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January 2010 Archives

Obama admnistration takes several wrong paths in dealing with terrorism - Michael V. Hayden

Yemen says forces clash with rebels, kill 20

(Yemen) Al-Qaida base shifts to Yemen

Israel: Slain Hamas leader key arms smuggler

Egypt questions suspects of new militant group

Nigerian rebels threaten new oil attacks

Yemen rebels say they accept truce terms

Palestinian 'killed in Gaza tunnel collapse'

Al Qaeda man captured wearing bomb belt: Yemen

AP Interview: Months ahead key to Afghan fight

Afghan Taliban deny meeting with UN

India softens stand on negotiating with Taliban

Homicide Bombing in Pakistan Kills 16

Al-Qaeda tactics spur Moroccan jailhouse debate

Yemeni Clerics Announce Mandatory Jihad Against Foreign Intervention - From Jamestown Foundation

(Lebanon) Hezbollah denies link to jet crash

Bin Laden Rebukes U.S. on Climate Change

(Sri Lanka) TID arrests LTTE arms dealer - Subramaniam Sivakumar

(Malaysia) ISA detainees said to be al-Qaeda 'recruiters': Sources say terror group trying to get new members from this region - Named are Malaysian Azzahari Murad, Yemeni Khalid Salem, Nigerians Abdul Alhi Bolajoko Uthman and Luqman Abdul Salam, Jordanian Hussam Khalid and Syrians Aiman Al Dakkak, Mohamed Hozifa, Kutiba Al-Issa and Hassan Barudi.

Islamic singer linked to terrorist group agrees to stay jailed in Detroit after border arrest - Mohamad Masfaka, also known as the singer Abu Ratib

Radical Holy Land Foundation representative arrested - Mohamad Mustapha Ali Masfaka arrested at Canada border crossing

Malaysia terror arrests linked to Detroit bomb attempt, officials say - The detainees were attending a religious study group led by Aiman Al Dakkak, a Syrian academic who has lived in Malaysia since 2003.

The Jihadist Next Door - Omar Hammami AKA Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki

CORRECTION: Hamas Members Not Removed By U.S. From Terror List. - corrects previous Newslinks posting

NATO Contractor Is Sentenced to Death in Afghanistan - Australian Robert Langdon killed Afghan colleague

S.Africa: No reply on terror query, frees Tunisian - Mohamed Ali Harrath returned to UK

(UK) Beneficiary is still a 'person of great concern' - Mohammed al-Ghabra

(UK) Government 'exceeded powers' with terror order - Names are Hani El Sayed Sabaei Youssef, Michael Marteen, Mohammed Jabar Ahmed, Mohammed Azmir Khan, Mohammed al-Gabra/Ghabra

Could the Taliban reconcile with Kabul? - "Taliban have made it clear that no amount of money would weaken their resistance."

Taliban unimpressed with United Nation's gesture - Names removed from UN "blacklist"

Defense Lawyers Try to Keep Client From Taking Stand in Federal Trial - Aafia Siddiqui

American pleads not guilty in Mumbai attack case - David Headley

Uncle Who Vouched for Terror Suspect Arrested - uncle of Najibullah Zazi was arrested in NY

(Bahrain) Terror plot pair jailed - planning attacks against US Navy ships

Yemen plans U.S.-funded militant rehab centre

Bin Laden's ex-driver in the spotlight at Sundance - documentary film on former Guantanamo detainee

Yemen court jails seven Qaeda militants

US redefines Yemen strategy

(South Africa) Islam Channel CEO released - Muhammed Ali Harrath

German firm cancels deal with Iran port due to Israeli pressure - warnings on Iran export of weapons to Hezbollah and Hamas

Israeli Media Says U.S. Removed All But One Hamas Member From International Terror List - Musa Abu Marzouk is left on list

(UK) Mohamed Ali Harrath, Islamic TV chief, is held over terror claims - Islam Channel head is arrested in South Africa

