(Iraq) Bomb attacks kill at least 17 -- 12 killed, 36 wounded in suicide car bomb in Hilla; 5 killed in northern Baghdad district of Husaniya

(Iraq) 43 Bodies Found in Baghdad - tortured before being shot - in Baghdad's eastern Baladiyat and Sadir City districts

Somali Islamists seize rival base

Kashmir attack overshadows rivals' anti-terror talk - Kashmir terrorists threw grenades at 2 Indian tourist buses, wounding 21

Iraq PM declares state of emergency in Basra - PM Maliki: "We call this month the month of security in Basra"

Terrorist Leaders Captured in Iraq; Detainees Released - DOD on captures of 8 terrorist leaders, including Karbala shrine attack leader

Five Militants Killed In Daghestan, Ingushetia - Five killed in two separate gunbattles in southern Russia

NYC and DC to get less terrorism money - anti-terrorism grants for both major cities to be cut by 40%

(Iraq) Saudi fighters 'are leading the surge in attacks on British troops'

Jordan Islamists condemn anti-terror law

(UK) Birmingham-based charity (Islamic Relief Worldwide) denies supporting Hamas

(Florida) Law bans travel to "terrorist states"

(Israel) Border Guards Arrest Three Jihad Terrorists

(Iraq) A reporter's shock at the Haditha allegations

Saudis flout vow to end Israel boycott

Iran's military plans for invasion by U.S. - Iraqi-style guerrilla campaign

US Ambassador to Iraq "in talks" with "resistance" (my title)

(India) Two killed in J&K terror attack in Srinagar

Jordan Charges Hamas with Terror Conspiracy

Taliban kill, kidnap dozens of Afghan police

Suspected Taliban occupy police station - Hundreds of fighters attacked remote central Afghan town and occupied district police headquarters

US Troops in Afghanistan fired in self-defense: coalition

U.S. Reportedly Ready to Join Iran Talks - if Russia and China agreed to back U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran if it remains defiant on the enrichment issue

Iran to build two more nuclear plants

DHS: Terror funds mean greater threat - 46 cities receiving money this year because DHS thinks they are terror targets

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh: US is an enemy of Islam

(Israel) Rocket Scores Direct Hit on Jewish Home in Sderot

(Malaysia) Militant trained by al-Qaeda - One of the 12 members of the new terror group Darul Islam arrested by the Malaysian police was trained by Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda movement in Afghanistan

(Russia) Seven Killed in Clashes Between Police and Rebels in South Russia

EU privacy ruling threatens chaos on flights to US - if new anti-terrorism agreements not in place by October all flights to US destinations could be grounded

(Updated) Bombs and shootings claim 53 lives in Iraq - Tuesday's deadliest bomb at market 20 miles north of Baghdad killed 22 and wounded 58

German Women Vowed to Mount Suicide Attacks in Iraq

Pentagon: Iraq Insurgency Steady Until '07

Pakistani Taliban take control of wild Waziristan

(Maryland) Jury finds Muhammad guilty in sniper trial - mastermind of an audacious terror scheme in which phase two would have been bombings against children

Hamas enforcer rails against U.S. gov't

Islamic Jihad Threatens More Katyushas and Suicide Bombers

Bush to see "United 93" with victims' families - Spokesman says the president views passengers, crew members as "heroes"

US skeptical about Iran talks

French plot to kidnap Abu Hamza and save the World Cup

Switzerland not safe from terrorist attacks: report

(Italy) Plane passenger 'had ammunition'

(India) Taking the 'jihad' to Kashmir's women

(Turkmenistan) Regime foes see Islamist threat

British police in Gothenburg 'terror' raid - British & Swedish police confiscated books, mobile phones and computers - British submitted "rogatory letter," used by one country to request help from counterparts abroad

French police arrest three people suspected of belonging to Segi - Basque youth organisation Segi is accused of having links to ETA

EU, U.S. Anti-Terror Accord on Airlines Struck Down - European court strikes down counterterrorism agreement on shared passenger info

(UK) Man charged with terror offense - Yassin Felin Nassari arrested in London

U.S. moves 1,500 reserve troops to Iraq

(Iraq) 'Beheading' terror suspect arrested - Ahmed Hussein Dabash Samir al-Batawi llegedly confessed to hundreds of beheadings

(India) Policeman killed, four wounded in Kashmir attack - after suspected Islamist militants threw a grenade at a police vehicle near a crowded market

12 Sri Lankan workers killed execution-style

Suspected collaborators executed by Palestinians

Iraq PM ready to use force on Basra oil "gangs"

Sources: Lawmakers told to brace for Haditha fallout

(UK) Blunders that left Abu Hamza free - should have been removed from Britain 25 years ago after being caught flouting immigration laws

Aid workers killed in Afghanistan by gunmen

IDF kills 7 Palestinians in clashes - IDF Special Forces killed 4 PIJ in Gaza Strip on their way to fire Kassam rockets - 3 Palestinians killed in West Bank clashes

Palestinian Islamic Jihad vows "terrible response" to Gaza ambush

(Indonesia) Suspect (Dwi Widyarto) 'knew of Bali attacks'

Danish Custody Order for 4 Terror Suspects Expires

Morocco: Jailed Islamic Militants On Hunger Strike

Iranian FM: US incapable of attacking Iran

Hezbollah's New Iranian Rockets Can Hit S Israel - Report

Bomb attack against Greek minister wrecks cars

Bomb blasts rock Ethiopia

Update (Canada) Web used for terror training, spy says

Zapatero to push for end of ETA in talks with terrorists

Terror group busted (Malaysia) - 12 members of decades-old Indonesian radical group, Darul Islam, captured while planning attacks - see Kenneth Conboy's May 30 post

2 CBS crew members killed; reporter hurt (updated) - British cameraman and soundman killed along with U.S. soldier and Iraqi interpreter in car bomb - CBS reporter and 6 U.S. servicemen injured

EU says Tamil Tigers 'terrorists' - EU Ministers' decision freezes Tamil Tiger assets in EU's 25 states

Uribe, With Win in Colombia, to Extend War, Cut Taxes - Columbian President Uribe has offered peace negotiations with FARC or intensified military campaign

Europe tries to prevent the next attack - European intelligence networks watching small but violent cast of militants - see Doug Farah's May 24 post

Fourteen killed as US crash, shooting sparks riots in Kabul (updated)

Potential terrorists lurking in Canadian cities, says spy agency - Deputy director of Security Intelligence Service says many residents fought and trained with al-Qaida

Iraqi army says captures Zarqawi aide in Baghdad - Kassim al-Ani one of most wanted men in Iraq

Sunni Arab chief, ally of U.S. assassinated - Sheik Osama al-Jadaan agreed to help Iraqi security forces track down al-Qaida members and foreign fighters

PFLP decides to join Hamas-led cabinet - Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorists the first PLO faction to join Hamas government and new security force

British soldiers killed as Basra crisis deepens - Two soldiers died after armoured Land Rover attacked on routine patrol, two days after huge explosives cache found and 10 arrested

US air raid kills about 50 Taliban: officials - 50 killed in US-led strike on mosque in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand

Somalia: Al-Qaeda Recruiting in Mogadishu, Report Says

Dozens killed in bombing wave in Iraq - Updated: Series of separate attacks claimed at least 47 lives, most of them in Baghdad

Iraq poised to become main Iranian ally

Iran says won't move all atomic work to Russia - No intention of moving enrichment to Russia to allay international fears that it could use nuclear fuel technology to make atomic bombs

Iran President Ahmadinejad Reiterates Doubt That Holocaust Happened (my title)

(Israel) Iran-supplied Hezbollah Rockets Can Reach Tel Aviv

(UK) MI5 at full stretch as 20 Islamist terror plots revealed - as many as 1,200 potential terrorist suspects may now be in the UK

Bangladesh court orders seven top Islamist militants to hang - for killing two judges in a bomb attack

Bomb attack kills ruling party politician in southwest Bangladesh

(India) Two suspected Islamic militants killed in fresh fighting with soldiers in India’s Kashmir

(Russia) Major terrorist act prevented in Chechen highlands

Hamas to establish its own satellite TV channel

(Israel) IDF commander: Terror groups pooling resources

Israeli soldiers foil Palestinian bombing in Nablus

(Yemen) 23 Al Qaeda suspects to go on Trial

(Philippines) 2 Filipinos to get $0.5M reward from US for terror suspect arrest (Hilarion del Rosario Santos III)

(Afghanistan) 'Captured' Taliban leader Mullah Dadullah appears Al-Jazeera - to prove that he was alive and at large after the Afghan military said it had detained him

Protest in Pakistan against US branding Islamic charities as terrorist - supporters of Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Idara Khidmat-e-Khalq chanting "Death to America"

(UK) Public turns on animal terrorists

(Iraq) Bombs Kill Three, Wound 21 in Baghdad

Israel bombs bases in Lebanon - two Palestinian terrorist bases in Lebanon - retaliation for border attacks

