(India) IED brain in net - Hizb-ul Mujahideen militant believed "most talented" IED expert - Had Killed Dozens of Soldiers: Sahai
Peacemaker in Iraq is suspected Iranian terrorist leader - Brig. Gen. Qassem Suleimani of Iran Qods Force was designated by U.S.
(India) Safdar Nagori: The face behind SIMI's terror trail - Arrested head of Students Islamic Movement of India worked with LeT, other jihadists
(Liberia) Taylor Trial Resumes Today - Charles Taylor allegedly ordered militias to eat flesh of captured enemies & U.N. soldiers - CT Blog posts on Taylor
(U.S.) Pentagon seeks charges for embassy bombing suspect - Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani accused of supplying 1998 Tanzania embassy bombers - see DOD press release
(Pakistan) Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan vows to continue jihad against US -- 'Give up pro-US stance first': Taliban set terms for talks with govt
(Pakistan) 'US jittery over Pak terror efforts' -- analysts say Washington has reservations about Pakistan's possible talks with militants
(Norway) Trial opens under Norway's strengthened anti-terrorism laws -- three men charged with shooting at synagogue or plotting attacks on U.S. and Israel embassies
Liechtenstein freezes "ETA bank accounts" at judge's request -- Winding route of terrorist group funds traces back to alpine tax haven and Spain
(Indonesia) Muslim hardliners in Indonesia rally over Dutch film -- Awit Mashuri: "I call on Muslims around the world, if you run into the maker of the film, kill him"
11 killed in Iraq attacks - 6 Iraqi police killed and suicide car bomb killed 5 anti-Qaeda
Update: U.S. bombs Basra to support Iraqi forces. U.S. forces bombed Basra on Saturday as about 40 Iraqi police commandos based in Baghdad deserted to join the Mehdi Army.
(Gaza) Palestinians: IDF kills Gazan near fence -- Army says man hurled a grenade at troops near barrier
Film critical of Islam dropped from Web site -- U.N. Secretary General: "The right of free expression is not at stake here." -- see also Douglas Farah's March 28 posting
Indonesia condemns Dutch anti-Islam film: reports -- "proved that the West is not serious in upholding democracy and tolerance"
Afghan radio station attacked -- Radio Zafar near Kabul accused of being un-Islamic
(U.S. News & World Report) The Risks of Defeating Al Qaeda in Iraq -- Experts warn that jihadist fighters could carry their fight to other nations
(Pakistan) 50 Swat policemen sacked for 'lack of courage' -- police were taking leave to avoid any possible militant attack on them
U.S.-Based ISPs Count Known Terror Groups as Clients -- Network Solutions - which blocked Geert Wilders' Fitna, not only has been supporting Hezbollah web sites, but also Hamas web sites
(U.S.) Another Ex-CAIR Official in Legal Trouble -- IPT reports that Muthanna Al-Hanooti was former CAIR official
Somalia: PM Dismisses Reports Town Captured -- disputes report on Jowhar in Ethiopian media - says was no more than hit and run attack
(Canada) Police to scan parade for terror links -- Last year's Surrey Vaisakhi parade honoured Sikh 'martyrs'
(Netherlands) Dutch PM rejects Geert Wilders film -- Fitna mixes passages from Qur'an with images of Islamists' comments, actions -- PM states "The film equates Islam with violence. We reject that interpretation."