New report warns al-Qaeda still determined to attack U.S. - Report by Rolf Mowatt-Larssen is here

Chicago man pleads not guilty in Mumbai plot - Tahawwur Rana

The Emerging Law of Detention: The Guantánamo Habeas Cases as Lawmaking - Brookings study

(Algeria/AQIM) A Moroccan terrorist reveals his relations and his support to Droukdal - Mohammed Djetti AKA Abul Kassem El Maghreb

(Egypt) Witnesses useless in Hizbullah cell case, says defense - 26 on trial in Supreme State Security Court

Road to terrorism arrests began at Deptford Mall - 26 with alleged Hezbollah ties indicted in 2009

(Colombia) FARC and ELN met three times to agree to truce: El Tiempo - meetings in Venezuela, see report in El Tiempo (in Spanish)

The Christmas attack interrogation

Bomb Plot Suspect Tied To Alleged U.K. Terrorists - Abdulmutallab linked to Waheed Zaman in London and another unnamed terrorist suspect

Christmas Bombing Try Is Hailed by bin Laden

Bin Laden Vows More Attacks on U.S. - ''from Osama to Obama''

Yemen troops killed in attack on checkpoint

Ten suspects go on trial in Jordan terror plot

Iraq to probe bomb detection unit: MPs

Drone crashes in Pakistan border area. Military sources refute Taliban claim that it was shot down.

Troop deadline spurs Afghan action

Insurgents kill 3 Afghan women

Winning the Afghan war, Dutch style

Taliban blow up girls' school in NW Pak: police

Five US soldiers killed in Afghan unrest

Gates: Path open to Taliban legitimacy

ABC: Female bombers may target US

US Marines End Role in Iraq; Biden in Baghdad

Update: Turkey detains 120 in antiterror raids

Pakistan says reaches out to Afghan Taliban

Car bomb attack kills four in NW Pakistan

Nepal ramps up airport security

Top Kashmir rebel killed ahead of Republic Day

The Saudi Deradicalization Experiment

UK terrorist threat level raised to 'severe'

Turkey police arrest 120 al-Qaeda suspects

Detainees Will Still Be Held, but Not Tried, Official Says 50 detainees in Guantanamo too dangerous to release

Man Claims Terror Ties in Little Rock Shooting - Abdulhakim Muhammad, accused in June 2009 recruiting station attack

.(Afghanistan) New Wave of Warlords Bedevils U.S. - Sirajuddin Haqqani

Intel: Missile Kills Filipino Militant in Pakistan - Abdul Basit Usman, on State Dept most-wanted list

Imam Anwar Al-Aulaqi will not surrender

Should Guantanamo Bay Be Closed? - Council on Foreign Relations

Yemen holds Lackawanna 6 figure: U.S. seeks Elbaneh's return here to face terror training charges - Jaber A. Elbaneh once again in custody

Syria's Financial Support for Jihad - Matthew Levitt in Middle East Quarterly

Ban on flights from Yemen to UK

Cracks in the Jihad - Thomas Rid in Wilson Quarterly

Profiling: Sketching the Face of Jihadism

Toronto 18 member pleads guilty, released - Amin Mohamed Durrani sentenced to time served

(Israel) Protection upped for officials abroad

Yemen Strikes At Al Qaeda, Britain Stops Flights - Ayed al-Shabwani

Kenya: Deportation Protest Leads to Widespread Arrests - Efforts to deport Sheikh Abdullah El Faisal

U.S. officials fear American ex-cons are training in Yemen - Senate Foreign Relations report here

(Pakistan) Govt striving to secure Dr Aafia's release:FM - Aafia Siddiqui

Pakistani Scientist Is Removed From Court as Trial Begins - Aafia Siddiqui

Queens Man Is Accused in Plot to Kill Service Members - Adis Medunjanin

(India) The convent school boy who turned terror commander - Mohammad Abdul Khwaja, arrested 1/18/10

