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October 2006 Archives
(Pakistan) Al-Qaeda leaders frequented bombed Pakistan madrassa: official - Pakistani official says UK airline plot mastermind not killed
(UK) Livingstone backs terrorist's Tube job - Mayor of London Backs Terrorist to Work on London Subway
The Eye of The Storm - Profile of U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, coordinating intel from 16 agencies
U.S.-led exercise in Gulf targets trade in unconventional weapons - see Douglas Farah's October 30 post on Viktor Bout
Violence, Corruption Impede Iraq Reconstruction - New report: snipers and death threats make electricity repairs impossible in Baghdad
Treasury Acts Against Narco Leader's Front Companies, Cohorts - Press release: "Beto Renteria is one of Colombia's most powerful and sophisticated narcotics traffickers" - see designation chart
(Iraq) Despite Attacks, Iraq PM Maliki Lifts Checkpoints in Sadr City -- Three killed in second bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr City in as many days
U.S. stymied in al-Qaeda anthrax case; Pakistan says no grounds for arrest - Scientist Abdur Rauf who wrote to Ayman al-Zawahiri goes free
(Pakistan) Tribesmen protest over Pakistan madrassa strike - many wielding Kalashnikovs and some with rocket launchers - and - Pakistan: Anger Against The Armed Forces Grows Following Air Raid
Pakistan airstrike dead were all militants: Musharraf - and - No Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants among the 80 dead: Pakistan Major General Shaukat Sultan
(Pakistan) Zawahiri Was Target in U.S. Attack on Religious School in Pakistan - ABC News: 2-5 senior al Qaeda killed, including mastermind of UK airliners plot - and NBC: On-scene at blasted Pakistan madrassa (confirms school was al Qaeda & Taliban camp) -- see also Oct. 30 posting by Andrew Cochran and Oct 30 posting by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
(Pakistan) Convictions overturned in Pakistan bombing - appeals court on Tuesday overturned the convictions of four terror suspects in a 2002 car bombing outside the U.S. Consulate in Karachi
(Update) Indian police crack mosque blasts case, arrest bomber - Noor-ul Huda, former activist of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI)
(Pakistan) Militants blame U.S. for Pakistan strike - Islamic leaders and al-Qaida-linked militants blamed US, called for nationwide demonstrations, 2000 chant "Death to Musharraf! Death to Bush!"
80 Killed or Found Dead in Iraq; 2 U.S. Servicemen Killed - and 101 Americans die in Iraq during October
Terrorists Strain for a New Audience With an English-Language Study of U.S. Intelligence - Experts comment on "Myth of Delusion," recent jihadist study of US intel
Al Qaeda: Plans for an October Surprise? - Evan Kohlmann quoted that pre-election message a "very good likelihood"
Terror trial begins in Spain - terror trial for six Algerian men, one of whom is charged in an alleged failed plot to attack a U.S.-Spanish military base in southern Spain
(UK) Fair Trial Is 'Impossible' - Court of Appeals told in the case of radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza
(Iraq) Twofold Operation Seals Sadr City - U.S. forces have isolated home of alleged death squad leader Abu Deraa
(Iraq) U.S. tries to cut off terrorists' cash flow - 2003 Baathists moved cash from Iraq to Syria - and now moving cash back to Baghdad to fund terror
Morocco: Islamist Militants Flee To Spain, Report - banned Moroccan Islamist group 'al-Adl al-Ihsan'
India makes first arrest in textile town blast - Muslim man has been arrested on charges of planting one of three bombs that killed 32 people
(India) 3 more held in Al Badr terror plot - in Mysore - three had aided the terrorists - Mohammed Fahad and Mohammed Ali Hussain - by fabricating documents for them to obtain Indian passports - and (India) Two men questioned over alleged links to terror suspect
Terror suspects are 'Australian-born' - Yemen arrested Australian terror suspects are Australian-born
Italy's rebel woman MP fears fatwa- Italian feminist politician Daniela Santanche's draws apparent death sentence from an imam
(India) J&K blasts: Woman killed, 3 injured - in Mahore of Udhampur district when she stepped on an IED that exploded killing her on the spot
Israeli Arab charged in foiled attack - allegedly assisted Palestinians who attempted to carry out a terror attack on a restaurant in Ra'anana
(Afghanistan) British troops hide from bombers - British troops in Helmand staying in barracks to avoid Taliban suicide bombers
Tea and kidnapping - behind the lines of a civil war - Interview with Sunni insurgent group in Baghdad
(India) One killed, 34 wounded in Kashmir blast (updated) - Suspected Islamic militants hurled a hand grenade Saturday at a police patrol
(Afghanistan) Taliban says no to peace talks with Kabul -- Taliban leader Mullah Omar has rejected the latest conditional offer of peace talks by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a rebel spokesman said on Saturday
(Afghanistan) NATO boss, Bush condemn Taliban atrocities - how the Taliban has begun using Afghan civilians as human shields
(UK) Author Salman Rushdie Author Warns Muslims Over Extremism (video) -- Briton backs imam in 'uncovered meat' row - Abduljalil Sajid, a senior figure in the Muslim Council of Britain, offered support for Sheikh Taj Din al-Hilali's views