(Philippines) 'Al Qaeda terrorist' falls in sting operation -- extortionist claiming to be an Al Qaeda terrorist was arrested in a sting operation inside an Internet cafe
(J&K) Police claim breakthrough in Srinagar bombing - 3 Hizbul Mujaheedin arrested for last week's bombing
(Pakistan) Seven killed in attack on Pakistani ambulance -- rocket-propelled grenade attack by suspected militants
(Pakistan) US envoys plead peace, tolerance -- through $750 million assistance for Tribal Areas
(U.S.) Terrorism Trial Continues In Florida - "Liberty City Seven" retrial likely to go to jury on Friday
(U.S.) Michigan: Muslim charity executive indicted as spy -- Life for Relief and Development's Muthanna Al-Hanooti - update
(Indonesia) Islamists Gain Power in Indonesia -- govt members associated with Hizb ut-Tahrir
(China) Woman confesses to China plane attack -- from China's Turkic Muslim Uighurs - flight to Beijing from Urumqi, capital of China's Muslim Xinjiang region
(India) NSA: ISI still mentoring LeT, JeM - India's National Security Adviser blasts Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Agency
(Iraq) Five killed in Baghdad mortar attacks -- Al-Risala and Al-Karada neighborhood attacks -- rocket or mortar fire also hits Green Zone wounding 3 US govt officials
(Iraq) Battle rages in Basra as government cracks down - more than 60 killed - govt gives militia 72 hours to surrender
(Afghanistan) Eight civilians killed in Afghan blast: police -- Taliban takes responsibility for car bomb in Gereshk district, in Helmand province
(Pakistan) Blast kills one in Bajaur - and - Militants fired rockets and mortars at Chargo checkpost in Salarzai
Palestinian exhibit incites hatred through Holocaust -- new Palestinian exhibit shows Palestinian children burned by Israelis in crematorium
(Israel) IDF nabs Passover bombing mastermind --- Hamas Omar Jaber mastermind of 2002 Park Hotel bombing
(Canada) Alleged Toronto terror plot detailed in court -- "Toronto 18" trial - attack was to be bigger than London bombings, expected evidence shows
Lebanon government announces boycott of Arab summit - Cites Syria's & Hezbollah's role in blocking election of new president
(U.S.) Bush administration seeks Libya waiver -- New law allows terrorism victims to seize U.S. assets of state sponsors
(Denmark) 2 charged in Denmark with preparing terror attack -- 2 alleged Islamic militants accused of preparing explosives
(Pakistan) Two US envoys in Pakistan for talks: officials -- Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher
(India) Five women charged with sedition -- and plotting Maoist conspiracy against the state
Turks praise jihad to protest Cheney visit -- Turkish Islamists call for death to Israel, hate against Christians, organized by Islamist Anatolia Youth Organization (AGD)
Sri Lanka navy, air force strike at Tiger rebels - troops killed 13 separatist fighters and air force planes bombed a rebel supply dump
(Al-Qaeda) Zawahri urges anti-Israel attacks over Gaza -- Al-Qaeda No. 2 urges attacks on Israel, US -- New audio from Al Qaeda's #2 calls on Muslims to "[s]trike the interests of the Jews, the Americans" -- also - download from Laura Mansfield
(U.S.) A Court Sheds New Light on Terror Probe -- 4th Circuit Weighs Role and Power of Prosecutors -- SAAR Foundation and other cases
(UK) Islamist Anjem Choudary Preaching Hate -- at expense of British taxpayers (my title)
(Thailand) Muslim MP Pirayos Rahimula warns Govt of suicide bombing in deep South -- says group prepared to launch attacks by about 40 suicide bombers - if govt does not negotiate with them
Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear - Canadian Broadcasting Corp. series
(U.S.) Have Terrorists Crossed? - San Antonio Express-News reporter's study of convicted terrorists who entered U.S.
U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 4,000 - Milestone reached when IED kills 4 U.S. soldiers in Baghdad
(Iraq) Dozens die in attacks across Iraq String of suicide attacks, shootings & rocket strikes claimed dozens of lives
(Iraq) Iraqi Shiites Given Grim Warning.Leaders Predict More Attacks as Violence Tests Sadr Cease-Fire.
(Afghanistan)Talk of a Troop Surge for Afghanistan. -- U.S. marines are on the way, but much now depends on whether France sends reinforcements
Saddam had Aussie killed - Care Australia worker Stuart Cameron shot in Iraq in 1993
(Afghanistan) Blast kills two Afghan police -- suicide bomber attacks shrine in Arghandab area north of Kandahar
(Spain) Car bomb explodes in Spain -- outside police station in Rioja region after warning call from ETA
(Pakistan) Report: Only 17 percent tribesmen favor armed jihad: survey -- 50 percent view peace through Sharia implementation, 68 percent support "honor killings"
