(Iraq) Six more combat units to head to Iraq: Pentagon

(Philippines) Marines seize alleged Abu Sayyaf marijuana plantation in Sulu

(Colombia) Mediators seek out Colombia rebels

(Iraq) U.S. transferes first 1,000 of 8,000 humvees to Iraqi forces

(Israel) Rocket lands in Israel, straining Gaza truce -- fourth attack since June 19th truce

(U.S.) Court Rules on Guidelines for Trying Terrorism Suspects in Guantanamo -- federal appeals court rules reliable and verifiable evidence needed to hold suspect as "enemy combatant"

(U.S.) Counter-terrorism agents raid home in northwest suburban Chicago -- and -- Man grabbed for illegal toxin after FBI search

(Afghanistan) US, NATO deaths in Afghanistan pass Iraq toll

(U.S.) Pentagon announces charges in USS Cole bombing -- against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri -- also -- Pentagon Says Guantanamo Detainee Met With Bin Laden, Purchased Boat and Explosives

(U.S.) Terror Case Judge: Iran Must Identify U.S. Assets - Judge ordered Iran to identify all real estate holdings, financial assets, other property in U.S.

(Iraq) Police: 3 judges targeted by bombs in Iraq

Iraqi guards kill female suicide bomber - updated report on Sunday attack

(Afghanistan) US-led, Afghan forces kill 33 militants: Afghan officials -- see also AP report -- Nimroz, Helmand provinces

(Afghanistan) Taliban aims to control rural phones -- forces night outages by threatening towers

Pakistan militant havens biggest threat to Afghanistan: NATO

(Pakistan) Twin blasts rock Rawalpindi

(Pakistan) Missile kills 9 in Pakistan's FATA Khyber Agency - targeting home of Haji Namdar, who is reportedly safe

(Pakistan) FATA Khyber Agency: Troops push on with Bara offensive : 'Militants had escaped to Tirah Valley before operation began' -- Forces clear Khyber, Tirah is next -- 'Khyber military operation all hype no substance' -- Lashkar-e-Islam flags fly over Bara - in show of support for Islamists -- 'Forces uncover torture chamber' -- Pakistani soldiers uncover Taliban 'kidnap jail'

Pakistani forces appear to push back militants -- farther from Pehsawar -- NWFP Peshawar residents: 'Any military operation in Peshawar pointless' -- and -- NWFP senior minister says Peshawar now 'totally safe'

(Pakistan) NWFP Swat: Pakistan: Deadly attacks as pro-Taliban militants end talks -- update: at least 6 killed in bombings around Swat area - Taliban calls for enforcement of Sharia -- DAWN report -- 2 soldiers killed in Swat attack

(Pakistan) Taliban shura backs Baitullah Mehsud -- in suspending all talks on FATA and NWFP

(Pakistan) NWFP Senior Minister Bilour: Swat peace pact to be implemented -- see also Jeffrey Imm's June 10 posting

(Pakistan) PM Gilani says foreign militants behind Tribal Area unrest

(Pakistan) Amid Policy Disputes, Qaeda Grows in Pakistan - NYT on failures in U.S. hunt for AQ leaders, including aborted raid in Pakistan

(Pakistan) Three top US agencies involved in Waziristan operations: New Yorker

(Pakistan) Charges filed against five for mixing of cyanide with water

(U.S.) Diploma Mill Concerns Extend Beyond Fraud - Potential for terrorists to use bogus degrees to obtain U.S. visas -- see also Michael Cutler's June 29 posting

(U.S.) Guantanamo's days numbered, tough choices ahead -- and -- Navy to keep Guantanamo base if prison closes

(India) Jihad does not sell anymore: SIMI chief

(India) Assam blasts triggered by IED

(India) Orissa Naxal attack: Naval divers join search ops

Iran: 'Israeli spy' sentenced to death

Iran digs thousands of graves ready for enemies

(Lebanon) Journalist close to Hizbullah threatens continued attacks on Israel

(Lebanon) Hizbullah restates claim Arad is dead

Palestinians disappointed PA prisoners won't be included in swap for Regev, Goldwasser

Hamas emboldened by Israel-Hezbollah swap

(Gaza) Taped confessions claim Gaza peace double-crossed

'Israel, Syria to conduct more talks'

Israel reopens Gaza border, Hamas looks to truce

Saudi minister: 90 per cent of detained terror suspects are Saudis

UAE dismisses British and US warnings of attacks

Egypt: Over 100 terror suspects arrested, says report

(Yemen) Al-Qaeda claims rocket attack on Yemen oil plant -- and -- Trails of Al-Qaeda Elements Continued; Mareb Attack Harmless

Somalia: Islamists Ambush Troops Outside Mogadishu -- between Belidogle and Yaqbaraweyne

Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Come Under Attack in Town Overnight -- Guri-el town

Somalia: Battles in Central Region Between Islamist Al Shabaab, Ethiopia Soldiers -- and -- Ethiopian Troops Vacate Entire Central Somalia Region

Somalia: Religious Leaders Call for Re-Opening of Mosques in Capital - some deserted by residents due to frequent fighting in areas where they are located

(Norway) Bomb experts probe blast -- in Oslo

Swiss Government Reveals Euro Terror Threats -- there were further threats of terrorist attacks at EURO 2008 obtained during the tournament

(Abkhazia) Explosions at market in separatist Georgian republic of Abkhazia

Philippines: Blast Kills One, Injures 16 In Northern Philippines; Improvised Bomb Defused In South

(Philippines) 19 killed as Philippine troops battle leftist rebels - update on battles with Communists

(Philippines) Military rescue operations for Basilan workers suspended - kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf

(Philippines) U.S. Embassy reopens for normal operations - after suspicious powder scare

(Sri Lanka) Fresh fighting kills 28 in Sri Lanka -- also AFP report at least 30 killed

China: North Korea Nuke talks ready for new phase

(Colombia) In Colombia, war against rebels easing after decades

(Afghanistan) Taliban unable to expand insurgency in Afghanistan: NATO

(Pakistan) Taliban Commander Baitullah Mehsud warns of attacks in Sindh, Punjab - update

(Pakistan) Taliban set up illegal courts in FATA, NWFP -- Taliban spokesman says "delivering quick and inexpensive justice" per Quran and Sharia law

(Pakistan) NWFP: Four killed in Swat -- three bombs defused in Matta

(Pakistan) Blast destroys barber's shop - near FATA Khyber Agency

(Pakistan) Islamabad on 'red alert' in wake of FATA operation

(UK) America's fury as Hamza smuggles hate messages to Bin Laden's No 2... From UK jail cell

(UK) Al-Qaeda style terrorists planning UK attacks with ambulances bought on eBay

Iran must prove does not want atom arms: UK's Brown

(Lebanon) Hizbullah official says prisoner swap deal shows group's strength

(Gaza) Hamas arrests man who claimed rocket attack on Israel

(Northern Ireland) Chaos as judge's verdict on Robert McCartney 'IRA killing' leaked

(Philippines) At least 11 killed as army, police battle communist rebels in Philippines, military says

UAE dismisses terror warnings -- issued by US and British embassies

Gunmen assassinate head of Basra city intelligence in Iraq

Iran ready to strike at Israel’s nuclear heart and Israel has a year to stop Iran bomb, warns ex-spy

8 killed in India market bomb blast (updated) - in NE Assam region

Israel approves prisoner swap with Hezbollah (updated)

Prince Nayef praises Saudi-Yemeni cooperation in fighting terrorism

U.S. escalating covert operations against Iran: report -- Congressional leaders agreed last year to funding request

(U.S.) Air Force works to defend cyberspace, too

(Iraq) Occupation Plan for Iraq Faulted in Army History - US Army to release its own account of Iraq war

(Iraq) Truck bomb kills 7 people north in Iraq - in Duluiya

(Iraq) Reported U.S. Raid Triggers Outrage -- in Karbala

(Iraq) The rise and fall of a Sons of Iraq warrior

(Iraq) FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 29

Afghanistan threaten progress in world drug control: UNODC

Afghanistan sees surge in Taliban activities in past month

(Afghanistan) In Courts, Afghanistan Air Base May Become Next Guantanamo -- lawsuits seek habeas rights for Bagram detainees

British soldier killed in Afghanistan blast -- in Helmand

(U.K.) Anti-terror tsar warns Islamic extremism is addiction like drugs

Pakistan Shells Islamic Militants Near Peshawar - and - Pakistani forces take control of area in Khyber

(India) Terror strikes like 9/11 earlier mooted for India: ex-RAW man

India Rebel Attack -- communist rebels attack police boat, drown 40 police officers

Israel reopens Gaza border, Hamas looks to truce and Hamas arrests man who claimed rocket attack on Israel

