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October 2007 Archives

Iraq vows to block supplies to Kurdish rebels

US court to revisit case on detention of Qaeda suspect -- Qatari national Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri

(Afghanistan) Several militants killed in Afghan clashes -- in Ghazni and Kunar provinces

(Spain) Madrid Bombing Trial Decision -- 7 acquitted, including alleged mastermind Rabei Osman, 4 lead defendants guilty of murder -- Judge finds 21 guilty of Madrid bombings -- and -- Madrid victims get damages of up to 1.5 million euros

(Pakistan) Gunships resume attacks in northwest Pakistan -- in Swat

(Pakistan) Two killed as shell hits hotel in Pakistan - in Miranshah

Pakistan sees Al-Qaeda and Taliban link to blast near Musharraf HQ -- in Rawalpindi

(Pakistan) Multiple conflicts bleed Pakistan army -- "high" casualty rate as well as "unprecedented" levels of desertions, suicides and discharge applications

(Pakistan) U.S. and Pakistan: A frayed alliance -- As military efforts falter, trust suffers

Pakistan judge to probe Bhutto blast

(Pakistan) Military in mufti as army becomes main target of suicide bombers -- army urged not to wear uniforms in public

(India) Seven guerrillas arrested in NE India -- in Manipur

(U.S.) Al Qaeda expected to target economy -- shifting toward "small and medium-sized operations in the hopes of draining U.S. resources and economy"

(U.S.) Judge in Fort Dix case criticizes flier

Iran warns U.S. of "quagmire"

(Gaza) Blast in Gaza damages salon, no injuries -- bomb near entrance - ongoing Islamist intimidation against salons, Internet cafes, cigarette shops

(Gaza) IAF kills four Hamas men in Gaza strike

(Netherlands) Five freed on jihad charges -- female defendant sentenced to one month in jail for spreading provocative texts

(UK) Paintball 'training for jihad'

(Thailand) More Thai troops to head south as nine people killed -- Tuesday update

Sri Lanka imposes censorship on war reporting

Iraqi Terror Trial Exposes Belgium’s Muslim Dilemma - 6 accused of recruiting Europe's first female suicide bomber

(Iraq) UK welcomes Basra handover date - Iraq will take control in December

Spanish police detain seven ETA supporters - Accused of making explosives to attack police officers, buildings, railways, buses

(Gaza) Palestinian tunnelers were Army of Islam - police -- planned to enter Israel to carry out suicide attacks

Syria accused of plot to kill Lebanon PM - Saad Hariri claims Syria behind plot to kill him and prime minister

Turkish helicopters attack Kurd rebels - Turkish Cobras blasted suspected targets near Iraq - Iraq warns Turkey against major invasion

(Yemen) U.S. officials visit Cole bomber - U.S. Embassy officials in Yemen visited Jamal Badawi in prison cell

(Iraq) Four Iraqis including two policemen killed in northern Iraq -- in Kirkuk and Mosul, bombing in Barima

Iraq: 'Afghan al-Qaeda man' killed in army raid -- Abu Tayeb al-Karbuli

Iraq bill would lift contractor immunity

Iraqi Kurds reject 'orders' from Ankara, Turkey pounds rebels -- Mount Cudi area

(Afghanistan) Taliban overrun Afghani district - 20 Taliban killed and wounded - Gulistan district of Farah province

(Afghanistan) Coalition soldier, Afghan spy chief killed -- 6 killed -- 2 soldier in Kandahar, security chief and two others in Langhman province

(Pakistan) Suicide blast kills seven near Musharraf's HQ -- in Rawalpindi -- half a mile from where Musharraf holding security talks

(Pakistan) Islamabad put on high alert -- reports that suicide bombers entered city

(Pakistan) Explosion outside NGO office in northern Pakistan wounds 6 -- in Battgram district

Pakistan's problem child recites the Koran -- influence of madrassas grown 20 times since 1971

(U.S.) What an Anti-Terrorism Law Bans -- on HLF Trial - Michael Kraft

(U.S.) Colombians plead guilty to terror charges - material support to FARC

(U.S.) Linking Terror on the Trail

Iran defiant ahead of nuclear talks with Russia

(Iran) US: Iran seeks nuclear weapons -- tells IAEA's Mohamed ElBaradei to stay out of diplomacy

Iran summons EU presidency envoy over statement

(Israel) Palestinian Islamic Jihad enabler sent to 7 years in prison -- Husam Hafez Suaftma convicted of purchasing fertilizer for his brother to create explosives

(Israel) Two Kassams strike western Negev

Africa: Continent At High Risk of Terror Raids

NBC: Was Bin Laden's last video faked? -- debate over September 7 video doctoring

(Canada) Terror report blames CSIS

UK rejects Saudi terror criticisms

(Spain) Two charged with sending recruits to Iraq for jihad -- Algerian Abdelkader Ayachine and Moroccan Wissan Lotfi

Spain fears al-Qaeda's dream of new Al-Andalus

(Thailand) Roadside bomb beside restaurants in southern Thailand kills 1, wounds 14 -- in Narathiwat province's Rangae district -- and - Insurgents kill two in southern attacks

Sri Lanka military says 13 rebels killed

Spain: Islamic terrorist cell members sentenced - 2 of 6 convicted of inciting Jihad and giving financial support to Islamists

Dubai at center of US efforts to pressure Iran - see CT Blog posts on Oct. 25 about Iran sanctions

(Bangladesh) Huji emerged with open declaration - Brief history of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji)

(Afghanistan) Key tribal leader on verge of deserting Taliban - Mullah Abdul Salaam a former Taliban corps commander and governor of Herat province

Iraqi troops free eight kidnapped tribal chiefs

Syria: A New Intelligence Failure? - See Jonathan Winer's Oct.28 post and Olivier Guitta's Dec. 28 post on Syria's hidden nuclear program

