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July 2009 Archives

Why Yemen could become Al Qaeda haven

(U.S.) Detention Challenges Are Far Off for Many - Gitmo cases make little progress

Afghan clash kills 11 militants: police

Iraqi Troops Blocked by Iranian Exiles - MEK

Nigeria clashes bode ill for west Africa - Douglas Farah quoted

Hezbollah TV comes to Australia

UK: Intelligence sharing with the US threatened - if British court reveals Gitmo information

(Pakistan) Threat forces U.N. to scale back in SW Pakistan - threat from Baluch Liberation United Front

(Pakistan) Bomb outside court kills 2, wounds 4 in Pakistan - Dera Ismail Khan

(Iraq) Training takes center stage in Iraq

Iraqi Raid Poses Problem for U.S. - fighting continues at MEK camp

Rocket-battered Israeli border town enjoying calm - Sderot

'Al-Qaeda Indonesia' behind bombings - blog - blog posting signed by "Abu Muawwidz Nur Din bin Muhammad Top'' takes credit

Nigerian army attacks rebels in north

Nigerian Troops Surround Militant's House

Lebanese calm evaporating - David Schenker quoted

Moroccan terror leader gets life in jail - Abdelkader Belliraj

(U.S.) Seven Face Terrorism Charges in N.C. - material support and conspiracy

(U.S.) Parsing What the Enemy's Up To - intelligence capabilities gaps

How To Hasten Al Qaeda's Demise - Juan Zarate

(Afghanistan) America's New Nightmare - Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar

Pakistan probes hardline cleric's Taliban ties - Sufi Muhammad

Pakistan rescues boys trained as suicide bombers - Swat

Pakistan strikes Taliban camps in Khyber - kills 20

(Pakistan) Islamabad Tells of Plot by Lashkar - tells India

Indian Court Convicts 3 for Bomb Blasts in 2003 - in Mumbai

In Nigeria, an Islamist Expansion

(U.S.) Legal Authorities in the Long War

UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan

American al Qaeda Member Sentenced to Life for Bush Plot - Ahmed Omar Abu Ali

Terror case may turn fight in new direction - Vinas capture

EU's top diplomats tackle bank data, Iceland and Iran - negotiations on providing financial intelligence for terrorism investigations

Facebook removes Hamas page

Nigerian Islamist attacks spread

(U.S.) Warrantless Criticism - Hayden op-ed on the surveillance program IG report

Pakistan stretched thin for Mehsud battle

(Pakistan) On the charge in Malakand

Is Mexico under attack by its military?

(U.S.) Their Own Private Guantánamo - federal courts creating own guidelines for detainees

Pakistan Swat Taliban leader alive -spokesman - Fazlullah

Pakistan's 'mock war' on Taliban

(Indonesia) Abu Bakar Bashir's warning: the terror will not end - endorses work of Noordin Top

Ecuador, Colombia and the FARC - more evidence of FARCs connections to Correa

(Yemen) Somalis charged with hijacking

Israel out to curb Iranian 'infiltration' - Douglas Farah quoted

Obama says pullout from Iraq on schedule

(U.S.) Trial of Former Guantánamo Detainee Is Delayed - Ghailani

Iraq bombings kill 19

(U.S.) Detainees' Trial Plan Is Unveiled

As Iraq winds down, Afghanistan heats up

(Pakistan) Intercepting the Taliban - article about SIGINT

(Indonesia) Radical Islam Checks In - luxury hotels a target of choice

(Indonesia) Jihad in the classroom

Somali insurgents loot U.N. compounds

(Afghanistan) Marines Attempt to Stabilize Southern Afghanistan - Safar Bazaar

(U.S.) Commentary: How many Gitmo prisoners return to fight? - Peter Bergen

(Afghanistan) U.S. increasing counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan - Michael Braun quoted

Pakistan: 5 security officers killed in northwest - Peshawar

Al-Qaeda's next front - China

Britain lowers al Qaeda threat level - to "substantial"

Terrorism interrogation unit considered

(Pakistan) 4 policemen killed in Peshawar

(Iraq) US marine killed west of Baghdad

Targeting Terrorists

Targeting Terrorists - Richard Clarke piece on assasinations and covert action

(China) Al-Qaeda's next front - China

(UK) Terrorists freed to live in bail hostels. Up to 20 convicted terrorists have been freed from prison to live in bail hostels normally used to house burglars, robbers and sex offenders.

