September 2-3, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Iraq: Suicide bomber strikes army checkpoint in Mosul - 7 dead, 7 wounded by suicide car bomber http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2454475772 (Iraq) Hizbullah's Role in Attacks Against U.S. and British Forces in Iraq http://www.mesi.org.uk/ViewBlog.aspx?ArticleId=31 Iraq Kurds and government end standoff over northern town http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080903/wl_nm/iraq_khanaqin_dc_1;_ylt=AqQywWq3R55nGZpeWiPtj7dX6GMA (Iraq) US says troops could quit Baghdad soon - General Petraeus says could leave by next summer, "conditions permitting" http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fcfd348c-798c-11dd-bb93-000077b07658.html (Iraq) Mistaken-fire incident leaves 6 Iraqi troops dead http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/03/iraq.main/ (Iraq) 'Sick' Iraqi cleric courts press - Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani held rare press conference to dispel rumours of serious illness http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7580311.stm Iraq-US pact to go to parliament in 10 days: al-Maliki http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\09\03\story_3-9-2008_pg4_5 (Iraq) New Abu Ghraib prison to show crimes of Saddam http://khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/September/middleeast_September30.xml§ion=middleeast&col= (Iraq) Basra calm offers better future http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7594693.stm (Iraq) US-Iraq security deal to reach parliament in 10 days: report http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidANA242246113315 (Iraq) Hizbullah Becomes Major Force In Iraq http://www.menewsline.com/article-1150,1392-Hizbullah-Becomes-Major-Force-In.aspx (Iraq) Decisive steps to protect UN offices from terror attacks: Ban http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7bF4279293-56AE-4B8E-BF28-04934FDC6EA8%7d&CATEGORYNAME=INTER (Iraq) US forces detain Reuters photographer in Iraq http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080903/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestusbritain_080903205216;_ylt=AkBhmm11e9UMrJhYQbI1CyhX6GMA (Iraq) Sunni Awakening worries authorities http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iraq/10242341.html Afghan police kill 32 militants in southern clashes http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354753.htm?section=justin (Afghanistan) Six Killed In Afghanistan Unrest; Taliban Blamed http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080902%5cACQDJON200809020528DOWJONESDJONLINE000140.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Six%20Killed%20In%20Afghanistan%20Unrest;%20Taliban%20Blamed (Afghanistan) Three Canadian soldiers killed - in the Zhari District http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24291662-23109,00.html (Afghanistan) Nine Australian soldiers wounded in Afghanistan: military http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080903/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestaustralia_080903083105;_ylt=AkAaXC4l1_psHXVMtP9mfnrOVooA (Afghanistan) The night all hell broke loose for Digegrs in Afghanistan http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24290287-662,00.html (Afghanistan) UK troops in huge turbine mission - 3,000 British troops transported huge hydroelectric power turbine through Taleban territory http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7593901.stm Pakistan: Reports of Al-Zawahiri escape 'distorted' says security official http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2457788340 -- Pakistan: We Lost The Chance To Nab Ayman Al-Zawahiri But His Wife Was Killed http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9590.htm -- Ayman al-Zawahiri Traveling Between Pakistan, Afghanistan http://poligazette.com/2008/09/02/ayman-al-zawahiri-traveling-between-pakistan-afghanistan/ http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92U70RG0&show_article=1 Pakistan: PM targeted in revenge for tribal offensive, says militant - Prime Minister Gillani's car showered with bullets, but not in car http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2457303745 -- Khaleej Times story http://khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/September/international_September262.xml§ion=international -- Shots fired at Pakistani PM's motorcade - Taliban takes responsibility http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL218143.htm -- Pakistan PM escapes assassination attempt http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4665991.ece http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/2675147/Pakistan-PM-Yousuf-Raza-Gilani-escapes-assassination-days-before-key-elections.html Pakistani Taliban 'an extension of Qaeda' - Gilani http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=239096&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 Pakistan border attack 'counter-productive': foreign ministry http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hW9p4BYDiLztrAIPpG8KIyTWnpEw (Pakistan) Report: US troops openly fought in Pakistan territory http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0903/p99s04-duts.html - see also Long War Journal story http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/09/pakistanis_claim_us.php Pakistan: Fifteen killed in coalition raid in border region http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2456906037 (Pakistan) FATA - Report: "20 killed in US-led raid in Pakistan" - in South Waziristan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/20_killed_in_US-led_raid_in_Pak/articleshow/3441896.cms (Pakistan) Did PPP let terror-tainted madrassas off the hook? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Did_PPP_let_terror-tainted_madrassas_off_the_hook/articleshow/3438144.cms -- Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI), a pro-Taliban group, Hafza madrassa support PPP's presidential candidate Asif Ali Zardari -- see also Jeffrey Imm's June 10 posting http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html Pakistan election tactics reopen radical Islamic schools -- Lal Masjid's Hafza madrassa and Fareedia madrassa http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4656776.ece -- August 30, 2008: Lal Masjid admin pledges support to Zardari -- also known as "Red Mosque" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\30\story_30-8-2008_pg7_29 -- August 16, 2008: Fresh threat from Lal Masjid: 'Accept demands or face consequences' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\16\story_16-8-2008_pg7_26 -- July 12, 2008: Extremists threaten Daily Aaj Kal -- after cartoon of Lal Masjid Jihad advocate http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\07\12\story_12-7-2008_pg1_6 -- July 9, 2008: Women 'vow to raise kids for holy war' -- burqa-clad women chanting slogans of "jihad is our way" at Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) "Our mujahideen laid down their lives for the enforcement of the Islamic system in Pakistan" (Pakistan) Major General Zahirul Islam Is Appointed As Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Political Boss http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9610.htm -- PDT Letter: "In 1995, 36 army officers led by Major General Zahirul Islam conspired to overthrow the civilian government to set up an Islamic fundamentalist state. Now he heads the Azmat-e-Islam Movement, which has links with Al Qaeda" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_11-8-2005_pg3_6 -- Wikipedia: Zahirul Islam Abbasi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahirul_Islam_Abbasi -- "Abbasi was deeply influenced by the program of Islamization carried out by President Zia-ul-Haq in the 1980s. Under Zia, the state religion of Islam became an integral element of Pakistani military life, while Zia established Islamic civil and military laws. Abbasi developed links with radical Islamic religious and political groups, and personally espoused the goal of establishing an Islamic state, or caliphate in Pakistan." -- "It is believed Abbasi actively worked with the Taliban militia" -- Wikipedia: Zahirul Islam Abbasi 1995 Coup attempt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahirul_Islam_Abbasi#Coup_attempt -- "Abbasi planned to assassinate Bhutto, Kakar, senior cabinet ministers and the military chiefs and proclaim the establishment of an Islamic caliphate in Pakistan, thus taking over the government and establishing a radical Islamist state, akin to the Taliban regime of Afghanistan." (Pakistan) NWFP: Chinese hostages won't be killed: Pakistani Taliban http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Chinese_hostages_wont_be_killed_Pakistani_Taliban/articleshow/3440426.cms -- Taliban claim kidnap of two Chinese in Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\09\03\story_3-9-2008_pg1_4 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080902/wl_nm/pakistan_china_dc_2 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK125021.htm http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=239280&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 -- Taliban: China Was Behind The Army Action In The Red Mosque http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9609.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: 12 militants, four women killed in Swat bombing http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\09\03\story_3-9-2008_pg1_5 (Pakistan) NWFP: 30 militants killed in Pakistan: army - Swat http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354829.htm?section=justin (Pakistan) NWFP: 30 militants killed in Pakistan: army - Swat http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354829.htm?section=justin (Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistan accuses foreign troops in civilian deaths -- Dera Ismail Khan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_re_as/pakistan;_ylt=AurPQ4yu5wXxO_iKV.zZfIes0NUE (Pakistan) NWFP: 95 killed in tribal clashes in Pakistan - between rival tribes http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/95_killed_in_tribal_clashes_in_Pakistan/articleshow/3433774.cms (Pakistan) Baloch militant groups call off operations indefinitely http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7bBA610E3C-B815-45F9-A0B5-426E18A31FCD%7d&CATEGORYNAME=INTER (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistani elders vow to protect vital Khyber Pass http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP275892.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Tribal lashkar kills six Taliban in Kurram http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\09\03\story_3-9-2008_pg1_7 -- Torches 5 houses of tribesmen in Bajaur (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan says it cleared militant base - Bajaur Agency http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20080902_Pakistan_says_it_cleared_militant_base.html India leader survives bomb attack http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7593244.stm (India J&K) Kashmir separatist leaders freed http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7593164.stm (U.S.) Pakistani-born scientist indicted on murder charges in US -- Aafia Siddique http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/USA/Pakistani_scientist_indicted_on_murder_charges_in_US/rssarticleshow/3438728.cms http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080902/wl_afp/usafghanistanpakistanattacksprosecute_080902201044 -- Mother of three, Aafia Siddiqui, accused of planning 'mass casualty attacks' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4669784.ece -- Alleged Mata Hari of Al Qaeda Indicted: Could Provide 'Treasure Trove' of Intelligence http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5710043&page=1 -- Prosecutors: Woman had notes on NY sites, attack http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_re_us/al_qaida_suspect_shooting_1;_ylt=AsuqOGpuwOFJBc6OTvymMmQTv5UB -- see Andrew Cochran's Sept. 2 post http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/09/aafia_siddiqui_indicted_for_ch.php -- download indictment http://counterterrorismblog.org/upload/2008/09/aafia_siddiqui_indicted_in_us/Siddiqui_Indictment%5B1%5D.pdf -- see also earlier ABC report on threat of Aafia Siddique http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5567066&page=1 (U.S.) Sami Al-Arian freed on bail in Virginia http://blogs.tampabay.com/breakingnews/2008/09/sami-al-arian-f.html -- Al-Arian released after 5 years, awaits 2nd trial http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hGZ2aZa4OGdGFARd4aivYqlHWniwD92UR23G0 -- see June 26 post by the IPT http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/06/convicted_terrorist_sami_alari.php -- see JihadWatch.org posting http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022511.php (U.S./Egypt) IPT News: Telling Half the Story -- on Mazen Al-Najjar, whose sister is Sami Al-Arian's wife http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/758 (U.S.) Prosecutors move to drop charges against Holy Land Foundation duo - "dropped counts cover overseas money transfers to Palestinian charity groups called zakat committees" http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/090308dnnatholyland.3956cf42.html -- Mufid Abdulqader and Abdulrahman Odeh "still face three of the most serious charges against them, including conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization; conspiracy to provide funds, goods and services to a specially designated terrorist; and conspiracy to commit money laundering" (U.S.) Gonzales Mishandled Top-Secret Terror Docs http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/02/national/main4405848.shtml (U.S.) Three detainees transferred from Guantanamo: Pentagon http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080902/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamodetainees_080902172114 -- Pakistani among three released from Guantanamo http://www.dawn.com/2008/09/03/top6.htm (U.S.) Pilot on terror watch list allowed to resume flying http://www.fox12idaho.com/global/story.asp?s=8938375 (UK) Fears Qatada is beating bail terms to spread terror - Is freed extremist preacher Abu Qatada passing orders to convicted terrorist? - http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23549386-details/Fears+Qatada+is+beating+bail+terms+to+spread+terror/article.do (UK) 4th man appears in British court on terror charge http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/02/europe/EU-Britain-Terrorism.php Iran, U.S. step cautiously toward dialogue http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080902/wl_csm/osignal_1 Syria warns of global "disaster" if Iran attacked http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080903/wl_nm/syria_france_iran_dc_1;_ylt=AgR_lC_lkckgusKDvBJQCfNSw60A (Syria/France) Sarkozy travels to Syria to discuss Mideast peace with Assad http://khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/September/middleeast_September31.xml§ion=middleeast&col= -- Syria to host four-way talks on peace process with Israel http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=95674 (Lebanon) UN peacekeeper killed in south Lebanon blast http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/03/africa/ME-Lebanon-Peacekeeper-Killed.php (Lebanon) Hezbollah celebrates life of slain commander Mughniyah http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1017858.html (Gaza) Top Hamas official: Schalit talks frozen because of Israel http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1220444319798&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Middle East: New militant group emerges in Gaza - Umma Army linked to Al Qaeda, trains near Khan Yunes in southern Gaza http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2454389513 Hamas: 200 Tunnels Link Gaza To Egypt http://www.menewsline.com/article-1150,1394-Hamas--Tunnels-Link-Gaza-To-E.aspx Hamas denies political chief Meshaal quit Syria for Sudan http://khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/September/middleeast_September25.xml§ion=middleeast Hamas leader Meshal 'leaves Syria for Sudan' http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1017473.html (Hamas) $2.2 million in cash taken from Hamas last month http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/03/africa/ME-Palestinians-Hamas.php (Israel) 2 Israeli Arabs indicted for Jihad plot to kill pilots, scientists http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1017499.html (Israel) Intelligence experts: Israeli embassies are new Hezbollah target http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1017553.html Israel foils Hezbollah kidnap plots abroad: reports http://www.metimes.com/Politics/2008/09/02/israel_foils_hezbollah_kidnap_plots_abroad_reports/afp/ (Israel) Court: Palestinian Authority must pay U.S. family $116 million - Suit over deaths of U.S. couple in 1996 terrorist attack in Israel http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/02/israel.ruling/index.html?section=cnn_latest (Israel) ISM Leftist Jailed for Giving Hamas $20,000 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/152335 Israel: Army expels 91 Africans http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2453994593 Israel's latest solution to Gaza mess: Arab troops -- Egypt, Saudi Arabia to protect Jewish state's borders? http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=74034 'Jordan worried over plan to send Arab forces into Gaza Strip' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1220444320206&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Saudi al Qaeda commander killed in Afghan clash - Abu Gharib al Makki killed in SW Afghanistan http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/09/saudi_al_qaeda_comma.php Somalia: 15 Killed As Al Shabaab Attack Somalia Presidential Palace http://allafrica.com/stories/200809030951.html Somalia: President Says Djibouti Agreement 'Violated' http://allafrica.com/stories/200809020703.html (Somalia) Five die in Mogadishu as insurgents vow more attacks during Ramadan http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/03/content_9765643.htm Somali insurgents vow more attacks during Ramadan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/03/africa/AF-Somalia.php (Somalia) Senior al Qaeda operative killed in Somalia - Abu Talha al Sudani a year ago http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/09/senior_al_qaeda_oper_1.php (Somalia) Pirates seize French nationals off Somalia http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/03/somalia.pirates.ap/index.html Morocco: Terror cell planned attack against UN force http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2457076218 (Nigeria) Gunmen kidnap toddler in southern Nigeria: military http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hKal2KA4zFhCNKjgXvswSVXBzbfg (Libya) Condoleeza Rice in historic Libya visit for Muammar Gaddafi talks http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4666486.ece Turkey: Soldiers killed in ambush in eastern province http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2457788449 EU court overturns asset freezes http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080903.weufreeze0903/BNStory/International/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080903.weufreeze0903 -- Court says EU violated rights of two al-Qaeda suspects - Summary http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/229468,court-says-eu-violated-rights-of-two-al-qaeda-suspects--summary.html http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3616453,00.html -- see also Jonathan Winer's Sept. 3 post on end of Al Qaeda sanctions http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/09/eu_high_court_invalidates_sanc.php Germany: Three men charged over 2007 terror plot - AKI update on earlier report http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2454941963 -- Germany indicts 'home-grown' Islamists - Fritz Gelowicz, Daniel Schneider, and Adem Yilmaz http://www.expatica.com/de/articles/news/Germany-indicts-_home_grown_-Islamists--.html (Switzerland) International Court examines Switzerland's FARC connections http://www.humanrights-geneva.info/International-Court-examines,3418 (Northern Ireland) IRA council 'serves no function' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7596017.stm (Northern Ireland) Government: Provisional IRA has ended its war http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4667981.ece http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/03/northernireland.uksecurity -- Provisional IRA 'no threat to UK security' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4665973.ece -- see also Jeffrey Imm's August 31 "The Challenge of Britain's "Northern Ireland Conflict" Perspective towards Jihad" http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html#T06 (Canada/Israel) 'Terror cell did surveillance work on El Al crews in Toronto' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1220444321132&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- 'Terrorists tracked Toronto El Al crews' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1220444321132&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Philippines) Rebels vow to continue fighting Manila -- Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) "peace negotiator" Mohagher Iqbal says that MILF will "continue with our armed struggle" http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/sep/04/yehey/top_stories/20080904top2.html (Philippines) 66 dead in recent Mindanao hostilities http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=130085 (Philippines) Chronology of key events in GRP-MILF peace talks http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=130127 Philippines ends peace talks with Muslim rebels http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN44387.htm http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080903/wl_nm/philippines_rebels_dc_2 -- Philippines dissolves panel in talks with rebels http://khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/September/international_September278.xml§ion=international&col= (Philippines) Presidential adviser Esperon: We are not closing peace talks with MILF http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=130114 Philippines Bomb Blast Hits South. Recent bomb blast was "signature bomb of the al-Kohbar group." http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1837959,00.html (Phillipines) $10-M development project to battle terrorism in Sulu http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Local%20News&p=54&type=2&sec=2&aid=2008090210 Malaysia sends troops to protect ships in Gulf of Aden: report http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080903/tap-malaysia-yemen-somalia-piracy-0193655.html Sri Lankan military says 53 killed in fighting http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gZGcTRtJMZLW0vCle1z0quu3y2TgD92V8G8G0 Sri Lanka says captures rebel Tamil Tiger "nerve centre" http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080902/wl_nm/srilanka_violence_dc_2 (Sri Lanka) Army kills Tamil rebels in northern clashes http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2454245389 (North Korea) Report: North Korea reassembling nuclear facility http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear;_ylt=AtOJY3P9plLG_a0uo0DmFe.s0NUE http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080903/ts_nm/korea_north_yongbyon_dc (North Korea) U.S. To Send Senior Envoy To Beijing For Talks On North Korea http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080903\ACQRTT200809031743RTTRADERUSEQUITY_1015.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.nasd -- North Korea doesn't seem to be restarting nuke program: US http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/North_Korea_doesnt_seem_to_be_restarting_nuke_programme_US/articleshow/3441963.cms (China) Bank of China may escape terror funding probe - Government won't investigate alleged transfer of millions to Hamas & Islamic Jihad from 2004 through 2007. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bank_of_China_may_escape_terror_funding_probe/articleshow/3441236.cms (China) Report: "Uighurs on Both Sides of Conflict in China" http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/asia/03china.html Nepal Maoists reach out to army http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7594192.stm (Colombia) Rebel who killed FARC boss and cut off hand on strike for reward http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/229341,rebel-who-killed-farc-boss-and-cut-off-hand-on.html -- Colombia rewards guerrilla who killed his commander http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/670010.html Other News: (Ethiopia) 4 people killed in explosion in Ethiopian capital -- "cause of the explosion was not yet known" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/03/africa/AF-Ethiopia-Explosion.php?pass=true http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24291621-23109,00.html (Israel) "Fitna" filmmaker Wilders to speak in Jerusalem -- Geert Wilders at "Facing Jihad: A Lawmakers' Summit" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/03/africa/ME-Israel-Europe-Islam.php http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1220444319916&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Iran urges EU to stop 'anti-Islamic' meet in Germany http://www.stuff.co.nz/4680784a12.html (Pakistan) Taliban silences performances by Pakistan's Swat dancers http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080903/FOREIGN/169759317/1002/rss (India) Police detained agitators angered by Prophet Mohammed's cartoon http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20080902/808/tnl-police-detained-agitators-angered-by.html Jordan 'honour killings' cover for other crimes http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h5r-5iGd2uDl-WbAAy3HgXUigyYA (United Nations) U.S. fights Islamic anti-defamation push -- Cites clash with free speech http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/sep/02/us-fights-islamic-anti-defamation-push/ -- resolution, called "Combating Defamation of Religion," is sponsored by the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) -- see also: U.N. Thugs -- by Christine Williams http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=2F7B062F-8FE7-47AB-8F84-483F76CDC926 (U.S.) NYPD beefs up security for Ramadan http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022507.php U.S. professor guilty in military secrets case - to China -- Reese Roth http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080903/ts_nm/china_usa_drone_dc_1;_ylt=AhlskY1dFaHO0voaB_0GWypPzWQA (UK) Islamic finance poised for massive growth as London becomes key hub outside the Middle East http://www.propertywire.com/news/features/islamic-finance-london-hub-middle-east-200809031504.html (UK) Arsenic warning over holy water -- Zam Zam water http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/society/health/arsenic+warning+over+holy+water/2442227 Greenland: Mohamed crisis imam working as teacher http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/09/greenland-mohamed-crisis-imam-working.html Stockholm: Radical Muslims behind plans for Muslim clinic http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/09/stockholm-radical-muslims-behind-plans.html (Russia) 2 journalists attacked, 1 killed in Russia -- "produced documentaries and written extensively about Wahhabism" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/03/europe/EU-Russia-Journalists-Attacked.php (Iran/Pakistan) In Al-Arabiya TV Interview Iran's Most Wanted Wanted Man Jundallah Leader Abd Al-Malik Rigi Says: We Can Now Carry Our Operations to Tehran http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD204008 Malaysia's Bank Islam Ready for Takeover http://poligazette.com/2008/09/03/malaysias-bank-islam-ready-for-takeover/ Commentaries: (U.S.) Islamic Law Comes to the Phoenix Airport - by Robert Spencer http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=28336 U.N. Thugs -- by Christine Williams http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=2F7B062F-8FE7-47AB-8F84-483F76CDC926 (U.S.) New York Post Editorial: Iran's Most Useful Idiot? http://www.nypost.com/seven/09022008/postopinion/editorials/irans_most_useful_idiot__127144.htm Iran's Fantasy: A Renewed Cold War between the Infidels Russia and America - by Walid Phares http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=736&pageid=37&pagename=Page+One Jihad on Screen -- by Jamie Glazov http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=3F1BB207-6426-4F2D-9382-3321B29E766F (UK) British Ignore Jihad and Islamic Supremacism to Their Peril (Part One of Two) - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1048/pub_detail.asp http://blog.americancongressfortruth.com/2008/09/02/british-ignore-jihad-and-islamic-supremacism-to-their-peril-part-one-of-two/ (UK) British Ignore Jihad and Islamic Supremacism to Their Peril (Part Two of Two) - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1065/pub_detail.asp September 1, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) U.S. says 220 Taliban killed in Afghanistan's south http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/September/international_September74.xml§ion=international http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080901/wl_nm/afghan_violence_dc_1 http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1935008&Language=en (Afghanistan) Bombing Afghanistan -- Karzai wants US to curtail use of airstrikes http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/25/60minutes/main3411230.shtml (Afghanistan) NATO: Taliban may lie about civilian deaths http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3590669,00.html (Afghanistan) Report: NATO artillery kills 3 children, wounds 7 others in eastern Afghanistan http://www.amny.com/news/nationworld/world/ats-ap-afghanistansep01,0,5503205.story?track=rss -- Washington Post: "Pentagon Reports U.S. Airstrike Killed 5 Afghan Civilians, Not 90" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082802203.html (Afghanistan) Ambushed French troops faced large rebel force: officers http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080901/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestfrancenato_080901100941 Afghan commission: US troops were fired on first http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080831/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan;_ylt=AlvwwywGXqChMktAI4fKg1.s0NUE Pakistan "missed chance" to catch al Qaeda deputy -- Ayman al Zawahiri http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINISL1912720080901?rpc=401& (Pakistan) NWFP: 13 killed as violence escalates in NWFP -- near Peshawar http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/13_killed_as_violence_escalates_in_NWFP/rssarticleshow/3431435.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Seven Pakistan security personnel killed in militant attack -- near Kohat Tunnel near Peshawar http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=604470 (Pakistan) Taliban in Pakistan rejects offer for Ramadan truce http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=95582 -- "We want Sharia laws enforced and will continue our struggle." -- also: Taliban divided over ceasefire http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\09\01\story_1-9-2008_pg1_7 Pakistani Taliban vow to strike during Ramadan http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080831/wl_nm/pakistan_violence_dc_1;_ylt=Ao3kypxdDuRQo9qAXQdDrW3zPukA (Pakistan) FATA: Military halts offensive in Pakistan for Ramadan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080901/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_2;_ylt=AiO1dTt3ChbCcSsu8I9Jz.zzPukA (Pakistan) FATA: Tribesmen torch Taliban houses in Bajaur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\09\01\story_1-9-2008_pg1_6 http://www.dawn.com/2008/09/01/top6.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Tribal clashes kill at least 95 in border region - Kurram Agency http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2451510016 Pakistan: Banks directed to freeze Taliban accounts http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2452295412 Pakistan should be seen as more than an anti-terror ally: Pak envoy to US http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-17332.html http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\09\01\story_1-9-2008_pg7_32 -- Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani "needs to be seen in its many colours and dimensions" -- see also Jeffrey Imm's June 10 posting http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) The Role of Pakistan's Madrassas -- by Tufail Ahmad http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=urdu&ID=IA46208 -- indicates that the madrassas have spread from the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) into the rest of the country (India J&K) Fresh hunt launched to combat terrorists in Jammu http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Jammu_Fresh_hunt_to_nab_terrorists/articleshow/3431168.cms India, Bangla agree on 'expeditious' handover of criminals http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=604401 (India) 5 more terror suspects detained -- in Jaipur bombing investigation http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/5_more_terror_suspects_detained/articleshow/3429837.cms (India) Forced to skip court, lawyers of terror accused seek security http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Forced-to-skip-court-lawyers-of-terror-accused-seek-security/355175/ (Iraq) 28 Al Qaeda members arrested in Iraq http://www.alsumaria.tv/en/Iraq-News/1-21892-28-Al-Qaeda-members-arrested-in-Iraq.html (Iraq) Hundreds of terrorists killed in Baghdad secret SAS missions aimed at taking out al-Qaeda http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1050970/Hundreds-terrorists-killed-Baghdad-secret-SAS-missions-aimed-taking-al-Qaeda.html?ITO=1490 (Iraq) High-ranking security official escapes assassination northern Mosul http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1934896&Language=en Iraqi authorities to take over Anbar security responsibility http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1934917&Language=en http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080901/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_5;_ylt=AropzMis3t.CMfjidYYmEJhX6GMA (Iraq) Al-Qaeda defectors claw way back into Iraq mainstream http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i-27pzJkP7frNhq0VqnGr0IV6Ttw (Iraq) Dark Days for Iraq's Awakening http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1837635,00.html?xid=rss-topstories Iraq largely free of foreign fighters: police http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080901/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestqaeda_080901100311 (Iraq) Doubts persist as Iraq takes over U.S.-backed patrols http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080901/ts_nm/iraq_awakening_dc_1 (Iraq) Jalili Says Iraq Stability, Security Tied To Iran http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080901%5cACQRTT200809010151RTTRADERUSEQUITY_0057.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Jalili%20Says%20Iraq%20Stability,%20Security%20Tied%20To%20Iran (Iraq) Agreement on US troop withdrawal from Iraq in peril http://www.indianexpress.com/story/355639.html (Iraq) Kurdish troops in standoff with Iraq forces http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bcd70bd6-7774-11dd-be24-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1 (U.S.) Bush Seeks to Affirm a Continuing War on Terror -- by Eric Lichtblau http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/washington/30terror.html -- "acknowledge again and explicitly that this nation remains engaged in an armed conflict with Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated organizations, who have already proclaimed themselves at war with us and who are dedicated to the slaughter of Americans." (U.S.) Australia warns of high risk of terror attacks on US flights -- "on domestic and international flights in and to the United States" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080831/wl_asia_afp/australiausattacksadvisory_080831051803;_ylt=AvfeDVVX8w3.CEkLiPyZ5fUTv5UB (U.S.) University of Kentucky In Bio-Terrorism Frontline -- research on new smallpox vaccine http://www.kypost.com/content/news/commonwealth/story.aspx?content_id=2a8faedf-098a-436e-bae8-1f10a2d5018e (U.S.) Clinic helps fight terrorism -- researchers in central Wisconsin play key role in homeland security http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080831/WDH0101/808310567 (UK) Fears recession will spark rise in terrorism http://www.stuff.co.nz/4676983a12.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080901/wl_nm/britain_crime_dc_1;_ylt=AkHFkDw9G.fVtBLLB_GubgUTv5UB -- continue willful blindness on Islamic supremacism as source -- see also Jeffrey Imm August 31 posting http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/08/uk-extremism-and-jihad/ Iran says has not bought Russian missiles http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080901/ts_nm/iran_russia_missiles_dc_1 Iran's Opposition Movement Offers Viable Alternative -- terrorist designated MEK/PMOI http://www.metimes.com/Opinion/2008/09/01/irans_opposition_movement_offers_viable_alternative/3689/ Lebanon Urges Qaddafi To Reveal Details Of Missing Cleric http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080901%5cACQRTT200809010718RTTRADERUSEQUITY_0261.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Lebanon%20Urges%20Qaddafi%20To%20Reveal%20Details%20Of%20Missing%20Cleric (Lebanon) Imam killed in Lebanon village gunfight http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jLqYOd3kKpJWa7TN9QUerKMIcbog (Syria) Assad to Jerusalem: Dream or Reality? http://www.metimes.com/Opinion/2008/09/01/_assad_to_jerusalem_dream_or_reality/2116/ Syria: Kurdish leaders arrested ahead of state visits http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.2451773110 (Gaza) Pro-al Qaeda fighters train in Gaza Strip - Jaysh al-Ummah http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1406071.htm http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/September/middleeast_September8.xml§ion=middleeast (Gaza) Arab paper: Iran plotting Gaza cease-fire demise http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219913202388&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Palestinian Islamic Jihad threatens Israel with 'the fires of hell' http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hARUwC9j6IhPpIqs0rgPCtYSwkrQ (Gaza / West Bank) Hamas Popularity Waning In West Bank And Gaza - Poll http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080901\ACQDJON200809011055DOWJONESDJONLINE000230.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na Israel on Global High Alert for Kidnapping of Citizens -- Hezbollah possibly planning abductions http://www.metimes.com/International/2008/09/01/israel_on_global_high_alert_for_kidnapping_of_citizens/1191/ Israel favors Mideast peace deal without Jerusalem http://www.metimes.com/Politics/2008/08/31/israel_favours_mideast_peace_deal_without_jerusalem/afp/ Israel to U.S.: We're ready to quit Lebanon border village http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1016874.html (Israel) Government Eases Restrictions on Arabs for Ramadan http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/152272 (Israel) Olmert Turmoil Slows Mideast Peace Effort http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/world/middleeast/01mideast.html?ref=world (UAE) Dubai bank uses Norkom solution to curb money laundering http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/businessline/blnus/17011030.htm Egypt police find huge weapons cache in Sinai http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/September/middleeast_September9.xml§ion=middleeast Somalia: Fresh Fighting Rocks Mogadishu Neighborhood http://allafrica.com/stories/200809011310.html Somalia: Inferno Kills 1, Injures 14 in Southern Region - Shabelle region http://allafrica.com/stories/200809011313.html Somalia: Targeted Killings in Mogadishu, Kismayo Claim Six Lives http://allafrica.com/stories/200809010040.html Somali Islamists Vow More Attacks During Ramadan http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080901\ACQDJON200809011116DOWJONESDJONLINE000239.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Somali%20Islamists%20Vow%20More%20Attacks%20During%20Ramadan Somalia: Government Frees Prisoners for Ramadan http://allafrica.com/stories/200809011309.html Somalia: Divided Over Djibouti Agreement, Islamists Fight http://allafrica.com/stories/200809010586.html Somalia: New Islamic Court Opened in Central Part of the Country - Bulo Burte http://allafrica.com/stories/200809010585.html -- Somalia: Islamists Install Religious Court in Buloburte http://allafrica.com/stories/200809010837.html Somalia: 'I Will Fight Till Death,' Says Kismayo's Former Warlord-Ruler http://allafrica.com/stories/200809010021.html Somalia: Three Soldiers Injured in Grenade Attack in Southwestern Town http://allafrica.com/stories/200809010835.html (Algeria) Islamist militants rise again in Algeria http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f8d02efe-77bc-11dd-be24-0000779fd18c.html (Algeria) Terror 'merger' opens new front for al-Qaeda http://news.scotsman.com/world/Terror-39merger39-opens-new-front.4443493.jp Algeria Fooling Itself Over Al-Qaida http://www.metimes.com/International/2008/09/01/algeria_fooling_itself_over_al-qaida/9114/ Algeria: Security stepped up for Ramadan http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=1.0.2451805743 (Yemen) Al-Qaeda leader in Yemen: "Security measures harm the government, not us" -- Abu Osama http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1186&p=local&a=4 (Yemen) After 1 month, Philly native remains detained in Yemen http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080828_After_1_month__Philly_native_remains_detained_in_Yemen.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022485.php (Kenya) Is Kenya Becoming a Terrorist Haven? http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?no=383517&rel_no=1 (Nigeria) Israeli hostage released http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/425822/2050740 Nigeria denies militant attacks http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7591554.stm Nigeria: Reps Set to Tackle Money Laundering, Cyber Crimes http://allafrica.com/stories/200809010903.html Nigeria: How Some Banks Aid New Money Laundering Tricks http://allafrica.com/stories/200809010442.html (Sudan) CIA papers show Arafat ordered murder of U.S. diplomats in Sudan http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1016861.html Sudanese accused of U.S. killing are extremists:lawyer http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080831/us_nm/sudan_usa_shooting_dc;_ylt=AuJol_9iifhDddZhpVrWqdOs0NUE http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022488.php Angola - Christian girl decapitated in attack by Muslim extremists http://www.barnabasfund.org/email/pfu/emailPFU.php?SysMonth=September&SysYear=2008#ANGOLA-GIRLDECAPITATEDINA http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022494.php (Libya) Kadhafi hails full US ties after 39 years in power http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080901/wl_africa_afp/libyapoliticseconomy_080901101506 (Russia) Beslan remembers school siege massacre http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/01/2352418.htm -- Four years on, Russia remembers Beslan school tragedy http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080901/116434047.html -- Senator Biden: Chechen Jihad is "war of liberation" http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/3850.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022344.php (Turkey) Six dead after PKK attack on Turkish military base -- in Bingol province - in two soldiers also killed in Silopi province http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080831/wl_nm/turkey_pkk_deaths_dc_1;_ylt=AniiqXvtD.kHi30rcxMHM3ztfLkA -- PKK kills four Turkish soldiers in raid http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,,12215_cid_3606633,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf (Germany) 2007 German terror suspects to be charged -- Islamic Jihad Union terror cell suspects Fritz Martin Gelowicz, Daniel Martin Schneider, Adem Yilmaz http://www.pr-inside.com/german-terror-suspects-to-be-r780780.htm -- see also Jeffrey Imm September 5 and 6, 2007 postings http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/044.html http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/045.html (Italy) Report: Italian communists had ties to FARC http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/31/europe/EU-Italy-Communists-FARC.php (Thailand) Teacher shot dead in Yala http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30082193 (Thailand) Insurgents kill 3 Muslims as Ramadan begins - Yala and Pattani provinces http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=130237 (Thailand) Small bomb explodes near occupied Thai Govt House http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSSP19532320080901 -- Explosion at guardhouse after Parliament meeting http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=130217 http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30082124 (Thailand) Bangkok bomb raises fears of violent campaign -- suggest PAD responsibility http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080901/wl_nm/thailand_protest_dc_1 (Philippines) Six die in nail bombing on bus in Philippines http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4653162.ece -- Death toll in Davao del Sur bus explosion climbs to 6 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/117450/Death-toll-in-Davao-del-Sur-bus-explosion-climbs-to-6 http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2451805202 http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/01/asia/phils.php (Philippines) Military launches offensive in Sulu -- against Abu Sayyaf http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/zam/2008/09/02/news/military.launches.offensive.in.sulu.html (Philippines) Militant spokesman, 8 others missing - report http://www.gmanews.tv/story/117336/Militant-spokesman-8-others-missing---report (Philippines) Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) dismisses jihad warnings http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/09/02/news/afp.dismisses.jihad.warnings.html (Philippines) Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): US soldiers not engaged in combat in Sulu http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=129859 (Australia) I won't be speaking to Haneef: Clarke http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/4981417/i-wont-be-speaking-to-haneef-clarke (Australia) Man 'a plagiarist, not a terrorist -- Belal Saadallah Khazaal trial on Jihad book http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24245191-5005961,00.html -- He plagiarized his jihad book, so he couldn't be a jihadist http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022466.php (Australia) Big bang theory on terrorism http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24263022-5001561,00.html (New Zealand) Slow progress at 'anti-terror' depositions hearing http://www.stuff.co.nz/4676962a11.html (New Zealand) Media ban wanted for terror raids hearing http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/4979285/media-ban-wanted-terror-raids-hearing Sri Lanka fighting kills 84, air strikes hit rebels http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL48231.htm -- Sri Lankan military says 37 killed in new fighting http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/01/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Sri Lanka Urges Civilians To Flee From Rebel Areas http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/31/ap/asia/main4402073.shtml (Columbia) Four killed in suspected Colombian rebel car bomb http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080901/wl_nm/colombia_bomb_dc_1 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080901/wl_afp/colombiaunrestblast_080901122714 Other News: (UK) Undercover Mosque: The Return Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUu_g85GOqE (UK) Documentary reveals hidden side of British mosque where extremist women urge Muslims to kill non-believers http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1051073/Caught-camera-Hidden-British-mosque-female-preachers-urge-Muslims-kill-non-believers.html?ITO=1490 (UK) Muslim radiographer loses job after refusing to bare her arms http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/health/2662473/Muslim-radiographer-loses-job-after-refusing-to-bare-her-arms.html Pakistani women buried alive 'for choosing husbands' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/2660881/Pakistani-women-buried-alive-for-choosing-husbands.html -- Pakistan investigates honor killings http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/01/asia/AS-Pakistan-Honor-Killings.php Norway: Hijab as a solution to rape http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/09/norway-hijab-as-solution-to-rape.html Source: Nettavisen (Norwegian) http://www.nettavisen.no/innenriks/ioslo/article2163452.ece (India J&K) Muslim separatists in Kashmir to continue protests http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/01/asia/AS-Kashmir-Shrine-Protests.php AP: "Muslims' holy month of fasting starts" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/01/africa/ME-Mideast-Ramadan-3rd-Ld-Writethru.php (Israel / U.S.) 'Jerusalem worried over Biden's Iran stance' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1220186495107&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel / U.S.) Biden quoted as saying that Israel will have to reconcile itself to a nuclear Iran http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1017129.html -- "Israel will have to reconcile itself with the nuclearization of Iran" Iran considers lopping zeros off currency -- to fight inflation http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/01/africa/ME-Iran-Currency.php (Canada) CAIR Canada files hate speech against rights group http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/cair-canada-files-hate-speech-against-rights-group/ -- B'nai Brith Canada accused of hate speech http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=755930 (U.S.) ISNA Confernce in Ohio-Introduction to Shariah in the "heartland" Buyer, Beware http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2008/08/31/isna-confernce-in-ohio-introduction-to-shariah-in-the-heartland-buyer-beware/ http://muslimsagainstsharia.blogspot.com/2008/08/isna-confernce-in-ohio-introduction-to.html (U.S.) Brazilian Man Charged In Cyber-Terrorism Case http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212168821.shtml (U.S.) Michael Moore: Hurricane Coming During GOP Convention 'Proof There Is a God in Heaven' http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080830000004.aspx Weather agency aiding nuclear blast detection http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/01/europe/EU-Nuclear-Test-Explosions.php Commentaries: (UK) Daily Telegraph: Islamic bigotry is still bigotry http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/08/31/dl3102.xml (UK) Religion of Peace, Fluffiness, etc. - by David Thompson http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2008/09/religion-of-pea.html (U.S.) CNN Defends Islamism -- by Supna Zaidi http://muslimsagainstsharia.blogspot.com/2008/08/cnn-defends-islamism.html (U.S.) CAIR Gets Failing Grades at Running Ohio Charter Schools - by Patrick Poole http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/cair-gets-failing-grades-at-running-ohio-charter-schools/ Sheikh Said: Al Qaeda's Financier -- by Mohamed al Shafey http://europenews.dk/en/node/13568 Against Nazi News: Report: Israel 'scrapped plan' to grab Mengele http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24277198-23109,00.html August 30, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Coalition forces detain 26 suspected terrorists in Iraq - in Sharqat http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1934582&Language=en Iraq militia chief condemned to death for Karbala killings http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080830/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunresttrial_080830093408;_ylt=AvUif68RrX9OyOG75.P2qX5X6GMA (Iraq) Al-Sadr loyalists sign oath in blood to continue fighting http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/30/al-sadr-loyalists-sign-oath-in-blood-to-continue-f/ (Iraq) Security vacuum in wake of Mehdi Army http://www.metimes.com/Security/2008/08/29/security_vacuum_in_wake_of_mehdi_army/02f5/ (Iraq) Bombs, sectarian tensions still scar Iraq's Diyala http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080830/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_taming_diyala_2;_ylt=Ap8psapRDkSdAtX9deCpDvBX6GMA Iraqi troops take control of Iranian refugee camp http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080830/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestiranus_080830110057;_ylt=AmUaEpjY0vcC_.yfn6d4PuRX6GMA (Iraq) US-led Multinational Force in Iraq (MNF-I) aims at releasing 12,000 detainees by mid Sept http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1934561&Language=en -- US says 11,000 Iraq detainees freed this year http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August548.xml§ion=middleeast&col= (Iraq) Petraeus Submitted Preliminary Iraq Report, Military Officer Says http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,413862,00.html (Afghanistan) Bomber killed in Kabul suicide blast http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1934586&Language=en http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/30/asia/AS-Afghan-Violence.php (Afghanistan) Clashes kill 'dozen rebels' -- in Helmand and Kapisa http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080830/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest_080830100109;_ylt=Amf26yqcYneSLinW8pMSjGPOVooA (Pakistan) FATA: Missile strike kills five near Afghan border -- hit compound in Wana in South Waziristan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Missile_strike_kills_five_near_Afghan_border/articleshow/3425598.cms (Pakistan) FATA operation may stop today http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\30\story_30-8-2008_pg1_8 (Pakistan) NWFP: 40 militants killed in Pakistan air strike: army - in Swat Valley http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080830/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwest_080830084000;_ylt=AhBGe2UPkJIrQ1iSikFLLDXzPukA http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_kills_30_Taliban_in_fresh_fighting/articleshow/3424952.cms -- Taliban commander believed dead in airstrike http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/taliban.raids/index.html -- 22 Taliban killed in Swat air strike http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/30/top1.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Death toll rises from suicide bomb attack -- at a checkpost in Darra Adam Khel http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2446005411 Pakistani Cabinet: No Talks With Taliban http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9531.htm -- see also Jeffrey Imm's June 10 posting http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) Balochistan: Five injured in Kalat blast http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\30\story_30-8-2008_pg7_14 (India) Two militants killed in Manipur http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Two_militants_killed_in_encounter_in_Manipur/articleshow/3425567.cms (India) 12 security men killed in Jamshedpur landmine blast -- Communist stronghold http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/12_securitymen_killed_in_Jamshedpur_landmine_blast/articleshow/3425579.cms (India) Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) started grooming terror minds after 2005 http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/SIMI-started-grooming-terror-minds-after-2005/355194/ (UK) Court remands 'al-Qaida member' over alleged Brown death threat -- Ishaq Kanmi http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/29/uksecurity.law UK official gets more time in Guantanamo case -- case of Binyam Mohamed http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080829/ap_on_re_eu/britain_guantanamo_2;_ylt=Arnaf6pFY0i9gdZOMaqftxITv5UB Insights into the Cyber-Jihad: Tracking the Terrorists Online http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,575276,00.html Al-Azhar Fatwa: Hacking U.S., Israeli Websites Is Permissible as Part of Electronic Jihad http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD203708 http://www.memriiwmp.org/content/en/report.htm?report=2849 (Iran) Attacking Iran could spark new world war -- Iran military official http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1934567&Language=en http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219913200406&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Iran: Tensions between US and Russia behind nuclear push, says expert http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2446741794 (Lebanon) Report: Hezbollah's new missiles have range 'Israel can't fathom' http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1016487.html (Lebanon) Hezbollah Hands Over Killer of Lebanese Helicopter Pilot -- claims mistook for Israeli aircraft http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,413641,00.html (Lebanon) Hezbollah: 'Revenge for Mughniyeh is legitimate' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219913199799&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Palestinian Islamic Jihad warns of rising Fatah-Hamas tensions http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080829/wl_nm/palestinians_factions_dc_1 (West Bank) Palestinian police arrest 10 in Hamas mosque raids http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August550.xml§ion=middleeast Hamas reportedly ups ante for Schalit -- to 1,000 Palestinian prisoners http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219913192489&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219913200099&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Algerian rebels kill 7 soldiers in ambush-papers http://africa.reuters.com/country/DZ/news/usnAHM035519.html Algerian army kills four armed Islamic militants -- over 2 days http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest_of_World/Algerian_army_kills_four_armed_Islamic_militants/articleshow/3423608.cms Yemen arrests wanted Jihad leader -- Khaled Abdel Nabi http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080830/twl-yemen-unrest-arrest-3cd7efd.html Somalia: Nine Government Soldiers Join Armed Islamic Rebel Group (my title) http://allafrica.com/stories/200808280291.html (Somalia) Second Malaysian tanker hijacked off Somali coast http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/30/asia/AS-Malaysia-Somalia-Piracy.php (Russia) Bombs kill at least 2 Russian soldiers in Chechnya http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080830/wl_nm/russia_chechnya_bombs_dc_2;_ylt=AoknN517aWLh3bcS2HcOdgp_5GIA (Turkey) Two Turkish soldiers killed in clashes with Kurdish rebels http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1934579&Language=en Turkey detains 21 in anti-al Qaeda raid http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=151596 (Spain) Basque politician freed from prison -- after serving a 15-month sentence for offenses related to terrorism http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/30/europe/EU-Spain-Basque-Leader.php (Italy) Northern Italian town identified as hotbed of Al Qaida activity -- in Varese - AQ facilitator named as Abdul Majid Zergout http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2008/eu_terror0479_08_29.asp (Philippines) 4 Marines killed, 10 injured in Sulu ambush -- by suspected Muslim extremists http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080830-157727/4-Marines-killed-10-injured-in-Sulu-ambush (Philippines) 5 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels reported killed in clash with T'boli tribesmen http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080830-157741/5-MILF-rebels-reported-killed-in-clash-with-Tboli-tribesmen http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1427848.php/Five_Muslim_rebels_killed_in_clash_in_southern_Philippines (Philippines) Civilian death toll in Maguindanao/Shariff Kabunsuan fighting: 7 http://www.mindanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5065&Itemid=190 (Philippines) Military vows to respect Ramadan http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=129708 -- "We respect the traditions and faith of our Muslim brothers and sisters." (Philippines) Police arrest suspected Islamic bomber in Philippines -- Ruben Omar Pestano Lavilla alleged responsible for 2004 ferry bombing killing 116 -- one of the founders of Rajah Solaiman Movement, a radical group of Filipino Islamic converts http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/228836,police-arrest-suspected-islamic-bomber-in-philippines.html --- Muslim extremist deported from Bahrain to Philippines http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080830/tap-philippines-bahrain-attacks-5cc1ef8.html (Philippines) Supreme Court could still rule on validity of MOA-AD--justices http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080829-157521/SC-could-still-rule-on-validity-of-MOA-AD--justices Australian Federal Police admits there was no evidence against Mohamed Haneef http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24264596-5001561,00.html (Australia) Glass screen to go from terror trial - 9 men accused of plotting Jihad in Sydney http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24248121-5001561,00.html (Sri Lanka) Blast rocks Colombo, 45 wounded http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/45_wounded_in_Colombo_blast/articleshow/3425620.cms Chinese police kill six in Xinjiang clash: reports -- suspected in August 12 attack http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080830/wl_asia_afp/chinaxinjiangattacks_080830035805 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080830/ap_on_re_as/china_attack_1 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219913199559&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Ecuador asks Colombia to send troops to border to contain rebels http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/caribbean/la-fg-ecuador29-2008aug29,0,2308817.story?track=rss Colombia seeks rebels' surrender http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7582292.stm Other News: Pakistani lawmaker defends honor killings -- Israr Ullah Zehri: "These are centuries-old traditions, and I will continue to defend them... Only those who indulge in immoral acts should be afraid." http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/30/asia/AS-Pakistan-Honor-Killings.php -- "Burying women alive for honour is tribal tradition" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\30\story_30-8-2008_pg1_10 -- see also: DhimmiWatch.org - Pakistani lawmaker on honor killing http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022462.php (Pakistan) Five women buried alive in name of honour http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?204881 http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022448.php (Pakistan) Lal Masjid admin pledges support to Zardari -- also known as "Red Mosque" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\30\story_30-8-2008_pg7_29 -- August 16, 2008: Fresh threat from Lal Masjid: 'Accept demands or face consequences' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\16\story_16-8-2008_pg7_26 -- July 12, 2008: Extremists threaten Daily Aaj Kal -- after cartoon of Lal Masjid Jihad advocate http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\07\12\story_12-7-2008_pg1_6 -- July 9, 2008: Women 'vow to raise kids for holy war' -- burqa-clad women chanting slogans of "jihad is our way" at Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) "Our mujahideen laid down their lives for the enforcement of the Islamic system in Pakistan" http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23994931-23109,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7497339.stm http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\07\10\story_10-7-2008_pg1_5 -- Women at Pakistan's Red Mosque vow babies for jihad http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKISL4137220080709?