Iran minister says Israel in no position to attack

(Iran) Report: Iran nuclear proposal under review

Iran's Khamenei names new security council representative

(Iran) Wounded Ansar al-Islam militant died in Iranian hospital

(Lebanon) Tension runs high in northern Lebanon

(Russia) 6 Killed in Chechnya Clashes Amid Upsurge of Violence

(Sri Lanka) Military: 43 killed in Sri Lanka clashes

Sri Lanka works out effective ways of fighting cyber crime

Zimbabwe Faces Wider Sanctions Under Bush Plan

(Colombia) Is this truly a farewell to the revolution? (Commentary) - Former Mexican Foreign Minister on FARC's future

Iraqi police find up to 30 decomposed bodies northwest of Baghdad

(Pakistan) Update: Pakistani Forces Attack Islamic Insurgents Outside Peshawar

Blast, shootings kill two Pakistani soldiers, four civilians in Swat (updated)

(Ireland) Gardai say hand grenade used in Dublin bomb attack

(Philippines) Ex-soldier nabbed in raid on ‘bomb factory’ in N. Cotabato

Iraq police find 7 bodies, suspected al Qaeda jail - in Samarra

(Iraq) Al Qaeda's Iraq branch claims responsibly for killing Anbar

(Iraq) US reports military pressure on al-Qaeda north of Baghdad -- in Sharqat, Kirkuk, Bulayj, Mosul

(Iraq) US: Member of cell believed behind suicide attack in Karmah arrested

(Iraq) US forces arrest Police commander of N. Iraq region -- in Salah Eddin province

(Iraq) Azerbaijani soldier killed in Iraq: ministry

(Kuwait) Eye on sleeper terror cells

(Afghanistan) US coalition: 32 militants killed in south Afghan clashes - in Uruzgan province - coalition statement on Thursday battle

(Afghanistan) British soldier killed in Afghanistan

(Afghanistan) Suspected smugglers kill six Afghan mine guards - in Khost

(Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban bring vigilante law to Peshawar - Taliban enforce Sharia by gunpoint in daylight to businesses, individuals -- see also Jeffrey Imm's June 10 posting

Pakistan launches offensive against Taliban - in FATA Khyber Agency loyal to Mangal Bagh - outside NWFP's Peshawar -- also AFP report

(Pakistan) Paramilitary, commandos deployed to protect Peshawar from Taliban-- 'Govt may use force for peace in Peshawar'

Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud says he is pulling out of peace talks in wake of military offensive - in FATA Khyber Agency - freezing talks until a final decision is made by Taliban's executive council

(Pakistan) Taliban warn of revenge if 'harmed' - in FATA Khyber, NWFP Peshawar

(Pakistan) FATA: Thousands Cheer as Pakistani Militants Decapitate Afghans - update on FATA Bajaur report - 5,000 chant "Allahu Ahkbar" as Taliban wave bloody head to cheering crowd

(Pakistan) 'Taliban killing 30 Shias a day'

(Pakistan) Local killed in Taliban clash in NWFP's Swat

(Pakistan) Taliban free 8 tribesmen - in FATA South Waziristan's Jandola

(Pakistan) Contractors Warned Against Supplying Fuel To U.S. Forces -- in Karachi

(Pakistan) US Senate approves $150m for Pakistan - for FATA -- and -- Gates says FATA plan creates an opportunity

(Pakistan) UN critical of Pakistan deals with militants -- but UNHRC cannot discuss Sharia

Pakistan, ISAF agree on closer interaction to combat militants

(Pakistan) No more suicide attacks: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik

Pakistan orders deportation of 8 foreigners studying at Islamic seminary - in Karachi

(India J&K) Pakistan national arrested in J&K

(U.S.) IPT News: Prior Rulings Could Crimp Al-Arian Defense

(U.S.) DOJ Settles Hatfill Suit for $5.8 Million -- Ex-AG Implicated the Former Army Scientist in the 2001 Anthrax Attacks

U.S. and EU near private data deal: report

(U.S.) Radiation Monitors To Cost More Than DHS Estimated in '06

(U.S.) FBI Data-Mining Plan Hits Roadblock in Congress

(U.S.) Today's Palestinian Islamic Jihad Sites Hosted in Texas

(UK) Armageddon Britain: A detailed insight into how a terrorist attack on Britain could happen any day without warning

(UK) Court orders release of top al-Qaeda operative -- Appeal Court judges rule that Algerian prisoner 'U' should be released despite allegations that he is a senior terrorist -- LT commentary -- BritishJihad.com summary on "U"

(UK) Sean Langan, British film maker, reveals Taliban kidnap ordeal

(Iran) Attack on Iran's nuclear plants feasible: Israeli ex-general

Iran: Israel is no match for the Islamic republic's capabilities -- Iran Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammad Ali Jafari -- also AFP report -- Report: Iran will use oil as weapon if attacked

(Iran) Report: Iran to hit Israel if attacked

(Lebanon) Security officials: 1 killed, 28 wounded in bomb explosion in northern Lebanon -- also KUNA report says 2 killed -- see also MSNBC report The blast ripped through an apartment building in Tripoli. The five-story building in the Bab el-Tabaneh district, whose Sunni Muslim residents support the government.

'Hizbullah official says Israel trying to cause talks to fail'

Hamas leader pledges to arrest truce breachers

(West Bank) Israeli troops kill teenage militant in West Bank clash -- Mohammed Alameh threw firebomb Molotov cocktails at patrol

(Israel) 'Iranian on trial for Israeli espionage'

Saudi Arabia report that terrorists planned suicide car bombing (my title) -- Jihadist cells included Saudis, Iraqis, Yemens, Mauritanians

Yemeni court refuses bail to top Al-Qaeda militant -- Jaber al-Banna

Yemeni court to issue verdict on al-Qaeda cell next October

Somalia: Islamist Fighters Seize Central Town -- Beledweyne town the provincial capital of Hiran region

Somali gunmen release kidnapped UN workers - official -- earlier AP report

(Algeria) 4 police killed in ambush in eastern Algeria

(Niger) At least 17 killed in clash between rebels and Niger army

(Zimbabwe) 5 reported killed in Zimbabwe attacks

(Russia) Nine dead, four injured in North Caucasus clashes -- in Dargo and Makhachkala

(Northern Ireland) Six people escape injury following pipe bomb attack

(Canada) Ottawa Trial: Accused made bomb detonator, Crown says -- Mohammed Momin Khawaja trial

(Thailand) 2 soldiers wounded in roadside bomb in South - in Yala

(Thailand) Muslim man killed in drive-by shooting in Narathiwat

Philippine rallies call for resumption of talks with Muslim rebels

Sri Lanka: 47 LTTE men killed after gun battle: Sri Lankan Army

(North Korea) Rice urges NKorea to give up all nuclear weapons despite 'attachment'

(North Korea) Analysis: North Korea blows up reactor cooling tower, but will it hand over nuclear bombs?

(China) Olympic host Beijing to introduce subway security checks: report

Pentagon Calls Taliban 'Resilient,' Says Afghan Insurgency Will Expand

(U.S.) Congress erases terror label from Mandela's name - Removes Nelson Mandela from terrorist watch lists

Indian Maoists destroy mobile towers, snap lines

Iraq says two dozen Shia fighters have surrendered

US handover of Iraqi province delayed

(UK) Bailed terror suspect goes on the run after leaving suicide note

PKK rebels attack Turkish convoy

Indian army continues anti-ULFA offensives

(U.S.) Officials: 30,000 troops heading to Iraq in 2009

(Iraq) Cleric says crackdown in Amarah 'fierce attack' on al-Sadr movement in Iraq

(Iraq) US says "emir" of al-Qaida in northern city of Mosul killed in raid

Iraq: Police say al-Qaeda has infiltrated force -- in Falluja

(Afghanistan) Three U.S.-led soldiers and Afghan interpreter killed - in Wardak, southwest of Kabul

(Afghanistan) Officials: militants, civilian killed in Afghanistan's remote northeast -- in Nuristan province

(Afghanistan) 1 US-led coalition service member killed, 5 wounded in western Afghanistan - Farah province

(Pakistan) FATA: Taliban slit throats of 'US spies' in Pakistan - in the Bajaur region - crowd chants Allahu Akbar

(Pakistan) Washington endorses FATA strategy: Boucher due next week

Pakistan Foreign Office: Foreign govts, militants creating unrest -- in FATA and NWFP

Pakistan: Taliban and NWFP local government renew peace pact -- Govt, Taliban pledge to protect accord: Army pullout from Swat ruled out -- see also Jeffrey Imm's June 10 posting

(Pakistan) NWFP MPAs concerned over Taliban convergence on Peshawar

Pakistan's failure to pressure Taliban a concern: Gates

(Pakistan) Black Market Nuke Leader A.Q. Khan claims Musharraf seeking to break up Pakistan (my title) -- and -- Key congressmen call for direct US access to Dr Khan