(Lebanon) Hezbollah clashes with Israel near border

Hezbollah Attacking IDF Posts Along N. Border

Woman killed, children hurt in (terrorist) rocket attack in southwest Pakistan

(India) Two terrorists killed in J&K encounter in a gunbattle in Badgam district

(Israel) Terrorists Open Fire at Soldiers North of Shechem

(Michigan) Owner of LaShish (charity) denies terrorist ties (to Hezbollah)

(Florida) Lebanese man (Fadl Mohammad Maatouk) gets 5-year sentence for helping Hezbollah

(Afghanistan) British troops in 5-day chase of Taliban

(UK) July 7 victims 'let down by disaster plans'

Bush compares anti-terror effort to Cold War era

(Russian immigrant to US gets) 13 years for attempt to sell CIA info to Iraq

(Iran) Ahmadinejad: 'Zionist web' keeping me from World Cup

(Iran) Dissident tells of assaults and threats against children during 66 days in jail run by Iran's clerical regime

Six killed by Sri Lanka landmine - area controlled by Tamil Tiger guerrillas

(Iraq) Four killed in Baghdad blast - exploded in a parked car at a busy bus station in the southern neighborhood of Dora

(Afghanistan) Senior Taliban among 5 killed in strike: US army -- near border with Pakistan

Bomb destroys gas pipeline in southern Pakistan

Hamas rejects deadline on Israel recognition plan

Hamas militia returns to streets of Gaza

Cheney: Terrorists still at work

World press chiefs tackle terrorism and the rise of the Internet

Europe - A Target of Iranian Suicide Bombers

Abbas Calls Terrorists "Our Heroes"

U.S. Urges Russia to Rethink Arms Sales to Iran

Report: Militias torch Timor homes

(Iraq) Four dead after market car blast

(Egypt) Man wanted for Sinai bombs gives self up to police - Mohamad Khadr Salam with Tawhid wal Jihad (One God and Jihad) terror group

Israeli (mobile) phones used by Egypt resort bombers

(Texas) ID badges, uniforms stolen from TSA workers - More than 1,400 identification badges and uniform items have been reported lost or stolen from Transportation Security Administration employees since 2003

Report: Israel warns of World Cup terror

(Afghanistan) Taliban ambush Afghan police, five killed

Surge in Afghan violence result of 'al-Qaeda pressure'

Iranian atomic weapons 'inevitable' - UK think tank says neither diplomacy nor military action likely to succeed

Report: Missile Parts, 'Dual-Use' Materials Illegally Shipped to Iran Through Turkey

(Pakistan) Explosives seized in Karachi raid

(Pakistan) Musharraf calls for flexibility on Iran nuclear row

Iraq respects Iran’s right to nuclear program

Shi'ite faction menaces Iraq's Basra oil exports

Hayden confirmed as CIA director

(DC) Sources say Capitol 'gunfire' likely from air hammer

Bomb kills 9, wounds 30 in Baghdad - Iraqi leader works to fill security posts

(VA) Court hears appeal of jihad cases - "Virginia Jihad Trial" appeal by lawyers for men planning to support LeT and Taliban - Masoud Khan of Gaithersburg, Md., Seifullah Chapman of Alexandria and Hammad Abdur-Raheem of Falls Church

(Chicago) Feds say Padilla may have been higher in Al Qaeda

Lebanon: Car Bomb Blast in Sidon Kills One - target was Mahmoud Majdub of Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group

(Russia) Beslan hostage-taker sentenced to life in jail - Chechen found guilty of murder, terrorism in school siege that killed 331

Senate votes to reopen Statue of Liberty's crown - closed since 9/11 because of terrorism fears

1,000 Al-Qaeda Suspects Arrested From Pakistan - between January 2002 and May 2006

(India) Kashmir militant vows to fight until secession - states Pakistan-based chief of an alliance of Muslim terrorist group

(UK) London Court to Extradite Supposed Al Qaeda Activist to Spain - believed to be connected with 9/11 attacks

(UK) More time to quiz terror suspects (arrested in nationwide raids)

(Australia) Terror suspect 'asked about chemicals'

(Australia) Terror suspect transferred - Brisbane teacher with nail and razor embedded bombs in basement

(Canada) Three terror suspects back on hunger strike

Hamas pulls private militia off streets

Iran says rejects Iraq talks with US for now

Russia to Sell Anti-Aircraft Missiles to Iran

Blair tells al-Jazeera: "We don't want conflict with Iran"

(UK) Lawmaker George Galloway - Killing Blair 'morally justified' - claims killing UK PM Blair in suicide bombing would be "morally justified"

Bush and Blair admit Iraq errors

Mystery of Pakistan's cloistered scientist - Dr. A Q Khan

Al Qaeda Building Army in Preparation for Long War

Pakistan: Recognition of Taliban "Administration" on the Cards

(India) Grenade kills three Indian tourists in Kashmir

More than 100 Iranians pledge lives as "suicide bombers"

(UK) Terror gang 'planned to blow up nightclub'

(UK) Secret plans to protect Blair from terror attack left in hotel

(Maryland) The Jihadi Snipers Revisited - Commentary

Abbas vows referendum on co-existence if Hamas does not agree in 10 days

DHS Intelligence Chief Implies He Gets NSA Data

Bomb attack foiled in southern Thailand

Security tight in Sri Lanka's capital amid fears of bomb attacks

Explosion kills 3 in Baghdad - Gunmen wounded an Iraqi general Thursday in southeast Baghdad and a blast killed three people in the heart of the capital

(NYC) Herald Sq. bomb plotter guilty - Pakistani Shahawar Matin Siraj convicted of plotting to bomb NYC subway station - faces up to life in prison

(Update) UK - Armed police seize eight men to 'thwart suicide bomb plot' - may have thwarted the next wave of suicide bomb attacks on British and US forces in Iraq - linked to charity Sanabel Relief Agency

(Iraq) Zarqawi backers lay down Shariah rules

Bin Laden on the Move; New Sightings in Pakistan

Bid to extradite Lebanon terror suspect to Australia (Saleh Jamal)

(DOJ) Terror war Justice's 'highest priority'

Iran to launch a new suicide bombers garrison on Thursday

U.S., Russia Fail to Agree on Iran

WND Report: (Israel) Hamas looking to fly planes into buildings - Terror leader details goal to carry out 9-11-style attacks, 'possibly skyscraper'

(Wisconsin) FBI: Act Of Terrorism Sabotaged Electrical Towers

Extremism rises among Egypt's poor Bedouin

(Canada) Terrorist suspect poses dilemma for Ottawa - Harkat fighting deportation to Algeria where, he says, he will face torture

Al Qaeda: Jordan Prisoner Not Our Man - Terror Group In Iraq Denies Knowing Prisoner Who Admits To Murder

US analysts say bin Laden lacks credibility - regarding statement Moussaoui had no role in 9/11

Al Qaeda strategist (Mustafa Setmariam Nasar) handed over to US by Pakistan - aka Abu Musab al-Suri - $5M bounty and also wanted in Madrid attacks

Palestinian (Sameeh Hammoudeh) deported after Florida Jihad trial

Iraq PM: Forces capable of securing nation - in 18 months

Pan Am Flight 103 families: Libya must pay

(Afghanistan) Taliban Threat to UK: 'Do not send your children here. We will kill them'

Book Review: Guests of the Ayatollah - the First Battle in the West’s War with Militant Islam by Mark Bowden

(Indonesia) JI (terror group) operatives 'trained in chemicals' (weapons for widespread destruction) - JI terrorist manual instructs on attack with hydrogen cyanide

US soldier killed in Iraq

U.S. calls Afghan airstrike self-defense

Israel PM Olmert Tells Congress: Israel 'will not yield to terror'

(Israel) IDF arrests Islamic Jihad operative in Ramallah

Bin Laden may be trying to reassert power

"A Testimony to the Truth" -- A Speech by Usama bin Laden 5/23/2006

16 killed as Iraq's leader meets Danish PM

Afghan clash 'kills 60 Taliban' - Sixty suspected Taliban militants and five Afghan security personnel have died in a major clash in the south

US embassy in Japan warns of possible threat

(Northwest UK) Nine arrested in major terror operation

(Maryland) DC Sniper Tells Jury of Lethal Bomb Plots - Malvo states that if he and Muhammad had not been caught - the pair planned to make Baltimore the center of a murderous campaign in which they would use explosives against children and police

(NY) Suspicious recording in Yonkers handed over to terrorist task force - employee of the Moroccan Consulate videotaping Consolidated Edison facility

(India) Grenade attack amid Kashmir talks

World Powers Meet in London About Iran

Report: 'Iran believes Israel to strike in year' -- Tehran planning retaliation against U.S., British interests

Interview with Iranian Grand Ayatollah Montazeri: Mosques are Our Political Parties... Elections are a [Mere] Formality

