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April 2007 Archives

(U.S.) Woman Finds Pipe Bomb Outside House - Improvised bomb not related to bomb near abortion clinic last week

(Pakistan) Mehsud behind attack: Sherpao - "Pak Taliban" leader cited as leader - Charsadda blast toll rises to 31

US launches container security project in Pakistan - Facility at Port Qasim in Karachi

(Iraq) White House 'concerned' over Iraqi firings - Dismissal of senior Iraqi officers for possible sectarian reasons

(Iraq) Baghdad bridge bomb shows insurgent skill - Sarafiya Bridge destruction shows sophisticated engineering analysis

German TV show exposes terror plans - News show cites "reliable sources" for attack prediction

Six Tamil rebels killed in Sri Lanka

(U.S.) Report says terror attacks up sharply - Annual State Department terrorism report says attacks up 25% worldwide - State Department report website and Iran remains biggest gov't supporter of terrorism

Colombian rebels release video of kidnapped regional lawmakers - 12 lawmakers among 60, including 3 U.S. defense contractors, held by FARC

Palestinians storm Egyptian Embassy in Gaza

How Pakistan settled an al-Qaeda score - Syed Saleem Shahzad: Squabbling between Taliban & al-Qaeda forced AQ leaders to move to Iraq

(U.K.) Convicted Fertilizer Bomb Plotters Get Life - 5 targeted shopping centre, nightclub and gas network with giant fertiliser bomb - linked to Al Qaeda in Pakistan & Afghanistan - Links Between the 7 July Bombers and the Fertilizer Plot (MI5 release) and Profile of the plotters and Informant captivated British courtroom

(Afghanistan) NATO kills 136 Taliban in Afghanistan today - on Sunday destroyed 7 Taliban positions and killed 87 fighters at Herat province

(Iraq) Violence in Iraq kills 13 - Suicide bomber outside police station, 2 roadside bombings, gunfight, 6 corpses found in Kut - 61 arrested in Mosul, 77 detained elsewhere

(Iraq) Four US soldiers killed in Baghdad: military -- over the past 2 days

(Iraq) Attack on girls' school thwarted

Iraqi leader warns Iran of terror threat

(Pakistan) Row with Pakistan stalls extradition - Rashid Rauf, suspected leader of airliner plot to attack USA; Pakistan wants UK to ban Hizb-ut-Tahrir and 8 Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) extradited

(Algeria) Five would-be suicide bombers arrested in Algeria -- linked to GSPC carried out April 11 attacks killing 30

Hamas threatens more Israeli kidnappings

(UK) Jet terror plot foiled after 7/7 - plan to shoot down jet with rocket launcher - Jihadist was linked to fertilizer plot

(UK) Al-Qaeda supporters working at strategic sites - transport hubs, power stations and the water supply

(UK) Six charged with terrorist fundraising in England - Four of group, including Abu Izzadeen, also charged with inciting terrorism overseas

Netherlands: Terror report -- and -- Belgium: Terror report

Sri Lanka Tiger rebels warn more air attacks

(Saudi Arabia) More Details released of terrorist plots - Jihadists got pilot training in unidentified "troubled country" nearby

(Thailand) Insurgents launched 3 arson attacks in Pattani - Against schools and clinic - 4 Muslims injured in bomb attack against mosque

(India) Top LeT militant killed in Jammu & Kashmir - Abu Hamza alais Shamsher

(Iraq) Uneasy Alliance Is Taming One Insurgent Bastion - NYT: Violence ebbing & insurgency in retreat in Anbar

(Israel/Gaza) Hamas leader justifies rocket attacks - see David Schenker's Apr. 27 post

(Iraq) Baghdad rocked with loud explosions - U.S. artillery fired in city - Coalition forces in Iraq detain dozens - 72 insurgents & bomb-making materials seized

Aircraft bomb two fuel installations in Sri Lanka - Tamil Tiger rebels prompt blackout in capital of Colombo

(U.S.) Arrest made in bomb left at women's clinic - Austin, TX man arrested over explosive device near abortion clinic

(Turkey) Government lashes out at the military - Islamic-rooted government criticizes military warning against it

(Iran) Women bear brunt of Tehran's crackdown - Iranian women activists tell of imprisonment and interrogation by regime

Suicide bomber kills twenty eight in Pakistan town - Peshawar suicide bomber wounded 35 - no claim by any group yet

(Al Qaeda) Purported al-Qaida leader in new video - Abu Laith al-Libi, Al-Qaeda cmndr in Afghanistan - SITE Institute summary and video through Laura Mansfield

France confirms release of hostage in Afghanistan and French female hostage freed: Taliban - Deadline for other hostage and 3 Afghan hostages extended by week

(Afghanistan) Karzai offers peace - Pleads with Taliban - 15th anniversary of defeat of Soviets - Karzai "celebrating the jihad victory" over Soviets

(Iraq) Sixteen killed in Iraq, including Red Crescent workers - minibus ambush in Zafaraniyah, attacks in Saydiyah, Al-Risala district

