(U.S.) Connecticut: Prosecutors rest in Navy terrorism case -- Hassan Abu-Jihaad - Prosecutors played secretly taped phone conversations showing coded speech
(Pakistan) Bombs targeting police kill at least 37 in Pakistan -- Suicide bomber targets funeral of policeman in militant-ridden northwest - at least 50 wounded - update
(Pakistan) Militants' houses destroyed -- in the Mazeedkhel area of the Darra town
(Gaza) Hamas fires 5 rockets into Israel (my title) - misfire injures 5 in Gaza - 9 Palestinians injured in IAF airstrikes - and Israeli woman wounded as Kassam rocket slams into Sderot home
'Israel foils attack on Dimona reactor' -- British sources state senior employee plotted attack
European judges thwart attempts to deport foreign terrorist suspects -- European Court of Human Rights ruled against Italy in deporting Nassim Saadi to Tunisia, may impact UK efforts to deport Abu Qatada to Jordan
Interpol alert follows suspect escape - in Singapore of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) leader Mas Selamat Kastari
(Australia) Acquittal ordered in Sydney car bomb plot case - Muslim convert Jill Allison Courtney plotted to place bomb in Sydney nightspot - for marriage to Hussan Kalache -- previous story
U.S. sends warship off Lebanon coast - Show of support amid Beirut's political crisis
(Morocco) Alleged terror suspects face prosecutor in Morocco -- 35 alleged members of Islamic extremist terrorist movement
Hamas intensifies rocket war -- Targets deeper as Israel fails to halt devastating onslaughts
Algeria army surrounds Maghreb Qaeda chief - papers - Abdelmalek Droudkel, aka Abu Mus'ab Abd el-Wadoud
Treasury Designates Members of Abu Ghadiyah's Network - 4 individuals facilitating & controlling flow of money, weapons, terrorists, through Syria to al Qaida in Iraq
(Iraq) Sunni forces losing patience with U.S. -- Citing lack of support, frustrated Iraqi volunteers are abandoning posts
(Pakistan) Sherpao attack accused killed -- Abdul Siar, mastermind of suicide bombings killed
(U.S.) Minnesota: Terror suspect has most serious charges dropped - terror suspect Mohamed Kamal Elzahabi charges of false statements to FBI dropped
(U.S.) Newsweek Commentary: "Scare Tactics" - regarding electronic surveillance issue - Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball
(Israel) Ashkelon Under Rocket Attack -- more than 25 rockets and mortar shells from Gaza on Israel on Thursday -- 24 hospitalized -- and -- 17 suffer shock as Grad rocket slams into Ashkelon home
(UK) Suicide attacker's wife 'knew of bomb plot' -- Yeshiemebet Girma was wife of Hussein Osman -- July 21, 2005 bomb plot trial
(UK) Terror Threat BBC Web Page - Counterterrorism Blog referenced
Norway: Hamas show message 'misinterpreted' -- Islamic Association in Norway says Hamas TV program really not calling for killing Danes
(Australia) Letters Detail Australian's Path To Jihad -- Young David Hicks Felt Honored To Meet Bin Laden After Just 16 Months As A Muslim
Colombian authorities celebrate capture of rebel boss - FARC's Heli Mejia, known as "Martin Sombra," captured Tuesday
(India) Bangalore hub of techie-terror network - Muslim Information Technology Professionals’ Association accused of terror ties
U.S. Spies Want to Find Terrorists in World of Warcraft - U.S. intel community developing software to detect violent extremists infiltrating multiplayer games
(Afghanistan) 2 Polish soldiers killed in Afghanistan - killed by roadside bomb in Sharan district of Paktika province
(India J&K) Pakistani Jihad group redefines terror -- Jamaat-ud-Dawa, an alias for the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba
(U.S.) Imam From Virginia Mosque Now Thought to Have Aided Al-Qaeda -- Anwar Aulaqi - spiritual leader in 2001 and 2002 of Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church, VA
(U.S.) Pentagon OKs charges against Guantanamo prisoner - war crime charges against Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul, "medical director" for Bin Laden
Yemen release of wanted Qaeda militant irks US -- Jaber Elbaneh considered to be major figure in bombing of U.S. warship Cole in 2000 -- and -- Yemen: 36 Al-Qaeda members stand trial
Spain terror suspects convicted - 18 of 20 convicted of belonging to Islamist terror group, acquitted on charges of plotting to blow up court
(UK) Five on trial for 'abetting' July 21, 2005 terror plan -- Shadi Abdelgadir, Omar Almagboul, Esyas Girma, Yeshiemebet Girma and Muluemebet Girm