Kidnappers free Lebanese hostage in Iraq

Hamas militant killed in Gaza ambush

4 Russian Soldiers Killed, 3 Injured in Chechnya Clash

(Canada) Accused terror suspect (Mohamed Harkat) granted bail

German court says dragnet terrorist searches illegal

(Afghanistan) Security slipping around Kandahar

Rise of radical Islam stirs concern that Somalia could harbor terrorists

Dutch Parliament OKs Anti-Terror Measures

Three die as international concern mounts over Sri Lanka violence

(Pakistan) No Al-Qaeda network in Balochistan: Provincial Minister

Bin Laden: Moussaoui Not Linked to 9/11 - an Internet audio tape attributed to Osama bin Laden said Tuesday that Zacarias Moussaoui - the only person convicted in the U.S. for the Sept. 11 attacks - had nothing to do with the operation

40 Killed in Iraq, 11 Near Shiite Mosque - A bomb went off in a motorcycle parked in the courtyard of a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, killing 11 people and wounding at least nine - the deadliest of the attacks

Iraqi Gov't Agent (Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly) Admits al-Qaida Killings - before he was lured to Jordan and arrested

(India) 2 killed, 20 injured in terror attack - Srinagar

(Florida) Sky marshals cleared over shooting

Egypt: Palestinians Aided Sinai Bombings

Bush: U.S. would aid Israel if attacked by Iran

Rice: Iran should play a role in Iraq

Iran test-fires long-range missile - Trial of Shihab-3 missile is "partial success"; weapon has range of 1,300 km

U.S. House move to further cut aid to Hamas irks Bush team

19 killed in new violence in Afghanistan - Taliban fighters ambushed a police patrol in southern Afghanistan, killing three police but leaving 12 militants dead

Kidnapped Afghan official found dead - Mohammad Ali Jalali

The architect of the new war on the West - Spanish-Syrian al-Qaeda strategist Mustafa Setmariam Nasar's writings lay out post-9/11 strategy of isolated cells joined in jihad

(Indonesia) Terror suspect (Abdul Aziz) apologizes for Bali bombing

(Israel) A top Hamas militant (Ibrahim Hamed) captured, blamed for 78 deaths including 5 Americans - West Bank commander of the Hamas military wing surrendered to Israeli troops

US House of Representatives to discuss Hamas bill

Three Palestinians sneak into Egypt to sell bomb

(Philippines) PNP, British police increasing cooperation vs terror

Asian countries cooperating to catch fugitive terror leader (Noordin Top), Indonesian police chief says

(Afghanistan) Kabul clerics rally behind Taliban - Urge worshippers to "pick up a gun" against government - Death toll from surge in violence surpasses 190 over 5 days

Neo-Nazi numbers grow in Germany

Pakistan Sentences 4 to Death in PM Attack

(NYC) Prosecutor: Pakistani immigrant mastermind of subway bomb plot - Pakistani Shahawar Matin Siraj planned to attack a subway station in Herald Square

More than 32,000 Islamist extremists in Germany

Report: US hunting Hezbollah operatives in New York City - FBI and DOJ believe Hezbollah may be planning to activate sleeper cells in New York and other big cities to stage an attack as the nuclear showdown with Iran heats up

U.S. Airstrike Kills Dozens of Taliban - U.S. warplanes hunting Taliban fighters bombed a religious school and mud-brick homes in southern Afghanistan

Jordan Arrests al-Qaida in Iraq Figure - blaming him for kidnapping and killing Jordanians and Arabs and robbing commercial trucks driving to and from Iraq

US pressuring foreign banks on Iran - four major European banks - UBS and Credit Suisse of Switzerland; ABN Amro of the Netherlands; and the London-based HSBC - to reduce their business dealings with Iranian banks

Turkey - Al-Qaeda Guantanamo Bay Suspect Barred From Court by Turkish Judges

(Afghanistan) '80 Taliban dead' in U.S. attack

Iran says will not negotiate on uranium enrichment

Baghdad Bomb attacks kill at least 18, injure 15

British troops to start leaving Iraq 'in months' - surprise Blair visit

U.S. seeking European antimissile site - to foil a possible Iranian attack against the United States and allies

UN condemns attack on aid workers in Sri Lanka

Bystander killed in Gaza gunfight - Hamas gunmen, Palestinian police clash near parliament

(Russia) 2 terror suspects dead as police storm house in south Russia

(Iraq) Al-Qaeda Linked Terrorist Group Claimed Responsibility for Yesterday’s Attack in Baghdad Restaurant

(Southeast Asia) 1,000 Radical Groups Post Terror Ideology On The Net, Says Expert

(Israel) Four Arrested in Counter-Terrorism Operations

(Iraq) $45m for hostages' freedom - France, Italy and Germany sanctioned $45 million in deals to terrorists to free nine hostages in Iraq

Israel PM: Iran 'months' from making nukes - Prime minister says unilateral action not being considered

Taliban plans attacks from Pakistan: Afghan minister

(India) Srinagar terrorist attack: Inside job suspected

Kuwait court acquits ex-Guantanamo Qaeda detainees

This is a Saudi textbook. (After the intolerance was removed.) -- article with examples showing how such claims are completely false

(Iraq) Bomber Kills Self, 12 Others in Baghdad - suicide bomber killed at least 12 other people and injured 17 when he blew himself up Sunday in a downtown Baghdad restaurant frequented by police

Bush says free Iraq will be 'devastating defeat' for Al-Qaeda

(UK) More than 230 terror suspects free to stay in Britain - identified by MI5 and Scotland Yard as suspected terrorists have been allowed to stay in Britain as asylum seekers

(Afghanistan) Firefights Kill 1 French, 16 Afghan Troops

(Afghanistan) Kabul bomb kills three

Al Qaeda Agent's 9/11 Role Comes Into Focus - Ammar al-Baluchi, once considered a bit player, is alleged to have served as trainer and banker for several of the hijackers.

(Pakistan) Reunited: boys saved from slavers - A senior member of an Islamic organization linked to Al-Qaeda is funding his activities through the kidnapping of Christian children who are sold into slavery in Pakistan

(Israel) Kassams in Sderot: Classroom Hit With Students Waiting Outside

(India) 5 killed as Congress rally attacked in Srinagar

(India) 5 terror outfits threaten to disrupt J&K round table

Expert: Iran may already have bomb

Neo-Nazis plan pro-Iran parade at World Cup - per Der Spiegel - rally when Iran play Angola in order to demonstrate their sympathy for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Al Qaeda Targets PA Leadership

Somalia: Al-Qaeda network was responsible for the recent Mogadishu clashes - expert

(Egypt) Terror suspect killed in clash with police

Coalition Forces Locate, Kill Two Al Qaeda Terrorists

(Afghanistan) US, French troops dead in clashes

Yemen pardons convicted clerics - Muslim preacher sentenced to death and another who was jailed for backing a rebel movement and spying for Iran

(Israel) Islamic Jihad leader killed in IAF air strike in Gaza

(Israel) Palestinian with pipe bomb caught near security fence

Columbus, Ohio Muslim Leader Says 9/11 Planned by Americans, Praises the Wanted Al-Qaeda-Linked Yemenite Sheikh Al-Zindani

Heavy casualties feared as 50 Afghan soldiers caught in Taliban territory

Iraq's new unity government sworn in

Suicide Car Bomber Kills 5 in Iraq - killed at least five people and injured 10 in an attack Saturday on a police station in the western border town of Qaim

19 Killed in Baghdad Bomb Explosion - A bomb exploded Saturday in a Shiite district of Baghdad, killing 19 people and wounding 58

Blast Wounds Palestinian Intelligence Head

Algerian army surrounds 60 terrorists west of Algiers

Grenade kills soldier in Pakistani tribal region, attacker shot dead

(Iran) Jewish MP denies Iran badge plan

Report: Agency policies put air marshals at risk

Grand Jury Indicts 4 Accused Ecoterrorists for 1998 Vail Firebombing

Fight Reported at Gitmo; U.N. Asks Closure (updated)

EU preparing to outlaw Tamil Tigers - European Union reportedly agrees to add Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers to list of terrorist organizations

Dhaka urges US help to track terror fund (Bangladesh) - Bangladesh sought help from US yesterday to track financing of militant groups

Pumping at Colombia's second-largest oil pipeline suspended after attacks - FARC bombed pipeline three times this week

(Iraq) U.S. sending reinforcements to violent Ramadi - kidnapped UAE diplomat released

Afghanistan: Uncertainty Over Top Taliban Arrest - the Taliban has denied Mullah Dadullah's capture

Amir Taheri: A color code for Iran's 'infidels'

Top Taliban commander 'arrested' - Mullah Dadullah has been captured in Afghanistan, Afghan officials have told BBC

(Pakistan) Militants kill tribal leader - pro-govt, anti-Al-Qaeda tribal elder killed in North Waziristan

(Thailand) Muslim shot dead, teachers hostage - shot dead by Islamic militants, 11 teachers hostage to demand release of suspected insurgents

(Canada) Met top al-Qaeda figure just for tea, Egyptian says - Mahmoud Jaballah mtg w/Ahmed Said Khadr

