Counterterrorism Blog
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September 2008 Archives

Young Iraqi girls turned into perfect weapon - Teenage girls forced to wear suicide vests

Iraq: Doctors May Carry Guns

(Iraq) Gates Criticizes Conventional Focus At Start of Iraq War -- US needs more low-tech capabilities for counterinsurgency

Iraq flexible on security pact -- al-Maliki says the nation needs U.S. troops - For U.S. and Sunni Allies, a Turning Point - Sons of Iraq despair at takeover by Shiite gov't

(Afghanistan) Bush had no plan to catch Bin Laden -- in the first weeks after 9/11

(Afghanistan) Kidnapped Afghan diplomat freed

(Afghanistan) Taliban Chief Vows Safe Retreat For Foreign Troops -Statement - by Mullah Omar

(Pakistan) The long road to chaos in Pakistan

(Pakistan) Petraeus warns on Pakistan threat

Pakistan's main intel agency names new chief

(Pakistan) Nine tribesmen, four Taliban die in clash - in Bajaur

Israeli Intelligence Warns of New Israeli Terror

(Lebanon) Hezbollah on EU Terror List?

(Syria) The Golan Heights -- closer than ever to permanent resolution

Somali pirates die in Ukraine ship shootout

Australia changes terrorism alert system

(Russia) Chechnya burning homes of insurgents

Suicide attacks kill 1,188 in Pakistan since '07

(India) Terror suspect arrested in Lucknow

Analysis: U.S. needs cyber-offensive

Mainstream US Islamic Websites -- and Terror - Daveed Gartenstein-Ross quoted

U.S. circles weapons-loaded ship off Somalia - Fears arms on board may end up with al-Qaida-linked insurgents

(India) 1 dead, 11 injured in Gujarat bomb blast

Pakistan: Kidnapped Afghan envoy 'freed' - Afghanistan's kidnapped ambassador to Pakistan, Abdul Khaliq Farahi, released

Syria says Islamist bomber behind deadly blast - See Walid Phares' Sept. 27 post - and Syrian bombing: A jihadi attack?

Iraq buys 12 US-made reconnaissance planes

Bomb hits Sri Lanka capital, fighting kills 21

Algeria: Three soldiers die in suicide bomb attack

Officials: 5 killed in northern Lebanon explosion - Car bomb near military bus carrying troops in Tripoli - 25 imjured

(Iraq) Series of explosions kill at least 32 in Baghdad - updated

(Algeria) Violence in Algeria leaves 5 dead

(Iraq) Baghdad car bomb kills at least 11 - police

(Somalia) Update: Somali pirate demands $20m ransom for cargo ship. The cargo ship was carrying tanks and munitions.

(India) Police detain two over Delhi bomb blast

(Syria) 'Top Syrian officer among bomb victims'

Battle of Bajaur a crucial test for Pakistan

Suicide bomb kills civilian, wounds 8 in Sri Lanka

Seven militants, soldier killed in J-K encounters

(Pakistan) Eight injured in two blasts in Quetta

Indian police detain about 12 over Delhi blast - Death toll rises to 3 in Saturday bombing - 10 kg crude bombs recovered

(Gaza) Hamas says Mideast Quartet is pro-Israel

(Pakistan) Pakistan faces twin threats

Mexico arrests 3 suspects in grenade attack

(Somalia) Pirates seize another ship off Somalia

(India) Bomb attack on Delhi markeplace

(Syria) Car bomb kills 17 in Syrian capital

Battle with the Taliban: Pakistan could defeat militants in months - Pak generals claim they will break back of Taliban

(Philippines) 10 more dead in Maguindanao clashes - 32 MILF and soldiers dead in past week

Pakistan: Al-Qaeda satellite cell smashed in Karachi raid - Direct links to Baitullah Mehsud & Qari Zafar

Middle East: Amnesty granted to Fatah militants - Israel grants amnesty to 10 Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades

Pakistan and Afghanistan Unite Against Terrorism - Commentary by countries' ambassadors to U.S.