(UK) BBC knew of link to failed July 21, 2005 bombers -- trial: BBC producer Nasreen Suleaman failed to give police information that would have helped track down the July 21 bombers
(Mauritania) Al-Qaida case: Man sentenced to 5 years -- Haround Ould Habib charged with belonging to AQIM
(UK) 7 Convicted in Muslim Terror Camps in UK - update on Mohammed Hamid convictions - see Roderick Jones' Feb. 26 post
(Germany) Witness: Suspect in failed German train bombing plot wanted to wage jihad -- Youssef Mohammed el-Hajdib looked up to bin Laden and applauded Sept. 11 attacks
(Bahrain) Millions of dollars 'may fund terrorism' - Senior U.S. Treasury official says terrorism funding exists in all Gulf countries
(Afghanistan) The Taliban have Kabul in their sights - Shahzad: Planning strategic corridor from Pakistan to Kabul
(U.S.) Navy Secrets In Closet - Evan Kohlmann testified at Abu-Jihaad trial that Azzam network operated like adjunct to al-Qaida
ElBaradei is quietly managing to disarm Iran (commentary) - Ray Takeyh and Joseph Cirincione
(Hezbollah) Slain militant was organizer in 2006 war - Hezbollah's Nasrallah says Mughniyeh key leader in war against Israel - see CT Blog posts on Mughniyeh
U.S. Takes Aim at Shadowy Syrian Businessman - Matthew Levitt quoted on designation of Assad's cousin
Hamas Rabbit: Eat the Danes! - Video captured by Palestinian Media Watch - Hamas' childrens' program proposes murder
(Afghanistan) Al Qaeda uses Facebook weapon - reports states Jihadists plot to use it to target soldiers' families
(Afghanistan) Convicted Afghan journalist stirs debate - found guilty of "blasphemy" before 4 minute trial began
Pakistani Police Claim to Arrest 4 Al Qaeda-Linked Terrorists -- in Lahore -- Lashker-e-Jhangvi planning to attack foreign missions
Pakistan lifts ban on YouTube: official -- after content removed "that was offensive to Islam"
(West Bank) Israel seizes Hamas charity in Hebron - for funneling funds, members to Hamas terror activities
Jordanians burn Danish flags to protest cartoon -- call for "revenge for blaspheming the Prophet"
UK police launch new anti-terror campaign -- looking for individuals that own several mobile phones
Somalia: Al-Qaeda claims capture of key southern village - Young Mujahadeen Movement claims village where transitional government based
Turkish military kills 41 Kurdish rebels - Dozens of artillery shells fired at suspected hideouts
Botnets: your computer in the hands of organised crime - BBC Radio interviews with officials on "pre-eminent source of internet crime"
(Iraq) Militant video shows 12 Nepalese killed in Iraq -- Army of Ansar Al Sunnar beheads man on video, shoots others
(Pakistan) Explosion in Rawalpindi claims lives of five people - near National Database and Registration Authority - KUNA reports two bombings in Rawalpindi
Australian terror trial begins in Sydney -- nine Muslims are charged with conspiring between June 2004 and November 2005 to "do acts in preparation for a terrorist" attack
(Afghanistan) Battle Company Is Out There - Report from Korengal Valley and Kunar province
Two Winnable Wars - Commentary by Anthony Cordesman on Iraq & Afghanistan
Suicide bomber kills 40 in Iraq: police - Targeted pilgrims heading to one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest festivals in Iskandariya - In Mosul, a Hopeful Partnership
(U.S.) A Profile In Terror, Behind A Keyboard - American sailor, Hassan Abu-jihaad, charged with transmitting military secrets to terrorists through Azzam websites - see 2007 CT Blog post
Iran wants apology from U.S. - After new IAEA report credited Iran for clarifying issues
(India) Yahya provided technical support to terrorists: Probe - Bangalore student allegedly transferred funds, weapons to terrorists
(Indonesia) Bombers' last-chance appeal to begin - 3 convicted in 2002 Bali bombings appeal death sentence
(Iraq) Report: Violence continues in Basra - 100 women have been killed in the last year and doctors and teachers are still disappearing
(Afghanistan) Bomb kills 7 Afghan security guards - in Sarkano district of Kunar province, also in Kunar gunman killed police chief of Chawkey district
(Pakistan) Jamat-e-Islami party official against involvement in the war on terror (my title) - boycotted election - party charter calls for Pakistan to become Islamic state
(Egypt) Hamas, Islamic Jihad delegation heads to Egypt
(UK) Man in court in bomb probe - Dr Sabeel Ahmed applied for bail - charged over the alleged London and Glasgow car bombs plot
