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February 2010 Archives

Frustrated Strivers in Pakistan Turn to Jihad

(Australia) Terror's new breeding ground - Australians travel to Yemen

Al-Qaida bomber calls for attacks on Jordan spies - Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi

WTC firm says terror attack cost it $1 billion

Family slain amid election terror in Iraq

UK troops in Afghanistan 'for five years'

Suicide car bomber kills four in NW Pakistan

Yemen sappers enter Shi'ite rebel stronghold

Ex-Jihadist Defies Yemen's Leader, and Easy Labels - Tareq al-Fadhli

Congress extends Patriot Act, no new protections

(France) Freed French hostage speaks of al-Qaeda ordeal in Mali - Pierre Camatte

Judge Expanded Review on Terrorism Suspect - Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani,

Pals of wannabe terrorist Najibullah Zazi charged in NYC subway bomb plot, inspired by London attack - Adis Medunjanin and Zarein Ahmedzay,

Netherlands terror suspect fights US extradition - Mohamud Said Omar of Minneapolis

U.S. builds case for targeting U.S.-born imam in Yemen - Anwar al-Aulaqi

Pakistan to hand over Taliban No. 2, says Afghanistan - Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar

New Charges Are Expected for Others in Terror Plot - Co-defendants of Najibullah Zazi

Sarkozy meets French ex-hostage in Mali

(Mali) French hostage freed in Mali after al-Qaeda release - Pierre Camatte freed after AQIM prisoners released

US Missile Strike Kills 6 in Pakistan

Philippine Police Arrest Another Terror Suspect - Mujibar Alih Amon, allegedly of Abu Sayyaf

Indonesian Police Arrest 3 Militants in Aceh Raid - Jemaah Islamiyah

Report: Hamas founder's son worked for Israel - Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of Hamas founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef

Yemenis jail Norwegian terror-suspect

German Islamist vows to renounce terrorism as trial ends - Fritz Gelowicz "shocked and surprised" at arrest of his wife 3 days earlier

Iran forces jet to land, nabs terrorist leader: Intelligence minister calls Sunni' rebel's capture 'a great defeat for the U.S. and U.K.' - New details on arrest of Abdol Malek Rigi on flight from Dubai to Bishkek, Iran says he had been at US base in Afghanistan

Pakistani militant group easily evades ban - Jamaat-ud-Dawa

Iran arrests top Sunni militant Abdolmalek Rigi

Najibullah Zazi reveals chilling details on Al Qaeda training and terrorist plot to blow up subways - Transcript of his statement in court

LNG tanker from Yemen arrives in Boston - Security measures in place

Al Qaeda video rails against Turkey - Ayman al-Zawahiri's first message in 2010

Indonesian police arrest four in anti-terror raid - Suspected Jemaah Islamiyah training camp in Aceh

Hurdles Hinder Counterterrorism Center - read study here

Pakistani Reports Capture of a Taliban Leader - Mullah Abdul Kabir

Saudi Arabia's grand mufti denounces terror attacks as un-Islamic - Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh

Gita Sahgal talks about human wrongs - Amnesty International

German authorities arrest suspected Islamist fundraisers - Wife of leader of Sauerland cell

Algeria Court Acquits Former Guantanamo Inmate

(Canada) Ex-terror suspect wants apology from Ottawa - Hassan Almrei

Netherlands terror suspect fights US extradition - Mohamud Said Omar in Minneapolis case

Zazi to Plead Guilty to Terror Charges - Najibullah Zazi case in New York

Salman Rushdie: Amnesty International is morally bankrupt - Controversy over comments and suspension of Gita Sahgal

Pakistan air strike kills 30 militants

Israel sees little fallout from Dubai killing

Yemen holds separatists in south, U.N. urges aid

Spain to pay al-Qaeda ransom

India restaurant bombing toll 'rises to 12'

(Pakistan) Attempt to blast school foiled

IDF opens fire at Gaza gunmen near border

Pakistan kills 30 militants in air strike

F.B.I., Laying Out Evidence, Closes Anthrax Letters Case - report closes 8 year investigation

U.S. Designated Global Terrorist Sits Down with Stakelbeck on Terror - CBN interviews Saad al-Faqih in London

Iran tops terror financing watch list

Is the U.S. Hotter on Bin Laden's Trail?