(Iran) U.S. Treasury warns of deception by Iran -- to hide its alleged involvement in nuclear proliferation and terrorist activities
Bosnian police arrest 5 Islamist terror suspects -- during a raid in Sarajevo and the central town of Bugojno
(India) US showed lack of interest in Dawood's deportation: Advani - Former Deputy PM says US weak on Dawood Ibrahim's deporting from Pakistan to India
(Canada) Counter-terrorism building blueprints found in trash - Blueprints for new Canadian Armed Forces building in downtown Ottawa garbage can
Pakistan suicide bomb kills 5 soldiers -- attacked security forces in South Waziristan's main town of Wana
(Pakistan) Student allegedly linked to Taliban arrested - also claimed to be member of Harkatul Mujahideen-al-Aalmi
(U.S.) Report: Guantanamo Bay detainee: U.S. soldiers mistreated me -- Canadian Omar Khadr - Military says it has no evidence to support Canadian's claims
(Australia) Terror trial 'unfair' -- Australian Supreme Court judge decides Melbourne 12 being tried have unfair detention facilities
(Iraq) Female bomber kills four in Iraq: police -- attacked police patrol near bus terminal in Bala Druz in Diyala province
(Afghanistan) Report: US raid kills 6 in Afghanistan -- in Khost -- U.S. forces searching for bomb makers raided Afghan homes - civilians killed in gunfire between terrorists and U.S. forces
(Pakistan) Anti-terror war and future of NWFP coalition - Pakistan political leaders seek to redefine "war on terror"
(Canada) Accused in terror-funding case gets bail -- Prapaharan Thambithurai linked to Sri Lankan LTTE
(U.S.) A Good Name Dragged Down - Trouble for innocent people mistakenly put on terror watchlist
U.S. puts Somali Islamist group on terrorism list - al Shabaab, militant wing of Islamic Courts, a "foreign terrorist organisation"
Afghan security forces kill two Taliban militants, capture five: police -- in Obe district of Herat province - involved in mobile phone tower attacks
Pakistani Anwarul Haq appeals death sentence in US diplomat killing -- charges include car bombing that killed David Foy on March 2, 2006, near U.S. Consulate in Karachi
(Pakistan) Rising Terror Chief Worries U.S. Officials -- Baitullah Mesud, Accused Bhutto Assassination Mastermind, Emerges As Global Nemesis
(Yemen) Two killed in school blast -- Yemeni policeman and school girl killed in explosion near US embassy in San'a -- and -- U.S. Embassy in Yemen closes after blast
Algeria: Al-Qaeda attacks moderates -- report says Al-Qaeda kills two men praying in mosque Sunday night
(Denmark) Terror: one step closer to home -- domestic intelligence group seeks "dialogue" with extremists
(Germany) Bavarian Cueneyt Ciftci is Germany's first suicide bomber - update - name of German/Turkish suicide bomber in Afghanistan revealed
(Thailand) Grenade thrown at mosque in Yala province - authorities call it an attempt by the perpetrators to create chaos in the southern region
(Philippines) Students, others hurt in Mendiola blast - 20 injured - fragments of grenade found in front of college - near gate to Presidential Security Group in Malacanang -- and -- Blast near Philippine presidential palace
(Philippines) Australia joins anti-terrorism drive -- Australia invited to assist Philippines in interrogations, provide training
U.S. Adapts Cold-War Idea to Fight Terrorists - U.S. used disinformation campaign to sow dissent & distrust among militants
Jailed Palestinian leader could run for president - Marwan Bargouti might run for PA President in 2009
(Iraq) New Violence in Baghdad, Udaim (my title) - Green Zone explosions, roadside bomb injures 4 in Baghdad, bombing in Mansour area injures policeman, and three bodies of anti-Qaeda Sunni group found in Udaim -- see also KUNA report
(Afghanistan) Four NATO soldiers, three Afghans killed in new unrest -- suicide car bomb attacks convoy traveling to Kandarhar, killing three soldiers - another soldier killed by explosion on foot patrol -- KUNA story on civilian deaths
(Pakistan) 'Foreigners under threat in Pakistan' - new Islamist terror strategy to target foreigners
(Pakistan) Follow-up Reports (my title) Daily Times and DAWN reports on South Waziristan strike -- and -- US blamed for missile strike on al-Qaeda bases
Hamas using U.S. weapons -- Spokesman: 'We will continue to balance the equilibrium of terror with the Zionists'
(Thailand) Car bombs stoke fears in the South -- Concern over more radical militant tactics
(Pakistan) Report: Missiles hit house, at least 20 dead - 7 missiles hit house of suspected Waziristan militant leader
(Pakistan) Taliban leader offers truce - Maulana Faqir Mohammad wants new government to cut ties with U.S.