(Iraq) U.S. jets destroy truck bomb in west Iraq: military -- near the volatile city of Falluja

Iraqi civilian killed, eight injured in Baghdad bomb explosion -- close to the Technology Institute in Baghdad's Zafaraniya neighborhood

(Iraq) U.S. raids target al-Qaida in Iraq - 17 suspected insurgents

(Pakistan) LeT Leader Saeed backs Lal Masjid moves - says Pakistan will have Sharia implemented soon -- additional report

(Pakistan) "Dr Khan case still open"

(India) Militant killed in Manipur

(Ethiopia) American still held in Ethiopian prison - for alleged ties to Islamic militants

(Somalia) NYT Report: Somali Capital Now Calm After Month in Which 1,000 Were Killed -- Somali Islamist: "We're thinking suicide bombs, kidnappings and attacks on government hotels."

(Thailand) Three killed in Thai south on third anniversary of mosque massacre - Buddhist man shot in drive-by shooting, two Muslim men gunned down by suspected Islamic rebels

(Thailand) Gunmen attack mosque in Thailand

Germany extends military mission to Darfur

(Iraq) A failure in generalship - Deputy cmnder, U.S. Army 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment: "America's generals have failed to prepare our armed forces for war..."

Iraq militia: we have special unit to target Prince Harry - Mahdi Army cmndr: ""One of our aims is to capture Harry"

Al-Qaida suspect caught, sent to Guantanamo - Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi a UBL associate, giving us "hundreds of leads" - 7/7 ‘mastermind’ is seized in Iraq

Islamic militants rebound in Somalia - see Daveed Gartenstein-Ross' Apr. 27 post

Saudi Arabia: 172 Terror Suspects Arrested -- Plan was to storm prisons, hijack planes to attack oil fields, carry out suicide missions against 'public figures' - AKI story -- and -- Saudi Terror Arrests Linked To Al Qaeda

Afghanistan: Taliban's hostage deadline expires Saturday -- called for France to withdraw from Afghanistan

France to pullout troops from Afghanistan

(Iraq) Bombers strike at Iraqi army, civilians on Thursday - 72 killed on Thursday

(Chechnya) Downed Russian helicopter kills 17 - Mi-8 transport helicopter "shot down" by Chechen rebel

(Pakistan) Curfew in Pakistan town after two more killings - terrorists on motorcycles kill men in Internet cafe

Somali PM claims insurgents subdued

(Thailand) Two injured in Narathiwat bomb attack - 68 year old grandmother and grandson in bombing

(Iran) Report: Iran may have nuke in 3 years

(UK) Court deals major blow to anti-terror strategy - Home Office 'disappointed' as 2 Libyan terror suspects win appeal against deportation

(Belgium) List of Belgians involved in terrorism - involved in Iraqi terrorist networks - created after Belgian committed suicide attack in Iraq

(France) Jewish woman attacked in France - attacked by "Middle Eastern looking men" on train station for wearing Star of David - painted with swastika

Kassam rocket fired at Israel; none wounded

MEMRI Islamist Websites Monitor No. 91

(Iraq) Chemical Ali's relatives shot (2 of Ali Hassan al-Majid's inlaws killed) and 10 dead in Iraqi army checkpoint attack -- 14 wounded in Diyala

Offices Of Kurdish Party In Northern Iraq Bombed - 3 dead in second attack this week

Hezbollah taunts Israel with giant pic - 3M by 5M photograph on Lebanon border shows 2 soldiers held by Hez

(U.S.) 5 Arrested in Federal Weapons Raids in Northeast Alabama - Explosives sales ring run by an local militia group

(U.K.) Man 'told his web work for al-Qaeda was inspirational' - Younes Tsouli and 2 others accused about films on beheadings, bomb-making instructions & handbooks

(Iraq) US military accuses Iraq prison commander of aiding enemy - U.S. Army Lt. Col. faces 9 offenses, including aiding enemy

Taliban video of boy executioner causes anger - among Afghans

(Iran) The Case Of The Missing FBI Agent

(Pakistan) Court boost for 'extremist' group - banned al-Rashid Trust can reopen its offices - US named it a sponsor of Al-Qaeda

(Pakistan) Jihadi media thrives in Pakistan

Commentary: Pakistan: The Taliban takeover

Pakistan Govt creating problem in NWFP: MMA

(Thailand) 11 soldiers injured in ambush in Pattani - Muslim insurgent bomb and gunfire attack

(Thailand) Four injured in Narathiwat bomb attack - at restaurant

(Thailand) Buddhists demand protection - from Islamist terror attacks

(Australia) Convicted terrorist free next month - British-born Muslim convert Jack Roche serves minimum sentence - plotted to blow up Israeli embassy

(U.S.) Tamil Tigers rep arrested in NYC - Top U.S. rep arrested for material support of terrorist group - DOJ press release

Suicide attack hits Iraqi police station - 4 officers dead - explosions, shootings & mortar attacks left at least 41 dead elsewhere

(Somalia) Mogadishu becoming "ghost city"