2.000 Turkish Soldiers are in Iraq - Report: Soldiers are 8-20 km inside northern Iraq

Azerbaijan says foils attacks near U.S. embassy and US Embassy targeted by Azerbaijan terror - Radical Islamic group's attack plot thwarted

(Iraq) Bike-riding suicide bomber kills 30 Iraqi police - outside a police camp in Baqouba

(Afghanistan) US intensifies fight near Taliban-held town - reports 80 killed -- and -- 50 suspected Taliban killed or wounded -- in Baluch village in Uruzgan province

(Afghanistan) Five dead in Afghanistan suicide blast - on a police vehicle in Lashkargah, capital of Helmand province

(Afghanistan) US soldier killed in Afghanistan - Sangin district of Helmand

(Afghanistan) UN: 34 aid workers killed in Afghanistan -- this year

(Pakistan) 'Israel planned to hit Kahuta from India’s Jamnagar base' -- plan in 1983-1984 to hit Pakistan nuclear base

(India) Maoists kill four more in Jharkhand

(U.S.) Sued For Terror Watching

Iranian general warns of Gulf suicide bombings

(West Bank) Chiefs of major Islamic militants help surround American diplomat - to provide protection

Somalia's prime minister resigns -- amid accusations he failed to quell the country's Islamist insurgency

Ethiopia denies plot to attack Eritrea

(UK) Saudi king chides UK on terrorism -- says UK could have prevented July 2005 bombings

(France) Algerian convicted in Paris attacks

(UK) Indian Islamic group attacks BBC film for Bin Laden link -- Deoband school

(UK) Drop terror film, Muslims tell Channel 4

(Spain) ETA members sentenced over car bombing

(Italy) Terrorism: Ex-Italian president opposes negotiation with terror groups -- and -- Adnkronos interviews expert Brian Jenkins -- calls for negotiations with terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah

Sri Lanka claims 10 more rebels killed

Australia risks 'London-type bombing'

Israel Restricts Gaza Crossing as Firing Persists - Fuel supplies reduced, one crossing closed due to continued rocket fire

(U.S.) Holy Land trial revealed a covert Islamist agenda (commentary) - Douglas Farah quoted about "decades of deceit" by MB groups in US

(Iraq) 10 tribal sheiks kidnapped in Baghdad

Turkish army kills 20 Kurd militants (updated)

Yemen says bomber of U.S. destroyer Cole still detained - Says Jamal Badawi still "detained," might be under house arrest

Thousands flee tense northwest Pakistan town (clashes with Fazlullah's militants) and 3 rockets hit NW Pakistan city of Peshawar

Hamas denies secret talks with Israel

Fresh clashes kill 22 in Sri Lanka

(Afghanistan) US says 80 Taliban killed in battle - see James Gordon Meek's Oct. 27 post - fifth major fight in that area since Sept. 1 - also suicide bomber killed 5

(West Bank) Abbas tightens Palestinian money-laundering laws - Aimed at denying cash to Hamas

Iranians study nuclear physics in Britain

Inside rebel Pakistan cleric's domain (Maulana Fazlullah runs Swat seminary) and Militants behead law-enforcement men in public (Fazullah's followers)

Iraqi insurgents' clash with Qaeda kills 16

(Israel) War against Egypt in the winter Israel is furious that Egypt allowed about 80 Hamas explosive experts - allegedly trained in Iran - to enter the Gaza Strip

(Iraq) U.S. forces in Iraq kill militant

(India) Kashmir ultras using liquid explosives: CRPF - see Animesh Roul's Oct. 27 post

(Yemen) USS Cole plotter freed by Yemen

(Algeria) 15 al Qaeda activists killed

(Iraq) Sadr aide says cleric may end cease-fire

(Turkey) US steering clear of Kurdish fight - U.S. military will do "absolutely nothing" about PKK - but see U.S. Plan: Spy In Iraq For Turkish Forces

(UK) Jury sees 'terror training' video

Victims Remember Moscow Theater Seizure - Five years since over 800 taken hostage and 130 died

(U.S.) Secret Agent Schmuck - Exposee of Juval Aviv - Steven Emerson: "It's amazing to see how many times he fooled people"

As-Sahab Announces Upcoming Video with Taliban Commander Mansour Dadullah - SITE Institute press release, link soon - See Banner Image

(U.S.) FBI Warns Again Of Shoe Bomb Danger - CBS News: Terrorists want to use "modified footwear as a concealment method for explosive devices" -- related photos

(Iraq) PKK Rebels Prepare to 'Fight to the End'

Turkey's patience running out after rebel attack -- and -- Turkey sends more troops to Iraqi border -- 100,000 on border

Afghanistan: Children endangered by surging violence -- continuing attacks on girls' schools

(Afghanistan) Two NATO soldiers, 24 Taliban killed in clashes in Afghanistan-- eastern Kunar province

(Pakistan) Lal Masjid cleric supports Fazlullah

Pakistan releases suicide bomber sketches - Bhutto bomber

(U.S.) White House offers eavesdropping papers

Iranian regime reaching point of no return

(Iran) Analysis: Sanctions haven't slowed Iran

Israeli aircraft fires at Gaza militants

Yemen frees one of USS Cole bombers

Kenya drops case against Nairobi bomb suspect

Canada's top court to rule on secret files for terror suspect -- Omar Khadr

Indonesia: Radical Muslim cleric cautions Bush against 'crusade' -- Jemaah Islamiyah's Abu Bakar Bashir

(Thailand) 3 soldiers injured in South bombing

(North Korea) Diplomat tries to reassure US lawmakers on North Korea talks -- declined to address North Korea attempt to offer nuclear help to Syria

(Iran) Russia's Putin warns against new sanctions against Iran -- see Oct. 25 posts by Jonathan Winer and Matthew Levitt (first and second) and Victor Comras