Two Chinese Schools Said to Be Tied to Online Attacks Shanghai Jiaotong University and Lanxiang Vocational School

(Canada) Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal by Guantanamo Bay inmate - Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Philippine militant caught after 9 years in hiding - Jumadail Arad of Abu Sayyaf, wanted for kidnapping and murder of American tourists in 2001

(Pakistan) Islamabad steps up terror arrests - Detained include Ameer Muawiya & Akhundzada Popalzai

Pakistan says Taliban arrest not due to U.S. pressure - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi

RAW DATA: Joseph Andrew Stack Suicide Manifesto

Malaysia to extradite foreign terror suspects - 9 arrested in January

(Saudi Arabia) Wanted militant arrested in Yanbu - Ahmad Qatim Al-Hadhli, ranking 10th on the list of 85 wanted militants

(Pakistan) In Blow to Taliban, 2 More Senior Leaders Are Arrested - Mullah Abdul Salam, the Taliban's leader in Kunduz, Mullah Mohammed of Baghlan Province

Bail Set for a Man Caught Up in His Son's Terrorism Case - Mohammed Wali Zazi

(Israel) Dubai assassins used names of UK olim

Al Qaeda in Yemen Touts "Anti-Detectable" Bomb

When an Intelligence Story Isn't

Taliban Arrest May Be Crucial for Pakistanis

A Muslim Son, a Murder Trial and Many Questions - 2009 Little Rock attack

Pakistan confirms Taliban leader's arrest

Palestinians reverse on terror victim

Pune blast: India blames a foreign hand

Secret Joint Raid Captures Taliban's Top Commander - Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar

US strikes training camp in North Waziristan

Arlington woman could face federal charges after chase - Kimberly "Asma" Al-Homsi in Texas

Five dead after Colombian rebels ambush candidate - FARC

(South Africa) Terror link to KZN fraud suspect - Yusuf Omarjee

Spain to take 5 Guantanamo detainees

Christmas Day bomb suspect was read Miranda rights nine hours after arrest - Chronology released

Australian Men Sentenced for Terrorism Plot

(Pakistan) Drone attack kills 6 in Pakistan

Yemen ceasefire runs into problem over prisoners

US, Afghan troops sweep into Taliban stronghold

Pakistani officials: Taliban chief is dead

Taliban attack boys' school in Pakistan

(Pakistan) Bajaur Agency: The New Landscape of Insurgency in FATA - Jamestown Foundation

Qaeda video shows Spanish hostages alive in Mali

(Lebanon) Hezbollah to hold major rally

The Facade of Allegiance: Bin Ladin's Dubious Pledge to Mullah Omar - Vahid Brown in January 2010 issue of CTC Sentinel

Tribunal and Error - Ali H. Soufan

Where the U.S. went wrong on the Christmas Day bomber - Michael B. Mukasey

The True Aims Of Bosnia's 'Operation Light'

"My Life with the Taliban" - on study and Islamic values - Abdul Salam Zaeef (ex-Guantanamo detainee) memoir translated into English

The (False) Gospel According to John [Brennan] Dana M. Perino and Bill Burck

I(Israel) IDF foils plan to kidnap soldier - Media blackout lifted on Dec. arrests of 5 Hamas operatives en route to commit attacks

Europe Rejects U.S. Deal on Bank Data

Ten militants killed in Russia's N.Caucasus

Aerial Photos of Trade Center on 9/11 Released - ABC News FOIA request 12 of the 2,779 photos here

(Egypt) Conservatives dominate Brotherhood leadership Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie

Dagestan: Russia's Most Overlooked Hot Spot

(Indonesia) Jakarta hotel bombs trial begins

Father of terrorism suspect no longer free on bail - Mohammed Wali Zazi

(New Zealand) NZ designates terrorism groups

(UK) Preacher Abu Hamza's house seized to pay legal bills - Abu Hamza fighting extradition to US

Taliban claim to debut new bomb 'Omar'