Bin Laden overseeing Iraq, Afghanistan ops - Taliban - Mullah Dadullah claims UBL active planner

(UK) 4 Britons plead guilty in terror plot - Conspired with AQ operative Dhiren Barot, convicted of plotting USA and UK attacks

(UK) Terrorist 007 "was internet propagandist for al-Qaeda" -- London computer expert Younis Tsouli (aka "Irhabi007")

(U.S.) Federal Judge Withdraws Ruling Against Bush Terror Designations - Had ruled against designations of 27 groups & individuals in 2001

PBS in Islamist Wonderland

(U.S.) New questions for the ISB - Payment from Islamic Society of Boston to Abdurahman Alamoudi contradicts "no contact" claims

(Iraq) U.S. says killed senior al Qaeda in Iraq figure - Muhammed Abdullah Abbas al-Issawi, aka Abu Abd al-Sattar, linked to VBIEDs with chlorine in Anbar

(Iraq) Al-Qaida claims new bomb tactic - in Tuesday's double suicide bombing with dump trucks in Diyala

(Iraq) Grisly problem, grateful Iraqis, a grim outlook - Recovery of dead Iraqi example of complexity of security issue

(Pakistan) Three killed in Pakistan attack - sectarian attack by Sunni militants to kill Shiites

Pakistan DAWN Report: Pakistan goverment agrees to all Lal Masjid Red Mosque demands - including the enforcement of 'Sharia' law in the country

(Pakistan) Pamphlets distributed in Bajaur for release of "mujahideen" - or "action" would be taken

Israeli Arab allegedly helped Hezbollah

(India) Rebels threaten internet cafes

India urged to cut Kashmir troops

(India) Maoists behead two brothers - 20 Communist Party of India-Maoist raided house, beat brothers then decapitated them

Kenya arrests 11 suspected of al Qaeda ties

(UK) Moroccan wins UK fight against extradition to Spain - Farid Hilali suspected of links to 9/11 - will be released in UK

(UK) Islamist militants may strike in Britain again - London police's anti-terrorist chief said on Tuesday it was a "sensible assumption" that Islamist militants will strike again in Britain

"COIN:" The Gravity Well - "Blackfive" post on new model of counterinsurgency warfare

(Iraq) Basra splits between warring Shi'ites

Al-Qaida thriving despite war on terror - Yard chief - see Douglas Farah's Apr. 23 and Apr. 20 posts

U.S. Takes Step to Address Airliner Attacks on Reactors - Regulator wants nuclear reactor designers to analyze mitigation steps

(U.S.) Pentagon Intelligence Chief Proposes Ending a Database - Gen. Clapper to dismantle "Talon" database

(U.S.) 4 plead not guilty to terrorism charges - Charged with plot to recruit & train terrorists - see Andrew Cochran's Feb. 21 post

(India) Sohrabuddin, don's driver who turned 'terrorist' - "ISI-Lashkar-e-Taiba" mission to assassinate political leader

RAF Terror Debate Continues in Germany - New revelations over 1970s terror campaign of far-left Red Army Faction

(UK) Six arrested in anti-terror raids - Inciting to commit acts abroad and fund-raising -- Abu Izzadeen arrested on terror charges - Jawa Report with other names

(Ethiopia) 74 dead at Chinese-run Africa oil field - Gunmen raided Chinese-run oil field

(Afghanistan) Troops kills 13 Taliban in Afghanistan - Some claims that Mullah Dadullah surrounded

Iraq: 9 U.S. soldiers killed by car bomb - Suicide car bomber struck Diyala patrol base, 20 others wounded

Hamas militants fire rockets at Israel

(Hamas) Truce with Israel 'no longer exists'

(Somalia) Shelling rocks Somali capital

(Pakistan) Video: Jihad in Pakistan

(Thailand) One killed, 17 soldiers injured in Thai south -- Jihadist attempted to behead Buddhist

(Iran) EU approves more sanctions on Iran

(USA) FBI improving hiring of intel analysts

(USA) Security Breakdown at the White House?

MEMRI: Islamist Websites Monitor No. 90

Report: Poll finds most Muslims agree with Al-Qaida's goals -- in Egypt, Morocco, Pakistan and Indonesia

U.S. stunts Iran, Syria weapons transfer - New sanctions on 14 foreign entities, including Syrian armed forces & Hezbollah, to stop weapons transfers

Fighting rages in Somali capital as bodies rot in streets - 200 killed in six days

Egypt cracks down on Hamas officials

(UK) Update: Al-Qaeda "planning big British attack" - planning major attacks on Britain and other western targets with the help of supporters in Iran, according to a leaked intelligence report

(Iraq) Suicide bombings around Iraq kill 27 -- attacks in Mosul, Tal Uskuf, Baqouba police station, Baghdad restaurant, and near Iranian Embassy in Karradah Mariam

Afghan intelligence officer beheaded

(Pakistan) Six killed at pro-Taliban protest in Pakistan - 1,000 members of the hardline Lashkar-i-Islami (Army of Islam) protest

(Pakistan) Al Qaeda suspect held

(Pakistan) "ISI creating trouble in India"

