Uganda: Chogm - How Security Averted Terror Strike - Suspected terrorists with links to al-Qaeda planned bombing
(Pakistan) Army defiant despite Pakistan's divide - New Pak Army chief changing top leaders in Army & ISI
U.S. suspects Pakistan nukes ended in Syria -- Centrifuges sold to North Korea by Pakistan in 1990s sent to Syria or elsewhere
(Sudan) Chants For Teddy Teacher To Be Shot -- Thousands of people are marching in Khartoum calling for British teacher Gillian Gibbons to be executed
(US/China) Intelligence report hits China deal -- 3Com and Chinese company merger would threaten U.S. national security
(Norway) Krekar makes new threats - Former Ansar al Islam head threatens "reaction" from "Somalia or Morocco" if deported
World faces "cyber cold war" threat - New report says 120 nations devloping internet attack systems
(Canada) Terror suspect still here - Basque accused in lethal car bombing in Madrid
(U.S.) NY: Doctor sentenced in NY terrorism case -- Dr. Rafiq Sabir conspired to provide material support to Al Qaeda
Slovak police seize 'enriched uranium' in raid -- 2 arrested in Slovakia, 1 in Hungary - seizure of radioactive material & arrests - fears that terrorists seeking to build nuclear device
(Slovokia) Police: Seized uranium enough for 'dirty bomb' -- Authorities say initial probe shows material came from former Soviet Union
(U.S.) Centers Losing Anti-Terror Focus - State "fusion centers" losing focus due to other duties
(Norway) Terrorist threat confirmed - 1979 plan to blow up Israeli & Egyptian embassies exposed
Saudis: 208 arrested in different plots - New arrest of eight "pre-empted an imminent attack on an oil installation"
(U.S.) Rudy's Ties to a Terror Sheikh - Abdallah bin Khalid al-Thani accused of harboring & assisting Al Qaeda leaders during 1990s
Afghans: US airstrikes kill 14 workers (updated) -- Road construction workers killed in east, bad intel cited
(U.S.) When is a terrorism figure no longer one? - Jonathan Winer & Victor Comras quoted on delisting of Nasreddin - See Jonathan's Nov. 16 post
(Iran & Iraq) US wages covert war on Iraq-Iran border - Border areas shelled daily - U.S, might be aiding PJAK against Iran
How to build the perfect terrorist cell - Math theory used to model cells and means to disrupt them
(India) Financial terror raises ugly head - Pakistan-sponsored "financial terrorism" appears in south India
(UK) Counter terror Yard chief's fears - Outgoing CT head for London Metropolitan Police worried about homegrown threats
It's the Tribes, Stupid! (commentary) - Robert Kaplan: Build on tribal loyalties, not impose democracy
Iran acquits Mousavian of spying charges - but convicted him of acting against Islamic govt
(U.S.) Islamists target Arizona base -- report that Jihadists from Iraq and Afghanistan planned attack on Fort Huachuca --- previous related report
(Iraq) American forces kill 10 Qaeda insurgents in Iraq - north of Baghdad - and 8 detained in Samarra on Sunday
Iraqi Shiites denounce draft legislation -- to ease curbs on ex-Saddam Hussein loyalists in government services
Iran poised to destabilize Lebanon -- Tehran, Syria slam Annapolis on verge of peace conference -- and -- Syria to attend Annapolis summit
U.S. 'holding back reports critical of Palestinians' - Officials say State Department fears affecting negotiations leading to Annapolis
(Israel) Hamas bomber sentenced to 18 life terms -- Ayad Abu-Shehadam for bombings in Beersheba that killed 16 people
Al-Qaeda kingpin: I trained 9/11 hijackers - Louai al-Sakka, convicted in Turkey, claims major role in attacks - Evan Kohlmann quoted
(Iraq) Car bomb kills 9 in Baghdad - near a medical complex -- also roadside bomb in Baghdad kills 1 one civilian, wounds 8 others
(Iraq) Five killed in Baghdad blast - in booby trapped car in Baghdad's Al-Muaadham district
Iraq docs targeted -- "Islamic death squads are targeting Iraqi doctors and engineers in Basra"
(Afghanistan) U.S. Notes Limited Progress in Afghan War - White House assessment says strategic goals set for 2007 not met