(Pakistan) Fifteen killed in an explosion in Swat valley - bus carrying wedding party hits remote controlled bomb
-- see also AP report
(UK) British Muslim's control order quashed -- and -- 'No case' against terror suspect - Cerie Bullivant alleged to plot to fight with Islamists in Syria, Bangladesh - High Court says MI5 had no case, lifts control order
(India) Madrassa teachers call for jihad against terror groups -- Call for "peaceful jihad" - "imperialist forces and their supporting media have gone far ahead in propagating that Islam is a terrorist outfit" -- see Animesh Roul's February 21 posting
(UK) No prosecution appeal over terror ruling -- which freed five young Muslims from jail over extremist literature
Iraqi soldiers swap AK-47 for M-16 - More reliable and accurate M-16 raises morale among Iraqi troops
(U.S.) Islamic Leader Appeals Extradition - Abu Hamza al-Masri asks British court to block extradition
Supporters of Muslim cleric protest UK visa refusal - 200 protested Britain's refusal to allow Quaradawi entry
(Afghanistan) Taliban bomb skills grow - Making ball-bearing bombs using C-4 explosive and targeting civilians
Saudi warnings mark Lebanon jitters - Saudi Arabia, US, & France worried about terrorist reactions
(Philippines) Dulmatin likely alive, says terror expert - Sidney Jones: "we would have heard from other sources" - see Andrew Cochran's Feb. 19 post
(U.S.) NEFA works under the radar to interview terrorists, analyze data - Doug Farah, Jeff Breinholt, Evan Kohlmann cited - Andrew Cochran quoted
(U.S.) Drug Smugglers Dig Record Number of Tunnels in 2007 - ABC News: 19 tunnels found under southwest border in 2007
(Iraq) Deadly Baghdad blast was 'well-planned ambush' -- Tuesday night attack in Al-Obeidi on Iraq police and soldiers in Shiite area
(Israel) Terrorists Fire Rocket at Sderot -- and -- Rocketing Toward War -- "Qassams raining from the sky -- sometimes as many as 40 a day"
(Thailand) Man burnt alive in Thailand -- Buddhist shot and set ablaze by suspected Islamic separatists in Pattani
(North Korea) U.S. presses N. Korea on Syria -- mounting evidence that North Korea gave nuclear assistance to Syria
(Australia) Hicks kept 'jihad diary' -- Hicks: "Muslims fight against Jews and they kill them"
(U.S.) Jihadist Web Site Taken Down - Alhesbah, based in Tampa, the largest and oldest jihadi forum for al-Qaida and global jihad
(U.S.) Calm tale by 9/11's top goon - Guest Expert James Gordon Meek on Khalid Shaikh Mohammed's confession
Analysis: Terrorist use of the Internet - Report (download here) says media must help governments prevent recruitment - Evan Kohlmann cited - see CTF Feb. 29 panel
(Iraq) 15 killed, eight injured in Iraqi violence -- in Baquaba, Waziriya district, Al Dujel, Tikrit - two Saudi militants, one Algerian militant captured in Samarra
(Pakistan) Report: U.S. strikes within Pakistan - without notice -- Unilateral attack on al-Qaeda commander called a model for operations
(Pakistan) Anti-terror pact reached with NW tribesmen - Wazir & Daur tribes reach “agreement” with North Waziristan (NW) political administration against “extremism” & “terrorism” -- see also Andrew Cochran's February 18 posting
(Pakistan) 24 killed in poll violence - Five dead in Khairpur, three in Mansehra, nearly 200 injured in clashes across Pakistan
(U.S.) Amtrak to add screenings, bomb-sniffing dogs - mobile unit to check northeast corridor route - more details to be released today
Egypt police detain 13 Islamist students - sources -- affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood
(U.S.) Man arrested at airport with training grenades -- TSA detected devices as 20-year-old tried to get through security
(Afghanistan) Car Bomb Kills 37 Afghan Civilians -- detonated near Canadian military convoy in Spin Boldak
Pakistani candidate killed at polling station -- Swat violence - Ashif Ashraf shot dead in Lahore, polling station blown up in Shakardara -- and -- Women stopped from voting in northwest Pakistan
(Iraq) Blasts kill 2 in Baghdad - bobby-trapped car blast - also policeman killed in Tikrit blast
(Australia) Hardline imams sought to fight terror -- Australian security agencies urged by UK to work with fundamentalist Salafi clerics to stop extremism in Australia
(Iraq) Ex-Iraqi health officials face trial. Official accused of allowing Shiite death squads to use ambulances and government hospitals to carry out kidnappings and killings, officials said.
