(U.S.) Press Statement by Attorneys for the Boim Family - See posts on appeals court decision by Victor Comras and Andrew Cochran

Civilian casualties drop dramatically in Iraq

Five killed, scores wounded in Fatah-Hamas clashes in Gaza

Colombia hostage release impossible for now: FARC

(Iraq) Suicide bomb attack kills 12 in Iraq -- suicide truck bomber attacks U.S.-manned checkpoint in Mishada

(Iraq) Police chief survives bombing in Iraq's Basra

(Iraq) Leaders hit back at 'weak' bin Laden

Iraqi MP Iyad Jamal Al-Din on Al-Arabiya TV Criticizes Concept of Islamic State, Says Iraqis Should Be Grateful to U.S. for Liberating Iraq

(Iraq) US forces arrest key Qaeda leader in northern Iraq -- in Kirkuk - Jasim Muhammad Ali aka Mullah Jasim - believed to be mastermind of major terrorist attacks in Hawaija

(Afghanistan) 25 police, soldiers killed in Afghanistan: officials -- 16 police killed by Taliban in Kandahar on Saturday per interior ministry -- 2 police killed Monday by roadside bomb in Musa Qula

(Afghanistan) Taliban in turmoil after argument over sacking -- of Mansoor Dadullah

(Afghanistan) Taliban, Opium in Afghanistan Difficult to Contain

Pakistan: Focus - Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistan's biggest dilemma -- Who is the man blamed by govt for Bhutto's murder? Background on Taliban-linked Baitullah Mehsud -- and -- 'Intercept' of al-Qaida points to Bhutto plot

Pakistani TV shows pictures of Bhutto "attackers"

(Pakistan) Al-Qaeda aims at Pakistan's heart -- anticipates more suicide attacks against secular and liberal elements

Pakistan: Bhutto's murder aids al-Qaeda's 'chaos strategy' says top terror expert -- AKI interview with Brian Michael Jenkins -- Pro-Taliban militants demand inquiry into Bhutto's assassination

(Pakistan) New Video of Bhutto Assassination May Contradict Government Version of Events -- Lawyer: Police 'prevented Bhutto autopsy' -- Some pros say Bhutto's assassination could be an inside job -- Pak govt dismisses Bhutto's email as ridiculous -- Musharraf Blames Terrorists for Benazir Bhutto's Murder -- and -- Benazir Bhutto: Daughter of Destiny

(Pakistan) Rockets fired at police checkpost in Mardan

(Pakistan/UK) Cleric's chilling warning to UK -- Pakistani Muslim cleric Qari Hifzur Rehamn speaks of forcing Islam on world by violence

(Pakistan) U.S. Special forces on standby over nuclear threat -- to secure Pakistan nukes

Pakistan: Election commission to decide on poll date on Tuesday

(India) UP Terrorists had also planned strikes at Gateway of India

(India) Former Andhra Congress MLA injured in bomb attack

(India) LTTE attempting to set up base in Tamil Nadu, says Jayalalithaa

(U.S.) Afghan Guantanamo prisoner dies of cancer: US military - Abdul Razzak, aged 68

(U.S.) Passport investigation suggests security hole

Hamas and Islamic Jihad say they killed hikers - near Hebron

Aksa Martyrs Brigades calls for Palestinian PM Fayad's assassination

Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terrorists: We're not dismantling

Palestinian Authority claims it foiled suicide attack -- Hamas cell preparing attack

Israel gets warned: Al-Qaida coming -- indications terror network sending cells using foreign passports

Israel taking Bin Laden's threats seriously -- and -- Bin Laden vows Jihad in Jerusalem

(Israel) IDF troops nab 3 fugitives in W. Bank; bomb thrown at troops in Nablus

(Israel) Kassam rocket lands in open field near Sderot

(Egypt) Eight Muslim Brotherhood members detained in Egypt

Somalia: Hundreds of Islamist militants advance on Baidoa -- and -- Somali mother and five children killed by mortar

Mauritania: Three arrested over slaying of French tourists

Mauritania forces unsure of al Qaeda attack claim -- French tourists canceling trips

Algerian Press Declares War on 'Terrorist' Al-Jazeera over Online Poll Asking 'Do You Support Al-Qaeda's Attacks in Algeria?'

(Kenya) '46 killed in western Kenyan city over election'

Turkish police foil plot to kill Christian priest: reports -- increase of killings of Christian priests in 2007 -- suspect influenced by Turkish TV serial "The Valley of the Wolves Iraq" -- vilifying Americans and Jewish individuals

(Turkey) Al-Qaeda planning attacks on Israeli targets in Turkey

Netherlands: Possible attack foiled -- Dutch intelligence arrested three men believed associated with planned terror attack -- AP: Dutch police detain 3 men for possibly planning violent act-- report in Dutch (Telegraaf)

(Belgium) Brussels: Terror attack planned -- 14 Islamists arrested Decebmer 21 reported plotted to place bombs on Brussels Metro -- report in Dutch (HLN) -- now says it was said "only for laughs"

Kosovo president insists province will gain independence from Serbia in 2008

(Thailand) Dozens injured in bombings in Thai south -- five bombs planted by suspected separatist rebels in Narathiwat province, 27 injured -- Thai Bombing Hits New Year's Festivities

Philippine military says al-Qaeda-linked militants weakened in 2007 -- report says 144 Abu Sayyaf "neutralized" 57 killed, 75 captured, 2 surrendered

(Philippines) Supreme Court orders transfer of trial of Indonesian terror suspects -- MILF monitoring transfer of terror suspects

Sri Lanka bombs suspected rebel base; troops kill 10 guerillas

Sri Lanka vows to eliminate LTTE chief in six months -- and -- Prabhakaran may be dead: Sri Lankan govt

North Korea slams U.S. ahead of nuclear deadline

(North Korea) New US Bomb Could Target N.Korean Bunkers

Japanese PM pledges quick return to anti-terrorism mission in the Indian Ocean

(Australia) Hicks required to report to police

(Australia) Howard hits out at 'jihad' Muslims

(Iraq) Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen kidnap 13

Bin Laden issues warning on Iraq, Israel - Criticizes Sunni "Awakening Councils" & Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah, says "We intend to liberate Palestine" - Download from Laura Mansfield (56 minutes) - AFP report, SITE Institute report

Iraq on alert for Saddam anniversary

(Iraq) Suspected mass grave found in Baquba

Iraq: Al-Qaeda 75 Percent Gone - Iraq's interior ministry says 75 percent of al-Qaeda in Iraq's terrorist network destroyed - Iraqi police arrest 250 people: Sunnis

(Afghanistan) Two civilians among 10 killed in Afghan violence: police -- Taliban blamed in southern Afghanistan attacks in Helmand - roadside bomb and Taliban rocket ambush

(Afghanistan) Taliban leader Mullah Omar sacks key rebel commander: spokesman -- Mullah Mansoor Dadullah disobeyed Mullah Omar

(Afghanistan) Taliban fight needs 3,000 extra troops

(Afghanistan) UN calls for release of worker jailed in Afghan diplomatic row -- jailed for communications with Taliban

(Pakistan) More than a dozen killed in northwestern Pakistan unrest -- Parachinar Sunni and Shiite fighting

(Pakistan) Two suicide bombers die in botched Pakistan attack -- in central Punjab

(Pakistan) Al Qaeda may target Bhutto's close aides

(Pakistan) Report: Pakistan elections to be postponed by up to 3 or 4 months -- and -- Gun-wielding assassin blasts Bhutto on tape -- Released images show man firing point blank from only feet away

Iran says its first atom plant to start in mid-2008

(Syria) France to boycott Syria over Lebanon crisis

Hamas claims deadly West Bank shootout

Turkey arrests five for al Qaeda links - TV -- in four cities including the capital Ankara

(UK) Ex-detainee 'linked to Al-Qaeda cleric' -- freed Guantanamo prisoner Omar Deghayes linked to Abu Qatada

(Belgium) New Year's Eve fireworks canceled in Brussels due to terror threat

(Australia) Terrorism supporter in hiding -- David Hicks released from prison without apologizing for his crimes

Philippine military says operations have weakened communist guerrillas, but still a threat

Sri Lanka says heavy battles in north

North Korea set to start 2008 with missed nuclear date

Colombia: Mission to grab hostages delayed

(Pakistan) Update: Bhutto's Jihadist Enemies

Qaeda Network Expands Base in Pakistan - Increasingly made up of homegrown militants bent on destabilizing country

Rioting in Pakistan kills 38 and First video frames of Bhutto being shot and Pak turns down international help in Bhutto probe and Taliban blamed for attack on Bhutto - see Andrew Cochran's Dec. 29 post

Algerian troops kill at least six suspected Islamist militants

Pro-Abbas security arrests 14 Hamas members in West Bank

Bomb in Baghdad Kills at Least 7 In Crowd of Mostly Shiite Shoppers

Hamas urges Egypt to open Gaza border to pilgrims

Ten Saudis return home from Guantanamo

Morocco jails 15 people convicted of terror link

Germany worried Pakistan's nuclear arms could fall into wrong hands

(Somalia) Mogadishu mayor spokesman killed in blast

(Sri Lanka) LTTE and breakaway faction continue to recruit children: UN

(U.S.) Bush to veto defence bill that gives right to sue terror sponsors

Poland to send additional 400 troops to Afghanistan

Malaysia releases 4 Jemaah Islamiyah terror suspects held without trial, rights group says

Pakistan: Government says it has proof al-Qaeda killed Bhutto and Transcript of alleged al-Qaida intercept and Al-Qaeda's New Terror Tactic?