(India) Four killed in Kashmir fighting

(Somalia) Fighting rages in Somali capital - at least 4 killed today in Monday fighting

Saudi Royals Mask A Jihad Agenda

(Turkey) Update: 12 to be charged in Turkey Bible murders - 5 jailed, 6 released pending trial, one hospitalized

Spain fears Qaeda attack in France before vote runoff -- May 6

(UK) How a British jihadi saw the light

(Lebanon) Violence in Palestinian camp

Afghan blasts, ambush kill 17 - 2 bomb blasts, battle, suicide bomber wearing police uniform in market

Pakistan music shops blown up

Hamas Calls for New Terror Attacks on Israel

(India) Three civilians killed in Kashmir - suspected Muslim rebels have slit the throats of two Hindus

(Australia) Islamic extremists 'fundraising for terrorists' - by Somali Islamic extremists in Australia

Australian sheikh denies funding Hezbollah

(UK) Terrorists "highly likely" to attack UK

(India) Police clueless about Maoist kidnap

(Iraq) Sunni struggle claims 4th Fallujah chief - Al Qaeda critic killed like 3 predecessors - U.S. struggles to calm violent Ramadi

(Philippines) Sayyaf chief dies while in Navy’s custody - Tandico Saddae died of heart attack

(Iraq) Sunnis complain about Baghdad barrier

(Pakistan) Video in Pakistan shows youngster beheading man - while crying Allahu Akbar and hoists head in air in triumph

Pakistan says Afghans provoked border clash

Palestinian killed in Jenin shootout

Europe's Terror Threat from North Africa

Morocco facing extreme terror threats

(Somalia) Heavy fighting rocks Somali capital - as Ethiopian army units battled Islamist insurgents after a night of sporadic fire

(Nigeria) Failed Truck bomb attempt on Nigeria poll HQ -- loaded with gas cylinders to explode

(UK) Gangs used Islamic hawala "cornershop banks" to launder millions - to Pakistan and other nations

Commentary: Southeast Asia (SEA) terror

Commentary: CAIR Propaganda on PBS

(Afghanistan) Taliban demand French pullout from Afghanistan - or "action" will be taken against hostages

Update: Morocco: Suspect in Casablanca Terror Attacks Arrested - Youssef Moussaid -- (later story with more details)

(Jihadism) A Lesson In Hate: Sayyid Qutb

TIME: A Breach in America's Nuclear Security - Los Alamos National Laboratory

Somalia Bombing Blamed on Al-Qaeda

(Iraq) Suicide bombing kills 12 in Baghdad

(Iraq) Ammar Al-Hakim escapes assassination in southern Baghdad -- son of prominent Iraq Shia leader - head of the Secretary General of Islamic Propagation Organization in Iraq

(Iraq) U.S. forces erect wall between Shiites, Sunnis -- Three-mile barrier will divide Baghdad groups torn by sectarian hate

(USA) Ex-Houstonian linked to al-Qaida pleads guilty -- and -- Texas Muslim Convert Pleads Guilty to Receiving Training from al-Qaida -- Daniel Maldonado trained in camp - see DOJ press release and Andrew Cochran's Feb. 15 and Feb. 14 posts

(India) Two militants killed in Kashmir - with the "Mujahideen Party"

(Pakistan) 12 suspects arrested in Balochistan - explosives found

(Pakistan) Civil society rallies against extremism - protests in Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi, and Peshawar -- and -- Pakistanis protest against extremism

(China/Pakistan) China admits to terrorist camps in Pakistan -- see April 20 posting by Animesh Roul

(Turkey) Iraq warns Turkey on Kurdish action

Serbia: Wahhabi Islamic Leader Killed in Clash with Police - hand grenades thrown at police

Kuwait readies for possible US-Iran war

(Japan) Red Army suspect arrested in Tokyo

Commentary: The Trans-Atlantic Terror Divide

Afghan, Pakistani troops clash over border fence - Afghan troops tore down anti-Taliban fence erected by Pakistan

North Korea's burden of crime and terror -

India bans exports to NKorea, Iran

7 Hostages Beheaded in Philippines - Abu Sayyaf kidnapped 7, ordered civilians to deliver heads - US releases $85,000 to 2 Filipino anti-terror informants

(Afghanistan) Taliban attack civilians to spread fear: Amnesty - Second report from rights group this week accusing Taliban of war crimes

(U.S.) OKC bombing remembered on anniversary - 1995 bombing took 168 lives

(Iraq) Al-Qaida chief appointed minister of war - "Islamic State of Iraq" names "cabinet" (SITE Institute release) and video shows 20 Iraqis executed

Global banks to make wire transfers easier to track - More details about those conducting wire transfers "in certain instances"

Saudis Arrest 8 in Frenchmen's Deaths - Suspected in killing of 4 French nationals

(Iraq) New Iraq suicide bombing kills 12 - car exploded near a parked fuel tanker in central Baghdad's Jadriya neighborhood