Sinai militant suspect killed by explosives

Iraqis Await Inauguration of New Govt. - roadside bombs and other attacks killed five Iraqis and wounded 18 people on Friday, including a U.S. soldier

Ten killed in Afghan violence as Pakistan denies training militants (updated)

Afghan forces hunt Taliban after surge in violence

And they now gear up narcotic jihad

Hamas spokesman caught smuggling cash as tensions rise

Pakistani tribal militants blow up 2 gas pipelines in southwest, no casualties

(Switzerland) Plot to down El Al jet in Geneva foiled - Yedioth Aharonot: immigrant Islamic terrorists planned to shoot down plane using RPG missile

US asks Bangladesh for early law against terror finance

Palestinian caught with bomb hidden in trousers

Attack on judges targets Turkey's secular system: president

Russia to Join NATO in Anti-Terrorism Sea Training

(Philippines) Military, police unaware of communist slay plot vs Arroyo

(Sri Lanka) Terror tag means war: LTTE

Highest-ranking PIJ terrorist in northern Samaria killed by Israeli forces (shortened) - Elias Kheri Muhammad Ashqar involved in terrorist attack at Tel Aviv bus station and planned more attacks

Al-Qaeda waiting for US-Iran clash

Iran using Chinese-made uranium gas for nuclear weapon breakthrough (my title)

Iran mocks nuke opponents

A Message Explaining Why al-Qaeda Does Not Target Individual Members of the Saudi Arabian Government

(Iraq) Video of kidnapped UAE diplomat

(Canada) Terror suspect denies terrorist training

3 wounded in Fatah-Hamas clashes in Gaza

(Update) Up to 105 Die in Fierce Afghan Violence

Fighting engulfs Afghanistan - Terrorists launch biggest anti-government offensive since the fall of the Taliban - Helmand, Herat, Ghanzi

Bomb Kills US Narcotics Agent in Afghanistan

Afghan leader says Pakistan trains miltitants

Somali-born Dutch lawmaker (Ayaan Hirsi Ali) welcome in US: Zoellick

(India) Three terrorists killed in J&K encounter

Germans say al-Qaeda no longer organizing strikes

Bomb Kills US Narcotics Agent in Afghanistan

(Israel) Terrorists Planning Mass Production of Rockets

Judge dies in Turkey court attack

At Least 18 Iraqis Killed in Attacks - bombers also destroyed a small Sunni shrine near Baqouba

(India) Bomb found in Patna-bound train near Gaya

Thousands March in Turkish Capital - to condemn to condemn an attack by a Jihadist gunman that killed a judge

World Cup police fear terror attacks on big screen fans

(Canada) Terror laws called weak - Canadian senator Canada's money-laundering and terror-financing laws, warning they may be too weak

Jihadists' return worries Europe

(Australia) Lodhi Trial - Accused terrorist condemns violent jihad

Feds set anti-terror measures for air cargo

Iran to Offer Economic Incentive to Europe to Keep Uranium Enrichment

Commentary: In the Footsteps of Ayatollah Khomeini and the Prophet Mohammad: Ahmadinejad Calls Upon Bush to Accept Islam

The Islamic Army in Iraq Claims Responsibility for Bombings Targeting American Forces in Hoor Rajab, Abu Munisier, and al-Mahmoudiya

Report: Iran Providing Heavy Weapons To Al-Qaeda In Iraq

Mortar bomb attacks in Sri Lanka's restive region

EU to add Sri Lankan rebels to terror list

Saudis tell Bush not to cut off Palestinians or isolate Hamas

Iran's Ties to Terrorist Groups Pose Threat to US: Hezbollah in Lebanon, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Palestinian territories, and possibly al-Qaida

Date set for 9/11 conspirator's (Mounir al-Motassadeq) appeal in Germany

(Canada) Lawyers for Egyptian terror suspect seek release of secret evidence

Inside Guantanamo Bay - view from Navy Rear Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of Joint Task Force Guantanamo, responsible for detainee operations and intelligence gathering at the camp

UAE concerned about combating money laundry, financing terrorism

(UK) Memorial To (July 7) Terror Victims

(India) Terrorists target BJP rally in Doda, 15 injured - by grenade

(India) High-security over US embassy after terror threat

US says concerned at al Qaeda in Somalia

Islamist raid breaks Somali truce

Somali gov’t set to sack members of anti-terror alliance

Woman soldier killed in Afghanistan, 17th Canadian fatality in country - Canada's first female combat death since WWII - killed fighting Taliban west of Kandahar

France discovers vehicles used by ETA - Concern that ETA still engaged in criminal activity in France

The Popular Resistance Committees: Hamas' New Partners? - PRC has formed strategic alliance with Hamas and Hizballah, and maintains contact with al-Qaeda

Investigators Seize 52 Tons of Cocaine in Colombian-Based Drug Cartel Bust - "Operation Twin Oceans" targeted Pablo RAYO-Montano ring, associated with AUC and FARC terrorists

Iran Enlists Allies in Nuke Program Battle - "allies" Syria and the militant Palestinian Hamas group

White House to share NSA secrets with key lawmakers

Iraqis to Present Cabinet on Saturday

Palestinians Send Militant Force Into Streets - Hamas-led PA sends new security force into Gaza streets, disregarding President Abbas' order against it

Lebanon plunges into political crisis as talks fail - Rival Lebanese leaders disagree on whether to remove pro-Syrian president and moved on to issue of disarming Hezbollah

Four Taliban killed in southern Afghanistan - Coalition forces killed at least 4 Taliban fighters in air strike in Urguzgan

Nearly 20 million Euros in suspicious transfers from Gibraltar, says anti-money laundering agency

U.S. adds watchdog pressure on banks - Hundreds of thousands of "suspicious" transactions reported annually to U.S. Treasury Department under Patriot Act

Ex-PA paymaster: Arafat used foreign aid to buy weapons - Millions in aid funds and tax money from Israel and Arab countries used for weapons & ammo for Palestinian terrorists

Pakistan minorities protest US terror label on Islamic group - 300 Pakistani Christians and Hindus protest designation of Jamaat-ud-Dawa

Medford blogger to take trip to Afghanistan with military - Story on Bill Roggio's upcoming embed in Afghanistan - "I think there's a real need for reporting that puts the military conflict in context"

Russian Suicide Bomber Kills Seven - including a top Russian policeman in the southern Ingushetia region

Bomb explosion at gas pipeline kills seven-year-old girl, wounds two in southwest Pakistan

(Pakistan) Musharraf Claims Al Qaeda and Taliban interdependent

Iranian President Rejects European Incentives to End Uranium Enrichment - which included providing nuclear reactor

Poll: Americans suspect Iran wants nuclear arms

Suspected Islamist gunman kills Turkish judge in court shooting - Gunman shouting "I'm a soldier of Allah" stormed into roomin court, killing senior judge and wounding 4 others

Car Bomb Hits U.N. Convoy in Afghanistan

(Australia) Terror suspect gives business alibi - Faheem Khalid Lodhi trial

(Palestinian Islamic Jihad) West Bank terror cell cracked

Iraqi Forces Search for Kidnapped (UAE) Diplomat

(US Anarchist) Chomsky hails Hezbollah on TV - Anarchist American professor says U.S. leading terrorist state

Hamas operative killed by masked gunmen in Gaza

Al-Qaida website targets Israeli diplomats

Four top Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists killed in Indian administered Kashmir

(India) Terrorists kill four by slitting throats in J&K

9/11 kin suit over memorial is tossed

Chavez accused of ties to terrorists - "Senior U.S. official" says Venezuela's intelligence service a clone of Cuba's, shelters groups with ties to Mideast terrorists, and allows weapons to reach FARC

Indian Maoist landmine kills 12 of wedding party

Syria bans entry of Palestinians arriving directly from Iraq

‘Indonesian police foiled terror attack on D-8 summit’

Ten die in clashes in Pakistan’s tribal region

Murder of Bangladeshi judges was Allah’s will: militant

Basra carnage escalates as one person killed every hour - "Militiamen and tribesmen are often the only real authority."