Malaysian behind Jakarta hotel attacks

Iraq attacks kill five near Fallujah

Iraqi army weathers first security test

Pakistan warplanes, troops kill 12 Taliban

Court rules on Muslim scholar barred from US - Tariq Ramadan

Kill or Be Killed? - WSJ oped on targeted killings

(Pakistan) Nato tankers attacked in Pakistan - Khyber

Afghan blast 'kills at least 11' - Kandahar

(Colombia) FARC release two hostages

Israel tests anti-Katyusha missile shield

(U.S.) Why We Endorsed Warrantless Wiretaps - Yoo opinion piece

(Afghanistan) Taliban Insurgents Reemerge

(Afghanistan) Warning From General on End to Afghan Combat - in Helmand

(Pakistan) U.S. commander consults Pakistan on anti-Taliban campaign - Mullen meeting with Kayani

(Iraq) Bombings in Iraq Kill 11 People - Baghdad and Ramadi

Kashmir: Ground zero of global jihad - interview with Arif Jamal

Venezuela accused of corruption in drugs fight - forthcoming Congressional report

Israel Blames Hezbollah in Explosion

Lebanese indicted for spying on Hezbollah

Al-Qaeda chief urges Pakistanis to back insurgents - Zawahiri video

Pirate Attacks Double World-Wide in 2009

(Afghanistan) DEA boosts its war in Afghanistan - Michael Braun quoted

(Afghanistan) 'Caveats' neuter NATO allies

(Iraq) U.S. held Iranians as 'hostages,' officials say - as leverage against Iran

Hezbollah arms cache explodes in Lebanon

From the Midwest to Mogadishu

(U.S.) Minnesota men charged in Somali recruiting - for material support - also see - A Call to Jihad, Answered in America

Al-Qaeda Group Vows to Avenge Uighur Deaths in China - AQIM

(Pakistan) Deadly blast in Pakistani village - 9 die in bombing south of Lahore

(Pakistan) Training centres in Mehsud's areas bombed - South Waziristan

(Iraq) Churches and Envoy Attacked in Iraq

(Pakistan) Three Taliban killed in Bajaur

(Pakistan) Suspected RAW agent arrested

Afghan Taliban have learned modern warfare

Swiss hostage freed by Al-Qaeda in Mali

Fresh fighting erupts in Somalia

'India should recognise the Taliban'. Interview with Taliban foreign minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil.

(Iraq) Bomb rips through market in Mosul

Taliban pushed back, long way to go-Obama

19 militants killed in Afghan clashes

(Gaza) Hamas nabs two Islamic Jihad men preparing to fire mortars at Israel. Additionally, four Palestinians wounded in smuggling tunnel collapse.

FACTBOX - U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan

Mali troops hunt for Al-Qaeda militants: military source. British hostage and 28 Malian troops killed in preceding weeks.

Pakistan says Taliban leader will talk to U.S. - Mullah Omar

Is North Korea Behind the Cyberattacks?

Extremist group announces split from al-Qaeda - LIFG, first organization ever to leave AQ

Afghanistan: Up to 27 Killed in Fighting - Nuristan

(Afghanistan) US Marines Clear Key Taliban Stronghold - Helmand

(Pakistan) Heading Home, in the Face of Lingering Fears - Buner secure, refugees head back

(Pakistan) Taliban eyes new allies - may ally with Jundallah

Iranian exile speaks out against militia he once supported - Ansar-e Hezbollah

Saudi cleric condemns Taliban, Al Qaeda

(Afghanistan) 6 Afghan cops killed in Afghanistan
- Barghe Matal

Pakistani Taliban leader in Swat wounded - military - Fazullah

Iraq group calls for further attacks on U.S. troops - Baghdadi audio tape

(Afghanistan) Kyrgyz leader approves US deal for Manas base - for Afghanistan supplies

Pakistan releases Sufi Mohammed

Pakistan seeks 'militant' arrest - Supreme Court rejects appeals to re-arrest Hafiz Mohammad Saeed

(Iraq) Violent Attacks Kill Five in Iraq - Mosul

China's restive west descends into mob violence - Xinjiang

(Syria) US floats ideas on next envoy to Syria - David Schenker quoted

Pakistani Suspect Interrupts Competency Hearing - Aafia Siddiqui

Israel frees Hamas MP after three years

Iran's Revolutionary Guard takes command

(Pakistan) Scientist may be forced to NYC terror ties hearing - Aafia Siddiqui

Pakistan appeals ruling to release Mumbai suspect - Hafiz Muhammad Saeed

(Iraq) Car bomb in Iraq wounds 10, policeman shot - Mosul

Nigerian Militants Claim More Attacks

China says 140 killed in riots in west - Xinjiang

(Pakistan) 13 Taliban killed in Orakzai

Bomb Kills at Least Five in Philippines

British Islamists plot against Pakistan

(UK) Ex releasing terror attacks film. Film on 7/7 attack in UK.

12 sentenced for terrorism in Serbia

2 U.S. Troops Killed in Afghan Blast

Afghanistan allies meet in Calgary

(Iraq) Treasury seizes assets of extremist organization - Matthew Levitt quoted

(Somalia) 'Fighter influx' for Somali group - al-Shabab

Gaza girl killed in border clash

Freezing of Terrorist Assets: International Best Practices - FATF Report

U.S. takes aim at cyberwarfare

Pakistan moves troops to Afghan border

(Pakistan) Police: Bomb kills 2 officers in NW Pakistan - Peshawar

Pakistan focuses on Islamic extremism

Pakistan tribal leader killed: officials - leader of Koki Khel in Khyber

Iran's Hard Line Fuels Iraq Attacks