Counterterrorism Blog
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June 2010 Archives

Guilty Plea in Plot to Bomb J.F.K. Airport

McChrystal announces retirement

EU, US sign terror finance deal

U.S. to repatriate Guantanamo detainee to Yemen after judge orders him to be released - Mohammed Odaini AKA Mohammed Mohammed Hassen ISN 681

(Canada) Final two 'Toronto 18′ terror accused found guilty - Asad Ansari, 25, and Steven Chand, 29

(Northern Ireland) Basque militant wanted in Spain arrested in Ulster - Fermin Vila Michelena

U.S. Declares Chechen Militant a Terrorist - Doku Umarov

Pakistan Sentences 5 U.S. Men to Jail for Terrorism - Men from northern Virginia

Indonesia's most-wanted terror suspect arrested - Abdullah Sunata

Militant's Path From Pakistan to Times Square - Faisal Shahzad

West coast jihad - Brian Fishman writes on Adam Gadahn

Congress advances toughest sanctions bill ever: Would close business loopholes - Seeks to close loopholes that have shielded foreign subsidiaries of companies and banks that did business with Iran from scrutiny and penalties.

Morocco breaks up radical Islamist cell

Times Square Bomb Plotter Pleads Guilty in Terror Case - Faisal Shahzad pleads guilty to 10 counts

High court upholds anti-terror law prized by Obama - Law barring material support to designated terrorist groups upheld

Yemeni militants kill 11 in brazen jailbreak - Officials declined to comment on whether any detainees had been freed

Al-Qaida spokesman sets peace conditions with US - Adam Gadahn in video

Kosovo: Eulex Judge Releases US Terror Suspect - Bajram Asllani

20 percent failure rate in Saudi Gitmo rehab programme - Twenty-five of the 120 former detainees at the US "war-on-terror" prison returned to radical Islamist activities after graduation from Riyadh's lauded rehab centre

Radical Islamist Group Is Returning to Chicago for Major Recruitment Drive - Hizb ut-Tahrir America

(Malaysia) A network of terror: Al-Qaeda group was also active in mosques and NGOs - Aiman Al Dakak, Syrian, and Azzahari Murad, Malaysian, allegedly recruited foreign students in Malaysia

Ex-Camden County resident indicted in alleged terror cell held in Paraguay - Moussa Ali Hamdan, allegedly in NJ/Philadelphia area Hezbollah cell

Pakistan funds institutions linked to blacklist charity - Jamaat-ud-Dawa, which was put on the UN terror blacklist in December 2008

Kosovo arrest sheds light on Triangle terror probe - Bajram Asllani arrested on US extradition request in North Carolina case (Daniel Patrick Boyd et al)

2 men face new terrorism charges: Pair accused of conspiring to aid Al Qaeda - Tarek Mehanna, held in Boston & Ahmad Abousamra, believed to be in Syria

Intel Memos Warn Radical Cleric's Call to Kill Americans May Inspire Attacks - Anwar Aulaqi - Homeland Security memo

Paraguay jails U.S.-Lebanese man wanted in Phila. - Moussa Ali Hamdan is accused in Philadelphia of 30 crimes, from counterfeiting money and documents to trading stolen cellphones and videogames

Paraguay jails U.S.-Lebanese man wanted in Phila. - Moussa Ali Hamdan is accused in Philadelphia of 30 crimes, from counterfeiting money and documents to trading stolen cellphones and videogames

Iran Arrests Members Of 'Terrorist' Exiled Group - Mujahedin Khalq Organization

Suspected Hezbollah financier arrested in Paraguay - Moussa Hamdan faces U.S. arrest warrant

(Pakistan) Man Hunting Bin Laden Is Arrested - California construction worker Gary Brooks Faulkner

North Waziristan is the final frontier

Pakistan targets Taliban holdouts

(Pakistan) Militants killed in NW Pakistan

Pakistan's New Networks of Terror

Assessing the Strength of Hizballah Congressional testimony 6/8/2010 by State Dept. officials

U.S. citizen gets 15-year sentence for helping al Qaeda - Syed Hashmi in NYC

Two Activists Describe Raid and Deny Israeli Claim They Are 'Terrorist Operatives' - Fatima Mohammadi, an American lawyer from Chicago, and Ken O'Keefe, a former American marine, were both on a list of "Active Terror Operatives," posted on the official blog of the Israel Defense Forces

(Lebanon) Hizbullah Sues 'Der Speigel'

Yemen says second al-Qaida suspect surrenders - Hamza Ali Saleh al-Dayan, escapee from Yemen prison in 2006

12 Americans Detained in Yemen

Feds: Hempstead terror suspect thrived on secrecy - Barry Bujol Jr of Texas application for search warrant

U.S. Intelligence Analyst Arrested in Wikileaks Video Probe - SPC Bradley Manning, 22, of Potomac, Maryland

Israeli Navy Kills 4 Palestinians In Diving Gear - Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades members on training exercise

Two Arrested at Kennedy Airport on Terror Charges - played Aulaqi videos for undercover officer

2 N.J. Men Arrested on Terrorism Charges - Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, 20, Carlos Eduardo Almonte, 24, allegedly travelling to join the terrorist group Al Shabaab and wage "violent jihad"

Toledo couple held for alleged aid to terror organization Hezbollah - Hor and Amera Akl, FBI sting

U.S. Terror Suspect Arrested - Barry Walter Bujol, FBI sting in Texas - indictment here

Terror Suspect Handed Over to American Authorities May Be Deported - Abdirahman Ali Gaal handed over by Canada

(Yemen) Qaeda urges Saudis to abduct royals, Christians - Saeed al-Shihri, ex-Gitmo detainee

Fatalities on Gaza Flotilla Said to Include U.S. Citizen - Furkan Dogan, 19

Australian woman held in Yemen - Shyloh Jayne Giddens held on suspected links to Al Qaeda

AQIM leader surrenders in Algeria - Athmane Touati AKA Abou El-Abbes

(Netherlands) Lawyer will appeal terror suspect's extradition - Somali suspect Mohamud Said Omar could be sent to Minneapolis

Report: Man Held in Canada Is U.S. Terror Suspect - Abdirahman Ali Gaall was removed from flight diverted to Montreal, allegedly subject of terror warning for Mexico border

Al-Qaeda No. 3 Yazid reported killed by U.S. drone - Mustafa Abu al-Yazid AKA Sheik Saeed al-Masri