UK: Bail granted to 2 accused in airliner plot -- Nabeel Hussain, 22, and a 17-year-old male were granted bail in case of plot to blow up US-bound jetliners with liquid explosives
Saudi oil terminal on alert after terror threat -- (UAE) Naval Forces in Gulf on High Alert After Al Qaeda Threat - on watch for possible terror threats to oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain - Al Qaeda threat last month to target Gulf oil terminals
(Florida) From Beirut, terror suspect's wife criticizes US house search - wife of Adham Amin Hassoun - house in Fort Lauderdale - Hassoun charged along with Jose Padilla
Denmark: Two terror suspects released - Five other men are being held on suspicion they were planning a terror attack
(France) 2 public buses torched in Paris suburb - armed men hijack bus -- 4,000 police drafted into French suburbs on riot anniversary -- Hundreds march in French suburb one year after riots -- Ongoing 'intifada' in France has injured 2,500 police in 2006
Twelve states to launch new anti-terror initiative - Morocco mtg to include Britain, China, France, Russia, United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan and Turkey
Israel may bomb along border with Egypt: paper - use "smart" bombs on the narrow border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip to destroy tunnels used to smuggle weapons into the Palestinian territory
(Iraq) Eerie calm in Baghdad as Al-Qaeda vows victory; Al-Qaeda statement: "We call on all mujahideen... to support the young Islamic state in Iraq. Weakness has gripped the infidel nations. The first signs of victory can be seen on the horizon"
(India) Pakistan terrorists planned to bomb government office -- Two Pakistani Terrorists Arrested In India, Plans To Target Bangalore, Mysore Foiled
(Update) Names of Iran officials charged in 1994 Argentina bombing - detailed listing of names in addition to Rafsanjani -- see also Oct 27 posting by Aaron Mannes and Oct 26 posting by Douglas Farah
Philippines assures Australia of JI hunt - to capture two Jemaah Islamiah militants hiding out in the southern island of Jolo
Police say fighting kills 30 in Iraq - Police and suspected militia fight near Baqouba, killing 30, wounding 42 - and One day US Iraq death toll climbs to eight
Up to 85 Afghan civilians killed in US airstrike - Pres. Karzai orders investigation into NATO airstrikes during Islamic festival
Attack on passenger train injures two in Quetta - Terrorists fired machine guns and rockets at passenger train in Baluchistan
Somalia's Islamists take key town - Islamic Courts drive into key trading town of Sakow on way to Baidoa
What Osama Wants (commentary) - Peter Bergen: "A total withdrawal from Iraq would play into the hands of the jihadist terrorists."
Australian Muslim cleric apologises for remarks on women (updated) - Most senior Islamic cleric described scantily-clad women without headscarves as “uncovered meat” inviting sexual attack
Russians Mark Fourth Anniversary of Moscow Theater Rebel Raid - 41 terrorists, 130 victims killed in siege, most when security forces pumped gas into theater
(Iraq) Eight policemen killed in ambush - near town of Baquba - 50 other police missing; police station also attacked
Admitted 9/11 planner wants U.S. trial - Ramzi Binalshibh of Yemen filed a legal challenge in federal court in Washington Oct. 10, claiming he has been wrongfully imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay
French court convicts Moroccan man on terror charges linked to thwarted bomb plot - Karim Mehdi also suspected of ties to 2 9/11 attackers and al-Qaida
U.S. revives terror data mining - More on "Tangram," being developed by DNI to determine potential patterms
(Afghanistan) NATO says Taliban using civilians as shields, as high toll feared -- 60 civilians said killed in Afghanistan
(Miami) Sentencing in Terror Plot -- Sultan Khanbey, linked to plotters who allegedly hoped to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings, pleaded guilty to weapons charge
(France) Armed men hijack Paris bus on eve of riots anniversary -- Youths set fire to bus in Paris suburb
Former Iran leader wanted in Argentina - Judge orders arrest of former Iranian Pres. Rafsanjani and 7 others for 1994 bombing of Jewish center that killed scores; prosecutor says actual attack entrusted to Hezbollah
(Philippines) Another bomb found in a week - another bomb made of C4 explosive was found in the car park of Robinsons Place-Iloilo
(Australia) Terror suspect makes third bail bid - Abdullah Merhi, 21, and his 12 co-accused are alleged to have been in the early stages of planning a terrorist attack in Australia
Iraq: PM Accuses Neighbors of Backing Al-Qaeda - condemns states collaborating with terrorists such as Iran, Syria
(India) ISI-trained Bangladeshi gang busted in Madhya Pradesh - arrest of 18 persons, including 2 women
NATO, Afghan troops seize huge drug haul - 9 tons of marijuana, 55 kilos of opium found in southern Afghanistan
(India) Three Al-Badr terrorists arrested on LoC - Three Pakistan-trained terrorists of the Al-Badr outfit were on Wednesday arrested while trying to cross the Line of Control into Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir
Texas Border Vulnerable To Terrorists - Congressional Homeland Security report accuses Venezuela of providing support that could help terrorists infiltrate the United States through Texas' porous border with Mexico
