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November 2007 Archives

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

(Iraq) US 'declaration' a setback for Maliki (commentary)

(Afghanistan) Resurgent Taliban Slows Aid Projects, Reconstruction

(UK) Court tells UK to remove Iran opposition from terror list - PKK could be removed from UK list

(Afghanistan) Taliban claims killing four policemen in northern Afghanistan -- northern Baghlan province

Pakistani troops arrest 25 militants in Swat

U.S. suspects Pakistan nukes ended in Syria -- Centrifuges sold to North Korea by Pakistan in 1990s sent to Syria or elsewhere

India, US discuss to combat terrorism

Bangladeshi author to withdraw controversial lines in book -- Taslima Nasreen

(U.S.) Detroit man pleads guilty in bid to aid Hezbollah -- Fawzi Assi

Iran vows never to stop pursuing atomic plans

'Fatah, Hamas may join ranks'

(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

Indonesian police investigate attack on Australian anti-terror official - see Kenneth Conboy's Nov. 29 post

Lebanon to delay vote again, army chief in focus - Sixth delay in selecting new President

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

(Pakistan) Explosions in Pakistan kill 5, injure 4 others -- in North Waziristan

(India) Al Qaeda threat to Shankaracharya

(U.S.) NY: Doctor sentenced in NY terrorism case -- Dr. Rafiq Sabir conspired to provide material support to Al Qaeda

(U.S. / Australia) 'Terrorist plot' on Aussie US base -- Algerian terrorist known as Abu Sheema

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

Israel kills four Hamas men in Gaza air strikes

Somalia offensive after attacks

(Columbia) Chavez cuts all ties with Colombia -- over FARC negotiations

High-Ranked Terrorist Killed in Chechnya

At least 60 hurt in Fatah-Hamas clashes

NATO's new Afghan battleground: YouTube

Afghanistan's Air Corps Struggles to Rebuild

(U.S.) Centers Losing Anti-Terror Focus - State "fusion centers" losing focus due to other duties

(U.S.) Rockford man pleads guilty in mall terror plot - Derrick Shareef allegedly tried to buy grenades - see Evan Kohlmann's & Andrew Cochran's posts on plot

(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"

British man fails to block extradition to US in terror case - Babar Ahmad allegdly ran jihadist Web sites - see CT Blog posts

(U.S.) Rudy's Ties to a Terror Sheikh - Abdallah bin Khalid al-Thani accused of harboring & assisting Al Qaeda leaders during 1990s

(Sri Lanka) 16 killed, 20 injured in blast near Lankan capital (updated) - Outside clothing store in Colombo suburb - Nine killed in LTTE radio station attack in northern Sri Lanka

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

(Iraq) Female suicide bomber wounds 7 U.S. troops in Iraq -- in Diyala's Baquba

Iraq: U.S. identify 3 Al Qaeda leaders killed

(Pakistan) Three troops killed in southwest Pakistan: officials - in Panjgoor district

(Pakistan) Rockets fired at Turbat airport

(Pakistan) Musharraf may lift state of emergency

(India J&K) 949 civilians killed in terror-related violence: Govt -- during 2007 in Jammu and Kashmir

India vows to protect Muslim author in exile

(Iran & Iraq) US wages covert war on Iraq-Iran border - Border areas shelled daily - U.S, might be aiding PJAK against Iran

Tunisia: 9 Convicted on Terror Charges

Kenyan Muslims deny Sharia claims - in exchange for votes

Russian serviceman killed in Chechnya clash

Turkey detains four PKK fundraisers

(UK) Rammell warns of extremism at universities

How to build the perfect terrorist cell - Math theory used to model cells and means to disrupt them

Children die in Sri Lanka blast

(Iraq) The Mahdi Militia: Quiet But Not Gone

(U.S.) Judge sentences Somali immigrant in shopping mall terror plot - Nuradin Abdi to be deported after term - see Evan Kohlmann's and Andrew Cochran's posts on mall plot

(U.S.) Bail Possible For Fort Dix Terror Suspects? - see Michael Cutler's May 8 post

(India) Financial terror raises ugly head - Pakistan-sponsored "financial terrorism" appears in south India

(India) Marxists accused over Bengal 'terror'

Treasury Targets Criminal and Financial Network of Southwest Asian Drug Kingpin - 22 associates of Pakistani Shahbaz Khan - Designation Chart

(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

(Iraq) Attack by Iraq "shepherd" bomber kills 9: police - in Diyala province's Baquba

(Iraq) US forces kill five civilians, wound four - due to driving interpreted as suspicious

(Pakistan) 40 militants, four soldiers dead in Swat clashes -- and -- "Swat operation will end before polls" - per caretaker Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz Khan

(Pakistan) 2 govt officials killed in Quetta

(U.S.) Civilian role urged in war on terrorism

Iran acquits Mousavian of spying charges - but convicted him of acting against Islamic govt

Sri Lanka military kills 13 with mine: rebels

Forthcoming Speech from Usama bin Laden to the European People - SITE Institute press release - see Evan Kohlmann's Nov. 25 post

(Iraq) Soldiers Thwart Terror Suspects Disguised As Bride -- near Taji

(UK) Hezbollah Will Avenge Iran Strike

(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

Afghan lawmakers walk out in bomb probe protest

(Pakistan) Taliban burn aid agency food: officials -- in South Waziristan

(India J&K) Insurgent killed in police encounter in Kashmir -- in Pulwama district

India in dilemma over exiled Muslim woman writer

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

Israeli fire kills three Palestinians in Gaza

(Israel) Hamas bomber sentenced to 18 life terms -- Ayad Abu-Shehadam for bombings in Beersheba that killed 16 people

(Israel) 'Majority of Hamas detainees released'

Sudan: Lobby Warns of New Darfur Insurgency

(Russia) Suicide Bomber Suspect in Bus Blast

Turkey, US focused on intelligence sharing

(UK) Counter terror Yard chief's fears

(UK) Terror detention plans condemned

(Thailand) 20 suspects detained in Narathiwat

(Thailand) Separatist suspects nabbed in Tak Bai

(Thailand) Malaysian held as rebel suspect