FBI Secret Probes: 3,501 Targets in the U.S. - ABC News: DOJ secretly sought phone records and other documents of 3,501 people last year through National Security letters, provision of USA Patriot Act

Zarqawi aide arrested in Iraq - Salah Hussein Abdel Razak arrested in Ramadi - Omar Ahmed Salah, leader of "Brigades of Al-Tawhid Wa Jihad," also arrested

US asks Europe to ban Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers - US banned the LTTE in October 1997, and Britain banned them in February 2001

4 Qassams fired from north Gaza land in Palestinian territory

The Growing Anarchy in the Palestinian Territories - Good analysis by Washington Institute for Near East Policy

9/11 Pentagon video goes public for first time - Public interest group says release will end 'conspiracy theories'

(Iraq) Baghdad market attack kills 23 - a gun attack followed by the car bombing of a bus stop near a packed market in Baghdad on Tuesday killed 23 people and injured 38

European Nations May Give Iran a Reactor

(Iraq) Militants Kill 18 in Baghdad Parking Lot - in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 18 people with gunfire and a car bomb

3 U.S. Soldiers, 6 Iraqi Civilians Killed - fighting between suspected insurgents and Iraqi police killed at least six civilians in Baghdad on Tuesday, and roadside bombs killed three U.S. soldiers

(NYC) Bomb plotter's excuse - Pakistani immigrant Shahawar Matin Siraj testified yesterday he came up with the plan to bomb the Herald Square subway station to impress someone he considered a "big brother"

(US Anarchist) Noam Chomsky Meets With Hizbullah Leaders in Lebanon

MySpace.com hosts wannabe terrorists - Popular site provides fertile ground for recruitment, glorification of jihad

Bali bomb suspect says he wants to die - Islamic militant on trial for the 2005 Bali terror attacks which killed 20 people today told a court he was ready to die a martyr and defended his right to make bombs

(Jordan) Woman faces bomb charges - failed female suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi denied charges of trying to kill 60 people in three hotel bombings in a Jordanian court

(Israel) Islamic Jihad claims Katyusha attack on Netiv Ha'asara

Pakistan: Bin Laden Probably in Afghanistan, Says Foreign Office

(Russia) Beslan School Siege Suspect Found Guilty of Terrorism

2 Terror Suspects, 1 Police Officer Killed in Southern Russia Clash

Most Notorious Terrorists Not Held at Guantanamo

Pentagon Discloses List of Gitmo Detainees

(UK) Universities face review of Islam course - Ministers fear terrorism is condoned

(UK) Anti-terrorist equipment set for tube trial

Egypt: Iran is entitled to develop nuclear energy

(Israel) Former intel chief warns of terror tsunami

(Thailand) Bomb kills army officer, villager in far South

(Afghanistan) The Taliban Announces their "Military Harvest" Between Sunday, 5/7/06, and Wednesday, May 10

Anti-personnel mines explode in Sri Lanka, 2 policemen wounded

Lockerbie families still seek justice from Libya - Families of 270 victims of Pan Am Flight 103, downed by bomb in 1988, still waiting for justice and compensation

Nine Tajik women activists of Hizb ut-Tahrir get long jail terms - Activists sentenced to 10 and 5-year prison terms - see Zeyno Baran's May 12 post

US says will work with Somali anti-terror groups

U.S. Imposes Arms Ban on Venezuela - U.S. imposing ban on arms sales to Venezuela because lack of support for counterterrorism efforts

Out-of-power Taliban Resumes Public Executions - Taliban's power growing in Urozgan, Kandahar, Zabul, Ghazni, Helmand, Nimruz and Farah provinces

4 Taliban escapees are recaptured - Four Taliban who escaped from Afghan prison earlier this year recaptured in Bulgaria and Uzbekistan

U.S. to Renew Diplomatic Ties with Libya - U.S. to remove Libya from list of state sponors of terrorism and renew normal diplomatic ties

U.S. Raids Kill 40 Insurgents in Iraq - Update: Dead terrorists include Al Qaeda operative Abu Mustafa - terrorists downed U.S. helicopter, killing 2 soldiers

Cardinal Questions for Muslims - Andrew Bostom on Catholic Cardinal's four questions to Muslim scholars about Koran's invocations to violence

Protecting The Five Most Attractive Targets - James Dunnigan on the "must-protect" targets

Afghan govt to substitute poppy with legal crops - Afghan government allocating $30 million for alternative livelihood to farmers

Afghan forces hunt around 100 Taliban

Senior Taliban 'killed in clash' - Update: Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Baqi and deputy among 11 terrorists killed in Kandahar - 5 police dead - 5 police and 5 Taliban wounded and 3 arrested

(Iraq) Two US Marines killed by roadside bomb in Baghdad

(Indonesia) JI 'attack plot' uncovered - planning co-ordinated attacks on a weekend summit of Muslim nations on Bali and a Buddhist festival in Central Java

Iranian president backs messianic cult - whose massed followers pray each week for the end of the world as we know it

(Israel) Florida teen's massacre called 'gift from Allah'

Egypt: 7 suspects in Sinai bombings surrender

(Canada -- Egyptian) Terror suspect faces deportation

(Turkey) Terror toll: 15 children in 10 days

(Iran) Atrocity blamed on al-Qaeda

(Africa) Islamist claims Comoros victory - known as "Ayatollah" after his studies in Iran, have been celebrating in the streets

Police officer killed in restive southwestern Pakistan, electricity supplies disrupted

(Australia) Inmate charged over bomb plot - inmate Hussan Kalache promised to marry Ms Courtney, a Muslim convert, if she bombed a public place in Sydney

Car Bombers Kill 14 Near Baghdad Airport

US 'must beware' rise in al-Qaeda oil strikes

22 held over training school blasts (Pakistan)

Bandits execute 12 people by southern Iranian road

A Video Interview with Two Mujahideen Wanted by Saudi Intelligence Who Escaped to Iraq, Issued by the Mujahideen Shura Council

Bangla Court sentences imprisonment to 13 militants for August 17 serial blasts (Bangladesh) - 10 sentenced to life imprisonment and 3 to 20 years

MI5 Infiltrated by Al Qaeda - London "Mirror": M15 unwittingly recruited Muslim extremists after July 7 bombings in drive to find more Muslims

Israel kills 7 Palestinians in WBank raids - Leading Islamic Jihad militant killed in bloodiest fighting in weeks in West Bank

Bomb blast kills two, injures 12 in Turkey

(Australia) 'Hate books' are not seditious - books promoting suicide bombings and anti-Australian conspiracies can be sold in the Muslim community

Forty killed in day of Iraq carnage - Updated: !4 killed and six wounded in pair of suicide bombings near Baghdad Airport

Two Afghans killed, one UNICEF worker injured in attack (Roundup)

Militants kill Pakistan official in restive region - Suspected Islamist militants shot dead a government official after breaking into his house on Sunday

Jordan says Hamas must reveal hidden arms caches

(India) Four LeT terrorists remanded to police custody

Report: Canada a 'haven for terrorists'

Norway Officials Meet With Palestinian Hamas Minister

(UK) MI5 mission: impossible - 'We will not stop them all." Eliza Manningham-Buller's frank admission that further attacks by Islamic extremists are unavoidable is alarming and depressing.

(UK) Terror suspect numbers soar

Spies 'hid' bomber tape from MPs (UK) - MI5 accused of cover-up for failing to disclose it bugged leader of July 7 suicide bombers

Taliban kill intelligence officer in south Afghanistan - Taliban fighters shot dead a provincial intelligence officer in southern Afghanistan while a roadside bomb blast in the northern region injured four civilians and three policemen.

(Saudi Arabia) Wife claims suspected militant 'killed' in encounter is still alive

(Iraq) 2 British Soldiers Killed Near Basra

(Afghanistan) Rockets fired at Canadian base

More Troubles for Afghan SEAL Samaritan

(Afghanistan) The Taliban: Re-emerging from the Shadows

(Afghanistan) Police Arrest 6 Suspected Taliban in Afghanistan

Saudi al-Qaeda members killed - 2 killed in Iraq - first time that Mujaheddin Consultative Council site shows pictures of Saudis saught and killed

Kyrgyzstan Says 14 People Were Killed in Border Raid by Gunmen - Updated: Gunmen killed 9 in raids and clashes - 5 gunmen killed & 2 captured

Germany is terror threat "powder keg" - top prosecutor - Radicalised Islamic migrants harder to detect or apprehend

Crime row looms over Sinn Fein meeting - Alleged links huge Belfast bank robbery, money-laundering scam, and stabbing Robert McCartney anger supporters

Two killed and 41 wounded in Kashmir blast - Updated: Blast aimed at protest rally over the killing of 35 Hindus by terrorists on May 1- No group claim yet

Indian police arrest five suspected militants - Updated: Police arrested 5 militants, recovered 50 grenades and AK-47 - second arrest and seizure this week

Qaradawi renews call to ‘confront’ banks over funds to Hamas govt - Yousuf Al Qaradawi warned Europeans of boycott if Hamas sanctions continue

Sri Lanka, Tiger rebels at war - monitor - Head of Nordic truce monitors says "low-intensity war" continues

Iraqi Colonel Calls for U.S Cultural Awareness - DOD press release: "They need to understand the people they are among"

Pakistani nuke supplier tied to Syria

U.S. says Iraqi army units clash - U.S. and Iraqi statements conflict, with Iraqis claiming no Army unit conflict

Five killed in southeast Turkey - Four soldiers and Kurdish terrorist killed in Turkish army operation against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)

Lodi case sets precedents in terror prosecutions

Four policemen killed in Maoist attack in central India - At least 300 heavily-armed terrorists attacked state-run relief camp in Chhattisgarh

Moussaoui Appeals Judgment and Sentence

(Iraq) US soldier killed by roadside bomb

(Iraq) Son of Top Iraqi Judge Killed in Baghdad

(Philippines) 2 slain after planting bomb in mall - members of terror group linked to the Jemaah Islamiyah