(Chicago) US gov't expert tells terror trial of ME violence - told a federal court jury that suicide bombers have killed hundreds of Israelis - trial of Hamas supporters Muhammad Salah and Abdelhaleem Ashqar
U.S. Embassy bombings suspect confirmed killed: Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah -- Pakistani officials had said that he was killed in North Waziristan during an airstrike by Pakistani forces near the border with Afghanistan; he was one of FBI's "Most Wanted Terrorists"
(Australia) Trial fears force terror book off shelf - Australian Jihad by Martin Chulov allegedly recalled due to cases involving active trials
India can prove Pakistan agency planned Mumbai train bombings: PM - India's prime minister states govt has credible evidence proving Pakistan’s spy agency planned Mumbai train bombings in July that killed more than 200 people
(Canada) Part of anti-terror law struck down - A judge has struck a portion of the Anti-Terrorism Act which defines terrorism, saying it violates the Charter of Rights
Washington Post: How I Came to Love the Veil - by UK Yvonne Ridley who called for Muslims to boycott supporting police in fighting terrorism
(Indonesia) Victims condemn Bali bombing releases - say today's release of two Islamic militants jailed over the 2002 Bali bombings is a slap in the face
(India) Two Hizbul terrorists killed in Doda - two top commanders of pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen, including a self-styled divisional commander killed in police gunbattle -- Policeman, lawmaker and 3 suspected rebels killed in Indian Kashmir
Pakistan: A.Q. Khan Smuggled Nuclear Centrifuges To Dubai, Says Official - Senior Pakistani military official tells Washington briefing the centrifuges might have been transferred to Iran
(Iraq) Internecine Shiite killings resume in Iraq - 2 policemen fatally shot -- Shia militia hunts down Shia police in Iraqi city as army stands aside
(Iraq) US troops arrest 'al-Qaeda leader' - in the northern Iraq city of Mosul - arrested a suspected "high-level al-Qaeda leader"
Venezuela detains 2 in bomb plot on US Embassy - explosives were in black plastic bags and contained "small fliers with publicity alluding to Hizbullah" - the Lebanese guerrilla group - see also Oct 23 posting by Aaron Mannes
(Pakistan) Taleban-style militants roam Pakistan region after pact and (Pakistan) Taliban slap taxes in Miramshah - Taliban pamphlets inform Pakistanis of policies, required "donations", Taliban checkpoint control of roads, and Sharia law for Taliban-judged crimes
Fears of jihad in Horn of Africa -- Somali Islamists put neighboring nations on edge and Horn of Africa Troops Working to Stem Terror Before It Takes Root
(Hamas) Interview with Palestinian Foreign Minister: "We Will Never Recognize Israel" -- Hamas minister: Move Israel to Europe
44 killed in attacks across Iraq - terrorists targeted police recruits and shoppers rounding up last-minute sweets and delicacies for a feast to mark the end of the Ramadan holy month
(Afghanistan) Karzai urges world's Muslims to "hear Afghanistan's cry" - to help his country rid itself of the Taliban insurgency
(India) Pakistan bomb role proof "not clinching": India has good but not clinching evidence against Pakistan's spy agency for its role in the July serial bombings in Mumbai
Pakistan Releases Terror Suspects In a "Gesture of Good Will" - released nine tribesmen held for more than a year on suspicion of links with the Taliban and Al Qaeda
(Indonesia) Militants Jailed For 2002 Bali Bombing To Be Freed - two terrorists to be freed at end of Ramadan
French suburb riots could resume: intelligence agency -- France: Youths burn bus in Paris, raising tensions
Taliban leader warns of carnage - Mullah Muhammad Omar: "By the will of Allah, the fight will intensify in the coming few months"
43 French Bag Handlers Denied Clearance - French authorities rescinded clearances on suspicions of radical affiliations
More Human Remains Found at Ground Zero - More recoveries Saturday bring total to nearly 100 in week
Oct. toll at 78 for U.S. troops in Iraq - Highest monthly death toll in 2006 after 3 GIs killed Saturday
U.S. Forces Kill Key Al Qaeda Leader in Iraq - Leader for providing weapons and financing to foreign fighters killed and 7 terrorists captured in Ramadi
(Iraq) Militias are spiraling into chaos - "Shiites see the Mahdi militia as the single most effective protector"
Heavy fighting erupts in Somali town and Government forces and Ethiopian troops retake town in southern Somalia, witnesses say - see Daveed Gartenstein-Ross' Oct. 21 post
Veil Teacher Linked to 7/7 Bombers - Muslim teacher suspended for refusing to work without veil connected to 7/7 ringleader's mosque
Dead U.S. embassy bomber suspect taken off FBI terror list - Muhsin Musa Matwali Atwah killed in April 12 gunfight with Pakistani forces - wanted for 1998 bombings
Local Agencies Involved In Major Simulated Terrorist Raid - Drill involved 30 agencies from 5 Pennsylvania counties
Iraqi insurgents stage defiant parades -- Al-Qaida-linked gunmen staged military-like parades Friday in towns west of Baghdad
Israel accuses Iran of blocking release - Alleges $50 million payment to block release of Israeli soldier captured by Hamas
Families angry utility crew finds more human remains at World Trade Center site and (NYC) Shocking WTC find - Con Ed crew unearths remains, wallets in Pit