(Pakistan) Rocket hits minister's home -- caretaker minister, Sardar Sadat Ali Hazara
(India Assam) Serial blasts in Assam, 2 killed -- 18 injured - in India's insurgency-hit northeast
(U.S.) America becoming conspiracy nation - survey shows increasing numbers believe alternative explanations for 9/11 attacks
(UK) US is‘worst’ imperialist: archbishop -- interview with British Muslim magazine criticizes US and "chosen nation myth of America"
Afghan suicide attack leaves 7 dead - in Kabul - including 3 children and Italian soldier
(Pakistan) 2 suicide attacks kill 35 in Pakistan - in Rawalpindi - checkpoint outside army HQ and suicide car bomb rams bus carrying ISI intelligence officers
(Pakistan) Eight hurt in explosion -- in Mahmoud tehsil of Bajaur Agency
Report: "Egypt: Extremists call on supporters to adopt new non-violent Jihad" - Jemaa al-Islamiya seeks to "avoid bloodshed in Islamic societies" and "avoid internal wars and divisions"
(India) Bomb attacks hit 3 Indian courthouses -- where lawyers had decided not to defend terrorism suspects
(Iraq) Twin bombings kill at least 26 in Iraq - in Baghdad pet market and suicide bomber in Mosul
Iraqi school guard and wife beheaded as children watch -- by three suspected al Qaeda militants, including two sisters, in Diyala
(Afghanistan) Leaders deny Taliban rules half of nation -- Afghan president, NATO secretary-general dispute The Senlis Council report - Afghan president seeks to negotiate with Taliban -- Senlis report - "Stumbling into chaos: Afghanistan on the brink" (PDF file)
(Syria) Israeli: Syrian site hit not a nuclear reactor -- but was probably a plant for assembling a nuclear bomb
(Saudi Arabia) Ex-Fighter in Iraq Tells His Story - Young Saudi, brainwashed to fight in Iraq, repents & warns other Saudis
(Iraq) Clashes between al-Qaida and rival Sunnis break out to the north and south of Baghdad -- 18 Sunni Awakening Council members, 2 police killed near Hor Rijab, and 19 Al Qaeda and 2 civilians killed in Baqouba
Afghanistan: Taliban controlling more than half of Afghanistan, says report -- Senis Council states Taliban has "permanent Taliban presence" on 54 percent of the country
(India J&K) Six insurgents surrender in Indian-administered Kashmir -- including two self-styled "commanders" of Harkatul-Jehadi-Islami (HUJI)
(India) Army deployed after Calcutta riot -- over writer who "hurt Muslim sentiments"
Kenyan family loses bid to free Guantanamo detainee -- suspicion of involvement in 2002 bombing on Israel-owned hotel in Mombassa
(Indonesia) Bali bombers have last family visit - one bomber plans to ask the country's top court to review their case in a last bid to stop their execution
Maldives police hunt for second bomb -- believed to have been part of a plot by Islamic extremists to attack tourism industry
(Afghanistan) 55 Taliban killed in clashes, Afghan police say - in a joint operation in the southern province of Uruzgan's Char Chino and Deh Rahod districts - see also KUNA report -- and AFP report of fighting with 14 Taliban killed, 13 people kidnapped on Tuesday
Pakistan kills 40 militants, clears rebel den: army -- from mountaintop in Swat valley's Shangla district
(Pakistan) JUI-F not in favor of boycotting polls, Fazl tells US envoy -- US ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson urges pro-Taliban Islamist leader Jamiat Ulema not to boycott elections
(Pakistan) In Pakistan, U.S. envoy courts No. 2 general - Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte met with Gen. Ashfaq Kiyani, the deputy army chief
(U.S.) Virginia: Moussaoui judge questions government - raises possibility of new trial for Zacarias Moussaoui -- and -- Government Secrecy May Lead to New Trial In Va. Terrorism Case -- District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema skepticism of govt information on Ali al-Timimi
(UAE) Dubai top cop condemns US -- claims US created "war of civilizations" and responsible for Al-Qaeda - "speech was applauded by Middle East participants" in conference