(Pakistan) Four arrested in followup to Quetta explosions

Aid program's end has Afghans worried - UN-funded disarmament project which rehabilitated ex-combatants ends next month

Edict puts pressure on Arabs to back Hamas - Imams from Muslim countries issued fatwa requiring Muslims to donate money

Iran warns on new nuclear offer - European incentives must include Iran's "right" to enrich uranium

(UAE Poll) Bin Laden 'probably back home in US'

Israeli Dies of Wounds Suffered in Bombing

(UK) 7/7 Bombers Had Pakistan Contacts; three attacks thwarted since 7/7 (my title)

2 UN employees killed in Afghanistan - Unknown armed men targeted local UN employees in Herat province, killing 2 and injuring one

Report: Iran gave al-Qaeda in Iraq SAM-7 missiles – Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) had provided the insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq heavy weapons including anti-aircraft

Top Iranian leaders to visit Pakistan

Diplomats: New Eriched Uranium Found at Iranian Military Site

Fired NSA Intelligence Analyst Gets Bid to Brief Congress - NSA intelligence analyst fired last January to testify about ultra-secret NSA operations called special access programs, or SAPs

Canadian UAV Proving Useful Against Taliban - See links above on Bill Roggio's embed with Canadian forces in Kandahar

Four wanted for Dahab blasts surrender to police - Updated: Men part of 25 wanted people, some of whom sought for 2004 Taba bombings

130 dead in Somalia fighting - Battles between government forces and Islamic fighters killed at least 130 and wounded 280 others

China says U.S. hampering anti-terror efforts by releasing Guantanamo Uighurs - China suspects 5 men, captured in Afghanistan, are members of terror group

Analysis: Could Afghan And Iraqi Insurgencies Muster Operational Ties? - No evidence yet, but prospect and recent similarities in methods draw concern

Kyrgyzstan: Imam Extends Welcome To Hizb Ut-Tahrir - Kyrgyz imam Rafiq Qori Kamoluddin allows its members to pray at his mosque - see Zeyno Baran's May 9 post

Hamas-led Palestinian Gov't May Accept Two-State Plan Recognizing Israel - Hamas official indicates assent to 18-point plan, but leaders haven't responded

Gunmen Kill Sunni Iman, Son in Iraq After Mosques Ordered Closed - Gunmen killed Sunni imam and son in Basra as they were leaving mosque after Friday prayers

Indian airports to mount vigil against "human bomb" - Intelligence agencies warn of possible hijacking, seek best body scanners

Car bomb explodes near Iraq Shi'ite party office

3 Killed, 42 Wounded in 9 Bomb Attacks in Ethiopia - Updated: Nine bombs exploded in Ethiopia's capital, focused on government buildings and public transportation - no claim by any group yet

(Moussaoui trial) One juror between terrorist and death - Forewoman: Holdout frustrated panel ready to send Moussaoui to death

New Al-Qaeda video calls for "sea of blood" - calls on Muslims to attack Denmark, Norway and France for publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed

Canadian forces arrest 10 suspected Taliban in Afghanistan

Two Pakistani terrorists (LeT) killed in Kashmir encounter

Yemen 'catches al-Qaeda fugitive' - believed to be Abdullah Ahmad al-Raymi

(UK) Three of the July 7 suicide bombers were known in some form to MI5

(UK) 900 terrorist suspects in Britain leave MI5 and police unable to cope

(UK) MI5 chief: terror threat to UK may be getting worse

US stands tough on Iran - will not hold direct contacts with Iran and insists sanctions be part of approach

(UAE) Dubai firm implicated in Iran 'bomb components' investigation in US

(Spain - Madrid Terror) Massacre judge faces inquiry over custody error - one of the 29 people arrested in connection Madrid terror attack released

(Australia) Terror suspects 'in covert messages'

Militant killed in Israeli raid

Hamas kids taught about 'evil Zionists' - Website features comic strips teaching children to hate Israelis

Al Qaeda Uses Web as 'Virtual Sanctuary,' Experts Say

Bush denies report of 'trolling' by NSA

(7/7 Report) British Say 3 Terror Attacks Prevented

Jordan Broadcasts Hamas Confessions - Three monitored Jordanian intelligence officers and foreign tourists and acquired arms and ammo for Hamas

Bomb rocks plant owned by prominent Hizbullah member - 15-KG bomb detonated at manufacturing plant

Yemen protecting radical Islamic cleric on Washington's terror list - Sheikh Abdel-Majid Zendani, designated on terrorist list after 9-11, operates freely in Yemen

Afghanistan: Taliban Anti-Aircraft Guns? - Taliban may be using anti-aircraft guns against U.S. and Afghan forces

France to base anti-Taliban fighter jets in Tajikistan

Bolton Disappointed Lebanon Report Omits Iran, Hezbollah - Proposed new Security Council resolution omits Iran and Hezbollah

Senior Islamic Jihad Commander Arrested

(Iran) President says his letter to President Bush was invitation to Islam

Hamas official heads for Norway amid controversy

Al-Qaeda link in (7/7) London bombings

Arab League unable to pay Palestinian salaries directly - Banks in region vulnerable to U.S. (Patriot Act) regs on "correspondent" banking relationships

The new face of terror - Analysis of "Sinai terror" by analyst at Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies

Ex-Prof. to Appeal Terror Case Sentence - Sami al-Arian to appeal sentence to additional prison time

Six killed, dozens injured in five explosions in Pakistan (update)

Police on the lookout for arrested LeT men’s aides - Police hope to learn of terrorists coming to India after training in Bangladesh

(Update) Air strikes on Sri Lanka rebels after sea battle leaves 45 dead

Two dozen killed in Iraq as politicians consider security revamp

Coalition Forces Free Iraqi Kidnap Victims - Gunmen kidnapped 10 young men from mostly Sunni Arab villages, 7 saved - 3 U.S. soldiers killed elsewhere

(UK) Key findings: 7 July report

Report (PDF) of London 7/7 Inquiry - Intelligence and Security Committee Report into the London Terrorist Attacks on 7 July 2005 [656 KB]

Government response (PDF) to London 7/7 Inquiry [238 KB]

Report (PDF) of the Official Account of the Bombings on 7 July 2005 [584 KB]

(UK) Resources blamed over London bombs - A lack of resources stopped security services from uncovering the 7 July London bomb plot

(UK) Security service watched two London bombers - Two men who carried out last year's July 7 attacks on London were watched by British security services but had not been viewed as urgent threats

(UK) MI5 shifts focus to terror threat

US soldier killed in Iraq - southwest of Baghdad by roadside bomb

Roadside bomb kills 5 Iraqi garbage collectors

(Spain) Madrid bombing suspect released - Moroccan national Saed El Harrak was freed on Wednesday

(Spain) Court Convicts Two Over 2002 Tunisia Bombing - Pakistani and a Spaniard to a total of 10 years in prison over their role in a suicide bombing in 2002

(Israel) Hamas operatives caught; confess to planning terror cell

Iran's president says Israel 'one day will vanish'

Hamas wants backers to send arms, fighters, money

(Afghanistan) British troops face suicide bomb campaign - Taliban has released thousands of copies of a propaganda film designed to recruit suicide bombers to target British troops in Afghanistan.

(Philippines) Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen kidnap nine-year-old girl in Basilan

Al-Qaeda Fugitives from an American Prison in Afghanistan Continue to Promote Jihad via the Internet

(Australia) Explosives expert at (Faheem Khalid Lodhi) trial - explosives expert described the death and destruction that would follow if 40 to 50 kilograms of urea nitrate exploded

Baghdad's Security Forces to Be Revamped - All police officers and paramilitary soldiers will be under one commander

(India) Did riots upset terror plans? Vadodara was to be the rendezvous for the two Lashkare-Taiba (LeT) operatives who were arrested by the Delhi police on Monday.

Canada plays down talk of an al-Qaeda attack

Imam to leave Denmark after caricature crisis

(Update) Jordan says Hamas trains recruits in Syria and Iran

Al-Qaeda Cell Broken Up in Turkey - Among those detained was Abdolhalim Sad, an Iranian, who Turkish authorities believe is new Al-Qaeda leader in Turkey

Turkey Protests Anti-Terror Bill Today

Suicide bombers recruited on Web site hosted in Montreal - Linked to Palestinian terrorist group

Challengers to Bin Laden: Round II

At Least 96 Killed in Somali Fighting (updated)

Could MI5 have stopped the London bombings?