(Turkey) Police detain 10 over Bible killings -- and -- Update: Christians at Bible publishers have their throats cut - cut throats of all three killed

Iran exonerates six who killed in Islam's name - state militia killed five people they considered "morally corrupt"

(Thailand) Two men shot dead in Yala - by suspected Islamic rebels

(Thailand) Thai army chief rejects U.S. offer to help quell Islamic insurgency in the south -- says Thailand "forces can cope"

Thailand using militias in south, group says

North Korea demands food aid - no plans to return captured US warship

MEMRI: Islamist Websites Monitor No. 88

(Iraq) 4 blasts in Baghdad kill at least 183 -- car bomb in Baghdad market in Al-Sadriayah district killed 127 -- series of bombs: Sadr City suicide bomber, car bombs in Sadriyah market and in Karradah, bomb on minibus in Risafi

(Afghanistan) 10 killed, official abducted in Afghan violence - including the principal of a girls' school - rebels attack counter-narcotics unit

US committed to rebuilding relations with Libya - New U.S. ambassador and new embassy in Tripoli promised

Terror cover widely available: Report - New report shows terrorism insurance available but with premium in certain areas

(Nigeria) Soldiers kill at least 25 Islamic militants in Nigeria and Nigerian army battles Islamic militants - fighting 300 Islamic militants

Iraq: U.S. finds nitric acid stash

(Afghanistan) U.S. eyes Iran in Afghanistan

(Afghanistan) Islamists: Germans will be kidnapped -- until the German government pulls its troops out (of Afghanistan)

(Turkey) Report: 3 killed in attack on publishing house that prints Bibles in Turkey - one person had throat cut

(Thailand) Bomb blasts cut power in Thai south - Three Buddhist men were also shot dead, with one later beheaded -- and -- (Thailand) Insurgents behead Buddhist man

(Pakistan) Commentary: Pulpit Politics

Iran vows to "cut off hand" of any attacker

Iran: Military not affected by sanctions

MEMRI Islamist Websites Monitor No. 87

Sri Lanka: 60 to 70 rebels die in airsrike

Rice meets Palestinian finance minister

Syria Has a New Plan - 300 SCUDS moved closer to Israel - Analysis: Don't underestimate Syria's military

(Switzerland) Suspicious banking dealings hit record high - Number of reports rose 22% from 2005

Somalia: Mogadishu talks near collapse, heavy fighting erupts - see Daveed Gartenstein-Ross' Apr. 16 post

(UK) 11 jailed in British money-laundering case - Shahid Nazir Bhatti and others sent up to $1B through travel agencies through "hawalas"

(Pakistan/UK) Jihad obligatory for every Muslim: Rashid Rauf ("mastermind" of foiled 2006 airline plot)

(WMD Threat) How Likely is a Nuclear Terrorist Attack on the United States? (CFR debate) - Assessing al-Qaeda’s Chemical Threat (Jihad Monitor paper)

Commentary: Showdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, Part II -- see Douglas Farah's Apr. 16 and Bill West's Apr. 10 posts

(Iraq) Six killed in Iraq shootings

Iraqi troops kill 25 insurgents

Iraq denies Qaeda claim of slain police -- denied claim that Al-Qaeda-led militant group that it had kidnapped and killed 20 Iraqi policemen

(Pakistan) Suicide squad on way to Islamabad - to target government functionaries if law-enforcement agencies crack down on Jamia Hafsa and Jamia Fareedia

(Thailand) Yala rally calls for action on security - Protesters announce network to fight terror

(NYC) New York Bookseller Sentenced to 13 years for Lying to Feds in Terrorism Case -- Farhane one of 4 charged in plot to help Afghan terrorists buy weapons and equipment

Syria threatens violence over Arab plan

MEMRI: Islamist Websites Monitor No. 86

Colombian rebels ELN say ready for talks

Iraq group: We make own rockets - Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, head of Islamic State of Iraq - SITE Institute summary

Hezbollah claims ability to defend Lebanon

Iran frees Swedes convicted of spying

(Commentary) Showdown on the Muslim Brotherhood by Patrick Poole - see also Douglas Farah April 17 posting

(Iraq) 13 Iraqi soldiers killed in ambush - near Mosul

(Iraq) Armed groups seek official support to hunt Al-Qaeda in Iraq -- report -- see also Daveed Gartenstein-Ross April 15 posting

(Thailand) Four killed in Thai south - five schools set on fire, attack on military, drive by shooting, and other attacks

(Thailand) Teachers in South want surveillance cameras - to help protect schools from terrorism

Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiah forms hit squad: paper -- to attack police, prosecutors and judges

(India) Deaths set off protests in Indian Kashmir - protest of death of two Muslim men in shootout with security patrol

(India) Interpol issues red corner notice against July 11 accused - Rizwan Mohammed Dawrey sent funds from Saudi Arabia to India through hawala channels

(Sudan) U.S.: Sudan Government Supports Janjaweed Islamist Militia -- accused of widespread atrocities in Darfur (my title)

(Gaza) BBC "concerned" by claim Gaza correspondent killed Unknown group called the, "Tawhid and Jihad Brigade" claims responsibility for the kidnap and murder.