(Australia) CCTV database to fight terror - Police seek access to "tens of thousands" of closed circuit TV cameras
(Iraq) Woman suicide bomber kills three in Baghdad: police -- detonated explosives in a shop after fleeing from guards at a checkpoint in the Karrada district
(Pakistan) Suicide Bombs Kill at Least 50 in Pakistan (on Saturday) - 100 injured in 2 car bombings in NW Pakistan - over dozen bombs hit center in Khar -- suicide bomber arrested in Hyderabad
(Pakistan) Militant chief has eye on parliament seat -- Mohammad Ahmad Ludhianvi, head of the outlawed Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan
Report: Israel kills terror chief with headrest bomb - Sunday London Times with more details of Mughniyeh's life and death
Has Britain become soft on terror? - New report says UK a "soft touch"
(Pakistan) 16 terrorists held in Karachi, DIK - pro-Taliban militants planning attacks in Karachi during polls
Secular-Islamist Clash in NW Pakistan - Al-Qaida move more freely than army, Taliban edging closer to Peshawar
Gaza Blast Kills Islamic Jihad Commander, 6 Other Palestinians - Senior Islamic Jihad activist, wife, daughter, 3 neighbors killed
(Iraq) Study: Lack of MRAPs cost Marine lives - Hundreds of U.S. Marines killed or injured because urgent request in 2005 from commanders for blast-resistant vehicles denied
(U.S.) Court rejects bail for San Jose terror suspect - Rahmat Abdhir alleged to assist terrorist attacks in Philippines
U.S. official met Iranian to discuss "terror" funds - Treasury official met with Iranians in multinational gathering to discuss terror financing
Pakistan says arrests 10 militants ahead of election -- in Karachi planning terror attacks during elections
(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Judge grants bin Laden driver's request -- Lawyers for Osama bin Laden's driver can question alleged al Qaeda leaders at Guantanamo, a judge ruled
(Gaza) Bomb destroys YMCA library in Gaza - gunmen attacked library, blew up library, burned books
(Saudia Arabia/UK) BAE: secret papers reveal threats from Saudi prince -- "investigators were told they faced 'another 7/7' and the loss of 'British lives on British streets' if they pressed on with their inquiries"
(UK) Fifth man convicted in plot to behead UK soldier -- Zahoor Iqbal -- and on count of helping to supply equipment to Jihadists in Pakistan
(UK) Man held over 'suicide bomb' DVD - Bradford man on bail pending investigation of child suicide bomb recruitment video
(UK) Britain 'a soft touch for home grown terrorists' -- says Think Tank RUSI regarding Islamist extremists
Canadian soldiers warned of Internet risk -- Taliban and al-Qaida insurgents are gleaning intelligence from soldiers' Internet postings from Afghanistan
(Australia) Jihad tapes played to terror trial jury -- and -- Terror suspects 'named on security list' -- Melbourne-based terror group panicked when they were warned their names were on a Lebanese security services list
(U.S.) IPT News: For the Record: Hesham Islam's Friend in Low Places -- ISNA's Louay Safi previously worked for International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
Hezbollah warning to Israel is 'alarming,' US says -- and -- FBI Asks Terror Squads for Threat Data - against synagogues and other potential Jewish targets in the United States
(Egypt) Cindy Sheehan in Egypt for Islamists -- seeking end of trial for Muslim Brotherhood
(Australia) Guides lauded jihad, 9/11 hijackers -- Melbourne terror trial -- training manuals on making ammonium-nitrate car bombs allegedly seized -- and -- Library designed to stir up jihad, says prosecutor
(Iraq) Al-Qaida in Iraq threatens Israel -- Abu Omar al-Baghdadi in audiotape proposed that Iraq's territory be a "launching pad" to seize Jerusalem
(Afghanistan) 4 Taliban killed in strikes -- in the Tarin Kowt area of Uruzgan - combined land and airstrikes
Palestinian Authority praises Hezbollah terrorist -- Killer of hundreds of Americans, called 'hero' of 'the Muslim nation'
Spain: Three suspects accused of belonging to Islamist cell -- three Algerians have been arrested with propaganda calling for Jihad -- in Basque region
Denmark: More on terrorism suspects -- former chief of Danish secret service says Equality and Brotherhood Association mosque has been a meeting place for terror suspects