(U.S.) Jailed professor in terror case faces contempt charges -- Sami Al-Arian - see IPT News report

US Businessmen Accused of Military Sales to Iran - Hassan Keshari and Traian Bujduveanu -- Victor Comras quoted

(U.S.) Virginia's Islamic Academy on Shaky Legal Ground - by Patrick Poole - states corporate charter revoked in 2004 and has never filed required tax forms with the IRS -- Virginia State corporation documents -- see also Andrew Cochran's June 27 updated posting

(U.S.) Ohio: CAIR's Mum on Al-Qaeda Guilty Plea

(UK) British companies warned over money laundering threat from Iran, Pakistan

Gaza truce broken yet again as 2 mortar shells hit w. Negev -- and -- Israel continues to close Gaza crossings

Palestinian leader Abbas seeks new dialogue with Hamas

'Israel allows vast sums to reach Hamas'

Israel may free 450 prisoners in exchange for soldier -- list provided to Hamas

(Israel) Firm majority for Hizbullah swap deal

Jordan charges three men with plotting suicide attacks - updated report

Somalia: Nine Soldiers Killed in Mogadishu Attack, Fighting Breaks Out - Witnesses-- additional report

Somalia: 3 Children Killed in Kismayu Town Attack

Nigeria: Gunmen Attack Gov's Convoy, Kill 2 Policemen

Yemeni government shuts down around 200 weapon shops

(Yemen) Al Qaeda in Yemen divided, but dangerous

(France) Report: "France not victim of Islamic terrorism but home-grown attacks"

(Spain) Basque lawmakers approve plan for referendum seen as breakaway bid from Spain

Thailand: Trains to resume in Muslim south despite more violence

(Philippines) Muslim rebels, government troops clash in Philippines

Sri Lanka military says it seized rebel base, battles kill 51

Sri Lankan troops capture LTTE-held territories in Northwest

North Korea destroys nuclear reactor tower -- see also Michael Kraft June 27 posting

North Korea welcomes US lifting of sanctions

(Colombia) Cocaine smugglers threatening submarine -- and -- Venezuela 'supplies half of Britain's cocaine'

(Venezuela) U.S. embassy in Venezuela says receives bomb threat

Terror suspect claims partial victory against Canada's spy agency

(Philippines) Military nabs kidnap suspect in Jolo and Abu Sayyaf gunmen abduct workers in Basilan

UN drug chief: Insurgents complicating drug war

The Next Generation of Radical Islamist Preachers in the UK

(Iraq) Bombs kill 40 in Iraq, Anbar handover still on (updated) and Army speeds high-tech arms to infantry

(U.S.) Terror Suspect in CIA Rendition Case Emailing for Cash

(U.S.) North Korea: Presidential Action on State Sponsor of Terrorism (SST) and the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) - Official fact sheet - House Republicans Blast Bush For North Korea Decision

(Iraq) Roadside bombs kill 4 US soldiers in spike of violence against American forces - update - Baghdad bombing - in addition to Ninevah bombings previously reported

(Iraq) Arrest of four Al-Qaeda commanders in Baghdad

(Afghanistan) Bomb hits US-led patrol near Afghan capital, militants killed in south -- in Wardak province

(Afghanistan) Taliban driven from two districts in eastern Afghanistan -- Kunar province

Afghanistan sacks police chief over jail break - in Kandahar

Pakistan denies intelligence services backed Afghan President Karzai attack

(Pakistan) Final talks with govt today: Swat Taliban -- and -- Pakistan losing fight against the Taliban

(Pakistan) NWFP: Militants set five girl schools on fire -- Matta area of Swat

(Pakistan) NWFP: Militants torch Pakistani ski resort hotel - in Swat

(Pakistan) PM approves NWFP operation -- to clear Tribal Areas of militants -- while it continues negotiations "with local elders to isolate hardcore militants" -- Carrot-and-stick plan to tackle militancy

(Pakistan) US State Dept welcomes Pakistan's decision -- US plans to triple non-security aid to Pakistan in new strategy -- Pakistan fleecing US in war on terror

(Pakistan) 'Terrorists may abduct British, American employees in Sindh'

(Pakistan) Heavy security for Pakistan by-elections: official

(U.S.) Guantanamo Detainee to File Habeas Petition -- Mohammed Sulaymon Barre

(U.S.) No bail for 3 suspects in JFK fuel line plot -- Three deny JFK terror plot claims

(U.S.) Arizona: Iranian engineer pleads guilty in nuke plant case -- Mohammad Reza Alavi

(U.S.) IPT News: State Dept. Stands Alone on Virginia Saudi School -- see also Andrew Cochran's June 25 updated posting

(U.S.) DHS Lags in Preparations for Transition of Power, Study Says

(UK) Extra security at train stations amid terror attack fears -- and -- Airport-style security for UK rail stations blocked

U.K. Reporter Told to Hand Over His Notes to Police

(UK) Security czar warns of potential 9/11 -- 'Attacks would be relatively simple to orchestrate'

(UK) Internet 'is infecting UK children with extremist Muslim messages'

Iran says "enemies" won't stop nuclear work: agency

Gaza truce broken again as Kassam rocket hits w. Negev

(Gaza) Israel keeps Gaza crossings closed for second day

Palestinian Islamic Jihad will coordinate 'responses to Israel's actions' with Hamas

'Hamas willing to be more flexible on prisoner swap deal'

(Israel) Merkaz Harav families, MKs want home of terrorist demolished

Jordan prosecutor charges 3 Muslim militants with plotting to attack Amman church

Saudi Arabia: Cells Were in Contact with Major Al-Qaeda Leaders- Official -- and -- Saudi Arabia: Terror cell received orders from al-Qaeda deputy

Yemen: Authorities arrest 10 alleged al-Qaeda terrorists

Somalia conflict kills more than 2,100 this year-- bringing the death toll since an Islamist-led insurgency began in early 2007 to 8,636

Somalia: Three Killed in Attack on Mini-Bus in Central Country

Somalia: Kismayo Port Official Gunned Down

Somali pirates demand US$1 million ransom for kidnapped Europeans, official says

Nigeria: Military Forces Break Militant Ranks -- and -- At least 6 dead in Nigeria oil gang clashes - on Wednesday

(Turkey) Kurdish rebel ambush kills civilian in Turkey

(Bosnia) "Al-Qaeda helpers operating in Bosnia"

(Canada) Ottawa: Court hears of bomb plans -- suspect acted as courier to Pakistan, planned to strap explosives onto model airplane, star witness says -- Mohammad Momin Khawaja -- and -- Ottawa: Terror camp planned, trial told

Canadian judge criticizes Guantanamo tactics

(Philippines) Muslim militants kidnap five electric power workers in Philippines -- one worker freed

(Philippines) Abu Sayyaf scattered, leaderless: military chief

(Philippines) 14 killed as military, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) forces clash in south -- update on Wednesday fighting

Philippine Government asks OIC to help resolve leadership feud within Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and MNLF

(Australia) Jemaah Islamiah (JI) still our main terrorist threat

Sri Lanka military: Soldiers capture rebel-held northern village after 3-week battle

(Sri Lanka) 59 Tigers killed in two days of fighting

North Korea submits nuclear list to China: S Korea

(North Korea) Bush administration to lift North Korea sanctions

North Korea removed from US 'axis of evil'

(Iraq) US forces kill three gunmen near Baghdad airport

Iraq: Bomb strikes minibus near Shiite shrine in holy city of Karbala, killing at least 2 -- see also KUNA report

(Iraq) Three killed, eight injured in explosives-planted car in Iraq -- in the Al-Karada district

(Iraq) Sahwa ("Awakening") elements join Iraqi police

Afghan intelligence accuses Pakistan spy agency of Karzai attack

(Pakistan) FATA: Taliban Court Orders Six People Dead -- FATA's Orakzai Agency -- see also Jeffrey Imm's June 10 posting

(Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban 'siege' of Peshawar threatens Pakistan's grip -- and -- 'European Muslim converts moving to Peshawar'

(Pakistan) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) Fazlur Rahman: No Govt. Writ In Tribal Districts - "well known defender" of Taliban interests says Taliban rules FATA and NWFP

(Pakistan) U.S. GAO: Pakistan gets terror funds with little oversight

(U.S.) JFK Terror Suspects Extradited to U.S. Arraigned in New York

(U.S.) MEMRI Report of Al-Jazeera TV Report on Fairfax, Virginia, Islamic Saudi Academy Controversy -- see Andrew Cochran's June 25 posting

(Syria) UN team head says more follow-up needed on allegations Syria hid nuclear program -- and -- Syrian VP says his country allowed UN nuclear inspections to prove US allegations were false