Terrorist Profiling, Version 2.0 - National Journal: DNI building "Tangram," computerized system to search very large databases for potential patterns - similarities to "Total Information Awareness" in 2002 raise privacy concerns
6,000 Pakistani Muslims hold anti-Israel rallies - chanting "Death to Israel" and "Death to America"
NYU in Islam Furor - No Visas for Speakers and Muslim Brotherhood Member Blocked From Participating in NYU Panel - See Steven Emerson's Oct. 20 post
Syrian Opposition To Open Washington Office - see David Schenker's and Andrew Cochran's October 18 posts
Iran says Security Council rulings illegitimate and Iran warns of revenge over Israel - Iran's president warns Muslims worldwide will take revenge on states supporting Israel -- and Thousands march in Teheran anti-Israel protest - chanting "Death to Israel" - see David Schenker's Oct. 18 post
House Intel Committee Chairman Suspends Staffer for Possible Leak -- on Intelligence Assessment to NYT
India: Militant Leader Killed in Kashmir - Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) section leader Shabir Ahmed Sheikh killed
(Philippines) Troops mass to hunt Bali bomb suspects -- an extra 1500 troops are to deploy in the southern Philippines island of Jolo to speed up the hunt for two Bali bombing suspects hiding there
(India) Assam train disaster averted, bomb recovered - a powerful bomb on a railway track minutes before passenger train
(Pakistan) Security forces arrest tribal militants' commander in Pakistan - Commander of one of 3 major tribes in Baluchistan arrested
(UK) Al Qaeda "building cells in Britain" -- UK In Mortal Danger As Al-Qaeda Sleeper Cells Proliferate
(UK) Immigration powers used to hold al-Qaeda kingpin in jail -- Abu Doha held facing extradition to US for running jihad training camp in Afghanistan and plotting to blow up LA airport
Malaysia frees six more Islamic activists with alleged terror ties - to Jemaah Islamiyah - freed 17 this week
An Islamic TV Channel Expands Its U.S. Audience - some guests are extremists promoting Sharia, martyrdom, 9/11 conspiracy, and the end of Israel
Iraq cities blitzed in multiple attacks - 10 bombings in Mosul and attacks in other cities, including battle between al Sadr's militia and Iraqi police
For people of Basra, fear has a name: 'the Duck' - Fear of one vehicle with gunmen symptom of city "where death squads now roam free"
(Iraq) U.S. commander orders review of Baghdad crackdown - Gen. Casey orders review of Operation Together Forward after failure to stem violence
TV Report: Terrorists in Palestinian Territories Trained in Iran and Syria -- see Oct 19 posting by David Schenker
(UK) Denied Entry - "Newsweek": DHS prevents Kamal Helbawy, founder of Muslim Association of Britain and former MB spokesperson, from coming to NYC conference
(Somalia) Canadian among Islamists - Somali-Canadian Abdullahi Ali Afrah, holds senior position in Islamic Courts Union
(Sudan) Gunmen kill at least 38 in south Sudan: officials - Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) suspected
Britain 'is main target for al Qaeda terrorists' -- Al Qaeda had regrouped and recovered its organization in Pakistan
Feds: Threat against NFL stadiums not credible - DHS said the posting is not considered credible and the information was being shared only in an abundance of caution --- Web Site Owner of Stadium Bomb Threats Speaks Out
Report: Dirty bomb threats at NFL stadiums - threat seen on a Web site that said the devices would be set off Sunday outside stadiums in Atlanta, Cleveland, Houston, Miami, New York, Oakland and Seattle - to be delivered by truck
(Richard Reid) Prosecutors say would-be shoe bomber may have terrorism info and want to question him
El Pais: Al Qaeda leader in secret CIA jail: report - Mustafa Setmarian, 48, a Syrian with Spanish citizenship, was captured in Pakistan
(Kyrgyztan) Three militants sentenced to death - attack blamed on The Islamic Movement of Turkmestan
(Netherlands) Rotterdam: Moroccans Shout With Joy at 9/11 WTC Film: Moroccan youth cheered loudly during film World Trade Center in Rotterdam when terrorists hit the Twin Towers with an abducted plane -- Marokkanen juichen bij WTC-film
(Australia) No end to terror threat: ASIO - terror group Jemaah Islamiah remains a serious threat to Australian interests
Terror fear at 'unchecked' air cargo - "known shipper" system used by air courier and cargo companies had been broken into
Commentary: Somalia Simmers -- Al-Qaeda terrorists find haven under an Islamic regime, and a regional war threatens
(US) Federal appeals court upholds terrorist designation for militant Jewish group - Kahane Chai - see Oct 18 posting by Michael Kraft
Neo-Nazi crime rises in Germany, report says -- increase in Neo-Nazi attacks -- Life for German Jews echoes 1930s
Iraq orders US to release Shiite activist - member of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's political organization
(Pakistan) Freed LeT Islamist says Pakistan authorities can't gag him -- Pakistan frees terrorist group leader linked to Al Qaeda
Afghanistan: Abductors Demand Convert In Exchange For Italian Reporter - Muslim to Christian Convert Abdul Rahman was offered political asylum from Italy after receiving death sentence by Afghan court
(UK) Terrorist suspect fled as his curfew order was quashed -- Runaway terror suspect 'may have 7/7 link'
Sudan Janjawid: "We burnt their homes and killed all the men, women and children" -- Sudan training, arming and supporting Janjaweed militia