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=401 http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/1898774 Indonesia: Gambling That Tolerance Will Trump Fear -- "Islamic Defenders Front... searching for Israelis to kill" http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/weekinreview/15sims.html?em Indonesia's Muslim hardliners demand government ban 'deviant' sect http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080827/876/twl-indonesia-s-muslim-hardliners-demand_1.html (U.S.) Police raid headquarters of Minnesota Anarchist group (my title) http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/30/rnc.protest/index.html (U.S.) American woman defends hijab, says it makes women feel "free" http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022454.php http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/behind-the-veil-lives-a-thriving-muslim-sexuality/2008/08/29/1219516734637.html http://sheikyermami.com/2008/08/29/naomi-wolf-i-need-a-hijab-to-set-me-free/ (UK) Muslim man jailed for eight years for stabbing to death his neighbour - a BNP-activist http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1050672/Muslim-man-jailed-years-stabbing-death-neighbour--BNP-activist.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2646170/Muslim-man-jailed-for-killing-BNP-neighbour-who-racially-abused-him.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7589256.stm (Italy) Vatican warns of growing "Christianophobia" http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKLT61932620080829?sp=true August 29, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) New threat to troops -- Extremists fire improvised rocket-assisted mortars (IRAM) at U.S. forces around Baghdad http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/28/new-threat-to-troops/ (Iraq) Senior Iraqi official suspected of militia links -- Ali al-Lami "suspected of ties to Iranian-backed Shiite militias and plotting a June bombing that killed 10 people, including four Americans" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq (Iraq) Hackers attack Iraq's vulnerable computers http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/hacking/2008-08-28-iraqhackers_N.htm?csp=34 (Iraq) Behind the Scenes: A Female Suicide Bomber Is Captured in Iraq -- additional reports http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,412301,00.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article4606947.ece http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080829/ts_nm/iraq_girl_dc_2;_ylt=AnAPAnLyjoNpsI6HYIwWvb5X6GMA (Afghanistan) Over 100 militants killed in Afghanistan -- coalition - in 3 days of operations http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1934415&Language=en (Afghanistan) Nearly a dozen militants killed in Afghanistan: coalition -- in Paktika province http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080829/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest_080829090048;_ylt=ArFq0gjqlWbkKYA_jnFA5VnOVooA (Pakistan) NWFP: Two killed and 29 injured by blast in northwest -- suicide bomber in explosives-laden car near Kohat Tunnel http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2445265232 -- suicide bomber tried to force his vehicle into a Pakistani military camp http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080829/wl_nm/pakistan_violence_dc_2;_ylt=An6jFBKyMDakTIFkNHekHNzzPukA (Pakistan) NWFP: Spreading violence in Pakistan kills 33 -- car bomb blasting a bus filled with Pakistani police and government workers off a bridge and killing eight people aboard - near Bannu -- 25 killled in continuing fighting http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August1012.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/10_dead_in_Pakistan_suicide_attack/articleshow/3414958.cms (Pakistan) FATA: Suspected bomber shot dead, two arrested -- in Bajaur Agency - also "militants blew up a government girls' middle school in Khar" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\29\story_29-8-2008_pg1_7 (Pakistan) FATA: US missile attack in Waziristan injures 4 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\29\story_29-8-2008_pg7_8 (Pakistan) US, Pakistan devise strategy against growing militancy -- per US joint chiefs of staff Admiral Michael Mullen http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August1015.xml§ion=subcontinent -- U.S. General James Conway: 'It's for Pakistan to deal with FATA militants' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\29\story_29-8-2008_pg7_10 -- Pakistan Army General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani attends secret talks with American military chief on aircraft carrier http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/29/top1.htm -- Ashfaq Parvez Kayani served as director general of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from October 2004 through October 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashfaq_Parvez_Kayani#Inter-Services_Intelligence -- talks of "ISI within the ISI" since May 2005 http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers28/paper2791.html -- July 30, 2008: CIA outlines Pakistan links with militants http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/30/asia/30pstan.php (Pakistan) Govt to withdraw cases against Baloch leaders, says Malik http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\29\story_29-8-2008_pg7_1 (India J&K) Indian army arrests two militants -- Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1934419&Language=en -- Army launches combing operation in Jammu http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Army_launches_combing_operation_in_Jammu/articleshow/3422763.cms (India J&K) Jammu: Rescued hostages recount incident http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Militants_said_we_will_kill_you_Hostages/articleshow/3415072.cms -- High alert in Jammu after encounter -- Terrorists could be hiding in Jammu, says top cop http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terrorists_could_be_hiding_in_Jammu_says_top_cop/articleshow/3416421.cms (India J&K) Spadework for terror strike in Jammu began on Aug. 26: police http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200808281824.htm (India) Ahmedabad blasts: Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) top cadre tough nut to crack http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/SIMI_top_cadre_tough_nut_to_crack_/articleshow/3419623.cms (India) Court grants bail to terror email suspect http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kolkata_/Court_grants_bail_to_terror_email_suspect/articleshow/3414271.cms (India) Six police killed in Maoist attack in central India http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August1019.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= -- Bihar: Maoists kill one, abduct another http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Bihar_Maoists_kill_one_abduct_another/articleshow/3421821.cms (UK) Terrorism police in another Derby swoop -- ongoing investigation on PM threats http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Terrorism-police-city-swoop/article-295108-detail/article.html -- Police get more time to question suspect in plot to kill PM http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/809319?UserKey=0 (UK) Update: Jawa Report - Three Charged in 'al Qaeda in Britain' Plot; Umar Rabie ID'd http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193811.php (Iran) 'Israel reaches strategic decision not to let Iran go nuclear' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219913194872&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Survey: Most Americans may back strike on Iran http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219913190453&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull IPT News: Surprisingly Candid Answers From the Muslim Brotherhood http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/756 Iran to install 54,000 centrifuges: report http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August538.xml§ion=middleeast Iran says 4,000 atomic centrifuges working: report http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080829/ts_nm/iran_nuclear_centrifuges_dc_2;_ylt=AoMYe8ULyGUYOEIeCqjIH8lSw60A Report: Iran supplied Hizbullah with advanced missiles http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3589425,00.html (Lebanon) Hezbollah shot Lebanese army helicopter: paper http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August537.xml§ion=middleeast http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August539.xml§ion=middleeast&col= -- Report: "Hezbollah expresses regret at deadly shooting at army copter" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1934453&Language=en Hamas 'thugs' may foil Schalit release http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219913192489&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Court extends remand of Palestinian Islamic Jihad suspects by 5 days http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3589446,00.html -- Israeli Arab Members Of Islamic Jihad Cell Plotted To Target Air Force Pilots & Scientists http://www.infolive.tv/en/infolive.tv-28358-israelnews-israeli-arab-members-islamic-jihad-cell-plotted-target-air-force-pil (Israel) Two Shfaram men held for planning terror attacks http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1016320.html (Libya) Gaddafi's son: We lied about Lockerbie -- "Muammar Gaddafi's son says his country accepted responsibility for the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing only to get sanctions lifted and called victims' families greedy." http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24262350-23109,00.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article4631936.ece (Algeria) Islamic rebels kill seven in Algeria -- near the city of Batna, http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/228731,islamic-rebels-kill-seven-in-algeria.html Somalia: Mogadishu Landmine Blast Damages Government Convoy - Witnesses http://allafrica.com/stories/200808290502.html Somalia: Islamic Court Hails Ethiopian Troop's Withdrawal Announcement http://allafrica.com/stories/200808290504.html Somalis flee to world's biggest refugee camp http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/29/somalia?gusrc=rss&feed=society Somali pirates a growing threat to shipping http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/WAL915205.htm Morocco dismantles 'terrorist network': police -- dismantled a "dangerous terrorist network" allegedly linked to Al-Qaeda and arrested 15 suspects who were planning attacks in the country http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080829/wl_afp/moroccounrestarrests http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2445651410 Yemen's fight against resurgent Al Qaeda http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0829/p04s03-wome.html (South Africa) Number of South African 'terrorists' climbs http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=nw20080829140811658C670349 (Russia) Two gunmen killed, 1 detained in special operation in Ingushetia http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13020498&PageNum=0 (Canada) Ottawa: Talk of Israel points to terror ties, judge told -- Momin Khawaja trial http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2008/08/27/6582811-sun.html Philippine troops seize Muslim rebel camp http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/372512/1/.html http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/4975135/philippine-troops-seize-muslim-rebel-camp (Philippines) Palace decides to abandon domain agreement with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) - regardless of Supreme Court ruling http://www.gmanews.tv/story/116877/Palace-decides-to-abandon-domain-agreement-with-MILF (Philippines) Palace orders 'calibrated' action vs MILF at Ramadan http://www.gmanews.tv/story/116853/Palace-orders-calibrated-action-vs-MILF-at-Ramadan -- "Our military commanders on the ground will have to exercise calibrated action in deference to the observance of Ramadan" (Philippines) MILF laments military operations during Ramadan http://www.gmanews.tv/story/116811/MILF-laments-military-operations-during-Ramadan (Philippines) Amnesty International: Mindanao civilians under threat from MILF units and militias http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200808225814&lang=e -- Philippines: UN offers food aid to 200,000 displaced in south Philippines: UN offers food aid to 200,000 displaced in south http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2442947497 Indonesian Muslim militant on trial over attack on tolerance rally http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/228702,indonesian-muslim-militant-on-trial-over-attack-on-tolerance-rally.html -- Indonesian Islamist 'commander' charged http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24263178-23109,00.html (Indonesia) Execution is Imminent for Bali Nightclub Bombers http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5666572&page=1 (Australia) Indian doctor cleared in Australian terrorism case - Dr. Haneef http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080829/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_india_terror_suspect (Sri Lanka) 2 soldiers, 26 Tamil rebels killed in Sri Lanka military offensive http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/228676,2-soldiers-26-tamil-rebels-killed-in-sri-lanka-military.html (Sri Lanka) Grenade blast wounds 7 suspected rebels in Sri Lanka prison http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080829/wl_nm/srilanka_violence_dc_1 (Sri Lanka) 34 rebels, 1 soldier killed in fighting in Sri Lanka - on Thursday http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219913194184&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Sri Lanka appeals to Tamils to flee to govt territory http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080828/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrestrefugees_080828153925 (North Korea) US shrugs off North Korean disablement halt http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_nkorea_nuclear_1;_ylt=AoOc_gleIKnrSvpaNbg4gCeCscEA (North Korea) Pro-North Korea paper: Nuclear tension could spike http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear_12;_ylt=Ahv1XyNOf3PREHlv4_d.pceCscEA Other News: (U.S.) CAIR blasts Fox News for having Shariah Finance Watch on to discuss Shariah Finance http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2008/08/27/cair-blasts-fox-news-for-having-me-on-to-discuss-shariah-finance-send-letters-of-support-to-fox-to-show-them-this-issue-is-important-and-relevant-and-needs-more-airtime/ (U.S.) Muslims in fed terror probe making donations to Obama -- FEC records show Jamal M. Barzinji donations - federal court affidavit alleges "Barzinji is not only closely associated with PIJ (as evidenced by ties to al-Arian, including documents seized in Tampa), but also with Hamas." http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=73719 -- Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) document on Barzinji in 2002 as Director of International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) (page 29) http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/testimony/16.pdf -- Other IPT court documents referencing Barzinji http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/232.pdf http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/225.pdf (U.S.) Obama could open early Iran nuclear talks: adviser http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/pl_nm/usa_politics_obama_iran_dc_2;_ylt=AqJZK0AXPCNMFIYWlvJnsGVSw60A (U.S.) Islamic Banking in America? -- on Sharia Finance http://seekingalpha.com/article/93232-islamic-banking-in-america (U.S.) Concerns Over Terrorism, School Shootings, and Natural Disasters Spur Interest in Two-Way Radio Technology http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-29-2008/0004875646&EDATE= Finnish Islamists back Russia http://halldor2.blogspot.com/2008/08/finnish-islamists-back-russia.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022451.php (UK) Britain: Police to fight racism complaint from top Muslim officer -- Tarique Ghaffur http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.2445510466 (UK) Devout Muslim guilty of making boys beat themselves during Shia ceremony -- Syed Zaidi http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4620487.ece (UK) Muslim council chiefs ban ALL members from 'tea and sandwiches' in meetings which take place during Ramadan http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1050165/Muslim-council-chiefs-ban-ALL-members-tea-sandwiches-meetings-Ramadan.html (UK) Telegraph report on demographics (my title) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2644914/Fewer-than-two-thirds-of-babies-are-registered-white-British.html Czech Republic: TV station fined for Islamophobia http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/cr-tv-station-fined-for-islamophobia.html Source: iDNES (Czech) http://zpravy.idnes.cz/nova-dostala-pokutu-sto-tisic-za-xenofobni-reportaz-f9v-/media.asp?c=A080827_100051_ekonomika_fih (Spain) Marseille: Basilica transformed into mosque? http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/marseille-basilica-transformed-into.html http://fr.novopress.info/?p=12759 (Spain) Marseilles: Muslim community divided over high school http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/marseilles-muslim-community-divided.html Italy: Niqab woman ousted from museum, guard to be disciplined http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/italy-niqab-woman-ousted-from-museum.html http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINLR71630120080827 German city approves new mosque http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/29/europe/EU-Germany-Mosque-Dispute.php http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,575170,00.html Turkey's new military chief promotes secularism http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/28/europe/EU-Turkey-Military-Secularism.php Belgian nuclear agency issues safety alert http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/29/europe/EU-Belgium-Nuclear-Leak.php (Pakistan) Corruption charges, mental illness haunt Zardari http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Corruption_charges_mental_illness_haunt_Zardari/articleshow/3419785.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_Zardaris_mental_health_under_scrutiny_rival_says_step_down/articleshow/3421704.cms Indonesia: Ramadan to begin on Monday says major Muslim group http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=1.0.2445265778 (Venezuela) London ex-mayor Livingstone meets Venezuela's Chavez http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080827/wl_uk_afp/venezuelabritainpolitics_080827200742;_ylt=ApYG2ef_46QYN4d2mmN5H29jhuIA India: Up to 50,000 Catholics seek refuge from violence, says bishop http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2445608740 -- "Christians sought refuge after deadly violence between Christians and Hindus claimed at least 11 lives following the murder last week of Hindu leader, Swami Laxmanananda Saraswat" -- India says Hindu-Christian clashes under control http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August1018.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= -- Indian Christian schools shut to protest violence http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August1017.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= Commentaries: (U.S.) Should Americans patronize businesses owned by foreign Muslim companies practicing Sharia? -- debating commentaries by Shaunti Feldhahn (anti-Sharia) and Andrea Cornell Sarvady (pro-Sharia) http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/woman/entries/2008/08/29/should_american.html (U.S.) Joseph Biden has shown a softness toward Iran -- by Yossi Melman http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1015894.html (U.S.) Hollywood's terror avoidance -- by Sonny Bunch http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/29/terror-avoidance/ (UK) New Undercover Mosque programme finds that little has changed http://www.secularism.org.uk/newundercovermosqueprogrammefind.html (UK) Scotland: End the silence over Islam -- letter by Anne Marie Keenan -- "Am I alone in my disquiet about our government's courtship of the Scottish Islamic Foundation?" -- "Have we really forgotten what sharia law means for women?" http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/opinion/End-the-silence-over-Islam.4439071.jp Against Nazi News: Serbia to seek extradition of alleged ex-Nazi http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219913195643&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull US judges refuse to rehear ex-Nazi guard case http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219913193153&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- refuse appeal for Anton Geiser August 28, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Iraq's al-Sadr may stay in Iran for years http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/28/iraqs-al-sadr-may-stay-in-iran-for-years/ Iraq's Sadr suspends militia operations http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jU_L79KGeYogaE8Da7xIXh9uDBzQ (Iraq) 2 Iraqi officials accused of aiding al-Qaeda http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20080827-0635-iraq.html (Iraq) U.S. troops to hand back Iraq's Anbar province – on September 1st http://news.yahoo.com/story//nm/20080828/ts_nm/iraq_anbar_dc_2 (Afghanistan) Bomb kills US coalition member in Afghanistan http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080828/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_21 Afghans say deadly US raid based on misleading tip http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan;_ylt=AmUQtlT59xqT6RiyKEF3SR2s0NUE -- Sources: US says civilian deaths in Afghanistan were overstated http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219913192364&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Afghanistan) Only a Two-Page 'Note' Governs U.S. Military in Afghanistan -- Karzai may seek status of forces agreement with U.S http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082703628.html Pakistan rocked by renewed violence and angry demonstrations http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/28/pakistan (Pakistan) NWFP: 9 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan http://news.yahoo.com/story/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_violence;_ylt=AiY99dcd4mc0RMsbGHiGrq2s0NUE (Pakistan) FATA: Al-Qaeda militants moving to Pak's tribal areas http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Al-Qaida_militants_moving_to_Pakistan/articleshow/3416590.cms (India J&K) Nine-year-old Jammu hostage recalls terror http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/399861 (India J&K) Security forces kill militant, rescue hostages in Indian Kashmir http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/228443,security-forces-kill-militant-rescue-hostages-in-indian-kashmir.html (India J&K) Terror holds Jammu family hostage in 17-hr gunbattle http://www.indianexpress.com/story/354310.html (India J&K) A blow-by-blow account of the Jammu hostage drama http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/_A_blow-by-blow_account_of_the_Jammu_hostage_drama/rssarticleshow/3419093.cms (India) Ultras may attack religious places to disturb communal harmony: IGP http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-16079.html (India) Terror restricts use of net access in city http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Jaipur/Terror_restricts_use_of_net_access_in_city/articleshow/3409703.cms India to ask Bangladesh to take action against HUJI terrorists http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID={ECE046A2-8DC9-4A61-BE0C-909F30898F98}&CATEGORYNAME=NATL (India) Gujarat police release doctors held for terror charges http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/29ahd.htm (India) Terror suspect an IT expert: police - SIMI activist Shahbaz alleged "brains" behind e-mails to media before serial blasts in Ahmedabad http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=238034&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22 (U.S.) Al-Arian Files Habeas for Release - Convicted Sami Al-Arian argues he is illegally detained http://www.nysun.com/national/al-arian-files-habeas-for-release/84744/ (U.S.) Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Aiding Hamas -- Richard David Hupper - while working with International Solidarity Movement http://www.adl.org/main_Terrorism/richard_hupper_sentenced.htm -- York County native gets 31/2 years for helping Hamas http://www.eveningsun.com/localnews/ci_10284242 (U.S.) HLF: Arizona Man Charged With Lying About Alleged Hamas Fundraising -- Akram Musa Abdallah indicted on August 19, 2008 http://www.adl.org/main_Terrorism/akram_musa_abdallah_charged.htm -- August 22: Arizona - Man charged with lying to FBI about charity http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2008/08/22/20080822terror-suspect0822.html -- IPT Link on Hamas / HLF ties http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/534 (U.S.) San Antonio airport has terrorism scare http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/San_Antonio_airport_has_terrorism_scare.html U.S. transfers foreign fighters to home countries http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008143435_detain28.html?syndication=rss (UK) Brown-Blair assassination threats: three men charged http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/28/uksecurity.gordonbrown (UK & Libya) Lockerbie evidence not disclosed http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7573244.stm (Iran) Americans Approve Military Strike on Iran if Diplomacy Fails http://www.metimes.com/Editorial/2008/08/28/americans_approve_military_strike_on_iran_if_diplomacy_fails/6272/ Iran confirms nuclear component production http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/29/iran.nuclear/?iref=mpstoryview Iran offers nuclear aid to Nigeria http://news.yahoo.com/story//afp/20080829/wl_africa_afp/nigeriairannuclearpoliticsoildiplomacy Lebanese officer dies in helicopter attack http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080828/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_helicopter_attack_3 Israel arrests Fatah man who was pardoned but 'returned to terror' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219913190179&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israeli Arabs nabbed for planning attack http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219913190641&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israel reopens Gaza crossings after two-day closure http://news.yahoo.com/story//nm/20080828/wl_nm/palestinians_israel_crossings_dc_1 Egypt: Police arrest 21 Muslim Brotherhood members http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219913190501&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Somalia) Ethiopia Hints at Policy Shift on Somalia, Financial Times Says – may withdrawal its troops http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=aykZsOlFKkXg&refer=africa Somalia: Nine Somali government soldiers joined the Islamists in Mogadishu http://www.somaliweyn.org/pages/news/August_08/28August13.html (Somalia) India proposes to send patrols to Somalia – to counter piracy threat http://www.timesnow.tv/Newsdtls.aspx?NewsID=14719 Somali group seeks to unite with al-Qaida http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/world/5967680.html Somali gunmen free kidnapped UNHCR boss - sources http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LR145844.htm http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/28/africa/AF-Somalia.php Yemen authorities arrest 30 Al Qaeda suspects http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=8b5f98a4-f501-4577-a4dc-a4b041df743f&&Headline=30+Al+Qaeda+suspects+arrested&strParent=strParentID Yemen arrests four persons suspected of involvement in terrorism http://www.sabanews.net/en/news162690.htm Algeria security official: Spate of roadside bombs http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082702017.html Tunisian courts convicts 19 Islamic militants - Plots to carry out attacks in Tunisia or send fighters to Iraq http://www.pr-inside.com/tunisian-courts-convicts-19-islamic-militants-r778469.htm (Russia) Intl terrorists planning attacks in North Caucasus, FSB warns http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13016754&PageNum=0 (Turkey) PKK finance custodian "Behzat from Cukurca" arrested in attempting to escape in Armenia http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=87647 (Turkey) One Killed, Five Injured In Turkish Blast – Source http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080828%5cACQDJON200808280807DOWJONESDJONLINE000552.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=One%20Killed,%20Five%20Injured%20In%20Turkish%20Blast%20-%20Source Norway 'does NOT want to talk with Osama bin Laden' http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2623231.ece (Canada) Ottawa: Momin Khawaja had wider terrorist aims than U.K. bomb plot, says Crown http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5j__gWih4JiU_KY_NemZAUSN8pK-g Sri Lanka: Tamil militants killed in army offensive http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2443126069 Sri Lanka advances on rebel base http://news.yahoo.com/story//csm/20080828/wl_csm/ocrush_1 (China) 2 Chinese Policemen Killed in Xinjiang http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1836928,00.html?xid=rss-topstories (Colombia) U.S. Treasury Targets Rising Colombian Narcotics Traffickers http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1119.htm Colombia seeks rebels' surrender http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7582292.stm Venezuelan ranchers accuse Chavez of allowing FARC rebels http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/658447.html Other News: (U.S.) Ayers Unrepentant for Radical Group’s Violence in 1960s, 1970s http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/26/obama-associate-bill-ayers-unrepentant-for-acts-of-terror/ August 27, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) US soldier dies in Baghdad -- roadside bomb http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_casualties_1;_ylt=Alz3sbj2STFXzXi0FYIQUlVX6GMA Iraq: Five bombs defused in Baghdad http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2440397567 (Iraq) Shi'ite resistance to Sunnis threatens progress of surge http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/27/shiite-resistance-to-sunnis-threatens-progress-of-/ (Afghanistan) Nearly 50 Taliban killed in Afghanistan -- in Sarobi district of Paktika province and in Helmand province http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080827/ts_nm/afghan_violence_dc_1;_ylt=Aj3UMm.vr48MRlOB3JboGYbOVooA (Afghanistan) 1 German soldier killed in Afghan attack -- in Kunduz http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_re_eu/germany_afghanistan_1;_ylt=AoN_QyleqxBAhej_omTt1azOVooA (Afghanistan) Body of kidnapped Japanese aid worker found -- Afghan police -- Taliban claims responsibility for aid worker kidnapping http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1933940&Language=en -- reportedly killed following clash between Taliban and police (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan kills 19 rebels near Afghan border: officials -- attack on South Waziristan checkpoint http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080827/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanafghanistanunrest_080827111634;_ylt=AmTE_6y4waiotZMEkUmqzbfOVooA (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban ban foreign media in North Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\27\story_27-8-2008_pg7_8 -- "the Taliban highly regard those journalists who are patriotic and loyal to Islam and Muslim" (Pakistan) 8 killed in Islamabad bomb blast http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\27\story_27-8-2008_pg1_7 -- "Eyewitnesses said it was a terrorist act and claimed that they had seen a child placing a bag under a chair." -- Bomb attack targets restaurant in capital -- Islamabad http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2440032091 -- TOI report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Seven_people_killed_in_blast_in_Pakistan/articleshow/3409533.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Key Taliban commander killed in Swat -- Ikramuddin -- also two children killed in Swat by mortar shell -- another girls' school bombed http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\27\story_27-8-2008_pg1_12 (Pakistan) NWFP: Draft of shariah laws for Malakand finalized http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\27\story_27-8-2008_pg7_17 -- see also Jeffrey Imm's June 10 posting http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/06/pakistan_sharia_threat.php (Pakistan) Three terror suspects handed over to Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) - in Rawalpindi http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/27/top18.htm (India J&K) Five killed by militants in India-administered Kashmir http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1427230.php/Five_killed_by_militants_in_India-administered_Kashmir__Roundup_ -- Kashmir police and suspected rebels in shootout http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/27/asia/AS-Kashmir-Gunbattle.php -- Kashmir on brink as Islamic militants take family hostage http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4617625.ece -- Five killed in Jammu encounter; 4 hostages released http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Militants_kill_five_in_Jammu/articleshow/3410040.cms -- see also: Muslims accused of killing three in Kashmir http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2440120113 -- two children kidnapped (India) Two held on charges of planting bombs in Surat http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Two_held_on_charges_of_planting_bombs_in_Surat/articleshow/3411879.cms (India) Terror threat in Mumbai: Security up http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Terror_threat_in_Mumbai_Security_up/articleshow/3412637.cms (India) Two Communist militants killed in Manipur http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Two_militants_killed_in_Manipur/articleshow/3411563.cms (U.S.) Two Guantanamo detainees transferred to Algeria: Pentagon http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080826/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamojusticerelease_080826221056;_ylt=AhQJpu5.oG4RdpWF0sm2yDITv5UB (U.S.) North Carolina: Tar Heel jihadist gets 33 years http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022402.php -- Former Student Sentenced In UNC Crash http://www.wxii12.com/news/17299935/detail.html#- -- Man sentenced in avenging Muslim deaths crash -- Mohammed Taheri-Azar http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/26/america/NA-US-University-Crash.php (U.S.) Inside America's newest terrorism museum http://www.newsweek.com/id/155641?from=rss -- article makes no mention of Islamic supremacism or Islamism (UK) Fifth arrest over PM death threat -- Derby man http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7583687.stm -- Fifth suspect arrested over 'Islamic internet plot to kill Gordon Brown' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1049212/Fifth-suspect-arrested-Islamic-internet-plot-kill-Gordon-Brown.html?ITO=1490 (UK) 'Kill PM' suspect linked to Al-Zawahiri questions (my title) -- "Sheikh Umar Rabie" asked Zawahiri: "Is the British Muslim allowed to kill British civilians, whether they are nonbelievers or Muslims who support the war against Afghanistan, Iraq and others?" http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1611765.ece (UK) BBC denies interference in al-Qaida coverage http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/aug/27/bbc.alqaida (Iran) Ahmadinejad: "Zionist regime only understands language of the gun" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219572134757&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) Palestinian wounded in south Lebanon clash http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/27/africa/ME-Lebanon-Palestinians.php Lebanon seeking arrest of Gaddafi over missing Shia leader http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August514.xml§ion=middleeast&col= Hamas armed wing vows to continue battle -- Mohammed Deif comments http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219572132417&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) MEMRI: Women in Gaza Prepare to Become Suicide Bombers http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD203408 -- "Every female martyrdom-seeker is inspired by Allah" (Somalia) Kidnapped journalists unharmed http://www.albertalocalnews.com/news/local/Kidnapped_journalists_unharmed.html (Somalia) Hefty ransoms feeding Somali piracy -- "gunmen with possible links to Islamic insurgents cram into the Gulf of Aden to get their share of the hefty ransom" http://www.expatica.com/nl/articles/news/Hefty-ransoms-feeding-Somali-piracy-.html Sudan hijackers free passengers but hold crew http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080827/wl_nm/sudan_hijack_dc Nigeria: Militants Lay Ambush for Soldiers http://allafrica.com/stories/200808270008.html (Nigeria) Israeli businessman kidnapped in Nigeria http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/27/africa/AF-Nigeria-Kidnapping.php (Algeria) Al Qaeda group renews deadly attacks http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/27/al-qaeda-group-renews-deadly-attacks/ (Russia) Gunmen hatching terror act, killed in North Caucasian republic -- in mountains of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13009840&PageNum=0 Norway tries Bosnian Muslim for war crimes http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080827/tpl-uk-norway-warcrimes-trial-43a8d4f.html Philippine Air Force bombs Muslim rebel positions in south negotiators scheduling meeting amid fighting http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1427221.php/Philippine_Air_Force_bombs_Muslim_rebel_positions_in_south_negotiators_scheduling_meeting_amid_fighting__Roundup_ (Philippines) More than 180 killed in Philippine fighting-army -- in past 10 days http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN84194.htm (Philippines) Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chief: Civilians slain during Army offensive vs Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) -- says reports of additional civilians being killed by MILF not being reported http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080827-157120/CHR-chief-Civilians-slain-during-Army-offensive-vs-MILF http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080827/wl_asia_afp/philippinesmuslimunrestrights_080827072303 Philippine Christian Vigilantes Pledge To Kill Muslim Rebels http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080827\ACQDJON200808270519DOWJONESDJONLINE000414.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Philippine%20Christian%20Vigilantes%20Pledge%20To%20Kill%20Muslim%20Rebels (Philippines) Muslim solon calls for Ramadan truce http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstories/topstories/view/20080827-157123/Muslim-solon-calls-for-Ramadan-truce (Sri Lanka) Rebel air raid wounds 10 sailors in Sri Lanka http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/27/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Sri Lanka Claims Killing 29 Tamil Rebels http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080827\ACQRTT200808270746RTTRADERUSEQUITY_0414.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Sri%20Lanka%20Claims%20Killing%2029%20Tamil%20Rebels North Korea still holds plutonium card: analysts http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080827/wl_nm/korea_north_nuclear_dc_2;_ylt=Avy.9sriNrV70MvXjAbVj0mCscEA (North Korea) US accuses North Korea of violating nuclear accord http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080827/wl_asia_afp/nkoreausnuclearweapons_080827075417;_ylt=AnUTdvkJP44jwTxA6xjIAYeCscEA (China) Bank of China denies terror allegations - in money-laundering lawsuit filed in US by group of Israelis --- "suit alleges that the bank provided "extensive banking services" to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad and that those services "enabled and facilitated" the attack" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080827/ts_afp/chinamideastusattacksjustice_080827035412;_ylt=AnHcMIyzhLR5.y_eOAJZhFZPzWQA (China) Thousands Of Cameras To Watch Over Beijing's Buses http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080827\ACQDJON200808270041DOWJONESDJONLINE000010.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Thousands%20Of%20Cameras%20To%20Watch%20Over%20Beijing%27s%20Buses (Venezuela) Hezbollah presence in Venezuela feared http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-venezterror27-2008aug27,0,3877203.story Other News: Video Of Sharia Finance Watch on Fox News Discussing Shariah Approved Banking http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2008/08/26/video-of-sfw-n-fox-news-discussing-shariah-approved-banking/ http://www.foxbusiness.com/video/index.html?playerId=videolandingpage&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=3051056&referralPlaylistId=1292d14d0e3afdcf0b31500afefb92724c08f046&maven_referrer=staf Gulf investors to set up 3 Islamic financial firms http://www.tradearabia.com/news/newsdetails.asp?Sn=BANK&artid=148430 Sweden: First Sharia fund http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/sweden-first-sharia-fund.html -- Islamic Banking Comes to Sweden http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/international/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?nyheter=1&programid=2054&Artikel=2276178 -- Source: DN (Swedish) http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=3130&a=820944 Sweden: Holocaust study questions on Muslims and immigrants http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/sweden-holocaust-study-questions-on.html http://www.thelocal.se/13818/20080820/ (Belgium) Antwerp: An interview with a Muslim http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/antwerp-interview-with-muslim.html -- "One day, there will be a Caliphate in Europe" (U.S.) Democrats to work for good ties with Pakistan http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/27/top7.htm -- Pakistanis at the Democratic convention http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\27\story_27-8-2008_pg7_60 (U.S.) Watch Obsession Citizen Education Program seeks to warn Convention Democrats about Islamic supremacism (my title) http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=73492 (U.S.) Zombie: The Mosque in Denver's Civic Center http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/31056_Zombie-_The_Mosque_in_Denvers_Civic_Center Iran boosts spending to promote Koran culture http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080826/lf_afp/iranculturepoliticsislam_080826162019;_ylt=AjBIhMQOtsi1qTKbwTXvczlSw60A (Iran) Recent Iran Friday Sermons Ayatollah Khatami: When Mahdi Comes, "Islamic Revival Will Sweep Over Entire World"; Ayatollah Rafsanjani: "Bullying Powers Using Nuclear Issue as Excuse" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD203208 Nigeria: Country, Iran Open Discussion On Nuclear Power http://allafrica.com/stories/200808270431.html UK academic union posts link to anti-Semitic article -- on former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke's web site http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219572133936&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Jenna Delich, member of the British academic union that voted to reintroduce a boycott of Israeli academia (UK) Manchester: Boys 'cannot legally consent' to flogging http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1064167_boys_cannot_legally_consent_to_flogging Pakistan: The causeway for Islamic Finance http://www.ameinfo.com/167076.html (Pakistan) JUI-F sends 'wish list' to Zardari House http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/27/top17.htm -- JUI-F's 'save NWFP' moot on 31st http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\27\story_27-8-2008_pg7_52 (Pakistan/U.S.) U.S. envoy's contacts with Pakistani raise questions http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/26/asia/envoy.php -- Report states U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad's alleged unauthorized contacts with Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari -- "The conduct by Mr. Khalilzad, who is Afghan by birth, has also raised hackles because of speculation that he might seek to succeed Hamid Karzai as president of Afghanistan." -- "In January, White House officials expressed anger about an unauthorized appearance in which Mr. Khalilzad sat beside the Iranian foreign minister at a panel of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland." -- Biographies http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/50305.htm http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/83777.htm -- State Dept Bio states Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad served as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, and as ambassador to Afghanistan -- Also Pakistan Daily Times report http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\27\story_27-8-2008_pg1_13 (India) Muslim Forum to hold legal camps -- "in the wake of several Muslims being arrested for allegedly spreading terror" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Muslim_Forum_to_hold_legal_camps/articleshow/3409717.cms (India) Hindu-Christian clashes kill 8 in eastern India http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/26/asia/AS-India-Religious-Violence.php (Afghanistan) New UN Report Says Opium Production Has Decreased http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5657971&page=1 (Australia) Islamic school to appeal rejection http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24251412-29277,00.html Against Nazi News: Hitler's 'Germania' http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,410742,00.html Commentaries: (U.S.) An Act To Protect First Responders Fighting Terrorism --by Jerry Gordon http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm/frm/23242/sec_id/23242 (U.S.) Obama's Favorite Islamist - Alex Alexiev -- on Ingrid Mattson http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.998/pub_detail.asp (U.S.) Obama bin Biden Ends War On Terror -- by Robert Spencer http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=28221 (U.S.) Another Radical Obama Association? -- by Amanda Carpenter http://townhall.com/Columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2008/08/26/another_radical_obama_association (UK) How to target the extremists -- by Alasdair Palmer http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/08/24/do2404.xml August 26, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Blasts kill at least 34 in Iraq http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/26/africa/ME-Iraq.php (Iraq) Suicide bomber kills 28 in strike on Iraq police recruits -- in Jalawla in northern Diyala province http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080826/wl_nm/iraq_strike_dc_1;_ylt=Arod9senmuBhgzcnPEKtW.1X6GMA (Iraq) Car bomb injures 13 in Saddam's home town -- in Tikrit http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080826/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunresttikrit_080826094127;_ylt=AghRdC0vGaMR70kYv6olZwFX6GMA Iraqis show video of teen girl in suicide vest (update) http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/25/africa/ME-Iraq.php -- Pictured: The dramatic moment a 15-year-old Iraqi suicide bomber gave herself up http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1049021/Pictured-The-dramatic-moment-15-year-old-Iraqi-suicide-bomber-gave-up.html -- bomb teenage girl wore http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/08/25/article-1049021-0269A23300000578-290_468x676.jpg (Afghanistan) Kidnapped Japanese air worker freed http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1933734&Language=en -- Aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/26/Aid_worker_kidnapped_in_Afghanistan/UPI-86521219756473/ (Afghanistan) U.N. says has evidence air strikes killed 90 Afghans http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080826/ts_nm/afghan_civilians_dc_2;_ylt=Aoro2wduleMylnlh91wfvq_OVooA -- Afghanistan demands review of foreign troops http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219572129544&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Pakistan) Blast at Pakistan rally, shots fired at U.S. vehicle -- bomb in Baluchistan rally wounds 20 - shots at U.S. consulate vehicle in NWFP's Peshawar http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080826/wl_nm/pakistan_violence_dc_2;_ylt=Ai8TNGFL6qkE2ZaFYV6sWtHzPukA (Pakistan) NWFP: US diplomat escapes attack in new Pakistan violence -- Lynne Tracy http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080826/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrest_080826104825;_ylt=AhlVo8Oy42E3w_q3IcIjPbvzPukA (Pakistan) NWFP: Two officials kidnapped in Peshawar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\26\story_26-8-2008_pg7_65 (Pakistan) NWFP: Militants blow up girls' school in Peshawar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\26\story_26-8-2008_pg7_10 -- NWFP: Blast destroys barber shop in Mardan --- "local Taliban have been targeting barber shops, cinemas and music shops in the NWFP. They have also destroyed dozens of girls' school" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\26\story_26-8-2008_pg7_66 -- see also August 24: NWFP Information Minister: 'Taliban not burning girls' schools' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\24\story_24-8-2008_pg7_4 (Pakistan) NWFP - Update: Taliban kill legislator's brother and nephews - in Mingora - Awami National Party (ANP)'s Khan http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/26/top9.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Hoti asks militants to surrender unconditionally http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\26\story_26-8-2008_pg7_55 -- March 19, 2008: Ameer Haider Hoti, CM Designate NWFP -- "If things can better, why not?" on Sharia law for Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\03\19\story_19-3-2008_pg3_5 (Pakistan) FATA: Five militants killed near Afghan border http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\26\story_26-8-2008_pg7_9 (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan: Tribal clashes claim 31 lives in border region http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2437320816 (Pakistan) Laura Mansfield: Transcript of August 22 Zawahiri message http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/18527 (India) Terror alert: Cops check govt hospitals http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Terror_alert_Cops_check_govt_hospitals/articleshow/3405510.cms (U.S.) "Liberty City 7" former defendant: Former terror suspect faces deportation -- Lyglenson Lemorin http://www.wflxfox29.com/Global/story.asp?S=8900085&nav=menu98_3 (U.S.) 11 Year-Old Son of Female Al Qaeda Suspect Aafia Siddiqui May Be In Custody -- in Afghanistan by Afghan authorities http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5652514&page=1 (U.S.) FBI blames phone flap on miscommunication http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/26/fbi-blames-phone-flap-on-miscommunication/ (U.S.) Four held over 'white supremacist gun plot to assassinate Barack Obama' -- Tharin Gartrell and Nathan Johnson http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1049169/Four-held-white-supremacist-gun-plot-assassinate-Barack-Obama.html -- Tharin Gartrell was wearing a ring with a Nazi swastika http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/us+police+probe+plot+to+kill+democratic+presidential+nominee+barack+obama/2434682 -- Feds Investigate Possible Obama Assassination Plot in Denver http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/26/obama-possible-plot/ -- Official: Man wasn't a 'credible threat' to Obama http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080826/ap_on_re_us/obama_threat_investigation http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26398461/ (UK) Terror police arrest in Blackburn - in Lancashire - fourth arrest over alleged plot to kill PM Brown http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7581634.stm http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080826/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliticscrime_080826114033;_ylt=AuBkXUeyKVz0gMf1XVqz3K8Tv5UB -- Gordon Brown murder threats lead to four arrests under terror powers http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/26/uksecurity.gordonbrown -- 'White' terror suspect arrested over 'Islamic plot to kill Gordon Brown' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1049212/White-terror-suspect-arrested-Islamic-plot-kill-Gordon-Brown.html (UK) Revealed: Britain's secret propaganda war against al-Qaida -- BBC and website forums targeted by Home Office unit http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/26/alqaida.uksecurity http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23544673-details/article.do?ito=newsnow& -- "campaign aims to 'channel messages' through internet bloggers and chatroom members as well as major media outlets such as the BBC" -- BBC targeted in campaign to taint al-Qaeda http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2623819/BBC-targeted-in-campaign-to-taint-al-Qaeda.html -- "first dossier of material being despatched to diplomatic posts worldwide cites condemnation of al-Qaida from Sayyid Imam al-Sharif aka Dr Fadl" -- UK Home Office fails to acknowledge that Al-Sharif continues to support Jihad in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Israel --- see also: "False Reports of Jihadists "Quitting" or Abandoning Islamic Supremacism" by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/092.html http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.637/pub_detail.asp http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/07/false_reports_on_jihad.php --- see also related article mentioning fraud on Al-Sharif: "Quilliam Foundation and Misdirection on Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa" by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/098.html http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.924/pub_detail.asp http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/quilliam_foundation_and_gomaa.php (Lebanon) Islamists protest in downtown Beirut http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/26/africa/ME-Lebanon-Protest.php Gaza crossings to remain closed Tuesday following Kassam attacks http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219572125491&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Report: Terrorists hold kidnap training http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3587389,00.html Somalia President: Efforts Underway To Free Kidnapped Journalists http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080826\ACQDJON200808260726DOWJONESDJONLINE000237.