Terrorist Financing - New FATF report cites works by Abuza, Farah, Kohlmann, & Comras
(Pakistan) Islamabad on alert after deadly blast - Bomb at Italian restaurant killed one, wounded at least 12
Saddam's Dangerous Friends - How Saddam Hussein supported numerous terrorists, including Al Qaeda associates
(Iraq) Suicide bomber attacks Iraq, Syria border point - on Friday at Rabiyah border entry point - military reports Saturday
(Pakistan) 43 militants arrested in Swat - update - including five key aides of rebel cleric Maulana Fazlullah
(U.S.) Minneapolis: Terror suspect sentenced to time served for fraud -- Mohamed Kamal Elzahabi - prosecution publicly alleges for first time that Elzahabi and his Canadian associate Abdullah Almalki were part of al-Qaeda -- and -- Elzahabi sentenced to time served, turned over to ICE officials
(Belgium) Report: Suspected Islamist may have foiled UK 2005 attack -- Abdelkader Belliraj suspected of terror murders, also claims he worked for Belgian intelligence
UK should talk to al-Qaeda, Taliban - former Blair aide -- Jonathan Powell was Blair's chief of staff from 1995 to 2007 - based on Northern Ireland experience -- see also Guardian report
Dutch arrest suspected Islamist - Planning attacks in Western Europe - same group as in Barcelona plot (see Evan Kohlmann's Jan. 22 post)
Israel secretly warned Syria about Hezbollah - Would hold Syria accountable if Hezbollah launches attacks
High-level al-Qaida figure is captured - Mohammed Rahim, who helped OBL escape from Afganistan in 2001, now at Gitmo
(Pakistan) Militants kill 'US spy' in Pakistan: officials -- in Sham, a town between the North and South Waziristan tribal regions
(U.S.) Anti-terror rules for trains rapped - aimed at controlling route of toxic chemical trains
(Algeria) UN had warning of terror attack -- on December attack that killed 17 staffers
(Russia) Viktor Bout release sought - Washington Times reports "Russia's government is quietly seeking State Department help in pressuring Thailand authorities into releasing arms dealer Victor Bout from custody"
(Netherlands) Dutch police arrest suspected terrorist - 26-year-old Pakistani national alleged to belong to international terror group - suspected of planning an attack in Western Europe
Belgium: Smuggling weapons in coffins -- terror suspect Abdelkader Belliraj smuggled weapons to Morocco in coffins of deceased Muslims -- HLN (Dutch)
Canadian pleads guilty to millennium terrorism plot -- Alfred Reumayr planned blow up Canada-to-U.S. pipeline
(U.S.) Report: FBI Misused Information-Gathering Powers - FBI improperly obtained private phone, e-mail & financial records 5 years after granted expanded powers
(Iraq) Five beheaded in Al Qaeda attack on Iraq village: police -- killed Sahwa (Awakening) members -- in Benizad in Diyala province
(Iraq) Severed fingers reportedly sent to US -- of five Western hostages working for Crescent Security Group
(Pakistan) Clashes in Pakistani tribal area kill 11 -- fighting with Taliban in Mehmand Agency in NWFP - after bomb exploded, injuring two officers of Pakistan's Frontier Corps
(Pakistan) Militants reap recruits for escalating violence -- Investigation report shows how recruits are trained for attacks
(U.S.) Minneapolis: Judge won't drop terrorism charges -- against Somali Canadian Mohamed Warsame charged with Al-Qaeda training
(U.S.) "Juvenile suspects face trial at Gitmo" -- Mohammed Jawad and Omar Khadr - both in their 20s
Palestinian Islamic Jihad's Bethlehem heads killed - One of the four terrorists killed sent a bomb that killed daughter of MK Yitzhak Levy in 2000
(Israel) At least 15 Kassams pound western Negev, shattering calm -- 2 rockets land inside Sderot, causing damage; IAF bombs Kassam launcher in the Gaza Strip; Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for barrage
Egyptian cleric urges bin Laden to surrender -- Arab newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat quotes Egyptian cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi who also calls U.S. terrorists
(Yemen) Group says trial is to 'appease' US - "The court is illegal and the trial is only to appease your lords the Jews and Christians"
(Germany) Trial opens in Germany of Moroccan man who allegedly supported al-Qaida -- Abdelali M. -- on charges he helped recruit men for al-Qaida and smuggle them to Iraq to fight
Islamists jailed for threatening Austria, Germany - Mona S. & 22-year-old husband Mohamed M, of GIMF found guilty of "belonging to a terrorist organisation" with links to Al-Qaeda
(Pakistan) Spreading attacks worry Pakistani police - 5 of 16 attacks this year in east, unlike past trends