Terror Attacks Continue to Traumatize Somalis

(Canada) Judge wants prosecution to get on with extradition hearing for terror suspect - Hassan Diab, wanted by France in 1980 synagogue bombing

U.S. torn over whether some Muslims pose threat or offer insight - Louay Safi, ISNA official

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula urges jihad - Ex-Guantanamo detainee Said al-Shihri

(Pakistan) Three US soldiers were killed by Uzbek suicide bomber - Investigation of Feb. 3 attack

Counterterror Chief Takes Critics to Task

Al-Qaeda is a wounded but dangerous enemy

Prosecutor General's Office gets Caucasus Emirate operations in Russia banned - Organization operating in Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachayevo-Cherkessia

Interview: Anwar al-Awlaki - Al Jazeera posts transcript in English online

Yemen arrests embassy bomb threat suspect

Four Afghan police killed in bombing

Iraq terrorist group kidnap two Americans. The terrorist group responsible for the deaths of at least three British security contractors in Iraq says it has now seized two Americans.

Karachi violence blow to Pakistan economy

Sixteen Taliban killed in Afghanistan

Update: Police seize 1.5 tonnes of explosives

(Pakistan) Taliban exist in Karachi: MQM

8 killed in fighting in Somalia's capital

Soldier, insurgent killed in Thai south unrest

Dozen injured in blast in Pakistan's Quetta

Suspected ETA bomb cache found in Portugal

(Gaza) Hamas backtracks on missile apology

Iraq election triggers US-Iran power struggle

Yemen sets truce timetable for Shiite rebels

Taliban blow up girls' school in NW Pakistan

Taliban members killed in southern Afghanistan

Afghan police patrol kills 7 civilians

Taliban to execute US soldier if Aafia not released - PakTribune.com story

Taking al-Qaeda's Jihad to Facebook

Witness in terrorism case sentenced to probation: His cooperation aided FBI probe - Bilaal McCloud, Boston

Terror and academic freedom: Draconian anti-terror laws are blocking the serious study of terrorism and counter-terrorism at UK universities - Doctoral student detained in 2008 for possession of Al Qaeda training manual downloaded from Internet

Mixed Views of Hamas and Hezbollah in Largely Muslim Nations - Pew report

(Australia) New probe on Hezbollah TV - Al Manar broadcasts from Lebanon

Obama keeps North Korea off US terror list

US verdict sparks Pakistan protests - Aafia Siddiqui

Police want backdoor to Web users' private data

Russian police kill al Qaeda's co-founder in the Caucasus - Mokhmad Mohamad Shabban AKA Saif Islam or Sword of Islam

U.S. preacher says backs failed plane bombing: report - Anwar al-Aulaqi

Pakistani Scientist Found Guilty of Shootings - Aafia Siddiqui

Ecuador emerges as hub for international crime - refers to Doug Farah's repot

Dutch high court reinstates terror charges - Hofstad Group

Relief, Regret Greet Anticipated Move of 9/11 Trial - Judges, attorneys, court personnel at NY Southern District court

North Africa Qaeda offers to help Nigerian Muslims - AQIM

In Closing, Competing Portrayals of Defendant in Afghan Shooting Trial - Aafia Siddiqui

Why Was a Controversial Imam Shot 20 Times? - Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, shot in Michigan October 2009

As Marines Move In, Taliban Fight a Shadowy War

Somalia's Al Shabaab to Ally With Al Qaeda

Terror suspect's father indicted - Mohammed Wali Zazi, father of Najibullah Zazi, indicted in Brooklyn

(India) UP cops nab IM terrorist planning aerial strike - Accused in 2008 bomb plot pilot training

2 More Web Jihadists Announced Dead

The Future of Conflict in Afghanistan - From Jarret Brachman, highlights of Sayyid Imam Sharif (Dr. Fadl) book currently serialized in Arabic language publication Al-Sharq al-Awsat

In Yemen, the truth is a casualty of war - Extremists reported dead then turn up alive

How al-Shabaab Targets Western Youth

Who's who in the Pakistan Taliban

(Iraq) Suicide Bomber Kills 46 Shiite Pilgrims in Baghdad Female suicide bomber