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Somalia%20President:%20Efforts%20Underway%20To%20Free%20Kidnapped%20Journalists Somalia: Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Bullet Damages http://allafrica.com/stories/200808260734.html Somalia: MPs Denounce Attack On Their Homes http://allafrica.com/stories/200808260735.html (Mauritania) Al-Qaeda denounces Mauritania's 'infidel' military junta: report http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h3Y4v950M3sDatRIztZNX8R03gIQ (Canada) Ottawa author attack RCMP for terror-fighting strategy http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=f1269fd8-7000-44e2-b78f-0833d0ab9b8c (Philippines) Fighting between Filipino government troops and Islamic separatists worsens -- estimates 150 Jihadists killed in past 5 days http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/26/asia/phils.php Philippines: Government To Ask Rebels To Disarm http://www.mysinchew.com/node/15526?tid=37 http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080826/tap-as-philippines-muslim-rebels-2nd-wri-fe2a5de.html (Philippines) Govt asked to form Christian-Muslim defense units http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080826-156932/Govt-asked-to-form-Christian-Muslim-defense-units (Indonesia) Bali bombers condemn government as 'infidels' - August 21 report http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=236825&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25 (Sri Lanka) Battles kill 15 rebels, 7 soldiers in Sri Lanka http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080826/ap_on_re_as/sri_lanka_civil_war_2 (Sri Lanka) 74 killed in Lanka fighting -- on August 25 http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=237735&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24 (North Korea) US says North Korea must verify nuclear declaration http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080826/ap_on_re_us/us_nkorea_1;_ylt=Aqbq2v7OQS7NRVyMvqL_CD2CscEA North Korea suspends nuclear reactor disablement http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080826/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear_8;_ylt=AidM3NUjrvfAL3lnpdlS.8uCscEA -- North Korea halts denuclearization http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080826/wl_afp/nkoreausnuclearweapons_080826110659;_ylt=AuyhkkEV99kNyN2dWk2fQ_SCscEA -- North Korea threatens to restore nuclear facilities http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/26/asia/27korea.php Commentaries: Somali "Youth Movement" to Officially Join al Qaeda, Export Jihad http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193753.php http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-shabab25-2008aug25,0,7041237.story Obama through Muslim eyes -- by Daniel Pipes http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219572122800&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Democrats' 'soft' jihadist -- by Frank Gaffney http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/26/democrats-soft-jihadist/ Other News: (Pakistan) NWFP backs Zardari http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\26\story_26-8-2008_pg1_5 (Pakistan) JUI-F decision on 27th: Fazl -- will support and second Zardari's nomination http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\26\story_26-8-2008_pg1_6 -- see also: JUI-F NWFP links Zardari's support to end of operation http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\25\story_25-8-2008_pg7_8 Indonesian ulema: invoking name of Allah sufficient in court case http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022396.php http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/bnm/20080825/tts-oath-doubts-bm-993ba14.html (U.S.) New York City Bar is Promoting Shariah Compliant Finance Cources for 3.0 credits in professional Practice http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2008/08/25/new-york-city-bar-is-promoting-shariah-compliant-finance-cources-for-30-credits-in-professional-practice-this-is-dhimmitude-101-the-scholars-who-are-teaching-the-course-are-on-many-bank-boards-tha/ UK- ETFS launches Shariah-compliant ETCs http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093209302 (UK) Sharia courts rule on sex lives in Britain http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2625090/Sharia-courts-rule-on-sex-lives-in-Britain.html (UK) Madonna angers John McCain with Adolf Hitler jibe http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2624044/Madonna-angers-John-McCain-with-Adolf-Hitler-jibe.html Against Nazi News: (U.S.) Four held over 'white supremacist gun plot to assassinate Barack Obama' -- Tharin Gartrell and Nathan Johnson http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1049169/Four-held-white-supremacist-gun-plot-assassinate-Barack-Obama.html -- Tharin Gartrell was wearing a ring with a Nazi swastika (UK) Wiesenthal Center condemns Madonna's comparison of McCain to Hitler http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219572123245&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Madonna angers John McCain with Adolf Hitler jibe http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2624044/Madonna-angers-John-McCain-with-Adolf-Hitler-jibe.html August 25, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) US soldier killed in shooting attack in Iraq - in Baghdad http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/25/africa/ME-Iraq-US-Casualties.php (Iraq) 11 terrorism suspects detained in Iraq -- in Beiji, Sharqat, Baghdad and vicinity - 4 plotted poison attacks http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/25/11_terrorism_suspects_detained_in_Iraq/UPI-85301219690282/ Iraq, US agree no foreign troops after 2011 http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August482.xml§ion=middleeast&col= -- Iraq: Set date for US troops to leave http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/25/africa/ME-Iraq-US-Pact.php (Iraq) Two girls attempting suicide bombings caught by Iraq's Diala police - update http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1933546&Language=en -- Iraqis show video of teen girl in suicide vest http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2008/8/25/376350.html Afghanistan attack was 'legitimate' hit at Taliban: Pentagon http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August908.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (Afghanistan) Danish soldier killed in Afghanistan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/25/europe/EU-Denmark-Afghanistan.php (Afghanistan) French official: Taliban threat 'underestimated' http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f0a6bb8c-71fc-11dd-a44a-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1 (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistani troops kill five militants near Afghan border -- Bajaur Agency's Khar area http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August909.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (Pakistan) AP: "A look at Pakistan's Taliban movement" - states that Taliban calls for "implementation of a strict version of Islamic law", won't use term Sharia http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/25/asia/AS-Pakistan-Taliban-Glance.php Pakistan coalition split won't affect war on terror: US State Department http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080825/pl_afp/uspakistanpolitics_080825164803;_ylt=AmRlOpkYPBv.l_vVk4DqfuMTv5UB (India) Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) threatens bomb blasts in Haridwar, Rishikesh http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=2649dab2-fcd5-4360-b56f-354404033694&&Headline=SIMI+threatens+bomb+blasts+in+Haridwar%2c+Rishikesh&strParent=strParentID -- Haridwar ashram receives SIMI threat to blow up religious places http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Haridwar_ashram_receives_SIMI_threat_to_blow_up_religious_places/articleshow/3404263.cms (India) Two killed in Kanpur blast, bomb ingredients found http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14746094 Indian Kashmir Under Curfew, Protests Over Desecration Of Koran http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9401.htm (U.S.) CIA used Swiss to thwart foreign nuclear programs: report http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080825/pl_afp/usswitzerlandiranlibyapakistannuclear_080825165158;_ylt=AmWGSiKKbp.BkDCxNM6INg1Sw60A Iran: US air base being built near Iranian border http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2435636429 Bahrainis, Syrian in terror trial http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=237670&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 Egypt intelligence chief meets with Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219572123692&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Somalia) Ransom demand may soon come for journalist: group http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080825/somalia_journos_080825/20080825?hub=World&s_name= -- Somalia's Islamists deny kidnapping journalists http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Somalia/10240114.html Somali pirates seize 8 ships http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2382261,00.html Somalia: Thousands Displaced As Insurgents Take Control of Kismayo http://allafrica.com/stories/200808251341.html Sudanese govt forces attack Darfur refugee camp http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SUDAN_DARFUR?SITE=NCAGW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT -- Dozens feared killed in Darfur camp http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24242599-23109,00.html (South Africa) Families of terror suspects protest -- Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) in South Africa claim those detained "on terrorism allegations are being subjected to Islamaphobic profiling" http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/646182 Swiss foreign minister would 'talk to bin Laden' -- Micheline Calmy-Rey http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August1526.xml§ion=theworld&col= http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/371626/1/.html (Netherlands) Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1788 (Australia) Alleged jihad writer 'was a journalist' -- Belal Saadallah Khazaal trial http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24238141-5003402,00.html --- AFP and ASIO didn't check 'terror book' man's journalist claim http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24242261-5001561,00.html (Philippines) Arroyo assures Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC): No all-out war vs MILF http://www.gmanews.tv/story/116027/Arroyo-assures-OIC-No-all-out-war-vs-MILF Sri Lanka: 8 rebels killed in fighting - update http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/25/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php (North Korea) U.S. says envoy's talks with North Korea "substantive" http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080825/wl_nm/korea_north_usa_dc_1;_ylt=Ao9amfEIdIXLoO8aL3Dfbe6CscEA Other News: (U.S.) IPT News: Of Democrats and Co-Conspirators http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/755 (U.S.) Leader of Muslim Brotherhood-linked organization gets standing ovation at Democratic Convention -- ISNA President Ingrid Mattson http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022372.php http://news.yahoo.com/s/rockymountainnews/20080825/pl_rockymountainnews/demsmessagefaithiswhatwelive_0 -- "tells Islamic leaders abroad that Muslims in the United States still face discrimination constantly" -- ISNA is an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case -- HLF(page 8) http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/423.pdf -- see also August 24 JihadWatch posting http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022342.php (U.S.) Former accused jihadist spy, now DNC delegate: "That they'll now read from the Quran at a national political convention — that shows we have come a long way in this country" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022373.php http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2008136158_danny25m.html (U.S.) Obama: World must not let Iran corner Israel http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080825/ts_alt_afp/irannuclearpoliticsisraelusvote_080825200912;_ylt=AkX0QbzwU.xZsOisEJp1nThSw60A Egypt police prevent Copts from repairing church: rights group http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gGekvqxHBdgkyz38ym5EfW20VLcg http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022368.php Sweden: Boys facing honor violence http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/international/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?nyheter=1&programid=2054&Artikel=2271475 http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/sweden-boys-facing-honor-violence.html Norway: Somali author criticizes Somali community http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2616711.ece http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/norway-somali-author-criticizes-somali.html Italy's Northern League seeks to block new mosques http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ac53be0e-723c-11dd-a44a-0000779fd18c.html Pakistan coalition government collapses -- Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N)'s Nawaz Sharif withdraws his party from the coalition government http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/2620286/Pakistan-coalition-government-collapses.html -- Sharif has history of seeking Sharia law for northwest and all of Pakistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif#Proposition_of_an_Islamic_society_based_on_the_Quran -- Taliban want to work with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed -- in implementing Sharia law throughout Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\09\story_9-8-2008_pg7_10 Kuwaiti official lauds Sharia international conference in Italy http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1933558&Language=en (Nigeria) "We are in power to implement Sharia" -- "Kano state governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has said that he and his government are in power in the state courtesy of their promise to implement Islamic legal system." http://www.triumphnewspapers.com/we2582008.html (Indonesia) BNI to form sharia banking joint venture with Saudi-based ICD http://old.thejakartapost.com/detailbusiness.asp?fileid=20080825.L03&irec=2 (UAE) Takaful House sets up Islamic insurance http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/business/2008/August/business_August813.xml§ion=business&col= (India) Orissa: 2 killed, churches torched http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Orissa_2_killed_churches_torched/articleshow/3404364.cms -- Hindu-Christian Violence Flares in India http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/world/asia/26india.html Commentaries: As the West Sleeps, Islamists Work on Establishing a Worldwide Islamic State: (Part Two of Two) -- M. Zuhdi Jasser http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.966/pub_detail.asp -- Part One http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.827/pub_detail.asp Against Nazi News: (Germany) Slave labor documents in Nazi archive digitized http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/25/europe/EU-Germany-Nazi-Archive.php August 25, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Iraq banquet bombing toll rises to 30 -- 42 wounded - in Sunday evening attack in Al-Zaidan village in Abu Ghraib district http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080825/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestabughraibtoll_080825090908;_ylt=AmqjKn2RIsSvpNWUT2gXVXJX6GMA -- see also KUNA report http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1933352&Language=en -- Iraqis bury dead after bomb at banquet kills 25 http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/4963344/iraqis-bury-dead-after-bomb-at-banquet-kills-25 -- 40 killed in Iraq bombings on Sunday http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/24/40_killed_in_Iraq_bombings/UPI-19941219575096/ (Iraq) Explosion in Baghdad, claims lives of three people, injures 10 others http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1933355&Language=en Iraq girl caught with bomb vest interrogated -- "15-year-old Iraqi girl caught with a suicide vest says she was fitted with the explosives by a woman she didn't know" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080825/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_15;_ylt=AqW5EQpj5zFzq7iB6pGU_ulX6GMA (Afghanistan) 1.2 tons of opium seized in Afghanistan -- Helmand province http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080825/ap_on_re_as/afghan_drugs_1;_ylt=AoTCWZkar.HCVCEu11ZKBmjOVooA Pakistan mob burns two armored personnel carriers (APCs) set for U.S. Afghan force http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080825/wl_nm/pakistan_afghan_apcs_dc_1;_ylt=Av28UVTpRETzgl5yBBDcsWjOVooA (Pakistan) NWFP: Ten killed in a rocket attack in Pakistan -- in Mangora, Swat valley - Jihadist attack on home of National Assembly member Waqar Ahmed http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1933364&Language=en -- see also AKI report http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2435114286 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban militants targeted by security forces -- in Swat valley's Kabal http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2435057399 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\25\story_25-8-2008_pg1_6 -- Woman among six killed in Swat http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/25/top5.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: JUI-F NWFP links Zardari's support to end of operation http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\25\story_25-8-2008_pg7_8 (Pakistan) FATA: 5 officials missing in South Waziristan attack http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\25\story_25-8-2008_pg1_7 (Pakistan) FATA: Militants offer ceasefire in Bajaur Agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\25\story_25-8-2008_pg7_4 Pakistan bans Taliban after suicide bombings -- Interior Ministry announcement Monday http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080825/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_104;_ylt=AnELXNh6r302_es_P9QWzq8Tv5UB -- previously reported on August 21 -- see August 20 Roznama Khabrain report http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9315.htm (Paksitan) Zardari: Pakistan, world losing war against Taliban (my title) http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\25\story_25-8-2008_pg1_1 -- BBC Video: Taleban winning war, says Zardari http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7580397.stm (Pakistan) Taliban Commander Baitullah Mehsud in good health, leading militants http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\25\story_25-8-2008_pg7_10 (Pakistan) Karachi: Crime Investigation Department (CID) busts Taliban funding racket in Karachi (Sindh province) http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\25\story_25-8-2008_pg7_30 (Pakistan) Karachi: Terrorism expert escapes bomb attack http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\24\story_24-8-2008_pg12_1 (India) Ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) to continue: Supreme Court http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ban_on_SIMI_to_continue_Supreme_Court/articleshow/3403347.cms (India) Ahmedabad blasts probe: 4 SIMI men to be interrogated http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Blast_probe_4_SIMI_men_to_be_interrogated/articleshow/3398652.cms -- SIMI chief Safdar Nagori brought to Ahmedabad http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/SIMI_chief_Safdar_Nagori_brought_to_Ahmedabad/articleshow/3400340.cms (India) Surat bomb suspect held blood donation camps http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Surat_bomb_suspect_held_blood_donation_camps_/articleshow/3398656.cms (India) Is Indian Mujahideen a cyber outfit? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Is_Indian_Mujahideen_a_cyber_outfit_/articleshow/3398654.cms (India) Educational institutes under scanner for terror mails http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Educational_institutes_under_scanner_for_terror_mails/articleshow/3398655.cms (India J&K) Fresh clashes in J&K, Army stages flag march http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Fresh_clashes_in_JK_Army_stages_flag_march/articleshow/3399950.cms -- Protesters defy curfew in Srinagar; 3 killed http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Three_killed_70_injured_in_JK_violence/articleshow/3402165.cms -- Troops arrest two separatist leaders in Kashmir http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2435227639 Al Qaeda turns to cheap local cells for operations http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\25\story_25-8-2008_pg7_57 http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/855980.html (U.S.) Steel cross installed near Flight 93 site in Pennsylvania - Cross made of steel from the World Trade Center in honor of 9/11 victims http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26382354/ (U.S.) Al-Qaeda Suspect Aafia Siddiqui: 'Qaeda' Mom's kid in Afghanstan http://www.nypost.com/seven/08252008/news/regionalnews/qaeda_moms_kid_in_afghan_125998.htm (U.S.) Video: Detecting Nuclear Terrorism http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4378549n (U.S.) Sniffing Bombs With Mobiles -- Cell phones could help locate dirty bombs or nuclear weapons by 'triangulating' the source of radiation as mobile owners go by http://www.newsweek.com/id/154987 Iran's Supreme Leader Praises Ahmadinejad for 'Standing Up to' the West http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,409524,00.html Iran kicks off production for own built submarine http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/25/africa/ME-Iran-Submarine.php Israel releases 198 Palestinian prisoners in effort to boost peace process http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/2618777/Israel-releases-198-Palestinian-prisoners-in-effort-to-boost-peace-process.html -- Abbas: 'There'll be no peace without the release of all our prisoners' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219572114565&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Somalia) Conditions may be ripe for Al Qaeda in Somalia http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-shabab25-2008aug25,0,1932841.story?track=rss (Somalia) Australia Sends Police to Probe Reporter's Abduction in Somalia http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=a9ZJQwdADzrY Somalia: Sanitation Workers Repeatedly Start Work After Deadly Blast http://allafrica.com/stories/200808250541.html (Somalia) Shabelle Media: "Somali Troops Burn Houses in Mogadishu" - Somalia military denies report http://allafrica.com/stories/200808250542.html Yemen police arrest 30 Al Qaeda suspects - in past 2 weeks - update http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\25\story_25-8-2008_pg7_58 (Uganda) Appeals for 'terror suspects' release ignored http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20080824083927107C942539 (Turkey) Report: Kurdish rebels kill Turkish soldier http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/25/europe/EU-Turkey-Kurds.php (Canada) CSIS wants help from ordinary Muslims http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080825.wmeet25/BNStory/National/home (Thailand) Bomb explosion injures six soldiers in Narathiwat - near Ban Bang Khunthong School in Tak Bai http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/08/25/national/national_30081425.php (Thailand) Army chief meets soldiers in deep South http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=129915 Philippine troops winning against Muslim rebels: military http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080825/wl_asia_afp/philippinesmuslimunrest_080825074551 -- Philippine military reports gains against Muslim rebels http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080825/tap-philippines-muslim-unrest-5cc1ef8.html -- Philippines: Troops Capture 15 Rebel Strongholds http://www.mysinchew.com/node/15465?tid=37 Philippines: Army not fighting 'all-out war' in south, says president http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2435278866 (Philippines) Interior Secretary Puno: 'Truce possible if MILF gives up Kato, Bravo' http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstories/topstories/view/20080825-156738/Puno-Truce-possible-if-MILF-gives-up-Kato-Bravo -- Puno: "[Surrender] is a simple criterion for a ceasefire because if you do not take a position against these kinds of crimes, these murders and massacres against innocent civilians, you cannot claim to be a part of these talks" -- Philippine president weighs deal with Muslim separatists http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080825/wire/808250360&tc=yahoo -- Rights group calls for truce in Mindanao http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/25/Rights_group_calls_for_truce_in_Mindanao/UPI-18221219667038/ Sri Lanka Military: New Fighting Kills 12 Rebels http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5646748 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080825/ap_on_re_as/sri_lanka_civil_war_1 (North Korea) China, South Korea agree to keep working on North Korea deal http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080825/ap_on_re_as/skorea_china_summit_4;_ylt=An4zKI2O8jVptrhd4g.gY0eCscEA Other News: (U.S.) Critics Question DNC's Pick for Islamic Speaker at 'Interfaith' Gathering -- ISNA's Mattson http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/24/critics-question-dncs-pick-for-islamic-speaker-at-interfaith-gathering/ -- see also August 24 JihadWatch report http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022342.php Indonesia Shariah fund aims to double its assets by end-2008 http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=237675&version=1&template_id=48&parent_id=28 Malaysia bank launches Islamic stockbroking http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=237652&version=1&template_id=48&parent_id=28 Shariah 101- Women abandoned by their husbands in Bahrain broke their silence and staged two sit-ins earlier this month to highlight the legal challenges they faced in getting their marriage annulled http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2008/08/25/shariah-101-women-abandoned-by-their-husbands-in-bahrain-broke-their-silence-and-staged-two-sit-ins-earlier-this-month-to-highlight-the-legal-challenges-they-faced-in-getting-their-marriage-annulled/ Wafa Sultan speaks on Shariah Law, women and minority rights under Islam http://vladtepesblog.com/?p=902 (Pakistan) Threat to marry 3-year-old girl: Distressed father pleads for help http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\25\story_25-8-2008_pg7_19 (UK) Council spending Ł3million in the fight against Muslim extremism -- to check on mosques, teach imams English -- "Among the mosques to receive funding is the Green Lane mosque in Small Heath. The Channel 4 Dispatches programme exposed hate preaching at this mosque. A preacher, Abu Usama, urged that homosexuals be thrown from mountains." http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2008/08/25/council-spending-3million-in-the-fight-against-muslim-extremism-66331-21599047/ (UK) Madonna mixes Hitler, Mugabe and McCain http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219572116675&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (UK) Passport to evil -- Bulgarian passports for sale in London mosques http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/article16763.ecehttp://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/article16763.ece http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/london-bulgarian-passports-for-sale-in.html (UK) Terrorist - or just a curious teenager? -- Guardian propagandist claims those seeking Jihad in UK just "curious" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/25/islam.uksecurity (UK) Scotland: When Muslims look to Shari'ah principles, the law of Scotland can be quite accommodating http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/John--Fotheringham--When.4422319.jp Islam in Europe Weekly Review http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/islam-in-europe-weekly-review_25.html (India) I love India, won't leave: Taslima http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/I_love_India_wont_leave_Taslima/articleshow/3403542.cms (Gaza) AP: "Suggestion Hamas setting women back is an 'old notion'" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219218628466&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Mariam al-Bursh: "These limits are to the benefit of women. Not against them" (Israel) Islamic Movement vows to continue defending Muslim holy sites http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219572115025&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (China) "Grounded" Uighur pilots still flying http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4599459.ece Commentaries: Getting the World to Hate Israel - by Dr. Richard L. Cravatts http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/8194 Against Nazi News: (Germany) Son of wanted Nazi wants him declared dead -- Aribert Heim ("Dr. Death") http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/25/germany.nazi.hunt.ap/index.html August 24, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com [NOTE: Correction on Russia story dates] (Iraq) Suicide-bomber driven car injures three policemen, a civilian - in Mosul http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1933274&Language=en (Iraq) Twin blasts in E. Baghdad kill four Iraqis, injure 15 http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1933219&Language=en (Iraq) U.S. forces say they catch two Iraq al Qaeda leaders http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080824/wl_nm/iraq_qaeda_dc_1;_ylt=An_AlFBQHjmrRdW.SDnmJuoTv5UB -- Abu Uthman believed to be behind Jill Carroll kidnapping -- see also AP report http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080824/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_4;_ylt=AnUGMQ4VMssh3WBf8dqsNhNX6GMA (Iraq) Nine killed in Iraq violence -- in the town of Bala Druz, near Baquba http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080824/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest_080824134537;_ylt=AkZyH3415BVFr2_WE6iZq1BX6GMA Iraqi woman with bomb vest turns herself in http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/24/africa/ME-Iraq-Bomber-Surrenders.php (Afghanistan) 10 Taliban fighters killed in Afghan clashes -- fighting in Helmand, Kunar, and Kapisa provinces http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080824/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_3;_ylt=AiGEvA81n4rtMRoi31JGGCfOVooA (Afghanistan) Taliban turns lethal: 101 US deaths in Afghanistan -- nearly 7 years after 9/11, AP discovers that Taliban Jihadists are "lethal" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080824/ap_on_re_as/afghan100_us_deaths_1;_ylt=Alwm7ctvRlKzCmQICqchtiXOVooA (Afghanistan) US expresses regret of Afghan deaths http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080824/ts_alt_afp/afghanistanunrestciviliansuswhouse_080824142037;_ylt=AhZy904NkdrOWHcu4ZDd0zrOVooA -- AFP reports Afghan minister says 90 civilians killed in military attacks on Taliban http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080824/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestciviliansus_080824160223;_ylt=AhNwZzCmblFLjdCoAx7yNNfOVooA (Afghanistan) Telegraph: "Fighting the Taliban: What it's really like" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/2609487/Fighting-the-Taliban-What-its-really-like.html (Afghanistan) US puts up Bin Laden 'wanted' posters in Afghanistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\24\story_24-8-2008_pg7_5 (Pakistan) NWFP: Five militants held in Hangu http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\24\story_24-8-2008_pg7_14 (Pakistan) NWFP: Ex-NWFP governor asks govt to review war on terror policy http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\24\story_24-8-2008_pg7_43 (Pakistan) NWFP Information Minister: 'Taliban not burning girls' schools' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\24\story_24-8-2008_pg7_4 -- August 21: NWFP: 'Militants destroyed 125 girls' schools in 10 months' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\21\story_21-8-2008_pg7_39 -- August 4: Taliban Militants Burn 3 Girls' Schools, Blow Up Hospital In Pakistan http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011827221 -- July 31: Pakistan using ads to appeal to Taliban - to end campaign of bombing girls' schools http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_using_ads_to_appeal_to_Taliban/articleshow/3307746.cms -- July 31: Taliban warn 'un-Islamic' businesses of dire consequences -- Says women to wear hijab or be ready to get burnt with acid -- Punjab province http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\07\31\story_31-7-2008_pg7_18 -- July 9: Taliban take over two more girls' schools in Bajaur Agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\07\09\story_9-7-2008_pg7_4 -- May 13: Taliban give NGOs 3-day deadline - "to stop their activities or face action" - told to close girl's school http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\13\story_13-5-2008_pg7_5 (Pakistan) NWFP: 'Judicial system to bring peace in Swat' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\24\story_24-8-2008_pg7_34 -- in July proposed amendments to Nizam-e-Adl regulations for "the imposition of shariah law in Malakand Division and Swat" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\07\30\story_30-7-2008_pg7_2 -- see also Jeffrey Imm's June 10 posting http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/06/pakistan_sharia_threat.php (Pakistan) FATA: Four more killed in Kurram Agency clashes http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\24\story_24-8-2008_pg7_9 (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan rejects truce offer by militants in tribal area: official -- Bajaur Agency http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080824/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanafghanistanunrest_080824143549;_ylt=AlI6y5r5UOyKkVfk5L1Bg3LOVooA (Pakistan) FATA: Al Qaeda commander Abu Laith Al Libi killers executed -- in North Waziristan http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/24/nat8.htm -- also Taliban kill two US 'spies'-- in North Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\24\story_24-8-2008_pg7_13 (Pakistan) Punjab: Multan CD traders receive threatening letters from Taliban http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\24\story_24-8-2008_pg7_53 (Pakistan) Govt officer shot dead in Quetta http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\24\story_24-8-2008_pg7_12 (India) Suspected Maoist rebels kill 5 in eastern India http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/24/asia/AS-India-Rebel-Attack.php (India) Latest terror email traced to Mumbai college computer http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Latest_terror_email_traced_to_Mumbai_college_computer/articleshow/3400494.cms (India) SIMI chief Safdar Nagori brought to Ahmedabad http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/SIMI_chief_Safdar_Nagori_brought_to_Ahmedabad/articleshow/3400340.cms (India) 4 SIMI activists remanded to police custody till Sept 3 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/4_SIMI_activists_remanded_to_police_custody_till_Sept_3/articleshow/3399993.cms (U.S.) New York: No Terrorism Ties Here -- Move Along -- Egyptian engineer who entered the U.S. on a Sudanese passport, has designed an unmanned aerial vehicle capable of carrying more than 600 pounds of explosives http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTVhYTkzMDBmY2EzZTY2YmNhN2YzODc3YmZiNjIyM2I= --- Unmanned Drone On L.I. Sparks Terror Investigation http://www.wnbc.com/news/17266645/detail.html (U.S.) Clashing views of MIT grad suspected of terrorism -- supporters of Al-Qaeda suspect Aafia Siddiqui view her as "devout Muslim... who fled to Pakistan after 9/11 because of anti-Muslim sentiment" per AP report http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080823/ap_on_re_us/al_qaida_suspect_shooting_1;_ylt=AnNNHCxSDrs09ykw_obRcxUTv5UB -- see also ABC report http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5567066&page=1 (U.S.) Washington Post: "Homeland Security Comes to Vermont" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082300816.html Iran will hit back if Israel attacks: Hezbollah http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080824/wl_nm/iran_israel_hezbollah_dc_1;_ylt=Av4gW3OUu3kpxSZjjtavoCxSw60A -- Hezbollah leader warns Israel against attack http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August462.xml§ion=middleeast Iran: 2nd nuclear power plant in design stage http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080824/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear_2;_ylt=Au9wl.pfV0sW9ysRZGbj4fpSw60A Iran's Khamenei urges Ahmadinejad to plan for second term http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080824/wl_mideast_afp/iranpolitics_080824182016;_ylt=AgSZK03To3._xkpQvwK.T8lSw60A (Israel) Experts monitor creeping Qaeda chatter inside Israel http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August444.xml§ion=middleeast&col= Israel shuts Islamic movement office -- "Al Aqsa Institute" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/24/africa/ME-Israel-Islam.php (Algeria) 10 suspected militants killed in Algeria http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/24/africa/AF-Algeria-Violence.php (Somalia) Foreign journalists abducted in Somalia, UN denounces clashes http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080824/wl_africa_afp/somaliaunrest_080824080639 http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August1473.xml§ion=theworld --- Media groups confirm kidnapping in Somalia http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/24/africa/AF-Somalia-Hostages.php (Yemen) Six alleged Al-Qaida members arrested in southern Yemen http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219572113432&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Moroccan terrorism suspect's murky trail -- Abdelkader Belliraj http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-doubleagent24-2008aug24,0,3394258.story?track=rss (Russia) Two Russian officers killed in Chechnya attack http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080824/wl_nm/russia_chechnya_attack_dc_2;_ylt=AoXe8c7zA6wUob.oqxajiq1_5GIA -- one week from 4th annivesary of Chechen Jihadist massacre of 186 children in Beslan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beslan_school_hostage_crisis -- Biden selected as V.P. Nominee -- May 4, 2007 - U.S. Senator Biden calls Chechen Jihad "a war of liberation" http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/3850.html -- September 17, 2004: Chechen warlord behind Russian school siege http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200409/s1201684.htm -- Chechens part of Pakistan NWFP Jihadists http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/23/top7.htm (Thailand) Two more southern bomb suspects arrested -- in the deadly bombing in Narathiwat province last week http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=129911 http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/08/25/national/national_30081335.php Philippines rejects call to halt offensives against Muslim rebels http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080824/876/twl-philippines-rejects-call-to-halt-off_1.html (Philippines) Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) linked to al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=129173 -- Malacanang, on the other hand, has accused the MILF leadership of authorizing the atrocities Sri Lanka battles kill 30 rebels, 3 soldiers http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080824/tap-as-sri-lanka-civil-war-d3b07b8.html Sri Lanka braces for push on Tiger capital http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080824/twl-srilanka-unrest-4bdc673.html North Korea vows to wipe out aggressors http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/24/asia/AS-Koreas-US-War-Games.php -- themselves?? (Colombia) How Farc's female troops are giving up the revolution http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/24/farc.colombia Commentaries: (UK) How to target the extremists -- by Alasdair Palmer http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/08/24/do2404.xml -- "Does MI5's behavioural science unit really believe that, if the ideology of extreme Islamism did not exist, the people who blew themselves up on July 7, 2005 would have found another justification for it and done it anyway?" -- "People in MI5 tell me that denying the connection between Islamism and terrorism derives from the belief that if you accept it, there's no hope for a multicultural society in Britain: we would just have to recognise that part of the population is permanently liable to become terrorists." Other News: (Egypt) An Interview with Muslim Brotherhood’s #2, Mohammed Habib http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/an-interview-with-the-muslim-brotherhoods-2/ -- Muslim Brotherhoods' Mohamed Habib: "We would naturally like to see the end of the current regime and that their practices are not to be repeated by the coming administration. We don’t anticipate such change taking place if Senator John McCain wins, for he seems to be following the same line as the current American President George Bush. We are not so sure about Senator Obama either, because of his Israel visit, him saying that Israel is a democracy, and his visit to AIPAC, but we are withholding judgment because maybe he needs to do this to win." (Egypt) An Egyptian Muslim's long journey towards Christianity http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080824/lf_afp/egyptreligioncoptislam;_ylt=A0wNcwI_ubFIm0MBwBZvaA8F Saudi Arabian girl, 8, seeks divorce -- from 50 year old man http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/2614442/Saudi-Arabian-girl-8-seeks-divorce.html US Muslims step up political activism http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\24\story_24-8-2008_pg7_15 (U.S.) Meet Ingrid Mattson, appearing today at the Democratic National Convention http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022342.php http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_10140989 --- Mattson president of unindicted co-conspirator organization Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) (U.S.) Obama's Islamist problem - by Frank J. Gaffney http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.965/pub_detail.asp (U.S.) Biden wages war on 'war on terror' http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022344.php -- May 4, 2007: "Biden wages war on 'war on terror'" http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/3850.html --- "The war in Chechnya is a war of liberation -- it engaged in terrorist activities, but it it is fundamentally different." --- Politico: "he sees an irony in the emergence of strong Islamist enemies only after the American invasion" of Iraq --- Biden fails to recall how Chechens "liberated" the lives of 186 children in Beslan Jihadist atrocities on September 1, 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beslan_school_hostage_crisis (U.S.) Joe Biden, Friend of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - by W. Thomas Smith, Jr. http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.964/pub_detail.asp (U.S.) Denver Man Threatens John McCain (my title) -- Marc Ramsey: "You're out of time. Allahu Akbar. Akeem Ramsel El" http://www.thedenverchannel.com/politics/17267476/detail.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022335.php (U.S.) John McCain's advisor says Islamic terrorism will die out --- Robert Kagan: "I don't believe that Islamic radicalism is the force that will shape this century....I think Islamic radicalism is an inevitably dying force" -- also says make take 40 years to die out http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/johnmccain/2603559/John-McCains-advisor-says-Islamic-terrorism-will-die-out.html -- The End of the End of History by Robert Kagan http://www.tnr.com/story.html?id=ee167382-bd16-4b13-beb7-08effe1a6844 --- Robert Kagan: "Their goal is impossible to achieve. The Islamists could not take their societies back 1,400 years even if the rest of the world would let them. And it will not let them. Neither the United States nor any of the other great powers will turn over control of the Middle East to these fundamentalist forces. Partly this is because the region is of such vital strategic importance to the rest of the world. But it is more than that. The vast majority of the people in the Middle East have no desire to go back 1,400 years." (India J&K) Kashmir: 1 dead as troops fire on protesters http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/24/asia/AS-Kashmir-Shrine-Protests.php New Shariah Finance Blog Site: http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/ August 23, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Al-Qaeda) Zawahiri appears in new tape on Internet -- praising "martyrdom... pious comrades" Abu Khabab al-Masri (aka Midhat Mursi) and three other militants killed in Pakistan's border region in July -- Al-Masri had $5 million bounty on head from U.S. for role in Cole bombing training and other terrorist training -- other Jihadists: Abu Mohammed Ibrahim bin Abi Farag al-Masri, Abdul-Wahab al-Masri and Abu Islam al-Masri -- Zawahiri: ""This blessed convoy has gone to Allah, to whom they can make grievances about American oppression and the Pakistan government's treason" http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080822/wl_nm/qaeda_zawahri_tape_dc_4;_ylt=Am78OW_88j9xMhyaAJIUC.kTv5UB http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080822/ap_on_re_mi_ea/al_qaida_al_zawahri_1;_ylt=AlVQAIxOVOM6xZjA3PQogWETv5UB http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080822/wl_sthasia_afp/qaedapakistanunrestzawahiri_080822152726;_ylt=AvxpLnEsCnIvA8.UbzhTsUMTv5UB http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5634250&page=1 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/22/africa/ME-Al-Qaida-Al-Zawahri.php (Iraq) Gunmen kidnap eight Iraqis in Diyala raid http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3586488,00.html Iraq's al-Sadr may stay in Iran for years http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August424.xml§ion=middleeast&col= (Iraq) Wife of kidnapped Iraqi Olympic head seeks justice http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/23/africa/ME-Iraq-Olympic-Justice.php (Afghanistan) UK Defense Minister: Taliban not strategic threat to Afghanistan http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=United+Kingdom+%26+Europe&month=August2008&file=World_News200808238243.xml Afghan villagers protest amid claims 76 killed in military strikes -- US says only only 30 rebels were killed in strike in Azizabad, Herat province http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080823/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestciviliansus_080823101121;_ylt=Aq9CWvPUHYUOegRWWifd3Q3OVooA -- US army to probe allegation of 76 civilian deaths http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24228939-23109,00.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistan army says 37 militants killed in Swat http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080823/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_94;_ylt=Aiskfq8dvW4GZMNsXrnlQSzzPukA (Pakistan) NWFP: Suicide attack in Pakistan kills 20, several hurt - Two explosions in Pakistani valley kill mostly police - in Swat valley http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/23pak.htm http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1933090&Language=en -- also AP report http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/23/asia/AS-Pakistan-Suicide-Bombing.php -- Taliban group claims Pakistan bombing http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/23/pakistan/index.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Two Chechens among 16 militants killed in Hangu http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/23/top7.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Policeman dies in Peshawar rocket attack http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/23/top16.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Dialogue process will continue to restore NWFP peace: Bilour http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\23\story_23-8-2008_pg7_22 (Pakistan) FATA: Civilian killed in military operation in Bajaur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\23\story_23-8-2008_pg7_23 (Pakistan) Two wounded in Karachi explosion - bicycle bomb http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1933089&Language=en (Pakistan) Punjab: Security high as four suicide bombers enter southern Punjab http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\23\story_23-8-2008_pg7_38 (Pakistan) Punjab: Militant ring active in Punjab, National Assembly told http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/23/top6.htm (Pakistan) U.S. debates going after militants in Pakistan http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-uspak23-2008aug23,0,4404839.story http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080823/wl_sthasia_afp/uspakistsanattacksmilitary_080823111315;_ylt=Amvq5GVC5bUG_UN3n4i8gm_zPukA http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August809.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (Pakistan) No talks with militants who kill poor: Pakistani PM http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August808.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (Pakistan) Report: Pakistani Nuclear Scientist: Musharraf handed over 750 Pakistanis to U.S. - Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9375.htm (Pakistan) Roznama Jang: Israeli Atomic Experts Monitor Karachi's Coastal Areas http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9376.htm (Pakistan) Legislators seek revised policy on war on terror -- blame India for Jihadist terror attacks in Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\23\story_23-8-2008_pg7_15 (India J&K) Indian army officer among 15 killed in Kashmir clash http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLN24041820080823?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=401 (India) Islamic ultras suspected of hacking website http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-14497.html (U.S.) Gitmo inmates' suicide notes talk of martyrdom http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080823/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_suicides_1;_ylt=Avw.F78ypWhkGj1W1vQKtq4Tv5UB -- notes raised concern another Gitmo enemy combatant called for them to kill themselves (UK) Terror arrests link to PM threat - men arrested August 14 detained in connection with web posting against PM Brown, signed "Al Qaeda in Britain" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7577562.stm http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/aug/23/gordonbrown.uksecurity http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080822/ap_on_re_eu/britain_terrorism_1;_ylt=AqR23SAkD5UYHeIWYoUEnMATv5UB http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4592445.ece -- "If the British Government fails to respond to our demands by the last day of March 2008, as they fail to answer to the truce of our Sheikh Osama bin Laden . . . then the Martyrdom seekers of the organisation of al-Qaeda in Britain will target all the political leaders, especially Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. We will also target all Embassies, Crusader Centres and their interests throughout the country, with the help of Allah." -- August 15: "Men questioned by terror police" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7562197.stm (UK) Britain 'under constant attack in cyberwar' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2605021/Britain-under-constant-attack-in-cyberwar.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4592677.ece (UK) Telegraph report on new "Undercover Mosque" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2604023/Channel-4s-Undercover-Mosque-returns.html (Gaza) Palestinian Islamic Jihad calls on militants to capture Israeli soldiers http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1426415.php/Islamic_Jihad_calls_on_militants_to_capture_Israeli_soldiers (Somalia) Islamic militants control key Somali port -- of Kismayo http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/23/africa/AF-Somalia.php -- Corpses litter Somali port seized by insurgents http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080823/tpl-uk-somalia-conflict-81f3b62.html -- Somalia port town calm after days of fighting http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080823/wl_africa_afp/somaliaunrestkismayo_080823121124 Somali pirates hijack cargo ship anew, 9 more Pinoy crew held http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=129080 (Algeria) Bus bomb aimed at Canadians, al-Qaida insists http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=442bf310-eb8b-4d88-b073-3274dd729405 -- Canadian firm in Algeria was deliberately targeted: al-Qaeda http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=743159 Sudan leader: genocide charges meant to topple him http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080823/ap_on_re_af/sudan_president_1;_ylt=Aj4.3eaTrdY1ReA9fPirVAIShIMA (Turkey) Radical Kurdish group claims 2 bomb attacks in Turkey http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August1408.xml§ion=theworld&col= http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219218624529&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Denmark) Intelligence: Danes active in terrorism abroad http://www.cphpost.dk/get/108828.html http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/denmark-danish-citizens-active-in.html (Switzerland) Three Guantanamo detainees apply for asylum in Switzerland http://www.expatica.com/ch/articles/news/Three-Guantanamo-detainees-apply-for-asylum-in-Switzerland-.html http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/switzerland-former-guantanamo-prisoners.html (Thailand) Six bomb blast suspects held -- suspected of bombings in Sungai Kolok district on Thursday http://www.bangkokpost.com/230808_News/23Aug2008_news001.php (Thailand) Enhanced security in southern railways http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=129877 (Philippines) Fighting eases in southern Philippines as Muslim rebels flee http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080823/tap-philippines-muslim-unrest-5cc1ef8.html (Philippines) Army claims 100 Muslim rebels killed in Philippine offensive -- this week http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/227603,army-claims-100-muslim-rebels-killed-in-philippine-offensive--summary.html (Philippines) Muslim rebel chief asks Malaysia to revive Philippine peace talks http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/371035/1/.html (Philippines) Violence in Philippines stuns government, military http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080823/news_1n23filip.html Sri Lanka military: 26 killed in new fighting http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/08/23/6547936-ap.html Sri Lanka military moves to take Tiger capital http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080823/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrest_080823105224 (Sri Lanka) Fighting intensifies in Sri Lanka -- 112,000 flee as government vows to crush rebels http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/23/fighting-intensifies-in-sri-lanka/ (North Korea) US, North Korea hold talks to break nuclear impasse http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080823/ts_afp/nkoreanuclearustalks_080823022905;_ylt=Amp.JW.v5cIiTqXenOqPGs.CscEA (China) Der Spiegel: "Jihad and Gentle Resistance in the Wild West" -- Der Spiegel praises "Uighur freedom fighters" http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,573843,00.html Other News: (Pakistan) Three prisoners thrash 'blasphemer' inmate -- "repeatedly hit him on the head with bricks" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\23\story_23-8-2008_pg7_36 (UK) Manchester: Boys 'happy to flog themselves' http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1063910_boys_happy_to_flog_themselves http://www.wigantoday.net/latest-north-west-news/Boys-happy-to-flog-themselves.4420554.jp (UK) Scotland Yard says its top Muslim officer is suing http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/22/europe/EU-Britain-Police-Discrimination.php (U.S.) John McCain's advisor says Islamic terrorism will die out -- Foreign Policy Advisor Robert Kagan says Islamic terrorism will wither and die and China and Russia will remain America's greatest threats http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/johnmccain/2603559/John-McCains-advisor-says-Islamic-terrorism-will-die-out.html -- says may take 40 years to "die out" -- Kagan: "I don't believe that Islamic radicalism is the force that will shape this century" Kenya: Islamic Bank Seeks Market Dominance http://allafrica.com/stories/200808220758.html Kenya moving towards an Islamic state as they open their second Islamic Bank which adheres to Shariah Laws. http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2008/08/22/kenya-moving-towards-an-islamic-state-as-they-open-their-second-islamic-bank-which-adheres-to-shariah-laws/ http://www.nation.co.ke/business/-/996/461954/-/66gbniz/-/index.html Netherlands' disaster alerts to be sent via sms http://www.expatica.com/nl/articles/news/Netherlands_-disaster-alerts-to-be-sent-via-sms-.html Commentaries: Jihad, Conflict, and Culture -- by Andrew G. Bostom http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/from_balanced_opposition_to_et.html UK: New Documentary to Show Growing Islamic Supremacism in Mosques - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022329.php http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/08/undercover-mosque-return/ http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2008/08/uk_new_documentary_to_show_gro.html August 22, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Iraqi troops kill guard in Sadr City raid http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/22/africa/ME-Iraq.php (Iraq) U.S., Iraqi Negotiators Agree on 2011 Withdrawal http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080822/ts_afp/iraqusmilitary_080822110906;_ylt=AvENUqWaQy3xkEHmkgWhti1X6GMA http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/21/AR2008082100310.html?hpid=topnews (Afghanistan) Air strike kills 30 militants in Afghanistan - targeting Taliban in Herat province http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080822/wl_nm/afghan_violence_dc_6;_ylt=Ahc4zfzXM49dNvsG2cM0.sfOVooA -- local elder claims civilians also killed - U.S. denies (Afghanistan) 11 Taliban killed in Uruzgan province clash (my title) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080822/ap_on_re_as/afghan_violence_4;_ylt=AmYPBOEuOK3cLJ8YnxMDJ23OVooA Afghanistan: Italian soldiers injured north of Kabul http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2429077555 Pakistan: Nationwide security alert after new Taliban threats http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2428693940 Pakistan arrests suspected 3rd suspect in suicide blasts http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219218616487&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Death toll in twin suicide blasts in Pak rises to 78 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Death_toll_in_twin_suicide_blasts_in_Pak_rises_to_78/articleshow/3392753.cms -- Thursday's Pakistan blast involved three attackers -- official http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1933014&Language=en - in Wah, Punjab factory bombing (Pakistan) FATA: Nine militants killed in Bajaur strikes http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\22\story_22-8-2008_pg1_5 (Pakistan) NWFP and FATA: Pakistan kills 20 militants near Afghan border -- 15 killed in NWFP Hangu, 5 in FATA Bajaur http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080822/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwest_080822100802;_ylt=Alj.Z4ZAJSZVic.4yYzimS7zPukA (Pakistan) NWFP: Army official killed in Kohat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\22\story_22-8-2008_pg7_9 (Pakistan) NWFP: Credible clues found to DI Khan blast: Malik http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\22\story_22-8-2008_pg1_4 (Pakistan) NWFP: 'No amnesty for militants even if they surrender' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\22\story_22-8-2008_pg7_3 (Pakistan) NWFP: TNSM Sufi asks NWFP govt to enforce shariah http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\22\story_22-8-2008_pg7_13 (Pakistan) MEMRI: The Role of Pakistan's Madrassas http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA46208 (Pakistan) National Assembly demands Aafia Siddiqui's repatriation, condemns blasphemous caricatures http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\22\story_22-8-2008_pg7_20 -- Siddiqui held as Al-Qaeda suspect in U.S. http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5567066&page=1 (Pakistan) Pro-Al Qaeda signs at lawyers’ rally http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\22\story_22-8-2008_pg13_1 Pakistan: Presidential election to be held on September 6 http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.2428726357 (India J&K) Fresh violence in Jammu, 2 police stations torched http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Violence_in_Jammu_police_stations_torched/articleshow/3394087.cms -- 200,000 Muslims protest Indian rule in Kashmir http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/22/asia/AS-Kashmir-Shrine-Protests.php -- Kashmir Separatists call for major rally in Kashmir http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August765.