UK-ordered air strike kills four Afghan civilians - U.S. expert says tide turning against coalition there
(India) 1993 serial blasts victims remembered - 15th anniversary of Mumbai serial bombings, killing 257, wounding 700+ and see past CT Blog post
(U.S.) Pentagon Report on Saddam's Iraq Censored? - ABC News: White House blocked full report - see redacted Exec Summ - Saddam assisted terrorists; no ties to Al Qaeda
Hamas sets terms for ceasefire with Israel - Egyptians trying to broker end to violence and reopen borders
Iran: Iraqi cleric studies in holy city of Qom - Moqtada al-Sadr in Iran as Mehdi Army militants killed
(Iraq) Bomb kills US soldier in Iraq - two others wounded - roadside bomb in Diwaniyah
(Iraq) Another mass grave found in Iraq - in Samarra north of Baghdad - on Tuesday
(Pakistan) Four killed in northwest Pakistan blasts - two police killed trying to defuse bomb, two Jihadists in house - in Swat
(Pakistan) Blasts push Pakistan toward new policy -- pressure growing for more dialogue with militants as a new government prepares to take office
(U.S.) Afghan detainee to appear in Gitmo court - Mohammed Jawad - for grenade attack in Kabul
(Al-Qaeda) Ethnic dispute tears al Qaeda, Hayden says -- internal divisions between Saudi and Egyptian leaders of al Qaeda are producing "fissures" within the terrorist group
(Belgium) Terrorist 'confesses' to Belgian murders - Moroccan interrogation of Abdelkader Belliraj - admits killing six people in the 1980s, police say
(UK) Jailed for terrorist manual -- Khalid Khaliq imprisoned for 16 months - after Monday guilty plea - friend of the London suicide bomber Mohammed Sidique Khan
Cambodia's top court upholds life sentences for Islamic militants -- three Muslims convicted of plotting terror attacks against UK embassy and UN agency
Lebanon charges 5 in bus bombings -- Fatah Islam group leader & 4 Syrians charged with Feb. 13, 2007 bombings
(Iraq) Top Middle East military commander resigns - Adm. William Fallon, CENTCOM commander, resigns
(Pakistan) Twin suicide blasts in Pakistan kill over 30, wound near 150 -- in Lahore - two suicide bombers with car bombs attack Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and advertising building near Bilawal House of assassinated Benazir Bhutto -- see also -- see also AKI report, AFP report, and AP report
(Iraq) "Cleansing" One Town Of Al Qaeda -- Zambraniyah - Troops Bomb Out An Al Qaeda Torture Center - In A Major Show Of Force
(Pakistan) Taliban to continue attacks until army ends operation - in Swat and Waziristan Agency - Tehreek-e-Taliban spokesman says recent spate of attacks carried out to avenge killing of five of their men
(U.S.) Albany, NY: Convicted imam publishes book -- Yassin Aref serving 15 years per counterterrorism sting operation conviction, linked to Mullah Krekar
Russian soldier killed by unknown gunmen - in Troitskaya of Ingushetia's Sunzha district
Spain marks Madrid bombings anniversary -- Jihadist train bombings 4 years ago
Philippines: Expert dismisses claims of Islamist militant training -- Sidney Jones dismisses reports that 300 Indonesian Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) to train in Philippines
Al-Qaeda Commander in Northern Iraq: We Are in Dire Straits - MEMRI transcript of Feb. 12 interview in Qatari daily - see Evan Kohlmann's Mar. 8 post
(Israel) Soldiers Arrest Ramallah Terrorist - Hamad Ala Abdullah Hassan involved in 2005 attack
(Denmark) Danish appeal court frees 19-year-old in terrorism case -- over contacts with 2 Muslims arrested in Bosnia for plotting attacks on Western diplomats
(Iraq) 5 US soldiers killed in Baghdad -- by suicide bomber detonating vest attacking foot patrol - at least 4 wounded -- also AFP report
(Iraq) Female suicide bomber kills 4 in Iraq -- attacks Sunnis in Diyala who turned against Al-Qaeda - those killed include Sheik Thaeir Ghadhban al-Karkhi and 5 year old niece
Iraqi civilian shot dead in Mosul -- and two bodies found on road to Tal Afar
(Afghanistan) Coalition detains 10 suspected Taliban -- targeting a Taliban commander in Uruzgan province
Afghan protesters chant 'Long live al Qaeda' -- update - during protest aimed at Denmark and the Netherlands
Who Will Stand Against Terrorism? Steven Emerson on celebrations after Jerusalem yeshiva terror attack
(U.S.) Anthrax reporter's fines are piling up -- for refusing to disclose her sources for stories about the 2001 anthrax attacks
Iran students put bounties on Israel leaders - offer a million dollars for execution of three Israeli military leaders
Syria 'intensely' arming itself -- Rockets, missiles place all of Israel within firing zone