Iran will 'resist to the end' on nuclear issue -- and -- Iran to reveal atomic steps if pressured-president -- if UN passes another resolution on Iran

Al Qaeda's Maritime Threat - ICT analysis: "Maritime terrorism is positioned to be their method of choice"

UK: No more 'war on terror' - International Development Secretary Hilary Benn says "war on terror" phrase to be discontinued in UK Cabinet

(UK) Britain grows Muslim terror database -- and -- (UK) MI5 adopts pedophile-tracking tactics for Muslim extremists -- focus on areas with large Pakistani communities -- such as Birmingham, Leeds and London

Philippine troops capture camp of Muslim militant - Camp of Habier Malik, a commander of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)

US claims inroads in terror fight in Southeast Asia - Zachary Abuza quoted - Philippine retaliation kills 8 rebels in the south - At least 8 terrorists killed and 2 camps captured after attacks killed 3

Algerian security services identify 2 of last week's suicide bombers - All were Algerian - Posts by Olivier Guitta and Evan Kohlmann

Arab Al Qaeda suspect among 16 killed in Afghan - Coalition troops also killed 6 Taleban in Helmand

(Indonesia) 2 bombs explode in Indonesia town and In Indonesia, apprehension about a changing Islam - "Islamic Defenders Front" vandalizes bars and discos

Gaza: Explosions rock bookstore, cafes - 2 Internet cafes and Christian bookstore - nobody hurt - Report: Hamas is training to kidnap IDF soldiers

Iran plans to build 2 nuke plants - Seeking bids to build nuclear power plants

Suicide car bomber kills 4 Afghans - U.S. private security firm targeted

(Pakistan) Clerics holding Musharraf hostage? - Islamabad and Rawalpindi madrassas used "as extremist fodder"

UN pushes for tribunal on Lebanon killings

France analysing video of Taliban hostages

Suspects arrested in Morocco bombings - two suicide bombers blew themselves up - one woman injured

Somali courts leader says to target peacekeepers - Islamic Courts leader threatens to target them

Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 10 on Baghdad Jadriyah bridge - second attack on major bridge in Baghdad this week

(Iraq) Suspected al-Qaeda leader in Iraq detained - along with 17 suspected terrorists

(Iraq) Sharp drop in Baghdad deaths after crackdown -- Killings increase beyond capital, however, and U.S. military toll rises

(Iran/Iraq) U.S. won't release 5 Iranians held in Iraq: Washington Post report -- Iranian intelligence agents linked with providing explosive devices used to attack U.S. troops in Iraq

Pakistan says it's reining in tribal areas

(Afghanistan) Suicide bombing occurs in E Afghanistan - gate of the police department of Khost province

(Philippines) Three dead, eight wounded in fresh Philippine fighting - Muslim militant attack on Jolo military camp

(Thailand) Six Muslims killed in Thai south - Islamic rebel drive by shootings continue

(Sri Lanka) Five people killed as Sri Lanka marks New Year - Tamil Tiger attack - kills three year old boy

(Turkey) 150,000 Turks protest possible run for president by Islamic-rooted prime minister - feel that if Erdogan wins the government will be able to implement an Islamic agenda without opposition

Anti-Jihad Caucus (thanks to JihadWatch.org)

(Afghanistan) NATO claims 24 Taliban dead - military offensive in Helmand province Friday night -- and -- (This Week in Afghanistan) Up to 60 Taliban killed in southern Afghanistan battles

Pakistan behind pro-Taliban tribesmen - Musharraf made a tacit admission that Pakistani military has entered into a marriage of convenience with pro-Taliban tribesmen

(Iraq) Green Zone attack feared for months

(Ohio) American Indicted for Conspiring With Al Qaeda Pleads Not Guilty -- Christopher Paul (aka Abdulmalek Kenyatta) pleaded not guilty that he joined Al Qaeda and conspired to bomb European tourist resorts

Egypt arrests 10 Muslim Brotherhood members

Turkey's president warns of Islamist threat

(Thailand) 11 murder suspects held - in connection with shooting and burning Buddhist woman

Commentary: The long road to victory

MEMRI: Islamist Websites Monitor #82-85

Pakistan protesters burn Musharraf effigies

Americans still advised to avoid Pakistan

(India) Osama's jihad CDs surface in Bihar

(Gaza) Rafah music shop bombed

(Nigeria) Gunmen kill Nigerian Muslim leader

Report: Iran has uranium for bombs -- Defector reveals Tehran's efforts to secure more

(Iran/Iraq) Both sides in Iraq using weapons made in Iran, U.S. says - Shiite and Sunni extremists

(USA) Alabama city prepares for nuke terror -- Local officials restore long-abandoned fallout shelters, train for WMD emergency

North Korea checking freed funds

North Korea won't give up nuclear program -- Richard Armitage, a former deputy secretary of state

Commentary: France's New Surrender

(Iraq) Bombing at Iraqi parliament kills 8 - Explosion rocks Iraqi parliament -- and -- Paliament suicide bomber 'was Sunni MP's bodyguard