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (India) Haywood's escape a setback to anti-terror drive http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1646316 (India) Dawood funding SIMI terror campaign, says intelligence http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Dawood_funding_SIMI_terror_campaign_says_intelligence/articleshow/3391080.cms (India) Gujarat Police get custody of SIMI activists lodged in MP jails http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Gujarat_Police_get_custody_of_SIMI_activists_lodged_in_MP_jails/articleshow/3393790.cms (India) Patil warns about threat of bio-terrorism http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=a1d0d464-6e49-4d85-befb-e515be352d3d&MatchID1=4730&TeamID1=2&TeamID2=3&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1193&PrimaryID=4730&Headline=Patil+warns+about+threat+of+bio-terrorism&strParent=strParentID (U.S.) Congress: Terror database upgrade failing http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080822/ap_on_go_co/terrorist_database_2;_ylt=AvUIQwCjC8.TXee0_R_8KsUTv5UB (U.S.) Military halts shipment of deadly toxins http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008130139_apmilitarybiolabs.html?syndication=rss (UK) Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque -- documentary to show that Islamic supremacism, calls for killing, continue to spread in UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/aug/22/channel4.islam?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews -- a female reporter attends prayer meetings at an important British mosque which claims to be dedicated to moderation and "dialogue with other faiths" -- secretly films sermons given to the women-only congregation in which female preachers recite extremist and intolerant beliefs" -- "in one scene, as hundreds of women and some children come to pray, a preacher calls for adulterers, homosexuals, women who act like men and Muslim converts to other faiths to be killed, saying: 'Kill him, kill him. You have to kill him, you understand. This is Islam'." -- "the reporter visits the bookshop and discovers books and DVDs still on sale, promoting extremist, anti-Semitic, misogynistic and intolerant messages" -- "films inside a key Saudi-funded Muslim organisation, which claims to promote tolerance and integration yet distributes literature which promotes intolerance for non-Muslims, an extreme version of sharia law and teachings which support discrimination against women". -- previous "Undercover Mosque" video by Channel 4 http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24026_Busted_Islamic_Leader_Reacts&only -- Telegraph report http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2604023/Channel-4s-Undercover-Mosque-returns.html Islamist Forum Member Calls on Jihadist Translators to Translate Jihadist E-Journals into English http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/9325.htm Iran bank chief: US sanctions not hampering business http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpoliticsbankinguseu_080821235818;_ylt=AoQO3l.GH.yaLH2z7003o6FSw60A -- Iran central bank issues own high denomination notes http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/wl_mideast_afp/iranbankmoney_080821132805;_ylt=AtO3UgBmZGwAJBBjIpTBpwBSw60A Lebanon endorses diplomatic ties with Syria http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/22/africa/ME-Lebanon-Syria.php (Lebanon) Hezbollah: 'We'll soon avenge Mughniyeh's death' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219218617708&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Syrian official denies plans to host Russian missiles http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August414.xml§ion=middleeast&col= -- Russia: 'We won't place missiles in Syria' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219218614314&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israeli Arab charged with planning attacks with Al-Qaida -- Khaled Abu Rakayek allegedly tried to set up a terror cell to perpetrate a suicide bombing http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219218618703&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israelis sue Bank of China for handling money for Palestinian militants -- for handling Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad funds http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August408.xml§ion=middleeast&col= http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1014170.html (Algeria) Jazeera: Al-Qaida claims Algeria attacks http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/22/africa/AF-Al-Qaida-Algeria.php (Algeria) AP: "Murky goals of Algerian terrorism" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/22/africa/AF-Algeria-Terrorism-Goals.php Somlia's Islamist Militia Seize Key Port Of Kismayo http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080822\ACQDJON200808220821DOWJONESDJONLINE000522.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na Somalia: Over 70 Killed in Southern Port City Fighting -- in Kismayo http://allafrica.com/stories/200808220270.html -- see also Reuters, BBC reports http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/4951074/toll-in-southern-somalia-fighting-hits-55 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7576307.stm (Somalia) Casualty reported on hijacked ship http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/22/Casualty_reported_on_hijacked_ship/UPI-17651219406909/ -- and -- Pirates seize 4th ship off Somalia http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1318360/2028778 Turkish soldier seriously wounded in clashes with PKK http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1932968&Language=en (Thailand) One more dies in South bombs -- death, wounded toll increases in Thursday's bombings in Sungai Kolok district in Narathiwat http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=129843 http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30081207 Philippines: Militant leaders charged with murder -- Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2428775350 (Philippines) Fresh fighting erupts in southern Philippines http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/227383,fresh-fighting-erupts-in-southern-philippines--summary.html (Philippines) 10 Dead In Southern Philippines After Peace Deal Scrapped -- 5 soldiers wounded, 10 MILF killed http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080822\ACQDJON200808220006DOWJONESDJONLINE000003.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=10%20Dead%20In%20Southern%20Philippines%20After%20Peace%20Deal%20Scrapped Philippines drops Muslim peace deal after dithering http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080822/tpl-uk-philippines-rebels-81f3b62.html -- military says 100 rebels might have been killed this week (Indonesia) Mob attack on Christian school heightens fears of growing religious intolerance in Indonesia -- using Molotov cocktails and bamboo spears http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ats-ap-indonesia-christians-attackedaug22,0,3066793.story?track=rss http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/22/attack-forces-indonesian-christians-off-campus/ Australia seeks block on Hezbollah TV from Indonesia http://ph.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080821/tap-oukwd-uk-australia-indonesia-broadca-bdc025e.html Sri Lanka fighting kills 24 rebels, 4 soldiers http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080822/tap-as-sri-lanka-civil-war-2nd-ld-writet-d3b07b8.html -- Sri Lankan aircraft pound rebel bases for third day http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August764.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (Sri Lanka) Suicide bomb kits found in church -- based on tip-off http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24224482-23109,00.html Colombia's FARC Say Hostage-For-Prisoner Swap Still Possible http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080821\ACQDJON200808211224DOWJONESDJONLINE000710.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Colombia%27s%20FARC%20Say%20Hostage-For-Prisoner%20Swap%20Still%20Possible Other News: (Philippines) Islamic bank in Cebu http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/08/22/bus/islamic.bank.in.cebu.html Islam in Europe: List of Mosques in Europe http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/ (India) One injured in blast; another bomb defused in Madhya Pradesh http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/One_injured_in_blast_another_bomb_defused_in_Madhya_Pradesh/articleshow/3393290.cms -- under investigation as to cause (Pakistan) Rice says Musharraf pulled Pakistan from 'brink of extremism' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\22\story_22-8-2008_pg7_55 -- ignores 75 percent of those polled in Pakistan national poll support implementation of "strict Sharia law" Indonesia: Country needs Muslim leader, says student group -- Indonesian Muslim Student Movement (KAMMI) http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=1.0.2428855953 (Saudia Arabia) AP: "Ban on Female Drivers in Saudi Arabia May be Eroding" -- uses example of woman who drove father to hospital after fire as example http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,408261,00.html (Nigeria) Jamatu Nasril Islam (JNI): 80 wives is 76 too many, man told http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24225785-23109,00.html -- report states: "Sharia law is often seen as more efficient and less bureaucratic and corrupt than Nigeria's secular courts" (UK) Censored: imam of Dibley is banned from ITV http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article4587798.ece -- "lawyers said it might be culturally insensitive" (UK) Home Office loses confidential data on all UK prisoners http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/2598204/Home-Office-loses-confidential-data-on-all-UK-prisoners.html (U.S.) CAIR Minnesota shakes down another U.S. corporation - Old Country Buffet http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/cair-minn-shakes-down-another-us-corporation-old-country-buffet/ India: Christians attacked by Hindu for proselytism http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=1.0.2428855526 Commentaries: America's Global Influence Spread Too Thin -- by Diana West http://townhall.com/columnists/DianaWest/2008/08/22/americas_global_influence_spread_too_thin British Submission -- by Douglas Stone http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=F5BFAB45-7CB7-4FEB-8BF3-7E75014BE5BB August 21, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) Eight troops dead in Afghanistan in 24 hours: military http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest_080821184413;_ylt=AqAQqMk6XaVIzG_ViMUv7jXOVooA Pakistan: Taliban threatens more attacks after factory bombing http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2427110859 (Pakistan) NWFP Police Chief: Foreign Hand In Hospital Suicide Blast - Dera Ismail Khan http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9333.htm (Pakistan) General Kiyani: Pakistan Is Eliminating Root Causes Of Terrorism http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9335.htm -- "through talks and by raising the living standards through economic and development projects" (U.S.) Justice delays new rules on terror investigations http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_profiling_5;_ylt=AvFY9Sh17l3QdIwmeKwyuEITv5UB Finding Nemo, the Terrorist Librarian http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,408301,00.html (India) Mumbai serial blasts accused says he was living with Dawood in Karachi http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Mumbai_serial_blasts_accused_says_he_was_living_with_Dawood_in_Karachi/articleshow/3390585.cms (India) Ahmedabad blasts: They are engineering 'jihad' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ahmedabad/They_are_engineering_jihad/rssarticleshow/3391227.cms (India) Two insurgents gunned down in encounter in northeast India - in Manipur http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1932845&Language=en (Israel) IDF says there are increased alerts of plans to abduct soldiers http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219218612841&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Somalia) Insurgents attack Somali president's house, six killed http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Insurgents_attack_Somali_presidents_house_six_killed/articleshow/3390563.cms (Somalia) Pirates hijack 3 ships off Somalia http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/21/somalia.pirates/index.html (Thailand) Bombs rock South - journalist killed, 20 others wounded - second bomb ambush when police arrive - in Narathiwat province's Sungai Kolok http://www.bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?id=129836 http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/08/22/headlines/headlines_30081202.php http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/21/asia/AS-Thailand-Southern-Violence.php Philippines: Mindanao civilians under threat from MILF units and militias http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/STRI-7HQQ9A?OpenDocument (Australia) Accused's book a 'rare' guide for al-Qa'ida's enemies - Belal Saadallah Khazaal trial update http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24221721-5001561,00.html - additional quotes by Evan Kohlmann: "(But) what is rarer is manuals directing you to use this knowledge in a co-ordinated manner to have a real impact" China Asks For Details on 13 Pakistani Suspects http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9332.htm Other News: (India J&K) Jammu: Protesters attack Congress leader http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Jammu_tense_protesters_attack_police_station/articleshow/3389045.cms (India J&K) 'Martyred' Hurriyat leader was not killed by police http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Martyred_Hurriyat_leader_was_not_killed_by_police/articleshow/3391067.cms Saudis warn: Israeli products cancerous http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219218611089&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) Feds: Fires took down building next to twin towers http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_go_ot/attacks_collapse (Russia) Moscow halts all cooperation with NATO alliance http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219218612434&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull August 21, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Detained Iraq Sunni leader son caught planting bombs -- Muthanna Dulaimi http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestpoliticssunni_080821110759;_ylt=Aq0qY8KAQMv40wP98B8ZZ1xX6GMA (Iraq) Al-Qaida in Iraq says it killed US-allied Sunni -- on Sunday http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/21/africa/ME-Iraq-Attack-Claim.php (Iraq) Grooming a female suicide bomber http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-women21-2008aug21,0,7359694.story (Iraq) Terror propaganda takes hit in Iraq http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-08-20-propaganda_N.htm (Afghanistan) US coalition: 30 militants killed in Afghanistan -- Laghman and Kabul provinces -- also three Polish soldiers killed in Ghazni http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_40;_ylt=AkscD.0ceDdh6eqfTqOrAhHOVooA (Pakistan) Suicide bombers kill 70 outside main Pakistan military complex - in Wah, Punjab attacks http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4581116.ece http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/2596039/Pakistan-suicide-bombers-hit-arms-factory.html http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\22\story_22-8-2008_pg1_1 -- Taliban claim Pakistan suicide blasts http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_explosion_8;_ylt=AuZ_oDq4_R0DzvmZKXXIY4zzPukA (Pakistan) FATA: 'Cross-border' missile strike kills six -- in Zari Noor area of South Waziristan http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/21/top6.htm -- see also: Al Qaeda safe house targeted in South Waziristan strike - in Wana http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/08/al_qaeda_safe_house.php (Pakistan) FATA: 14 militants, 3 women killed in Bajaur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\21\story_21-8-2008_pg7_5 (Pakistan) FATA: Khyber tribesmen kill four Taliban http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\21\story_21-8-2008_pg7_7 (Pakistan) FATA: Operation imminent in Kurrum http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/21/top5.htm -- FC kill 15 Taliban in Kurram Agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\21\story_21-8-2008_pg7_6 (Pakistan) NWFP: Unidentified gunmen kill army soldier in Pakistan -- in Kohat http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1932755&Language=en (Pakistan) NWFP Assembly told Swat operation not to stop until peace http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\21\story_21-8-2008_pg7_53 (Pakistan) NWFP: 'Armed people force' set up in Mardan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\21\story_21-8-2008_pg7_14 (Pakistan) NWFP: 2 children killed in Swat violence http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\21\story_21-8-2008_pg7_58 (Pakistan) NWFP: 'Militants destroyed 125 girls' schools in 10 months' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\21\story_21-8-2008_pg7_39 (Pakistan) Billboard: Pakistan Will Prove To Be A Grave For United States http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9314.htm Pakistan: Recent attacks raise questions about intelligence body -- ISI http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2426888403 Pakistan: PM Gilani says terrorists are greatest threat http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.2427110680 (Pakistan) New Zawahiri message lamenting the deaths of two recent Al Qaeda members to be released shortly http://www.lauramansfield.com/subscribers/ Pakistan Bans Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan -- Roznama Khabrain report http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9315.htm (Pakistan) Post-Musharraf, banned terror outfits resume activities -- in Karachi -- Lashker-e-Toiba, which was renamed Jamaat-ud-Dawa http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Post-Musharraf_banned_terror_outfits_resume_activities/articleshow/3388832.cms (Pakistan) Zardari to be next president http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\21\story_21-8-2008_pg1_1 -- see also Jeffrey Imm's June 10 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/06/pakistan_sharia_threat.php India army says fired at from Pakistan border http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August731.xml§ion=subcontinent Indian Maoists attack police, eight dead -- in Bihar http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/B27316.htm (India) Ahmedabad blasts: Anti-Terrorism Squad probes Haywood's links with mystery man Mohammed Ali http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/ATS_probes_Haywoods_links_with_mystery_man_/articleshow/3387270.cms (India) Ahmedabad blasts: Haywood back in Phoenix; steers clear of media http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Haywood_back_in_Phoenix_steers_clear_of_media/articleshow/3387717.cms (India) Jaipur blasts: SIT tracked suspects but failed to follow up http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/SIT_tracked_suspects_but_failed_to_follow_up/articleshow/3387396.cms (U.S.) Another tack in terror-financier lawsuit -- new efforts in lawsuit for 9/11 attacks - more discovery against National Commercial Bank and executives http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20080820_Another_tack_in_terror-financier_lawsuit.html --- special report on lawsuit http://www.philly.com/inquirer/hot_topics/19374964.html (U.S.) State Department Documents: 1998 US strike aided bin Laden-Taliban ties http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_bin_laden_4;_ylt=AuLdPk_TfcXqZVvFCJDuzYcTv5UB U.S. still naked to EMP threat -- New emergency plan doesn't address alarming nuclear scenario in revised disaster response http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=72801 -- see also UnitedStatesAction.com background http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/electrical-threat.htm (UK) MI5: Terrorists not frustrated religious loners -- concludes there is no single pathway to violent "extremism" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2593626/MI5-Terrorists-not-frustrated-religious-loners.html http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1932773&Language=en -- Islamic terrorists could be from any race, warns secret MI5 report http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1047577/Islamic-terrorists-race-warns-secret-MI5-report.html -- see also Guardian news report http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/20/uksecurity.terrorism1 UK resident in Guantanamo wins UK evidence ruling -- Binyam Mohamed http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1932805&Language=en -- see also AFP report http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/wl_uk_afp/usattacksguantanamobritaincourtethiopia_080821124723;_ylt=AgFLRS03cNmNlFIwJ6IS8LITv5UB (Lebanon) Beirut warned on Hezbollah status http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=236917&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 (West Bank) Israeli troops detain 15 Palestinians in West Bank -- Radio http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1932754&Language=en Report: "Hamas Formalizes Relationship With al Qaeda" http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193688.php 'Israel will wipe out Hamas leaders if position on Schalit not softened' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219218607183&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Somalia: 10 More Killed in Mogadishu Market Shelling http://allafrica.com/stories/200808210749.html Somalia: Death Toll Hits 20 As Al Shabaab Capture Kismayo http://allafrica.com/stories/200808210508.html Somalia: Al-Shabab Snubs Djibouti Peace Deal -- Sheikh Moqtar Robow Abu Mansur: "The Jihad will keep on, there is no peace agreement, the martyrers will move ahead to the Jihad bath even if Ethiopians pull out" -- says hostilities can be ended by establishing Sharia in Somalia http://allafrica.com/stories/200808210505.html (Algeria) Death Toll Rises to 12 in Wednesday Algeria Bomb Attacks (my title) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/ts_afp/algeriaattacks_080821014343 Algerian suicide attacks show weakness - General http://africa.reuters.com/country/DZ/news/usnLL158988.html (Algeria) Why is Al Qaeda back in business in the Islamic Maghreb ? http://www.france24.com/en/20080820-why-al-qaeda-islamic-maghreb-back-business (Kenya) Four arrested in city over Fazul link -- in search for terrorism fugitive "Abdalla Fazul" http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/461328/-/tk7j9i/-/index.html Yemen extradites eight wanted for security cases -- to Saudi Arabia http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1932789&Language=en (Yemen) Al-Watan: Report: Senior Al-Qaeda Official In Yemen Funded By Iran, Libya http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/9316.htm -- Naif Muhammad Al-Kahtani aka Abu Hamam Nigeria: MEND Accuses FG of Killing 20 Militants http://allafrica.com/stories/200808210793.html (Turkey) Explosion in Turkey wounds 16 people -- city of Izmir http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1932770&Language=en (Italy) Ex-imam in Italy acquitted of terror links agrees to extradition -- Abdelmajid Zergout to face terror charges in Morocco http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219218602508&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Denmark) Danes face worst terror threat in years http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\21\story_21-8-2008_pg7_4 (Canada) Ottawa: Khawaja judge to allow 'hearsay' http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=677633 -- Khawaja not part of London plot, defense argues http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=737510 -- Jihad emails 'out of character': Khawaja defense http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/OttawaAndRegion/2008/08/20/6514806.html (Canada) Ontario: Khadr's brother denied bail http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=d1505db6-4420-48f0-9252-acc62172edc9 -- Abdullah Khadr will stay in jail as he fights extradition to the U.S. on allegations he was an arms supplier for al-Qaeda in Afghanistan (Philippines) 4 Muslim rebels die, 5 Philippine troops wounded in clashes -- Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels have killed 102 people and displaced nearly 150,000 residents in at least five southern provinces since last week http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1425827.php/4_Muslim_rebels_die_5_Philippine_troops_wounded_in_clashes__Roundup_ -- see also Jeffrey Imm August 21 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/transnational_jihad.php Philippines says to review, not cancel, peace deal -- with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/8/21/worldupdates/2008-08-21T152225Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-351122-3&sec=Worldupdates -- Philippines to scrap peace deal with rebels: govt http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August1327.xml§ion=theworld&col= http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,,12215_cid_3583956,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf (Philippines) Supreme Court: Gov't must prove MOA-AD with MILF won't be signed http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080821-156046/Govt-must-prove-MOA-AD-wont-be-signed (Philippines) MILF's Commander Bravo strikes again http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/mindanaopeaceprocess/view.php?db=1&article=20080819-155492 Indonesia Islamist On Trial Amid Tight Security http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080821\ACQDJON200808210221DOWJONESDJONLINE000322.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=UPDATE:%20Indonesia%20Islamist%20On%20Trial%20Amid%20Tight%20Security -- Islamic Defenders Front (Front Pembela Islam aka FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab -- Sharia promoting FPI has previously launched attacks on U.S. Embassy -- June 2008: Indonesia: Islamists threaten to kill church leader http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=long&idelement=5417&backpage=&critere=&countryname=&rowcur= (Australia) Jury hears of 'do-it-yourself jihad' book -- trial of Belal Saadallah Khazaal -- Evan Kohlmann testifies could be used by "homegrown cells" in combination with other instructions http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24220321-421,00.html (Australia) Hezbollah TV live in Australia http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24219076-29277,00.html Sri Lanka helicopters bomb rebels, fighting kills 40 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL189967.htm Sri Lanka's air force attacks Tamil rebels http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/21/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php -- infantry clashes killed eight rebels and two soldiers North Korea says war games could impede nuclear deal http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/wl_asia_afp/skoreausnkoreamilitaryexercisenuclearweapons_080820135337;_ylt=AjJYvtvOcHZHWLnwQX9gwKeCscEA (China) More than 100 Uighurs arrested in Kashgar -- following the August 4 attack in Kashgar city http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/227229,more-than-100-uighurs-arrested-in-kashgar.html (China) 35 'suspicious' Games spectators from Pakistan detained http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/35_suspicious_Games_spectators_from_Pak_detained/rssarticleshow/3387729.cms Other News: (India J&K) Separatist students march in Indian Kashmir (my title) http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/21/asia/AS-Kashmir-Shrine-Protests.php -- Chant "Burn the Indian institutions" -- "raised an Islamic green flag at the clock tower in the city's main bazaar" (U.S.) Nation of Islam: Muslim leader brings convention to Detroit -- Imam W. Deen Mohammed http://www.examiner.com/a-1548023~Muslim_leader_brings_convention_to_Detroit.html -- listed among "hate groups" in Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) map http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=3 http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/hate.jsp#s=MI (U.S.) Chicago Area: Frankfort Township Assessor Paul Ruff stands by e-mail on Islam, immigrants http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-assessor-email_both_21aug21,0,4041765.story (U.S.) TSA Fires Back: Blames Airline for 'Security Violation' http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5624381&page=1 (U.S.) FEMA phones hacked; calls made to Mideast, Asia http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/fema_phones_hacked (UK) Islamic saving plan could appeal to "ethical" non-Muslims http://www.saveborrowspend.co.uk/articles/news/1605-islamic-saving-plan-could-appeal-to-ethical-non-muslims (UK) Britain Being Colonized by Islam: Shariah Banks Set to Grow in Number http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2008/08/20/britain-being-colonised-by-islam-shariah-banks-set-to-grow-in-number/ (France) Paris: Appeal against loudspeaker sermons http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/paris-appeal-against-loudspeaker.html (Netherlands) Rotterdam: Court rules for municipality in handshaking case http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/rotterdam-court-rules-for-municipality.html -- Rotterdam court disallows Muslim's job claim http://www.expatica.com/nl/articles/news/Rotterdam-court-disallows-Muslim_s-job-claim.html "Dutch court has ruled that the local council was justified in denying a job to a Muslim man who refused to shake hands with women." Winds of Jihad Site Down http://ibloga.blogspot.com/2008/08/winds-of-jihad-site-down.html http://www.sheikyermami.com August 20, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com New Al Qaeda Message Confirms Head of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan Still Alive http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/new_al_qaeda_message_confirms.php -- SITE provides a press release that a new speech coming from Al-Zawahiri -- message signed by the head of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, previously reported as killed in a Pakistani strike as reported on August 12 Commentaries: Transnational Jihad, Supremacism, and Cold War Tactics -- by Jeffrey Imm http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/transnational_jihad.php Other News: (UK) Quilliam Foundation's Ed Husain Argues for new proposed UK Sharia "contract" on women's rights to deal with rape and forced marriages http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/20/islam.religion -- ignorning existing UK laws http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/consent.pdf -- while Quilliam Foundation's Maajid Nawaz defends Egyptian Grand Mufti Sheik Ali Gomaa http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/quilliam_responds.php -- and Gomaa calls for the death penalty for adultery, and takes a relativistic view towards wife-beating http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1586.htm http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1154.htm -- see also Jeffrey Imm article http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.924/pub_detail.asp Indonesia: Muslim mob storms church, calls for ban http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=long&idelement=5529&backpage=summaries&critere=&countryname=&rowcur= http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022292.php Saudi Arabia: Grand mufti rejects Al-Oadah's fatwa http://www.gulfinthemedia.com/index.php?id=423974&news_type=Political&lang=en& -- Celebrating birthdays and wedding anniversaries has no base in Islam http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022295.php August 20, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) Coalition soldier, 20 Taliban killed in Afghanistan http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/226980,coalition-soldier-20-taliban-killed-in-afghanistan--summary.html (Afghanistan) Pentagon Plans to Send More Than 12,000 Additional Troops to Afghanistan http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/iraq/2008/08/19/pentagon-plans-to-send-more-than-12000-additional-troops-to-afghanistan.html -- NATO General McKiernan previously stated regarding Afghanistan: "answer must be found politically" http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,571345,00.html Afghanistan: More troops needed to stop Taliban attacks, says think-tank http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2423714450 Afghan leader calls for more attention to extremism http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestfrancekarzaipakistan_080820111339;_ylt=AuKMLjqhNIlACEyZQOBU7RXOVooA Afghans doubt U.S. intentions: paper -- state-run Anis daily claims U.S. not doing enough regarding terrorist threat http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/afghan_doubt_dc_1;_ylt=ArEaA1y1QcQp_CJbJUXKUPXOVooA (Afghanistan) French Opposition Demands Rethink of Afghanistan Mission http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,573220,00.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistan bombing toll rises to 30: police -- in Dera Ismail Khan http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestblasttoll_080820062746;_ylt=AlJ7qpuuaQA_3EQ2bfHQXBfzPukA - by Taliban http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2422419691 -- Taliban will continue to target govt officials and installations http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\20\story_20-8-2008_pg1_9 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban executes women in Pakistan - in Peshawar - accuses them of being prostitutes, crushes face of one woman http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24214465-23109,00.html http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Taliban_execute_two_prostitutes_in_Pakistan/articleshow/3385419.cms (Pakistan) FATA: Tribal conflict flares in border region -- in Kurram Agency -- Turi tribe says 15 militants killed in Kurram fighting - 21 killed total http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2423714473 (Pakistan) Former Pakistan Army Intelligence Chief: Musharraf Will Remain Al-Qaeda Target http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/9285.htm -- former ISI chief known as "godfather of the Taliban" http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL13Df01.html -- see also Jeffrey Imm posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/11/pakistan_media_and_islamists.php (Pakistan) Baloch militants kill five govt officials: police http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\20\story_20-8-2008_pg1_12 (Pakistan) Rawalpindi: Six terror suspects on 14-day remand - Hamza camp bombings http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\20\story_20-8-2008_pg11_7 (Pakistan) Rawalpindi: Two acquitted in school attack case - on Christian missionary school where 6 killed http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\20\story_20-8-2008_pg11_8 Pakistan chaos emboldens Taliban, NATO general McKiernan says http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/482059 (India) Ahmedabad blasts: Abdul Subhan's profile http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ahmedabad_blasts_Abdul_Subhans_profile_/articleshow/3382871.cms (India) Ahmedabad blasts: Profile of suspects http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ahmedabad_blasts_Profile_of_suspects/articleshow/3382870.cms (India) Ex-wife helps cops nab Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activist http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ex-wife_helps_cops_nab_SIMI_activist/articleshow/3382917.cms Kuwaiti suspect denies sending fighters to Iraq -- Mubarak al-Bathali http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/20/africa/ME-Kuwait-Extremist-Trial.php (U.S.) Aafia Siddiqui's Al Qaeda links to come up in court - to be charged with money laundering for Qaeda http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\20\story_20-8-2008_pg7_4 (U.S.) Citizens' U.S. Border Crossings Tracked http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/19/AR2008081902811.html (UK) BBC charity funded jihadists -- donated 20,000 pounds to an organization that funded the propaganda activities of the July 7 bombers http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4569913.ece http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/20/uksecurity.voluntarysector http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1047135/7-7-bombers-given-20-000--Children-Need.html (UK) Hizb ut Tahrir London meeting: an eyewitness report http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022288.php Israel shuts Gaza crossings after rocket attack http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/20/africa/ME-Israel-Palestinians.php http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710411694&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Jordan frees prisoners who killed Israelis http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August378.xml§ion=middleeast&col= Algeria: Bomb attack kills at least 11 and injures others -- bombs reportedly exploded at a hotel and a military barracks in the town of Bouira http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2423619922 http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1932568&Language=en Algeria bombings add to fears about al-Qaida offshoot http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/20/algeria.alqaida (Somalia) Four civilians killed in fresh fighting - in Mogadishu - attack by Islamist insurgents on Ugandan peacekeepers http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2379180,00.html Somali pirates seize Malaysian tanker: International Maritime Bureau's (IMB) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/wl_africa_afp/malaysiasomaliaimbpiracy_080820112530 Kenya, US to share intelligence in terror war http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/461060/-/tk7h0g/-/ Nigeria: Two Killed in JTF, Militants' Gun Duel http://allafrica.com/stories/200808200516.html Sudan's president: Darfur genocide 'nonexistent' http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_mi_ea/turkey_sudan_1;_ylt=Asy7wVyFMLUDgHy2PnKTw2vtfLkA (Niger) Rebels deny end to insurgency against Niger http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/19/africa/AF-Niger-Libya-Rebellion.php Turkey confirms suicide bombing wounds 13 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_mi_ea/turkey_suicide_bombing_1;_ylt=AgDkoHFQZG7ObUQBVwUMtgXtfLkA (Spain) ETA terrorist De Juana Chaos to testify in court http://www.expatica.com/es/articles/news/ETA-terrorist-De-Juana-Chaos-to-testify-in-court.html (Canada) 'Khawaja wanted to be a jihad soldier' -- Lawyer claims Momin Khawaja is not a terrorist, but wanted to support Muslim insurgents http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=124e6f49-0152-43b9-9f24-0ad6a5e4fd80 (Canada) Mounties use special warrant in secret terrorism case http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=503039d7-dc9b-4f1b-90ea-53e31efd156d Philippine military to continue offensive -- against Muslim separatists after attacks in southern Mindanao http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/20/Philippine_military_to_continue_offensive/UPI-60591219231229/ (Philippines) Govt backtracks, says it won't sign domain pact with MILF http://www.gmanews.tv/story/114945/Govt-backtracks-says-it-wont-sign-domain-pact-with-MILF Philippines: Peace Deal To Be Renegotiated http://www.mysinchew.com/node/15245?tid=37 (Philippines) Palace admits 'flaws' in MILF land deal http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080820-155785/UPDATE-Palace-admits-flaws-in-MILF-land-deal Indonesia delays execution of three Bali bombers http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/226940,indonesia-delays-execution-of-three-bali-bombers.html Australia may face 'Asia nuclear threat' http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/4938792/australia-may-face-asia-nuclear-threat Sri Lanka army claims 29 rebels killed, 35 wounded in north http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/226904,sri-lanka-army-claims-29-rebels-killed-35-wounded-in.html -- Sri Lanka's president calls on voters to endorse military campaign http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/226925,sri-lankas-president-calls-on-voters-to-endorse-military-campaign.html -- vows to capture Tiger heartland http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August693.xml§ion=subcontinent North Korea vows to boost 'war deterrent' http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_as/koreas_us_war_games_2;_ylt=Aj1bDbut5PPaDpDzqi6XKaeCscEA (China) Post-Olympic clamp on Muslim Xinjiang possible http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_as/china_post_olympic_crackdown_1;_ylt=AqpdOCvUZw6bBFg9aulvNIFPzWQA Other News: (Pakistan) NWFP: Polio victim found in Dir -- 12 cases in NWFP this year http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/20/top12.htm (Pakistan) Musharraf's foes oppose 'safe exit', call for trial http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/20/top6.htm (India J&K) 25 wounded as Hindus protest in Indian Kashmir http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/20/asia/AS-Kashmir-Shrine-Protest.php (Netherlands) Dutch government defends Islam debate http://www.expatica.com/nl/articles/news/Dutch-government-defends-Islam-debate.html UK: Pharmacy to offer Ramadan service http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/uk-pharmacy-to-offer-ramadan-service.html http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout&cid=1218650346187 Coca-Cola celebrates Ramadan -- Company observes Muslim holiday with star, crescent design on cans http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=72822 -- 2006 statement http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/ourcompany/wn20061027_ramadan.html Adam Sandler faces Middle East movie ban -- banned by censors in Egypt, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates -- "Bassam Eid, of Middle Eastern distributor Circuit-Empire, told Variety: 'It is 99 per cent likely that the film will be banned in all Arab countries.'" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2585850/Adam-Sandler-faces-Middle-East-movie-ban.html Sarajevo: Green pavements deemed "provocation" http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/sarajevo-green-pavements-deemed.html (U.S.) Bush defends terror war in speech to veterans http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710411591&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) TSA Snafu Damages Nine Planes at O'Hare Field http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5613502&page=1 (U.S.) Pennsylvania pilot says he's on watch list, sues to save job http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_us/pilot_watch_list Egypt rules out arson, terrorism in parliament fire http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN030950.html?rpc=401& China flaying animals alive http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=72879 Against Nazi News: (Australia) Accused Nazi eligible for extradition http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/4937268/accused-nazi-eligible-extradition http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/20/asia/AS-Australia-Hungary-Extradition.php (Australia) Accused Nazi released on $50,000 bail http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24212946-29277,00.html August 19, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (U.S.) Atlanta - Terrorism charges: Court can use Georgia Tech student's statement -- Syed Haris Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/08/19/terrorism_atlanta_ahmed.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban claims responsibility for hospital attack -- in Dera Ismail Khan http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2422419691 Iraqi Sunnis outraged over Diyala raids, arrests http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_178;_ylt=As8GXlDjHWWmjd3YUmHlbD1X6GMA (Iraq) Son of leading Iraq Sunni politician arrested -- Muthana al-Dulaimi accused of terrorism http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/wl_nm/iraq_dulaimi_dc_1;_ylt=AgLlJYCB0UfLIHgkq635UTFX6GMA (Iraq) Chain wrapped around 'old man's body' found in mosque -- torture chamber in Baghdad mosque where over two dozen bodies found http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/19/iraq.mosque/index.html?eref=rss_topstories http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/19/iraq.mosque/index.html?eref=rss_topstories#cnnSTCPhoto http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022287.php Iran satellite launch a failure: U.S. official http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/wl_nm/iran_satellite_usa_dc_3;_ylt=AtYEjd6olh7MQafLHlrfISZSw60A Lebanese Sunnis freeze deal with Hezbollah -- day after it was signed http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/19/africa/ME-Lebanon-Muslims.php (Gaza) Reconsider truce, says Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=236468&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 (Algeria) 147 killed, 449 injured in suicidal terror attacks in Algeria since 2007 http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1932428&Language=en Philippines: Militant leader injured in ambush in south -- Moro Islamic Liberation Front's (MILF) Kumander Ameril Umbra Kato http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2422419055 Other News: (UK) Watchdog says Muslim prisoners ask to be isolated at Frankland http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4568736.ece August 19, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Iraq: Forces capture 12 al-Qaida suspects - in northern and central parts of country http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/19/IraqForces_capture_12_al-Qaida_suspects/UPI-72681219147007/ Iraqi soldiers storm Diyala governor's office, killing one http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestdiyala_080819100440;_ylt=AiGf5FbGC6Vgj8ZJGKIZot1X6GMA (Afghanistan) ISAF troops involved in major battle outside Kabul http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August1163.xml§ion=theworld&col= (Afghanistan) 10 French soldiers die in Afghan battle -- Surobi district, outside Kabul http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_11;_ylt=ArvbdYciDPqgYik_vXAvGpzOVooA -- Attacks on French signal Taliban strength: analysts - Rebels gaining on Kabul, some say http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=83678e69-b627-4613-bda7-fbc63dc29c08 (Afghanistan) Suicide bombers try to hit U.S. base in Afghanistan -- in Khost province http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/wl_nm/afghan_violence_dc_12;_ylt=AlkuR7IhJ37NSUhSs9o8yN3OVooA -- Afghanistan: At least six killed in multiple suicide attacks against US base http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2421243168 -- Taliban suicide attackers attempt to storm Camp Salerno http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/ts_afp/afghanistanunrestusbase_080819054542;_ylt=AhdZLSIpXSPp35IJIlgLDZfOVooA http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24206639-401,00.html -- Six suicide bombers detonated their vests after being surrounded http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_as/afghan_violence_29;_ylt=AicS_uCirq6GBoHwDpnAiQ_OVooA (Pakistan) Taliban warlords pledge to hunt down and murder Pakistan's ousted President Pervez Musharraf (my title) http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1576026.ece (Pakistan) Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan offer talks with government - if military operations halted in FATA and NWFP http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\19\story_19-8-2008_pg7_12 (Pakistan) FATA: Five soldiers, 13 militants killed in Pakistan clashes -- in Nawagai near Khar, Bajaur Agency http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanafghanistanunrest_080819100112;_ylt=AiqQAsmJQUdHm.bagOHYq.nzPukA (Pakistan) FATA: Twenty militants killed in Pakistan's Bajaur http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August659.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistani Taliban Take Over Coal Mines - in Dar Adam Khel http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9266.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Police: Bomb blast in Pakistan hospital kills 26 -- in Dera Ismail Khan District http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/19/asia/AS-Pakistan-Violence.php http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_violence_2;_ylt=AoJezzRpSgFlqQqBeDSaKU7zPukA (Pakistan) NWFP: Troops pound Taliban positions in Swat - on Monday http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\19\story_19-8-2008_pg7_7 (Pakistan) NWFP Assembly seeks shariah in Malakand -- Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) spokesman says Sharia necessary for peace http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\19\story_19-8-2008_pg7_50 -- see also Jeffrey Imm's June 10 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/06/pakistan_sharia_threat.php (Pakistan) NWFP Assembly, political leaders celebrate Musharraf's resignation http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\19\story_19-8-2008_pg7_39 -- Pakistan: Islamic party demands Musharraf trial -- Jamaat-i-Islami http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2421242577 (Pakistan) Ambassador Patterson persuaded U.S. to end backing for Musharraf (my title) http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/19/top4.htm -- Patterson has met with pro-Taliban, pro-Sharia leaders such as JUI-F's Maulana Fazlur Rehman to promote "free and fair elections" http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/21/top8.htm http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Jan08/06/04.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamiat_Ulema-e-Islam http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/mma.htm (Pakistan) Taliban Ask UNICEF To Stop Its Activities -- say they are engaged in anti-Islamic activities http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9265.htm (Pakistan) AP: "Pakistan likely to stay on course on war on terror" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_war_on_terror_4;_ylt=AmNiB.qJoZ51lnbX5.J4wTYTv5UB (India J&K) Major tragedy averted with recovery of 10 kg RDX in Jammu Kashmir http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1932310&Language=en (India) Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activist has admitted to involvement in Ahmedabad blasts: Police -- Mufti Abu Bashir alleged mastermind http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/SIMI_activist_has_admitted_to_involvement_in_Ahmedabad_blasts_Police/articleshow/3381407.cms (India) Ahmedabad blasts: plot for hospital bombing planned by alleging sick father (my title) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ahmedabad/Ahmedabd_blasts_Imran_did_a_recce_of_Civil_Hospital_/articleshow/3379420.cms (India) Ahmedabad blasts: Bombers were picked up from their homes http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Bombers_were_picked_up_from_their_homes_/articleshow/3379421.cms (India) Ahmedabad Blasts accused attended terror camps in other states http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ahmedabad/Blasts_accused_attended_terror_camps_in_other_states_/articleshow/3379423.cms -- SIMI man attended terror camp in Afghanistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ahmedabad/SIMI_man_attended_terror_camp_in_Afghanistan_/articleshow/3379428.cms (India) Ahmedabad blasts: 'Taufique severed all relations with us 9 yrs ago' -- Taufique alias Abdus Subhan Qureshi http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ahmedabad/Taufique_severed_all_relations_with_us_9_yrs_ago_/articleshow/3379427.cms (India) Ahmedabad blasts: American Ken Haywood had objected to narco test http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad_blasts_Haywood_had_objected_to_narco_test/rssarticleshow/3378818.cms (India) Mufti Abdul Bashar Kasmi 'confesses' plotting Jaipur blasts http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Kasmi_confesses_plotting_Jaipur_blasts/articleshow/3378848.cms -- says that same team of SIMI members, working under the banner of Indian Mujahideen, who had triggered the serial blasts in Jaipur and Ahmedabad (India) Bashar, Sajid's statements reveal more about SIMI http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ahmedabad/Bashar_Sajids_statements_reveal_more_about_SIMI_/articleshow/3379422.cms (India) Soft-drink bombs: SIMI's new weapon http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Soft-drimk_bombs_SIMIs_new_weapon/articleshow/3379416.cms (India) Two Maoists killed in encounter in Jharkhand http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Two_Maoists_killed_in_encounter_in_Jharkhand/articleshow/3379947.cms (India) Militants in Manipur extorting money from All India Radio staff -- fear reporting news http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Militants_in_Manipur_extorting_money_from_AIR_staff/articleshow/3379619.cms (U.S.) Hemlock Park gunman gets 2 years probation -- Houssein Ali Zorkot - open supporter of Hezbollah terrorist group http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/081708/loc_20080818004.shtml http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022279.php http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/08/outrage_hezboll_2.html (U.S.) NYPD seeks to screen vehicles entering Manhattan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080818/ap_on_re_us/nypd_security_1;_ylt=AiKCwbQoD2no_GWHlBt9FJ8Tv5UB (U.S.) Senators seek to delay new rules in terror probes http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080818/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_profiling_2;_ylt=Ak8_z.xfbMk1wh5yV5.fITITv5UB (U.S.) FBI admits error but stands by anthrax probe -- "We'll never put all the questions to rest," states FBI's Vahid Majidi http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/19/anthrax.investigation/index.html (UK) Cyber-terrorists jailed for 22 years -- Aabid Hussain Khan sentenced to 12 years, Muhammad Munshi (aka Hammaad Munshi) sentenced to 10 years http://itn.co.uk/news/e90f786f63a54385cfc0dd5022ff43b6.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2584920/Terrorist-mentor-Aabid-Hussain-Khan-jailed-for-12-years.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1046916/British-cyber-groomer-jailed-recruiting-UKs-youngest-terrorist.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_uk_afp/britainattackscourt_080819135154;_ylt=AoJ6ZBAmmfaWlcX08IIe1RkTv5UB (UK) Islamic terror cell 'may have been plotting to attack Queen' -- British Jihadist Aabid Hussain Khan plot included details Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge, NYC subway, Washington DC subway, Washington Memorial, and World Bank in U.S. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2580940/Islamic-terror-cell-may-have-been-plotting-to-attack-Queen.html (UK) 'Model' pupil secretly studied ways of wiping out non-Muslims - Hammaad Munshi http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/39Model39-pupil-secretly-studied-ways.4401314.jp Iran Threatens to Close Strait of Hormuz If Attacked http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD202908 Iran to build more nuclear power plants http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710404159&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) Hezbollah pays grim tribute to 2006 war with Israel http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August362.xml§ion=middleeast&col= Hamas upset by Fatah prisoner release http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710403749&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (West Bank) Israeli forces kidnap Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) activist -- according to PIJ http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1932146&Language=en Algerian police school attack kills 43, injures 38 http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1932274&Language=en -- Suicide attack at Algerian police academy kills 43 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_af/algeria_suicide_attack -- A look at increasingly deadly attacks in Algeria http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/19/africa/AF-Algeria-Attacks-Glance.php -- see also London Times report http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article4565997.ece (Somalia) Two killed in Mogadishu violence: witnesses -- on Tuesday after an Islamist insurgent attack at Mogadishu's main market http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_africa_afp/somaliaunrestethiopia_080819131721 Somalia: Fatal Shelling At Market - on Monday http://allafrica.com/stories/200808190761.html Yemen arrests more Qaeda suspects in Hadramawt http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080819/twl-yemen-unrest-qaeda-3cd7efd.html (Kenya) Fazul escapes arrest again -- Harun Fazul escaped the anti-terror dragnet for the second time in two weeks http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/460576/-/tk6vmm/-/index.html (Kenya) More questions than answers over Fazul Abdullah Mohammed http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/457090/-/3ko8o2/-/index.html -- see also Jeffrey Imm's August 7 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/1998_usa_embassy_bombings.php Russia to beef up security measures in Caucasus -- Moscow accused Georgia on Tuesday of plotting terrorism acts against Russian targets http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1932236&Language=en Turkey: Suicide bomber targets police in south -- one person was killed and twelve others were injured when a suicide bomber detonated explosives in southern Turke http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2421980961 (Spain) Holidaying Britons warned of ETA terror threat http://www.expatica.com/es/articles/news/Holidaying-Britons-warned-of-ETA-terror-threat.html (Northern Ireland) 'IRA Semtex' used in Northern Ireland attack http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4559442.ece (Canada) Khawaja's lawyer calls on court to dismiss terrorism charges http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2008/08/19/6500936-cp.html (Canada) RCMP Details Terror Funding -- Banned group linked to Tamil Tigers wired $3M from Canada http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=732610 Philippines vows strong action against rebels http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2008-08-19T092926Z_01_SP237856_RTRUKOC_0_UK-PHILIPPINES-REBELS.xml -- at least 39 killed in Southern Philippines after hundreds of Muslim guerrillas attacked two towns, burning homes, raiding banks and forcing thousands to flee (Philippines) Central Mindanao towns tense after Moro rebel raids http://www.gmanews.tv/story/114724/(Update)-Central-Mindanao-towns-tense-after-Moro-rebel-raids (Philippines) 'All-out war' would end govt - Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) -- after MILF's "Bloody Monday" attacks http://www.gmanews.tv/story/114719/All-out-war-would-end-govt---MILF -- Peace talks with MILF in peril as troops hunt rebels http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=128719 -- 'Rebel leaders liable under Human Security Act' http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=128730 (Philippines) US will not withdraw development aid in S. Philippines despite Muslim rebel attacks http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August1163.xml§ion=theworld&col= -- U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney hopes Philippine govt will negotiate with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) whose members disembodied civilians with machetes on Monday as just "a few bad days" http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080818/tap-philippines-muslim-unrest-5cc1ef8.html (Thailand) Negotiation with Pulo not up to me : Army chief -- decision to carry out negotiations with Malay Muslim separatist organizations was up to the government http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30080942 (Indonesia) Four Indonesian deported from Malaysia for alleged terrorism http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/08/19/four-indonesian-deported-malaysia-alleged-terrorism.html -- alleged involvement with Jamaah Islamiyah (Australia) Voters cool on war but fear terrorism http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24203877-5001561,00.html (Sri Lanka) Fresh fighting in Sri Lanka kills 22, mostly rebels http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL211556.htm Sri Lanka says it will care for war displaced http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080819/tap-as-sri-lanka-civil-war-d3b07b8.html (Sri Lanka) Tamil Tigers tacitly admit losing ground to Sri Lankan govt http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrest;_ylt=A0wNcwz006pILuYA8ThvaA8F (North Korea) US shrugs off North Korea criticism over nuclear issue http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsus_080819000915;_ylt=AsdaRjKgJAQkoTUZIKL9UtKCscEA (Colombia) FARC leader will likely be extradited to U.S. -- Heli Mejia Mendoza http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=565353163986960533 - US says Mejia helped form FARC in the 1960s http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/19/5 Other News: (Afghanistan) The Afghan women jailed for being victims of rape -- "Colonel Ghulam Ali, a high-ranking regional security officer, explained sternly that he supported the authorities' right to convict victims of rape. 