Two Israelis and two Palestinians killed in West Bank

Chaos in the wake of Bhutto's murder will give Osama free reign to plot terror - Reported by James Gordon Meek

(U.S.) $156M Terrorism Damage Award Thrown Out - Judgment against Holy Land Foundation, 2 other groups, & Muhammad Salah thrown out

(Australia) Muslim youth 'shop around for fatwas online'

New Mauritania attack kills three soldiers

(Iraq) Muqtada al-Sadr's Power Grab - Will be "ayatollah" by 2010 or sooner, with broad implications

(Iran) Inflation Fuels Anger Toward Ahmadinejad

(Iraq) Car bomb in Baghdad market kills 14

(Afghanistan) Britain's Brown in hot seat over 'Taliban contacts'

(Pakistan) Two dozen dead in Bhutto protests

(Pakistan) Bhutto targeted by many militant groups -- and -- Pakistan on red alert after Bhutto's assassination

(Pakistan) Taliban leader warns against using religion for electoral gains -- "In Shariah, democracy is un-Islamic"

Russia delivers more nuclear fuel to Iran

(Australia) Convicted Australian terrorism supporter to be released

(Sri Lanka) 25 rebels and soldier killed in northern Sri Lanka

Colombian hostages may be set free by Friday -- Plan to release trio to Chavez seen as rebuke of President Alvaro Uribe

Web site to carry new bin Laden tape on Iraq

Suicide bomber assassinates Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto and Al-Qaeda claims Bhutto's death -- Shot in neck & chest as suicide bomber killed at least 20 in rally - see Dec. 27 posts by West - Kohlmann - Gartenstein-Ross - Mannes - Roul - Winer - Cochran - see news summaries at Dawn website and Yahoo Pakistan News and ABC News: U.S. Checking al Qaeda Claim of Killing Bhutto - see attack photos

US beefs up Pakistan force - US Special Forces to increase presence in Pakistan

US signals support for Taliban talks

Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip kill six - Mohammad Abu Murshud, head of Islamic Jihad's armed wing in Gaza, killed

Somalia: Insurgents Attack Three Mogadishu Locations, One Killed

(U.S.) Terrorism Risk Insurance Act Extended

(Iraq) U.S. says captures 2 over Iraq soldier abductions and Iraq says captures senior al Qaeda figure - Ahmed Turki Abbas, "defense minister" of Islamic State of Iraq

Iraq: US targets Mahdi splinter group -- US Troops Kill 11 Mahdi Breakaways

(Gaza) TV Host on Hamas TV, Child Saraa Barhoum, Sings: 'We Liberated Gaza by Force"

(Turkey) Explosion In Istanbul - Authorities Say A Bomb Caused The Explosion and Net results of the operation: 200 targets destroyed and ...and PKK tries to hit cities - see Frank Hyland's Dec. 25 post

Mauritania seeks 3 in tourist killings -- suspected of links to a regional al-Qaida terror network -- Sleeper cell killed French and Hunt for Suspects in Mauritania Killing

What a Difference …A year makes. A report from Fallujah, Iraq - Fallujah on verge of becoming success story & symbol of new, cooperative paradigm

Shiite Contest Sharpens In Iraq -Moqtada al-Sadr versus Abdul Aziz al-Hakim

Suspected militant in southern Russia blows himself up and also kills police officer

(Somalia) Somali gunmen 'besieged' after seizing women medics - Gunmen who kidnapped woman doctor & nurse trapped in shootout

(Afghanistan) - On the march with Helmand’s hope - Afghan Army holding Musa Qala after takeover from Taliban

(Egypt) Cairo blasts Israel over tunnels claim

(Pakistan) 15-year-old bomber stopped at Bhutto rally

(Pakistan) Suicide attacks are part of al Qaeda's plan to disrupt Pak elections

(Iraq) Medical facility found at al-Qaida complex - Next to torture complex - also included large weapons cache

(Jammu & Kashmir) Troops arrest 2 Pak nationals, recover cache of ammunition

(Afghanistan) More than 4500 Taliban members defect - Since 2005 - 4000 others killed by British & Canadian forces -

(India) LeT planning terror strike against Modi and HuM hurt in 2007

Colombia backs Chavez plan for FARC hostages' release

(Iraq) 35 dead in Iraq attacks -- Dozens injured in pair of suicide bomber attacks Tuesday north of Baghdad

(Iraq) Two extremists killed in Diyala raids -- MNF statement

(Iraq) Bodies of 17 men are found north of Baghdad -- in Baquba - with gunshot wounds to head

(Iraq) US forces identify slain Qaeda militant in Iraq -- Abu Abdullah aka Muhammad Sulayman Shunaythir al-Zubai -- see also KUNA report

(Iraq) U.S. general warns Iraq to aid Sunni allies

(Iraq) Video shows car carrying 6 Al Qaeda leaders blown up by US helicopter

Turkish warplanes strike rebels in northern Iraq - fourth such raid in five days -- Turkish jets strike Kurdish rebel bases -- and -- Five Kurdish rebels killed in Turkey

(Afghanistan) 150 Taliban killed in Afghanistan -- Afghan forces with support from the international troops based in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province

(Afghanistan) Britain in secret talks with the Taliban -- MI6's Secret Intelligence Service agents have held talks with Taliban

(Afghanistan) Contacts with Taliban: Kabul expels EU, UN officials

Afghan rebels' arms suppliers assailed -- Canadian defense minister says Pakistan and Iran providing weapons to Taliban

Afghan, Pakistan leaders set for talks on militants

(Pakistan) Operation against Swat militants continues -- Taliban behead alleged spy

(Pakistan) Violence in Pak tribal region kills 12 people -- Kurram Agency Sunni / Shiite fighting

Pakistan Denies Misusing US Anti-Terror Aid

(India) One killed, 12 churches attacked in E. India

(India Assam) Adivasi insurgency creates new terror front in Assam

(U.S.) Judge upholds Tariq Ramadan banning

(U.S.) Experts worry about college stadium security -- Counterterrorism experts worry sporting events could become targets

Iran says to get missile system from Russia: report

Hamas Terror Cell That Killed Two, Wounded Four, Busted

(Gaza) Islamic Jihad fires ten missiles at Sderot

Egypt hits back at Israeli charges over Gaza -- and -- Egyptian police arrest weapons smuggler, tons of explosives in border town

(Somalia) Two aid workers kidnapped in Somalia -- by militants

Moroccan court puts off two terrorism cases -- involving 27 terror suspects

(Philippines) 7 wounded in blast in lawmaker's home in northern Philippines

Sri Lanka says 40 rebels killed in sea battle

(North Korea) Japan doubts NKorea will meet nuclear deadline: official

The U.N. Insignia Emerges as a Global Target for Al-Qaeda Attacks - See Frank Hyland's Dec. 15 post

(Belgium) Al Qaeda supporter denies plot for escape or attack

British Report Finds Security Firm Withheld Intelligence in Iraq

Indonesia Increases Security Ahead of Christmas Holiday - Kenneth Conboy quoted

(Israel & Hamas) 'IDF has infiltrated Izzadin Kassam' - Israel has infiltrated Hamas' military wing

Marwan Kanafani: Yasser Arafat was the leader of "Black September"

British man appears in court charged with preparing terrorist attack

Nepal to abolish monarchy in deal to bring former rebels into government fold

1 policeman killed, 4 wounded in attacks in Chechnya

(Iraq) 2 die in Baghdad bombing -- Near governor's office -- Gunmen kidnap 14 members of Iraqi family: police

(Afghanistan) Bombs kill four in Afghanistan: police - in Kandahar -Three Taleban killed in Afghanistan - Including local commander

Afghans detain woman with bomb under burqa -- in Jalalabad, near Pakistan border

(Pakistan) Islamic militants take responsibility for attack on Pakistan military convoy that killed 9 -- update on Swat valley bombing on Sunday

(Pakistan) U.S. officials see waste in billions sent to Pakistan -- and -- previously posted December 8 -- (Pakistan) What Did Your $10 Billion Pay For? -- CSIS analyst claims Pakistan anti-terror funds being used for military arms to defend against India -- see also Animesh Roul's December 24 posting