(Canada) Life term for terror ringleader - Zakaria Amara, Toronto 18 terror cell

20 Al-Qaida Suspects Arrested In Turkey: Report

Clinton named Al-Qaeda Yemen as terror group a month ago - designation published in today's (1/19) Federal Register

At Yemen College, Scholarship and Jihadist Ideas - Al Eman University

(Saudi Arabia) Ministry: 3 Saudi militants killed in blast abroad - deaths in September 2009 include ex-Guantanamo detainee Fahd Jutayli

(Pakistan) The hunt for Hakimullah

(Canada) Accused terrorist Harkat not violent: CSIS - Hearing on detention of Mohamed Harkat, former Ottawa pizza deliveryman

Hezbollah behind slaying of Iranian prof?

Reputed al-Qaida Supporter Faces NYC Trial - Aafia Siddiqui trial begins today

(Lebanon) 7th Qaradawi Jerusalem Conference Held In Beirut - Al-Quds International Institution (aka Al Quds Foundation), headed by global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi.

(India) Most wanted terrorist caught in Hyderabad - Mohd Amjad alias Khaja of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami

Terror Suspects Win Case Against U.K.

East African Terrorism Comes to Scandinavia - From Jamestown Foundation

Review of Jet Bomb Plot Shows More Missed Clues

Anwar al-Awlaki: Al-Qaeda's New Pied Piper - from Asharq Alawsat

United States Attorney Plans Drug-Terrorism Unit - New York unit to focus on extremist Islamist groups' financing through drug trade

(Pakistan) 15 killed in SWA drone attack

5 Americans detained in Pakistan allege torture

Alleged Bali bomber may face trial in Washington - Riduan Isamuddin AKA Hambali

Lonely Trek to Radicalism for Terror Suspect - Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

(Yemen) Al-Shehri in the hands of Yemeni authorities - Yemen Observer: ex-Guantanamo detainee Saeed al-Shehri, 2nd in command Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

(UK) Speaker with extremist links to address Detroit bomber's former student group - Hamza Andreas Tzortzis

Kuwait says needs security, not money from Iraq

(Lebanon) Report: Hezbollah trains on missiles

Tehran 'fully supports' Lebanon unity

Rugged North Waziristan harbors US enemies

Pakistani Taliban leader denies death on tape

Yemen says captures three al Qaeda militants

Cocaine trade is airbound -- and a danger to U.S. - By CT Blog Expert Douglas Farah

Taliban Leader May Have Been Target of Drone Strike - Hakimullah Mehsud

(Mali) Al Qaeda linked to rogue aviation network - Doug Farah quoted

Al Qaeda hurts Muslims most West Point study is here

Pakistani neuroscientist says boycotting NY trial - Aafia Siddiqui

Islamists Press Jordan to Stop Aiding U.S. Forces in Afghanistan - Muslim Brotherhood statement

Iraqi Forces Arrest 20 Terrorism Suspects

Yemenem: Rapper Fights Terrorism With Hip Hop - Rapper Hagage 'AJ' Masaed from U.S.

Pakistani Taliban says leader escapes US strike - Hakimullah Mehsud

In Yemen, a university tied to 'American Taliban' and underwear bomber - Iman University

Singapore detains terror suspect: interior ministry - Mohamad Azmi bin Ali

(Yemen) Former Guantánamo bay detainee warns of inmates' return to extremism - Saleh Mohammed Ali Zuba

Jordanian militant dies in Pakistan's tribal region - Mahmoud Zeidan killed in drone attack in North Waziristan, according to wife. His brother was released from Guantanamo 2 years ago.

Egypt police arrest Christmas murder suspects

The Holes in America's Anti-Terror Fence - commentary by judge Jean-Louis Bruguière

(Yemen) Q & A with Shabwa Governor Ali Hasan al-Ahmadi - regarding Al Qaeda suspects in Yemen

Timeline: Where was Abdulmutallab?