'In Afghanistan whether it is forced or not forced it is a crime because the Islamic rules say that it is'" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-afghan-women-jailed-for-being-victims-of-rape-900658.html (Yemen) Official: Yemen detains 9 people for converting -- Muslim converts to Christianity http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/19/africa/ME-Yemen-Muslim-Converts.php (UK) Manchester: Teenagers forced to flog themselves, court told -- during Muslim ceremony http://www.wigantoday.net/latest-north-west-news/Teenagers-forced-to-flog-themselves.4405208.jp http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7568953.stm http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23541517-details/article.do?ito=newsnow& (U.S.) NYT: Questions for Brigitte Gabriel -- The Crusader http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/magazine/17wwln-Q4-t.html?ref=magazine Intro states: "The best-selling author and radical Islamophobe talks about why moderate Muslims are irrelevant, the lessons we should have learned from Lebanon and dressing like a French woman." http://www.nytimes.com/pages/magazine/index.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022266.php http://blog.camera.org/archives/2008/08/nyt_maligns_brigitte_gabriel_a.html (U.S.) Jihad and American Medicine: Thinking Like a Terrorist to Anticipate Attacks via Our Health System -- ebook by Adam Frederic Dorin http://www.addebook.com/biomed/html/2008/jihad-and-american-medicine-thinking-like-a-terrorist-to-anticipate-attacks-via-our-health-system_9133.html (India J&K) Separatists call off Kashmir protests for three days http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August669.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (India J&K) Secessionist Kashmiri Leaders Lead Protest To U.N. Office In Srinagar http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9267.htm Indonesia: More than two years in limbo for Islamic sect refugees http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=1.0.2421202247 (Iran) Top Iran cleric chides Ahmadinejad aide over Israeli remarks -- that Iranians are "friends with Israelis" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August364.xml§ion=middleeast&col= Serbia: Book withdrawn for being insult to Muslims -- 'Jewel of Medina' withdrawn, Muslims not satisfied http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=1.0.2419224932 http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/serbia-jewel-of-medina-withdrawn.html UN Begins Transfer of Kosovo Authority to EU http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,573024,00.html NATO: No Normal Relations With Russia Until Troops Withdraw From Georgia http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,405963,00.html Commentaries: Quilliam Foundation and Misdirection on Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa -- by Jeffrey Imm http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/quilliam_foundation_and_gomaa.php http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.924/pub_detail.asp The West's Islamist infiltrators -- by Daniel Pipes http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710396893&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull IPT News: Zogby Then and Now http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/752 The Muslim Brotherhood Shows its Cards -- by M. Zuhdi Jasser http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/750 (UK) Homegrown terror, learned online -- by Stephen Tankel http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/19/uksecurity.terrorism?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews August 18, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Shiite cleric killed, 17 wounded in Baghdad violence http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080818/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest_080818112033;_ylt=AuvqdzJ7iBNQ.Qavy.eqcB5X6GMA (Iraq) Gunmen ambush electoral officials in southern Iraq -- in Abu al-Khasib area south of Basra http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080818/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_170;_ylt=Ahuq3XcDKbv.9IQgRDSYDhZX6GMA Iraq cracks down on US-backed fighters http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/18/africa/ME-Iraq-Sunni-Fighters.php (Afghanistan) Taliban suicide bomber kills 9 Afghan civilians - Khost province http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080818/wl_nm/afghan_violence_dc_8;_ylt=AsM0ogx_voDXuhuHvHycYgDOVooA -- Nine Afghans killed in suicide attack on US base http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Nine_Afghans_killed_in_suicide_attack/articleshow/3375765.cms -- Taliban attack U.S. base on Afghan Independence Day http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/18/asia/afghan.php (Afghanistan) Taliban 'used civilians as human shields' when British attacked http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/2579282/Taliban-used-civilians-as-human-shields-when-British-attacked.html -- Afghan woman, two children killed in British rocket fire - over weekend in effort to thrwart Taliban attack in Helmand province http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080818/wl_uk_afp/afghanistanunrestbritaincivilians_080818113735;_ylt=Ao0cLjdunS7Xj5RW6ebBbz3OVooA -- Probe launched after rocket attack kills civilians http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1931952&Language=en (Afghanistan) US warns of possible attacks at Afghan celebration http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080818/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_3;_ylt=AvasXEQh9VdXNw1gJgjp3GbOVooA (Afghanistan) Leave or face more deaths, Taliban warns Canada http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Leave_or_face_more_deaths_Taliban_warns_Canada/articleshow/3375387.cms (Afghanistan) Taliban 'murder drum player' - Logar province http://quqnoos.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1393&Itemid=48 (Pakistan) FATA: Militants behead 'spy' in Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\18\story_18-8-2008_pg1_7 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban threatens war if Bajaur Agency army operation not stopped http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\18\story_18-8-2008_pg7_25 -- Taliban stopping men to form human shield http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\18\story_18-8-2008_pg7_1 (Pakistan) FATA: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman protests Bajaur operation http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\18\story_18-8-2008_pg7_40 -- U.S. Ambassador Patterson met with Rehman to promote democracy http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/21/top8.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Investigation agencies question three for links with militants http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\18\story_18-8-2008_pg7_56 (Pakistan) FATA: Report: "300,000 flee as jihadis attacked" http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24196995-25837,00.html (Pakistan) Terror suspect arrested for threatening embassies http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\18\story_18-8-2008_pg7_24 (Pakistan) Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi holds rally in Karachi for Dr Aafia Siddique -- and against America http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\18\story_18-8-2008_pg7_23 -- rally supports arrested Al-Qaeda suspect http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5567066&page=1 (Pakistan) Blasts injure 7 in Balochistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\18\story_18-8-2008_pg7_8 (Pakistan) Musharraf resigns as Pakistan President http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Musharraf_resigns_as_Pakistan_President/articleshow/3375726.cms -- Dawn coverage http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/18/musharraf.htm -- Pakistanis jubilant over Musharraf's resignation http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080818/wl_nm/pakistan_politics_people_dc_1;_ylt=AkbDa6tlCy2w_BUEmpcUPWfzPukA -- Musharraf exit unlikely to undo Pakistan militants http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080818/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_war_on_terror_1;_ylt=AhKZ.L7pTe1ukJvjgVz9EB_zPukA -- Laura Mansfield Transcript: Al-Qaeda's Zawahiri message to Pakistani Army and Pakistani people regarding Pervez Musharraf http://www.lauramansfield.com/subscribers/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/18487 -- Al Qaeda's Zawahiri slams Musharraf as 'enemy of Islam' http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080816/wl_afp/qaedazawahiripakistanunrest_080816160055;_ylt=Ak2fcUoj_cBZYVnyX3UhgXcTv5UB -- Zawahiri message video link http://www.lauramansfield.com/eee2.wmv (India) Ahmedabad blasts: American Ken Haywood flees from India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad_blasts_Ken_Haywood_flees_India/articleshow/3378041.cms (India) Ahmedabad blasts: Suspects sent to 14-day remand http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad_blasts_9_accused_sent_to_custody/articleshow/3373324.cms (India) Ahmedabad blasts: Before the terror emails, wanted for 7/11 links -- Mumbai techie Abdul Subhan Qureshi http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Before-the-terror-emails-wanted-for-7-11-links/350047/ (India) Jaipur blasts probe: Medical student detained http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Jaipur_blasts_probe_Medical_student_detained/articleshow/3375528.cms (India) Students Islamic Movement of India's (SIMI) Safdar Nagori ran terror camps in Madhya Pradesh -- "at first, police found nothing unusual except for some literature on SIMI, Al Qaida and posters of Osama Bin Laden" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ahmedabad/Nagori_ran_terror_camps_in_MP_/articleshow/3372588.cms (India) From seminary student to SIMI jihadist -- Abul Bashar Qasmi http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/17/stories/2008081758860800.htm (India) SIMI arrests expose UPA's inability to tackle terrorism: BJP http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/SIMI_arrests_expose_UPAs_inability_to_tackle_terrorism_BJP/rssarticleshow/3371957.cms (India) Azamgarh breeding ground for terror http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Azamgarh_breeding_ground_for_terror/articleshow/3371964.cms (U.S.) FBI, TSA Hold Major Terrorism And Transportation Conference In NY http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212165709.shtml US spares no efforts in bio safety -- official Christina Rocca - delegate to Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1931999&Language=en (U.S.) Why Words Matter in The War on Terror http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/428142.aspx http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022262.php U.S. at risk of cyberattacks, experts say http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/18/cyber.warfare/index.html -- Georgia's cyberspace hacked, attacked http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/18/Georgias_cyberspace_hacked_attacked/UPI-84011219065689/ (U.S.) The war on terror is shrinking - in the future, cell phones and other tiny devices could detect danger http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26044715/ U.S. May Ease Police Spy Rules -- additional report to August 14 story http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081503497.html http://www.buffalonews.com/nationalworld/national/story/414216.html (U.S.) American Jihadis Beg for al Qaeda Propaganda in English http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193650.php (U.S.) 9/11 aid groups close or adapt as money wanes http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080816/ap_on_re_us/sept11_aid_1;_ylt=AqO3PmSSUWP6oYZHXdyCxqcTv5UB (UK) Trio guilty over terror documents -- Aabid Khan, Hammaad Munshi, and Sultan Muhammad http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7568357.stm http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710394567&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (UK) Aabid Khan and his global jihad http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7549447.stm (UK) From toys to terrorism, aged just 12 -- Aabid Hussain Khan http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Background-From-toys-to-terrorism.4401450.jp (UK) Britain's 'youngest terrorist' jailed -- Hammaad Munshi http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2579566/Britains-youngest-terrorist-jailed.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4558496.ece -- Guilty: Britain's youngest ever terrorist who had guide to death and explosives in his home http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1046472/Guilty-Britains-youngest-terrorist-guide-death-explosives-home.html (UK) Terror suspects remain in Britain despite deportation pledge -- 24 terror suspects not deported http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2574080/Terror-suspects-remain-in-Britain-despite-deportation-pledge.html (Iran) UN watchdog holds more nuclear talks in Iran http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080818/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics_080818124010;_ylt=AhDIebl62mR0KVbWRPfU0TNSw60A Iran launches its first satellite carrier rocket http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Iran_launches_satellite_carrier_rocket/articleshow/3374916.cms -- Iran ready to put Muslim countries' satellite in orbit http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080818/wl_nm/iran_satellite_muslims_dc_1;_ylt=AgtS5cAvsT1qI6XHzZ6DlGFSw60A -- Israel plays down concerns over Iran's satellite http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August347.xml§ion=middleeast&col= -- Iran rocket launch 'troubles' US http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2576267/Iran-rocket-launch-troubles-US.html Iran accused of trying to destabilize Bahrain http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August346.xml§ion=middleeast&col= (Iran) Sanctions slow Iran's trade, but not stop http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/18/africa/ME-Iran-Sanctions.php (Iran) Report: 'Saudi Arabia and Egypt may know of US or Israeli plans to attack Iran' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710390106&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Lebanese army opens fire after bomb thrown in Tripoli http://www.iloubnan.info/politics/actualite/id/27796 (Lebanon) Hezbollah accord with Sunni groups bans Muslim attacks on Muslims http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1012791.html http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Lebanon/10238158.html Israel decides to release 200 Palestinian prisoners -- radio http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1931954&Language=en -- List of 200 Palestinians approved http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710392419&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Terror victims organization criticizes decision to release prisoners http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710381860&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Somalia) Abducted World Food Program (WFP) worker, driver killed in Somalia http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080818/wl_africa_afp/somaliaunrestun_080818111301 Somalia: Fresh Fighting Rocks Mogadishu District http://allafrica.com/stories/200808170112.html Somalia: Two Killed in Southern Somalia Mosque Attack -- declared mosque to be "Takfir" sect http://allafrica.com/stories/200808180746.html (Yemen) Security Authorities Hunt after Al-Qaeda Cells http://www.yemenpost.net/43/LocalNews/20081.htm (Azerbaijan) Police: Azerbaijan mosque blast kills 2 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710387233&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Turkey) Report: Land mine kills Turkish soldier - believed planted by PKK http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/18/europe/EU-Turkey-Explosion.php Turkey says its planes hit PKK group in northern Iraq - on Sunday http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080817/wl_nm/turkey_pkk_dc_4;_ylt=AhdAKab7K9yMjA33K.XlKb7tfLkA Italy holds imam Abdelmajid Zergout wanted on Moroccan terror charges http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-35061420080818 (Spain) ETA plants three bombs at Spanish resorts -- additional report on Sunday bombs http://www.expatica.com/es/articles/news/ETA-plants-three-bombs-at-Spanish-resorts.html (Philippines) 28 dead as Muslim rebels attack in Philippines -- 28 civilians, 3 soldiers dead -- Monday attacks by attacks by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) - some disembodied by machete attacks, houses burned, other atrocities - in Kauswagan, Kolambugan, Maasim, and other towns in Lanao del Norte and Sarangani provinces http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080818/tap-philippines-muslim-unrest-5cc1ef8.html -- see also: Reuters: Philippines drives rebels out; 34 people killed http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP43252.htm (Philippines) Four Hurt In Philippines Hotel Bomb Blasts - update on Sunday report http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/18/world/main4356868.shtml (Australia) Melbourne 12 trial: Judge tells terror trial religiously motivated violence illegal http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24199195-2702,00.html (Australia) Jihad terror book 'open to interpretation' -- trial of Belal Saadallah Khazaal http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24184452-5001561,00.html -- book called for multiple methods of terrorist attacks, including poisonings, car bombs, letter bombs, large scale attacks against Christians, Jews, and non-Muslims Sri Lankan military says 27 killed in fighting http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August628.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (Sri Lanka) 68 combatants killed in Sri Lanka's weekend clashes http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080818/876/twl-68-combatants-killed-in-sri-lanka-s_1.html (Sri Lanka) Thousands displaced by Sri Lanka fighting: UN http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080818/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrest_080818125302 North Korea accuses US of hampering nuclear disarmament http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710394376&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull North Korea vows to build its military http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/18/N_Korea_vows_to_build_its_military/UPI-23491219053501/ North Korea angry as S.Korea, U.S. start military drills http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080818/ts_nm/korea_north_military_dc_2;_ylt=AhpZ_zsEkvZ8LaHoQx0JOBOCscEA -- also: North Korea announces ambassador to Syria http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080818/ap_on_re_as/nkorea_syria_1;_ylt=An8fU.iJ5JVZ.5LoK0xwlnSCscEA (Nepal) Bomb blast hurts 1 at Nepal vice president's home http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710386451&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Other News: Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Defends Recently-Resigned Obama Campaign Advisor http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.904/pub_detail.asp -- Editorial: Muslim Brotherhood Hits the Obama Campaign Trail http://www.ikhwanweb.com/Article.asp?ID=17570&LevelID=1&SectionID=121 (U.S.) Atlanta's biggest mosque opens -- Dignitaries tour Al-Farooq Masjid http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/08/17/atlanta_Mosque.html Pakistan Burn Victims Turn to Art of Beauty -- women suffer from acid attacks http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,405166,00.html http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,4841,00.html -- FOX News report carefully edited to ensure no mention of Sharia or Islam Sweden: Girls facing honor violence http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/sweden-girls-facing-honor-violence.html http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/ekot/artikel.asp?Artikel=2256863 (Sweden) Immigrant traders shun banks http://www.thelocal.se/13764/20080818/ Switzerland: Proposal for Muslim official holidays http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/switzerland-proposal-for-muslim.html Nigeria: Imam Wants Religious Laws in Constitution -- Sheikh Tajuddeen Adigun http://allafrica.com/stories/200808180895.html (Nigeria) Sharia force targets sex workers -- identified by the Red Cross in a census http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7568146.stm (Malaysia) Islamists Want Lavigne Concert Canceled http://www.mysinchew.com/node/15154 (Indonesia) Angered Muslims report regent for blasphemy http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/08/18/angered-muslims-report-regent-blasphemy.html Indonesian military 'linked' to deaths http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=507288 (Indonesia) Was young Obama Indonesian citizen? http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=72656 (Kuwait) Partial Blackout On Olympics Broadcasting Due To Athletes' Immodest Dress -- "two Salafi MPs had called on the ministry to not broadcast the competitions in which Israeli athletes were participating, because of their objections to normalization with 'the Zionist entity'" http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/9147.htm Saudi girl drinks bleach to escape marriage - 16 year old Shaikha forced to marry 75 year old man -- Father was 'swapping' her for a 13-year-old bride http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/08/17/55012.html (Saudia Arabia/U.S.) Women doctor shares journey into heart of Islam http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/575/story/558686.html -- discusses "misuse" of term "jihad" -- then relates of "seeing highly trained physicians laughing and others buying cakes and celebrating the news of 9/11" Bahrain's first Islamic Visa card launched http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=226535&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=31150 (Qatar) Islamic financing blossoms as Qatar projects take off http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=236034&version=1&template_id=48&parent_id=28 (India J&K) Thousands Of Muslims In Kashmir March Demanding UN Intervention http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080818\ACQDJON200808180838DOWJONESDJONLINE000220.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26262703/ http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August637.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (India) Women-led Muslim wedding sparks debate in India - official at the seminary calls the marriage 'a cruel joke on Islamic laws' http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26263977/ (India) Taslima's visa extended by six months http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Taslimas_visa_extended_by_six_months/articleshow/3374774.cms UK Islamic banks to double in five years http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080816/BUSINESS/957576411/-1/ART (UK) Sharia car insurance: For the first time, Muslims can buy policies in line with Islamic law http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1045959/Sharia-car-insurance-For-time-Muslims-buy-policies-line-Islamic-law.html (UK) Man goes on trial accused of encouraging two boys to flog themselves during Muslim ceremony in Britain http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1046370/Man-goes-trial-accused-encouraging-boys-flog-Muslim-ceremony-Britain.html?ITO=1490 (UK) British anti-Americanism 'based on misconceptions' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2575395/British-anti-Americanism-based-on-misconceptions.html (UK) The Sham of Women's Rights Under the Shari'a -- by D. L. Perry http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/the_sham_of_womens_rights_unde.html http://muslimsagainstsharia.blogspot.com/2008/08/sham-of-womens-rights-under-sharia.html IPT News: The Heckler's Veto -- regarding The Jewel of Medina, a novel by Sherry Jones http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/749 (Iran) Controversy over imam 'cult' http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a336c5fa-6cba-11dd-96dc-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1 China halts shipment of Bibles from Vision Beyond Borders, a U.S. Christian group http://www.latimes.com/features/religion/la-fg-bible18-2008aug18,0,5441872.story?track=rss -- China: Bibles seized from Americans' luggage http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/18/bibles-seized-from-luggage-of-americans/ -- China: Christians admit defeat after Chinese airport sit-in over bibles http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4555116.ece Commentaries: The Sham of Women's Rights Under the Shari'a -- by D. L. Perry http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/the_sham_of_womens_rights_unde.html Against Nazi News: (Australia) Suspected Australian Nazi war criminal faces extradition to Hungary http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710390266&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull August 17, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Iraqi police: Bomber kills US-allied Sunni leader http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080817/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=At2.C2VTeZYhQl.rmEt37JKs0NUE Iraq bombing kills 15 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq18-2008aug18,0,5010726.story?track=rss http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Gulf/15_people_killed_in_suicide_bombing_in_Baghdad/articleshow/3374671.cms (Iraq) US drawdown raises security fears in Iraqi city http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTTkkSYKlI9IUBKgzQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHZkMjZyBHBvcwMxBHNlYwNzcg--/SIG=12r71vthn/EXP=1219146130/**http%3a//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080817/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_striking_back_1 (Afghanistan) Dozens Dead In Afghan Violence - 73 Taliban, 5 private security guards, 10 policemen http://kdka.com/national/afghanistan.attack.violence.2.797467.html (Afghanistan) Update: US-led coalition says 30 Afghan militants killed http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080816/ap_on_re_as/afghan_violence (Pakistan) NEFA Translation: Al-Somood Interview of the Taliban's Military Commander – Kandahar District - July 2007 http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/nefaalsomoodmansurinvu.pdf (Pakistan) FATA: NEFA Foundation: Video of Haji Namdar Interview http://www.nefafoundation.org/multimedia-intvu.html http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/nefa_foundation_video_of_haji.php (Pakistan) FATA: 47 killed in fresh Kurram clashes http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/18/top3.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Tribesmen decide to take on militants - Bajaur Agency http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/18/top7.htm (India) 10 Suspected in July Blasts Arrested, Indian Police Say http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/16/AR2008081601222.html?hpid=sec-world (India J&K) In Kashmir, Fears of Growing Militancy http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/17/AR2008081702198.html (Lebanon) Hezbollah's telecommunications expansion -- by Walid Phares / W. Thomas Smith Jr. http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/hezbollahs_telecommunications.php Al Qaeda militants now less secure, says Gates - Defense Secretary disputes statement of U.S. senior intelligence official http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/18/top10.htm http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49107 (Gaza) Fatah agrees to take part in national committee alongside Hamas http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1012142.html (Somalia) Update: Somali minibus attack toll rises. More bodies have been discovered in Somalia, near the scene of an attack on two minibuses outside Mogadishu. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7565417.stm (Algeria) France probes Algerian official http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7565538.stm Sudan sentences 8 to death for attack near capital http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/18/sudan-sentences-8-to-death-for-attack-near-capital/ (Sudan) Suspects in US diplomat's murder appear in Sudanese court http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=95101 Spain Terror Group Blamed for Bombs - ETA suspected in 2 bombings, with no injuries http://www.nysun.com/foreign/spain-terror-group-blamed-for-bombs/84035/ (Philippines) Two bomb attacks shake Iligan City http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=222463 Commentaries: Roars about Russia, Nary a Whisper about Islam -- by Diana West http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/414/Default.aspx The West's Islamist Infiltrators -- by Daniel Pipes http://jewishworldreview.com/0808/pipes081208.php3 August 16, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Bomb in Baghdad strikes Shiite pilgrims, kills 6 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080816/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_pilgrims_attacked_3;_ylt=AtJxdJvvcxC4iOEqMnPllbJX6GMA -- Bomb strikes pilgrims in Iraq for 3rd straight day http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080816/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_163;_ylt=AtpHyLzNuzERrRdN9F7e1LNX6GMA (Afghanistan) Bomb hits Afghan minister's convoy, one hurt: ministry -- outskirts of Kabul http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080816/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunresteducationkabul_080816125301;_ylt=Aid.0Pl49Ilo_Kdt7fO.oTvOVooA (Afghanistan) More than 60 insurgents killed in Afghanistan -- during several days of fighting in south, govt statement on Helmand fighting http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080816/wl_nm/afghan_violence_dc_3;_ylt=AhCipOtE24f0rafQjq65jg3OVooA (Afghanistan) Insurgency-hit Kandahar province gets new governor http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August565.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (Afghanistan) Bagram-bound oil tanker bombed http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\16\story_16-8-2008_pg7_12 (Pakistan) Al-Qaeda -- Laura Mansfield: Zawahiri English language message to Pakistani Army released on internet by As Sahab http://www.lauramansfield.com/subscribers/ (Pakistan) NWFP: Nine militants killed in clashes in northwest Pakistan - Swat valley fighting in Mingora http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080816/wl_nm/pakistan_violence_dc_1;_ylt=Ar_lxafSdPZDqNLb22jiIKbzPukA (Pakistan) NWFP: Schools, shops blown up in Swat -- two girls schools, 42 shops http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\16\story_16-8-2008_pg7_13 (Pakistan) NWFP senior minister invites Swat militants to talks http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\16\story_16-8-2008_pg1_11 (Pakistan) NWFP: Two rockets explode near ISI offices in Kohat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\16\story_16-8-2008_pg7_11 (Pakistan) FATA: Deputy Emir Of Pakistani Taliban Killed In Bajaur District -- Maulana Faqir Muhammad http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9207.htm -- Forces kill 5 more militants in Bajaur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\16\story_16-8-2008_pg1_12 (Pakistan) FATA: Surrender or face action, Malik warns Taliban http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\16\story_16-8-2008_pg1_10 (Pakistan) FATA: LI commander killed in Tirah - in Khyber Agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\16\story_16-8-2008_pg7_14 (Pakistan) Fresh threat from Lal Masjid: 'Accept demands or face consequences' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\16\story_16-8-2008_pg7_26 (Pakistan) Four 'Afghan spies' arrested in Balochistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\16\story_16-8-2008_pg7_21 (Pakistan) Saudi intelligence chief in Pakistan amid Musharraf crisis: official http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080816/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanpoliticsmusharrafsaudi_080816124951;_ylt=AvSjKVOs7FaLUyFTF14c183zPukA -- Musharraf must quit by Sunday: Pakistan govt http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Musharraf_must_quit_by_Sunday_Pak_govt/articleshow/3371375.cms Pakistani Senate delegation to visit Dr Aafia Siddiqui in US http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\16\story_16-8-2008_pg7_18 (India) ULFA triggers two blasts in Assam http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/ULFA_triggers_two_blasts_in_Assam/articleshow/3370375.cms (U.S.) Pan Am Families Upset at US Attempts to Restore Relations with Libya -- Flight 103 Families Angry US Willing to Restore Ties with Gadhafi http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5588010&page=1 (U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Guantanamo prisoner boycotts war crimes trial http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_military_trials_7;_ylt=An30FpA6_2if.rMtmXx9PtQTv5UB -- Guantanamo trial may proceed without defendant http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/us_nm/guantanamo_hearings_dc_7;_ylt=AmYQDtj5PMHXsD2R_WeakoMTv5UB -- Alleged al Qaeda PR Man: Convict me next -- Ali Hamza al Bahlul aka Ali al-Bahlul http://www.miamiherald.com/416/story/644055.html (U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Canadian detainee loses bid for independent exam - Omar Khadr scheduled to face October trial http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_canadian_detainee_1;_ylt=Av1YL1C6oRZcj299pabiumETv5UB (U.S.) Terror drill finds culprit with dirty bomb http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/08/15/2008-08-15_terror_drill_finds_culprit_with_dirty_bo-1.html Terrorism's New Structure -- by Martin Amis -- claims that "one's faculties insist that it is not not about religion yet" http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121883817312745575.html?mod=hps_us_editors_picks Al-Ahram Center Director: "The Islamist Stream Has... Uprooted the [Concept of] Homeland from the People's Consciousness" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD202708 (Lebanon) Nasrallah: War led Israel to negotiate with Syria http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710366333&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Lebanon expects ties with Syria within 2 months http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/16/africa/ME-Lebanon-Syria.php Somalia: 56 Killed, 80 Wounded in Violence -- update on Mogadishu fighting http://allafrica.com/stories/200808160020.html (Algeria) Colonel and soldier killed in bomb attack in Algeria -- in the Jijel region http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August993.xml§ion=theworld&col= http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=27454 (Turkey) Thousands gather in Islanbul to mourn extremist leader -- former leader of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) -- listed as a terrorist organisation by Ankara, the European Union and the United States http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080815/wl_afp/turkeypoliticsdemo_080815174410;_ylt=AvV8OYmsguPOCUpdTnfAfCLtfLkA (Thailand) Paramilitary trooper injured, 3 suspects arrested in Narathiwat explosion http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30080722 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=129683 (Philippines) Islamic militants kill two marines in southern Philippines http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/226108,islamic-militants-kill-two-marines-in-southern-philippines.html (Philippines) Bomb found near mayor's house in northern Philippines -- who is opposed to secessionist Muslim deal http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August979.xml§ion=theworld&col= (Philippines) Palace frowns on proposed Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)-Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) ties http://www.gmanews.tv/story/114146/Palace-nixes-proposed-MILF-alliance-with-Reds (Sri Lanka) 22 Tiger rebels killed: Sri Lanka military http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080816/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrest_080816090717 (Colombia) Court Looks at Supporters of Rebels in Colombia http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/world/americas/16colombia.html Other News: Netherlands Recognizes Polygamous Marriages of Muslims http://ussneverdock.blogspot.com/2008/08/netherlands-recognises-polygamous.html http://www.nisnews.nl/public/120808_1.htm EU whitewashes Islam http://ussneverdock.blogspot.com/2008/08/eu-whitewashes-islam.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022212.php http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/3460/print August 15, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistnan) Attacks on NATO patrol in Afghanistan kills 2 - 36 militants killed http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710375814&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Jordan restores relations with Hamas http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3583055,00.html Hezbollah "five-times" stronger than it was during Israeli war http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/4472 Iran rejects Western charges of bank illegalities http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/wl_nm/iran_nuclear_banks_dc;_ylt=ArMW_CJDQNwEvKMhpNrbJ7es0NUE (Somalia) About 50 people killed in separate Somalia attacks http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LF640611.htm Yemen uncovers new terror cell http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=112901&d=16&m=8&y=2008&pix=world.jpg&category=World Nigerian troops kill 12 militants in delta attack http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LF202063.htm (U.S.) Cuban Militant To Stand Trial In El Paso - Luis Posada Carriles to stand trial on immigration fraud charges http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/17205265/detail.html?rss=elp&psp=news Liechtenstein to act on banking secrecy http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ef389a84-6ae7-11dd-b613-0000779fd18c.html August 15, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Iraq killed, 11 wounded in Baghdad blast http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1931474&Language=en Iraq: US Marine killed by gunfire near Fallujah http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_casualties_2;_ylt=Ar3KBTZTt_CiqHpYdlu_aihX6GMA Iraq heightens pilgrimage security as bombers strike http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/wl_nm/iraq_dc_6;_ylt=Alt3.9IEyBIO4NmdKoZPSiNX6GMA (Iraq) Hit squads training in Iran http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_assassination_teams_3;_ylt=AhW4k5udA8n..q5ow7Z7UsBX6GMA -- and -- Iran: region should fill gap when US leaves Iraq http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_mi_ea/turkey_iran_2;_ylt=AopYVzecFATCJKWA9lzMt.pSw60A (Iraq) Majority of UK troops out of Iraq in next nine months -- report http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1931483&Language=en (Afghanistan) Taliban insurgents capture district, 4 Afghan police killed -- hundreds of Taliban militants overran Nawah district in southern Ghazni province http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1424333.php/Taliban_insurgents_capture_district_4_Afghan_police_killed__Roundup_ (Afghanistan) Eight Taliban detailened in Patika province operation (my title) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_mi_ea/afghan_violence_4;_ylt=AhmuOLVS7YL9aEFfMRWtQqjOVooA (Afghanistan) Analysis: Taliban wages war on aid groups http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080815/wl_csm/ogetout_1;_ylt=AndDaaWe6afskjAKm00eIAfOVooA (Afghanistan) Taliban closing in on Kabul, says think-tank http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub-Continent&month=August2008&file=World_News2008081521859.xml (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban collecting taxes to raise funds for jihad -- in addition to Zakat and Ushr http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\15\story_15-8-2008_pg7_11 (Pakistan) FATA: Official: 460 militants, 22 troops die in Pakistan -- Interior Ministry's Rehman Malik says 3,000 armed militants in Bajaur Agency http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/15/asia/AS-Pakistan-Violence.php -- and -- Pakistan forces kill 9 militants: official http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August521.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= -- Foreign militants target of Bajaur operation: Hoti http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\15\story_15-8-2008_pg7_34 (Pakistan) FATA: Operation in Mohmand on cards http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\15\story_15-8-2008_pg1_9 (Pakistan) NWFP: Jirga decides to bar army, Taliban from Dir http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\15\story_15-8-2008_pg7_6 http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/15/top15.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: 3 killed in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\15\story_15-8-2008_pg7_20 (Pakistan) NWFP: Terrorism in Swat will be 'uprooted', says DIG http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\15\story_15-8-2008_pg7_38 (Pakistan) NWFP: Security concerns: Independence Day celebrated indoors in Peshawar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\15\story_15-8-2008_pg7_33 (Pakistan) Balochistan: Two explosions in Turbat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\15\story_15-8-2008_pg7_19 (Pakistan) Balochistan: Mine blast kills six in Dera Bugti http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\15\story_15-8-2008_pg7_2 (Pakistan) 'Balochistan govt cannot stop target killings' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\15\story_15-8-2008_pg7_47 (Pakistan) We are fighting for Balochistan's liberation, says Bramdagh Bugti http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\15\story_15-8-2008_pg7_48 (Pakistan) Coalition offers president safe passage, security cover if he resigns http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\15\story_15-8-2008_pg1_1 (Al-Qaeda) One-man cell, the new face of Al Qaeda terror http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/one-man-cell-the-new-face-of-al-qaeda-terror_10084517.html (U.S.) PDF file of Court Ruling Exempting Saudi Arabia from 9/11 Lawsuits http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/ReTerrorAttacksonSept112001.pdf (UK) Three terror suspects arrested in North -- Blackburn men at Manchester Airport -- of "Asian origin" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2560635/Three-terror-suspects-arrested-in-North.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080815/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliceattacksarrests_080815071130;_ylt=Al_qPCCmwdp3UcDLtch4ITETv5UB -- Counter-terrorism police search houses after airport arrests http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2564132/Counter-terrorism-police-search-houses-after-airport-arrests.html (UK) Minister attacks Hizb ut-Tahrir plans for East End conference http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED14%20Aug%202008%2015%3A15%3A50%3A147 (India) Capital becomes security fortress on Independence Day http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/I-Day_Delhi_becomes_security_fortress/articleshow/3367608.cms (India) Ahmedabad blasts: Most wanted Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) man held in Bharuch -- Sajid Mansuri holding secret meetings to indoctrinate young Muslims into 'jihad' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ahmedabad_blasts_Most_wanted_SIMI_man_held_in_Bharuch/articleshow/3367144.cms (India) No compromise with Maoists: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/No_compromise_with_Maoists_Chhattisgarh_Chief_Minister/articleshow/3368865.cms (India J&K) Security forces open fire in Srinagar; 4 injured http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Security_forces_open_fire_in_Srinagar_4_injured/articleshow/3368784.cms (Iran) US eyes diplomatic solution to Iran nuclear program: US envoy http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080815/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpoliticsmalaysiaus_080815084817;_ylt=AsIZ_AiLRXbNSRRI9IJwE7BSw60A (Lebanon) Nasrallah: keeping arms 'secret' is intentional http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/14/africa/ME-Lebanon-Hezbollah.php (Lebanon) Independent: "Al-Qa'ida sends its warriors from Iraq to wage 'jihad' in Lebanon http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-alqaida-sends-its-warriors-from-iraq-to-wage-jihad-in-lebanon-897557.html 'New Syria ties won't damage Hizbullah' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710366339&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Jordan to free 4 prisoners transferred from Israel http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/15/africa/ME-Jordan-Israel-Prisoners.php (West Bank) U.N.-funded school honors infamous terrorist Dalal al-Mughrabi -- declared 'hero' led attack that murdered 36 civilians in Israel http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=72406 (Gaza) New Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) rocket 'can reach Ashdod' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710371316&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Rocket from Gaza hits southern Israel: police -- hits Sderot http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/ts_nm/palestinians_israel_rocket_dc Somali president's convoy attacked ahead of talks http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/article_1424343.php/Somali_presidents_convoy_attacked_ahead_of_talks -- Somali leader targeted in blasts http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7562845.stm Somali pirates hijack Thai boat with 28 crew http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/15/africa/AF-Somalia-Pirates.php -- Pirates seize ships off Somalia http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080815/world-news/pirates-seize-ships-off-somalia Yemeni police uncover second Al Qaeda-linked cell http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August941.xml§ion=theworld&col= Libya to receive reparations for Reagan air strike http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=72368 Nigeria: Militants Strike At Bakassi http://allafrica.com/stories/200808150216.html (Nigeria) Militant Group Claims to Rescue German Hostages in Nigeria http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5581047&page=1 Turkish soldier killed in landmine blast in SE Turkey http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1931507&Language=en Austria has agreed to pay al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb up to $5 million for the release of two civilian hostage http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193630.php http://tinyurl.com/6cwzrn German judge: No additional jail for Red Army Faction (RAF) terrorists regarding 1977 murder http://www.expatica.com/de/articles/news/German-judge_-No-additional-jail-for-terrorists-regarding-1977-murder--.html (Northern Ireland) Omagh to fall silent for bombing anniversary http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/15/northernireland.uksecurity (Philippines) Bomb defused near school in southern Philippines -- in M'Lang town in North Cotabato province http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August928.xml§ion=theworld&col= (Philippines) Maranao warns of 'Jihad' over deal with MILF -- if deal with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was scrapped http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/aug/15/yehey/top_stories/20080815top5.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022217.php Philippines warns situation in south still volatile -- if Supreme Court does not approve MILF deal for autonomous region http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2008-08-15T110612Z_01_SP147135_RTRUKOC_0_UK-PHILIPPINES-SOUTH.xml -- Philippine court opens hearing on peace pact http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/15/asia/AS-Philippines-Muslim-Rebels.php (Philippines) Farmers return to burnt-out homes in Philippines http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/wl_nm/philippines_south_dc_5 Indonesia still threatened by terrorism: President http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August933.xml§ion=theworld&col= (Australia) Accused's web post urged assassination of Bush, court told -- Belal Saadallah Khazaal trial on Jihad book http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/general/accuseds-web-post-urged-assassination-of-bush-court-told/1243878.aspx -- Terror book case in court http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24177889-2702,00.html -- Accused's book 'urges violence' http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/accuseds-book-urges-violence/1243951.aspx -- court told of assassination tactics http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24185694-5005961,00.html (Sri Lanka) More than 35 rebels, two soldiers killed in northern Sri Lanka http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/225927,more-than-35-rebels-two-soldiers-killed-in-northern-sri.html Sri Lanka: Tens of thousands flee fighting http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/15/srilanka.civil.war.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest (Colombia) Rebel bomb kills 7 in Colombian town-officials -- in Iturango -- police believe FARC to blame http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24186125-23109,00.html Colombia says journalist has FARC ties http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/642832.html (Colombia) FARC jailer faces extradition to U.S. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/5min/story/642828.html Other News: (Netherlands) Danish Cartoonist Kurt Westergaard charged in Jordan -- 'I Don't Allow Fanatics to Intimidate Me' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,572330,00.html (U.S.) Radio host drops lawsuit against Islamic group - Michael Savage drops suit against CAIR http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/15/BAPR12BDPO.DTL&tsp=1 Shariah 101-Sukuk – Islamic equivalent of bond http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/?p=4023 (UK) Shariah Finance: alburaq launches UK 'Halaal' savings plan http://www.ifaonline.co.uk/public/showPage.html?page=ifa2006_articleimport&tempPageName=810047 (UK) British security laws are eroding human rights, says UN -- Government has been criticized by the United Nations for introducing laws that have stifled freedom of expression in the UK. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2561251/British-security-laws-are-eroding-human-rights-says-UN.html (UK) CounterterrorismBlog.org's Michael Jacobson provides Quilliam Foundation's Maajid Nawaz response to criticism on Mufti Ali Goma and others on Quilliam web site: "Mufti Ali Goma must stand innocent until proven guilty" http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/quilliam_responds.php -- False Reports of Jihadists "Quitting" or Abandoning Islamic Supremacism -- by Jeffrey Imm http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/07/false_reports_on_jihad.php -- Quilliam Foundation - About Us http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/about-us.html -- March 6, 2008 - U.S. News and World Report: Egypt's Grand Mufti Counters the Tide of Islamic Extremism http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/world/2008/03/06/egypts-grand-mufti-counters-the-tide-of-islamic-extremism.html --- portrayed Sheik Ali Gomaa as "moderate" calling for "sharia law... [as] the best antidote to Islamic extremism" -- MEMRI: The New Egyptian Mufti - Dr. Sheikh 'Ali Gum'a: Opinions About Jihad, Supporting Suicide Bombings, and Forbidding Muslims in the U.S. Military From Fighting Other Muslims http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP58003 -- MEMRI: In Interview, Egyptian Mufti Ali Gum'a Questioned On Treatment of Women in Islam, Blames 'Secularists' For Terrorism Worldwide http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP175507 -- MEMRI: The Mufti of Egypt: The True Face of the Blood-Sucking Hebrew Entity has Been Exposed http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP125506 Malaysia bans books; Muslim women activists upset http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/15/asia/AS-Malaysia-Banned-Books.php -- English-language "Muslim Women and the Challenge of Islamic Extremism" and the Malay-language "Strange but True in Prayers" Iranian President Ahmadinejad to Turkish TV In Advance of Turkey Visit: Our Attitude Toward Israel is Shared By Turks And By 'Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine – Because These Are the True Words [Of Allah]'; 'I Wish They Had Free Elections in America... Whatever Government Comes, It Must Leave the Middle East' http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD202508 Jordan: Israeli tourists asked to hand over Jewish paraphernalia http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3581963,00.html 20 Muslim nations ban U.S. religious workers -- Yet State Department allows entry to 100s of Muslim clerics each year http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=72446 Russia: Poland risks attack because of US missiles http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_eu/russia_us_missile_defense_8;_ylt=AivfD74BKunVd_oe7Du1EkZ_5GIA Commentaries: Stealth Jihad or Hysteria? by Robert Spencer http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=1189F8A6-5635-4863-8063-62CB72EB783B Saudi Columnist: Bomb Iran Now, Let Chips Fall Where They May http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD202608 -- "A Nuclear Iran is Like a Nuclear Bin Laden" For freedom's sake, we must stop libel tourism -- by Tim Luckhurst http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/15/labour.freedomofinformation August 14, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Female suicide bomber kills at least 26 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq -- Karbala http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2560048/New-York-City-police-travel-to-London-for-security-tips.html -- see also AP report http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_148;_ylt=Ag4zwDErq0DsgkNDcH1jYAFX6GMA (Pakistan) FATA: Army kills over 15 militants - fighting in South Waziristan and Bajaur Agency http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1931382&Language=en (Pakistan) FATA: 135,000 flee Pakistan tribal area clashes: officials http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanafghanistanunrestrefugees_080814135830;_ylt=AhKTdepP.PXxzLDse7FB.E3zPukA (Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistani city on red alert after suicide attack threats - Peshsawar http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1931411&Language=en India's national capital under security blanket on Independence Day eve http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1931369&Language=en -- Blast terror tightens I-Day vigil http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Blast_terror_tightens_I-Day_vigil/articleshow/3363039.cms -- India's Independence Day (August 15): Will J&K erupt or be deathly quiet? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/I-Day_Will_JK_erupt_or_be_deathly_quiet/articleshow/3366648.cms (U.S.) Pentagon official removed from 2nd Gitmo trial http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_military_trials_4;_ylt=AmA7d4luASa5DAxUBkkivKwTv5UB US court rules Saudi Arabia immune in 9/11 case -- Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August301.xml§ion=middleeast&col= (U.S.) New York City police have traveled to London for security tips on how to protect Manhattan against a potential terror attack http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2560048/New-York-City-police-travel-to-London-for-security-tips.html (U.S.) Congressman: Airport screening called 'waste of money' -- Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/14/Airport_screening_called_waste_of_money/UPI-83221218736703/ (U.S.) Denver: Terrorism Investigated in Case of Somali-Born Man Found Dead With Cyanide in Denver Hotel -- Defense contractor says investigation into terrorism needed, FBI and police see no terror link http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,403982,00.html (U.S.) 'Unabomber' objects to putting cabin on display - terrorist Ted Kaczynski http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/13/unabomber.cabin.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest -- "G-Men and Journalists: Top News Stories of the FBI's First Century" display http://www.newseum.org/exhibits_th/fbi/video.aspx?item=fbi_exhibit&style=f (Yemen) Militants held in Yemen confess to terror plots http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/14/africa/ME-Yemen-Terror-Plot.php http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218710366476&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Algeria: Internal conflict stalls release of Austrian tourists http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2416452605 -- Austria to Fund al Qaeda Terrorism http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193630.php Nigeria militants say German hostage release soon http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/14/africa/AF-Nigeria-Oil-Unrest.php Netherlands extradites Pakistani 'plotter' -- Aqueel Ur Rehman Abbasi suspected of belonging to a group planning suicide attacks in Barcelona and elsewhere in Europe http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24184583-23109,00.html Other News: (U.S.) Sudanese can stay longer in US, continue working http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/immigration_sudanese_1;_ylt=Ap2bKM7zIgzeBiwcmdTiJ_ETv5UB (U.S.) Chicago-area pol in hot water for forwarding email saying Muslims who want Sharia should leave the U.S. http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022213.php --- Religious Leaders Infuriated By Anti-Muslim E-Mail: E-Mail Was Allegedly Forwarded By Frankfort Township Assessor http://cbs2chicago.com/local/anti.muslim.email.2.794155.html http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2008/08/paul-ruffs-email-nothing-more-than-an-old-story-about-australias-ex-pm-john-howard.html August 14, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Two policemen killed, three injured in Baghdad blast http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1931262&Language=en http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2416061630 (Iraq) Rash of Iraq bomb attacks kill five, injure 18 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest_080814123043;_ylt=AvaAcCt4xUNDI.2qNLaDBzdX6GMA -- roadside bomb in Karrada, car bomb targets police patrol near Baquba, booby-trapped houses near Baquba http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1931283&Language=en Iraq minister: US combat troops to pull out in three years under new deal http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article4526313.ece (Iraq) Police hail round-up of al Qaeda suspects -- Operation Glad Tidings brought more than 30,000 Iraqi troops and police into the city of Baqouba in a crackdown on al Qaeda suspects http://www.miamiherald.com/697/story/639692.html Afghan blast kills 3 international troops http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_re_as/afghan_violence_1;_ylt=AqmPaFoTtYnwxhveeatgfrHOVooA -- also rocket hits outside Kabul airport http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080814/wl_nm/afghan_violence_dc_1;_ylt=AqWfWpUBBHsS.tKXfBvqspfOVooA (Afghanistan) Aid group suspends Afghan work after slayings http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestaid_080814031622;_ylt=AkMe3QEtyvrNAhn8hmm2w6POVooA http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1931211&Language=en -- update on Wednesday slayings http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/56881.html?isap=1&nav=5030 -- Canada slams Taliban 'depravity' in death of aid workers http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August487.xml§ion=subcontinent -- Female British aid worker gunned down in Taliban ambush just two days into first mission http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1044545/Female-British-aid-worker-gunned-Taliban-ambush-just-days-mission.html (Pakistan) FATA: Militants stop people from leaving Bajaur http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/14/top10.