Belgian prisoner denies escape plans

(Philippines) Gunmen kills Philippine radio journalist and Philippines 'bomb plotter' Islamic envoy: Egypt cleric

(Iran) Iran reactor 'to open late 2008'

(India) 12 Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants surrender in J & K

(Lebanon) Lebanon's opposition threatens to boycott presidential vote absent deal on future government

(Gaza) Gaza's Christians Keep Low Xmas Profile

(France) Twin bomb attacks injure two in Corsica

Update: Sri Lanka says kills 22 rebels, destroys bunkers

(Iran/Iraq) Iran 'restraining Shia militias in Iraq.' Also US praises Iran curbs on Sadr militia in Iraq

(Saudi Arabia) Ministry: 28 arrested in Saudi Arabia

(Gaza) Olmert rules out truce talks with Hamas

(Pakistan) Bhutto says some madrasas groom killers

(Afghanistan) Three Canadian soldiers injured

Update: Turkish aircraft in fresh raid in northern Iraq - report

Bombing, gunmen leave 5 dead in Iraq

Saudi says arrests 28 al Qaeda militants

Suicide bomber kills nine in Pakistan

5 Somalis killed in the capital

(UK & Afghanistan) NHS volunteers treat Taliban in frontline hospital

Pakistan agents ‘staged escape’ of terror suspect - Sunday Times: Friends of Rashid Rauf say he kidnapped by Pakistan’s ISI, not escaped

CIA obstructed 9/11 investigators: report and CIA says it cooperated with 9/11 panel

Iraq Qaeda Group Confirms Top Figure Killed: Web - Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, leader of Islamic State in Iraq, hailed Abu Maysara, killed last month

Iraq government vows to disband Sunnis and In a Force for Iraqi Calm, Seeds of Conflict

Turkey bombs Kurd rebel bases in Iraq and Turkish air strikes targeted 9 camps and 3,500 armed PKK terrorists

(Iraq) Al-Qaeda operative accused of Killing nine U.S. soldiers nabbed in Iraq

Iraq bombs kill one U.S. soldier and wound 11 -- double roadside bomb attack in Kirkuk

(Iraq) Suicide car bomb kills Iraqi in western Baghdad

(Pakistan) Several arrested in Pakistan suicide attack: officials -- Pakistan looks for clues to ID bomber -- and -- 'Pakistan bomber loaded with ball bearings'

Pakistan's Islamic Parties Struggling

(India) Two Islamic militants arrested over Indian Lucknow court blasts: police -- believed to be with Bangladesh-based militant group Harkatul Jihad al-Islami

Indian officials clash on terrorism causes

(U.S.) Gitmo Detainee Charged In Terrorism Plot -- Brother-In-Law Of 9/11 Hijacker 4th Guantanamo Detainee Charged -- Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi's charges relate to plans to attack vessels off Yemeni coast

(U.S.) Judge defers ruling on Guantanamo tapes inquiry

(U.S.) Judge: 1992 papers relevant in 9/11 lawsuits -- Judge says organizations must turn over evidence, including Muslim World League, the International Islamic Relief Organization and Wa'el Jelaidan

(U.S.) FBI prepares vast database of biometrics

(U.S.) NYT: CIA intentionally impeded Sept. 11 inquiry, officials say

Iran Educates Children to 'Seek Martyrdom'

Hizbullah reports death of member while on 'jihad mission'

(Iran) Wife of missing ex-FBI man gets no news in Iran

Saudi Arabia: Al Qaeda planned haj attacks

Algerian army surrounds armed group

(Nigeria) Militant group to observe Christmas Day cease-fire in Nigeria's oil region

Somali authorities say kidnapped French journalist expected to be freed; may face charges

Uganda announces arrest of 20 suspected Rwandan rebels

Belgium Releases 14 Terror Suspects -- after a court decided there was insufficient evidence to hold them for more than 24 hours

Belgian authorities on high terrorism alert

Germany drops probe of man who was accused of recruiting for terrorism -- "Tolga D." was suspected of having recruited a fellow citizen for terrorism in Pakistan

(UK) Pair face terror charges -- inciting terror in Pakistan - involvement with Baluchistan group

(Sri Lanka) 14 LTTE rebels, 1 trooper killed in separate clashes in Northern Sri Lanka

(North Korea) US expert on Korea returns from trip to NKorea: officials

Rice: US has 'no permanent enemies'

Saudis bust ring planning hajj attack: Al-Arabiya television - Saudi authorities arrested Al-Qaeda linked group planning terrorist attacks during annual pilgrimage

(Pakistan) Gates: Al Qaeda has regrouped in Pakistan border area

Pakistan: Bomb attack on ex-minister lastest in militants' unrelenting campaign

PBS Dispatches - Pakistan: The New Taliban

Hamas TV says group has new anti-aircraft unit in Gaza

(Israel) Gov't releases tape of Hizbullah captive

(Indonesia) Captured JI leader hints at more terror attacks

Libya May Escape Final Judgment in Pan-Am 103 Case

Iraqi Shiite leader urges checks on anti-Qaeda groups

(Iraq) American Army says Thursday's attack northeast of Baghdad targeted US troops

(Afghanistan) 11 Tons of Opium Discovered in Taliban Town of Musa Qala

(Pakistan) At least 50 dead in Pakistan suicide attack: police -- at mosque in northwest Pakistan, bomber detonated as prayer leader said "Allahu Akbar" -- targeting former interior minister Aftab Sherpao, who was also former anti-terrorism official

(Pakistan) Taliban outfit faces ban -- Government may ban Tehrik-i-Taliban

(Pakistan) Benazir Bhutto vows to stop Balochistan military operation

(India) 'Qaida' threatens Delhi High Court -- and - Al Qaeda threat to courts seems a hoax: police

(India) Engineer shot at by militants in Manipur

(India) 12 police missing in Chhattisgarh -- after gunbattle with Maoists

(U.S.) New York Court: State law won't protect terror author from libel judgment -- regarding Khalid Salim A. Bin Mahfouz suit against Rachel Ehrenfeld

(U.S.) White House faces hearing on CIA tapes

(U.S.) Al-Qaeda DVD sparks dispute over Ft. Dix 5

(Al-Qaeda) Behind Al Qaeda's latest publicity tactic

(Iran) Powers fail to reach deal on Iran sanctions

(Iran) Former CIA official: 'Israel will ultimately decide to attack Iran on its own'

(Gaza) Palestinian militant shot dead near Gaza border

(Gaza) Two IDF soldiers lightly wounded by bomb detonation on Gaza fence

(Israel) Kassam falls north of the Gaza Strip; no casualties

Saudi paper: Hamas asked terror groups to stop rocket attacks

(Bahrain) At least 7 Bahraini Shiite Islamist opposition activists rounded up, group says

Russia to veto UN Security Council resolution granting independence to Kosovo

(Uzbekistan) Leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan: 'Allah Willing, America Will Soon Be Annihilated....'

Belgium arrests 14 in Islamic jail break plot -- plan to break out convicted Al-Qaeda suspect arrested in September 2001 for plotting attacks on U.S. targets -- and -- Belgium steps up security after terror threat

Germany agrees to pass passenger data to FBI

(UK) Vanessa Redgrave helps Guantanamo suspects -- helps terror suspects walk free by putting 40,000 pounds toward their bail fee

(Canada) Terror suspect granted bail -- Yasin Mohamed

(Australia) Restrictions for Australia terror supporter -- convicted terrorist David Hicks to be released from prison next week

(Australia) Haneef wins court battle to return to Australia -- and -- Australia: Govt orders inquiry into Indian doctor's terror case - former suspect in London car bombing plots

(Thailand) Security forces on alert for New Year festival

(Sri Lanka) 12 Tamil Tiger rebels killed in Sri Lanka

(Sri Lanka) LTTE trying to take Prabhakaran abroad for treatment: report

(Sri Lanka) War crimes inquiry into Tamil rebel living in UK

(North Korea) Report: Uranium found on North Korean tubes --- WP report

(North Korea) Rice does not rule out North Korea visit, speaks of 'normalization' -- and -- US says North Korea won't meet deadline

China taps into U.S. spy operations -- gained access to a secret National Security Agency listening post in Hawaii

Colombian rebels confirm planned release of three hostages

(U.S.) Judge: Gitmo trial for bin Laden driver -- denies POW status for Salim Ahmed Hamdan

(U.S.) CIA to turn over videotape documents

(Iraq) More than 30 killed in restive Iraqi province of Diyala -- and -- Bombings mar peaceful holiday in Iraq - death toll increased, includes U.S. soldier

(Italy) Milan imam convicted for promoting jihad -- Abu Imad

(Germany) Interior Ministry Warns of Radicalization of Muslims -- says 6% of 3 million Muslims in Germany have "violent tendencies"

