear final moments on voice recorder
Iran Linked to Iraq Rocket Attack - ABC News: Rocket used in Camp Victory attack made in Iran
EC funds counterterrorism tech research - European Commission commits $212.16 million to 44 research projects
Taliban Threatens New Operation In Southern Afghanistan - Mullah Bradar, earlier reported killed, to lead "Operation Nasrat" in Helmand
Al-Qaeda to release third 9/11 video -- Video entitled, "The two expeditions to New York and Washington, causes and motives" - Image from SITE Institute - video features Afghanistan AQ chief
Iraqis captured en route to U.S. -- in Peruvian prison after attempt to fly to Los Angeles with Dutch passports not requiring visas
(Pakistan) Militants abduct 18 police in Pakistan -- Jihadists fired rockets at the post near Bannu, attack security checkpoint
(India) Pakistan ISI agent arrested in Andhra Pradesh -- Mohammed Sohail in possession of Jihadist literature, planned bombings
(U.S.) Intelligence Chiefs Back A Guantanamo Reversal -- Warn court ruling ordering release of information about Gitmo will cause grave harm
(Austria) 3 arrested in Austria linked to video threat by Islamic militants -- in connection with a propaganda video released by the "Global Islamic Media Front" (GIMF) and the "Voice of Caliphate" -- video link
Jordan sentences Fatah Islam leader at large to jail -- Jordan court convicts convicted 16 militants - including Shaker al-Absi - of plotting to join al-Qaeda fighters in Iraq
(Spain) Syrian arms dealer wanted by US on hunger strike -- had been conspiring to sell millions of euros' worth of weapons to Colombia's main Marxist guerrilla movement, the FARC
U.S. Officials Begin Crafting Iran Bombing Plan - Decision by Germany block new sanctions pushing U.S. to develop scenarios
Officials: Bush to announce troop cut - Will reduce troop presence in Iraq by up to 30,000 by next summer if continued progress
(U.S.) Terror on Campus - August NYPD report on homegrown threats zeroes in on Muslim Student Associations - Steven Emerson quoted
Sources confirm Israeli airstrike on Syria - CNN: Air strike & ground ops last week targeted Hezbollah weapons
(U.S.) History Of 9/11 Attack On The Pentagon Published - Official DOD history from 1,300 interviews, with previously unpublished pictures, available to public