US levies harsh sanctions against Iran - see Walid Phares' and Andrew Cochran's Oct. 25 posts

Al Qaeda reveals signs of weakness - Evan Kohlmann: "Iraq was Al Qaeda's greatest achievement and its greatest failure" - see his Oct. 25 post

European Court of Justice prohibits real property transactions involving individuals designated as terrorists - JC Brisard blog post on Oct. 11 decision - read decision (updated link)

(Syria) Satellite images show possible Syrian nuclear site - see Olivier Guitta's Oct. 25 post

Iraqi delegation to visit Turkey

(Afghanistan) 13 suspected Taliban, 5 soldiers killed in Afghan clashes, 14 wounded - in southern Afghanistan -- 4 Afghan soldiers wounded in Daychopan district of Zabul province

(Afghanistan) Taliban ambush Afghan army, eight dead -- in Kapisa province north of Kabul

Afghan province chief survives bombing -- suicide bomb near convoy of cars in Khost

(Afghanistan) Jihad Commander in Afghanistan Sheikh Al-Ustadh Yasser in New Al-Sahab Video: 'The American is an Infidel Fighting the Muslims – Hence, the Muslims Must Fight Him Everywhere'

Afghanistan is lost, says UK's Lord Ashdown -- former UN envoy

(Pakistan) Suicide explosion in northern Pakistan kills 40 -- and -- 30 dead in Pakistan military blast - outside Mingora near Swat -- suicide bomber detonated near military truck with explosives

(Pakistan) Important advances made in Oct 18 bomb blasts inquiry: Sindh Chief Minister - calls Bhutto "plunderer and absconder" and says charges against Benazir Bhutto should not be dropped

(U.S.) Ohio: Suspect pleads guilty - again -- to avoid terrorism charges -- Yemeni Ali Aladimi

US Lacks Labs to Test for 'Dirty Bomb'

Lebanon troops fire on Israeli warplanes

(Lebanon) UN chief calls for end to 'foreign interference' in Lebanon - information corroborates "allegation that Syria facilitates the flow of weapons and fighters across the Syrian-Lebanese border"

Gaza power to be cut over rocket attacks

(Israel) Google Earth used to target Israel -- Palestinian militants are using Google Earth to help plan their attacks on the Israeli military and other targets

(Iraq) U.S. outlines Baghdad security handover plan - Most of Baghdad to be turned over to Iraqi control by end of 2008

(Iraq) Military: Two soldiers killed, eight wounded in two attacks -- in Salahuddin province

Islamic Finance or Financing Islamism?

Rice admits U.S. mishandled case of Canada's Arar - Canadian was deported to Syria and tortured

(U.S.) South Carolina Pipe Bomb Plot: Egyptian Student pleads not guilty to bomb charge -- Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed

(Iraq) Simultaneous bombings kill 8 in Baghdad -- in Jisr Diyala

Iraq revokes security contractors' immunity

(Afghanistan) Several militants killed in Afghan clash -- in Nirkh district in Wardak province

Pakistan deploys 2,500 soldiers at Islamic militant stronghold -- northwest frontier province -- and surrounding Maulana Fazlullah in the Swat district

(Pakistan) Seven hurt in landmine blast in SW Pakistan -- Baluchistan province

(Pakistan) Attack on military convoy wounds five personnel in Pakistan -- Malakand division of Gilgit valley

(Pakistan) Mosque bombings verdict reversed

(Pakistan) "Imperialism's cronies will face attacks, says Sheikh Rashid" -- Rashid member of Pakistani government, Federal Railways Minister

India jails 31 Islamists for life over 1998 blasts - killing 60

(U.S.) IPT: "MASterful Lies" - article on Mahdi Bray, head of Muslim American Society's "civil rights" arm, the Freedom Foundation

(U.S.) Miami: Teacher who attacked base had death wish, FBI says -- Tahmeed Ahmad arrested after attacking the Homestead Air Reserve Base

Iran: UN decisions on atomic plans worthless

'Syria was preparing for Israeli attack'

Fatah-affiliated group claims shooting attack

(Palestinian Territories) U.S. Army officers e-mailing terrorists -- Author slams 'clueless' American trainers, says Washington arming, funding jihadists

(Bahrain) Terror suspects 'funded attacks'

(Somalia) 5 Somalis killed in minibus explosion - in the Fagah area of north Mogadishu

(Algeria) Key al-Qaeda leader meeting fails

Russia says detains two Muslims for train blast -- August 13 explosion

(Russia) Second blast in troubled Russian region -- roadside bomb injured two people in Russia's troubled Dagestan region

(Kyrgyz Republic) Man With Banned Islamic Group Literature Held in Kyrgyz North -- Hizb-ut Tahrir literature

Spain: Six detained after Islamist terrorist cell uncovered -- in the northern Spanish city of Burgos -- and -- Police seize 'world jihad' team - Men accused of using the Internet to recruit for and plot a 'world jihad'

Spanish judge indicts 22 for terror -- suspected of links to a recruitment network sending fighters to Iraq

Italy: North Africans found guilty of terrorist links -- accused of having ties to an Iraqi guerilla group, Ansar al-Islam

(UK) Jail 'hardening' terror convicts

(Thailand) Insurgent drive-by kills two children in South -- wounds 4 adults

(Thailand) Police get rid of bomb just in time -- in Chana district

Philippine police mall blast theory rejected -- property firm rejects police theory that gas explosion caused blast

Sri Lanka rebel attack further detailed

(Columbia) Two more Colombian regional election candidates killed -- FARC suspected

Sharp drop seen in US deaths in Iraq - 20,000 Iraqi "Concerned Citizens" signed up in past 4 months

(Iran) US sees more banks leaving Tehran - Matthew Levitt quoted - see his post and Victor Comras' post

(U.S.) Bad News for Holy Land Defendants - Palestinian Authority closed zakats because of HAMAS ties, undercutting HLF

(U.S.) Ohio No Stranger to Radical Islam - "A budding Hamas support network" - Steven Emerson quoted

A Kurdish Lesson: Terrorist groups often have nine lives - "(t)errorist groups never die. At best they just fade away."