(UNIFIL) Peacekeepers wary of Al Qaeda threat - take seriously Zawahri threat in branding them "enemies of Islam"
Court ruling denies Khobar Towers victims closure - Dismissal of lawsuit conflicts with evidence, conclusion in related case
(Sri Lanka) Naval suicide raid kills 16 - Tigers Hit Tourist Resort - Police impose curfew in southern Sri Lankan town after Tamil Tiger suicide attack
(UK) Judges blamed as terrorism suspects flee - Prime Minister Tony Blair blamed judges on Tuesday for watering down security laws
Lawmaker outlines intensifying border problems - Drug cartels need to be addressed to secure Mexico border from terrorism
Commander: Mistakes made in Afghanistan - NATO commander says coalition failed to follow through in 2001
The West is Running Out of Time in Afghanistan - Michael Scheuer: Taliban insurgency spreading to provinces in west and east
North Korea says UN sanctions are a declaration of war -- Japan cops warn against N Korea terror attacks
Pakistani court orders ex-militant chief's release -- former head of the Lashkar-e-Taiba Kashmiri militant group Hafez Mohammed Saeed - denies link to London airline terror plot
Afghan compound allegedly housed bomb-building cell - Coalition forces attack compound in Ghazni Province killing three suspected terrorists, destroying arms cache
India: Threat of Attacks in Delhi Markets Ahead of (October 21 Diwali) Festival - threat by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) - Monday two Bangladeshi LeT suspects arrested with 1.5kg of plastic explosives
(NYC) Lawyer Lynne Stewart Sentenced to 28 Months - convicted of providing support to terrorists by helping a jailed Egyptian sheik communicate with his followers on the outside - Ahmed Abdel Sattar sentenced to 24 years for conspiracy to kill and kidnap people in a foreign country
Jihad Incorporated: Interview with Steven Emerson -- New Book: Jihad Incorporated: A Guide to Militant Islam in the US
Police hunt boy bomber in southern Philippine island blast - child suspected to have planted a homemade bomb that ripped through a police compound - See Oct 16 Posting by Zachary Abuza
(UK) Two 'international terrorists' go on the run - one escaped from mental hospital and on run for 2 weeks, other on run for months
(Iraq) Al-Qaeda demands Sunni Islamic state - Iraqi militant group led by al Qaeda has called for a separate Islamic state in Baghdad and other areas with a large Sunni Arab population - see Evan Kohlmann's Oct. 15 post
Survey: 17.4% of Indonesian Muslims Support Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terror group (my title); See Zachary Abuza's Oct. 15 post
Al-Qaeda general 'in the UK' - Saudi-born scientist Adnan El Shukrijumah and al-Qaeda general believed to be plotting dirty bomb attacks on seven US cities could be in Britain, per FBI sources
Philippine police file criminal complaints against top Indonesian terror suspects -- suspected Indonesian terror suspects Dulmatin and Umar Patek and 18 local insurgents
Report - Philippines: Manila Seeks Muslim Rebels Help Against Terrorist - story states govt seeking MILF help to catch JI bombers
5 Americans Killed in Iraq, Bringing Month’s Toll to 53 - October on track to be 3rd-deadliest month
Evidence uncovered in Flight 103 case - Papers which prosecutors did not present to defense attorneys in 1988 Lockerbie bombing trial could have affected outcome
Iraq Delays National Talks Amid Killings - Reconciliation conference postponed after 86 Iraqis killed in 2 days
Arrest called a triumph in Manila's war on terrorism - Zachary Abuza: "There are still other JI leaders that are believed to be right in MILF heartland"
(Spain) Al Qaeda leader 'in secret CIA jail' - Mustafa Setmarian, Syrian with Spanish citizenship, accused of being involved in September 11 and planning the 2004 Madrid train bombings
Somali Islamic leader (Aden Hashi Ayro) has terrorist ties - He acknowledges links to foreign fighters
Israel calls for Iran action - Israel's ambassador to the United Nations today urged the Security Council to take tough measures against "demented" Iran for its nuclear program
(Afghanistan) Taliban chief beheads 8 "spies" - Pakistani TV: Taliban's military commander, Mullah Dadullah, has been filmed executing eight men who were accused of spying for British and American forces in Afghanistan
(Afghanistan) Two soldiers dead in grenade attack - Two NATO soldiers among 14 killed in new Afghan violence Afghanistan overnight
(NYC) Art or terror? NYC students charged over packages on subway - two college students face seven years in prison for planting art on New York City subways that police say looked like bombs
Follow-Up: (Georgia/Texas) American citizens aided Hamas terror -- Former CAIR member gets 7 years, imam in 'quiet' town pleads guilty - follow-up on Ghassan Elashi and Mohamed Shorbagi reports
(Georgia) U.S. man pleads guilty to supporting Hamas; Secret charges, plea in Ga. Hamas case - Mohamed Shorbagi charged with providing material support to Hamas through Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development
(Algeria) Gunmen assassinate Algerian chief - Suspected Islamic rebels have killed an Algerian provincial council head
(Pakistan) US hasn't told us to curb terrorism; disputes US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns' comments
Bush Signs U.S. Port Security Act - Bill provides $400 million to guard against terrorist use of shipping containers