(Russia) Widows of Jihad Fighters in Caucasus Support Dokka Umarov, Reject Democratic Chechnya

Italian anti-terror official testifies at Milan trial of alleged CIA kidnap of Egyptian cleric

(Canada) Ottawa trial: Khawaja considering creating terror camp in Canada: witness -- Court told of terror-case e-mails -- Mohammad Momin Khawaja

(Sri Lanka) US Embassy in Sri Lanka closes temporarily after suspicious powder found

North Korea nuclear accounting won't include bombs -- North Korea may come off US terror list soon: White House

Chinese Hackers Planted 'Trap Doors' In Government Computers

(New Zealand) Government Offices Threatened With 1080 Poison

(Colombia) FARC's Low-Level pipeline campaign

Iran's 'Nightmare Scenarios' Are Mulled in Washington

Head of UN personnel security and safety resigns - After Algiers bombing tkilled 17 UN staff

Saudi Arabia Says 701 Al-Qaeda-Linked Militants Arrested This Year - released 181, detains 520 -- Reuters report says that 520 suspects "included a cell in the Red Sea port city of Yanbu, close to oil export terminals and petrochemical plants, and another in the Eastern Province where the bulk of kingdom's oil sector is located"

(Saudi Arabia) 'Deviants' arrested over oil strike plans -- Were preparing attacks on oil installations - Officials close to uncovering financiers of terror: Naif

(Iraq) Three American Soldiers Killed in Iraq - in Nineveh province

Iraqi police: 14 Shiite gunmen arrested in clashes in southern city of Nasiriyah

Iraqi PM gives pardon to Amara Shiite militants who surrender within week

(Iraq) Head of Mosul Municipality killed -- source

(Iraq) 90 Iraqis wounded in car bomb: US military -- in Mosul - says Tuesday attack carried out by Al-Qaeda in Iraq

Iraq: Group linked to Mahdi Army behind Baghdad bombing, says report

(Iraq/Afghanistan) U.S. Reporters Say Networks Put Wars on Back Burner

(Afghanistan) 22 militants, two foreign troops killed in Afghanistan -- in Paktika and Helmand provinces -- also -- Police Chief says up to 35 Taliban killed in these attacks

(Afghanistan) British soldier killed in Afghanistan

(Afghanistan) U.S. General: Attacks up 40 percent in east Afghanistan -- Afghan War Moves Into Unknown Territory -- U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Face Surge in Violence, Demands -- U.S. Joint Chief of Staff's Mullen wants 3 more brigades to fight Afghan Taliban

(Afghanistan) Kabul parades 'Pakistani bombers'

(Afghanistan/Pakistan) Pro-Taliban group releases abducted British filmmaker (my title)

(Pakistan) FATA's South Waziristan: Jandola falls to Taliban Commander Baitullah Mehsud, nine killed - 10 abducted -- also report: "Militants pull back from Jandola"

(Pakistan) Taliban militants kill 28 members of tribal peace committee in Pakistan - updated death toll on FATA's South Waziristan city of Jandola

(Pakistan) Taliban kidnap 2 in FATA's Mohmand Agency

(Pakistan) NWFP: 'Talks with Taliban in few days' -- NWFP Govt. To Drop Cases Against 600 Taliban Fighters -- Local Taliban undecided about fate of peace accord -- see also Jeffrey Imm's June 10 posting

(Pakistan) NWFP: Emboldened militants set sights on Peshawar -- and -- Govt promises operation on Peshawar

(Pakistan) NWFP: Fresh Swat clashes leave 10 dead

(Pakistan) Poll of Pakistan Opinion Finds Public Blames U.S., not al-Qaida, For Country's Violence

Pakistan Army Denies Soldiers Are Aiding Taliban

(Pakistan) Hardliners seize girls school -- seeks to convert into madrassa - and renames it to "Jamia Hafsa" - in Khar

(Pakistan) Strategy targets Pakistan ties -- New U.S. military commander determined to defeat Taliban, al Qaeda

(U.S.) Trinidad OKs extradition of JFK terrorist plot suspects -- Abdel Nur, Abdul Kadi, Kareem Ibrahim -- see also CNN report

(U.S.) Gitmo commander won't meet prisoners

(U.S.) NY Times Outs CIA Interrogator -- of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed -- NYT Editor's Note

(U.S.) Internal documents:Capitol ill-prepared for bomb attack

Ship terrorism alert system flawed: report -- Ship Security Alert System (SSAS)

Majorities in four countries say torturing terrorists is OK: poll -- include India and Thailand that have suffered protracted Jihadist terrorism

(U.N.) Overhaul of security sought

(UK) Transatlantic Airline Terror Plot: Suspect admits bomb plot - admitted buying potential bomb-making chemicals for bombing to have "hallmark of an al-Qaeda attack" -- Assad Sarwar -- previous BBC report on plot to attack oil refineries

(UK) Transatlantic Airline Terror Plot: 'Bomb plot' wife gave false name

(UK) Home Office 'must tighten terror planes loophole'

(UK) Britain can't fight two wars at same time: Military chief

(UK) Blonde, white schoolboy is al-Qaeda extremist, say police -- 12 year old boy "BC"

(UK) Nazi sympathizer Martyn Gilleard jailed for 16 years - kept nail bombs under child's bed

(Canada) Man accused of plotting British terror bombings denies charges in Canada - and -- Canadian Momin Khawaja allegedly attended terrorist training camp with British bomb plot's ringleader Omar Khyam

(Canada) Ottawa trial: Suspect was devoted to Pakistan al-Qaeda camp, court told -- Mohammad Momin Khawaja -- see also "The naming of names and knowing thy enemy"

(Canada) Toronto 18 trial: Crown takes aim at its own witness

(India) Leaders of a top rebel faction offer truce in India's remote northeast

(India) 32 militants surrender in Assam

(India J&K) Religious riots escalate in Indian Kashmir

(Iran) Tehran condemns Britain for removing Iranian opposition group from terror

Iran issues warning over nuclear program

(Iran) West to pursue twin track in Iran nuclear dispute -- Wrong choice will bring isolation, UK warns Iran

Iran's Guards say U.S. to face "tragedy" if it hits Iran -- Iran to pull assets from EU over sanctions: minister

(Lebanon) Death toll from unrest in north Lebanon rises to nine

(Syria) UN nuclear inspectors on last day of Syria visit

Hamas says it will not police the cease-fire with Israel

(Gaza) Hamas condemns closing of Gaza crossings by Israel --- Israel closes Gaza cargo crossings following Kassam attacks

(Gaza) Egyptian troops discover seven new tunnels, seize drugs, find arms near Gaza

(Hamas) New York Times' Kristof: Never Mind the Terrorists - by Steven Emerson -- regarding Hamas

Israel says Hezbollah release of soldiers will take time

Yemeni police arrest local al-Qaeda member

Somali Islamist rejects new truce agreement

Somalia: Amid Insurgent Attacks, Hungry Somalis Storm Aid Truck

(Somalia) Pirates kidnap four tourists off coast of Somalia: officials -- Somali pirates demand ransom for abducted couple -- Official: Kidnapped German child ill in Somalia

Somali pirates release Turkish ship

(Nigeria) Shell's main Nigeria oil facility back online after militant attack

(Germany) Islamist group challenges Berlin's five-year ban in European court - Hizb ut-Tahrir challenges ban in EU court -- recently ruled legal in Denmark

Italy: Conservative MP urges closure of al-Qaeda linked websites

Greece: Police probe failed bomb attack at drug company -- possible Anarchist bomb

(Thailand) Deep-South terror stress rises -- due to stream of terror attacks

(Philippines) Army-Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighting kills 11--military

(Philippines) Govt OKs 600 Muslim-populated villages under Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) status - for an Islamic "homeland" - for potential peace agreement with MILF

Southeast Asian terror groups pose 'very real' threat: think tank - warns of terror groups in Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand

Sri Lanka's military says new fighting kills 32 Tamil rebels, 4 soldiers -- and -- LTTE rebels killed, rebel areas captured by Sri Lankan security

(North Korea) US official to attend North Korea nuke plant demolition -- on nuclear plant cooling tower, not weapons

China deploys surface-to-air missiles to protect Olympics

Colombia, Ecuador drop plans to restore diplomatic ties -- Ecuador says may impose Colombia trade sanctions

Iran attack rumors flatly denied and El Baradei Now Says Iran Needs As Little As Six Months for a Bomb

Rockets hit Israel, which says truce broken - Palestinian militants fired 3 homemade rockets into southern Israel

(Iraq) Bomb kills 4 Americans at Baghdad council meeting -- 10 killed total includes 6 Iraqis