(Afghanistan) 12 Taliban die in firefight, Afghan military says -- Jalrez district of Wardak province -- and 5 suspected militants arrested in Kandahar

Afghan battle kills militants, civilians, officials say -- 20 suspected militants killed in airstrike in Wardak province

(Iraq) U.S. airstrike in Iraq kills 11, including civilians -- terrorists planting bomb south of Samarra

(Pakistan) Five 'militants' held near Zhob

Pakistan's Bhutto receives new threat - letter in Urdu to kill her "by any means"

Pakistan: Girls avoid schools in north-west as 'veil deadline' expires -- schools without veiled girls to be blown up

(Pakistan) Five Taliban militants arrested in Balochistan -- and -- 'Pakistan govt supporting pro-Taliban groups' -- report says Pakistan govt supports Islamists close to Taliban to suppress tribal insurgency in Balochistan

(India) Lethal similarity between terror strikes - Bombs at Mecca Masjid, Samjhuata Express & Ajmer the work of same person or cell

(U.S.) Holy Land Foundation Trial: Gov't Likely to Retry Muslim Charity -- Juror William Neal: "there was so little evidence"

(U.S.) Dallas Morning News report on HLF trial aftermath: 'There was not enough evidence' - Defendants celebrate as U.S. vows to retry case -- Juror William Neal: "There were so many gaps in the evidence, I could drive a truck through it" -- Neal "had difficulty calling Hamas a terrorist group"

(U.S.) IPT - The HLF Trial In Review

(U.S.) Navy SEAL's family gets Medal of Honor - First Medal of Honor for Afghanistan action

Israeli troops advance near town in Gaza Strip

(Yemen) I'm born again, says freed Gitmo detainee - Sadeq Mohammed Saeed -- traveled to Afghanistan for Jihad -- viewed as holy duty

Somalia releases UN food agency chief

(Canada) Toronto terror suspect denied bail -- Steven Chand - in an alleged plot to blow up public buildings and behead Canada's prime minister

Canada Revises Indefinite Terror Jailing

(UK) Scotland: Terror Student Jailed For Eight Years -- Mohammed Atif Siddique sentenced -- BBC and AP reports

(UK) New fight over terror detention

Netherlands: AIVD report on Islamic neo-radicalism published in English -- PDF file - "The radical dawa in transition: The rise of Islamic neoradicalism in the Netherlands"

Philippine police rule out bomb in mall blast

(New Zealand) Terror raid suspect bailed

US tries to stop Turk incursion in Iraq -- see also Walid Phares' October 22 posting

(Pakistan) Militants bomb Pakistan army convoy, 1 soldier dead, 2 wounded -- North Waziristan

(Pakistan) Karachi mixes business and bombings

(UK) 'Skepticism' on terror detentions

(Maldives) Terrorists threaten tourist paradise

(Iraq) Bombings in Baghdad kill at least 7 -- explosions in Zafaraniyah and roadside bomb in Karradah Shiite areas, advisor to Sunni politician gunned down

Iraq: At least 60 killed in clashes north of Baghdad -- between al-Qaeda and the Islamic Army in the area of al-Khannasa

Turkey considers Iraq attack - after 17 Turkish soldiers killed in Kurdish rebel attack

(Afghanistan) Suicide bomber kills himself, injuries 3 civilians in Afghanistan (my title) -- near NATO convoy in Helmand's Girishk - bastion for Taliban

(Afghanistan) Gates faults NATO on Afghanistan

Core al-Qa'eda leadership still growing

(Pakistan) Militant killed in botched Pakistan bomb blast -- Taliban Jihadist trying to plan bomb bomb in women's right group office in Karak tow

Pakistan's Army: Unprepared to tackle terrorism? Christian Science Monitor analysis

Pakistan is world's most dangerous nation: Newsweek

(India) 1993 blasts: Sanjay Dutt surrenders

(India) Seven cops injured in Naxal firing

(U.S.) Gates urges more action on terrorism

Lebanese presidential vote delayed to Nov. 12

(Gaza) North Gaza air raid injures Palestinian activists -- in Beit Hanoun

Hamas denounces U.S.-led peace talks

(Israel) 6 Kassam rockets fired at w. Negev

(Saudi Arabia) Criticism of the Religious Discourse in Saudi Arabia -- for promoting extremism

(Africa) Al-Qa'eda target west from Horn of Africa -- Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya -- related map

Nigeria: Two Christians Murdered In Kaduna -- following Muslim leaders' appeal to wage violent Jihad

Nigeria: Gunmen Kill 3 in Sokoto

(New Zealand) Evidence 'will judge raids' -- PM Clark silent on claim of threats to leaders

Turkey fires on Kurdish villages in Iraq

(Turkey/Iraq) 38 dead in Turkey-Kurd clashes - PKK rebels kill 15 Turkish soldiers - and - 23 Kurdish rebels killed in attack on military patrol in southeastern Turkey - AFP story -- see also Walid Phares' October 20 posting

(Afghanistan) Eastern Afghan battle kills 20 Taliban, wounds 11 civilians -- Taliban using civilians as human shields - officials said Sunday (update)

(Afghanistan) Report: Taliban appoint new regional chief in Afghanistan -- Mullah Omar appoints Mawlawi Abdul Kabir as commander of Taliban loyalists in eastern Afghanistan

Pakistan: Bhutto bomb attack - Suicide bomber had accomplices -- Bhutto attack suicide bomber had four or five accomplices -- Head of 'another bomber' found -- Bhutto to purge Pakistani intelligence service -- see also Jeffrey Imm's Bhutto attack news roundup on investigation