(NYC) FAA reviews long-criticized Manhattan flight path - Senator: "A smart terrorist could load up a small, little plane with biological, chemical or even nuclear material and fly up the Hudson or East rivers, no questions asked"
(Iraq) Men tied up, throats slit in Iraq - Baghdad - bodies of 14 construction workers, their throats slit and their hands and legs bound
Time Magazine: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed beheaded Daniel Pearl - officials tell Time that KSM confessed under CIA interrogation that he personally committed the murder
Red Cross confirms meeting with 14 senior Al Qaeda suspects -- Red Cross Meets With Khalid Sheikh Mohammed at Gitmo
London Airplane Bomb Plotters Used eBay to Raise Funds, Built Detonators Inside AA Batteries - also purchased bomb supplies on Internet
(UK) 'Dirty bomb' mastermind plotted wave of atrocities across Britain - follow-up on Dhiren Barot's terror plots - see Oct 12 posting by Andrew Cochran
(Chicago) Jury selection begins in US Hamas aide trial - two men charged with bankrolling terrorism - Muhammad Salah and Abdelhaleem Ashqa
(Texas) US businessman gets 7 years for Hamas connections - Ghassan Elashi faces third trial in February for his role in helping run the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development
(Afghanistan) Guantanamo detainees go to Afghanistan - 16 Afghans and one Iranian released from years in captivity at Guantanamo Bay prison arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday
Two shot dead in southern Thailand - a Buddhist and a Muslim have been shot dead by suspected Islamic militants in separate attacks in Thailand's troubled south
(Germany) El-Motassadeq Knew of Sept. 11 Attacks, Judge Says - 9/11 Moroccan terror suspect Mounir el Motassadeq appealing August 2005 court ruling that he was part of Hamburg terror cell participating attacks - appeal final verdict on Nov. 16
U.N. pulls staff from Somalia, for now - out of parts of Somalia controlled by Islamic radicals after receiving written threats
Mexico probes alleged Hezbollah financing: reports - Mexican and U.S. agents investigating alleged cell Mexico
(UK) 'Terror And Chaos Plot' - Briton Dhiren Barot plotted attacks in DC, New York, Newark, as well as plotted synchornized attacks in UK using radioactive dirty bomb - Briton admits to US, UK bomb plots - see Oct 12 posting by Andrew Cochran
$1 million for arrest of American al Qaeda charged with treason -- Gadahn placed on FBI's most-wanted list - see Oct 11 posting by Andrew Cochran
11 killed in raid on new Iraq TV station - 10 others slain in atacks around Iraq, and mutilated bodies of victims of sectarian death squads found
U.S.-trained militant prays for American deaths - members of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Force 17 security detail are "praying to Allah" the insurgency against U.S. troops in Iraq continues
(UK) Guantanamo Bid Fails - families appeal decision of Foreign Office that no duty to act because men were not British nationals
(Germany) Al-Qaeda suspect appears before magistrate in Germany - Iraqi distributing Al-Qaeda videos
U.S. indicts American in al-Qaida video - Adam Yahiye Gadahn, believed in Pakistan, aka "Azzam the American" indicted on 2 counts - Gadahn Indictment (PDF file) - see Oct 11 posting by Andrew Cochran
Palestinian terror group: Prisoners for kidnapped US youth - PA probing militant group's claim it kidnapped American in Nablus - see update in U.S. student kidnapped in West Bank, boss says
(Baltimore) Man Arrested For E-Mail Bomb Threats To BWI Airport - George F. Spicka of Baltimore County
NATO: Attacks in Afghanistan Dropping - states number of clashes between NATO-led forces and insurgents is decreasing
Terrorism: Indonesian Brand Rooted in Ideology Says "Expert"; Claims Middle East terrorism is based on nationalism, not ideology
Somalia: abroad Somali communities urged to return home for Jihad and Somalia: Islamic Courts Declare Jihad Against Ethiopia and Somalis in Sweden Wire Money to Islamic Courts
Islamic Hackers Announce Attack On Vatican Website - announce they will attack website Wednesday 8 PM local time for 36 hours
Hezbollah publications found during Lebanon war glorify Iran (my title) - Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center study
(New York) Albany Mosque Leaders Guilty of Money Laundering - see Andrew Cochran's Sept. 28 post on Evan Kohlmann's testimony
North Korea: sanctions would start war -- North Korea: Increased U.S. Pressure Would Be 'Act of War' - see Oct 9 posting by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
(Iran) Khamenei defends nuclear 'right' -- Iranian President Ahmadinejad: 'The Iranian People... [Can] Quickly Become an Invincible Global Power... As Soon as It Achieves Advanced Technologies'
5 killed in violence around Iraq - including a bomb in a parked car that exploded next to a police patrol in southeastern Baghdad
(UK) Preacher of hate in buy-to-let scandal - Abu Hamza buys $500K house (while in prison), although claiming need for $500K in legal aid due to poverty
(Iraq) ISF Shuts Down Insurgent Financial Operation - DOD release: Local police & Iraqi special forces raided Tikrit hawala, detained 16
UK Allows Terror-Fund Intel to Be Secret - Intel used to track and freeze accounts to remain secret in British court cases
Taliban Commander Vows to Fight Until Christian Troops Leave - Mullah Nazir Ahmed Hamza wants Islamic government, warns hundreds ready to launch suicide attacks