(Northern Ireland) Judge says man not guilty of IRA bombing

(Iraq) 17 suspected al-Qaida fighters killed in Iraq: Police

(Iraq) 13 killed in suicide attack in Iraq's Diyala province -- and -- Volunteers to fight al-Qaeda targeted in Iraq blast

(Iraq) MNF kill 24 gunmen, finds mass grave in Diyala -- and -- Torture center found in northern Iraq -- suspected run by Al-Qaeda in Iraq - near Muqdadiyah

(Iraq) Saudis biggest group of al Qaeda Iraq fighters: study -- West Point's Combating Terrorism Center study "Al-Qa'ida's Foreign Fighters in Iraq" shows Saudis 41 percent, Libyans 19 percent, Syrians and Yemenis 8 percent (each), Algerians 7 percent, and Moroccans 6 percent

(Iraq) US says it frees 100 detainees in Iraq -- as a gesture of reconciliation during the Muslim festival of Eid Al Adha

Turkey: Iraq operation may continue

Pakistan police helped British suspect escape: report - Dawn newspaper - update on Rashid Rauf escape - suspect in plot to attack USA

(Pakistan) Eight 'militants' arrested in Swat

(Pakistan) Blast damages music shop -- in Chamkani

(Pakistan) US Embassy issues warning ahead of Eid, poll

Pakistan's atomic program still on: scientist

Indian PM warns of terrorist violence -- and -- Communist rebels pose single biggest threat to India, PM says

(India J&K) Hizbul Mujahideen vows end to random grenade attacks

(India) Militants hurl grenade at ex-ULFA activist's house

(Saudi Arabia) Report: Fatwa against the dollar? -- Wahhabi establishment of Saudi Arabia seeks to undermine use of US dollar -- and -- UK Telegraph: Fatwa against the dollar?

(U.S.) White House reviewing terror risk insurance bill

(U.S.) White House reviewing terror risk insurance bill

Iran kills four leaders of Sunni rebel group Jundollah

Iran's nuclear reactor not ready until end 2008: contractor

(Iran) Tehran, Moscow to further military cooperation -- and -- Putin denies link between Islam, terror

Iran: Top cleric says women without veils must die

Syria contacted by nuclear black market

(Gaza) Rocket fire from Gaza despite Hamas plea

(Gaza) Middle East: Israeli raid in Gaza kills at least three

Hamas setting up West Bank takeover -- Terror group establishes 'military wing' in city long controlled by U.S. ally

'Israel almost unable to counter Kassam'

Somalia: Al-Qaeda cells operating inside the country

Nigeria: No Terrorists in Nigeria - Sultan Insists

Kenyan Muslims deny Presidential candidate will implement Sharia

France holds 'al-Qaeda suspects' -- suspected of links to Al-Qaeda in Algeria (AQLIM) - part of eight arrested earlier this week

(France) Two explosions rock town on island of Corsica

(Germany) Lebanese identifies self in video at failed German train bomb plot trial -- Yusef Mohammed al-Hajj Dib

(Spain) "Guts and heart" of ETA jailed in mass trial -- Forty-seven collaborators given sentences totaling 500 years

German prosecutors charge Moroccan with helping al-Qaida in Iraq -- "Abdelali M." arrested in Sweden

UK: Freed Guantanamo man arrested at Spain's request -- Jordanian Jamiel Abdul Latif el-Banna faces terrorism charges in Spain -- and -- Wanted Guantanamo man granted bail in UK

(UK/Libya) Lockerbie bomber could return to Libya

(Northern Ireland) Verdict due in Omagh bomb trial

Kosovo: EU 'ready to play leading role' in independence drive -- and -- UN gives up on a Kosovo solution

Popular Resistance Committees terror group: Terror leader boastful after British government lists most popular baby names -- 'Muhammad boys' prove 'Islam will enter every house in Europe'

(Australia) Hicks 'was ready to die a martyr' -- called Bin Laden "lovely"

Sri Lanka military says kills 28 rebels -- and -- Sri Lankan Air Force claims to have injured LTTE chief in an attack last month

China and India launch anti-terrorism exercise

(Burma) Karen rebels kill 8 in Burma bus attack

Al-Qaida offers 'interview' with No. 2

Indian police raid terror training camp

(U.S.) Haitian acquitted in Liberty City 7 case faces deportation

FARC rebels say Betancourt poised for release

US Commander: Al-Qaida In Iraq Still Potent, But Violence Down

Hamas Seeks Truce Talks With Israel and Israel Cool to Hamas Proxy Offer

Afghanistan holds four over missing German: report

(U.S.) Report: Terrorists cannot train online - see rebuttal in Roderick Jones' Dec. 14 post, "No Limits"

(Iraq) Leading Iraqi academic figure shot dead outside Baghdad house

(Iraq) Suicide bomber kills 11 in cafe in Diyala - on Tuesday

(Iraq/Iran) U.S. frees Iranian prisoner held in Iraq

Iraq says Turkey raid an 'attack on sovereignty' -- Turkish army deals 'heavy blow' to Kurd rebels -- and -- Kurds: We will defend civilians

Afghan president calls for forgiveness of Taliban -- from God to mark the Eid al-Adha Muslim festival

(Afghanistan) President Karzai calls for 'terror' focus outside Afghanistan

(Pakistan) Bomb kills 2 supporters of Pakistan ruling party's candidate in southwest -- in Dera Bugti

(Pakistan) Rashid Rauf may sneak into Afghanistan, Pak intelligence agencies

(Pakistan) Four soldiers go missing

(Pakistan) Report: Al Qaeda said to be pursuing nuclear weapon -- Bruce Riedel study says Al Qaeda goal to get Pakistan nuclear weapon - want a revived Islamic caliphate from the ashes of broken Pakistan - West Point Combating Terrorism Center journal "The Sentinel"

(Pakistan) Secret detention system in Pak exposed: paper -- and -- Pakistan quietly frees 100 men suspected of terrorism links

(Pakistan) $785 million US aid to Pakistan approved

(India J&K) Top Hizbul Mujahideen commander surrenders, deadly RDX seized in J&K

(India) 'LeT terrorists plan suicide attack on top UP politician'

(U.S.) West Point Combating Terrorism Center: "The Sentinel" - Issue 1

(U.S.) Judge orders hearing on CIA videos

(Iran) Israeli ex-military intelligence chief: 'NIE will enable Iran to get nukes'

Gaza's Hamas rulers seek truce talks, as Israel pledges to strike militant leaders

(Israel) Top Jihad terrorist nabbed near Jenin -- IDF says man tried to transport 400-kg bomb into Israeli city

(Israel) IDF troops arrest 4 Palestinian terror suspects in West Bank

(North Africa) Al Qaeda in North Africa takes new tack amid losses

Kenya deports British Muslim suspected of 'terrorism ties': group -- Ahmed Khalid Ibrahim aka Graham Andrew Adams

Somali elder: Kidnapped French reporter said being 'treated well'

(France) Paris court convicts five former French Guantanamo inmates of terrorist links -- while acquitting a sixth man

Spain: Moroccan suspect of the Madrid train bombings to be accused

Spanish court sentences 46 Basque independence supporters for links to armed group ETA

(Indonesia) Bali bombers' final appeal rejected

(Indonesia) Militant's lawyers try to halt Indonesia terror trial -- Abu Dujana, leader of Jemaah Islamiyah organization (JI)

(Thailand) Insurgents kill man, wound 2 soldiers -- in Pattani

(Philippines) Man arrested with 'Christmas Day' bomb -- police arrested Egyptian man allegedly plotting a bomb attack on Christmas day - in Cotabato -- Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) booklet found in his room

Philippines: Six Muslim rebels killed in clashes with marines

(Sri Lanka) Suspected rebels bomb train in eastern Sri Lanka as fighting rages in north

(North Korea) US diplomat heads to North Korea

(North Korea) UN concerned over North Korean rights abuses -- and -- Martyrdom awaits North Koreans on Christmas

US urges Japan not to exit war on terror

(U.S.) Terrorism and the Times: What's Not Fit To Print -- by Steven Emerson

(U.S.) Bin Laden's driver to receive POW review -- military judge agreed to decide if Bin Laden's driver a POW under the Geneva Conventions

(U.S.) 'American Taliban' Lindh asks Bush to reduce 20-year prison term

US military not told of Turkey bomb plan

(U.S.) Judge orders hearing on destroyed CIA videos

(U.S.) Congress eases access to gov't records

(U.S.) Congress renews terror insurance act

(Pakistan) Forces foil suicide plot, seize explosives

Lebanon charges al Qaeda cell in church bomb plot -- charged 31 al Qaeda-linked individuals on Tuesday for plotting to attack a church and other religious sites

Egypt Frees 200 Jihad Prisoners

Egypt: Women of the Muslim Brotherhood rebel

(UK) Longer sentences for al-Qaeda men - Court of Appeals finds original sentencing "unduly lenient": Younes Tsouli sentence increased to 10 years, Waseem Mughal sentence increased to 12 years, Tariq Al-Daour sentence increased to 10 years