(Pakistan) Militants kill 2 tribal elders -- in Bajaur -- met with Taliban commander Baitullah Mahsud for cease-fire -- and -- Five Bugti tribesmen killed in bomb blast

Pakistan: Where the Jihad Lives Now -- Islamic militants have spread beyond their tribal bases, and have the run of an unstable, nuclear-armed nation -- and -- Amid Pakistan carnage, a 'nightmare scenario' for U.S. policy

(Philippines) Caller Claims Militant Group Behind Deadly Manila Blast (updated) - Rajah Solaiman Movement allied with Abu Sayyaf & Jemaah Islamiyah - Glorietta explosion victim dies in hospital, toll reaches 11 and see Zachary Abuza's Oct. 19 post

(U.S.) FBI works to bolster Al Qaeda cases - FBI reconstructing cases against high-value accused Al Qaeda

(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Pressure Alleged in Detainees' Hearings -- Washington Post report

(Iran & UK) SAS raiders enter Iran to kill gunrunners - British special forces in secret war against IRGC Al Quds

Gazans fear return of security anarchy

N.Korean, Syrian Officials Hold Talks - Top officials discuss improving relations

(U.S.) 2 GOP Lawmakers Allege Democrats Have Ties to Terrorism - 2 Virginia legislators accuse Governor and other Democrats of embracing radical Islamic groups

Senior Hamas figure slams Gaza takeover - Former spokesman calls takeover "trap"

(New Zealand) Top Maori were terror targets - Multiple targets would have included leaders

Iraq parliament looks to condemn Turkey -- and -- Iraq criticizes Syria over Turkey support - see Walid Phares' Oct. 20 post

(Iraq) US, Iraqi forces detain militia fighters - 30 suspected Mahdi Army detained in Diwaniyah - 19 tons of explosives found in Iraq

What to Do About Pixels of Hate - Dilemna of whether to shut down jihadist websites or use them to find terrorist leaders

(Israel) ABC Report: The Case for Israel's Strike on Syria -- Official: Air Attack Targeted Nascent Nuclear Facility Built With North Korean 'Expertise' -- update on story

(Iraq) 2 soldiers killed, 4 injured in bomb attacks in N Iraq -- in Kirkuk

(Taliban) New generation Taliban rivaling chief: US-led coalition -- brutal Siraj Haqqani trying to rival Mullah Mohammad Omar for the Taliban leadership

(India) Threat to blow up eight railway stations -- between October 21 and October 25

(U.S.) Houston: Student faces more charges in 'battlefield jihad' case -- Pakistani Adnan Mirza in US on student visa -- one of the four Muslim students accused of preparing to join the Taliban to fight U.S.-led forces overseas

(U.S.) Judges tosses terror financing lawsuit -- on SWIFT database

(U.S.) Muslim charity verdict reached -- AP report on Holy Land Foundation trial decision -- IPT report

(Iran) We can attack Iran, says US commander

(Iran) G7 praises money-laundering task force action against Iran - Finance leaders praise FATF for uncovering money laundering & illicit finance - see Andrew Cochran's Oct. 16 post

Israel forces nab Hamas commander in Nablus

Nigerian militants preparing oil attacks: U.S.

(Netherlands) Dutch government to outlaw attending terrorism training camps -- and traveling to attend terror training

(Germany) New probe into German ex-terrorist over interview remarks -- defending the Red Army Faction (RAF)

Europe's fear of Muslims increases

Philippines mobilizes after mall terrorism

(Canada) Accused eco-terrorist loses extradition appeal to U.S. -- Tre Arrow aka Michael James Scarpitti

(Iraq) Children 'armed' to teeth in Baghdad

(U.S.) Former counter-terror czar endorses Spitzer license plan - Richard Clarke endorsed NY Governor's plan to allow illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses

U.N. eyes images of possible Syrian nuke site

(Belgium) One-legged terrorist to reveal the truth - Youness Loukili promised to tell of his fighting with Al-Qaeda in Iraq

In Paraguay, Piracy Bleeds U.S. Profits, Aids Terrorists - Dennis Lormel: Tri-border area probably most lucrative for Hezbollah outside of state sponsors

(Philippines) Eight killed, 89 hurt in Makati mall blast -- police chief "[t]his was a bomb" -- and -- Blast tears through Manila mall, terrorism suspected -- see also Zachary Abuza's October 19 posting

(Pakistan) Blasts near Bhutto kill 136 in Pakistan - suicide bombing near Bhutto procession in Karachi -- see also -- Jeffrey Imm's Oct. 18 post - See list of worst Pakistan attacks

Pakistan plans all-out war on militants - "(G)oal this time is to pacify the Waziristans once and for all" -- and -- Govt moves additional army contingents to Swat

Afghans back presence of foreign troops: poll

(Iraq) Oil pipeline set ablaze near Iraq's Kirkuk - Pipeline carries crude to refinery city of Baiji

(Iraq) Local Foes Commit to Peace in Baghdad - Sunni & Shiite leaders from SW Baghdad signed agreement

(Iraq) Ex-US officer not guilty of aiding enemy -- convicted him on three lesser charges, including unauthorized possession of classified documents

(Iraq) 2 Iraqis suspected of aiding insurgents held - Provincial council member & Iraqi brigade commander

(U.S.) Intel panel OKs surveillance bill

Blair: Terror threat like fascism

(Iran) Blair accuses Iran of backing terrorism

Syrians Disassembling Ruins at Site Bombed by Israel, Officials Say -- and -- Syria said to be dismantling remains of nuclear facility -- move may be meant to hide nuclear evidence

(Lebanon) Hezbollah denounces U.S.-Lebanon plan

(Lebanon) US to build "strategic partnership" with Lebanese army - see David Schenker's Oct. 18 post