Top Qaeda leader urges fighters to hit White House - Abu Yahya al-Libi, who escaped from Kabul jail: "Allah will not be pleased until we reach the rooftop of the White House"
Iran blames Washington for North Korea nuke test - "opposes" nuclear weapons - does not criticize North Korea
Pakistan: "No Link" Between Dr. Khan and North Korean Nuclear Test -- Khan transferred nearly two-dozen centrifuges to North Korea
(Pakistan TV) Videotape released showing Taliban activities - Pakistan TV station showed video with Mullah Dadullah Khan beheading 29 people
(Germany) Iraqi held over alleged al-Qaida Web messages - German prosecutors say man spread audio, video files of top terror suspects
Hamas: Ready to negotiate based on Qatari plan - Hamas not willing to renounce violence or recognize Israel
(Indonesia) Bali anniversary bombing unlikely: expert - Zachary Abuza also skeptical about Australia/British football threat: "I don't know of any evidence right now that Al Qaeda's ever had a sarin gas capability or any access to sarin nerve agents"
(Turkey) 16-Year Old Boy Sentenced to 18 Years in Jail for Italian Priest's Murder - Witnesses alleged heard boy shouting "Allah Akbar" after murder
F.B.I. Struggling to Reinvent Itself to Fight Terror - Evan Kohlmann: "The F.B.I. needs to follow the lead of the small group of agents who’ve made themselves experts"
(UK) Chancellor Brown Talks Tough On Terror - announced a new crackdown on terrorist financing - "dubious" charities that are used to transfer funds to terrorist groups will be targeted
(Iraq) Thirteen dead in car bomb blast, 46 wounded when a car bomb exploded in a busy market in northeast Baghdad
(Philippines) MILF says Peace Treaty with Philippine Govt Would Eradicate Terrorism in South; claims would end popular support for JI and Abu Sayyaf
Experts: N. Korea test may embolden Iran -- Iran Fails To Condemn North Korea -- Iranian FM Hosseini: "the international community needs to recognize the rights of North Korea" - see Daveed Gartenstein-Ross' Oct. 9 post
Pakistan "deplores" North Korean nuclear test, denies links -- Khan transferred nearly two-dozen centrifuges to North Korea
Bush: N. Korea nuke test claim threatens peace -- Bolton Warns North Korea an Attack on Region Allies is an Attack on U.S. -- Reaction: world united against nuclear bomb test -- N Korea 'may be preparing second test' -- North Korea’s Bomb Can Kill 200,000 - Russian Experts
Walid Phares: The Continued Misunderstanding of the Salafi Jihad Threat -- regarding 10/5 Wash Post article "Al Qaeda finds new partner: Salafist Group Finds Limited Appeal in Its Native Algeria"
Iraqi vice president's brother killed - Sunni killed by gunmen invading home - Iraqi checkpoint in Baghdad overrun, 11 soldiers kidnapped
Iraq PM orders probe into mass poisoning of police, hundreds ill, death reports denied - Officials investigating whether poisoning was intentional
Britain says Pakistan is hiding Taliban chief - satellite pictures and videos of training camps for Taliban soldiers and suicide bombers inside Pakistan
(Philippines) Arrested wife of Indonesian militant says husband trained Filipino insurgents - see Kenneth Conboy's Oct. 6 post
(Australia/London) Experts doubt al-Qaeda cricket claims - Rohan Gunaratna says London 7/7 bombers trained in different camp than source claimed
Algeria: Top Militant Leader Returns to Armed Fight - leader and founder of Algeria's Armed Islamic Group (GIA) Hasan al-Hattab
NATO chief warns of Afghan tipping point - Warns that if life doesn't improve over winter, Afghans could switch sides
(Australia) Al-Qaeda 'planned Ashes attack' -Two of London 7/7 bombers were going to poison Australian and English cricket teams with sarin gas
Israel seeks to shoot down rockets with rockets - Israeli firms developing anti-missile defense against Hez rockets
(UK) Welsh terror raid Osama link - First terror suspect arrested in Wales following London 7/7 bombings accused of links with OBL
Fury as St Andrews honours Hezbollah backer - St Andrews University awarding honorary degree to Iranian President Khatami
(India) Pak expert assembled bombs for 7/11: ATS - Pakistani in July 11 Mumbai blasts went to India to offer bomb expertise
Colombian town's people caught in fight for control - Government detained those alleged to have helped FARC
British hire anti-Taliban mercenaries - Forces in Helmand province to be replaced by paid tribal police paid
Iraqi forces detain scores in oil city crackdown - Thousands of Iraqi police and soldiers launch crackdown in Kirkuk
Brotherhood denounces 'new insults to Islam' - Web video showed Danish political party mocking Mohammad
Kurds and insurgents 'close to truce deal' - Kurdish leaders and Iraqi Sunni insurgents close to deal
I-Team: Two Men Impersonate SEPTA Workers - Phillidelphia investigation into 2 men spotted in bus depot looking at buses
Unveiling Somalia's Islamists -- Thousands of Somalis reach Kenya - fleeing fighters allied to the Union of Islamic Courts
Analysis: Hezbollah may attack: experts - Dennis Lormel: "If it wanted to make a point, it's more likely to do it in another part of the world"
Report rips TSA's plans for crisis - Airports, transit systems, vital operations vulnerable to attack
Five Years after 9/11, Al-Qaeda Remains the Vanguard of the Jihadist Movement - SITE Institute analysis - see Doug Farah's October 6 post