(Sri Lanka) Bomb explodes near train

Kosovo: 10,000 Serbs hold protest as independence looms

Colombian rebels to hand Chavez 3 hostages -- and -- Colombian hostage taken with Betancourt ordered freed: report - see Douglas Farah's Dec. 10 post

Turkish army sends soldiers into Iraq - 300 troops 1.5 miles into Iraq in overnight operation - Officials: Turkey withdraws from Iraq

22 killed in Iraq attacks: officials (updated) -- Bombings in Baquba, Baghdad, Diyala

(Iraq) American forces discover underground network of Qaeda hideouts in Iraq

(Iraq) Baghdad bolsters security before holiday -- Eid al-Adha holiday that begins Wednesday

(Iraq) Turkish troops enter northern Iraq: Kurdish official

(Afghanistan) 15 guards, several Taliban killed in Afghanistan: officials

(Afghanistan) Taliban leader Mullah Omar vows to fight on -- and -- Taliban leader taunts NATO

(Pakistan) Two police officers charged in Briton's escape: Pakistan police -- Rashid Rauf suspect in transatlantic jet plot to attack USA -- 'Rashid Rauf escaped with his uncle' -- and -- Heathrow bomb suspect on the run

(Pakistan) Extremist group operates openly in Pakistan -- Jamaat ud-Dawa is listed as a charity, but the U.S. say it trains terrorists (formerly known as Lashkar-e-Taiba)

(Pakistan) Suspected militants kidnap four govt officials in Pakistan

(Pakistan) Bin Laden not in Pakistan, say pro-Taliban militants

(Pakistan) Al-Qaeda plays dealbreaker in Pakistan

(Pakistan) 30 suspected pro-Taliban militants arrested in Swat -- and -- Waziristan militants announce Eid ceasefire

(Pakistan) Fugitive cleric says militants joining forces, would welcome bin Laden -- follow-up story on Faqir Mohammed and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan group

(Pakistan) 5 injured in Parachinar clashes

(India) Gunfight between insurgents and securitymen in Manipur

(India J&K) Jihad Council fine with Ireland model for J&K

(India) College dropout to terror mastermind -- Sheikh Faisal - key member of the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba, a Pakistan-based terror outfit

(Al Qaeda) FBI, CIA Debate Significance of Terror Suspect Abu Zubaida -- Agencies Also Disagree On Interrogation Methods

(Al Qaeda) Al-Zawahiri in Two Recent Messages: 'Iran Stabbed a Knife into the Back of the Islamic Nation;' Urges Hamas to Declare Commitment to Restoring the Caliphate

(Al Qaeda) Zawahri Wants Your Questions Online

(U.S.) NY court won't reconsider LA airport bomb conspiracy conviction -- Millenium terror bomber Ahmed Ressam

(U.S.) Ex-CAIR Member Takes on Free Speech - article by Investigative Project

(U.S.) Surveillance bill delayed until 2008

Iran sees Bushehr nuclear plant at full capacity in one year: official -- after passing a "critical stage" with the delivery of fuel from Russia

(Iran) Bush supports Russia sending enriched uranium to Iran -- and -- Iran says U.S. report a "declaration of surrender"

Lebanon sentences two over Germany bomb plot -- for failed attempt to bomb German trains - Jihad Hamad sentenced to 12 years, Youssef al-Haj Deeb gets life (in absenstia), 3 other defendants acquitted

(Lebanon) Jihad Hamad's lawyer says he will appeal if sentence is high -- vowed to appeal if sentence was not 3 to 5 years

(Gaza) 12 dead after Israeli strikes Gaza -- update -- 'Islamic Jihad may respond to strikes' -- and -- Islamic Jihad: We will carry out suicide attacks on Gaza periphery towns

(Gaza) More than 10,000 Palestinians attend militant's Gaza funeral

Rand: Evidence about the Link Between Education, Poverty and Terrorism among Palestinians -- higher education and standard of living are positively associated with participation in Hamas or PIJ and with becoming a suicide bomber

(West Bank) '16 Hamas operatives were arrested by PA security forces'

(Israel) Middle East Quartet condemns Kassam rocket attacks - against Israeli towns

(Saudi Arabia) Terror in disfavor in Saudi poll

Algerian terror group targeting institutions: report

Kenyan police arrest British Muslim in grenade probe -- and -- Kenya anti-terror squad allow visit to detained British national -- Ahmed Khalid Ibrahim aka Graham Andrew Adams

Nigeria's main militant group urges faction to unite and cripple oil industry

Sudan: Gunmen Attack AU Peacekeepers

(Russia) Chechnya: Roadside bomb kills prison guard in Grozny -police

Russia threatens US missile shield -- Russia has threatened to target two proposed American bases in Europe with its nuclear missiles

(Canada) Somali drug khat may fund terrorism

(UK) Counter-terror police examine DVD -- available in West Yorkshire which uses images of a young girl and appears to glorify suicide bombings

(Germany) Bomb Plot Trial Begins in Germany as Two Sentenced in Beirut -- Youssef Mohammed E.H. trial in Germany as co-conspirator in failed German train bombing

(Italy) Vatican: 'Not worried' about al-Zawahiri video

(France) Bomb destroys Corsican tax office

(Thailand) 4 village militiamen killed in South, one wounded -- two soldiers wounded in Yala's Muang district -- see also AP report

(Philippines) Marines kill 2 Abu Sayyaf militants on southern Philippine island

(Sri Lanka) Military says 13 rebels, 2 soldiers killed in Sri Lanka fighting; rebels say 5 troops dead

(North Korea) US Aides: N Korea Holding Back On Nuclear Program Data - WP

(Columbia) In Colombia, Hostage's Letter Hits Home

Israel kills top Gaza militant and five others dead - Top bombmaker and senior Islamic Jihad commander killed - Islamic Jihad vows to avenge killing of top commander

Iran making push into Nicaragua - Iran and Venezuela financing major construction, raising questions on intent

Turkish air strikes targeted 9 camps and 3,500 armed PKK terrorists and U.S. Helps Turkey Hit Rebel Kurds In Iraq

(Egypt) Muslim Brotherhood Leader Sheikh Mahdi 'Akef: We Are Ready to Send 10,000 Men to Palestine

(Iraq) Dozens killed in bomb, shooting attacks (updated) - 46 killed, 37 injured - Mosul, Diyala

(Pakistan) One killed, nine injured in blast in Quetta

Hamas-Run Gaza Will See Little of Aid - Hamas angry at $7.4 billion aid promised to Palestinians - Fatah armed wing in Nablus freeze attacks against Israel

Former Guerrilla Troops: Venezuela is "the drug shelter" for the FARC

(Afghanistan) Coalition confirms killing two senior Taliban commanders in Musa Qala -‘Mullah Faizullah was "shadow governor" of Helmand - Ammo seized in raid on napping Taliban fighters

Report: Experts begin removing fuel rods from N. Korea facility

Somalia mortar attacks kill 12, including mother and 3 children

(Israel) Official: No 'smoking gun' on Iran - Official says Israel can't force US to reassess NIE

'Egyptians help Hamas cross into Gaza' - Israel sending videos of Egyptian police helping Palestinian terrorists enter Gaza

(India) Threat to blow up airports on January 12 - E-mail threat sent to Air India

(India) College dropout to terror mastermind - Sheikh Faisal of LeT on trial for leading Mumbai train bombings, killing 187

(U.S.) Third man pleads guilty in homegrown terror case - see Daveed Gartenstein-Ross' Dec. 17 post

Bomber kills nine Pakistani soldiers returning to barracks after soccer game

(Iraq) Two killed, 15 wounded in Baghdad bomb attacks

Iraqi tribesmen kill 22 Al-Qaeda terrorists - in Diyala on Sunday

Iraq seeks 'coordination' in Turkish PKK strikes -- and -- Iraq: US denies backing Turkish air strikes on terrorist targets

Iraq: British 'fleeing' claims al-Qaeda -- Al Zawahiri video

(Al Qaeda) Al-Zawahiri warns of traitors in Iraq -- new Zawahiri video

(Afghanistan) Taliban suspected in two Afghan bombings

(Afghanistan) Six civilians, 20 Taliban killed in latest Afghan violence -- and -- Civilians among more than 30 killed in Afghan unrest: officials

Afghan forces kill civilian at Kabul airport -- refused to listen to demands to stop - feared to be suicide bomber

(Afghanistan) US orders review of mission in Afghanistan: report -- amid fears Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces are gaining ground -- and -- Allies losing Afghanistan war, Australian minister warns: report

(Afghanistan) German couple kidnapped

(Pakistan) Suicide bomber kills 10 Pakistani military recruits -- in town of Kohat