(Israel) Peres: 6 would-be bombers caught in past 3 weeks

(West Bank) Tackling Hamas, PA to shut down Islamic charitable organizations - Hamas says "declaration of war" on needy - PA arrested senior Hamas leader

(Somalia) UN: Detained official safe in Somalia

(UK) 'Terror suspects filmed by BBC' - 3 of 5 men on trial for terror training were filmed for BBC programm

Denmark: Missing evidence in terror trial

(Thailand) Bomb wounds seven in Yala

(Russia) Mother Russia's Islamic revival

U.S. Scrutinizes Iranian Revolutionary Guard - U.S. looking for concealed links to Iranian companies - see Andrew Cochran's Oct. 16 post

The Moral Dilemma of Leaving Iraq - Multiple articles and interviews on aspects of eventual U.S. departure

(Afghanistan) 4 Taliban, 4 policemen killed -- Taliban killed in clash in Logar; police killed by landmine in Alisher district

(Afghanistan) 9 troops wounded in Afghanistan -- Taliban used heavy machine guns and rocket propelled grenades to ambush a U.S.-led coalition patrol near Kandahar

(Iraq) MNF arrests local official in Southern Iraq -- from the Sadr party, suspected of facilitating terrorist attacks

(Iraq) Hunting al-Qaida in Iraq -- Up-close look at U.S. soldiers' preparations for 'Operation Snake'

(India) Terror suspect detained for interrogation -- Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami suspect in Sikar district

(Pakistan) Mingora admin orders police to shoot armed militants -- in Swat

(India J&K) Pakistan-based Harkat-ul-Mujahideen fighters killed in Jammu, Kashmir -- in Bandipore district

(India) Two militants arrested in Assam

(U.S.) Fear of Radicalism Prompts Federal Panel to Recommend Closing Saudi School in Virginia: US Commission on International Religious Freedom -- and -- Religion monitor: Shut Saudi school

(U.S.) After Comments, U.S. Terror Chief Resigns -- comments on Iraq war

(U.S.) Senate and Bush Agree On Terms of Spying Bill -- Some Telecom Companies Would Receive Immunity -- and -- House surveillance bill pulled

Gaza: 4 dead as Hamas, Fatah clan clash -- in al-Shojaiyah district

(Israel) Israeli Arab sentenced for aiding bomber -- Ashraf Keisi get 5 life sentences for driving the suicide bomber who killed five Israelis and wounded 50 others

Mauritania arrests 7 men suspected of terrorism -- allegedly belong to al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa

Sudan: UN condemns staff murders in Darfur

Canadian oil terror target, report says

(U.S.) Terror-fighting center chief steps down - John Redd to leave National Counterterrorism Center

Austria to allow monitoring of suspects' computers - First European country to do so.

(U.S.) Pakistan to Europe: a pipeline of terror

Dichter: Hamas obtained 200 tons of explosives - Israeli security official warns

Lockerbie anger as Libya wins seat on the UN Security Council (updated) - Relatives of 1988 bombing protest - see Andrew Cochran's Oct. 10 post

(U.S.) Analysis: A new USAF cyber-war doctrine - U.S. Air Force building Cyberspace Command

Mauritania arrests 7 men suspected of terrorism - al-Qaida in Islamic Maghreb members planned attacks against Western interests

Iran: Top U.S. Official Says Financial Clampdown Is Working - "A lot of companies are pulling out of Iran" - see posts by Andrew Cochran, Matthew Levitt, and Michael Jacobson

(Iraq) Roadside bomb kills 7 Iraqi police -- near the city of Diwaniyah -- and -- Bomb in Zaafaraniyah also kills 2 (my title)

(Iraq) Blast in Diyala, US forces storm into Al-Sadr City -- Iraqi soldier was killed and four others from booby-trapped car in Diyala

(Iraq) Al-Qaeda 'emir' killed in northern Iraq -- in Mosul, three militants killed from Islamic State of Iraq organization including its leader, Safi

(Iraq) Fortifying an Outpost Against al-Qaeda

(Iraq) Blackwater won't allow arrests

Afghan security forces nab Taliban commander -- Mohammad Khan alias Nasrat -- in Patika

Afghanistan shuts down private security firms

(Pakistan) FATA Tailoring shops, music centers blown up -- in Ghalanai and Karak -- and -- Gas pipeline blown up near Dera Bugti

(Somalia) Attack in Somali Capital Kills 9

Somali forces storm UN compound in Mogadishu -- World Food Program representative Idris Mohamed Osman being held

(U.S.) Miami: Judge dismisses 3 Liberty City Seven jurors due to terrorism flier -- read Miami police pamphlet watch list for signs of terrorism on subway

(U.S.) House readies vote on surveillance bill

(U.S.) Terror suspect in Gitmo meets his lawyer -- detainee Majid Khan - U.S. charges Khan involved in plots blow up American gas stations, poison U.S. reservoirs and kill the president of Pakistan

(U.S.) Man pleads not guilty in alleged Texas City bomb-making operation -- Anarchist group "Glass Desert Underground"

Syria denies existence of nuclear site

(Gaza) Israeli troops kill Hamas fighter -- town of Khan Yunis

(UK) MI5 'filmed Muslim terrorist camp' -- Mohammed Hamid trial

Maldives cracks down on Islamic extremism

Romania extradites two to U.S. in terrorism case -- for suspicion of supplying FARC Colombian rebels with weapons

Iraq drawdown to begin in volatile area - Drawdown of U.S. forces to begin in volatile Diyala province

(Iraq) Attacks targeting Iraqi forces kill 17 (updated) - Baghdad checkpoint car bomb, Mosul suicide truck bomb

(Iraq) Car bombing in Iraq kills 6 - near army checkpoint in Baghdad

(Iraq) Three Iraqis killed in suicide bombing in Baghdad restaurant - in Al-Harthiyah suburb