Seizures of Radioactive Materials Fuel "Dirty Bomb" Fears - Terrorist 'Dirty Bomb' Seizures Double - IAEA reports show over 300 seizures since 2002, almost double four years ago
(Florida) Man tied to terror plot works on plea deal - Chicago man accused of ties to al-Qaeda and plotting to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower - leader of Chicago's Moorish Science Temple sect
Afghanistan: Suicide Bomber Attacks Police Station - in Khost killing police officer and wounding 3 - message said that bomber member of Taliban
NATO's top brass accuse Pakistan over Taliban aid -- NATO report on Operation Medusa says Interservices Intelligence (ISI) helping to supply Taliban - see Animesh Roul's Oct. 5 post
Syria says U.S. embassy attack planned in Saudi Arabia - Says 4 men inspired by Zarqawi but not Al Qaeda
(Israel) IDF sentences two Hamas men to life in prison for terror attacks - 8 Israelies killed between 2001 & 2003
UN quake aid went to extremists - BBC: The UN delivered aid to camps controlled by al-Rashid Trust & Jamaat ud-Dawa
(UK) Extradition of al-Qaida Supporter (Syed Hashmi) Okayed to NYC - an American accused of supplying al-Qaida operatives with money and military equipment - moved to UK in 2003
EU envoys back airline terror data deal - last-minute deal clinched today with the US on the transfer of personal data on transatlantic air passengers to US authorities to help combat terrorism
(Czech Republic) Extremists planned mass Prague murders: paper - Islamic extremists planned to kidnap dozens of Jews in Prague then kill them -- Israel - Foreign Ministry Aware of Terror Plot Against Czech Jews
Update - 'Bomb plotter' quizzed in Belgium - Iranian man claims asked by stranger to blow up plane using using liquid explosives
US judge refuses to dismiss terror finance suit vs French bank - Suit against Credit Lyonnais by families of victims in Israel between 2001 & 2003
Lebanon's combustible mix (Editorial) - Olivier Guitta: UNIFIL blockade a "joke"- "Weapons come in from Syria without any problems"
Terror financing on rise - Canadian agency estimates terrorist groups funnelled $256 million through Canada in past year
Soldiers in Baghdad chasing 'ghosts' - CNN: U.S. troops hunted by sniper teams rooftops and shielded positions
(UK) Radicals Target Students - at 24 universities with no action by school officials - Hizb ut Tahrir seeks to recruit students
(Bangladesh) Condemned militants won't be hanged in this govt's tenure - Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants condemned to death for killing two judges last year
(China) 'Bombings like in London will never come from my mosque' -- Xinjiang: An Emerging Narco-Islamist Corridor
US, Iraq deny reports Al Qaeda chief killed - US military denies Al Arabiya reports that Abu Ayyub al-Masri has been killed
(Update) Aide of al-Qaida leader in Iraq arrested -- driver and assistant to Abu Ayyub al-Masri was captured in raids carried out Sept. 28 in Baghdad that also seized 31 other al-Qaida suspects
(Switzerland) UN warned on Geneva attack threat - UN memo: "This attack would take place between Oct. 5 and Oct. 10."
(Iraq) Gunmen kill three women, baby in southern Iraqi city - slitting the throat of a baby girl in Shi'ite city
(Algeria) Al-Qaeda finds new partner -- Salafist Group finds limited success in native Algeria - see Olivier Guitta's Oct. 4 post
(Pakistan) Two rockets found near Pakistani parliament -- Blast and rocket find spark fears of plot to kill Musharraf
Philippine troops capture wife of one of Asia's most-wanted suspected terrorists -- Anti-terror bill not guaranteed passage yet -- senators
Iraqi police unit linked to militias - Brigade of 700 under investigation for "possible complicity" with death squads
Afghanistan Arrests 17 Would-Be Bombers - allegedly trained in Pakistan who they believe planned to launch suicide attacks in three Afghan provinces - Suicide bombers brainwashed in Pakistan, says Afghan spy agency
(India) Bomb explosion reported from interior Manipur - 30 bombs had been planted by suspected insurgents at various parts of the state in past 1 1/2 months
Trial begins for Jordanian terror suspect - charged with fatally shooting a British tourist and wounding six others at a Roman amphitheater in Jordan last month
(NYC) Steven Emerson: CNN Outrageous Smear on Congressman Peter King - regarding leaders of the Islamic Center of Long Island
(Palestinian Territories) Abbas asks Rice for weapons from U.S. -- Previous American arms transfer shared with terrorists -- Fatah: Abbas recognition of Israel 'political calculation'
Paradigmatic Jihadi Movements - New analysis of Abu Mus’ab al-Suri's The Call for Global Islamic Resistance by Combating Terrorism Center at West Point (Acrobat)
Lessons from the Israel-Hizballah War - Washington Institute for Near East policy analysis (Acrobat file)
(India) Two wounded in militant attack in Indian Kashmir - Al Mansurian claimed responsibility for the attack
(India) Security increased at Indian airports - at 13 airports in northern India due to warning of hijacking -- "thirteen airports sanitised, three UNLF militants arrested at IGI airport"
(Pennsylvania) Feds indict Pa. man on terror charges - Allegedly offered to help al-Qaida blow up fuel facilities in at least 3 states
Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abd Al-'Aziz: We Will Cut Off Tongues of Those Who Try to Distort Islam With Reform and Progress - They Are Serving the West -- claims Jihadists are agents of western world |