Pakistani forces arrest 17 militants in Swat

Pakistan: Osama may be hiding in border area

(Pakistan) Bomb plot suspect 'escaped while praying' -- Rashid Rauf, suspected in massive transatlantic plot to attack US

(India) Seven killed in rebel attack in Northeast India - in Manipur

India: More than 300 prisoners escape from prison including Maoist rebels

Iran leader: New UN sanctions unlikely

(Iran) Russia starts nuclear deliveries to Iran

(Iran) Two Iranian feminists charged with terrorism: judge

Lebanon presidential vote postponed for ninth time: official

(Palestinian Authority) Abbas tells donors that aid will also be used in Gaza -- and -- France: Donors pledge billions of dollars to Palestinians

(Gaza) Report: U.S. funded Hamas university -- Audit reveals funds sent to school terrorists boast is used for jihad

(Gaza) Hamas warns Israel of 'surprises' -- if offensive in Gaza Strip

Egypt drops terrorism, money laundering charges against Muslim Brotherhood -- 40 senior members of Muslim Brotherhood were arrested a year ago

Egyptian Muslims attack Christian-owned shops

Yemen Says Foils Al-Qaida Suicide Attack - AFP -- and -- Security forces arrest two suspected al-Qaeda elements in Sana'a

(Algeria) Baghdad told Algeria about Al-Qaeda suicide attacks : reports

(Somalia) French journalist kidnapped in Somalia

Denmark: Ties to Spanish terrorist cell

(UK/Pakistan) AQ Khan investigator being probed

Northern Ireland: Verdict due in Omagh bomb trial

(Indonesia) Top Indonesian Islamic militant goes on trial -- Zarkasih - self-confessed head of Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiah (JI)

(Sri Lanka) Report: Tiger leader injured in attack

(Turkey/PKK) Jet fighters destroy PKK HQs in N. Iraq

(Al Qaeda) "A Review of Events" – The Fourth As-Sahab Interview with Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri: SITE Institute

(Pakistan) London plot suspect escapes in Pakistan -- Rashid Rauf, believed ringleader of London plot to attack USA with jets, escapes from Pakistani custody -- and -- Musharraf red-faced as suspect flees

Turkish planes hit rebel targets in Iraq and More than 20 Turkish planes in Iraq strike: reports

Gaza Strip: Four Hamas men wounded as Egypt locates two tunnels

ETA bomb explodes in northern Spain, no injuries: police

Militants behead Pakistani soldier: officials

(Afghanistan) Inside the Taliban's fallen town of fear

Philippines says kills top Abu Sayyaf militant

Azerbaijan: Western Secrets Sent to Iran

Afghan army kills 4 Taliban near captured town

Lebanese faces trial for German train bomb attempt

Police kill 12 suspected of terror acts in Iran

Military chaplain brings Mass, sacraments to troops in heart of war torn Iraq - U.S. military priest reports from battlefield

(Gaza) Hamas militants seize Fatah official visiting Gaza home

(Sri Lanka) Update: 28 LTTE rebels killed in fresh clashes

(Nigeria) Nigerian gunmen abduct electoral chief: police

(Iraq) British hand over Basra to Iraqi control and British handover won't affect Basra much

(Pakistan) Pakistani leader ends state of emergency

(Iran) Israel: US report on Iran may spark war

(Algeria) Algeria-bound ferry evacuated after bomb alert

(Iraq) Update: Iraqi Police, US-Backed Patrols Attacked

(Iraq) Synchronized bombings in Baghdad kill 2 -- northern and central Iraq Friday raids, US forces detain 18, kill 4 Al Qaeda suspects

(Iraq) Militants strike Baghdad neighborhood patrols -- killing 3, wounding 17

(Iraq) Bomb explosion wounds eight anti-al-Qaida group members in Baghdad

(Iraq) US military says a soldier was killed by gunfire in northwestern Iraq

(Iraq) Arrested in Kirkuk a gang specialized in kidnapping Christian doctors -- say "according to sharia taking money from a Christian is legitimate"

Iraqi Kurds: No Kurdish state but long term presence of US

(Afghanistan) Bombings, unrest kill 14 in Afghanistan -- Taliban car bomb near Kabul police station kills 5 -- other violence includes: 3 Afghan soldiers killed in Balkh, 3 Taliban killed while planting bomb in Paktika, and 5 killed in Paktia in Taliban ambush

(Afghanistan) Troops on patrol in former Taliban town (Musa Qala) in hopes of preventing another takeover

(Pakistan) At least five dead in Pakistan suicide bombing: army -- bicycle bomber attacks near army facility in Nowshera

(Pakistan) Militants attack security forces convoy in Waziristan, no casualties -- Till area -- and -- 14 militants including Fazlullah's aide held

(Pakistan) Centralized Taliban organization set up -- in Pakistan's NWFP -- named movement "Tehrik Taliban-i-Pakistan" for enforcement of Shariah and for joint war against US and NATO forces in Afghanistan -- appointed Baitullah Mehsud as their Central Amir

(Pakistan) 2 Khyber tribes bar women from voting

(Pakistan) US helping Pakistan secure restive regions: Pentagon

(Pakistan) US aid to Pakistan to become conditional, but no financial cuts -- and -- Politics not to affect missiles sale to Pakistan: US firm -- to provide Pakistan with 700 air-to-air missiles

(Pakistan) Musharraf lifts emergency rule in Pakistan -- and -- A Conversation With Pervez Musharraf

(India J&K) Three Army personnel injured in blast in J&K -- in Sopore area

(India) Militants becoming unpopular in Manipur

(India Assam) ISI's Assam top leader arrested

(U.S.) California: Ex-convicts admit planning terror attack -- updated AP story on Kevin James and Jamiyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh Jihadist prison gang

(U.S.) Man in N.Y. terror case gets less time - judge reduces sentence from 10 years to 9 years for one of Lackawanna Six, Yahya Goba, for cooperation

(U.S.) Terror insurance renewal seen via Senate bill

(U.S.) Bush threatens to veto anti-torture Bill - that bans the CIA from using harsh interrogation methods

(U.S.) Ex-worker: Air firm aided CIA renditions

(U.S.) Attorney general won't share info from CIA tapes inquiry

(Iran/Germany) 'Germany expelled Iranian who sought to buy parts for nuke program' -- story references a "Mohraramali D" -- Translated Der Spiegel story --Original story (in German)

(Iran) EU to support further Iran sanctions

(Iran/Iraq) U.S. and Iranians postpone talks on Iraqi violence

(Lebanon) Western powers press Lebanon to fill vacant presidency

(Hamas) Celebrating anniversary, Hamas warns of Intifada

(West Bank) Israel releases Hamas-linked mayor

PFLP urges Fatah to talk with Hamas -- and -- US to pledge $500 million to PA

(Gaza) Hamas Threatening to Harm Kidnapped Soldier If Israel Invades Gaza

(Somalia) Bomb wounds 12 soldiers near Somali parliament -- two people were killed in violence in Mogadishu on Saturday

Algiers bomber's family blames 'ignorance' -- says poverty not factor -- two of Bechla Rabah's sons were members of the Islamic Armed Group

(Algeria) UN raises toll in Algeria bombing to 17 dead

Kenyan police probe 'terror suspects' over arms trafficking -- update on Kenya raids on Friday - 32 arrested

Nigeria: Ten Killed, Three Churches Set Ablaze In Bauchi

(Tunisia) 4 Tunisians convicted on terrorism charges for trying to join insurgency in Iraq

Azerbaijan: 15 convicted of ties with Iranian agents passed Israeli secrets

(Canada) Last-ditch effort underway to derail suspect's terror charges -- Momin Khawaja seeks leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada

German Anti-Terrorism Forces Go Online Looking for Extremists - updated report

(UK) Scotland: Anti-terrorism operation launched -- in Glasgow -- random searches to make railways a "difficult target" for terrorists -- criticized by Muslim Council of Scotland

(UK) Terrorism accused thought camp trips 'harmless fun'-- Kader Ahmed reported to have attended paramilitary training camps around the UK

(UK) Muslim bookshop considering legal action against think tank

(Spain) EU court partially accepts ETA's Batasuna outlawing appeal

Italy: Knights of Malta rejects alleged link to military action -- responding to Islamist websites urging jihadists to carry out attack on embassy in Egypt

Romania won't recognize unilateral Kosovar independence

(Indonesia) Radical cleric Bashir visits Bali bombers -- and -- Bashir: 'Disaster' if Bali bombers executed

(Philippines) Bomb hurled at Cotabato polling place fails to explode

(Philippines) Peace deal may be delayed as Philippines, Islamic rebels row over draft on Muslim homeland

Sri Lankan military says 31 rebels, 1 soldier killed in fighting in the volatile north