Ohio man accused of plot with al-Qaida -- and -- (Ohio) Local al-Qaida bomb suspect held - Columbus, Ohio - Christopher Paul (aka Abdulmalek Kenyatta) joined al-Qaida and plotted to blow up US govt buildings abroad and European resorts frequented by Americans

(Guantanamo Bay) Qaeda chief KSM's nephew says he sent hijacker money - $100,000 to 9/11 hijacker Marwan al Shehh

(Guantanamo Bay) Alleged Indonesian terrorist denies any knowledge of plots against United States - Riduan Isamuddin (aka Hambali) -- Pentagon also released the transcript of a hearing for Ali al-Azia Ali (aka Ammar al-Baluchi) -- and -- Prisoners deny knowing anti-U.S. plots

Pakistani forces kill four militants

(Pakistan) The tribes' revolt - against Uzbek militants

Moroccan arrest has no link to terrorism: police - not fifth member of cell

Turkish army seeks OK for Iraq raids - against Kurds

Swiss extradite suspected Tunisian terrorist to Italy -- channeled money to fund terror activities in Algeria, officials said

(UK) Jailed preacher of hate in court battle to stay in Britain -- Jamaican-born Muslim convert who urged followers at a mosque to kill Jews, Hindus and Americans, will soon be freed from prison

(Australia) Terror books to be banned

Possible Hamas split worries Israel

Palestinian Terror group denounces France

Commentary: Response to Patrick Poole's "Mainstreaming the Muslim Brotherhood" -- states Muslim Brotherhood in UK / France is "moderate", and Muslim Brotherhood has growing "reformist" movement

(Iraq) Suicide bombing in Baghdad kills 10 - on major bridge in Baghdad - Span over Tigris collapses after suicide truck bomb detonates -- and -- Cars topple into Tigris as bridge is destroyed

(Afghanistan) 35 suspected Taliban killed in Afghanistan -- also a bomb blast in the south killed two Canadian soldiers

(Algeria) Death toll in Algeria bombings hits 33 -- see Evan Kohlmann posting, Walid Phares posting, and Douglas Farah posting

(Pakistan) Taliban now on highway - stopping vehicles and forcibly removing cassette players and radios - Taliban implementing strict Islamic teachings, ordering men to grow beards -- and -- Pakistan Tribune views Taliban actions as: "Local Taliban initiates campaign against obscenity"

Turkey launches attacks on Kurd rebels

(Algeria) Al-Qaida's North African wing claims responsibility for Algeria bombings - Abu Mohammed Salah said that the blasts were carried out by three al-Qaida members driving "trucks filled" with explosives

(Mauritania) 6 charged with terrorism in Mauritania -- the six are thought to belong to a local terror cell linked to Al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa

(Bangladesh) Prosecutor of seven Islamists killed in Bangladesh -- see Animesh Roul posting

(Pakistan) Jamia Hafsa leaders "ready for martyrdom" if govt uses force - to bring the radical clerics in line

(USA) Terror Watch: "American Taliban" on the move - transferred to the U.S. government’s super-maximum-security prison

(Iran) USA Lawmakers urged not to visit Iran

(Russia) 21 Chechen rebels killed in 2007

Hamas: Mideast prisoner swap in jeopardy

German terrorism surveillance plans opposed

Commentary: Netherlands' Greatest Nightmare

North Korea top leader meets U.S. delegation

Iraq: Sadrists threaten to leave gov't

Iraq: Tougher Chlorine monitoring in place

(Thailand) Insurgents burn female villager alive - others injured from bomb used against passenger van -- Thai Buddhist woman killed and burned

(Thailand) Mob parades body of burnt woman - to protest to govt the horror of Jihadist attacks - "eight Buddhists have been killed and burned like this on the same road"

Iran To Make Movie, Book about UK Sailors

Lebanon tries suspects in German bomb plot - trial of six Lebanese accused of plotting to bomb trains in Germany last July opened in Beirut

Morocco 'bomber brother' killed - One of the three suspected militants who blew themselves up during a police raid in Morocco is the brother of an internet cafe bomber

(Denmark) Moroccan-born Dane sentenced to prison for promoting terrorism - Said Mansour used publishing house Al Nur Islamic Information to distribute violent Jihadist CDs, videos, and materials - claims his "mission for Islam was 'peaceful'"

(USA) Judge refuses to dismiss Padilla case

North Korea wants to delay reactor shutdown - scheduled for weekend - wants to delay by a month

(North Korea) To Prod N. Korea, U.S. Relents in Counterfeiting Case - Wash Post: $12 million of Banco Delta Asia funds, belonging to 17 account holders, tainted -- and -- (North Korea) $25 Million Going Back to Kim Jong-Il's North Korea

(U.S.) America's plan for Baghdad - Robert Fisk on next steps in security plan - 3 Generals Spurn War 'Czar' Position

(Iraq) U.S., Iraqi soldiers engage insurgents - 4 Iraqi soldiers dead, 16 U.S. soldiers wounded in Baghdad - "Iraq the Model" report