(Yemen) Families' dismay as US keeps detainees

Yemen al-Qaeda link to Guantanamo Bay prison - BBC prison interview ex-Gitmo ex-Al Qaeda in Yemen Mohammed al-Awfi

(Canada) Toronto 18 accused consulted father before attack, court hears - Shareef Abdelhaleem

Charges Expected in Terrorism Probe - Tahawwur Hussain Rana in Chicago

Yemen Says It Killed a Qaeda Leader - Abdullah al-Mehdar

Court strikes down anti-terror stop-and-search powers - European Court of Human Rights

Woman accused of al-Qaida ties wants lawyers fired - Aafia Siddiqui

Saudi transfers from Gitmo on hold

U.K. to Ban Controversial Islamist Group - Islam4UK: group's "spiritual leader" is Omar Bakri Mohamed, deported from UK in 2005

(Canada) Informant paid millions to infiltrate Toronto 18 testifies - Police agent Shaher Elsohemy in trial of Shareef Abdelhaleem

Terror Suspect's Lawyer Asks for Dismissal of Case - Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani

NY Judge to Hear From Guantanamo Suspect's Lawyers - Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, trial moved from Guantanamo

Al-Awlaki's father says son is 'not Osama bin Laden' CNN interview with Nasser al-Awlaki

'Toronto 18' terror suspect set for trial

Getaway was giveaway for Queens terror suspects linked to Najibullah Zazi - Zarein Ahmedzay and Adis Medunjanin

Al-Qaida offers exchange for French hostage - AQIM offers freedom of Pierre Camatte for release of 4 by Mali

Yemeni radical cleric warns of foreign occupation - Sheik Abdel-Majid al-Zindani

In Hasan case, superiors ignored their own worries - Defense Dept. review of Fort Hood rampage

Drone Flights Leave Military Awash in Data

Colombia asks Interpol to arrest alleged FARC aide in Switzerland - Omar Arturo Zabala

Kenya: Terror Suspect Had Jumped Bail in Kenya - Muhidin Gelle, arrested in Denmark for attacking cartoonist

Yemen university in focus after Christmas jet incident - Sheikh Abdel Majid al-Zindani

(UK) Al Qaeda recruiting at Midland prison

Yemen Open to Al Qaeda Dialogue

Al-Qaeda has a new strategy. Obama needs one, too. - Commentary by Bruce Hoffman

CIA bomber calls for attacks on U.S. in video

Pakistan calls for end to drone attacks

Yemen alone cannot tackle Qaeda: analysts

Yemenis Consider Sending al Qaeda to Rehab

Egyptian mosques, press berate Hamas

Mali moves music festival as tourism threatened by Al Qaeda threat - Festival au Desert

(India) Frame-up? 4 'LeT men' let off for want of proof - Four out of six arrested by the Delhi Police 4 years ago for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to attack the Indian Military Academy

Nigerian Arraigned in Bomb Attempt

Six Questions for Gregory Johnsen on Yemen

Terror suspect arrives at courthouse - Arraignment of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab at 2 pm

Murky Trail for 'Loner' in Attack on C.I.A. - Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi AKA Abu Dujana al-Khorasani

Airline bombing plot: Al-Qaida supporting cleric may face arrest - Anwar al-Aulaqi

(Israel) Possible Fatah terror splinter group

Sorry, will be fixing broken links!

2 Men Arrested in Connection With Zazi Terror Inquiry update

State Department failed to confirm terror suspect's visa - AbdulMutallab's name was misspelled.