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan military comments on Wednesday strike in South Waziristan (my title) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_missile_strike_10;_ylt=Aut_.FivFUci25yqFTIjk5fzPukA -- also Dawn and PDT reports http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/14/top2.htm http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\14\story_14-8-2008_pg1_7 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban attack forces, former minister's home -- in Swat / Mingora area http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\14\story_14-8-2008_pg7_18 (Pakistan) NWFP: Stay away from Independence Day celebrations, warn Taliban http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\14\story_14-8-2008_pg1_3 (Pakistan) NWFP Assembly condemns NATO -- resolution led by Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\14\story_14-8-2008_pg1_8 -- NWFP Governor says weak Pakistan amounts to damaging cause of Islam http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48693&Itemid=1 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022207.php http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9178.htm (Pakistan) Lahore: Suicide attack on police kills nine, injures 35 in Lahore -- update on Wednesday night bombing http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\14\story_14-8-2008_pg1_2 (Pakistan) Balochistan: Two killed in Hub car bombing http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\14\story_14-8-2008_pg7_9 (Pakistan) Pro-Sharia Muslim League Politician: US interfering in Pakistan affairs: Nawaz http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\14\story_14-8-2008_pg1_6 -- Sharif has history of seeking Sharia law for northwest and all of Pakistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif#Proposition_of_an_Islamic_society_based_on_the_Quran -- Taliban want to work with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed -- in implementing Sharia law throughout Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\09\story_9-8-2008_pg7_10 Pakistan: Terror suspect Aafia Siddiqui should be tried at home, says govt http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2413186322 -- Pakistani scientist 'was not held by US military': army spokeswoman http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080813/pl_afp/afghanistanattacksuspakistanjustice_080813180422;_ylt=AtCLNlz7dvJmLtLa_0lQ7S7OVooA -- Pakistan-Americans appealed to set up a legal fund to defend terror suspect Dr Aafia Siddiqui http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/pak-americans-appealed-to-set-up-a-legal-fund-to-defend-terror-suspect-dr-aafia_10083958.html (U.S.) AP: "Lawyer: Pakistani defendant held in NY was set up" -- defense attorney for Pakistani Al-Qaeda suspect Aafia Siddiqui http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_re_us/al_qaida_suspect_shooting_1;_ylt=AuRezf4EQj5pEVTZmmhNueYTv5UB -- UPI: "Attorney says Siddiqui was tortured" http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/14/Attorney_says_Siddiqui_was_tortured/UPI-37001218718931/ -- see also ABC report: "Alleged Mata Hari of Al Qaeda Could Provide 'Treasure Trove' of Intelligence - Aafia Siddique Had a List of Targets in New York & Chem-Bio Weapons Information in her Possession" (CBR information, list of potential targets that included the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, the subway system and the animal disease center on Plum Island) http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5567066&page=1 -- see also Andrew Cochran August 5 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/federal_complaint_and_other_do.php -- FBI Seeking Information http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/siddiqui.htm (U.S.) Feds: Al Qaeda Mata Hari Wanted To Poison Pres. Carter -- Aafia Siddique had kill Presidents Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush and to attack the White House -- plotted to use biological agents to poison Carter's water http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5574093&page=1 (U.S.) Guantanamo trials put generals at odds http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080813/us_nm/guantanamo_hearings_dc_4;_ylt=Ar7r5.64I_MjRSINHmUegR4Tv5UB -- Adviser to Guantanamo trials faces more criticism http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080813/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_military_trials_2;_ylt=AtnKXDNSFdcioLIIVYiJdQ0Tv5UB (U.S.) Hair Samples in Anthrax Case Don't Match -- Strands From Mailbox in Princeton Are Not From Ivins, Investigators Say http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/AR2008081303731.html?nav=hcmoduletmv (U.S.) Anti-terrorism effort leads FBI to relax restrictions in probes http://www.buffalonews.com/nationalworld/national/story/414216.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081503497.html (U.S.) Travelers who attempt to fly without ID end up on TSA watch list http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080813/tc_usatoday/flierswithoutidplacedontsalist (U.S./Libya) Libya, US settle all terror-related lawsuits - deal signed settling all outstanding terror-related lawsuits http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/14/africa/ME-Libya-US.php (India) Ahmedabad bomb blasts: Terror email: American national, neighbor undergo lie-detector test http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Ahmedabad_blasts_Lie_detector_narco_tests_on_US_national/articleshow/3361829.cms (India) Pakistan ISI agent, terrorist nabbed from Bahraich, Ghaziabad http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/ISI_agent_terrorist_nabbed_from_Bahraich_Ghaziabad/articleshow/3362609.cms (India) Two Pakistan ISI agents arrested in Uttar Pradesh http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Two_ISI_agents_arrested_in_Uttar_Pradesh/articleshow/3362037.cms Iran kills 3 Kurdish separatists in clash http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_kurds_2;_ylt=AoHQqQVVC5maimlWIS_RrvFSw60A (Iran) Is war in air in the Gulf? http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/14/is-war-in-air-in-the-gulf/ (Gaza) Report: "Israel executes incursion into southern Gaza" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1931272&Language=en (Yemen) Terror cell 'planned to hit Yemen and Saudi' http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=235673&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 -- Saleh informs Sultan of Al-Qaeda plots uncovered in Yemen http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080814030602 (Yemen) The Murky Relations Between the Yemen Government and al-Qaeda: Al-Qaeda Operatives Killed http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193622.php (Yemen) Pirates attack British ship off Yemen's coast http://www.wtol.com/global/story.asp?s=8834637 (Somalia) Ethiopian forces ambush Somali bus -- after attack moments earlier by Islamist insurgents and mistook bus as hostile http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_Africa&set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20080814095833593C565912 (Algeria) Terror Group Entrenched In Algeria http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93583141&ft=1&f=1001 (Mauritania) Terror arrests made before African coup http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/foreign/display.var.2424792.0.Terror_arrests_made_before_African_coup.php (Turkey) Armed clashes between Turkish Army, Kurdish rebels http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1931268&Language=en Turkey: Iran's Ahmadinejad in two-day visit to boost bilateral ties http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.2415714955 Denmark: Security service recommends avoiding 'Jihad' http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/denmark-security-service-recommends.html -- PET recommends other terms not to use are "Islamism," "holy war," "mujahedines" - suggested term is "extremist" -- Sources: Nyhedsavisen 1, 2 (Danish) http://avisen.dk/pet-advarer-imod-farlige-terror-ord_96554.aspx http://avisen.dk/pet-regeringen-boer-nedtone-forbindelse-mellem-terror_96594.aspx China warns of "life and death" battle with terror http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080814/ts_nm/olympics_china_xinjiang_dc_2;_ylt=AhShtz5WdyXQVy_A7n0pO9oTv5UB (Philippines) Bomb in Philippines hurts would-be attacker -- M'lang town bomb goes off prematurely -- bomber member of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_re_as/philippines_muslim_rebels_1 -- two other bombs in Carmen near electrical tower (Philippines) Bomb found at bus station in southern Philippines -- Kidapawan city in North Cotabato http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/wl_asia_afp/philippinesunrestbomb_080814045603 -- report states it had 4.5 pounds of TNT, a mortar round, nails and a cell phone as a trigger http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_re_as/philippines_muslim_rebels_1 Philippine villagers trickle back home after Muslim clashes http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080814/tap-philippines-muslim-unrest-5cc1ef8.html Indonesia: Court considers execution delay for Bali bombers http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2415912946 (Indonesia) US concerned about Hezbollah TV in Indonesia -- Al-Manar designated a terrorist entity by U.S. in 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/14/asia/AS-Indonesia-US-Hezbollah-TV.php (Sri Lanka) Military: Sri Lanka fighting kills 16 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_re_as/sri_lanka_civil_war_1 -- Sri Lanka's military bombs targets in north, kills seven rebels http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/225650,sri-lankas-military-bombs-targets-in-north-kills-seven-rebels.html (North Korea) US diplomat arrives in China for Norea Korea talks http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_re_as/china_us_nkorea_2;_ylt=AnOzsSLxDCaNVGinhKpvZ9eCscEA (Chile) One of the most brutal ETA terrorists may be in Chile - Jose Ignacio de Juana Chaos either in Brazil, Argentina or Chile http://www.lasegunda.com/ediciononline/economia/detalle/index.asp?idnoticia=427377 Other News: Germany: police say honour part of ice cream parlor shooting http://www.expatica.com/de/articles/news/German-police-say-honour-part-of-ice-cream-parlor-shooting-.html (Pakistan) US, UK seeking graceful exit for Musharraf: Reports http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/US_UK_seeking_graceful_exit_for_Musharraf_Reports/articleshow/3365435.cms India warns Pakistan: Keep off J&K issue http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India_warns_Pakistan_Keep_off_JK_issue/articleshow/3365976.cms (India J&K) Thousands of Muslims demand independence in Indian Kashmir http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/14/asia/AS-Kashmir-Shrine-Protests.php -- Muslims take to streets as Kashmir protests continue http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August494.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= Iran: 3 students accused of offending Islam released http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3582490,00.html (U.S.) Muslim Charities Will Undergo Review Process to Win Back Donors - 7 Muslim charities ask Better Business Bureau to validate finances (subscription) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121864690510737315.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news (U.S.) Five Years After Blackout: Electric Grid Still Vulnerable -- Risks Remain, But Experts Say Progress Has Been Made Since 2003 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5574775&page=1 -- see also UnitedStatesAction.com http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/electrical-threat.htm (U.S.) Pentagon puts hold on USAF cyber effort http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_hi_te/air_force_cybercommand (U.S.) Denver: Pound of Cyanide Found in Room Where Man Died -- pound of cyanide found in room of Ottawa's Saleman Abdirahman Dirie http://www.myfoxlakecharles.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7204410&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.3.1 -- "FBI said there was no apparent connection to terrorism" -- Cyanide victim 'not a terrorist': family http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=fe8f1bf4-1f08-4b78-80dc-e99d8a77e9c6&p=1 (UK) Sharia Finance: Family Sharia Fund London share offer a major success http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=226122&Sn=BUSI&IssueID=31146 (UK) Sharia Finance: Gatehouse sees more UK Islamic investment banks http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\13\story_13-8-2008_pg5_26 (Sharia Finance) Dhimmitude at Moody's re Islamic Finance http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/?p=3973 Colombian president eyes new term, but is Betancourt a rival? http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=246759 Commentaries: Jihad for Oil - America's dependence on oil is a vulnerability in the war on terror -- by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/407lfacv.asp The Emerging Russia's Terrorism Issues -- by Douglas Farah http://www.douglasfarah.com/article/385/the-emerging-russias-terrorism-issues.com (Pakistan) Taliban win a fight - and settle scores - Syed Saleem Shahzad on Bajaur battles http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JH14Df01.html Against Nazi News: (U.S.) Julia Child Among Spies Revealed in Newly Released Federal Documents http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,403443,00.html http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/14/spies.revealed.ap/index.html -- at a time when the Nazis threatened the world (France) YouTube video slammed as 'anti-Semitic' -- French Jewish group said today it is suing the YouTube video-sharing website over a clip showing a host of Jewish public figures to the soundtrack of a pre-war anti-Semitic song. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24182851-23109,00.html French police quiz shop owner over anti-Semitic T-shirts http://www.expatica.com/fr/articles/news/French-police-quiz-shop-owner-over-anti_Semitic-T_shirts.html (Italy) Vatican distances itself from Catholic magazine's warning of fascist revival http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4531027.ece Hitler to get Pulp Fiction treatment in Tarantino film http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4530662.ece August 13, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) Suicide blast in Pakistan's Lahore kills seven: police http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080813/ts_afp/pakistanunrestblast_080813200252 (India) Four ULFA militants killed in two encounters http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/14/stories/2008081453650100.htm (Mauritania) 5 arrested on terror charges in Mauritania - Alleged members of Al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa http://www.pr-inside.com/arrested-on-terror-charges-in-r754612.htm Syria, Lebanon agree to establish diplomatic ties http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080813/ap_on_re_mi_ea/syria_lebanon;_ylt=AnfTiDQ.nHrXQPhq_uUn1Gis0NUE (U.S.) CIA Man: Web Site Statement on Suskind Book is Mine http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/spytalk/2008/08/cia-man-web-site-statement-on.html China: attacks possibly linked to terror groups http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijbN4TZ-Q8baRSmL9qcyI7zUQwCgD92HFJ080 Other News: Saudi man kills daughter for converting to Christianity http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080813063349 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022201.php August 13, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Bombs target city official, civilians in Iraq -- in Kirkuk - near the convoy carrying Abdul-Karim Ali Nsai http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080813/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_141;_ylt=AsNMF1xETDE4iOdKl.Ujym1X6GMA (Iraq) MNF-W Marine killed in SAF attack in Anbar Province http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1930952&Language=en (Iraq) MNF detains brothers in Hezbollah in Iraq - update http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1931007&Language=en Iraq anti-Qaeda leader survives 9th assassination bid - on Tuesday: Abdel Karim Ensayef al-Juburi http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080813/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestqaeda_080813114803;_ylt=Apm0nUsFRoKfWw.9ABIaeaFX6GMA (Afghanistan) Five police killed in Afghanistan blast: official -- Taliban takes responsibility - in Helmand province http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August466.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (Afghanistan) Three foreign female aid workers die in Afghan ambush - in car heading towards Kabul http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080813/wl_nm/afghan_attack_dc_5;_ylt=AszOIADDC4DXBHomGUTMdynOVooA http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August470.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= Pakistan Daily Times - FATA: Senior Al Qaeda Commander Mustafa Abu al-Yazid (aka Abu Saeed al-Masri) death still not yet confirmed (my title) http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\13\story_13-8-2008_pg1_13 -- Taliban denies that he was killed http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/13/top7.htm -- see also Andrew Cochran August 12 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/head_of_al_qaeda_in_afghanista.php (Pakistan) FATA: Missile attack kills 25 in Pakistani agency -- target hideout of Taliban commander Mullah Nazeer - in Baghar village in South Waziristan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1930943&Language=en -- see also AFP report that states 10 killed http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August461.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan militant leader shot dead: officials - Haji Namdar - in Khyber Agency http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August465.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (Pakistan) FATA: Security forces ask Khar residents to move out - Bajaur Agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\13\story_13-8-2008_pg1_12 (Pakistan) FATA: Tribesmen blame Afghanistan for supporting clashes in Kurram Agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\13\story_13-8-2008_pg7_33 -- 35 killed in Kurram Clashes http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/13/top4.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Key militant arrested in Swat -- Yaqoob Shah http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\13\story_13-8-2008_pg7_3 -- four killed, 17 injured, girls school bombed, bridge destroyed (Pakistan) NWFP: Seven Taliban arrested in Hangu http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\13\story_13-8-2008_pg7_8 (Pakistan) NWFP: Militant-force clashes turn Mattani into ghost town http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\13\story_13-8-2008_pg7_48 (Pakistan) NWFP: Helicopters pound militants' hideouts -- areas of Markandai and Akhund Baba http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/13/top14.htm (Pakistan) Jaish-e-Islami (JI) threatens attacks across Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\13\story_13-8-2008_pg7_61 -- if Swat and FATA operations not stopped -- group also known as "Lashkar-e-Islam (LI)" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\27\story_27-4-2008_pg7_14 http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD190608 -- see also Jeffrey Imm's June 10 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/06/pakistan_sharia_threat.php -- see also July report on LI peace agreement http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\07\12\story_12-7-2008_pg7_1 (Pakistan) Red Mosque Martyrs Conference Demands Sharia For Pakistan http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9117.htm (Pakistan) Al-Qaeda Said to Use Regional Strife to Tighten Grip in Pakistan -- Ted Gistaro, national intelligence officer comments http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/12/AR2008081202884.html -- see also Michael Jacobson August 12 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/assessing_the_fight_against_al.php (Pakistan) Musharraf's exit may give militants more freedom: India http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\13\story_13-8-2008_pg7_4 (Pakistan) Al-Zawahiri in Audio Recording: Musharraf Accepted Israel's Existence http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD202208 (Pakistan) Balochistan: Gas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\13\story_13-8-2008_pg7_9 (Pakistan) U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson asks Nawaz to show flexibility -- seeks PML-N's pro-Sharia Nawaz Sharif to consider safe passage for Musharraf http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\13\story_13-8-2008_pg1_4 -- Sharif has history of seeking Sharia law for northwest and all of Pakistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif#Proposition_of_an_Islamic_society_based_on_the_Quran -- Taliban want to work with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed -- in implementing Sharia law throughout Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\09\story_9-8-2008_pg7_10 Pakistan seeks al-Qaeda-linked suspect Aafia Siddiqui's children http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/13/asia/AS-Pakistan-Female-Terror-Suspect.php (U.S.) NYC: Alleged Mata Hari of Al Qaeda Could Provide 'Treasure Trove' of Intelligence -- Aafia Siddiqui Had a List of Targets in New York & Chem-Bio Weapons Information in her Possession -- allegedly had list of U.S. terror targets including Statue of Liberty, Times Square, subway system, Plum Island, and detailed CBR terror weapon information http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5567066&page=1 -- see also Andrew Cochran August 5 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/federal_complaint_and_other_do.php -- FBI Seeking Information http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/siddiqui.htm -- also: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/08/12/2008-08-12_pakistani_scientist_busted_called_most_s-1.html (U.S.) Doctor examines Pakastani accused of U.S. troop attack -- Aafia Siddiqui http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080812/us_nm/usa_pakistan_qaeda_dc_1;_ylt=Am_30F7l1nw2E9mm3BOk_4QTv5UB (U.S.) Al-Qaeda trained terrorists for attacks on West: US http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Al-Qaida_trained_terrorists_for_attacks_on_West_US/articleshow/3359814.cms -- Al Qaeda adopting defensive tone - Public statements focus on affirming legitimacy -- Ted Gistaro, national intelligence officer for transnational threats, tells Washington Institute for Near East Policy http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/13/al-qaeda-increasingly-adopts-a-defensive-tone/ -- Michael Jacobson quoted on alleged "de-radicalization" -- related posts at Jawa and articles about Gistaro comments on Pakistan at WP, NYT (no mention of Sharia) http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193608.php http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/12/AR2008081202884.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/washington/13intel.html?ref=world -- see also Michael Jacobson August 12 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/assessing_the_fight_against_al.php -- full text of prepared remarks http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC07.php?CID=414 (U.S.) Homeland Security setting up counterspy unit http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080812/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/homeland_spy_worries_4;_ylt=AuP9j56CabulIBQ.K8ro3zYTv5UB -- types of behaviors that could be foreign espionage http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080812/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/homeland_spy_worries_glance_1;_ylt=AjGL1bqubFuBvjlQPV1niAUTv5UB (U.S.) California: Sheriff probes theft of security laptop -- Frequent fliers' data put at risk http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/13/sheriff-probes-theft-of-security-laptop/ U.S. terrorism probe centers on Ottawa man dead from cyanide -- Saleman Abdirahman Dirie http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=ec3dfe67-7cbf-4a21-8d79-5f9820977c0d (UK) National security: Plans for 'secret inquests' face defeat in Lords http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/aug/13/terrorism.uksecurity (India) Ahmedabad blasts: American national Ken Haywood quizzed http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Ahmedabad_blasts_American_national_quizzed/articleshow/3361266.cms -- Ahmedabad Blast toll reaches 57 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ahmedabad_Blast_toll_reaches_57_/articleshow/3358694.cms (India) Live bombs recovered from Nandigram -- 23 live bombs recovered http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Live_bombs_found_in_Nandigram/articleshow/3360861.cms (India) Four Maoists killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Four_Maoists_killed_in_encounter_in_Chhattisgarh_/articleshow/3358476.cms (India J&K) Violent Muslim protests continue in Kashmir http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/477381 -- Homes burn as Hindu-Muslim anger grows in Kashmir http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August462.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (Iran) US against any Israeli strike on Iran: defense minister http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080813/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpoliticsisraelus_080813080555;_ylt=Any7hn39t7F7KCBnBMWNH65Sw60A -- U.S. puts brakes on Israel plan to hit Iran nuclear facilities http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1010938.html -- Report: U.S. Refuses Israel Weapons to Attack Iran http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402708,00.html (Iran) US blacklists five Iranian entities citing nuclear, missile ties http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/pl_afp/usiransanctionpoliticsnuclear_080812155921;_ylt=An8w7ITDe8KFm6hLRvt7SY1Sw60A Lebanon bus stop bomb kills 18, including 9 soldiers - at least 45 wounded -- described as "terrorist bombing" in Tripoli http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080813/wl_nm/lebanon_blast_dc_7;_ylt=Am2cvz0TpGAExCIiUedbOFDagGIB http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4520675.ece -- MPs say Tripoli blast targets initiatives for Lebanese stability http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1930959&Language=en (Lebanon) Explosion causes material damages in Ain Helwa Camp -- Fatah http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1931027&Language=en (Syria) Report: Syria fears Israel strike, taking preventive steps http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1011235.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218446181703&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Somalia: Heavy Battles After Insurgents Ambush Ethiopian Forces -- in Lower Shabelle region http://allafrica.com/stories/200808130455.html (Yemen) Al-Qaeda Threatens to Launch More Attacks; Demand Releasing Fellow Detainees http://www.yemenpost.net/42/LocalNews/20083.htm (Kenya) Police deny bungling Fazul Abdullah Mohamed hunt http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/455430/-/tjnsg0/-/index.html North African Anti-Terror Efforts Too Harsh, Critics Say http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93542011 (Europe) Islamist Forum Member Proposes Poisoning Water Systems of Major European Cities http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD202108 http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/9132.htm Italy: Anti-terror probe looks at Pirelli factory plot http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2413450922 France told to hand over ETA member http://www.expatica.com/es/articles/news/France-told-to-hand-over-ETA-member.html (China) Chinese police arrest 90 Muslims following bombings http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/784739?UserKey=0 (Thailand) One killed, 2 injured in Yala shooting http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30080443 Philippines retakes farmlands from Muslim rebels http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/8/13/worldupdates/2008-08-13T134940Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-349854-1&sec=Worldupdates Philippine villagers fear booby traps on return home http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/13/2334596.htm (Philippines) MILF deputy chief blames armed civilian groups for conflict in North Cotabato http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=128158 (Australia) Terror suspect Belal Khazaal compiled book, court told http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24174758-601,00.html http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2334290.htm?tab=latest (Australia) Melbourne 12 trial: Judge warns terror jury against anti-Muslim bias http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/13/asia/AS-Australia-Terrorist-Trial.php Sri Lanka: Northern fighting kills 19 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080813/tap-as-sri-lanka-civil-war-d3b07b8.html http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August463.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (Sri Lanka) India warns Sri Lanka it might not win war with rebels: report http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrestindiasecurity_080812133740 (North Korea) US diplomat travels to China for talks with North Korea http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080812/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_nkorea_1;_ylt=ApVSuay2IZmzEx5gDNDP5hGCscEA Other News: (Sharia Finance) Singapore launches first Shariah-law Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) http://www.business24-7.ae/articles/2008/8/pages/08122008_e93e395aba544b9cbe18d7eeb512e2e2.aspx (Sharia Finance) GCC govts raise stakes in Islamic finance firms http://www.arabnews.com/?page=6§ion=0&article=112775&d=13&m=8&y=2008 Nigeria: Mob Kills 50-Year-Old Man for 'Blasphemy' http://allafrica.com/stories/200808110940.html -- Witness "Mohammed said no arrest has been made yet, adding that the police had restored law and order in the area" Indonesian priest kidnapped, severely beaten http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=12988&size=A http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022188.php Indonesia: President rejects US request to release separatists http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.2413128687 Pakistan to approach UN over situation in J&K http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_to_approach_UN_over_situation_in_JK/articleshow/3361273.cms (India) Kashmir protests spread to Indian cities http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/13/asia/AS-Kashmir-Shrine-Protests.php (India) Rebels call for boycott of India's national day http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/13/asia/AS-India-Rebel-Attacks.php (U.S.) North Carolina: Man who drove car into NC university crowd to avenge Muslims pleads guilty to attempted murder -- Mohammed Taheri-Azar http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-unc-crash,0,3716314.story (U.S.) North Carolina: Driver pleads guilty to attempted murder -- Mohammed Taheri-Azar http://www.newsobserver.com/news/orange/story/1174255.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022191.php (U.S.) California: Son of Hamas Leader Turns Back on Islam and Embraces Christianity -- update on previous report http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402483,00.html (U.S.) Obama backer George Clooney plans a movie on Osama bin Laden's driver -- convicted terrorist Salim Hamden http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/08/obama-osama-clo.html http://entertainment.oneindia.in/hollywood/top-stories/scoop/2008/clooney-al-qaeda-film-120808.html (U.S.) George Clooney Buys Bin Laden Driver Book Rights -- convicted terrorist Salim Hamden http://www.postchronicle.com/news/entertainment/article_212164590.shtml (U.S.) Report: Clooney advising Obama on Middle East -- 'George is pushing him to be more 'balanced' on issues such as U.S. relations with Israel' http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=72202 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1043164/How-Clooney-offers-good-friend-Obama-advice-issues-body-language-Iraq.html -- see also Pam Meister's Family Security Matters report: http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.864/pub_detail.asp (U.S.) Last Thoughts on Former Obama Muslim Advisor and His Ties to the Muslim Brotherhood -- The Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Repor http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.867/pub_detail.asp (UK) Suicide bomber novel 'censored' from Muslim writing competition, claims author Max Malik http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2546788/Suicide-bomber-novel-censored-from-Muslim-writing-competition-claims-author-Max-Malik.html http://www.thebookseller.com/news/64997-malik-claims-censorship.html -- "An author who won last year's Muslim Writer of the Year Award has claimed his new book was "censored" from this year's competition because it tackled subjects "unpalatable" to Britain's Islamic community like suicide bombings" (UK) Muslim Writers awards deny censorship of 'unpalatable' novel http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/aug/13/muslim.awards.malik Islam in Europe Weekly Review http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/islam-in-europe-weekly-review_12.html Link to interactive mapy of Islam in Europe http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12757599/ France probes anti-Semitic shirt sales -- Paris store reportedly sells shirts with Nazi slogans originally used to target Polish Jews in 1940 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218446191869&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Poland) Walesa: Georgia conflict shows West's weakness http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/13/europe/EU-Poland-Georgia-Walesa.php (Georgia) Confusion, Fear in Georgia as Russians Move Deeper http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402701,00.html Microsoft Patches 26 Security Holes http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/08/microsoft_patches_26_security.html?hpid=sec-tech August 12, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) Violence Escalates in Pakistan's Northwest, as Musharraf's Fate Hangs in the Balance http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=5563616&page=1 Al-Qaeda leaders 'legitimate targets', says top expert http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2410945497 Italy: Jihadist terror suspects deny accusations against them http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2410946163 (Pakistan) Sky News: Al Qaeda Paymaster Killed - Reports http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Al-Qaeda-Operative-Mustafa-Abu-al-Yazid-Reportedly-Killed-In-Pakistans-Bajaur-Tribal-Region/Article/200808215076029?lpos=World%2BNews_2&lid=ARTICLE_15076029_Al%2BQaeda%2BOperative%2BMustafa%2BAbu%2Bal-Yazid%2BReportedly%2BKilled%2BIn%2BPakistan%2527s%2BBajaur%2BTribal%2BRegion -- additional report on Abu Saeed al-Masri aka Mustafa Abu al-Yazid (U.S.) Treasury Designates Iranian Nuclear and Missile Entities http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1113.htm (U.S.) Activist turned extremist, US says -- Aafia Siddiqui http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/08/12/activist_turned_extremist_us_says/ (U.S.) 'Ground Zero' Security Plan Calls for All Vehicles Entering NYC to Be Photographed http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402221,00.html (U.S.) New anti-terror barricade planned at LAX http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_10177491?source=rss (India) Terror suspects had plans to target officials on Independence Day, Aug 15th (my title) http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7b873A02DC-588B-42E2-967B-2FF925B98DBF%7d&CATEGORYNAME=CHN (India) Lashkar militant surrenders in Doda http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-10792.html Israel adopts U.S. plan to split nation into 2 -- Calls for Palestinian state in strategic territory http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=72178 Hamas Denounces Monday's Rocket Attack On Israel http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080812%5cACQRTT200808121244RTTRADERUSEQUITY_0950.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Hamas%20Denounces%20Monday%27s%20Rocket%20Attack%20On%20Israel (UK) Terror charge student trial set - Bristol student Hashi Ahmed Omer http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/7557121.stm Yemen says leading al-Qaeda fugitive killed in police raid -- Hamza al-Quaiti http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1423349.php/Yemen_says_leading_al-Qaeda_fugitive_killed_in_police_raid Commentaries: The Region: Crusades long gone, but jihad lingers on -- by Barry Rubin http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218095193781&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Other News: (U.S.) Nation of Islam Reports: "Muslims condemn Post's 'Jihad Train' smear" http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_5076.shtml -- Quotes Imam Siraj Wahhaj - a character witness for convicted 1993 World Trade Center terrorist "blind sheik" Omar Rahman, and a man who reportedly called for replacing the American government with a caliphate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_Wahaj#Controversy http://www.kashmirtelegraph.com/jagan.htm (U.S.) George Clooney to star in Al-Qaeda film http://entertainment.oneindia.in/hollywood/top-stories/scoop/2008/clooney-al-qaeda-film-120808.html -- to play role of Charles Swift - who served as defense counsel (2003-2006) for convicted terrorist Salim Hamdan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Swift http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=a4x6M3Dyr6jM&refer=us Hackers hacked at infamous DefCon gathering http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/tc_afp/usitinternetcrimehackerdefcon;_ylt=Ag1S9GrDpuJDIbTTbWARXzWKfD8C August 12, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) US military: Suicide bomber kills 2 Iraqis in Baqouba http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080812/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_130;_ylt=AuqemjMxnRzbDVuyWoXHmONX6GMA -- Iraqi police say bomber was man, U.S. military says women suicide bomber based on remains Iraq's Diyala governor survives attack, curfew imposed http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080812/wl_nm/iraq_diyala_dc_1;_ylt=AkoSg03PPiJ.dMWVY9hIIiVX6GMA (Iraq) MNF forces detain nine Hezbollah suspects in Iraq http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1930715&Language=en (Iraq) Report: "Al Qaeda's brutality alienates Iraqis" http://www.stuff.co.nz/4651628a27162.html Iraqi prisoners reformed, released http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/12/iraqi-prisoners-reformed-released/ -- U.S. platoon leader: "At first I felt a bit uneasy about [letting them go]. Now, I'm just indifferent." (Afghanistan) Soldier dies, NATO ISAF denies civilian casualties in Afghanistan -- air strike in Tagab valley of Kapisa province http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1930709&Language=en http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August433.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (Afghanistan) NATO: 'A Counter-Insurgency Takes a Long Time, Longer than We Thought' http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,571345,00.html -- McKiernan:"answer must be found politically" and "causes of the insurgency are extremely complex" (Afghanistan) Karzai: International Community Must Act Against Taliban in Pakistan http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9082.htm Afghanistan Domestic Intelligence: 'Piles and Piles of Evidence' that Pakistan Is Responsible for Insurgency http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,571469,00.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Bomb hits Pakistan military truck, up to 14 dead -- Air Force bus hit roadside bomb in Peshawar http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/12/asia/AS-Pakistan-Bombing.php http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2410473207 http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1930704&Language=en -- Taliban claims bombing in Pakistan - calling it "an open war" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080812/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_bombing_14;_ylt=AmjBjMXnya5pnbDNNsk83B7zPukA (Pakistan) NWFP: CD shop blown up in Mardan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\12\story_12-8-2008_pg7_48 (Pakistan) NWFP: 23 villagers held hostage by Taliban -- Swat's Charbagh tehsil -- allegedly fired on Taliban, if found guilty, will be punished in accordance with Sharia http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/12/top10.htm (Pakistan) NWFP administration: "Swat operation to continue until objectives achieved" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\12\story_12-8-2008_pg7_7 -- also Taliban kidnap 6 in Malam Jabba (Pakistan) NWFP: No room for terrorism in Islam: Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48345&Itemid=1 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022167.php Ameer Haider Hoti campaigned for NWFP chief minister with calls to negotiate with Taliban and called for Sharia law for NWFP's Swat (which the Taliban also seek to implement): -- June 11, 2008: Govt engaged with all stakeholders for peace in NWFP, says Hoti http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\11\story_11-6-2008_pg7_61 -- April 2, 2008: ANP makes history as Hoti sworn in as NWFP CM http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\02\story_2-4-2008_pg7_18 -- March 19, 2008: Ameer Haider Hoti, CM Designate NWFP -- "If things can better, why not?" on Sharia law for Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\03\19\story_19-3-2008_pg3_5 -- March 2, 2008: Govt to seek dialogue with Fazlullah -- Candidate for NWFP chief minister, Ameer Haider Hoti http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\03\02\story_2-3-2008_pg7_1 -- "Hoti assured his full support for a political solution to the Swat situation, he added. Hoti had earlier said that the Taliban 'are a reality' and that he would 'hold talks' with them to improve law and order in NWFP." (Pakistan) FATA: Top Al-Qaeda leader killed -- Abu Saeed al-Masri aka Mustafa Abu al-Yazid reportedly killed in FATA's Bajaur agency http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2410509780 -- see also FOX News report http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402061,00.html -- Al Qaeda Paymaster Killed http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Al-Qaeda-Operative-Mustafa-Abu-al-Yazid-Reportedly-Killed-In-Pakistans-Bajaur-Tribal-Region/Article/200808215076029?lpos=World%2BNews_2&lid=ARTICLE_15076029_Al%2BQaeda%2BOperative%2BMustafa%2BAbu%2Bal-Yazid%2BReportedly%2BKilled%2BIn%2BPakistan%2527s%2BBajaur%2BTribal%2BRegion -- see also Andrew Cochran August 12 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/head_of_al_qaeda_in_afghanista.php (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban behead two 'spies' - Bajaur Agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\12\story_12-8-2008_pg7_47 (Pakistan) FATA: Eight killed in Kurram clashes http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\12\story_12-8-2008_pg7_5 (Pakistan) FATA: Kurram elders call for razing madrassas training militants http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\12\story_12-8-2008_pg7_46 (Pakistan) Alert ahead of August 14 Independence Day http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\12\story_12-8-2008_pg7_12 (Pakistan) US, Pakistan agree to eliminate networks financing terrorism http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\12\story_12-8-2008_pg7_11 Pakistan: Foreign powers work to resolve political crisis -- US Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W. Patterson, to meet with Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N)'s Nawaz Sharif http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.2410660818 -- Sharif has history of seeking Sharia law for northwest and all of Pakistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif#Proposition_of_an_Islamic_society_based_on_the_Quran -- Taliban want to work with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed -- in implementing Sharia law throughout Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\09\story_9-8-2008_pg7_10 -- see also Jeffrey Imm's August 4, June 10 postings http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/pakistan_wake_up_call.php http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/06/pakistan_sharia_threat.php (Pakistan) PML-N, 'Q' members unite in Pakistan National Assembly over Dr Aafia issue http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\12\story_12-8-2008_pg7_2 -- Parties say US should be pressed to repatriate detained Al-Qaeda suspect Aafia Siddiqui to Pakistan http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/siddiqui.htm (U.S.) Pakistani accused of U.S. troop attack gets doctor -- Aafia Siddiqui http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080811/ts_nm/usa_pakistan_qaeda_dc_3;_ylt=AmIXDxHafIHPe2vi1.R8a5ETv5UB -- see also Andrew Cochran August 5 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/federal_complaint_and_other_do.php (UK) Uproar at plan to hold inquests in secret http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article4510259.ece (India) '800 terror cells operating with external support unearthed' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/800_terror_cells_operating_in_India_with_external_support/articleshow/3356589.cms Iran says to pursue nuclear talks with EU http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080811/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics_080811182727;_ylt=Aip5_6mgN0WuinyKFk1ZWctSw60A (Iran) Resistance pays off, says Iran's Khamenei http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/wl_mideast_afp/iranalgeriadiplomacy_080812114537;_ylt=AtxSz0ktmzVO..2b8AUrwMFSw60A Iran Sunni rebels execute two policemen, capture three Guards: report http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080811/wl_mideast_afp/iranunrestbaluchestan_080811182007;_ylt=AgxJnXTB5OjArNYZ.WgTPXZSw60A Lebanon cabinet wins parliament confidence vote -- following debate on Hezbollah weapons http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August261.xml§ion=middleeast&col= 'Syria and Hizbullah gaining strength' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218446177941&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israel: PM ready to concede West Bank for Palestinian state http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2410510362 -- Olmert to PA: We'll quit West Bank when you retake Gaza http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1010812.html Somalia: Central Region Army Commander Assassinated in Galkayo http://allafrica.com/stories/200808120357.html (Yemen) Seven killed as Yemen police clash with al-Qaeda suspects - update http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1423173.php/Seven_killed_as_Yemen_police_clash_with_al-Qaeda_suspects__Roundup_ (Algeria) French specialist: "Al-Qaeda is not able [to] plot attacks in countries [other] than Algeria" -- Mathieu Guidere http://www.elkhabar.com/quotidienFrEn/lire.php?idc=117&ida=119109 (Mauritania) Al Qaeda calls for jihad in Mauritania after coup http://africa.reuters.com/country/DZ/news/usnLC466215.html -- condemned what it called "apostate regimes ruling the Islamic Maghreb" -- Mauritania: Al-Qaeda warns Muslims over 'unbeliever democracies' http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2410737654 (Sudan) UN helicopter fired on in Darfur http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/11/africa/AF-Sudan-UN.php Turkish police report top generals weighed coup against Islamist government http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2008/me_turkey0420_08_11.asp (Denmark) The trial of two men accused of plotting a bomb attack began in a Copenhagen court with video evidence from the intelligence services - update http://www.cphpost.dk/get/108672.html China: Security officers killed in latest attack in northwest -- Xinjiang region -- Chinese authorities call a terrorist attack http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2410660175 http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK9954420080812 (China) French authorities probe Air China threat letter http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080812/wl_nm/france_china_threat_dc_1;_ylt=AmuLxMBi6QjsAZ6ga2zKebRPzWQA (China) Armored cars on streets of Beijing as terrorism fears grow http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1043778/Armoured-cars-streets-Beijing-terrorism-fears-grow.html?ITO=1490 (Thailand) Insurgents kill children in Narathiwat ambush -- murder nine-year-old girl, her young brother and their father - mother critically wounded http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=129553 -- 3500 killed in Thailand's deep south since Jihad started in January 2004 Philippine forces continue to fight with rebel group -- Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/12/Philippine_forces_fight_with_rebel_group/UPI-45981218540116/ -- Toll Mounts - at least 52 dead in 3 days http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/225119,philippine-troops-regain-occupied-villages-toll-mounts--summary.html -- Philippine troops retake five villages http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7555584.stm -- Rebels retreat in Philippines http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,,12215_cid_3557822,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf Australia: Jury chosen for 'terrorist book' trial -- Bilal Saadallah Khazaal (also spelled Belal Khazaal) http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/11/2331259.htm Sri Lanka fighting kills another 32 http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKCOL3545420080812 http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2410660359 Other News: (Pakistan) Resolution in NWFP Provincial Assembly today -- calling for impeachment of President Musharraf http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\12\story_12-8-2008_pg1_2 (Pakistan) PML-N 'Nawaz not ready to soften stance' - on President Musharraf http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\12\story_12-8-2008_pg1_7 (India J&K) Don't interfere in J&K, India warns Pakistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Dont_interfere_in_JK_India_warns_Pakistan/articleshow/3357147.cms (India J&K) Five killed in firing during ongoing protests in Kashmir -- attack on security bunker triggered violence http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1930741&Language=en http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2410510337 (U.S.) Minnesota: Minneapolis Provides Sharia Financing to Business (my title) -- "Alternative Financing program provides small Minneapolis businesses (neighborhood retail, service or light manufacturing) an alternative financing to the interest-based system that is in accordance with Islamic law, or Sharia" http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/cped/alternative_financing.asp http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/minneapolis-enables-sharia-law/ (U.S.) Report - Democratic Party on Pakistan: 'We can't tolerate a sanctuary for al-Qaida' -- draft platform http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/We_cant_tolerate_a_sanctuary_for_al-Qaida/articleshow/3354954.cms Saudi Arabia: Woman detained for driving http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2410587926 Iran: Man jailed for trying to create political party http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2410950092 Nigeria: Islamic Scholars Urged to Discourage Almajiranci (street begging) http://allafrica.com/stories/200808120741.html -- Child Abuse in Nigeria http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00168/history.html Italy: Islamic leaders welcome forum proposal http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=1.0.2408441518 (UK) Report: Met chief 'tried to stop Muslim officer who was head of security for 2012 going to Beijing' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1043764/Met-chief-tried-stop-Muslim-officer-head-security-2012-going-Beijing.html?ITO=1490 Serbia says Russian intervention an example to be followed http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1930725&Language=en Other Reports: (Scotland) Richard Dawkins: Europe 'is haven of civilisation trapped between Islam and US' http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2423022.0.Europe_is_haven_of_civilisation_trapped_between_Islam_and_US.php Against Nazi News: (France) Offensive Jewish T-shirts seen on sale in Paris -- T-shirts saying "Jews forbidden from entering the park" were seen on sale on Tuesday http://www.expatica.com/fr/articles/news/Offensive-Jewish-T_shirts-seen-on-sale-in-Paris.html -- "inscriptions - 'Juden eintritt in die parkanlagen verboten' in German, and 'Zydom wstep do parku wzbronionyio' in Polish - are reproduced from 1940 banners targeting the Jews of Lodz, in central Poland" Commentaries: (UK) A festival of groveling to terrorists -- by Mick Hume http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/mick_hume/article4509698.ece "If works of art are withdrawn because of fear of reprisal, we lose the chance for open debate" International Solidarity Movement (ISM) Peace Group or Terrorist Front -- by Benyamin Solomon http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/33824.html August 11, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (U.S.) Pakistani denied bail over attack on U.S. troops -- Aafia Siddiqui http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKN1138979020080811 Kuwait Readying for War in Gulf? - US, British, French naval exercise sparks concern over conflict with Iran http://www.metimes.com/International/2008/08/11/special_report_kuwait_readying_for_war_in_gulf/7724/ (Gaza) Three dead, six missing in Gaza tunnel collapse http://www.metimes.com/Politics/2008/08/11/three_dead_six_missing_in_gaza_tunnel_collapse/afp/ (Gaza) Israel to close crossings after Gaza rocket hits south http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gzBDv0Y8iGs1ITZGrAPTGyuVq3Yw Italy: Five suspected jihadist terrorists to be questioned in Bologna http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2408497246 (Somalia) Six civilians, two Ethiopian soldiers killed in Somalia http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/12/content_9195846.htm (Yemen) Five militants killed in clash with Yemen forces http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2008-08-11T193558Z_01_LB169699_RTRUKOC_0_UK-YEMEN-CLASH-MILITANTS.xml (Sri Lanka) Tigers terror income second biggest in world - Jane's - "Jane's Intelligence Report" says Tamil Tigers' (LTTE) annual income between US $ 200-300 million, second to FARC http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/08/12/sec01.asp Other News: (UK) Video: Killing for 'honor' -- Britain is stepping up its campaign against so-called "honor-related violence." CNN's Paula Newton reports http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/08/10/newton.uk.honor.violence.cnn -- Video addresses case of "Banaz Mahmod, 20, an Iraqi Kurd from south London, was killed and buried in a suitcase in Birmingham in April 2006." -- August 6 court found her cousin and his friend accused of hiding her body - released due to insufficient evidence http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7546184.stm http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/news/article/1157154253541?packedargs=suffix%3DArticleController -- UK Karma Nirvana charity - survivors of forced marriage and 'honour'-based violence -- Project founder and director Jasvinder Sanghera http://www.karmanirvana.org.uk/ (U.S.) FOX News: Murder in the Family: Honor Killing in America http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,390401,00.html -- Video Link: http://somebodyhelpme.info/foxnews/honorkilling.html Alternate Video Links on YouTube: -- Video Part 1 of 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnvBeFUPtDE -- Video Part 2 of 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-RrvDl-rW0&feature=related -- Video Part 3 of 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW_26aeYJuY&feature=related -- Video Part 4 of 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDP750voHTg&feature=related -- Video Part 5 of 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKmlJfYlEQ0&feature=related -- Video Part 6 of 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUW4AetR4dQ&feature=related FOX news special, Murder in the Family: Honor Killing in America was edited for the international audience http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/07/fox-news-specia.html Newslinks: "Honour Killings" http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Current+Affairs/Ethnic+Issues/Honour+Killings Newslinks: "Honor Killings" http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/?JavaScript=1&search=honor+killing News: StopHonourKillings.com http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News Honor Killings in Muslim majority countries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honour_Killings#Muslim_majority_countries Pakistan - Honour killings of girls and women http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA33/018/1999/en/dom-ASA330181999en.html Commentaries: A Look At the Resignation of Mazen Asbahi and the Muslim Brotherhood -- by Douglas Farah http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/a_look_at_the_resignation_of_m.php August 11, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Bombs kill six in Iraq's dangerous Diyala province -- one bomb by female suicide bomber in market in Baquba http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080811/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest_080811111718;_ylt=AuPoW9F5T4bvMvvs1QFE.RhX6GMA -- five Iraqi women also killed by roadside bomb -- see also KUNA report http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1930562&Language=en Iraqis suspend military operations in Diyala http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/11/iraqis-suspend-military-operations-in-diyala/ (Afghanistan) Kabul bomb kills 3 civilians, wounds NATO soldiers http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/11/news/Afghan-Violence.php -- another bomb attack against a NATO convoy in the country's northwest wounded 14 people Afghan and U.S. forces kill 25 Taliban http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080811/ts_nm/afghan_violence_dc_2;_ylt=ApjLVtAsPJR97SExS8htYbPOVooA -- Khas Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province -- eight civilians also killed in airstrike on compound - military unaware of civilians in compound (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistani clashes kill six civilians, 20 Taliban: officials -- jets attack hideouts in Bajaur agency's Khar http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080811/wl_afp/pakistanafghanistanunrest_080811122717;_ylt=ArnB_dhcNACoY2lDkcimwl3OVooA -- AKI: At least 50 killed in clashes in border region - over past 5 days http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2408363569 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban threat: Police vacate posts, take positions in markets, shops - Darra Adam Khel http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\11\story_11-8-2008_pg7_17 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban take control of Khar suburbs -- in Bajaur agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\11\story_11-8-2008_pg1_13 (Pakistan) FATA: Bajaur legislators seek end to military operation http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\10\story_10-8-2008_pg7_8 (Pakistan) FATA: 10 more dead in Kurram Agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\11\story_11-8-2008_pg7_11 (Pakistan) FATA: Mangal Bagh's ex-bodyguard beheaded in Bara -- former bodyguard of Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\10\story_10-8-2008_pg7_10 (Pakistan) NWFP: Policeman killed in Hangu http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\11\story_11-8-2008_pg7_27 (Pakistan) NWFP: Blast kills suspected bombers in northwest Pakistan -- while planting explosives in Peshawar -- "recent increase in activity by Taliban militants seeking to impose Islamic Sharia law" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August396.