(Pakistan) New security force fails to garner recruits -- Local Taliban have warned tribesman against enlisting

Pakistan authorities withdraw curfew from tense tribal region -- as officials broker a ceasefire with pro-Taliban militants

(India) Police hints at the role of Pakistan's ISI behind the theater blast -- in Ludhiana in Northern Indian state of Punjab -- and -- Vital clues found in Ludhiana blast: Police

(India) Suspected Pakistan ISI agent in Mumbai

(India J&K) Two militants killed at Gool - of Pakistan-based outfit Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT)

(U.S.) Telecoms barred from disclosing spying - Director of National Intelligence invoked state secrets act on AT&T, Verizon, Qwest

(U.S.) Washington Post Report: Verizon Says It Turned Over Data Without Court Orders - provides customer data to Federal govt for emergency requests

(U.S.) Bush urged to block merger -- between 3COM and China's Huawei Technology.

Commentary: Holy War and Anti War: An Axis against Nature -- by Walid Phares

(Iran) Report: EU weighs Iran sanction options

Iran's al Qaeda -- WSJ report on Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps

Caspian states won't let soil be used for any attack on Iran -- Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan

(Israel) PM says Hizbullah swap 'reasonable'

(UK) July 21 bombers 'trained at Cumbria camp'

(UK) 'Terror camp' pictures released -- police photographs of Mohammed Hamid - ringleader of a UK terror training camp with two of the July 21 bombers

Germany indicts man for plans to found terrorism school -- Jordanian "Thaer A" indicted in plot to set up Jihad school in Sudan

(Germany) Islamic center in southwest Germany closes amid suspicion of wrongdoing -- previously reported that Jihadist Fritz Martin Gelowicz worked there -- Gelowicz plotted attacks on Americans

Swedish documentary follows "regular" Europeans who turn to jihad -- film "Aching Heart" opens in Sweden on October 19

Denmark: Terrorism update -- Al-Qaeda in Iraq directed the terror cell in Odense to kill secret agent

(Netherlands) Amsterdam: Bilal B. summary -- additional news summary on role with Hofstad Gruop

(Thailand) Violence continues in Narathiwat -- powerful bomb blast critically injured a security guard at a train station in Rusoh district

(Indonesia) Bali bombers will not seek clemency -- and -- Indonesia: Bali bomber wants to be beheaded -- see also Kenneth Conboy's October 11 posting

Explosion in Somalia kills three children

Militiamen clash with US, Polish forces in Iraq - Mortars at main US-Polish base, base with Iraqis & Polish - Attack on Polish military base in Iraq kills five

(Iraq) Six killed in attack on Iraqi anti-al-Qaeda alliance -- Balad checkpoint of the Salahaddin Awakening Council forces

(Iraq) Two police officers killed in suicide attacks - in Al-Anbar and Al-Baghdadi

(Iraq) Three tribal leaders killed in Iraq attack - gun attack Salaheddin province in Hawijah

(Iraq) Two US soldiers killed in Iraq -- in Baghdad and Nineveh

(Iraq) Gunmen kill two journalists in Iraq

(Afghanistan) 14 foreign troops wounded in Afghan ambush -- in Wardak

(Afghanistan) Taliban sets out demands to Afghan president -- Mullah Omar wants control of 10 southern provinces, a timetable for withdrawal of foreign troops, and the release of all Taliban prisoners within six months

Pakistan Muslim Militants Attack Church - near Lahore

(India J&K) Three injured in militant attack in J&K -- in Budgam district

(India) High alert in Delhi

(U.S.) An Internet jihad aims at U.S. viewers -- Samir Khan in North Carolina in "Islamic jihadi media" -- estimated 100 English language Jihad web sites

(U.S.) House bill to intensify FISA talks

Egypt frees key Hamas terrorist -- Nahro Massoud - one of the commanders of Hamas's armed wing, Izzadin Kassam

(Belgium) Suicide bomber recruitment trial starts in Belgium -- including a female convert to Islam who carried out a suicide attack in Iraq

(Netherlands) Man shot dead attacking Amsterdam police had mental problems, possible terrorism link -- links to Hofstad Group radical Muslim group

Turkish troops shell Iraqi border village -- a frontier guard said on Monday

(Russia) "Suicide bombers plot to kill Vladimir Putin" - update - Kremlin confirms report, Iran dismisses report as "completely without foundation" -- and -- Putin confirms Iran trip, despite plot

(Thailand) Huge bomb found before exploding - in Rangae district

Sri Lanka says 147 dead in recent fighting

New Zealand police hold 17 in terror raids -- Maori sovereignty and environmental activists

Report: Turkey shells Iraq border areas - Areas across Iraqi border in Kurdish region

Saudis arrest suspect in killings of four Frenchmen - Kileld in Feb. 26 attack - 2 terrorists already arrested, another killed

(Philippines) Gov’t fears terror attack as Sayyaf receives new funds - Abu Sayyaf helped by unidentified donor after Internet appeal

Israeli planes struck nuclear site inside Syria, analysts say -- partly constructed nuclear reactor, apparently modeled on one North Korea has used to create its stockpile of nuclear weapons fuel

(Iraq) US military says slain militant is senior al-Qaeda figure -- Abu Doha -- killed in Mosul

(Iraq) Bomb targets Iraqis heading to shrine -- car bomb kills 9, including children - in Kazimiyah district

(Iraq) 8 Iraqi civilians killed in truck bomb -in Samarra

Iraqi warlord's defeat only hardens his resolve -- to battle against secular forces: "The Americans are very ignorant about us Islamists."