Toledo passenger pulled from flight has criminal history - Mansor Mohammad Asad was pulled from Detroit-bound flight on Wednesday

Suspected Pakistan Militants Die in Accidental Blast

Yemen Ties Alleged Attacker to al Qaeda and U.S.-Born Cleric - Anwar al-Aulaqi

France Deports 'Radical Islamist' - Ali Ibrahim El Soudany deported to Egypt

CIA bomber's wife says war must go on against US - wife of Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi in Istanbul

Detroit bomber's extremist preacher 'radicalising more young Muslims' - Anwar al-Aulaqi

Obama Details New Policies in Response to Terror Threat - search the report here

Al-Qaeda Continues Using Modern Technology to Recruit Youth - spreading ideology via mobile phones

Kenya: Country Deports Jamaican Cleric to Gambia - Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal

Afghan held at Guantanamo referred to military trial Obaidullah, ISN #762

The Making Of A Bomber - Profile of Farouk Abdulmutallab in Nigerian newspaper

Threat of Homegrown Islamic Terrorism May Be Exaggerated - DOJ-funded study by Duke/UNC researchers is here

Suicide Bombing Puts a Rare Face on C.I.A.'s Work Names of 5 of 7 killed

Nigerian Indicted in Terrorist Plot Text of the indictment here

Yemen says Nigerian may have met radical cleric - Anwar al-Aulaqi

(Turkey) Bomber's wife says husband did not work for CIA - Wife of Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi lives in Turkey

Plane bomb suspect joined al Qaeda in London: Yemen - Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab met Anwar al-Aulaqi in Yemen

(Syria) Bin Laden Son, Bakr, Arrives In Damascus from Iran - Bakr, age 16, had been in Iran for 8 years

(Afghanistan) U.S. Saw a Path to Qaeda Chiefs Before Bombing - Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi

Yemen 'arrests al-Qaeda suspects' wounded in raid - Mohammed al-Hanq

Obama Says Plot Could Have Been Disrupted

(Israel) 'Turning' Islamists - editorial in Jerusalem Post

Yemeni loses appeal for release from Guantanamo - Ghaleb Nassar Al-Bihani

Yemen launches offensive against al Qaeda

Sheikh Anwar Aulaqi: Suspected & Wanted Terrorist - Interview in Yemen Post

Ghana Probes Visit by Bomb Suspect

NATO official: US spy work lacking in Afghanistan - report is here

Yemen fertile ground for terror groups

Did the CIA Plot to Kill German Citizen? - reaction to Vanity Fair report regarding Mamoun Darkazanli

(Denmark) Cartoonist home invader arrested in Kenya last year was suspect in plot against Hillary Clinton, not charged

Two al Qa'eda militants killed in Yemen clashes - Mohammed Ahmed al Haniq escapes

Bomber at C.I.A. Base Had Ties to Jordan Spy Agency - Humam Khalil Mohammed or Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: A Primer

US suspect in Pakistan defends 'jihad' plans - Ramy Zamzam

Inside Obama's War on Terrorism

Americans Detained in Pakistan Deny Terror Plans - 5 men from DC area

(Kenya) Jamaican Muslim cleric to be deported

Fanatic convert to terrorism spent year in Toronto - Omar Hammami AKA Abu Mansour "Al-Amriki" of Al-Shabaab in Somalia

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had links with London campaign group - UK Cageprisoners group championed Anwar al-Awlaki

Questions Emerge Over Suspect's Path - Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

Taliban bomber wrecks CIA's shadowy war

(India) Awaiting deportation, 3 Pak men flee - Abdul Razzak, Mohammed Sadiq and Rafaqat Ali, alleged terrorism suspects

US shuts embassy as al-Qaeda 'plans attack in Yemen' - UK also shuts embassy

(Kenya) Police seize Jamaican Muslim cleric - Abdullah Al-Faisal - more from Jamaica

Afghans Answering the Call to Fight

Afghanistan and Pakistan face decisive year

Profile: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Bomb suspect may not have begun trip in Ghana

Yemen Vows To Fight Terrorist Groups. The Somali group, al Shabaab, promised al Qaeda-Yemen reinforcements. Also, Yemen slams Shebab pledge to send fighters

Danish police shoot intruder at cartoonist's home - alleged link to al-Shabab

Iraq to sue ex-Blackwater guards

Pakistan's Karachi shuts to protest violence