(UK) Man pleads guilty to terrorism charges in Manchester, England -- Abdul Rahman planned to disseminate a letter urging a "call to arms" in Afghanistan
(UK) Birmingham mosque chiefs slam Ofcom ruling -- says Channel 4 documentary "Dispatches: Undercover Mosque" did nothing wrong in reporting
(Indonesia) Graft thwarts effort to win over jihadists - official efforts to seduce jailed Indonesian terrorists with money and privileges are being undermined by corruption and rival efforts from new Islamic gangs
(Philippines) Jamiri leads bomb experts to back-up charge -- found back-up bomb in case the explosive used in the Batasan Pambansa attack failed to kill Basilan Rep. Wahab Akbar
(Iraq) Six insurgents killed, 69 arrested by Iraqi forces in separate operations - terrorists killed in Mosul, arrests from Mosul, Al-Diwaniah, Baghdahd, Diyala, Kirkuk, and Salahdin
Iraqi army detains 43 after Baghdad shooting, including dozens of Asians - private security convoy involved in shootout in central Baghdad -- and -- US denies Americans detained in shooting
Afghan, US troops kill 'large group' of Taliban: military -- battle in Uruzgan - Taliban "company" killed - estimated 70 killed
(Pakistan) US envoy Anne Patterson meets Pakistani Islamist leader: embassy -- met Maulana Fazlur Rehman, head of the Jamiat-ulema-Islam party and deputy chief of the Muttahida-Majlis-e-Amal, a coalition of six radical parties -- per Global Security, Rehman is well-known "defender of the interests of the Taliban" in Deobandi alliance led by jihadi militia -- see also Jeffrey Imm November 7 posting
Pakistan releases opposition supporters - more than 3,000 released under emergency rule
(UK) Airplane Bomb Plot 'Ringleader' Suspect To Escape Terror Charges -- Rashid Rauf may be extradited from Pakistan to UK, but British law prevents questioning on transatlantic airline plot to attack USA
(UK) London bomb plotter given 33 years - Ghanian Manfo Kwaku Asiedu sentenced for conspiracy on failed July 21, 2005 bombings
(North Korea) US Presses NKorea on Finance Rules - U.S. Treasury official insists on proper conduct
(New Zealand) Charity group denies terror link -- "Tamils Rehabilitation Organization" US assets frozen
(U.S.) Bush homeland security adviser resigns - Frances Townsend leaving after over 4 years
Iraqi police: 3 officers killed at checkpoint; car bomb wounds 10 -- checkpoint in the Zaghinya area near Baqouba -- also car bomb in Albu-Jawari village wounding mostly women and children
(Iraq) American forces suffer three deaths in suicide attack on Iraq - in Diyala province's Baquaba while carrying out military operations
(Afghanistan) Omar Khadr: The Youngest Terrorist? CBS' 60 minutes has film of man who appears to be Khadr making IEDs
Pakistan's military kills over 20 gunmen in fresh clashes in north - and 30 wounded in Swat valley -- see also AKI report - military pounding Shangla and Swat - militants kidnap 5, militants dispute 120 death toll over 5 days claim only 9 killed
(Pakistan) Missile strike in Pakistani border region kills eight people - in Charsadadh area - reports that sectarian violence claims 100 lives since Friday
Pakistani Muslim group Tabligh Jamaat holds conclave despite ban -- members have include terrorists John Walker Lindh, Richard Reid and Jose Padilla
(Israel) Army on high alert ahead of Annapolis -- IDF reports 10 specific warnings of Palestinian plans to launch terror attack before next week's summit
(North Korea) US diplomat warns of pitfalls in North Korea - still plenty of loopholes to allow NK to continue making nuclear weapons
Shooting reignites Iraqi furor; U.S. issues apology - U.S. military convoy fired on cars, killing at least 2 civilians
(Iraq) Army: al-Qaida disrupted in northern Iraq - 5 slain in Mosul and Iraqi army commander survives assassination attempt in Kirkuk
(Afghanistan) Taliban execute 5 Afghan police - in Uruzgan province - hung mutilated bodies from trees as warning
(Iran) US and Israel 'face up to' Iran bomb -- report says Pentagon strategists are updating US deterrence policies for a future nuclear-armed Iran