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (Pakistan) NWFP: Militants blow up police checkpost in Peshawar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\10\story_10-8-2008_pg7_6 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban blow up 3 bridges in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\11\story_11-8-2008_pg7_18 (Pakistan) Militant threats curtail NGOs' activities in NWFP, FATA http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\10\story_10-8-2008_pg7_9 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban face public anger for blowing up power pylon http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\10\story_10-8-2008_pg7_3 (Pakistan) Prisoner dead in Quetta police station blasts - in Balochistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\11\story_11-8-2008_pg7_9 (Pakistan) Al Qaeda charge sheet Musharraf http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\11\story_11-8-2008_pg1_8 -- update - Laura Mansfield translation of ARY TV Report on new Zawahiri video http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/18454 -- Pakistan TV network censored Al-Qaeda deputy's video http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080811/wl_sthasia_afp/uspakistanafghanistanqaedazawahirinetwork_080811054249 (Pakistan) Al Qaeda deputy Zawahiri releases video in English: IntelCenter states Zawahiri "calls for the people to support jihad in Pakistan and lists a litany of grievances against the Pakistani government and US involvement there" http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24160008-2703,00.html?from=public_rss http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080811/wl_sthasia_afp/uspakistanafghanistanqaedazawahiri_080811021002 http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-10087.html http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2408140727 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5552090&page=1 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4503041.ece -- CNN, UPI reports omit references to "jihad" support http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/pakistan.alqaeda/index.html?section=cnn_latest http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/11/Message_attacks_Pakistani_leadership/UPI-63391218427579/ -- see also: SITE provides 46 second excerpt clip of video http://www.sitemultimedia.org/video/2008-08-10_Zawahiri.wmv (Pakistan) Report: 'Musharraf siphoned millions from US war on terror fund' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\11\story_11-8-2008_pg1_1 Pakistan intelligence helping Taliban: NATO general -- new interview to AFP http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080811/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestnato_080811024209;_ylt=AmXlDvgiXEoxtYZ98d3iUhDOVooA http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24161289-23109,00.html (Pakistan) Is A.Q. Khan a 'Patriot' or the 'Godfather of Proliferation'? http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,571252,00.html (Pakistan) New al-Qaeda focus on NATO supplies -- focus on Karachi http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JH12Df02.html Pakistan dares India again, violates ceasefire along LoC http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pak_dares_India_again_violates_ceasfire_along_LoC/articleshow/3353079.cms (India) Terror fund trail takes cops to south Gujarat, Maharashtra http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Terror_fund_trail_takes_cops_to_south_Gujarat_Maharashtra_/articleshow/3349872.cms (India) Three bombs found at Dariyapur http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Three_bombs_found_at_Dariyapur/articleshow/3350098.cms (India) US soldiers amazed at Indian anti-terror training http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/US_soldiers_amazed_at_Indian_anti-terror_training/articleshow/3352779.cms (U.S.) Hamdan Jury Felt Evidence Didn't Back U.S. Claim http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121832872967027369.html?mod=googlenews_wsj (U.S.) NY: Al Qaeda 'fixer' Aafia Siddiqui gets diplomatic help -- from Pakistan http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/08/10/2008-08-10_al_qaeda_fixer_gets_diplo_help.html (U.S.) AP: US disregarded experts over biolab http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080811/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/biothreat_laboratory_6;_ylt=Aiw1jWMEvVnOyNb0z_RyOAsTv5UB (U.S.) TSA readies new rules for private planes http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/11/TSA_readies_new_rules_for_private_planes/UPI-26951218457441/ (U.S.) Anthrax case could cost U.S. millions http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/11/Anthrax_case_could_cost_US_millions/UPI-11281218462934/ (UK) Islamist threat to behead prison officer -- threatening to take a prison officer hostage and behead him on camera, it has been reported. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2538249/Islamist-threat-to-behead-prison-officer.html (West Bank) IDF troops arrest 8 Palestinian terror suspects in West Bank http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104260819&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (West Bank) 4 Hamas-linked charities ordered closed http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/10/africa/ME-Palestinians-Hamas.php http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104258281&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Youths get military training in Hamas camp http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/11/africa/ME-Palestinians-Hamas-Camp.php (Gaza) Israel Defense Minister: Gaza op won't stop terror attacks http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104258078&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Palestinians fire Kassam at Sderot -- violating truce agreement http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218446172571&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Somalia: Five Killed As Govt Forces Clash -- in Afgoye, http://allafrica.com/stories/200808110040.html Somalia: 'Al Shabaab' Gathering Outside Somaliland Town, Says Minister http://allafrica.com/stories/200808110039.html (Kenya) 3 Kenyans linked to terror mastermind out on bail -- Fazul Abdullah Mohammed http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/11/africa/AF-Kenya-Terror-Suspects.php http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080811/ap_on_re_af/kenya_terror_suspects_1;_ylt=AhgtZeJizsv3HgBDDg2Fr2oTv5UB --- Is the hunt for Fazul a hide and seek game with police? http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/454452/-/tjn46n/-/index.html -- see also Jeffrey Imm's August 7 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/1998_usa_embassy_bombings.php (Algeria) Explosion in Algiers kills three policemen -- in city of Tigzirt http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1930476&Language=en (Algeria) El Khabar Report: "Al-Qaeda in North Africa executes a criminal plan and misleads young people" http://www.elkhabar.com/quotidienFrEn/?ida=118845&idc=114 (Yemen) Five Yemen policemen wounded in clash with militants http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080811/wl_nm/yemen_clash_militants_dc_1;_ylt=A0wNcwbvVqBIYnIAgTwwuecA Mauritania junta vows hard line on al-Qaeda militants - update to Saturday report http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1043589/Mauritania-junta-vows-hard-line-al-Qaeda-militants.html Russia Reportedly Seeks NATO Meeting Over Georgia Crisis http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,401243,00.html (Turkey) Nine Turkish soldiers killed in mine blast http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/turkey.bombing/index.html (Turkey) Report: Turkish police shoot dead suspected bomber http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/11/europe/EU-Turkey-Foiled-Attack.php (Denmark) Terror bombing plot trial begins in Denmark http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080811/ap_on_re_eu/denmark_terror_trial_1;_ylt=Aq3RGAgm9zHIQj.60uZp9VgTv5UB http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/denmark-terrorism-case-to-be-reopened.html http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/krimi/article.php/id-14103471.html (Germany) Militants plotting attacks: Germany http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\11\story_11-8-2008_pg7_10 -- Der Tagesspiegel newspaper that more than 50 militants had traveled from Germany to training camps run by Taliban, Al Qaeda and the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) in Pakistan and Afghanistan Spain seeks tougher measures for ETA ex-convicts http://www.expatica.com/es/articles/news/Spain-seeks-tougher-measures-for-ETA-ex_convicts.html (China) 'Terrorists' behind latest attack in northwest China: state media -- death toll rises to 12 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080811/wl_asia_afp/oly2008chinaxinjiangattacksuighurs_080811122912;_ylt=AnXUb_cHsA8mfUk5lbM_Y39PzWQA http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\11\story_11-8-2008_pg7_7 (China) Official: 2 attackers in western China were women http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080811/ap_on_re_as/china_explosions_9;_ylt=ArxIDd4vuU95t_.NkvFaHCpPzWQA -- Govt official: "The terrorists were two women. One was injured. One was killed." China's Uighur rebels switch to suicide bombs http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4499762.ece China investigating terrorist links in Xinjiang attack http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080811/wl_nm/olympics_xinjiang_dc_1;_ylt=AkhYJj6e74oSBe4Wa8lDSBcTv5UB China beefs up security in Kuqa after new terror attack http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2533765/China-beefs-up-security-in-Kuqa-after-new-terror-attack.html (Philippines) Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) occupies Basilan town, 18 killed http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080811-153999/MILF-occupies-Basilan-town-18-killed Philippines: Troops Press Assault On Muslim Rebels http://www.mysinchew.com/node/14832?tid=37 -- Philippine army attacks Muslim rebels causing thousands to flee http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/philippines/2534765/Philippine-army-attacks-Muslim-rebels-causing-thousands-to-flee.html -- 130,000 Filipinos displaced as fighting escalates in the south http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/11/asia/phils.php (Australia) Islam not on trial, jury told -- Bilal Saadallah Khazaal trial on document "Provisions on the Rules of Jihad - Short Judicial rulings and organizational instructions for fighters and Mujahideen against infidels" http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24161477-29277,00.html (Sri Lanka) 46 killed in fresh Sri Lanka fighting: military http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/11/2331914.htm (North Korea) U.S. won't delist North Korea on Monday http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080811/wl_nm/korea_north_japan_dc_9;_ylt=AsyCYpM2Zstby31kCmfLHBSCscEA (Ecuador) In a Conflict that Crosses Borders, Ecuadorans Track an Elusive Foe http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/07/AR2008080703305.html http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080810/NEWS03/808100390/1013/NEWS03 Other News: (U.S.) Michael Savage vows to take Islam fight to Supreme Court -- Popular radio host seeks to expose CAIR's 'international funding sources' http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=72008 U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Employs Standard Rhetorical Tactics in Defense of Former Obama Campaign Adviser http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.845/pub_detail.asp UK's first 'sharia-compliant' MasterCard launched for Muslims -- launched today in London http://www.24dash.com/news/Communities/2008-08-11-MasterCard-launches-UKs-first-sharia-compliant-credit-card-for-Muslims http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/business_money/shariacompliant+mastercard+launch/2392782 UK: Sharia prepaid card http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/uk-sharia-prepaid-card.html http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/display.var.2422427.0.shariacompliant_card_launched.php (France) Paris: Court allows municipal support of mosque http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/paris-court-allows-municipal-support-of.html (Scotland) SNP gives more funding to ally's Islamic group http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/latestnews?articleid=4375178 (Morocco) Uproar Over Loud Prayer Calls in Muslim Morocco http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5547883 (Iraq) Severe Islamic law which banned 'suggestive' cucumbers cost Al Qaeda public support in Iraq http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1043409/Severe-Islamic-law-banned-suggestive-cucumbers-cost-Al-Qaeda-public-support-Iraq.html -- UK Daily Mail report does not use the term "Sharia" (India J&K) Kashmir Muslims protest road blockade by Hindus http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August405.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (Egypt) Muslim scholar's novel angers Coptic Church http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Egypt/10236019.html Russian forces call on Georgian forces to hand over weapons http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1930486&Language=en Iran VP: Iranians Are 'Friends' With Israelis http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,401262,00.html Indonesia should show tolerance in Papua: minister http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August689.xml§ion=theworld&col= (Canada) Thousands forced from homes after Toronto blasts -- series of explosions at a propane facility in northern Toronto sent balls of flame soaring into the sky http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\11\story_11-8-2008_pg7_65 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,401123,00.html (Kuwait) Explosion kills 1 at Kuwait oil refinery http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/11/africa/ME-Kuwait-Refinery-Blast.php Other Reports: The woman behind the bomb -- NYT's Lindsey O'Rourke -- says "Blaming Islamic fundamentalism is also wrongheaded... Islamist groups commonly discourage and only grudgingly accept female suicide attackers" http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/04/opinion/edorourke.php http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/08/11/sec03.asp -- ignores numerous reports of Jihadists encouraging women to be suicide bombers -- Love, blackmail and rape – how al-Qaeda grooms women as 'perfect weapons' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article4426139.ece Against Nazi News: (Germany) Neo-Nazi violence 'on the increase' http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24159228-23109,00.html Commentaries: As the West Sleeps, Islamists Work on Establishing a Worldwide Islamic State -- by M. Zuhdi Jasser http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.827/pub_detail.asp -- Part I of II August 10, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) 14 killed in Iraq attacks, including US soldier http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080810/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest_080810193006 (Iraq) General Petraeus hails Special Air Service after Iraq victory over al-Qaeda car bombers http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article4499952.ece (Iraq) FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 10 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LA256814.htm Iraq demands 'clear timeline' for US withdrawal http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080810/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AtLOQrjjReYfeeOTp6BR01as0NUE Iraqi FM: Iraq, US 'on the brink' of security deal http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080810/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_117 (Iraq) U.S., Iraq Remain Unresolved On Dates for U.S. Troop Pullout http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/09/AR2008080901693.html (Iraq) Nine killed in Iraq attacks -- spate of bomb attacks across Baghdad http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080810/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest_080810102653 (Iraq) US military blames al-Qaida in Iraq for bombing http://www.coalingarecord.com/articles/2008/08/09/ap/international/d92f0me80.txt (Afghanistan) Taliban attacks near Aussie troops rise http://www.theage.com.au/world/taliban-attacks-near-aussie-troops-rise-20080809-3sqh.html (Afghanistan) Troops needed in Afghanistan, British say http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/10/Troops_needed_in_Afghanistan_British_say/UPI-48281218401376/ (Afghanistan) Karzai: Airstrikes in Afghanistan ineffective http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/08/ap_karzai_airstrikes_081008/ (Afghanistan) Opium grips Afghanistan http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/10/opium-grips-afghanistan/ (Afghanistan) Karzai urges world to target militants in Pakistan http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL46854.htm (Afghanistan) Australian military says key Taliban commander captured -- Mullah Bari Ghul http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080810/wl_sthasia_afp/australiaafghanistanunrestcapture_080810103159 (Afghanistan) Bomb kills five Afghan laborers: police http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080810/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest_080810083403 (Afghanistan) 'Taliban shoot at us one minute, we fly them to hospital the next' ... Life with the US airborne medics http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1043151/Taliban-shoot-minute-fly-hospital---Life-US-airborne-medics.html?ITO=1490 (Afghanistan) Dozens die' in Pakistan clashes -- along Afghanistan border http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7552425.stm (Pakistan) Heavy fighting on Pakistan-Afghan border -- Pakistan kills 100 Taliban fighters http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/10/Heavy_fighting_on_Pakistan-Afghan_border/UPI-48331218386952/ (Pakistan) A China Threat From Pakistan? -- concern that Xinjiang instability caused by fighters trained in Pakistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080810/wl_time/achinathreatfrompakistan (Pakistan) As impeachment looms, Pakistan's president will not quit http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/08/10/6406716-ap.html (Pakistan) Al-Qaeda tape blasts Musharraf -- claims Pakistan "virtually ruled from the American Embassy" -- tape believed to be Zawahiri http://www.denverpost.com/ci_10158700?source=rss Pakistan diplomats visit US-held terror suspect -- Aafia Siddiqui http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080810/tap-as-pakistan-terror-suspect-d3b07b8.html Pakistan's spy agency supporting terrorism 'is not new' says Karzai http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/224709,pakistans-spy-agency-supporting-terrorism-is-not-new-says-karzai.html (Pakistan) 14 troops killed in northwest Pakistan -- pro-Taliban attacks http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-9549.html (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan troops withdraw from militant area. After days of heavy fighting, and with eight soldiers dead, the army stops the campaign in the Bajaur area. Fighting also erupts in nearby NWFP, where militants kill eight policemen. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pakistan10-2008aug10,0,6869936.story (Pakistan) Al-Qaida said to lose key WMD operative http://www.whec.com/article/stories/S537992.shtml?cat=10054 (Pakistan) Who will control ISI? http://www.sundayszaman.com/sunday/yazarDetay.do?haberno=149810 India worried over Taliban Pak inroads http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_worried_over_Taliban_making_inroads_in_Pak/articleshow/3349589.cms (India J&K) Militant commander, two civilians killed in Kashmir gunbattle http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080810/wl_sthasia_afp/indiakashmirunrest_080810113158 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\11\story_11-8-2008_pg7_59 (India) Assam on high alert as intelligence reports warn of terror strikes -- by Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami ahead of Independence Day (Aug 15) http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-9552.html (India) Top Maoist duo nabbed in Orissa http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=217703 (U.S.) Analysis: What if a jury heard the anthrax case http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080809/ap_on_an/anthrax_opening_arguments_2 (U.S.) At Guantanamo Bay, one verdict delivered and one pending http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/10/america/gitmo.php (U.S.) Canton man facing terrorism charges headed to circuit court http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080810/NEWS15/808100488 US urged to involve UN in fighting terrorism http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/observer/2008/08/10/120281.html (U.S.) FBI apologizes to 2 papers for way it got phone records -- in terrorism investigation http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20080810_FBI_apologizes_to_2_papers_for_way_it_got_phone_records.html (U.S.) Eco-terrorism at Diamond Lake? -- in Oregon http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080810/NEWS/808100318 Iran says it's ready to 'confront' new sanctions http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080810/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear_2 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,401065,00.html (Lebanon) A warning, talk of cease-fire -- Hezbollah threatens to strike Tel Aviv http://www.vagazette.com/ny-wonass044839682aug04,0,4530743.story Syria rules out new IAEA visit to site bombed by Israel http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=94948 Gaza militants fire Qassam rocket into western Negev http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1009906.html (Gaza) Hamas demonstrators urge Egypt to open Gaza crossing http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080810/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaegyptdemohamas_080810094900 (Gaza) Egypt sends 500 policemen to border with Gaza http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LA458130.htm Palestinian Militia Sets Deadline For Renewed War -- Popular Resistance Committees sets Sept 1st deadline http://www.menewsline.com/article-1150,1217-Palestinian-Militia-Sets-Deadline.aspx\ (Hamas) PA Cracks Down on Hamas Charities http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/151198 (Hamas) Scholarships for terror -- U.S. revokes Fulbright scholarships to recipients with possible Hamas ties http://www.nypost.com/seven/08102008/postopinion/editorials/scholarships_for_terror_123838.htm Israel uses 'skunk bombs' against West Bank demonstrators http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080810/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictwestbankbarrierdemos_080810192340 Israel considers halting arms sales to Georgia -- fears Russian retaliation http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-9733.html Algerian radio reports 8 killed in suicide bombing http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Algeria-Suicide-Bombing.html?ref=world Georgian troops pull out of South Ossetian capital -- overwhelmed by Russian firepower, government presses for a truce http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/georgia_south_ossetia;_ylt=Al52RhZYytLBvtpWr2S1UJ2s0NUE Russia expands Georgia blitz, deploys ships -- refuses to recognize truce http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/georgia_south_ossetia;_ylt=AswrsMAqXnTnSe7rBO3eEf.s0NUE South Ossetians describe fleeing from the fighting http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/russia_ossetia_refugees;_ylt=AkInOGPRRMOLPii3yb4fTMOs0NUE Georgia begins pulling forces out of Iraq: US military http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080810/wl_mideast_afp/georgiarussiaunrestiraqmilitary_080810183442 (Georgia) Update: Russian tanks roll into Georgia as cities burn. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/10/russia.georgia1 Georgia to US: Airlift Our Troops From Iraq http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=5548608&page=1 (Spain) Thousands march in Spain's Basque region for independence http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080809/wl_afp/spainbasquespoliticsprotest_080809202456;_ylt=AjRCPI59vz41ddFia6sPNU2QOrgF (China) At least eight people have been wounded or killed in a new attack in China's far-west Xinjiang region, according to state media http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2533092/Eight-killed-in-new-China-terror-attack.html (China) 3 officers hurt in bomb attack in western China; 5 suspects killed http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080810/wire/808100431&tc=yahoo (China) City in China's west locks down after bombings -- in Xinjiang http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_explosions;_ylt=Ai0tlLAO277efmz7gQiTOEus0NUE (China) Update: Bomb blasts rock China's Xinjiang region http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=8718b9cd-148a-4e45-ac2f-7481e7562807 (Philippines) Three dead as fighting resumes in southern Philippines: witnesses http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080810/wl_asia_afp/philippinesmuslimunrest_080810070857 (Philippines) INTERVIEW - Rebel warns fighting in Philippines could spread -- says chief peace negotiator for MILF http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN20083.htm Philippine court urged to junk Muslim pact http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/11/asia/AS-Philippines-Muslim-Homeland.php (North Korea) Immediate withdrawal of NKorea from terror list unlikely: US http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080810/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsus_080810112952 Commentaries: Apply Kosovo's model to South Ossetia? -- by Walid Phares http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/apply_kosovos_model_to_south_o.php Other News: Fake CNN message warning http://tinyurl.com/6ro8hk August 9, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) US forces raids Al-Qaeda meeting in Diyala, kills two http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1930160&Language=en (Iraq) Death toll rises to 25 from Iraqi market bombing -- KUNA also reports 74 injured -- Friday west Telafar market blast condemned by Kurkistan presidency http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August212.xml§ion=middleeast&col= http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1930123&Language=en Afghan police say 20 Taliban killed -- in Farah province http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080809/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest_080809092705;_ylt=AsF.Xy.YgE2Mvi4RPHkfUX3OVooA http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1930144&Language=en -- see also: Over two dozen Taliban, 5 policemen killed in Afghanistan -- bodies of Pakistani fighters found among dead militants http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1422674.php/Over_two_dozen_Taliban_5_policemen_killed_in_Afghanistan__Roundup_ Afghanistan: Security chief confirms MPs' role in drug trade http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2402775870 -- Taliban receives funding from durg trafficking in Afghanistan (Pakistan) FATA: Soldiers break militants' siege, return back to camp in Pakistan -- five soliders killed, many soldiers injured, 27 militants killed - HQ near Khar in Bajaur agency http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1930155&Language=en -- Report: 70 militants dead in Bajaur clashes http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\09\story_9-8-2008_pg1_5 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban kill three American 'spies' in Bajaur - beheaded two http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\09\story_9-8-2008_pg1_6 (Pakistan) FATA: 10 killed in Kurram Agency clashes http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/09/top5.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Militants kill eight police in northwest Pakistan: officials - near Swat http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080809/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwest_080809081429;_ylt=AoBSBbEhxkROCIy9Ok6BrYHzPukA http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\10\story_10-8-2008_pg1_10 -- spokesman: "We will continue targeting all those police officials who are taking part in the ongoing military operation against us" -- Taliban take 14 police hostage in Buner http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\09\story_9-8-2008_pg7_20 (Pakistan) NWFP: Three video centers blown up http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\09\story_9-8-2008_pg7_12 (Pakistan) NWFP: Militants kill policeman, blow pylon -- near Peshawar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\09\story_9-8-2008_pg7_21 (Pakistan) Lahore: Terrorists behind Pakistan Air Force bus attack held http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\09\story_9-8-2008_pg7_4 http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/09/top17.htm (Pakistan) Taliban want to work with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed -- in implementing Sharia law throughout Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\09\story_9-8-2008_pg7_10 -- see also Jeffrey Imm's August 4, June 10 postings http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/pakistan_wake_up_call.php http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/06/pakistan_sharia_threat.php (Pakistan) Wife of A.Q. Khan: Musharraf 'Lied' about Husband's Role in Atomic Bomb http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,571032,00.html (U.S.) Virginia: Sami Al-Arian trial postponed as U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema questions case http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_re_us/attacks_professor_1;_ylt=Aqipmn8lG399nsbu0I5d83YTv5UB -- see also IPT News report http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/747 (U.S.) Lawyers for Guantanamo inmate Omar Khadr sue Canadian PM http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080808/wl_nm/khadr_dc_2;_ylt=AkpZAfpjQc1wBHQKLDiltZkTv5UB (U.S.) After Hamdan, US eyes trials of Al-Qaeda 'big fish' http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5joYLsoDaPAuM9qTFTllanm58H6pw (U.S.) Commentary: The Elections Are Coming. Is Al-Qaeda? -- by Bruce Riedel http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/08/AR2008080802947.html?nav=rss_print/outlook (U.S.) AP: Guantanamo defendants mostly low-level figures http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_trials_1;_ylt=AgTfxb.kssfcFzU2X.A19UYTv5UB (UK) Britain under attack from cyber foreign security terrorists, report warns http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2524971/Britain-under-attack-from-cyber-foreign-security-terrorists-report-warns.html (India) Another bomb defused in Surat, total at 25 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Another_bomb_defused_in_Surat_total_at_25/articleshow/3346244.cms (India) Three Harkat ul Jihad-e-Islami (HuJI) suspects held at border http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/3_HuJI_suspects_held_in_West_Bengal/articleshow/3344314.cms (India) Shiv Sena funding Naxal activities in Mumbai? http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August322.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (India) 'Maritime terrorism gains roots in Indian Ocean' http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-9379.html Iran in new oil money move to dodge sanctions: report -- National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) deposits http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080809/wl_mideast_afp/iranoileconomybankingsanctions_080809103126;_ylt=AoNv6mc6c1GZgow1kXbOKCxSw60A (Lebanon) Hezbollah has more arms, personnel than 2006: MP http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080808/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraellebanonpolitics_080808141938;_ylt=AtqGt1apQ.A7_XZgITe_3QzagGIB Lebanese MP attacked by protesters -- demanding the release from jail of alleged Islamists http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080808/wl_mideast_afp/lebanonunrestislamistsdemo_080808143016;_ylt=AtgY6L7uzvhTt3FmUyqDrgfagGIB -- Islamists protest in north Lebanon http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/08/africa/ME-Lebanon-Protest.php (Syria) Diplomats say Syria turned away IAEA http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104246824&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull Somalia: German Hostages Freed, Ransom Paid - Sources http://allafrica.com/stories/200808090162.html (Kenya) Police want bail denied to family held over Fazul-link http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/454100/-/tjn1os/-/index.html (Algeria) At least 3 soldiers wounded in hand-made bomb near Tebessa -- Army troops kill 12 terrorists in Tizi Ouzou http://www.elkhabar.com/quotidienFrEn/?idc=114 -- Algerian army kill 12 rebels in ambush http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Algeria/10235507.html (Mauritania) Report: Junta expected to target Islamists -- unhappy with ousted government's soft stance http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/09/junta-expected-to-target-islamists/ (Turkey) Kurdish rebels threaten more attacks in Turkey http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_re_mi_ea/turkey_kurds_1;_ylt=AsjQ2kopQ1NXolJEH5.vKXXtfLkA Italy arrests 5 N.Africans in anti-terrorism swoop (4 Tunisians and 1 Moroccan) - looking for 6th Tunisian suspect http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL9328903.html -- see also AP report http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/09/europe/EU-Italy-Terrorism.php -- "These are people who were radicalized in the West and declared themselves ready to become 'martyrs' for jihad." German police concerned about Hezbollah attacks, report (update) http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August205.xml§ion=middleeast&col= -- BKA is reported to number Hezbollah supporters in Germany at around 900 (Canada) Toronto 18 trial: Talk of jihad abroad proves accused wasn't planning Canadian attack: lawyer http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2008/08/08/6388816.html (Canada) Abdullah Khadr at risk to flee, Crown argues http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/475199 (Thailand) Insurgents decapitate man in South -- 40th known beheading by Thailand Islamist insurgents since 2004 http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/previousdetail.php?id=129462 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/09/asia/AS-Thailand-Southern-Violence.php (Thailand) Interior Minister Kowit: Situation in deep South improves http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/previousdetail.php?id=129453 (Thailand) Tourism in Hat Yai sluggish after bombings http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=129471 (Philippines) Muslim rebels occupy new Philippine villages http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/09/asia/AS-Philippines-Muslim-Rebels.php (Philippines) Fighting delays withdrawal of Muslim rebels from Philippine towns http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/224570,fighting-delays-withdrawal-of-muslim-rebels-from-philippine-towns.html (Philippines) Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leader appeals for peace as fighting rages in North Cotabato http://www.gmanews.tv/story/112628/MILF-appeals-for-peace-as-fighting-rages-in-NCotabato (Indonesia) Muslims rally in Indonesia at US call for release of activists -- Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia rallies against call for Papau duo release http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080809/wl_afp/indonesiapapuauscongressprotestislam_080809075543;_ylt=Av1isDtFjY3XLdUOIHWSwHHaHXcA Sri Lanka's air force bombs rebel base -- 31 rebels, 4 soldiers killed in infantry clashes http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August327.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (China) Relative of US Olympic coach killed in Beijing http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080809/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_american_killed_7;_ylt=Ar5B4ElxPCkyic_7oq4j875PzWQA -- attacker then committed suicide http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4491560.ece Other News: (Malysia) Muslim protest halts forum on religion in Malaysia http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/09/asia/AS-Malaysia-Religious-Protest.php -- "Protesters forced lawyers in Malaysia to abandon a conference on religious conversion Saturday, decrying it as an effort to challenge the official status of Islam in the Muslim-majority country" (UK) Is this the beginning of a new European Islam? -- Urmee Khan http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/urmeekhan/blog/2008/08/08/is_this_the_beginning_of_a_new_european_islam -- argues that segrational Sharia law can be modified so that "Muslim women in Britain will be guaranteed equal rights" -- refuses to acknowledge that they already have such rights now under British law Women Against Shariah Blog http://womenagainstshariah.blogspot.com/ Video: The Violent Oppression of Women In Islam -- Narrated by Nonie Darwish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfgIo9d354s (UK) British Muslims Protest for "Shariah for China" (my title) http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2008/08/08/a_cunning_plan http://wa2.images.onesite.com/blogs.telegraph.co.uk/user/hermione_hoby/protestors3.jpg.jpg (Australia) National Australia Bank to pay $35m for stake in Shariah-compliant industrial property trust http://gifc.blogspot.com/2008/08/national-australia-bank-to-pay-35m-for.html (U.S.) Florida: Billboards announce: 'Sharia law is hate' http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71832 -- Central Florida chapter of the United American Committee http://www.unitedamericancommittee.org/ (U.S.) California: Four members of Oakland's Muslim bakery ordered to stand trial for kidnapping and torture http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/09/BA341280JF.DTL (U.S.) Additional Report: Suspicious ties force Obama adviser's resignation -- Former coordinator for Muslim affairs has links to Hamas, CAIR http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71839 (Canada) Interview with Tarek Fatah - Chasing a Mirage http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=49F0913B-9C3C-4589-9F7D-2F4B66CCE784 --- Dhimmi Watch: Tarek Fatah: "Truth is the first casualty in this propaganda war being waged against Canada by its own Islamists." http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021382.php (India J&K) Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August324.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (India) Bangladeshi writer Taslima back to India http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August321.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Taslima_returns_to_India_taken_to_undisclosed_location/articleshow/3342467.cms Liberal Syrian Actor Bassam Kossa Clashes with Kuwaiti Islamist Professor on Women's Rights, Development in Arab World http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD201808 Pakistan Army to ask Musharraf to resign in a week: reports http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_Army_to_ask_Musharraf_to_resign_in_a_week_reports/articleshow/3345440.cms Pakistan parliament to start Musharraf impeachment: officials http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080809/wl_afp/pakistanpoliticsmusharraf_080809063513;_ylt=AoxsB7qWXJYcGxH9IwLG0EHzPukA (U.S.) Guantanamo convict eligible for "movie night" - Salim Hamden http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080808/ts_nm/guantanamo_hearings_dc_26;_ylt=All9SibxvYhKxehwtT5JCsMTv5UB Iran: Prominent Kurdish journalist arrested http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2403120543 Georgia declares state of war with Russia http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/09/georgia.ossetia/index.html (Georgia) 5 killed as Russia drops bomb in Georgian city http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/5_killed_as_Russia_drops_bomb_in_Georgian_city/articleshow/3345530.cms (Georgia) 1,500 dead in Georgia-S Ossetia clash http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Europe/1500_dead_in_Georgis-S_Ossetia_clash/articleshow/3345656.cms (France) Man arrested for racial jibe against Sarkozy's son -- vandal scrawled 'Sarkozy, Jewish thieves' http://www.expatica.com/fr/articles/news/Man-arrested-for-racial-jibe-against-Sarkozy_s-son.html City Journal reviews "The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism" by Andrew Bostom http://www.city-journal.org/2008/bc0808bt.html August 8, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) 'Surge' may not be enough in Afghanistan, commander says http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/08/afghanistan.surge/index.html (U.S.) Pentagon quietly celebrates Hamdan sentence http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/07/1254366.aspx (India) Students Islamic of Movement of India (SIMI) has terror links with Pakistan: Muslim body http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?sectionName=&id=a12d8fbc-2b79-4269-b894-28b0c2a16bc9&MatchID1=4737&TeamID1=8&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1194&MatchID2=4728&TeamID3=2&TeamID4=3&MatchType2=1&SeriesID2=1191&PrimaryID=4737&Headline='SIMI+has+terror+links+with+Pakistan'&strParent=strParentID Other News: Time Magazine: "Morocco's Gentle War On Terror" - claims they are combatting "extremism" http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1829931,00.html -- women murshida tell women how to behave in mosque, and "the murshidas' role is in part to protect Moroccans from the moral dangers that modernity brings" -- "If I found someone who wanted to blow herself up," says al Salfi, "I'd recite a verse from the Koran telling her that in Allah's eyes, suicide is the road to perdition." -- note - killing the infidel is not the concern... Commentaries: Suspend Saudi Arabia's Olympic Team -- by Ali Alyami - for IPT News http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/745 August 8, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Top Al-Qaeda suspect seized in Iraq -- Mahmud Kraydi aka Abu Hunata considered to be leader of Al-Qaeda in Ramadi -- arrested at Sharqat in Salaheddin province http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080808/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestqaida_080808114457;_ylt=AuE50RT1QdgRhLra7kKQpshX6GMA (Iraq) Sadr to disarm if U.S. withdraws on timetable http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080808/ts_nm/iraq_dc_2;_ylt=AsX.AgOTSyliY_w5O6wC3llX6GMA (Afghanistan) U.S.-led coalition: 5 Afghan civilians killed - inadvertantly during fight in Taliban compound in Ghazni province's Giro district http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_6;_ylt=AtOX8VHMULUNU_e2Frqgsj7OVooA (Afghanistan) Gates Endorses Plan to Expand Afghan Army by 50,000 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,399881,00.html Pakistan intelligence complicit in Afghan violence: US General -- Lieutenant General David McKiernan interview with CNN http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Pak_intelligence_complicit_in_Afghan_violence_US_General/articleshow/3340387.cms (Pakistan) US worried over terror network in Pakistan - US Secretary of State http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/USA/US_worried_over_terror_network_in_Pak_Condoleezza_Rice/articleshow/3340630.cms (Pakistan) US weighs stepped-up military forays into Pakistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_pakistan_pursuing_militants_1;_ylt=Ag5UlZNE_MAiksgkKKd3CiTzPukA (Pakistan) FATA: Some 150 Pakistani soldiers under siege by militants -- in Bajaur agency http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929987&Language=en (Pakistan) FATA: Over 70 militants killed, 60 wounded in Pakistani tribal agency -- in Bajaur agency http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929980&Language=en -- see also AP report http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/08/news/Pakistan-Violence.php (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban kill three 'spies' in Pakistan tribal zone: officials -- Kayrala village in Bajaur agency http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080808/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanafghanistanunrestspies_080808065244;_ylt=ApTbqIkUM4fNAVwNOZAj_hrzPukA (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban announce 'all-out war' in Swat -- Taliban behead one, gun down three others, more schools burned -- taking the number of destroyed schools in the region to over 100 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\08\story_8-8-2008_pg1_13 (Pakistan) NWFP: Man hurt in blast near CD shop - in Hangu http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\08\story_8-8-2008_pg7_10 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban threats : NWFP government to use sniffer dogs for security http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\08\story_8-8-2008_pg7_45 (Pakistan) Commanders discuss security situation -- in FATA and NWFP http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/08/top6.htm (Pakistan) Punjab: Terror accused on eight-day remand -- Islamabad, Rawalpindi men on November 24, 2007 attack on Hamza Camp http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\08\story_8-8-2008_pg11_6 (Pakistan) Islamabad: Residents suffer in barricaded town -- Pakistan's capital http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\08\story_8-8-2008_pg11_9 (Pakistan) RTT: U.S., Pak To Curtail ISI Role In War On Terror http://www.rttnews.com/Content/PoliticalNews.aspx?Node=B1&Id=679205 (India) Blast at New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal; 3 children injured http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Blast_at_New_Jalpaiguri_in_West_Bengal_3_children_injured/articleshow/3341258.cms (India) Ahmedabad blasts: More arrests likely http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ahmedabad_blasts_More_arrests_likely/articleshow/3340285.cms -- Same material was used in Jaipur, Varanasi and Hyderabad blasts http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Same_material_was_used_in_Jaipur_Hyd_blasts/articleshow/3340284.cms (India) Ahmedabad blasts: Arrested Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) man from Bharuch may help in cracking blasts case http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/SIMI_man_from_Bharuch_may_help_in_cracking_blasts_case/articleshow/3340286.cms (India) Nagpur: Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) members remain under watch http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/SIMI_members_remain_under_watch/articleshow/3339914.cms (Al-Qaeda) Did Aafia Siddiqui smuggle gems for Al Qaeda? http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\08\story_8-8-2008_pg7_11 U.S. Lawmakers Take Aim at Homegrown Terrorist Threat http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,399842,00.html -- Andrew Cochran: "Being an American gives you a passport around the world...These again are instances of homegrowns who take it to the limit... These people wanted to go all the way to Iraq." (U.S.) Report: "Bin Laden driver gets 66 months - but will never be released" -- London Times report states Pentagon retains right to imprison as "unlawful enemy combatant" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4481580.ece (U.S.) Anthrax suspect passed 2 polygraphs http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71721 -- FBI will analyze Ivins' computers http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/08/fbi-will-analyze-ivins-computers/ -- Ivins' lab deemed early on as contaminated http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/08/lab-deemed-early-as-contaminated-rats-nest/ -- Anthrax Case Raises Doubt On Security http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/07/AR2008080703462.html?hpid=topnews (UK) Nine in ten young people want to address terrorism 'taboo' http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/news/nine-in-ten-young-people-want-to-address-terroris-18721625.html (Iran) New EU sanctions against Iran over nuclear program http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/08/europe/EU-Iran-Nuclear.php (Iran) Study: Strike on Iran nukes just a delay http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/08/Study_Strike_on_Iran_nukes_just_a_delay/UPI-21361218196900/ (Iran) Israel: 'We'll neutralize S-300 if sold to Iran' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104239541&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) Hezbollah might attempt to shoot down Israeli aircraft -- Terror group stockpiling advanced radar missile systems, say security officials http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71766 (Somalia) Insurgents seize southern Somali town -- Islamist group Al-shabaab Friday took over Hudur, the provincial capital of the southern province of Bakool http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-8847.html Somali MP fears for her life as security deteriorates http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/453484/-/item/0/-/v89gqjz/-/index.html East Africa bombings left us stronger, says US http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/453700/-/tjmh3d/-/index.html -- see also Jeffrey Imm August 7 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/1998_usa_embassy_bombings.php (Yemen) Grenade attack in southern Yemen http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/07/africa/ME-Yemen-Blast.php Yemen: Shia rebels agree to peace terms http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2402734760 Nigeria: Militants Destroying S-South, Says Amaechi http://allafrica.com/stories/200808080006.html (Turkey) Kurdish rebels claim pipeline blast: report http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080808/wl_afp/turkeykurdsunrestpipelineoilblast_080808112947;_ylt=AlHrBFRpk5HfrHd7D2PmnZHtfLkA (Turkey) Israel irked over Iranian leader's planned visit to Turkey http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080808/wl_mideast_afp/turkeyisraelirandiplomacy_080808113841;_ylt=AkQABIvL942tXXsyf28TY_vtfLkA (Germany) Spy Case Casts Light on Hezbollah Recruitment in Germany http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,570590,00.html French police defuse 3 bombs in Basque region http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/08/europe/EU-France-Bomb-Alerts.php -- Bombs found in French tourist hotspots http://www.expatica.com/fr/articles/news/Bombs-found-in-French-tourist-hotspots.html (Georgia) 10 killed in South Ossetia clashes http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/07/news/Georgia-South-Ossetia.php -- Russia TV: Russian troops moving into S. Ossetia http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/08/europe/EU-Russia-Georgia-South-Ossetia.php -- Georgian Official Reports Downing of 2 Russian Aircraft http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,399962,00.html (China) Ili explosion report rejected by authorities http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2402775158 -- also Air China flight from Japan forced to turn back due to bomb threat http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_re_as/japan_china_bomb_threat_1;_ylt=AuIyGHlU8xAIvx5791LE8ChPzWQA (China) Report: Nine killed in explosion in Xinjiang (aka Turkestan) - in city of Ili - Al-Jazeera report http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2402506698 -- see also Walid Phares August 7 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/china_discovers_al_qaeda_in_it.php (China) Islamic group threatens Olympic transport http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104243115&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull China promises 'greatest' Olympic Games amid new terror threat http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/ts_afp/oly2008_080807213129;_ylt=AmvySErnn_Y04ylkQ21c0HITv5UB -- Beijing ring of steel: 100,000 troops and police on stand-by as Islamic group warns of attack http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1042839/Beijing-ring-steel-100-000-troops-police-stand-Islamic-group-warns-attack.html -- see also August 7 news reports http://counterterrorismblog.org/newslinks/2008/08/#a045085 (Asia) Aspects of Islamism in South and Southeast Asia -- Animesh Roul, Robert W. Hefner, Joseph Chinyong Liow http://www.nbr.org/publications/analysis/pdf/vol19no4.pdf (Thailand) Army spokesman claim officials have yet to control 20 % remaining areas in deep South http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30080135 Philippines: Rebels clash with security forces in south - with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Friday http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2402506373 (Philippines) Muslim rebels leave occupied villages in southern Philippines -- "about 500 to 600" MILF rebels are left near farms in the central part of the southern island of Mindanao http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080808/wl_asia_afp/philippinesmuslimunrest_080808083642 (Philippines) MILF still in 6 villages in North Cotabato -- Philippine National Police (PNP) http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080808-153499/MILF-still-in-6-villages-in-North-Cotabato----PNP (Philippines) North Cotabato folk told to defend selves http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/mindanaopeaceprocess/view.php?db=1&article=20080808-153347 (Sri Lanka) New fighting kills 21 combatants in Sri Lanka - report on Friday http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_re_as/sri_lanka_civil_war_5 -- see also IANS report http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-8802.html Other News: (China) Nearly 1,400 detained in anti-China protests in Nepal others available http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1422373.php/Nearly_1400_detained_in_anti-China_protests_in_Nepal_others_available__Roundup_ Chinese Corpses Still on Display in the US http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5528543&page=1 (UK) Muslim Institute: New Sharia law marriage contract gives Muslim women rights http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2518720/New-Sharia-law-marraige-contract-gives-Muslim-women-rights.html --- Dr. Usama Hasan: "It is high time that Muslim women enjoy the same rights and freedoms under Islamic law as they do under present legal systems in the UK." --- Never occurs to Hasan that British women all have the same rights under UK legal system, since Sharia seeks separtist law. (UK) Some good news about Sharia law -- by Janet Daley http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/janet_daley/blog/2008/08/08/some_good_news_about_sharia_law -- claims Sharia law changes "could mark the beginning of a new phase in the integration of what is now Britain's largest religious minority." (UK) Muslim marriage contract 'revolutionary' for UK women http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1061862_muslim_marriage_contract_revolutionary_for_uk_women (Malaysia) Divorce by Text Message http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/islamsadvance/2008/08/divorce_by_text_message.html Iranian Nobel laureate denies report her daughter converted from Islam http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=707870 -- "Baha' i faith is outlawed and any conversion away from Islam is regarded as apostasy, an offense punishable by death" (Netherlands) Judge rules regarding Islamic school in Rotterdam http://www.expatica.com/nl/articles/news/Judge-rules-regarding-Islamic-school-in-Rotterdam.html -- Rotterdam: Islamic school wins case against city councilor http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/rotterdam-islamic-school-wins-case.html Norway: Islamic Council facing loss of funds over homosexuality question -- debating death sentence against homosexuals http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/norway-islamic-council-facing-loss-of.html France: Muslim man claims Islamophobic attack http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/france-muslim-man-claims-islamophobic.html Oslo-Based Palestinian Writer Ahmad Abu Matar: Why Do Arab Nationalists Demand the Liberation of Palestine If They Gave Up on Other Occupied Regions? http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD201708 (Bahrain) US Navy: Pirate attack stopped in Gulf of Aden http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/08/africa/ME-US-Navy-Pirates.php Somali refugees losing patience with fractious leaders http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080808/wl_africa_afp/somaliapoliticsrefugees_080808094327 Israel to allow bank notes into Gaza: Palestinians http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August192.xml§ion=middleeast&col= (India J&K) Separatist leaders detained in Indian Kashmir http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/08/asia/AS-Kashmir-Shrine-Protests.php -- Army issues warning against J&K protesters http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Army_issues_warning_against_JK_protesters/articleshow/3341146.cms Pakistani media calls for Musharraf to go quietly http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August287.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (UK) Additional Report: Publisher Random House has pulled a novel about Islam over protest fears http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2521794/Publisher-Random-House-has-pulled-a-novel-about-Islam-over-protest-fears.html Commentaries: China discovers al Qaeda in its backyard -- by Walid Phares http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/china_discovers_al_qaeda_in_it.php China's triumph of totalitarian will -- by Nina L Khrushcheva http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=234386&version=1&template_id=46&parent_id=26 US Prepares for Nuclear Terrorism -- by Jim Kouri, CPP http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_20907.shtml Anyone Care About What's Happening to Our Freedom? further thoughts on Random House debacle - by Diana West http://dianawest.net/Default.aspx?tabid=36&EntryID=403 August 7, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (China) Video threatening Olympics is posted online -- Chinese Islamic group has posted a new video that shows a burning Olympics logo and an explosion over a venue for the Beijing Games http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,399422,00.html http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/A-US-Monitor-Says-Chinese-Islamic-Group-Posts-New-Video-Threatening-Beijing-Olympics/Article/200808115073304?f=rss http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/07/asia/AS-OLY-China-Olympics-Threat.php http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_olympics_threat_1;_ylt=Ak3kKhMUp0XzmISFdXyMHZ0Tv5UB http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5533568&page=1 -- "Call to the Global Muslim Ummah" urges Muslims to "choose your side" - warns Muslims not to be in planes, bus, or buildings with Chinese -- SITE Intel Group press release http://siteintelgroup.