(Afghanistan) NATO kills 15 militants in Afghan air strike: official

Pakistan must stop cross-border attacks: Afghanistan

Pakistan: 16 killed in Islamist attack on rival tribesmen

(Pakistan) NWFP govt to honor Swat peace deal-- see also Jeffrey Imm's post

(U.S.) Report: Gitmo detainee wants 2nd chance -- Canadian Omar Khadr

(U.S.) Court upholds conviction in terrorism-related case -- 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sabri Benkahla - trained training with Pakistani militant group

US Supreme Court will review $2.8 million award to Iranian terrorism victim's brother

Al-Qaeda develops powerful online voice - Evan Kohlmann: "In many, many ways, the damage has already been done" - see Part One

New jihadist message calls for bomb-making aid -- Ekhlas has recently created pages in English, French, Italian and Turkish

Iran says EU measures useless; Ahmadinejad proposes trial for world powers sanctioning Tehran

(Iran) Tehran condemns EU decision to freeze Iranian bank's assets

(Iran) EU publishes Iran sanctions blacklist

(Gaza) Bomb blows up outside residence of leading Palestinian activist

(Gaza) Palestinian gunners breach fresh truce -- fired mortars at Israel's Negev -- Gunmen fire mortar shell from Gaza

(West Bank) Israeli army kills two Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli court rejects bid to overturn Gaza truce

(Russia) Senior police officer killed in Russia's restive Caucasus province

(Turkey) Report: Turkish soldier killed in clash with Kurdish rebels

(Kosovo) Powerful explosion destroys car in Kosovo's tense north; no injuries reported

(Northern Ireland) IRA dissidents suspected in slaying of Catholic man in N. Ireland

(Canada) Alleged Al-Qaida turncoat testifies at Ottawa terror trial

(Sri Lanka) 26 killed in Sri Lanka's fresh fighting

North Korea nuclear report expected by Thursday and US cautious as NKorea set for nuclear disclosure and N. Korea nuclear declaration to exclude weapons -- top US envoy

Canada enlists realtors to fight money laundering and UAE updates money laundering regulations

(U.S.) Man sentenced to 22 years in L.A.-area terror plot - Levar Washington one of Kevin James' radical Islamic prison group - see CT Blog posts on plot

(U.S.) Two Munitions Dealers Arrested and Charged in Conspiracy to Export Military Aircraft Parts to Iran - Parts for CH-53 & AH-1 helicopters, F-14 fighter jet shipped to Iran

(Canada) Crown claims trans-Atlantic terrorism conspiracy -- extraordinarily detailed prosecution opening statement in Mohammad Momin Khawaja trial

(Pakistan) Europeans Join al Qaeda

(Iraq) Calm Returns to Mosul Following Weeks of Al Qaeda Attacks

(Iraq) Officials: Iraqi councilman kills U.S. soldiers

South Africa: U.S. Lawmakers to Remove Mandela From Terror List

EU Approves Sanctions Against Iran's Largest Bank - Asset freeze, financial & travel sanctions - See April 15 CT Blog Panel and numerous posts

(Iraq) Mortar attack strikes US-allied Sunni group north of Baghdad, killing 10, wounding 24 - in Diyala

Iraq PM announces crackdown in Qaeda bastion - in Diyala province

Iraqi PM pledges to enforce law after Amara crackdown

(Iraq) Authorities in Iraq arrest man allegedly involved in killing 100 people -- Omar Abdkhaled Hamady Al-Kartan responsible for 2007 university bombing

(Iraq) Pentagon: Roadside bombings, deaths fall

(Afghanistan) US-led forces kill 55 militants in Afghanistan - in Patika province

(Afghanistan) Militant, 2 civilians killed in clash in eastern Afghanistan - in Nangarhar province

Afghan official: Suicide car bomber kills 4 civilians in western town

(Pakistan) Pro-Taliban militants abduct 17 police in Pakistan's Khyber Pass - in FATA

(Pakistan) 11 beheaded in sectarian violence in Pakistan - in FATA's Kurram Agency -- AFP report: Eight shot dead in sectarian violence in Pakistan

(Pakistan) Taliban issue burqa warning -- as well as additional Taliban instruction on Sharia - in FATA Mohmand Agency

(Pakistan) One killed, two injured in NWFP Malakand blast

(Pakistan) Bomb blast rocks Taj Cinema in NWFP's Mardan -- and -- Music shop blown up - in NWFP Kohat -- see also Jeffrey Imm's June 10 posting

(Pakistan) Militants release 16 Christians - in FATA Khyber Agency -- kidnapped because house used to be madrassa 15 years ago

(Pakistan) Two policemen killed in Hub - Balochistan terror group

(Pakistan) Two engineers kidnapped in Laki Marwat

(Pakistan) 'Taliban advance only made possible by Al Qaeda’s help' - Ahmed Rashid

(India J&K) Ten killed in weekend gunbattle in Indian Kashmir

Iran sees "common ground" with big powers' atom offer

Lebanon: Death toll rises in sectarian clashes - 9 killed, 35 injured -- and -- Fighting rages in north Lebanon for second day

(Syria) US making false accusations: Syrian paper -- and -- IAEA inspectors begin mission to Syria amid allegations of hidden nuclear program

(West Bank) IDF soldiers arrest 9 Palestinian terror suspects in W. Bank operations

(Gaza) Uneasy calm lingers on Gaza border

'U.S., Israel made Hamas power brokers' -- Official blasts 'tacit recognition' of deadly terror group

(Israel) Jerusalem: No new Hizbullah demand

Somalia: Explosion in Mogadishu Claims Three Soldiers

(Somalia) Al-Qaeda urges militants to fight UN - update on Abu Yahya Al-Libi video report

Somalia: Pirates Deny Food for Russian Captives

Nigeria: Militants Counsel Yar'Adua Against Military Option

(Turkey) Blast at Turkish army base injures 13 soldiers

France President to Israeli Knesset: Nuclear Iran is 'totally unacceptable'

(Canada) Ottawa terrorism trial begins under tight security - Mohammed Momin Khawaja

(Thailand) 6 suspected insurgents killed in 3 clashes with authorities in Yala

Thailand: Trains to Muslim south suspended after attacks

(Philippines) Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF): Gov't dragging the peace talks

(Philippines) Govt human rights probers attacked by militiamen

Sri Lanka military says new fighting kills 33 Tamil rebels, 6 soldiers

Sri Lanka says weekend fighting kills 59, most rebels

Malaysia frees Sri Lankan businessman after 4-year detention for alleged illegal nuclear deal -- for Libya nuclear weapons components

Colombia willing to negotiate hostage release: President

Colombian oil pipeline closed by attacks - source

Colombian captive urges Betancourt to stay strong

(Somalia) Qaeda urges Somali insurgents to fight on-Web video -- Abu Yahya al-Libi appears in video

(Afghanistan)Talk of cross-border action by Afghanistan 'not wise': Rice

(Russia) One security officer wounded in militant attack in Chechnya

(Lebanon) Top member of Islamist group wounded in Lebanon blast -- Imad Yassin, senior member of the Jund al-Sham Islamist group

Nigeria militant group offers cease-fire -- Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta

(Canada) Secrecy, open courts collide in terrorism suspect's case -- Momin Khawaja

(Australia) Terrorism help for Pakistan -- Australian counter-terrorism experts could be sent to Pakistan

(Sri Lanka) LTTE has links with global terror groups: Lanka PM -- links with PKK and Al Qaeda affiliates

(Bahrain) Two face probe over funding terror group -- Al Adala movement members

(Australia) National terror warning system 'useless'

Israel Intelligence: Terror activity, arms smuggling stepped up in Gaza

(UK) Al-Qaeda hate preacher Abu Qatada wins 150 pounds a week benefits

(U.S.) DHS Plan to Fingerprint Foreigners Exiting U.S. Is Opposed -- US-VISIT

(Pakistan) Releasing AQ Khan reckless: LA Times

(Pakistan) Journalists held for reporting on Taliban - in NWFP's Peshawar

(U.S.) Inside a 9/11 Mastermind’s Interrogation

(U.S.) The Flight Watchmen -- to the counterterrorism experts who scour the nation's airspace, safety is hard-earned every minute of every day

(U.S.) At Odds With Air Force, Army Adds Air Unit

(U.S.) AP: Billions more needed to secure US embassies

(U.S.) Area terror cell numbered 8, agent says -- 'Lackawanna Six' could have been 8 or 12

(U.S.) Millions spent on Toledo terror case; tab still rising

(U.S.) Bush fails to appoint a nuclear terror czar

(Iraq) At least 18 killed, 38 wounded in Iraq's Baquba -- female suicide bomber attack near gate of Diyala provincial governor's HQ-- also AFP report