(UK) Cleared 9/11 suspect eligible for compensation -- Lotfi Raissi trained at the same flight school as Hani Hanjour, the man suspected of crashing Flight 77 into the Pentagon
(Thailand) Rebels step up attacks-- terrorists' drive-by shooting in Yala, bombings in Pattani - killing 3 soldiers
Philippine president said target of plot -- by al-Qaida-linked groups Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah to assassinate Philippine president and bomb foreign embassies
Bush Imposes New Sanctions on Syria - Expanding sanctions against senior officials responsible for public corruption - read Executive Order
Pakistan election campaign convoy bombed, 2 dead - Swat valley - candidate Mufti Hussain Ahmed wounded
(Syria) Hezbollah: Top militant killed -- Imad Mughniyeh killed in recent car bomb in Syria - involved in 1985 TWA jetliner hijacking, attacks on US Embassy and Marine base in Lebanon during 1980s -- see also -- Hezbollah commander on FBI terrorist list killed
(UK) Foreign Secretary risks US row over 9/11 trials -- has "concerns" about the US plan to try terrorist suspects before military tribunals
(Australia) Muslim group 'planned mass murder' - planned to blow up football stadiums and train stations and talked of killing 1000 people - in pursuit of Islamic jihad
(Pakistan) Taliban offers kidnapped diplomat for leader - reportedly offers kidnapped ambassador Tariq Azizuddin for militant Mansour Dadullah
(Canada) Innocuous video hid terror plot -- Said Namouh's Quebec Jihadist plots on video
(Pakistan) Explosion in SW Pakistan wounds 5 journalists -- bicycle bomb en route to election rally in Khazdar in Baluchistan province
(Pakistan) In Pakistan, doubts over the fight in tribal areas -- questions about Pakistani government's commitment to combating militancy in tribal areas
(U.S.) Al Qaeda's New Face Of Terror: American? Top Counter-Terrorism Official At FBI Tells CBS News Next Attack On U.S. Could Be Carried Out By Americans - trained in Pakistan
(U.S.) FBI 'Clean Team' re-interrogated 9/11 suspects -- Agency tried non-coercive techniques to protect case against six detainees
Algerian ambush claims 17 - Algerian govt forces killed 17 members associated with ambush, reported to be Al Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb
(Russia) Security official, 3 gunmen killed in shootout in Russia -- also roadside bomb hit a police car near the town of Khasavyurt
(UK) Islamist extremists have penetrated the heart of Britain -- security services state infiltration includes Government and key public utilities to pass sensitive information to terrorists
Netherlands: Terrorist possibly in hiding - Pakistani Akeel Abassi -- part of Barcelona cell with German attack plot
(Iran) Analysis: Nearly 30 years of Islamic rule - What does Iran have to show for 29 years of Islamic rule?
Colombia rebels forced abortions - FARC leaders force women fighters to have abortions or hand over babies
Spanish police arrest 14 Basque nationalists - For trying to restart party banned for ETA links
Pakistan Diplomat Missing At Afghan Border - Ambassador to Afghanistan missing, feared kidnapped
(Iraq) Al-Qaida regaining some footing -- High-profile Iraq bombings may be proof al-Qaida is regrouping
Embattled Muslim aide to leave Pentagon job - Hesham Islam's "resume didn't add up," official says
(Afghanistan) Blast strikes Afghan governor's convoy - wounded 3 police in Kandhar, governor survived - Afghan cleric and 4 others when their landmine exploded early -- and -- Afghan governor survives bomb attack
(Pakistan) Asia Times Reports "Revolt in Pakistan's Tribal Areas": Ceasefire: A lull before the storm -- and -- Al-Qaeda sets sight on the next battlefield
(Germany) Police said to identify four Germans in terrorist camps -- on border between Pakistan and Afghanistan - members of Islamic Jihad Union
(Europe) US administration orders clampdown on flights to US -- EU officials furious as Washington says it wants extra data on all air passengers
(Pakistan) Terror trajectory: Still too scared to shop -- Pakistanis fear to go to public places in Rawalpindi and Islamabad
(Pakistan) Report: Pakistanis turn against bin Laden -- reported new Terror Free Tomorrow organization poll last month (not currently on website) -- note poll on website titled "More Support bin Laden than President Musharraf"