Afghan Blast Toll Includes Many Shot by Guards, U.N. Says - Most casualties in suicide bombing were shot by lawmakers' panicked bodyguards
(Afghanistan) 33 militants killed in Afghanistan -- 23 Taliban killed, 11 detained in Garsmir district -- 10 killed in Zhari district-- suicide bomber in Chapar district wounds 3 -- and 4 police killed in Ghor
France nabs terror suspects - 7 suspected French Islamists possessed high-calibre weapons
Top pro-Taliban commander among 80 militants killed in Pakistan (updated) - 130 militants killed in Swat - Militant commander Matiullah & deputy killed
(Iraq) US launches raids south of Baghdad - Targeting Al Qaeda militants staging attacks & believed in May kidnapping of 3 U.S. soldiers -- and -- Troops hunt near Baghdad for captive US soldiers
(Lebanon) US: Syria may interfere in Lebanon vote - State Dept concerned Syria or its supporters may use violence to interfere in Lebanon's upcoming presidential elections
(North Africa) Al Qaeda threat spurs call for regional unity -- Tunisia is pressing its North African neighbors to pool their resources
U.S. Licensing High-Tech Exports to Syria Under U.N. Development Program - Fox News: Surveillance equipment & computers to monitor Syria's borders
(Denmark) Double standards in terror financing case - Danish govt not pursuing all those giving to FARC
Iraqis dropping the ball, U.S. officers say - With attacks ebbing, government is urged to reach out to opponents
(Pakistan) Bomb blast near Musharraf's HQ kills 7 - Suicide blast about a quarter-mile from Musharraf's army office kills 7 in Pakistan
(Pakistan) While Pakistan Burns: Taliban's Mullah Obaidullah Akhund released last week - was the highest-ranking Taliban ever arrested by the Pakistanis
(U.S.) Prouty case: How big a role did disgraced CIA officer have? Prouty was assigned a sensitive post in Baghdad, NBC News has learned
(U.S.) Boston: Ex-heads of Islamic charity go on trial - Defense asks jurors not to be swayed by views -- Care International trial
Tunisia convicts ex-Guantanamo detainee - Abdullah bin Omar gets 7 year sentence
UK court agrees radical cleric's US extradition -- Abu Hamza al-Masr to face trial for Oregon Al Qaeda training camps
A Grim Milestone Ignored - 10,000th attack by Islamic terrorists and militants since 9/11
(U.S.) Feds Accuse Scholar of Terror Activity - Denied visa for Adam Habib, South African scholar
U.S. says bank bomb threats came from Portugal - Allan Guedes Sharif linked to phone calls to stores and banks
(Iraq) How They Did It: Executing the winning strategy in Iraq - Explanation of changes and impacts in Coalition strategy to defeat Al Qaeda in Iraq
(U.S.) NY governor drops immigrant license plan - Drops plan for driver's licenses to illegal immigrants - see Michael Cutler's Sept. 25 post
(Iraq) Bomb blast in Iraqi capital kills two people -- bomb blast near Green Zone apparently intended to hit passing U.S. military patrol
(Iraq) Four American troops lose life in Iraq -- army -- due to gunfire in Mosul and Al-Wahda, bomb in Diyala -- see also Reuters report
Iraqi govt seizes Baghdad headquarters of powerful Sunni group -- Association of Muslim Scholars accused of supporting Al Qaeda
Iraq: Hardline Islamic group linked to bomb attack in Kurd city -- linked to armed members of Ansar al-Islam, headed by Mullah Krekar in Norway
(Afghanistan) Dozens of Taliban killed in airstrikes -- terrorists attacked joint force in the Deh Rawood district of Uruzgan province
Pakistan's Imran Khan to be charged under terrorism law -- in June 2007, Al Jazeera reported 700 members of Imran Khan's political party supporters chanting "Long Live Osama" (Bin Laden)
(India) Terror infrastructure across India's western border still active -- Army Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor concern about increase in terror attacks from Pakistan
U.S. defense fixing communication gaps - Simulation unites federal, local agencies to respond to terror attack