(Iraq) Explosion in Kirkuk kills three Iraqis, two injures

(Iraq) Back Channels: Iraqis now know al-Qaeda, not U.S., is the real enemy

Iraq says U.K. captives still alive

(Afghanistan) Marines drive Taliban from volatile province

(Afghanistan) NATO general calls for 6,000 more troops in Afghanistan

(Afghanistan) Security developments in Afghanistan, June 22

(Afghanistan) Several militants dead in fresh clashes in Southern Afghanistan

(Afghanistan) Bombings Kill 5 Foreigners in Afghanistan

(Afghanistan) Army ‘vacuum’ missile hits Taliban -- British forces using thermobaric weapons

(U.K.) Terrorism fight given £3.8m boost

(UK) Young Muslims 'are turning to extremism'-- Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Report "Hearts and Minds and Eyes and Ears: Reducing Radicalisation Risks Through Reassurance Orientated Policing"

(Pakistan) NATO Returns Fire After Attack From Pakistan -- shots fired across the Afghan/Pakistan border
-- and -- Pakistan rebels kill four Afghans in rocket strikes -- NATO responds with artillery a second time

(Pakistan) Rival militants battle in Pakistan's Khyber region -- Ansar-ul-Islam versus Lashkar-e-Islami

(Pakistan) Taliban is infiltrating into Pak troops: Report -- new classified US documents reveal that mass infiltration of Frontier Corps by Afghan insurgents is helping latest offensive

(Pakistan) Pakistan to fight anti-terror war but not on its own soil

Pakistan announces plan to clear death row to commemorate birthday of slain Bhutto -- thousands of death row inmates to receive clemency

Pakistan's Khan says no links to Swiss nuclear experts

(Pakistan) Islamic militants briefly abduct 16 Christians in Pakistan - NWFP's Peshawar

(India) 5 killed in clashes between Indian forces and militants in Indian Kashmir

Israel presses for deals with foes -- Pursuing diplomacy with allies of Iran, Israel appears to be trying to blunt Iranian influence in the Middle East

Israel starts easing Gaza blockade

(Hamas) Committed to truce as long as Israel: Hamas' exiled leader -- Khaled Mashaal -- and -- Syria-Israel moves will not affect Hamas links: Meshaal

(Thailand) Muslim insurgents kill 4 in attack on train in restive southern Thailand: police - Yala province

(Australia) Melbourne 12 trial: Muslim terror cell 'out to kill many innocent people' - to get Australia to pull out of Iraq

(Syria) Report: Assad is considering ending support for Iran's nuclear program

(Iran) Report: Syria, North Korea Helped Iran Develop Nuclear Program

Iran says examining timetable for nuclear talks

Iran denies moving funds from Europe

Iran warns of 'limitless' response to any military strike

(Lebanon) Two Dead, 25 Wounded In North Lebanon Clashes

Venezuela Hosts Iranian Terrorists

North Korea invites TV crews for nuclear show -- will broadcast destruction of key nuclear facility

(Colombia) Farc rebels release hostage video

(Colombia) Possibilities In Colombia For A U.S. Military Base

(Sri Lanka) India Urges Sri Lanka To Pursue Peace With Tamil Rebels

(Sri Lanka) Roadside blast kills two police commandos in Sri Lanka: military -- and -- 16 rebels among 18 killed in Sri Lanka: Army

(Pakistan) Firing at police van in Pakistan kills 4 - in Balochistan

Sri Lanka's military says 8 Tamil rebels killed in new fighting in volatile north - Saturday PM update

(Iraq) Battle shapes up over future of US role in Iraq

Lebanon FM: We are not responsible for Sison's attack

(Lebanon) PM rejects opposition deadline

(Philippines) Palace clarifies offensive vs Abu Sayyaf

Bahrain arrests Qaeda suspects: police

(Zimbabwe) Assassins Aim at Zimbabwe Opposition

(Afghanistan) Update: Bombs kill 5 foreign troops in Afghanistan.

(Afghanistan) Afghan NATO base attacked from Pakistan: Military

(Israel/US) Israeli experts to review LAX airport security

(Israel) Captive soldier's parents ask court to stop truce

(Iraq) US forces detain five insurgents with connections to Iranian intelligence -- Baghdad, Hilla raids - Saturday report

(Iraq) Bodies found of 2 Shiite brothers after return to Sunni area

(Afghanistan) Six foreign soldiers, several rebels killed in Afghanistan -- in Kandahar, Paktika provinces

(Afghanistan) US soldier killed, three injured in blast in Afghanistan - Farah province

(Afghanistan) Corpses, mines, returning villagers part of grim aftermath to Afghanistan battle with Taliban

(U.S.) DHS: Agency says 7,000 sites at 'high risk' of terrorist attack' -- list includes chemical plants, hospitals, colleges, food processing sites

(UK) Abu Hamza extradition is 'unassailable' - updated report

(Pakistan/Europe) Intelligence Officials: Dozens of Europeans Have Trained in Terror Camps in Pakistan

(Pakistan) 'Govt shifting policy on tackling militancy' -- federal government is changing its stance to a soft multi-pronged political approach -- and -- Pakistan's ambassador urges patience from US -- Husain Haqqani

(Pakistan) US sent no list ordering terrorist arrests: Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik -- Osama is not in Pakistan, says Malik

(Pakistan) NWFP in action to save Swat accord -- NWFP govt and Taliban 'secretly' resume talks - NWFP minister says govt will honor peace deal in 'letter and spirit' to ensure stability -- see also Jeffrey Imm postings on June 10, May 22

(Pakistan) Majority for talks with Taliban; Nawaz rating rising - updated news report on Terror Free Tomorrow poll

(Pakistan) Karachi, NWFP: Taliban warn truckers to stop NATO oil supply

(Pakistan) NWFP forms body to distribute funds among victims of Swat military operations

(Pakistan) No Taliban in Peshawar: NWFP Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour -- and -- NWFP govt forms special force to counter terrorism

(Pakistan) No leakage of Pakistan nuclear designs: Foreign Office-- the same foreign office that said there were no negotiations with the Taliban, etc.

(Pakistan) JUI's Fazl says Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) workers attacked his vehicle - in Peshawar

Pakistani Daily: "2,000 RAW, Mossad Agents In Afghanistan, Spreading Web In Pakistan"

(Iran) Israel flexes muscles with 'Iran attack' drill - London Times reports interview with Israeli political official: "this was a dress rehearsal" - update - also WP report

Iran presses on with nuclear enrichment -- and -- Iran says no negotiation based on uranium suspension

Iran rules out the possibility of Israeli military strike on Iran nuclear installations

(Iran) 'Ball of fire' if Iran attacked: IAEA chief -- and -- UN atom watchdog chief says to quit if Iran attacked

Iran: Rebel claim of police killings might be true

Syria to cooperate with nuclear team on its own terms -- and -- U.N. Nuke Chief Urges Syria to Cooperate With Inspectors

Hamas leader denies military aid from Iran

Hamas: Negotiations with Israel out of question

(Gaza) Terrorists boast truce 'victory for resistance' -- Disclose cease-fire in Gaza will be used to rearm, prepare for battle

(Gaza) Palestinian Islamic Jihad vows to respond to any Israeli ceasefire violations

(West Bank) Palestinian security academy to graduate first group of officers: official

Somalia: Regional Administration Flees From Central Region

(Somalia) UN: More than 40 civilians killed in Somali capital this week - update

(Morocco) Islamist prisoners stage hunger strike in Morocco

European nuclear weapons sites lack security

(Canada) Toronto 18 trial: Two more odd characters join cast of terror trial

(Canada) Alleged terrorist's hearing to be secret - Montreal's Adil Charkaoui

Canada's anti-terror legislation vs. Ottawa's Momin Khawaja

(Canada) Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) hosted Pakistani terror leader Qazi Hussein Ahmad in Canada

(Philippines) Troops resume shelling suspected Abu Sayyaf lairs in Sulu

Philippine National Police downplays Abu Sayyaf, MNLF threats due to Isnaji's arrest

(Australia) Jihad was 'religious duty' for terror accused, court hears

Sri Lanka mounts air strikes against Tiger rebels - ground troops on Saturday kill 4 guerrillas

(Sri Lanka) Prabhakaran's son credited with new devastating chemical bomb

(North Korea) New North Korean nuclear doubts: report -- questions an alternative route to producing a nuclear weapon -- New Data Found On North Korea's Nuclear Capacity

(North Korea) US officials: N. Korea may announce abandonment of nuclear weapons soon -- and -- Six-nation talks on North Korea denuclearization soon: Hill

(North Korea) Japan: Countries at nuclear talks may ease requirements for NKorean declaration

(China) U.S. nuke spotters sent to China before games -- NEST secret team acts on attack fears