(Afghanistan) Ten killed in Kandahar suicide bombing, 19 wounded -- in Spin Boldak - near Afghan/Pakistan border -- on Saturday

(Pakistan) Two militants killed in Pakistan clash: army -- near checkpoint in Mir Ali

(Pakistan) Terrorists in training head to Pakistan -- Europe anti-terror officials fear Jihadists being trained in Pakistan

(Pakistan) Role of Pakistan's 'captain' shows enduring Taliban ties -- Analysts fear intelligence agency figure actually plays double role

The new Taliban -- growth of Taliban

(India) Ajmer blast victim is terror suspect -- and -- Unexploded Amjer blast bomb was set to kill more at dargah -- was to go off 3 minutes after first bomb

(U.S.) Detentions to be top topic for Mukasey

(U.S.) Colmes: Offensive to Call Terrorists 'Islamic,' Use 'Books Not Bombs' on Hamas -- debate with Steven Emerson

(U.S.) Pentagon and Islam -- fighters increasingly frustrated by the apparent failure of senior military and civilian officials to distinguish between the good guys and the bad guys

(UK) Al Qaeda Target the Premiership Stadium -- reports that Al Qaeda Plotting To Bomb Soccer Game On Live TV

(North Korea) Report: NKorea fence near nuke site -- in town of Punggyeri

(Afghanistan) India not to back talks with Taliban -- does not support Karzai's offer to engage "good Taliban

(U.S.) Former U.S. military police commander accused of aiding the enemy to face trial -- Army Lt. Col. William H. Steele

(Indonesia) Bombers ready to die: "no there won't be any clemency because its not Islamic law - that is part of democracy and the law of democracy, and we are totally against democracy"

Iraq's Hakim calls for total US withdrawal

(Iraq) US confirms 2 troop deaths near Baghdad

(Iraq) Gasps from al Qaeda -- letters of Abu Osama al-Tunisi to Al Qaeda chieftains

(Pakistan) Clashes resume in Waziristan -- between security forces and local Taliban

(Pakistan) UK seeks extradition of terror suspect from Pakistan -- Rashid Rauf suspect in August 2006 transatlantic jet plot

(Thailand) Insurgents kill four, wound two in South -- Narathiwat and Yala

US to charge Guantanamo detainee with attempted murder - Afghan Mohammed Jawad

Iranian-American home after months in prison

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood clashes with security forces on first day of Eid al-Fitr -- Muslim Brotherhood using iron poles and batons to prevent clerics from holding prayers

Israeli air strike kills Hamas militant in Gaza

EU: 'We'll back Abbas if Hamas included'

(U.S.) Jailed '93 WTC bomber claims he's now a Christian - James Gordon Meek: Ramzi Yousef may have converted to Christianity

(U.S.) Seven years since USS Cole bombing and The Bombing Bookends to 9/11 - Robert Baer on 2000 USS Cole and 2002 Bali bombings - see USS Cole News Library

(Iraq) Insurgent groups condemn al-Qaida tactics -- see Evan Kohlmann October 12 posting

(U.S.) Atlanta: Judge denies request to close hearing in terrorism case -- Syed Ahmed trial

Austria releases Bosnian in embassy bomb scare -- Austria keeps Bosnian with backpack bomb in custody

FATF anti-money laundering group flags Iran risks - see Michael Jacobson's Oct. 12 post

(Philippines) Canada names 10 RP terror targets - Canadian government in new travel advisory

(Canada) Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182 - (Acrobat file) Report on terrorist financing in, through, and out of Canada - see story on Air India inquiry

(Indonesia) On Anniversary of Bali Bombing, Terrorist Group Still Dangerous - Zachary Abuza on Jemaah Islamiyah: "They're simply lying low... It's allowing them to regroup"

(Iraq) Terrorist uses toys to harvest Iraqi children during Eid -- in Toz Khormato - adult and child killed, 16 children wounded, bomb placed in cart of toys

(Iraq) Bomb in Baghdad shopping area kills 4 - car bomb by clothing store - also investigation into U.S. military assault on AQ with claims of civilian deaths

Iraqi Army captures al-Qaeda leader, his aide -- in Muqdadiya district of Diyala

(Afghanistan) Taliban leader Mullah Omar boasts Kabul forced to bargain with insurgency -- Omar claims Taliban's "jehad" had reached "success point"

(Afghanistan) Four killed in bomb blast in Afghanistan: NATO -- bomb near Gereshk district of Helmand province -- conflicting reports on number of dead

(India J&K) Militant killed as rebel cease-fire starts in Kashmir -- at camp in Srinagar -- Lashkar-e-Tayyeba attacks base

(India J&K) Seven killed in Kashmir explosion - in Srinagar

(India) Terrorist held by Mumbai police -- Mustaffa Sayyad has been taking shelter in Hyderabad since May 2006

(India) Ajmer Shrine bomb was inside a tiffin box -- Lashkar-e-Taiba suspected -- and -- Six held for blast at Ajmer Shrine (my title)

(India) Live bomb found near main gate of Ajmer dargah - on Friday

(Bangladesh) 1 kg uranium seized from Bengal bus -- smuggled from Bangladesh

(U.S.) Miami: Liberty City 7 Trial - Terror jury hears al-Qaida oaths -- video of Al Qaeda oaths "to the path of holy war"

(U.S.) Atlanta: Terror suspect says FBI spied on his library computer use -- Georgia Tech student Syed Ahmed

(U.S.) Terrorist suspects, drugs seized at ports -- 270 suspected of terror ties

Iran Promises "Final Response" to US and Israel on October 12 -- Islamic Republic’s Quds (Jerusalem) Day

(Lebanon) Man says he planted German train bombs -- Jihad Hamad on trial in Lebanon for German train bomb plot

(Somalia) Suicide bomber kills 3 in Somalia

(Sudan) Group: Sudan attacked women, children

(UK) 'Terror leader wanted to bomb Parliament' -- and -- Terror suspect 'taunted police'-- Mohammed Hamid trial