(Iran) Ex-nuclear official accused in Iran -- Hossein Mousavian accused of passing classified information to British Embassy and foreigners
(UK) Al-Qaeda's Christmas bomb blitz -- UK Shopping centers and sports stadiums are Al-Qaeda's top targets for a Christmas bombing blitz
Indonesia: US war on terror an 'insult to Muslims', says Islamic leader -- Din Syamsuddin, head of the Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's second-largest Muslim organization
(Thailand) Police arrest insurgent suspect in South -- suspected of involvement in the killing of two marines taken hostage in a Narathiwat village in September 2005
Colombia says rebel infiltrated top army school - FARC spy took classes with future generals & set off bomb there in 2006
(U.S.) Woman with links to Hezbollah infiltrates CIA, FBI - Guilty of immigration fraud & computer crime - gave info to Hezbollah - see Plea Agreement and Steven Emerson's July 2006 post and Nov. 13 post - also Michael Cutler's Nov. 13 post
Iraq plans operation against insurgents -- 10 killed in roadside bombs attacks -- Baghdad roadside bomb kills 3, 4 bodies found in Baghdad, Tikrit bombing kills police officer, 3 killed in Abu Gharib
(Pakistan) Roadside bomb kills Pakistani soldier - blast near paramilitary Frontier Corps camp near Miranshah
(Pakistan) Grenade explosions in Pakistan wounds three -- hand-grenades at the checkpost in Mansehra and in Quetta
(Egypt) New Jihadi manual rejects militant violence in Arab-Islamic world -- by jailed Egyptian terrorist leader, Sayd Imam, ideologue of the Islamist group, Jamaa al-Islamiya
Hollywood misreads response to war on terror - New movies critical of U.S. policy flop at box office
(U.S.) Project Seeks to Track Terror Web Posts - "Dark Web" aims to find Internet's jihadists to learn how they recruit - Evan Kohlmann quoted
(Afghanistan) 22 killed in new Afghan clashes -- Helmand clashes - 15 militants, 3 civilians killed in Ghazni, Taliban kills 4 soldiers in Kabul - Ambush: Video Shows U.S. Troops Being Hunted, Killed
(U.S.) Seda may soon be on his way to Ashland - Former U.S. Al-Haramain Foundation head awaits trial
(Iraq) Seven killed in Iraq attacks - Mosul roadside bombing, Baghdad roadside bomb hits bus, Baquba shooting
Pakistan nuclear arsenal protected -- US and UK assured by Pakistan military
(Thailand) Four Muslims shot dead in southern Thailand -- Suspected separatist rebels shot dead four Muslims
(Afghanistan) Ball bearings used in Afghan bomb - Up to 1,000 used in worst suicide attack in Afghan history
(Somalia) Dozens die in Mogadishu reprisals (updated) - At least 70 dead, 200 wounded in Ethiopian reprisals
Germany extends terror pool backstop for 2 years - €8 billion ($11.6 billion) backstop of terrorism insurance pool
(Iraq) U.S. military frees 9 Iranians held in Iraq -- US military announces actual release on Friday
(Pakistan) Militants occupy more installations -- Shangla police post taken over, Khwazakhel police station set on fire, Charbagh facility taken over, Matta religious punishments
(Pakistan) Taliban threaten Mir Shakil, Jang Group -- threats to blow up printing presses and staff of Pakistan media groups
(U.S.) Terrorism trial to stay in Toledo - Zubair Ahmed, Khaleel Ahmed, Wassim Mazloum, Marwan El-Hindi, and Mohammad Amawi
Iran: Two journalists stabbed by Islamic extremists -- journalists criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iran rejects Interpol decision -- for 4 Iranians wanted in 1994 bombing
FBI downplays holiday terror threat warning for malls (updated) - Statement: "No information to state this is a credible threat" (of mall attacks in Chicago & Los Angeles) - see Aug. 9, 2005 CTB post on similar warning
U.S. army boss for Africa says no garrisons planned - See CTB posts by Olivier Guitta, Chris Heffelfinger, and Douglas Farah Here and Here
Germany seeks extradition of 'terrorist' - Turkey holding man over detonators for Islamists' car bomb
Pakistan crisis reveals fragile ties in terror war - Steven Emerson: "There's no way to win a war on terrorism without Pakistan's cooperation,"