(Nepal) Maoists quit Nepal govt, demand PM's resignation

Colombia protests comments by Nicaragua's Ortega -- accusing Colombian leader Alvaro Uribe of being a "terrorist"

(Venezuela) Chavez refutes US Hezbollah charges

(Iraq) Suicide attack in Mosul leaves five Iraqi policemen injured

US asks to rewrite Guantanamo Bay detainee evidence -- allowing it to shore up its cases before they come under scrutiny by civilian judges for the first time

(U.S.) Appeals court refuses to step into terrorism case -- of Guantanamo Bay enemy combatant Omar Khadr

(U.S.) Businesses advised by U.S. to secure chemicals to deter terrorism

Lebanese PM describes Hezbollah behavior "Shameful"

(Syria) UN nuclear chief tells Arab TB he hopes Syria will show transparency during inspectors' visit

Hamas won't halt weapons smuggling into Gaza

(UAE) Dubai plays down high-risk terror alert

Nigerian president tells army to bolster oil security

(Turkey) Military court bans coverage of PKK terrorism

Russia, Serbia Oppose UN Chief's Plan to Diminish UN's Kosovo Presence

(Canada) "Reports of Hezbollah in Canada unsubstantiated: expert" -- Alan Bell with Globe Risk Holdings

(Canada) Toronto 18 trial: Suspect said he was 'just chilling, reading the Koran'-- suspect states ""Sometime you have to do violence to bring peace....Peace talks won't work...We have to plan 'B' to action"

(Iraq) US military: American soldier killed in Iraq - in Diyala province

(Iraq) 4 Al-Qaeda militants killed, many held in Iraq

(Iraq) Five more Sadrists detained in Iraq militia crackdown

(Iraq) Sadrists protest long-term US-Iraqi security deal, arrests in Amarah

(Iraq) Al-Mahdi Army militias routed without a shot fired

(Afghanistan) Suicide attack on US convoy in Afghanistan kills seven -- in Helmand province -- see also KUNA report

Afghanistan: Taliban still strong despite NATO operation

Afghans count Taliban dead in valley near Kandahar

Afghan district declared safe after two days of fighting

Nepal arrests 3 pro-Tibet leaders, 700 exiles

(Afghanistan) Kidnapped Frenchman released in Afghanistan

(Pakistan) 'Mastermind' of suicide blasts arrested - in Rawalpindi - Dawn report states Intikhab Abbasi was also alleged mastermind behind Danish embassy attack

Pakistan: NWFP Province allowed to enter peace deals with Taliban -- Federal govt to honor NWFP peace deals, says Malik -- see also Jeffrey Imm's June 10 posting

(Pakistan) Poll finds Pakistanis favor talks with militants - 58 percent favor talks with Taliban, 50 percent favor talks with Al-Qaeda -- support for implementing "strict Sharia law" remains at about 75 percent (Q8G) -- see latest Terror Free Tomorrow national poll

(Pakistan) NWFP Swat Taliban to boycott today's peace talks - demands all Taliban prisoners to be released

(Pakistan) Peace deals should not bring impunity to terrorists: Rice

(Pakistan) NWFP Public Assembly condemns US strikes, Karzai's statement

(Pakistan) Taliban attacks worry NWFP Peshawar business community

(Pakistan) Some Afghan refugee camps haven for extremists, says PM

(Pakistan) Nine killed in suspected sectarian violence in Pakistan -- updated death toll in Thursday FATA Kurram agency attack

(Pakistan) US denies targeting Pakistani troops -- and -- Pakistan high on US policy agenda: Rice

(U.S.) House passes new surveillance law

U.S. court dismisses case by Canadian at Guantanamo - against Mohammed Jawad

(U.S.) Seattle: Second trial in Jewish Federation shooting set for September

U.S. lawmakers want Mandela off terrorism list

(U.S.) Pentagon grapples with 9/11 memorial puzzle - public access to solemn site set to be balanced against security needs

(Al-Qaeda) Symposium: Al-Qaeda's Central Leadership -- Daveed Gartenstein-Ross participant

(UK) 2 men deny trying to explode car bombs in London and Glasgow last year -- Iraqi Bilal Abdullah and Jordanian Mohammed Asha

(UK) Abu Hamza loses US extradition appeal, faces 100-year jail sentence -- and -- Abu Hamza: he's not gone yet - extradition process could be lengthy

(UK) Jailed: Former English teacher who threatened to blow up Bluewater shopping center - Saeed Ghafoor

(UK) Police get more time to quiz terror suspect -- Bristol Somalian in custody in connection with Andrew Ibrahim

(UK) Parents 'key' in terrorism fight

(UK) Muslim convert 'recruits' inmates -- see also Dispatches "Jail to Jihad" documentary

(Iran) U.S. says exercise by Israel seemed directed at Iran -- 'IAF apparently held Iran strike drill' -- Israel's military won't confirm or deny report on practice run for Iran strike

Iran: We'll hit back with 'strong blow'

(Iran) Russia warns against attacking Iran

Iran rebels execute kidnapped policemen: Arabiya TV

Hamas: We'll honor W. Bank truce

(Israel) 2 Israelis seriously wounded in Neveh Tzuf shooting attack -- by two masked Palestinian terrorists in passing vehicle

(Israel) Missionaries under threat in Israel -- attacks on Messianic Jews

Israeli security officials say Jewish settler fired rocket at Palestinian village -- addtl report

(UAE) Report: "Chat between drunk men sparked terror warning"

(Somalia) Mogadishu clashes leave 13 dead - on Friday -- and -- Somalia: 10 Killed 30 Injured in Mogadishu's Weaponry Fighting

Somali battles kill 38 since Djibouti 'peace pact'

Somalia: Central Somali Town Wakes Up With Mortars Attack -- and -- Somalia: Deadly Blast Rocks in Central Somalia Town

(Algeria) Operatives targeted by al-Qaida official -- who surrendered to Algerian authorities as part of an amnesty deal

Algeria to secure beaches - to ensure beaches are safe from attack from Islamist extremists

(Algeria) Fifa security for Algeria game

(Yemen) Fresh attempt to close outlets selling weapons

(Russia) U.S. missile shield plans have noting to do with Iran threat - FM

(Switzerland/Austria) Euro Soccer Finals Are Terror Target - U.S. and European officials tell ABC News -- see also Lorenzo Vidino's May 15 posting

EU endorses sweeping new border security rules

(Canada) Toronto 18 trial: Crown's case alive and well in homegrown terror trial

Philippine police chief says mayor led militants who kidnapped TV crew -- Philippine national police chief accuses mayor of pocketing more than half the ransom payment

Philippines vows to continue cooperation with OIC in fight against terrorism -- OIC is pro-Islamist group

(Australia) Melbourne 12 trial: Terror cell planned 'violent jihad'

Australian woman 'posts call to jihad' -- 22 year old Islamic convert Sister Zahra says "I invite you to join the Army of Islam for the holy war" -- claims to be backed by firebrand cleric Sheik Haron -- on YouTube

Sri Lanka clashes kill 29: government - update

North Korea to declare nuke activities within week

(North Korea) Japan hints of compromise as NKorea nuke statement due

China holds fake "terrorist" extortionists

Venezuela rebuffs US on Hezbollah aid

(Colombia) France renews contact with FARC leaders

Hezbollah Poised to Strike? Officials Say "Sleeper Cells" Activated in Canada -- poised to mount a terror attack against "Jewish targets" somewhere outside the Middle East -- surveillance on Israel embassy in Ottawa and several Toronto synagogues

(Iraq) Sadrists complain of arrests in southern Iraq

(Iraq) More weapons caches turning up in Iraq

Iraqi foreign ministry: Iraq and US seek compromise on security deal

Afghanistan: 56 Taliban fighters killed in operation, say officials -- and --Afghan forces push Taliban militants from villages

Pakistani Islamists call for renewed jihad

(Pakistan) Senate Leader Speaks of "Another Dismemberment of Pakistan" - in Balochistan

(U.S.) New Jersey Fort Dix Case: Lawyer for Ft. Dix defendant calls "al-Qaeda" tag inflammatory -- and -- Terror Suspect Seeks to Dump Al Qaeda Language From Indictment -- five to stand trial in September face life imprisonment

(U.S.) Holy Land Foundation Case: ISNA, NAIT Seek to Edit History -- update by IPT News

(U.S.) Treasury Designates Saudi Al Haramain Islamic Foundation - provided financial and material support to al Qaida -- OFAC notice- AP news report -- see also Victor Comras' June 19 posting

(U.S.) House and Senate leaders agree to telecom immunity deal

U.S. company: crash lawsuit governed by Islamic law - claims Sharia law applies to company actions in Afghanistan

(U.S.) Guantanamo prisoner cites 2-week sleep deprivation - Mohammed Jawad accused of throwing grenade in jeep in Kabul