Radical cleric's message to Britain after his daughter is exposed as a pole-dancer: 'You will pay a heavy price' - Omar Bakri Mohamed angry at news stories

Yemen Rejects Some U.S. Requests on Extremists - Corrected Wash Post article - see Oliver Guitta's Sept. 24 post

US, Russia reach deal on new UN Iran resolution - NBC News reports no new sanctions

Proposed U.S. Ambassador to Libya Sent Packing, Awaiting Qaddafi Cash - see David Schenker's Sept. 11 post and Andrew Cochran's Aug. 28 post

Inside Sri Lanka: An end to violence in sight

NATO considering more aggressive Afghan drugs role

Somali pirates seize tanks aboard ship

Afghan suicide attack kills five

Afghan army slowly pulls itself up by bootstraps

(Pakistan) FATA: Tribal lashkar flushes Taliban from Malagori -- girls school gets threatening letters

Pakistan says top militants among 1,000 dead

(U.S.) al Qaida is 'minor league team' compared to Hezbollah - Warning by former Secret Service head, now top border official

Philippine army says seizes Maoist rebel camp

India faced with home-grown terrorism

(U.S.) Security 'encounters' escalate

Iran: Shipping firm nervous about new UN sanctions

U.S., Afghan troops exchange fire with Pakistanis

(UK) Terror mission 'aborted' by death - Hamza Rabia, senior AQ member, killed

(Pakistan) Militants claim US spy plane downing

Germany on alert for 2 terror suspects

Pakistani Taliban flog butchers in Swat

(U.S.) 'Catastrophic Consequences' Could Befall Weapons Lab - Former Counterintel Official: DOE Misleading Congress on Security

(Iraq) Decency, Toughness ... and No Shortcuts - Bing West on turnaround in Iraq

(Canada) First guilty verdict in Toronto 18 trials

Al-Qaeda may be starting its own surge -- in Pakistan, Yemen and Mauritania

(U.S.) Guantanamo terror suspect asks judge about his faith – details of KSM’s pretrial hearings

(U.S.) Guantanamo prosecutor quits post – over ethical disputes with superiors

(U.S.) Bush meeting with Abbas, Lebanese president

(Iraq) Al-Qaeda leader warns Sunnis against Iraq govt – 37 minute audio tape by al-Baghdadi marking 2nd anniversary of the Islamic State in Iraq

Iraq hunts for Al-Qaeda gunmen after 35 die in ambush – in Diyala

(Iraq) Military: Suicide bomber kills US soldier in Iraq – in Diyala

AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN: Bajaur residents flee fighting – 2800 families flee Bajaur into Afghanistan

Pakistan leader: Citizens must support terror war

Pakistani militant group threatens more attacks

Pakistani Governor: U.S. Must Talk With Taliban – NWFP governor

India arrests founder of Islamic militant group

Hamas Scorns Israel's PA Prisoner List

Iran, Hamas urge massive turn-out on Qods Day – International Qods day Sept 26th

Hamas Lauds Car Terror Attack 'Creativity'

Sri Lanka tells UN won't be hostage to terrorism

(Australia) Aussie judge slaps curfew on Guantánamo convict – David Hicks

UK suspect 'key al-Qaeda member' - British Muslim man had terrorist contacts book with sections written in invisible ink

(UK) Man cleared over 'terror library'

(Russia) Prominent Chechen gunned down in Moscow

September 11 suspect calls U.S. trial "inquisition" - "We are your enemy" says Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

(U.S.) FBI Touts New Online Intelligence Systems - Touts three new systems for cases and intel sharing

(Philippines) Talks with MILF to continue

Somali insurgency escalates, 15 civilians die - "I think this is the end of Mogadishu" - Two Foreign Aid Workers Kidnapped Along Ethiopia-Somalia Border

(Pakistan) Al-Qaida Top militant Held For Marriott Bombing - and - Suspected Marriott bombing 'mastermind' emerges (Qari Zafar is in AQ's Takfiri inner circle and protected by Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud)

Bush lashes Syria, Iran as terrorism sponsors -- at final UN speech

(U.S.) Guilty verdict for Afghan drug lord tied to Taliban -- Haji Bashir Noorzai

(U.S.) Terrorism strategy report due

(U.S.) Lady Qaeda must take psych exam -- Aafia Siddiqui

Pakistan Army denies shooting down U.S. spy plane

Afghan leader sees 'first' hope in winning anti-terror war – leadership change in Pakistan is Karzai’s “hope”

Iraq's Sunni anti-Qaeda patrols fear for future

(India) Uttar Pradesh biggest terror hub after J&K

(India) CBI to get anti-terrorism wing?

(Yemen) Al-Qaeda uses Yemen as springboard

Hamas, Fatah Silence each other's Media

Argentina Urges Iran To Allow Trials for Bombings

Five killed in Gaza tunnel blast

N.Korea ousts IAEA, to restart atom bomb project

Pakistan finds suspected US spy drone wreckage

Hamas releases Islamist militant in Gaza