(North Korea) Bush to N. Korea: Disclose nuclear plans

Ecuadoran police find arsenal, Osama bin Laden photos

Colombia destroys mountain of weapons

ID clues rare in mass graves in Iraq

U.S. Ups Reward for Osama Bin Laden

Algeria:‘The Ultimate Soft Target’ - Bruce Hoffman on Al Qaeda's intentions against U.N. and Europe

Palestinians say Israel releases Hamas-linked mayor

Basque Group ETA Vows to Act Against State Targets

Hamas Threatening to Harm Kidnapped Soldier If Israel Invades Gaza

Grenade kills 3, wounds 35 at Palestinian funeral: medics

(UK) Government loses terror decision - No appeal against order to take People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI) off list of banned terror groups

(U.S.) Two plead guilty over California terror plot: prosecutor (update) - See CT Blog posts on this case here - here - here - here

Germany seeks to hold militants over 1970s murder

Hamas Police Arrest Aide to Palestinian Prime Minister

Gunmen attack military, police in troubled Russia region of Ingushetia

At Least 17 Dead in Somali Unrest

Al-Qaida No. 2 blasts peace conference -- see Jeffrey Imm December 14 posting

(U.S.) Boston: Muslim charity defendants acquitted on one charge -- Care International defendants acquitted of obstructing Internal Revenue Service

(U.S.) Homeland Security ignores Somali terrorist leader's US fund raising visit -- Zakaria Mahmoud Haji-Abdi -- Steven Emerson: "(A)bsolutely scandalous that federal authorities cannot or will not stop jihadists from entering"

(U.S.) California: Guilty pleas expected in SoCal terrorism case, prosecutors say -- Founder of militant group & prison gang planned attacks on military facilities, synagogues, other L.A. sites

(Iraq / UK) Failed British terror attacks tied to Iraq -- 2007 attacks in Scotland and London have been linked to al-Qaida in Mesopotamia -- NYT report

(Iraq) Two US soldiers killed in separate incidents -- shooting and booby trap bomb south of Baghdad

(Iraq) Followers of militant Shiite cleric protest triple bombing in Iraq's south

(Iraq) Christmas celebrations are canceled in Basra after militiamen murder siblings

(Afghanistan) US, Afghan troops kill militant commander -- Mullah Sangeen - location undisclosed

(Afghanistan) Bomb explodes near Indian consulate in Afghanistan

(Afghanistan) Gates pushes allies on Afghan war help -- calling for more troops from NATO European nations

(Afghanistan) NATO chief backs UK call for realism over Taliban --- backs "reconciliation process" between Afghanistan govt and Taliban members who disarm -- and -- NATO chief: Group will stay in Afghanistan but not be int'l police force

(Afghanistan) S. Korean troops pull out of Afghanistan despite US request

Afghan army discover Taliban safe house in S Afghanistan

(Pakistan) Agencies warn of new spate of suicide attacks -- Targets may include the president, Benazir, Attock Oil Refinery, and US and Indian embassies

(Pakistan) Security forces take control of Charbagh

(Pakistan) UK approached for Baloch militants' extradition

(Pakistan) Bhutto: Fatal bomb was rigged to baby

(Pakistan) Musharraf reinforces government control of Pakistani nuclear program

(Pakistan) Musharraf to end emergency rule Saturday

(India J&K) 4.5kg RDX, grenades recovered in Reasi

(India) Maoist Rebels kill three Indian policemen, blow up police station in Chhattisgarh

(U.S.) Michigan man sentenced in Saddam spy case - Ghazi Al-Awadi gets 18 months in federal prison

(U.S.) South Carolina Pipe Bomb Plot: Another USF Student (Karim Moussaoui) Arrested On Federal Charge

(U.S.) UN expert: Tapes point to CIA torture

Hezbollah Denies Reports Its Leader Nasrallah Demoted By Iran

Iranian Opposition: 'Ahmadinejad's threats, Holocaust denial harming Iran'

Lebanon probes al-Qaida links in general's death

(Gaza) Explosion in Gaza kills 3, injures 30

(Gaza) Top Fatah official kidnapped in Gaza

Jordanian Islamists protest Israeli attacks on Gaza

(Israel) IDF, Shin Bet arrest senior Islamic Jihad member in Jeni cafe

Israeli woman seriously wounded in Palestinian rocket attack

Kenya detains two dozen in security swoop: officials -- at least 26 people in Nairobi and Mombasa

Algiers bombers had been released in amnesty

Algeria: UN seeks increased security as staff death toll climbs

Algiers Attacks Show Maturing of Al-Qaeda Unit -- see Douglas Farah's December 14 posting

(Algeria) Search for Algerian bombing survivors called off; toll at 37

Bosnia deports Algerian 'terror' suspect: official -- Atau Mimun

German anti-terrorism official: police must snoop online

Turkish military court releases jailed officers, accused of attacking Kurdish rebel

(UK) More calls to ditch terror plans

France hands ex-ETA chief over to Spain -- Garcia Gaztelu, alias "Txapote", to be handed over to Spanish authorities

Suicide bombers strike in Quetta, Pakistan

Philippine Muslim rebels agree to unify at meeting with Libyan leader's son

Two Israeli Banks Accused of Sending Millions of Dollars to Hamas Entities - Arab Bank, facing suit by victims, sues Israeli Banks for transfers to Hamas

(Sri Lanka) At least 17 LTTE rebels killed in Sri Lanka

(Sri Lanka) LTTE assures UNICEF to end child recruitment by year-end

Maldives bomb plotters jailed for 15 years

(North Korea) North Korea Involved in Hizbullah Training and Weaponry -- update - Terrorists taught onsite in Lebanon how to build underground bunkers

(North Korea) Report: North Korea replies to Bush letter

Japanese navy officer arrested for leaking secret data: police -- Aegis combat system first line of defense against North Korea

MEMRI: Major Jihadi Cleric and Author of Al-Qaeda's Shari'a Guide to Jihad: 9/11Was a Sin; A Shari'a Court Should Be Set Up to Hold Bin Laden and Al-Zawahiri Accountable; There Are Only Two Kinds of People in Al-Qaeda – The Ignorant and Those Who Seek Worldly Gain

(U.S.) Mistrial in Sears Tower Bomb Plot Trial - see Andrew Cochran's Dec. 13 post

Report: Nasrallah demoted by Khamenei - Asharq Alawsat reports Iran's Supreme Leader strips Hizbullah leader of military wing

Dagestani Students Volunteer for Islamist Groups

(U.S.) State Dept: An "All Elements of Power" Strategy for Combating Terrorism -- see Michael Kraft's posting and Michael Jacobson's posting

Lebanon questions 4 in fatal bombing

(U.S.) House votes to outlaw CIA waterboarding

(UK) MPs reject case for extended terror detention

Algeria bombing prompts question: can Al Qaeda spread across North Africa?

(U.S.) Boston: Muslim charity said to wage economic jihad -- Care International lawyer’s mistrial request denied -- Matthew Levitt quoted as saying economic jihad practiced through donations to groups enabling Jihad by others

(Iraq) Sixteen bodies found in a ditch north of Baghdad -- in Muqdadiya in Diyala province -- 12 beheaded

Iraq's Youthful Militiamen Build Power Through Fear -- Mahdi Army rebuilding among youths, schoolgirls told to wear scarves, under threat of death

Afghans say hundreds of Taliban killed in Musa Qala

Afghan blast kills 6; Taliban behead two -- Taliban behead grandmother and grandson accused of spying - in Uruzgan's Dihrawud district

(Afghanistan) UK: Give up your weapons and come over to us, Taliban leaders urged -- and -- Taliban urged to join politics

(Pakistan) Suicide explosions in SW Pakistan kill over 16, several wounded -- at southwest Baluchistan checkpoints

(Pakistan) 'Al Qaeda plot to assassinate Musharraf foiled' -- and -- Pakistan arrests alleged al-Qaeda members in plot to kill Musharraf -- in Malir

Pakistan: Soldiers and militants killed in separate clashes - update on Wednesday's North Waziristan fighting and ambush in Dosali

(Pakistan) Strange bedfellows emerge in Pakistan -- anti-establishment bloc includes civil society, militants and al-Qaeda -- and -- Most Pakistanis want Musharraf to quit, poll shows

(India J&K) Pakistan-based rebels to make more infiltrations into Kashmir in future: Indian Army chief

(India) Terrorists being trained in India: Ashok Singhal

(India Assam) Blast in Rajdhani Express in Assam, 5 killed -- and -- Rajdhani blast: Adivasi group claims responsibility

(India) Naxals blow up police station in Chhattisgarh

(U.S.) Fort Dix case lawyers spar over 'jihad' DVD in prison - update: prosecutors say prison guard found DVD inside book in prison library of Osama Bin Laden and others giving speeches - guard says Ft. Dix defendant Dritan Duka claimed it was his DVD

US repatriates 15 from Guantanamo -- sends 13 to Afghanistan and 2 to Sudan

U.S. Congress ups reward for bin Laden to $50 million -- bill passed by House

U.S. says homegrown attack poses biggest risk -- DHS Secretary Chertoff says U.S. faces a heightened threat of terrorist attack "for the foreseeable future"