Afghan Hijackers Who Sought to Escape Taliban Win Refugee Status in Britain

Pakistan Arrests 3 Militants Suspected of Al Qaeda Links - Pakistani agents arrested Tunisian and 2 other militants for suspected links with Al Qaeda

Jihad Succeeds in New Multi-Launcher (Gaza) - Islamic Jihad's military wing has fired new system with 4 launchers for Kassam missiles in sequence

Coalition Strikes Insurgents, Terrorists Target Tal Afar - Coalition aircrews targeted abandoned Ramadi train station for third straight day as known hub of insurgents

WTC Staircase Leads Endangered Sites List - Last above-ground piece of World Trade Center, "Survivors Staircase" away from Tower 2, faces destruction

Afghan Opium Farmers Killed In Clash With Police - Two Afghan farmers killed, 9 police wounded in clashes over opium fields

Ex-con helps U.S. deliver satellite phones to FARC - U.S. intercepts of FARC communications mentioned in March indictment of FARC's 7 leaders and 43 other commanders

Terrorists train guns on Srinagar 'sleaze shops' (Kashmir) - Jaish-e-Mohammad and Al-Badr threaten sex ring operators to close or risk attack

LeT bid to blow up Ellora foiled (India) - Update: Three suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba arrested just 3 km from the ancient caves symbolic of Indian tolerance

Despite ceasefire call, fighting continues in Mogadishu - At least 90 Somalis have died in latest violence between Al Qaeda-linked militias and US-backed warlords

Jordan Says It Nabs 20 Hamas Activists - Group plotted attacks and sought recruits - Iranian rocket launchers found

Security services identify 700 potential al-Qa'ida terrorists at large in Britain

Gunmen kill 11 employees at Iraq electric company - Suicide bombing kills at least 20 in Tal Afar

Afghan police battle Taliban, kill three

Terror cells spread across Indonesia; more attacks inevitable - minister

(Indonesia) Schoolgirl beheadings: Terrorists confess - Seven suspected Islamic terrorists have confessed to beheading three Christian schoolgirls

Iran: Worry Over Nuke Program 'A Big Lie'

Indonesia backs Iran on nuclear program

Israel Gives Hamas Deadline to Negotiate

South Asia seeks cooperation against terrorism

Australia, U.S. Agree on Terror Suspect

(Australia) Bombs for TV production, court told - Houses were evacuated after police allegedly found 53kg of explosives, some manufactured into bombs with nails and razor blades embedded in them

Al-Qaida attack on Canadian soil 'probable,' CSIS chief says

Report: Osama's exploits south of border - Al-Qaida in league with Mexican radicals in plot to penetrate U.S., says MI6 report

Al-Qaida documents found - Multinational Forces website: Translated docs show al-Qaida's recognition of increasing unpopularity - with images of actual docs

Navy Thwarts Attempt to Smuggle Half a Ton of TNT into Gaza - Three suspicious vessels on Israel-Egypt border escaped into area with Arab fishing boats

US claim of Qaeda Iraq weakness may reflect reality - Magnus Ranstorp quoted -Al Qaeda more unpopular inside Iraq, partly due to attacks on civilians

RCMP commissioner says organized crime and terrorists working closely - Training for al-Qaeda recruits includes credit card fraud

CIA insider offered spy agency's No. 2 post - Steven Kappes, recently retired CIA insider, has been offered No. 2 slot

Laudering prone nations on IBA list (India) - Indian Banks’ Association lists 23 countries as "high risk" for anti-money laundering purposes - new accounts senior officials' approval

Karachi Consulate Bombing Linked to Al Qaeda - Senior Pakistani sources tell ABC News terrorist attack against U.S. consulate employee traced to Waziristan militant Matiur Rehman

Syria reasserts its influence in Lebanon - Pro-Syrian government more confident amid llessening of pressure, particularly from Arab states

Al-Qaeda Fugitives...Promote Jihad via the Internet (shortened) - MEMRI transcript: "The mujahideen are coming to slaughter you, Allah willing"

17 Dead, 35 Hurt in Iraq Suicide Attack - Suicide truck bomber hit crowded public market in Tal Afar late Tuesday

Group claims responsibility for British helicopter crash in Basra - "National Front for the Liberation of Iraq" claims downing of British military helicopter that killed 5 soldiers

‘59 terror camps active across LoC’ - Indian Defence Minister says terrorist training camps operating from Jammu & Kashmir, asked Pakistan to demolish terrorist infrastructure

Pakistan charity (Jamaat-ud-Dawa) says US terror label an Indian plot - group outlawed as terror group by US, linked to LeT

Israel raises alert level against terror attack - IDF raised alert level around Jerusalem - intel indicates that would-be attacker from Nablus could infiltrate to attack

5 Chinese terror suspects urged to be repatriated back - 5 Chinese seeking asylum in Albania alleged to be in terrorist group "East Turkistan," fought with Taliban

US renews terror alert for East Africa - State Department: "A small number of Al-Qaeda operatives and other extremists are believed to be operating in and around east Africa"

Qatada fights deportation from UK - Abu Qatada, Bin Laden's "spiritual leader in Europe," argues against deportation to Jordan

Bush extends US sanctions against Syria - Executive Order bans exports of certain items and continues freezing accounts of Syrians supporting terrorism

Egyptian police kill terrorist from Sinai attack - Egyptian police in the Sinai peninsula shot and killed Nasser Khamis Malachi

(India) Prime suspect in Varanasi blasts killed in India's Kashmir - police shot dead - Abu Zubair ofHarkat-ul-Jehadi-Islamia (HuJI) militant outfit- believed to be behind March twin blasts in Varanasi that claimed 20 lives

(India) HM, Lashkar bomb laboratory busted in J&K

(India) Top terrorist of Laskhar-e-Toiba shot dead in Delhi

Two shot dead in Thailand - Islamic militants killed two Buddhists and injured seven people, including two soldiers

(Iran) Ahmadinejad letter attacks Bush - "Why have the various aspects of the [9/11] attacks been kept secret?"

Airstrike near Pak border kills 4 Taliban militants: US military

(Indonesia) Trials of suspected militants accused in 2005 Bali bombings begin

Philippines: Noose Tightens Around Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Terrorists, Says Official

German Trial Begins of Men Charged With Al-Qaeda Connections

Report: Al-Qaeda Operating in Gaza

Nine hurt in new clash between Palestinian groups

Israeli official meets Hamas lawmakers: report

Swedish politicians meet Hamas minister

We will go in to clear up militias if required - British troops could be sent to clean out extremist militias in Basra if Iraqi army fails

US halts 3500 Iraq troop deployment

(Canada) Terror groups in league with gangs: top cop

Changing the Guard - No. 3 official at CIA, Kyle (Dusty) Foggo, resigned and is under investigation

Violence in Iraq Leaves at Least 34 Dead (updated)

Moussaoui Asks to Withdraw Guilty Plea - Moussaoui says he lied on witness stand about being involved in 9-11 plot

Afghanistan Air Strike Kills Enemy Fighters, Destroys Cave Complex - DOD on strike: "The cave complex was near, but clearly inside, the international boundary of Afghanistan and confirmed by global positioning system, officials said."

Atwar Bahjat Beheading Video a Hoax - "Jawa Report" post on actual victim in chilling video

Terror Video Claims to Show Attacks on U.S. Forces in Afghanistan - New Al Qaeda video released on roadside bomb attacks against U.S. & Afghan forces in Afghanistan

U.S. Cracks Down on Stolen Computer Drives - U.S. military in Afghanistan has increased security to prevent Afghan workers from stealing small portable flash drives

Taliban seek more deadly weapons - Frustrated by inability to punch through plating on Canadian fighting vehicles, Taliban scouring black market for better weapons

Terrorist Chemical Expert Killed; Firefighters Find Explosives - DOD press release: Ali Wali, a.k.a Abbas bin Farnas bin Qafqas, key leader in Ansar al-Islam, killed in Baghdad - see Bill Roggio's post

Two policemen, one insurgent killed in southern Afghanistan

Insurgents Bomb Iraqi Oil Pipeline, Kill 3 - Terrorists bombed oil pipeline south of Baghdad

Pakistan can do more against terrorism, says Afghan FM

(India) Suspected Kashmir militants kill three - Suspected Muslim terrorists hanged a young woman and shot dead two former comrades

Three men go on trial on terror charges in Sweden

(Indonesia) Bali bomb accused (Abdul Aziz)'following orders'

(Indonesia) Suspected terrorists nabbed in Sulawesi

Hamas, Fatah rival factions battle in Gaza, 3 dead - Fighting erupted in Gaza Strip between Fatah forces backing President Abbas and Hamas loyalists

Iran Again Threatens to Exit Nuclear Pact

Report: Growing use of Internet to spread terror, hate

White House: Hayden is choice for CIA chief - Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden has been chosen to head the Central Intelligence Agency

(Canada) Ottawa considering special terror trials

Bush says he would close Guantanamo facility - President waiting for Supreme Court ruling on how prisoners would be tried

(Italian Unabomber) Boobytrap bomber leaves deadly message in a bottle

Commentary: Is Saudi Arabia against the terrorists?