Turkish jet hijacker gives up in Ankara - Mehmet Gokcingol wanted to hijack plane to Iran - reading Quran during flight

(Pakistan) Bomb Blast at Barber Shop - because shaving men's beards is "Un-Islamic"

(Lebanon) Cleric denies Hilali cash - Bilal Shaaban says Australian cleric with Hezbollah ties didn't give him cash

(Philippines) Australia renews terror attack warning in RP - Warning for Manila and other areas

(U.S.) India seeks custody of UM-Rolla terror suspect - Graduate student from India charged with terror threats in Missouri university lab

EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2007 (Acrobat file) - Fifth edition of EU Report - ETA has rebuilt capacity to strike - Europol

Algerian extremist to stand trial for Paris metro bombings - Rachid Ramda accused of financing 1995 Paris metro bombings (8 killed)

Syria's Relations with Iraq - U.S. Institute of Peace analysis - David Schenker's post on Syria & Lebanon

N.Korea funds freed as nuclear deadline nears - $25 million linked to NK interests frozen since 2005 in Macau's Banco Delta Asia

(Iraq) Woman bomber kills 17 Iraqi police recruits - Woman wearing Islamic gown and belt with explosives

(Afghanistan) Taliban attacks leave eight dead in Afghanistan - as a result of clashes on Tuesday and Monday

Afghanistan hostage vow as Australia pledges troops -- and -- Australia to double troop deployment in Afghanistan - Special forces sent to Uruzgan province

(Morocco) Two dead in Moroccan anti-terrorist raid - see Olivier Guitta's Apr. 5 post

(Israel) Hamas planned major Tel Aviv Passover bombing -- and -- 19 Palestinians arrested in bombing plot - huge car bomb plot to attack Tel Aviv on Passover

Hamas List Is Who's Who of Terror - 45 terrorists that Hamas wants in return for releasing Cpl. Gilad Shalit

Pakistan blocks web site of radical Red Mosque - cleric Ghazi says web site used "to preach Islam"

Pakistan: Tribal Area Cleared of Uzbeks

Ethiopia holding 41 terror suspects

Somali clashes killed more than 1,000-report

Chad army 'attacked Sudan forces' - Chad forces responding to attacks by Sudan's Arab militias killing untold in mass graves, burning hundreds of homes

Report: Iran possibly months from making bomb -- New reports indicate Tehran close to enriching weapons-grade uranium

(Thailand) Nationwide alert after bombing -- bomb exploded outside a Bangkok shopping centre that was also hit in a wave of New Year's Eve attacks

(Thailand) Vietnamese-American's Thai bombing trial opens - for plot to bomb Vietnamese embassy in Thailand

(USA) Aviation alert level remains at orange - TSA: "The threat still exists" - raised to orange after foiled British Jihadist airliner bomb attack plot against USA

(India) In-fighting leaves nine Maoist rebels dead in India - Indian state of Jharkhand

Spain uncovers two ETA explosives caches

(Iraq) U.S. forces in heavy clashes in Baghdad and US army in Iraq arrests militants in Qaeda raids - 14 militants arrested

German prosecutors probing Islamist website - Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) showed video of 2 German hostages

(Iraq) Mahmudiyah car bomb kills 17 Iraqis

(Iraq) US DoD announces National Guard moves to Iraq (my title) - Press release on deployments to Iraq

(Algeria) Al-Qaeda Fighters Kill Nine Soldiers In Algeria - "al-Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb"

Iran says it's able to make nuclear fuel -- Now injecting uranium gas into 3,000 centrifuges for enrichment

Yemen court clears Danish man Abdi Osman Soni of arming Somali Islamists - co-defendent sentenced to 3 years in prison

Anti-globalists reach out to Islamists

Analysis: Hezbollah and Al Qaeda

(Iraq) Six more US soldiers killed in Iraq

Iraqi Sunni MP denies weapons cache

Pakistan helps in al-Qa'ida assault - against foreign militants

India troops kill six Islamic militants at Kashmir border - trying to cross into Pakistan zone

(India) Red terror on train, 2 cops killed

Iranian bypasses UN travel ban - to travel to Russia

Hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay

Hezbollah warns against attack on Iran

Egypt uncovers 2 tunnels on Gaza border

Commentary: The Great Al-Qaeda "Patriot" - public speech by Esam Omeish

Algeria fighting leaves 15 dead - 9 Algerian soldiers & 6 Islamists killed in clashes

UPDATE (Iraq) Attacks kill 10 Americans

(Afghanistan) Taliban: Kidnapped translator killed - Translator for Italian journalist killed in southern Afghanistan

30 dead in attacks across Iraq - Truck bomb killed 15 and 4 US soldiers killed - Senior Al-Qaeda Leader Captured in Baghdad Raid - "Gatekeeper to al-Qaeda emir of Baghdad" linked to vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attacks (VBIEDs)

Hamas gives prisoner list for Israeli soldier swap - Demands 1300 prisoner for Cpl. Shalit