(U.S.) Hayden knew of interrogation videotapes

(U.S.) House backs narrower terrorism insurance bill

(Iran) Russia and Iran agree nuclear power station timetable

(Iran) Police kill 12 suspected of terrorist activities in shootout in southeastern Iran -- in region bordering Pakistan

Lebanon probes slaying of army general -- who led three-month military campaign against al-Qaida-inspired militants

(Gaza) Two Jihad militants hurt in Gaza blast

(Somalia) 'Islamists regrouping in Somalia' -- Mogadishu market shelled; at least 12 killed -- blamed on Islamist rebels

(Somalia) 2 Somali pirates arrested in Japanese tanker hijacking, official says

Algeria: Al-Qaeda uses elderly terrorists in change of tactics -- Report: Man in his 60s, ex-convict were bombers in Algeria

Algeria: a new front for al-Qaeda? -- and -- Terror Group Thought to be Defeated Now on Attack -- Poses Danger to North Africa, Possibly Europe

Algeria: Nine Staff Members Killed in Algiers, Two Found Alive, Confirms UN Official

Algeria urges Arab security cooperation against terror

(Libya) Gadhafi condemns terrorism, hails 'historic' France visit -- claims to seek "causes of terrorism" while denying Libya involvement in terrorism

(UK) Terrorism suspect held in Iraq loses legal fight -- Hilal Al Jedda detained as terrorism suspect without charge

(UK) Report: "Evidence of extremism in mosques 'fabricated'" -- BBC2 Newsight report on report by Policy Exchange

German woman arrested for aiding Turkish leftist group -- belonged to the terrorist wing of Devrimci Halk Kurtulus Partisi-Cephesi (DHKP-C)

German Police Lament Serious Shortcomings in Terror Fight

Danish court acquits 7 accused of supporting Colombian, Palestinian militants

Colombia presses Denmark to punish a pro-guerrilla union ahead of terror-funding verdict

(Thailand) 6 soldiers wounded in South bomb -- in Narathiwat province

(Sri Lanka) At least 14 Tamil rebels killed in Sri Lanka

North Korea may have aided Hezbollah: U.S. report -- Congressional Research Service (CRS) report says that NK may have given arms to Lebanon's Hezbollah and Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers

Vietnam frees French democracy activist

(Iraq) British forces to hand over Basra province on Sunday

Dominican agents bust cocaine ring with "deep" links to Colombia’s FARC - see Douglas Farah's and Andrew Cochran's posts on FARC

(Afghanistan) Taliban collected taxes, ran heroin labs

After deadly assault, Algeria offers details on attackers - 2 were members of different branches of AQIM

Mayor of battered Israeli town resigns after another rocket barrage - Sderot hit by over 4,500 rockets by Palestinians since 2001

Suspected militant from far-left Turkish group seized in Germany

Children on Hamas TV Children's Show: "Liberate" Al-Aqsa by Force, "Wipe Out" Zionists to the Last One - MEMRI transcript

(Lebanon) Top general among four killed in Lebanon car bomb: security official -- Bomb targeting military in Christian suburb - see Walid Phares' Dec. 12 post

Algiers blast shows aid workers seen as targets

(U.S.) Wiretaps ‘idle chatter’ in Muslim fraud case - Defendants in CARE Int'l case say wiretaps show idle chatter, not holy war plans

(U.S.) Prosecutors in Terrorism Cases Need a New Narrative, Say Experts - Story on CTB Special Panel on Holy Land case - Douglas Farah & Jeffrey Breinholt quoted

U.S.: Fort Dix Attack Plot Suspects Promoting Terror in Jail

(Iraq) Triple car bombing kills 40 in southern Iraq -- in the Shi'ite city of Amara

(Iraq) US captures suspected al-Qaida leader in Iraq, kills 14 militants in Diyala raids -- detains 12 suspected militants in Tikrit, Youssifiyah and Baghdad

(Iraq) Shia factions proclaim truce in Iraq's Basra

(Iraq) Al-Arabiya TV Interview with Former Al-Qaeda Trainer in Iraq

(Afghanistan) Over 50 Taliban killed in 2-day battle - in Sangin, neighboring town to Musa Qala

Afghan flag flies over captured Taliban stronghold - of Musa Qala

(Afghanistan) UK Government seeks to win over Taliban fighters -- and -- UK PM Brown urges ex-Taliban to join Afghan politics

(Afghanistan) Gates scolds NATO, Europe on Afghanistan -- says call for more combat troops, helicopters and trainers is going unheeded

(Pakistan) Ambush kills 6 Pakistani troops in Dosali tribal area after bomb wounds 6 in military convoy - near Miran Shah

(Pakistan) 15 militants killed in Walesli area (my title)

(Pakistan) Al-Qaeda fights for its mark in Pakistan

Pakistan's defense impregnable: Musharraf

Indian Maoists protest death verdict, blast rails -- in Bihar state

Indian Army rules out specific threat from LTTE, strengthens vigil in South

(U.S.) Jurors in Miami terrorism case deliberate for 7th day without reaching decision

(U.S.) CIA destroyed tapes despite court orders

(U.S.) Evidence to be preserved in Guantanamo torture case: court

U.S. secret court won't release rulings - FISA court won't publish judges' opinions on warrantless wiretapping

(U.S.) A Gitmo trial beats judgment at Nuremberg

(Iran) Israel PM warns Iran can develop nuclear bomb by 2010

(West Bank) Israeli army raids Palestinian TV station - Al Afaq as "media belonging to Hamas"

(Gaza) Palestinians fired 37 missiles on Sderot Wednesday -- Israel

Israel rules out widescale Gaza incursion

(Israel) Report: IDF kills Islamic Jihad terrorist near Kissufim

(Israel) IDF arrests 13 terror suspects throughout W. Bank

(Israel) 'IDF must prepare for multi-level war'

Saudis Battle Bin Laden's Jihad With 150 Clerics, Art Classes

(Algeria) Frantic search for Algiers bomb survivors as UN reviews security -- and -- Spectre of civil war returns as al-Qaeda suicide bombings kill 67

Algerian militants revitalized by al Qaeda brand

Niger: Rebels Accused of Launching Iraq-Inspired 'Urban Terror' Campaign

Somali pirates on 'benzene bomb' threaten to kill hostages

Turkey weighs reform to get PKK members to quit: PM

(UK) Man arrested in Sellafield bomb probe -- discovery of a bomb at the home of a contract worker for the Sellafield nuclear plant

UK Muslim convert faces trial in June on terrorism charges -- Nicholas Roddis

(UK) Two Baloch face terror charges in UK court

(UK) Smith fails to persuade on terror limit

(UK) Terror suspect resists court quiz -- man fleeing and breaching control order refuses to say where he went

(UK) Muslims have duty 'as a community' to beat extremism - Conservative Muslim peer

Indonesia: Four sentenced for terrorist attacks -- four sentenced to up to 19 years for beheading Christian schoolgirls in addition to the three sentenced on December 5

(Indonesia) Chief of Asian terror net on trial -- Abu Dujana led the armed branch of Jemaah Islamiyah

(Thailand) Bomb injures 16 on bus carrying soldiers in Thailand's insurgency-wracked south

(Thailand) 8 suspected insurgents arrested -- in Narathiwat

(Thailand) Libya steps back into the South -- Gadhafi "expressed concerns" about the government's treatment of Muslims

(Philippines) Gaddafi's son in Philippines to meet with Muslim separatists

(Sri Lanka) 36 killed as Sri Lankan troops, LTTE rebels clash

(North Korea) Did U.N. Program Secretly Funnel Money to North Korea?

(Columbia) Foreign pressure builds for Colombia hostage deal

(Algeria) Al-Qaida wing for North Africa says it's behind Algiers blasts and Terror hits on the 11th - see Walid Phares' and Andrew Cochran's Dec. 11 posts

(Somalia) 5 die in fresh violence in Somali capital, witnesses say

Nigeria: Islamic Body Seeks Release of Suspected Al-Qaeda Members

(Libya) Gadhafi says Libya never committed terror acts, wants new era with world

(Pakistan) 22 pro-Taliban militants killed in Pakistan's restive Swat valley

(Afghanistan) Car bomb attack, clash leave 15 dead in Afghanistan -- both in Kandahar province

Iraq's Sadr uses lull to rebuild Army and Iraqi Christian woman and brother found dead in Basra

Philippines says arrests Islamic militant in south

(Sri Lanka) Military says 32 rebels, five soldiers killed in Sri Lankan fighting - update

(Lebanon) Grenade is thrown in Christian area of Beirut

Turkish police kill suspected leftist militant in raid

Israel operation kills six Gaza militants (updated)

(Australia) Melbourne mother investigated over Somali jihadi links