(UN) Muslim countries win concession regarding religious debates -- OIC wins battle to prevent Sharia from being criticized during debates by the UN Human Rights Council

UN's Arbour opposes "taboos" in human rights body -- Sharia not to be criticized in UNHRC discussions-- IHEU report -- JihadWatch.org report

(U.N.) Critics Demand Resignation of U.N. Official Who Wants Probe of 9/11 'Inside Job' Theories - UNHRC's Richard Falk, the special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories

INTERPOL wraps regional anti-terrorism meeting in Damascus

(UK) In court today: judgment on challenge by Abu Hamza - on extradition to United States

Iran: President says Americans wanted to abduct him

Iran says ready to negotiate on nuclear incentives

(Lebanon) Explosion heard in remote Hizbullah stronghold in southern Lebanon

(Lebanon) Hezbollah sees role beyond Israel leaving Shebaa Farms

Lebanon still without government month after deal

Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Positive developments in talks with Fatah

(Canada) World Tamil Movement says it will fight blacklisting as terror group by Ottawa

(Sri Lanka) 21 LTTE rebels, two troopers killed in Sri Lanka clashes - update

Iraqi troops begin operation in militia stronghold -- and -- Iraq launches crackdown in southern city - in Amarah

Iraqi Police, militant killed, militia leader detained in Mosul

Iraq: Deputy governor 'arrested in security operation'

Afghan officials: Taliban cleared from villages outside Kandahar -- Hundreds of Taliban casualties: governor - "the dead are mostly Pakistanis"

(Afghanistan) NATO, Afghan troops continue operations, civilian killed

Afghanistan overtaking Iraq as focus of terror war: analysts

(Afghanistan) After $10B, Afghans still can't fight -- James Gordon Meek -- see also related ABC report

(Pakistan) Taliban slam NWFP govt's inability to implement truce-- see also Jeffrey Imm June 10 posting

(Pakistan) Get Taliban out of NWFP: Shia clerics -- condemn killings of Shias in Dera Ismail Khan, Hangu and Parachinar

(Pakistan) 7 killed in Pakistan Shia-Sunni clashes - FATA Kurram Agency

(Pakistan) Militants attack police picket - with rockets - Dera Murad Jamali

(Pakistan) Unknown gunmen kills Islamic leader in northern Pakistan - Muhammad Zameer, govt official and local leader of Jamait-i-Islami

Pakistan committed to non-proliferation: US - State Dept's Tom Casey dismisses AQ Khan network threat -- and -- A Q Khan's network still being unraveled: Rice

(Pakistan) New govt under pressure to co-operate in war on terror

(Pakistan) 'US deliberately targeted Pakistani forces' - former Pakistan army chief Jehangir Karamat -- and -- 'Joint Pak-US probe into Mohmand attack begun'

(Pakistan) U.S. Petraeus Bids to Calm Pakistan Tensions

Pakistan: Military patrol in Kashmir ambushed by 'miscreants,' 2 troops killed

(U.S.) Internet Ties Link U.S. Terror Cells - links between Toledo, Chicago, Atlanta, Canadian, British Jihadists

(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: October trial set for Canadian Omar Khadr at Guantanamo

(U.S.) Holy Land Foundation (HLF) Case: Groups Want Names Cleared in Holy Land Case -- ACLU asks federal judge to rebuke prosecutor and remove Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT) as unindicted co-conspirators -- related ACLU press release -- HLF retrial scheduled for August 18

(U.S.) Iranian widow faces terror charges in NYC - linked to the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran

(U.S.) DHS: Private jets first test of nuke detectors

U.S. Military Nuclear Weapon Parts Lost, But Not Missing

(U.S.) Pentagon's Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Needs Plan - mission to counter WMDs

(UK) Transatlantic Airline Plot: Bomb plot suspect 'wanted global jihad' -- Mohammed Gulzar's airline bombs only part of terror plans

(UK) Abu Qatada: Terrorize the non-believers, orders 'Bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe' after he is freed on bail-- related Sun article --- BritishJihad.com case summary

(UK) Abu Qatada launches legal bid to ban pictures of him enjoying his freedom - because it 'violates his privacy'

(UK) Fresh hearing in terror book row -- British court orders new hearing on police bid to force journalist Shiv Malik to hand over notes -- on Hassan Butt -- and -- Shiv Malik: Journalist claims victory in terrorism sources case

(UK) Dispatches: "From Jail to Jihad" (Article and 5-part online video)

(India J&K) Hizbul militant surrenders, hideout busted in J&K

(India) Women giving terror lessons in Nagpur -- Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) women are consolidating Shaheen Force, the wing of school children, and Tehreek Tulba-e-Arabiya, the movement of the students of Arabic

(India) Call for Hindu suicide squads sparks anger in India

(Iran) Ahmadinejad says West failed in Iran nuclear crisis

Gaza truce between Israel and Hamas goes into effect

(Gaza) Israeli Navy fires shells into Gaza waters

(West Bank) Israel carries out large-scale operations in Qalqilya

Israel hints at peace with Hizbollah

Nigeria attack stops Shell's Bonga offshore oil -- Militants say they failed to cripple Nigerian offshore oil rig -- and -- Nigerian oil field shut after U.S. worker seized

German court jails man for promoting Qaeda online -- "Ibrahim R."

Sweden denies asylum to former Guantanamo detainee

Report: European countries likely to charge Bush officials with war crimes

(Canada) Toronto 18 trial: Witness remained his own, complicated man - Mubin Shaikh

(Canada) Toronto 18 trial: Young accused bewildered by accusation associates were plotting terrorism

(Thailand) Insurgents kill 3-year-old boy, dad in South - in Yala

Philippines: Kidnap negotiators arrested

(Philippines) Detained Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant admits getting help from MILF, Abu Sayyaf

(Philippines) Threats from Abu Sayyaf wane: West Point Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) report -- CTC article by Zachary Abuza

(Philippines) Abu Sayyaf still force to reckon with--Palace

(Philippines) Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) cautiously welcome gov't peace offer

(Philippines) Former Muslim Separatist Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebels throw support behind Isnaji

Sri Lanka ready to revive talks with LTTE

Sri Lanka military: 10 Tamil rebels, 1 soldier killed in fighting in volatile north

(Sri Lanka) As Sri Lanka's civil war escalates, so do attacks on its journalists

China mobilizes 100,000-strong anti-terrorism force for Beijing Olympics

(Venezuela) US accuses Venezuelan diplomat of working for Hizbullah - update
-- see also Douglas Farah June 18 posting

Spain says willing to mediate between Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela

Ecuadoran president rules out military offensive against FARC

Afghanistan: Taliban fighters prepare for fresh assault -- Taliban claims to have reached Kandahar city

(Afghanistan) UK: SAS reservists and servicewoman killed in secret Afghan mission - update

Afghanistan's orchard district fertile ground for Taliban

(Pakistan) Top NWFP Bureaucrat: The Wave Of Militancy Has Reached Peshawar-- see also Jeffrey Imm June 10 posting

(U.S.) Egyptian student pleads guilty to terrorist aid - Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed -- Plea Agreement (PDF) -- see also Bill West June 18 posting

(U.S.) Treasury Targets al Qaida-Affiliated Terrorists - leaders of the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) with goal of overthrowing Uzbekistan govt

(U.S.) Treasury Targets Hizballah in Venezuela -- also AFP report -- and -- Narco-Terror Concerns in Venezuela, Latin America -- see also Douglas Farah June 18 posting

(U.S.) Outdated Emergency Equipment Frustrates Lawmakers

(UK) Terror chief "U" next to be released on bail - "U" implicated in plots to blow up Los Angeles airport and Christmas market in Strasbourg; said to have "direct links to Osama bin Laden and other senior al-Qaeda figures" -- August 23, 2007 report: Algerian "U" denied bail -- May 14, 2007 BBC report -- see also BritishJihad.com Case Summary on Terror Suspects "U" and "Y"

Iran nuclear: Parliament to discuss new incentives

(Lebanon) Hezbollah supporters attack US envoy's motorcade in south Lebanon

(Lebanon) Israel-Hezbollah prisoner swap imminent: Lebanese official

(Gaza) Rockets, airstrikes hours before Gaza truce -- Palestinian militants fired 50 rockets and mortars toward Israel on Wednesday

(Gaza) Palestinian Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for rockets fired at Sderot

(Israel) House hit in pre-truce Kassam barrage -- at least 24 rockets strike western Negev hours before ceasefire; Gov't: deal to bring "new reality"

(Israel) As truce nears, IDF told to be ready

Palestinians, Israelis fear truce may not last -- as 50 rockets hit Israel, Reuters bemoans lost strawberry patch in Gaza

(Jordan) Former detainee blames trauma on US captors

Somalia fighting kills 17 despite peace pact