Hamas denies its armed wing plans to kill Abbas

US general in Iraq warns Iran on bomb smuggling

Saudi Effort Draws on Radical Clerics to Combat Lure of Al-Qaeda - Abdel Mohsen al-Obeikan, former militant cleric, now plays prominent part in reeducation of Saudi youth away from Al-Qaeda

42 Killed or Found Dead in Iraq Violence - Updated: Car bombs killed at least 16 and injured dozens in Baghdad and Karbala - 26 others killed or found dead, including U.S. Marine

(Pakistan) Message said to be from Bin Laden prays for assassination of Musharraf - Message distributed to Pakistani tribesmen said to be from Bin Laden prayed for assassination of President Musharraf

(Pakistan govt) US claim of Pakistani lapses against Al Qaeda "absurd"

Three killed by landmines in Pakistan's Baluchistan

Iran Threatens to Quit Nuclear Treaty

(Pakistan) U.S. wants direct access to A.Q. Khan - Pakistani scientist seen as key to knowing Iran's real nuclear intentions

US to send CIA officials to fight Al-Qaeda remnants in Chitral (Pakistan)

U.S. Set to Bring Iran Draft to UN Vote, With or Without Russia's Support

(Iraq) Murder of TV Journalist Atwar Bahjat by Islamist Jihadists (my title) - Terrorist cut her throat from middle, slicing from side to side. Her cries -- "Ah, ah, ah" -- can be heard above “Allahu akbar" (God is greatest) intoned by holder of mobile phone

(India) "Master bomb-maker" killed in Kashmir clash - army

(UK) 7/7 ringleader 'had direct link with terror cell'

(UK) Public may get color-coded terror alerts

Report: Brit MI6 confirms bin Laden nukes - WND: Pakistani scientists reportedly advising al-Qaida on weaponization of uranium it has obtained

Israel foils Hamas plot to kill Abbas (my title)

Indonesian Muslims rally in support of Hamas - Tens of thousands packed Jakarta streets supporting Hamas-led Palestinian government

Islamic scholars to issue pro-Hamas fatwa - Yussef al-Qardawi, Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, Islamic Jihad chief Ramadan al-Shalah and PFLP leader to attend conference

(DC) Postal Worker Arrested in Bomb Threat - Maryland woman, US Postal Service worker, arrested in bomb threat resulting in closing Capital Beltway

Al-Qaida training militants in Afghanistan to use IEDs - Afghan National Army ops chief said al-Qaida elements also working with Taliban militants and narcotics smugglers

Former Taliban leader shot dead in Balochistan - Unidentified gunmen today shot dead a former Taliban leader

Iraqis, British Troops Spar After Crash - British military chopper hit by missile - 4 British troops died - 5 Iraqis then died during ensuing melee

(Washington DC) Capital Beltway Bomb Threat Ends - MD Police say Beltway had to be shut down in both directions

U.S.: Bin Laden likely has safe haven in Pakistan - Counterterror chief says Pakistan must do more to nab al Qaeda members

Bush calls terror fight WWIII - revolt of United 93 passengers against Jihadist "the first counter-attack to World War III"

Experts: Don't Expect New al-Qaida Trials

Taliban claim helicopter kill (Afghanistan) - U.S. spokesman says "no indication" of hostile fire

10 Soldiers Killed (in) Afghan Chopper Crash - Coalition military helicopter supporting Operation Mountain Liion crashed, killing 10 Americans

Seven killed, seven kidnapped in Iraq

Terrorist groups gaining popularity in Pakistan - Jammat-ud-Dawa (JD) and its affiliate Idara Khidmat-e-Khalq

(Afghanistan) Taliban Leader use press to threaten UK troops that Taliban will the country "into a river of blood" (my title)

West Point gets NYPD anti-terror commish

Iraqi security units lacking gear, U.S. commander says

Hayden Favored to Get CIA Post; Goss Out

5 Soldiers Injured in Bomb Blast in Southern Thailand

(UK) Brown 'may have jeopardized terror trial'

Egyptian police identify another Sinai bomber - Eid Salman Mohammed Selim, who blew himself up at Al Gura, was brother of Dahab bombing suspect also killed

Defunct Islamic charity's house sold - Oregon home which housed Al-Haramain Foundation, designated a terrorist group in 2005, sold at auction.

Sailors, Iraqi Marines Defend Offshore Terminals (Iraq)

In Afghan Poppy Heartland, New Crops, Growing Danger

Taliban claim killing of Italian soldiers

Bali mastermind's terror splinter group - Report says Noordin Top has built terror group separate from his JI network - see Ken Conboy's post

Egypt as a New Front of al-Qaeda - Dr. Ely Karmon: "The three suicide bombings in the Sinai resort town of Dahab are most probably an operation by al-Qaeda. The question is…which al-Qaeda?"

(Iraq) SAS rescue team gave Kember's kidnappers time to flee - Fugitives belong to notorious criminal gang with links to groups believed to have sold captives to militant Islamic groups

Man to Be Retried on Charges He Lied to FBI - Federal prosecutors will retry Lodi's Umer Hayat on charges that he lied to the FBI after first trial ended with hung jury

Experts: Islamic Militants Customizing Violent Video Games - Youths as young as 7 can play troop-killing urban guerrillas

CAIR: Respected or Feared? - Attack CAIR and you could get sued or threatened with a lawsuit or a boycott

Five killed in Afghan violence - Roadside bomb kills two members of prominent political family, bodyguard, and 2 police personnel

U.S. to allow PA funds to be channeled through Abbas office - Secretary of State Rice announces U.S. humanitarian aid channeled through Abbas

Five Palestinian militants killed in IAF Gaza strike - Training camp used by Popular Resistance Committees attacked

North Caucasus: Analyst Warns Of Rising Radical Islam - Moscow institute leader says ethnic nationalism in North Caucasus giving way to radical Islam

Uzbekistan Identifies Alleged Uyghur Terrorist - Uzbek authorities say man detained in March is Uyghur terrorist wanted by China and Kyrgyzstan

CIA Chief Porter Goss Resigns

(Afganistan) Bomb attack kills Italian troops

No Indian troops for Afghanistan, security team gives report - Despite Taliban attacks on Indian nationals, India will not send troops to Afghanistan

Spanish Police Confirm ETA Stopped All Activities

Rocket barrage hits South (Israel) - Palestinians fired six Qassam rockets at Israel on Friday

3 U.S. Soldiers, 3 Insurgents Killed; Zarqawi Video Shown in Iraq - Zarqawi wearing American tennis shoes and struggling to fire U.S.-made machine gun, undercutting his propaganda - see Bill Roggio's May 4 post

The Future Jihad - FrontPage Magazine interview of Walid Phares: "Wahhabi influence has infiltrated the US academic world, and Middle East Studies was taken over by pro-Wahhabi money, and grants."

Militia Hunt Al-Qaeda in Somalia - U.S. bankrolling militia loyal to warloads in hunt to kill or capture al-Qaeda sympathizers

(Indonesia) Report warns on JI structure - see Kenneth Conboy's May 4 post

Taliban attacks injure 4 in Afghan - Taliban militants attacked a police station west of Kabul and tried to assassinate a provincial police chief in a second attack

(Italy) Sicily receives bomb alert for incoming ship

(Norway) Another Hamas visit planned

FBI can't retain its experts on terror

NYC borrows from Israelis to protect airports - Unique high-tech system by firm that 'arose from the ashes of 9-11'

Moussaoui case spurs debate on fighting terrorism - former CIA official questions whether criminal and military trials have any impact on a global terrorist movement

Jury deadlocks on Calif student in case linked to 9/11 hijacker - mistrial on trial of San Diego student about associations with 9/11 hijacker after attacks

Pentagon Surfing Thousands of Jihad Sites - Pentagon research team monitors more than 5,000 jihadist Web sites, focusing daily on 25 - 100 most hostile and active

Nine killed in Iraq court attack - At least 9 killed and 46 injured in suicide bomb attack outside Baghdad courthouse

Pakistan arrests 2 "planners" in US consulate attack - Suspected of planning March suicide bomb attack that killed US diplomat and 3 others outside US Karachi consulate

House Passes Bill for Protecting U.S. Ports from Terrorist Attack

Britain: Madrid Train Bombing Suspect (Moutaz Almallah Dabas) To Be Extradited

Denmark Report: 12 Terrorists En Route to Denmark to Kill Mohammed Caricaturists

Hamas: Money Coming in Despite U.S. Ban

Hamas seeks $100 million from Palestinian central bank

Sweden Backs Down, Grants Hamas Visa

Terror suspect was not deported - Foreign criminal awaiting trial on terrorism charges had been jailed in UK but was not deported upon release in 1998

Rep. Taylor Releases Lock on Funds for United 93 Memorial - Key congressman agrees to $5 million in federal funds for Flight 93 Memorial

Emerging Terrorist Trends in Spain's Moroccan Communities - Jamestown Foundation on increasing presence of Salafi-Islamists and al-Qaeda "loyalists" in Andalucia and northern Morocco

Islamic Terrorism: Investigated Suspected Members of Jihad - Bologna prosecutors issued 18 search orders against Tunisians for subversive association for terrorist ends and criminal association

Al Qaeda. The role in the North Caucasus - Report by two counterterrorism centers on changes in role played by Al-Qaeda in Caucasus

High-Ranking Al Qaeda Leader Detained in Iraq - Abdel Fatih Isa, a.k.a. Abu Aisha, was Iraqi army officer during Saddam Hussein’s rule