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications379408&Category=publications&Subcategory=0 -- Laura Mansfield input http://www.lauramansfield.com/subscribers/ -- YouTube video "Dunya Musulmanlirigha Omumi Murajiat" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sufKQ_t5NfA (U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Bin Laden's Former Driver Sentenced to 5 1/2 Years in Prison -- Salim Hamden trial -- includes 5 years and 1 month already served http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0645252820080807 -- also FOX News/AP report http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,399462,00.html -- Salim Hamdan could be out in six months http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8806800&nav=Bsmh -- Osama's cabbie gets five months in the slammer http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022126.php (U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Prosecutors ask 30 years for bin Laden driver -- Salim Hamden trial http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_bin_laden_s_driver_37;_ylt=ArdhO0wSthwXEBnC5mLriBoTv5UB (U.S.) Evidence still sought in US anthrax case http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/07/america/NA-US-Anthrax-Investigation.php (U.S.) SEC Announces Two New Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Initiatives http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-170.htm (Iraq) Eight Iraqis from one family killed by old bomb in southern Iraq -- Thi Qar province http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929894&Language=en Iraqis officials: US forces to leave country by 2010 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104237586&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull (Iraq) WSJ: Radical Iraq Cleric in Retreat -- Muqtada al-Sadr http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121786142643310131.html (Iraq) Anti-US cleric Muqtada al-Sadr links truce to security agreement http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/07/africa/ME-Iraq.php (Afghanistan) Seven police, three dozen Taliban killed in Afghanistan -- Helmand province, Kandahar, and Badghis province http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest (Afghanistan) Six Canadians injured in Taliban ambush -- Zhari base http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=707463 (India) Top IT firms use hackers to fight terror http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080060549&ch=8/7/2008%208:02:00%20PM (India) Police arrests six LTTE rebels from Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929887&Language=en (UK) Jury out in 'encyclopedia of terrorism' trial - Aabid Khan and three others http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/3579280.Jury_out_in__encyclopaedia_of_terrorism__trial/ (Iran) Rice: All options on table with Iran http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218095193448&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Hamas frees 150 Fatah members http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hamas_frees_150_Fatah_members/articleshow/3339115.cms (Somalia) Gunmen kill head of orphanage in Somalia http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnN07419779.html (Kenya) A Grim 10th Anniversary of the Embassy Bombings http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/world/2008/08/07/a-grim-10-year-anniversary-of-the-us-embassy-bombings-in-africa.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20080807/ts_usnews/agrim10thanniversaryoftheembassybombings Botswana gets US terror cash http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1&aid=28&dir=2008/August/Thursday7 Sudan: Top UN urges review of Darfur rebels' death sentences http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2400291802 Yemen holds refugee teacher wanted by Sudan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/07/africa/ME-Yemen-Sudanese-Arrested.php Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami Leader Leaves For Sudan http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9012.htm (Canada) Toronto 18 trial: Accused terrorist had 'no idea,' lawyer argues http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/474007 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104238497&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull Other News: Wafa Sultan: Beware Sharia -- Video http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022123.php (U.S.) IPT News: Spinning the Asbahi Resignation http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/744 -- 'Muslim bashers' hit for resignation -- CAIR http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/aug/07/muslim-bashers-hit-for-resignation/ (U.S.) Florida: Man held in US on charge of threatening Barack Obama http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104238892&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull (UK) Archbishop is helping Muslim men oppress women, say black feminists http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2008/08/06/archbishop_is_helping_muslim_men_oppress_women_say_black_feminists Commentaries: Will State Department Punt (Again) on Islamic Saudi Academy's Radical Textbooks? by Andrew Cochran http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/will_state_department_punt_aga.php The FBI-CAIR Relationship Could End Very Soon -- by Andrew Cochran http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/the_fbicair_relationship_could.php August 7, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Forces Capture 25 Suspected Terrorists in Iraq -- across central and northern Iraq Thursday http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-07-voa11.cfm?rss=war%20and%20conflict (Iraq) US military: Iranian-made munitions seized in Iraq http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331213615&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull (Iraq) Anti-US cleric al-Sadr to announce new group - update - called Momahidoun, or "those who pave the way" in Arabic, in reference to the Mahdi, or so-called Hidden Imam http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/07/africa/ME-Iraq.php (Iraq) US military: Shiite militia leaders trying to return http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/06/africa/ME-Iraq-Baghdad-Security.php (Afghanistan/Iraq) Roadside bombs now less sophisticated, more vexing http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331214352&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull (Afghanistan) Kidnapped German-Afghan freed in Kabul: intelligence http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestkidnapgermany_080807075048;_ylt=AjMhfXpSISf3CnKqq51LNn_OVooA (Afghanistan) Resurgent Taliban mete out harsh justice -- "more reports of local Muslim clerics referring people to the Taliban in part because of their commitment to Shariah, or Islamic law" http://www.mercurynews.com/nationworld/ci_10124592?nclick_check=1 (Afghanistan) Taliban justice digging in roots -- "first thing the Taliban do when they come into an area is to set up court" http://www.torontosun.com/News/World/2008/08/07/6373006-sun.html (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan troops kill 25 Taliban in clashes: officials - Bajaur Agency http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/wl_afp/pakistanafghanistanunrest_080807091823;_ylt=AsD47BQkhNaEaHn2f.vOwEvOVooA -- Forces retake Bajaur area from Taliban http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\07\story_7-8-2008_pg7_10 -- 200 pro-Taliban militants attack Pakistan post http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26065860/ (Pakistan) FATA: New Taliban group claims Waziristan blasts http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\07\story_7-8-2008_pg7_8 (Pakistan) NWFP: Key Taliban leader among 14 killed in Swat -- Ali Bakht, a close aide of Maulana Fazlullah, killed - Kabal tehsil - 2 security personnel killed http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\07\story_7-8-2008_pg7_17 http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2399553027 (Pakistan) NWFP: Army called in after clash in Peshawar -- after Taliban attacked a police station in Matani on Wednesday http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\07\story_7-8-2008_pg7_9 (Pakistan) NWFP: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) raps govt for Swat operation http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\07\story_7-8-2008_pg7_42 (Pakistan) NWFP Chief Minister Hoti warns insurgency can engulf peaceful parts of country http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\07\story_7-8-2008_pg7_18 (Pakistan) Sindh minister rejects threats of Talibanization in Karachi http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/07/top8.htm -- There is no Taliban in Karachi: Mirza http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\07\story_7-8-2008_pg7_5 -- see also Jeffrey Imm August 4 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/pakistan_wake_up_call.php (Pakistan) Joint efforts under way on ISI issue: US http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/07/top9.htm (Pakistan) Musharraf to be impeached on August 11: Reports http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Musharraf_to_be_impeached_on_Aug_11/articleshow/3337315.cms http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanpoliticsmusharraf_080807112748;_ylt=AgFODxCqGe97ExUcrLI5ZnDzPukA (India J&K) Police defuse 80-kilogram bomb in Indian Kashmir -- in high-security area in Srinagar http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August260.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (India J&K) Kashmiri Muslims protest alleged assault by Hindus http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/07/asia/AS-Kashmir-Shrine-Protests.php -- Indian Army deploys more 10,000 troops in Jammu and Kashmir http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Land_row_Army_deploys_more_troops_in_JK/articleshow/3337462.cms (India) Ahmedabad blasts: Forensic lab seeks US varsity help on terror mail http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Forensic_lab_seeks_US_varsity_help_on_terror_mail_/articleshow/3335664.cms (India) Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), the first among terror suspects http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/SIMI_the_first_among_terror_suspects/articleshow/3336082.cms (India) SIMI bomb scare in Karimnagar district - threat sent in the name of SIMI, by "One Islam, Allah" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/SIMI_bomb_scare_in_Karimnagar_district/articleshow/3335546.cms (India) Two security personnel gunned down by rebels in Northeastern India -- in Manipur http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929873&Language=en (U.S.) Judge denies request for delayed re-trial in Holy Land case -- trial still scheduled for September 8 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/080708dnmetholyland.1fa0da8d.html (U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Bin Laden driver to seek leniency from Gitmo jury - Salim Hamdan trial http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_bin_laden_s_driver_34;_ylt=AvdfGfx8SWGi3HLqf3g2GpsTv5UB -- After split decision in Guantanamo, legal debate rages on http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/wl_afp/usattacksjusticetrialguantanamo_080807025422;_ylt=Ao7HxCat8nvyZeVIIfqcUzATv5UB (U.S.) FBI - Anthrax Investigation - Closing a Chapter http://www.fbi.gov/page2/august08/amerithrax080608.html -- Additional Links to Court Affidavits Unsealed in FBI Probe http://www.fbi.gov/page2/august08/amerithrax_docs080608.html -- Anthrax suspect afflicted with paranoia http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/07/bioterrorism-suspect-afflicted-with-paranoia/ -- Anthrax mailer feared his life's work was over, prosecutors say http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/08/06/2008-08-06_anthrax_mailer_feared_his_lifes_work_was-1.html (U.S.) Beheading Raises Bus Security Concerns -- Industry Has Made Little Progress in Passenger Protection http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5526371&page=1 (U.S.) Guantanamo detainee petitions rights panel over torture --- Algerian Djamel Ameziane http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamotorturealgeria_080807125652;_ylt=AgTfxb.kssfcFzU2X.A19UYTv5UB (U.S.) Threat of scud attacks a reality http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/07/threat-of-scud-attacks-a-reality/ UK seeks quick ruling on 'terror cleric' -- European Court of Human Rights stayed extradition of Abu Hamza on Monday http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/06/uk.hamsa/index.html (UK) 'The carrot of counter-terrorism' -- Birmingham University's M G Khan: "I know organizations who are reluctant to accept funding on the basis of preventing violent extremism simply because they would lose integrity and compromise their access to young people." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7434043.stm (UK) Daily Telegraph: "New European spying proposals 'threaten British security' " http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/2512219/New-European-spying-proposals-threaten-British-security.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/07/eu.uksecurity (Iran) US: Iran stalling on nukes, new penalties likely http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_iran_nuclear;_ylt=Aj96kj_RsmMi6TZVywi3ZUJSw60A -- UN nuclear watchdog in Tehran talks amid sanctions calls http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/ts_afp/irannuclearpolitics_080807084014;_ylt=AkJ5SCUJOga1oSMEsvF8Gh9Sw60A (Iran) '2 US aircraft carriers headed for Gulf' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104233164&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) Israel considers military option for Iran nukes http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_striking_iran_8;_ylt=AownTuxWUgH1PMZ8Z8L7blZSw60A -- Israel Defense Minister: All Iran options are 'open and ready' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218095193448&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) Israeli war planes violate Lebanese airspace http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929814&Language=en (Israel) Rocket, missile shields in works in Israel -- Iron Dome system http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/07/rocket-missile-shields-in-works/ Israeli army officer sacked for shooting Palestinian detainee http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929816&Language=en (Somalia/U.S.) U.S.-Somalia Fight Spills Into City http://www.nysun.com/new-york/us-somalia-fight-spills-into-city/83393/ Somalia 'threatens' Kenya peace http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7547046.stm Kenya, Tanzania Mark U.S. Embassy Attack Anniversary -- 10 Years Since Deadly U.S. Embassy Bombings; Police Search for Bomber http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5531401 -- Crackdown to target terrorists groups, says Kenyan PM http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=51729 -- Impact of extremist attacks in Kenya http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L7352583.htm -- Kenya Police find vital information on terror suspects http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/446198/-/tj2vo1/-/index.html -- Memory of August 7 1998 terror attack in Nairobi, ten years on http://www.nation.co.ke/-/1148/452940/-/15o8pip/-/index.html (Kenya) Shocking CIA report on 1998 Nairobi blast - Al-Qaeda plotted to use a device twice as big as the one that exploded http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1143991891&cid=259 (Kenya) Use al Qaeda's frozen assets to pay blast victims, US court urged http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/453218/-/tjmd77/-/index.html (Kenya) 'Diary of a terrorist' -- Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper publishing what it claims are excerpts from the diary of the man that the FBI says planned those attacks and others: Fazul Abdullah Mohammed http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_nairobi/20080807/wl_mcb_nairobi/diaryofaterrorist -- FBI Information on Fazul Abdullah Mohammed http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/termohammed.htm Kenyan Daily Nation - Diary of a terrorist: Fazul's journey to Pakistan http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/449052/-/tj4xqd/-/index.html Kenyan Daily Nation - Diary of a terrorist: Fazul's military quest lands him in Afghanistan http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/452636/-/tjlr2k/-/index.html Kenyan Daily Nation - Diary of a terrorist: Fazul joins camp to begin Jihad http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/452640/-/tjlr3a/-/index.html (Yemen) Al-Qaeda’s war in Yemen http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1179&p=front&a=3 (Yemen) Six al-Qaeda members interrogated and 30 Jihad members arrested - update http://www.yobserver.com/front-page/10014723.html (Russia) Explosion in Russian resort kills two, injured three http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929789&Language=en -- see also Reuters report http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080807/wl_nm/russia_blast_dc_4;_ylt=AlCzXB1DeEdmT4.BRMzVCfZ_5GIA (Georgia) 21 wounded in fighting around South Ossetia http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/07/europe/EU-Georgia-South-Ossetia.php (Turkey) Istanbul mortar attack targeted military: report -- three injured - near Selimiye Barracks and Uskudar municipality building http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080807/wl_nm/turkey_grenade_attack_dc_3;_ylt=AiPHAK3f8Wfcc97VCjjr.gftfLkA -- Security sources confirm three blasts in Istanbul http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929791&Language=en (Turkey) AKI report: Hand grenades strike building in Istanbul - in the Uskudar district http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2399484151 (France) Convicted Red Brigade woman still fears extradition http://www.expatica.com/fr/articles/news/Convicted-Red-Brigade-woman-still-fears-extradition.html Ireland: Palestinian Jihadist claims assassination attempt http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/ireland-palestinian-jihadist-claims.html -- Ynet report http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3578991,00.html (Canada) Lawyers say terror suspecte Abdullah Khadr should be released on bail http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=4e263b1c-05b1-4287-95fe-6ba43b9c9aa6 Philippines warns Muslim rebels to vacate towns http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-08-07-philippines-muslims_N.htm?csp=34 -- Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) accused of burning homes in at least three townships http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August374.xml§ion=theworld&col= -- Gov't hit for late response to MILF 'occupation' http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=127607 (Philippines) One soldier dead in clash with Muslim rebels in Philippines http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/223730,one-soldier-dead-in-clash-with-muslim-rebels-in-philippines.html (Australia) Melbourne 12 trial: Accused vowed to follow Allah, not terrorism, court told -- Amer Haddara http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24142380-2702,00.html Sri Lanka says offensive against rebels succeeding -- 16 rebels killed, 64 wounded http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL334622.htm -- see also AP report http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_re_as/sri_lanka_civil_war_2 North Korea rejects trip by US rights envoy: officials http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/wl_afp/skoreankoreausrightsenvoy_080807063831;_ylt=At.nbics2rdmd8z.f46jC7.CscEA (China) Jihadist website to post video on deadly Xinjiang attacks http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2399842685 --- "The Ansar al-Jihad group will present attacks against the Chinese state, which is occupying the Muslim lands of Turkestan" (China) Thousands of Uighurs on streets for slain policemen: witnesses -- several participants told AFP they had been ordered to take part in the ceremony: "We were ordered to come here by the authorities" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080807/wl_asia_afp/oly2008chinaxinjiangattacks_080807040953;_ylt=AtytCqnY41v0mIVoC8VC8DcTv5UB Colombian police thwart car bombings by FARC rebels -- FARC was planning "a major terrorist attack in several parts of the city" http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=245597 (Colombia) Red Cross: Colombia lied about using emblem (update) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26057136/ http://www.expatica.com/fr/articles/news/ICRC-sees-red-over-Colombia-hostage-release.html Colombia sends troops to Afghanistan - first Latin American country http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/224089,colombia-sends-troops-to-afghanistan--first-latin-american-country.html Other News: (UK) Trial of men accused of Banaz Mahmod 'honor killing' collapses -- due to "lack of evidence" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4474218.ece (Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) bans use of sniffer dogs in Khyber Agency -- calling the use "un-Islamic" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\07\story_7-8-2008_pg7_20 -- "The LI said anyone found violating the ban would be fined Rs 1 million and his house would be demolished" Pakistani Lawyer Calls For Reforming Pakistan's Blasphemy Law http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD201508 (Pakistan) Former PM: ISI Is Important Institution, Do Not Discuss It http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/8993.htm (Italy) Muslims "not welcome" at interfaith prayer center in Genoa http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4472073.ece Bosnia: Muslims dominate capital, claims Croatian MP http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.2396935759 (Egypt) Al-Jazeera TV Denies Producing 'Assassination Of A Pharaoh' Film http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/8990.htm (Nigeria) Retreat to show "Shariah implementation at local government" http://www.triumphnewspapers.com/shek782008.html (Sharia) ETF Securities makes precious-metal trackers Shari'ah compliant http://www.investmentweek.co.uk/public/showPage.html?page=808067 Saudi Women's Rights Activist Wajeha Al-Huwaider's New YouTube Video: On the Saudi Ban of Women Competing in the Beijing Olympics http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD201608 China on Bush: Don't interfere in our affairs http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_re_as/china_bush_1;_ylt=AlKrpvgaFyFlQnxGfIzgaulPzWQA (U.S.) Obama Criticizes Salim Hamden Terror Trial, McCain Doesn't http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/obama-criticizes (U.S.) San Diego: 3 charged in courthouse bombing; one pleads not guilty http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080806-1435-bn06court2.html Against Nazi News: New Group Helps 'Persecuted' Far-Right Women -- National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,570229,00.html -- carrying pro-"National Socialism" (aka NAZI) poster http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,grossbild-779795-570229,00.html Commentaries: Tyson Foods Adopts Muslim Holiday -- by Robert Spencer http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=DA1E80CD-91AA-4D39-BB16-C0AE320FA2E0 Al Qaeda Shifting Tactics, Finding New Recruits -- by Peter Brookes http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.812/pub_detail.asp August 6, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban militants killed while bombing school in Pakistan http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080806\ACQRTT200808061323RTTRADERUSEQUITY_1080.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Taliban%20militants%20killed%20while%20bombing%20school%20in%20Pakistan Afghans claim Pakistan diplomat aided Taliban http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080806/pak_afghan_080806/20080806?hub=World&s_name= -- Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security said in a statement that a diplomat at the Pakistani Consulate in the southern Kandahar province gave "orders and money'' to Mullah Rahmatullah, a Taliban militant in the region (U.S.) Anthrax Investigation Documents: Ivins had custody of purified anthrax http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/anthrax_investigation -- with "certain genetic mutations identical" to the poison that killed five people in 2001 -- FBI/DOJ Amerithrax Court Documents http://www.usdoj.gov/amerithrax/ -- Prosecutor calls researcher sole culprit in 2001 anthrax attacks http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/06/anthrax.case/index.html -- Intended anthrax target has doubts about probe http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/04/anthrax.case/index.html (U.S.) Terrorism Expert: Karen Hughes Gave Money to Individuals Linked to MPAC, AMC, IIIT, others (my title) http://www.newsmax.com/timmerman/hughes_bush_terrorists/2008/08/03/118677.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022113.php -- references Steven Emerson July 31, 2008 testimony (pp. 7, 22, 23, 25) http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/testimony/356.pdf Other News: (U.S.) "'Honor' Killing for God: Dad's Sick 'Confession -- Pakistani immigrant Chaudhry Rashid: "God will protect me. God is watching. I strangled my daughter." http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022108.php http://www.nypost.com/seven/08062008/news/nationalnews/honor_killing_for_god_123236.htm Commentaries: You Still Can't Write About Muhammad -- by Asra Q. Nomani -- Random House caves to pressure and refuses to publish novel by Islamic writer -- due to Islamic scholar Denise Spellberg http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121797979078815073.html Against Nazi News: German court imposes jail terms on three neo-Nazi youths -- for politically inspired acts of violence http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/223918,german-court-imposes-jail-terms-on-three-neo-nazi-youths.html (Czech Republic) Court upholds suspended sentence over neo-Nazi website http://www.praguemonitor.com/en/394/czech_national_news/26413/ -- Neo-Nazi Web Master Gets No Jail Time http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212162828.shtml (U.S.) Washington State: Self-described Aryan Nations member arrested for hate crime http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/482094.html (U.S.) KKK returns to Alabama http://www.waff.com/global/story.asp?s=8775779 (U.S.) Ku Klux Klan in Central-East Texas http://www.bet.com/News/NewsArticleRaceInAmericaKlanHonorsJesusWithCrossBurning.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic&WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished&Referrer={0471DDF0-D0D8-48A8-9E30-ADD40CBE0269} August 6, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (U.S.) Military Jury Convicts Bin Laden's Driver in Guantanamo Terror Case -- Salim Hamdan trial http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,398642,00.html -- Reuters report http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0644029720080806 -- convicted of supporting terrorism, cleared of conspiracy charge (Iraq) Forty al-Qaeda suspects detained in Iraqi swoops -- in Diyala province, Muqdadiya, al-Saadiya, Baladruz and Kanaan regions, and Babel province http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1421861.php/Forty_al-Qaeda_suspects_detained_in_Iraqi_swoops Iraq nets three women would-be bombers in anti-Qaeda sweep - in Diyala http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080806/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestwomen_080806102419;_ylt=Ai8za2yHwDRUUdyjhYSUit1X6GMA Iraq's female bombers rise as Qaeda's men fall: "We are defending Islam and its sanctity." http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080806/wl_nm/iraq_bombers_women_dc_1;_ylt=Aoq6bGIF0VH4FrX9rpdawIBX6GMA (Iraq) Explosion near National Theater in Baghdad injures two Iraqis http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929522&Language=en (Iraq) Talks open on future role of UK troops in Iraq http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929539&Language=en Iraqi Army willing, but not ready, to fight alone http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/06/mideast/troops.php (Iraq) CIA officials deny fake Iraq-al-Qaida link letter http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/05/cia-officials-deny-fake-iraq-al-qaida-link-letter/ (Afghanistan) US-led coalition soldier dies in Afghanistan - in western Afghanistan - also several militants killed in Kapisa province http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_2;_ylt=AtOX8VHMULUNU_e2Frqgsj7OVooA http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929497&Language=en (Afghanistan) Some Afghan MPs back Taliban, drugs trade: official http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL5088120080806 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080806/wl_nm/afghan_lawmakers_dc_1;_ylt=Anzh10ue5p1KHZeiok9pRRnOVooA (Afghanistan) Report: 'Afghan Taliban have no link with TTP' -- militant leader associated with Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani claims Afghan Taliban have no links with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\06\story_6-8-2008_pg7_10 -- ignoring repeated reports of Pakistan Taliban fighting in Afghanistan (Pakistan) Explosion in SW Pakistan kills five people - wounds three - Sibbi district in Baluchistan province http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929532&Language=en -- see also IST report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Blast_kills_4_wounds_2_in_southwest_Pakistan/articleshow/3333898.cms (Pakistan) Taliban's "Highly-motivated 'boys and girls' are eager to mount suicide attacks all over the country" (update) http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/06/top2.htm -- 'Fidayeen Squad' comprising 10- to 20-year-old boys and girls to wage "jihad against the infidels" (Pakistan) Taliban can take control of Karachi anytime: TTP -- in Sindh province http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\06\story_6-8-2008_pg1_4 -- Sattar asks federal govt to take measures to 'save' Karachi http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\06\story_6-8-2008_pg1_5 (Pakistan) NWFP: Mortar kills child in Swat, three more girls' schools torched - Kabal tensil in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\06\story_6-8-2008_pg7_9 (Pakistan) NWFP: Eight rockets fired in Mardan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\06\story_6-8-2008_pg7_53 (Pakistan) NWFP: Hangu jirga to resume talks today -- for truce with Taliban http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\06\story_6-8-2008_pg7_11 -- see also Jeffrey Imm June 10 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/06/pakistan_sharia_threat.php (Pakistan) FATA: Soldier injured in S Waziristan attacks http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\06\story_6-8-2008_pg7_6 (Pakistan) ISI won't be brought under Pak interior ministry for now? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/ISI_wont_be_brought_under_Pak_interior_ministry_for_now/articleshow/3332887.cms -- Pakistan puts move to rein in spies on ice http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August230.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= -- Musharraf: Conspiracy Being Hatched Against ISI and Pakistan Army http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/8967.htm India reports fresh firing on Kashmir border http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August232.xml§ion=subcontinent (India) Faces behind Ahmedabad blasts? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshowpics/3334190.cms (India) Ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) to continue: Supreme Court http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ban_on_SIMI_will_stay_rules_Supreme_Court/articleshow/3333217.cms Indian state to create special intelligence cell to counter terror http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929577&Language=en (India) Maharashtra terror squads ill equipped http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080060306 (Al-Qaeda) NY charges for woman in Afghan military shooting -- Aafia Siddiqui http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_re_us/al_qaida_suspect_shooting_4;_ylt=AkOFrl8wV5g99kEz5xGQhdUTv5UB -- Al-Qaeda female scientist faces murder charges in New York http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2506348/Al-Qaeda-female-scientist-faces-murder-charges-in-New-York.html -- Arrest of terror suspect provokes more anti-Americanism in Pakistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080806/wl_mcclatchy/3010263 -- see also Andrew Cochran August 5 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/federal_complaint_and_other_do.php (U.S.) AP: Trial could bring US closer to closing Guantanamo http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080805/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_bin_laden_s_driver_10;_ylt=ArJffX20_RbkUH9fwOtSdfATv5UB (U.S.) Officials: Anthrax case solved, but still open -- FBI to brief victims and families at FBI HQ on Wednesday http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/06/america/NA-US-Anthrax-Investigation.php http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/anthrax_investigation_70;_ylt=AmHj4YVT7MrtnBbSQhScvl8Tv5UB -- Judge agrees to unseal documents in anthrax probe http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/06/america/Anthrax-Investigation.php -- FBI to release evidence in anthrax case http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_anthrax_dc;_ylt=AtJeRaVKCHzluq357NigjYOWwvIE -- Some of the remaining gaps in the FBI anthrax case http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/anthrax_investigation_glance;_ylt=AqO1UeWVKSEzijBXDHg3g3iWwvIE -- Anthrax widow's lawsuit blames US for death http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331203553&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) TSA Laptop with security applicants' data found http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/05/america/NA-US-Airport-Security.php -- firm eyed http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/06/missing-laptop-found-firm-eyed/ -- initial report http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,398161,00.html (U.S.) Ex-Presidential Candidate Mike Gravel Advocates Stalking Prosecutor - of Sami Al-Arian -- at forum with Al-Arian's wife and two of their children http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/741 (UK) European court halts Hamza extradition -- won an interim order from the European Court of Human Rights blocking his extradition to the United States on terrorism charges. http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August158.xml§ion=middleeast&col= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7544344.stm (UK) London Times on passport fraud (my title) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4467098.ece -- and -- False papers are essential to terrorism http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4467097.ece (Iran) U.S. says further "punitive" steps against Iran needed http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080806/pl_nm/iran_nuclear_usa_dc_5;_ylt=ApZ_ApbJX56y.NK28jjlZYlSw60A -- World Powers to Consider New Nuke Sanctions Against Iran http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,398602,00.html (Iran) IAEA official to visit Iran for talks http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331208152&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Syria confirms assassination of top military officer last week -- confirmation by adviser to Assad is the first official comment on the killing of a man who was said to have 'known too much.' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331209693&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) Islamist suspects stage hunger strike in Lebanon jail http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080805/wl_mideast_afp/lebanonunrestislamistsprison_080805171416;_ylt=AonxBYtLB1gmxzS4YbnVCMHagGIB (West Bank) Hamas warns of uprising against Fatah in West Bank http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/05/africa/ME-Palestinians-Hamas-Threat.php (West Bank) IDF troops and police operating south of Hebron uncover weapons cache http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331204792&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (West Bank) Israel releases five prisoners in Hezbollah swap http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/06/africa/ME-Israel-Prisoner-Release.php Israeli indicted for aiding Hizbullah -- Khaled Kashkush allegedly given 13,000 Euros to carry out missions while studying medicine in Frankfurt http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331206199&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/06/africa/ME-Israel-Hezbollah.php (Israel) Young Palestinian woman tries to stab security personnel at checkpoint http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331206193&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Jordan resumes contacts with militant group Hamas http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331209815&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/06/africa/ME-Jordan-Hamas.php (Somalia) Italian hostages freed in Somalia http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=640856 Algeria: Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for suicide attacks -- in Tizi Ouzou and in Lakhdariya http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2396700589 Kenya 'susceptible to attacks" http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2370597,00.html (Ankara) Blast halts Azeri oil pipeline through Turkey http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080806/wl_nm/turkey_pipeline_explosion_dc_1;_ylt=AiKPs9eLry_GR6vIEmuX54EwvGUD Spanish victims of terrorism file suit against ETA killer http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=233999&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21 France frees former member of Red Brigades http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/06/terrorism.france Philippines on alert in south after peace setback http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August319.xml§ion=theworld&col= (Philippines) Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) accuses Manila of halting accord http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=234021&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25 (Philippines) Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) polls: 49 villages tagged as hotspots, 887 as 'areas of concern' http://www.gmanews.tv/story/111813/ARMM-polls-49-villages-tagged-as-hotspots-887-as-& (Indonesia) Bali bombers challenge execution, want beheading http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080806/wl_nm/indonesia_execution_dc_1;_ylt=AjUUtoNzg181NbthN0UryITaHXcA http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24138052-23109,00.html -- see also AFP report http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080806/wl_asia_afp/indonesiaattackscourtexecution_080806091418;_ylt=AklwGJQUp_HdM_qh5lRV87baHXcA Sri Lanka: air force destroys rebel boats http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/06/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Sri Lanka troops kill 42 rebels in northern battles http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL31722.htm -- see also AKI report http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2396718514 (North Korea) U.S., South Korea push North Korea on nuclear verification http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080806/pl_nm/korea_usa_dc_7;_ylt=AnDru7Ib_Qn.eUHHGoUdlFaCscEA (North Korea) Too early to drop N Korea from 'axis of evil': Bush http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August307.xml§ion=theworld (China) Attack on Chinese police carefully planned -- in Kashgar http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/06/news/OLY-China-Security.php (China) Jihad in China's Far West http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1829791,00.html?xid=rss-world (China) Xinjiang residents scared to speak of terror attack http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/20080806TDY01301.htm (Colombia) Three Colombia airmen killed in helicopter bombing http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080805/tpl-uk-colombia-helicopter-81f3b62.html (Colombia) Report: Red Cross symbol misuse in Bentancourt rescue intentional http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/223693,report-red-cross-symbol-misuse-in-bentancourt-rescue-intentional.html Analysis: (Italy) Islam, Islamism and Jihadism in Italy -- by Lorenzo Vidino http://www.futureofmuslimworld.com/docLib/20080804_CT7Vidino(2).pdf Other News: (Sharia) MasterCard unveils Islamic debit card http://www.atmmarketplace.com/article.php?id=10194&prc=4&page=34 Sharia finance and banking industry fast growing http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47690&Itemid=49 (Sharia) PricewaterhouseCoopers has been recognized by an award for Islamic finance http://www.ukinvest.gov.uk/OurWorld/4033376/en-GB.html (Sharia) Landmark Hotel Group launches Shariah brand across UAE and KSA http://www.arabianbusiness.com/526727-landmark-hotel-group-launches-shariah-brand-across-uae-and-ksa?ln=en (Indonesia) Christians in Indonesia rally over shariah -- "We reject shariah implementation in Indonesia in general and especially in Papua" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\06\story_6-8-2008_pg7_13 (Afghanistan) German citizen believed to be kidnapped in Kabul http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/06/europe/EU-Germany-Afghan-Kidnapping.php (Pakistan) PPP and Pakistan Muslim League politicials agree to impeach Pakistan President Musharraf http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\06\story_6-8-2008_pg1_1 (UK) They told me I was a servant, says Muslim bride 'beaten every day' after being flown from Pakistan for arranged marriage http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1041771/They-told-I-servant-says-Muslim-bride-beaten-day-flown-Pakistan-arranged-marriage.html Germany: Court approves deportation of honor murderer http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/germany-court-approves-deportation-of.html Netherlands: Arabist accuses bank of Islamist propoganda http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/netherlands-arabist-accuses-bank-of.html (Netherlands) Dutch more positive about Muslims http://www.expatica.com/nl/articles/news/Dutch-more-positive-about-Muslims.html -- Islam in Europe Blog: "http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/netherlands-attitude-towards-muslims.html" http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/netherlands-attitude-towards-muslims.html (Malaysia) Court rejects bid to leave Islam - and convert to Christianity http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24139120-23109,00.html (New Zealand) Minister welcomes Islamic Awareness week http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0808/S00082.htm (Saudi Arabia) Calls for end to Saudi child marriages http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/06/africa/ME-Saudi-Too-Young-to-Marry.php Report: "Iran to scrap death by stoning" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August160.xml§ion=middleeast&col= (Thailand) 10 officers killed in helicopter crash in Yala http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30079907 (Mauritania) Soldiers announce new junta in Mauritania http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/06/africa/AF-Mauritania-Coup.php (UK) Passenger's terror after pilot ignores bomb threat note and continues flight across Atlantic http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1042068/Passengers-terror-pilot-ignores-bomb-threat-note-continues-flight-Atlantic.html (U.S.) Gregg Krupa / The Detroit News: "U.S. says some Arab, Muslim men who regularly travel abroad may face more scrutiny" http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080804/METRO/808040380 -- Krupa regularly quotes and promotes CAIR http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/733 (U.S.) Obama's Muslim-Outreach Adviser Resigns -- Mazen Asbahi -- links to subsidiary of North American Islamic Trust -- WSJ states Mazen Asbahi " is a frequent speaker before several groups in the U.S. that scholars have associated with the Muslim Brotherhood" http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121797906741214995.html?mod=blogs http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022101.php -- July 31, 2008 Reports and Research on Mazen Asbahi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/18430 (U.S.) Obama site: Jews must be 'burned' -- Anti-Semites congregate on candidate's official presidential campaign blog http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71574 -- Barack Obama blog site states: "throw the jews in the oven this november" http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/aljefferson/gG5zn7 (U.S./China) Bush: China must end detentions, ensure freedoms http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/06/asia/AS-GEN-Bush-Asia.php -- US president still plans to attend Communist totalitarian Chinese hosting of 2008 Olympics (U.S.) Justice: Hackers steal 40 million credit card numbers http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/05/card.fraud.charges/index.html Against Nazi News: (Germany) Swastika Funeral Alienates NPD from Militant Neo-Nazis http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,570353,00.html -- previous story on NPD: Right-Wing Extremists Find Ballot-Box Success in Saxony http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,558508,00.html (Poland) Auschwitz museum appeals for funds http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/06/europe/EU-Poland-Auschwitz-Appeal.php (Egypt) Members of the Egyptian Unique Moustache Association: We Respect the Moustache of Hitler Because He Humiliated the World's Most Despicable Sect http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD201408 (U.S.) Obama site: Jews must be 'burned' -- Anti-Semites congregate on candidate's official presidential campaign blog http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71574 -- Barack Obama blog site states: "throw the jews in the oven this november" http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/aljefferson/gG5zn7 August 5, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Al-Qaeda) Additional Reports on Pakistani Aafia Siddiqui: -- Counterterrorism Blog: Federal Complaint and Other Documents on Aafia Siddiqui, Alleged Al Qaeda "Fixer" - by Andrew Cochran http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/federal_complaint_and_other_do.php -- Federal Complaint: http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/August/siddiqui-aafia-complaint.pdf http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193525.php -- DOJ Press Release: http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/August/08-nsd-687.html -- London Times: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4463680.ece -- Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-siddiqui5-2008aug05,0,4629105.story -- CNN: "Terror suspect's charges fail 'sniff test,' lawyer says" http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/05/terror.arrest/index.html (U.S.) Possibility of mistrial raised at Guantanamo court - Judge might have given wrong instructions to Hamdan jurors -- Salim Hamdan trial http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080805/ts_nm/guantanamo_hearings_dc;_ylt=AsTyyh1_RH9RsduFCg7VXsqs0NUE (Pakistan) US 'missed chance' to kill militant leader - Pak officials say "actionable intelligence" that Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud traveling in Toyota Land Cruiser on May 24 to press conference http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24134282-25837,00.html (Kenya) Five arrested in Fazul terror pursuit - Arrests in pursuit of Fazul Adallah, AQ mastermind of 1998 Tanzania bombing http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=51682 (Syria) Death of Syrian general escalates tensions - Murder of critical go-to man for Assad and loyalist leads to rumors http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24134285-15084,00.html Lebanese cabinet approves agenda http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7542502.stm Lebanese Cabinet Approves Policy Statement -- allows Hezbollah to keep weapons and terms it "resistance" http://voanews.com/english/2008-08-05-voa9.cfm (Spain) Spanish judge begins new probe of Basque militant http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/04/europe/EU-Spain-Basque-Prisoner.php France Extradites Two ETA Suspects To Spain http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=169633 (China) 'Real' threat against Beijing Olympics, warns Brian Jenkins http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2394102712 (China) Scholars question official line of 'plot' to disrupt Olympics http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/05/asia/kashgar.php Other News: (U.S.) Los Angeles: Evacuated After Emergency Landing At LAX -- Passengers Evacuate By Inflatable Chutes http://cbs2.com/local/american.airlines.lax.2.788279.html -- smoke detected in cockpit http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-evacuation6-2008aug06,0,2239796.story http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/05/emergency.landing.ap/index.html -- FAA investigates emergency landing - carrying 7 U.S. Congressional representatives http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5904815.html August 5, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Six wounded in two Baghdad blasts -- bombings near convoy of education minister and near medical city complex http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929343&Language=en (Iraq) 4 wounded in bombing in Karbala minibus bombing - on Monday http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/04/africa/ME-Iraq-Bombing.php (Iraq) Insurgents slit throats of three tribal policemen in Kirkuk http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/223546,insurgents-slit-throats-of-three-tribal-policemen-in-kirkuk.html (Iraq) London Times: "Secret deal kept British Army out of battle for Basra" -- London Times reports UK deal with Iranian-backed al-Mahdi militia -- US Marines and soldiers had to be rushed in http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article4461023.ece -- An 'accommodation' with al-Mahdi militia may have irrevocably soured relations with the US and Iraqi armies http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article4461067.ece http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August127.xml§ion=middleeast (Iraq) Al-Sadr Plans to Turn Al-Mahdi Militia Into Civic Organization http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,397483,00.html (Iraq) Book says White House ordered forgery -- White House denies allegations http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12308.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26030573/ Afghan police kill 16 Taliban - in Uruzgan province and Kandahar province (Panjwayee district) http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929331&Language=en -- 5 Taliban die in Kandahar clash with Afghan police http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080805/ap_on_re_mi_ea/afghanistan_1;_ylt=AmGd2wnkc326pTDYgUeJZYvOVooA (Afghanistan) Tenacity of Taliban frustrates U.S. efforts http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/04/asia/04taliban.php -- Taliban's Mullah Omar operating shadow government, says NYT http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\05\story_5-8-2008_pg7_55 (Afghanistan) Karzai says 'confident' of evidence linking Pakistan to bombing -- of Indian embassy in Kabul - killed 60 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080805/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaafghanistanpakistanattackprobe_080805112644;_ylt=AkmGfU61cz711LkXOJruNbLOVooA Al-Qaeda suspect extradited to US from Afghanistan - Aafia Siddiqui - for shooting at US military officers http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August183.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= - earlier report stated US denied knowing whereabouts http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Aug08/04/03.htm - FBI listing http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/siddiqui.htm - Siddiqui linked to Al-Qaeda since 2003 - believed supporting US operations and previously located in Boston and Gaithersburg, MD -- previous stories - FBI placed Siddiqui in Boston, MD and Gaithersburg, MD http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/msearch?query=Aafia+Siddiqui+&submit=Search&charset=UTF-8 http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/04/10/roxbury_address_eyed_in_fbi_probe/ http://www.resonant.org/news/2003/2003.03.29-first_woman_al-qaida_suspect-upi.com.html (Al-Qaeda) Aafia Siddiqui: Pakistani Woman Faces Terror Rap In NYC http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/05/terror/main4321001.shtml?source=RSSattr=U.S._4321001 -- Al Qaeda 'Associate' Arrested in Afghanistan After Shootout With Questioners http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5514835&page=1 (Al-Qaeda) AFP Report: "Pakistani family threatened over mum's US terror charges" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August186.xml§ion=subcontinent (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban threaten suicide bombings in Pakistan - spokesman Maulvi Umar - if Swat valley military operations not stopped http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/05/asia/AS-Pakistan-Militant-Warning.php http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331199709&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Pakistan) NWFP governor justifies Swat peace deal http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\05\story_5-8-2008_pg7_7 -- see also Jeffrey Imm June 10 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/06/pakistan_sharia_threat.php (Pakistan) NWFP: Four more schools, govt offices burnt http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/05/top3.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban free 37 prisoners of rival group == in Mohmand agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\05\story_5-8-2008_pg7_10 (Pakistan) Karachi City Council divided over 'Talibanization' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\05\story_5-8-2008_pg7_28 -- see also Jeffrey Imm August 4 posting http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/pakistan_wake_up_call.php (Pakistan) Report: 37 Pakistani Journalists Killed In 7 Years http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/8931.htm (Pakistan) Govt alert to security threats, Rabbani tells Senate http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/05/top4.htm Pakistan Taliban: India is our eternal enemy http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_is_our_eternal_enemy_Taliban/rssarticleshow/3329942.cms (Pakistan) President Musharraf blames India for unrest in Balochistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\05\story_5-8-2008_pg1_1 (India) Ahmedabad cops study sketches of Jaipur blasts' suspects http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad_cops_study_sketches_of_Jaipur_blasts_suspects/articleshow/3329316.cms -- Ahmedabad: Terror email signed on Wed, sent on Sat http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad/Terror_email_signed_on_Wed_sent_on_Sat/articleshow/3326831.cms (India) When terror strikes, Gujarat police fight vacancies http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/When_terror_strikes_Gujarat_police_fight_vacancies_/articleshow/3326822.cms (U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Jurors to resume deliberations at Gitmo -- Salim Hamdan trial http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080805/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_bin_laden_s_driver_6;_ylt=AjSTE1IgfuvHoND_y8CAeukTv5UB -- Verdict Expected In Guantanamo Trial Of Bin Laden Driver http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080805\ACQDJON200808051018DOWJONESDJONLINE000325.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na (U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Foreign officials at Gitmo were told they would be taped: report http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080805/pl_afp/usattacksjusticeguantanamo_080805131006;_ylt=AifvdnTLlkWo99LId9nmW1UTv5UB (U.S.) Bush signs bill to settle Libya terror lawsuits -- signed on Monday http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Bush_signs_bill_to_settle_Libya_terror_lawsuits/articleshow/3326249.cms -- (U.S.) Lawyer in Libyan Terror Cases Balks at Bill Settling Claims http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/spytalk/2008/08/lawyer-in-libyan-terror-cases.html (U.S.) Sources: Lab loaned device to anthrax suspect Bruce Ivins -- Freeze-drying equipment borrowed by Ivins can convert germs to spores http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26027514/ (U.S.) With no suspect, anthrax case may close -- FBI urged to make probe of mail attacks public http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/03/with-no-suspect-anthrax-case-may-close/ (UK) Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza has extradition to US postponed http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2501037/Radical-Islamic-cleric-Abu-Hamza-has-extradition-to-US-postponed.html http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/05/hamza.delay.ap/index.html (UK) Terrorism: Lords say 42-day law will put fair trials at risk http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/aug/05/terrorism.lords Iran: Journalist executed for alleged terrorism link http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2393643849 Iran again fails to give final nuclear reply http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080805/wl_afp/irannuclearpolitics_080805132109;_ylt=AnEIQfJwwdMC5QZPNzm3cQFSw60A Iran did not mention nuclear freeze in letter http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August135.xml§ion=middleeast&col= Syria: Arrests made over slaying of top military official http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2393643090\ -- Syrian general's killing severs Hezbollah links http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4464253.ece Lebanese gov't allows Hizbullah to 'liberate occupied land' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331182862&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) MEMRI: Al-Jazeera and the Released Terrorist's Birthday Party http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD201308 Egyptian troops find smuggling tunnels http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/05/africa/ME-Egypt-Gaza-Smuggling.php (Somalia) Witnesses: Ethiopian shelling kills 10 in Somalia http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/05/africa/AF-Somalia.php (Yemen) Suspects Questioned Over Yemen Bomb Attack - Official http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080805\ACQDJON200808050831DOWJONESDJONLINE000251.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na (Sudan) Darfur rebels appeal against death sentences http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080805/wl_nm/sudan_darfur_court_dc_1;_ylt=AnwMJExXiKGmJ61h18JWx10Tv5UB Nigeria: 600 Missing as Soldiers Raid Militants Hide Out http://allafrica.com/stories/200808050339.html Nigeria: Israel Alerts Country on Terrorism - update http://allafrica.com/stories/200808050377.html (Russia) Putin says terrorism remains major threat for Russia http://www.epicos.com/epicos/portal/media-type/html/user/anon/page/default.psml/js_panename/News+Information+Article+View;jsessionid=014B714A1769295555D230BDAD05C4E2.tomcat1?articleid=111931&showfull=false (Turkey) Istanbul: Confession pins bombing on PKK http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=111549 (Turkey) PKK denies role in Istanbul bombings http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=149430 (Norway) Islamist in Norway seeks aid of rights court -- Mullah Krekar - founder of Ansar al-Islam http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080805/wl_nm/norway_krekar_dc http://www.arabtimesonline.com/client/pagesdetails.asp?nid=20558&ccid=18 http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/norway-krekar-appealed-to-human-rights.html -- has used television to warn that "suicide commandos" would attack coalition soldiers http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/front/map/krekar.html Philippines: Army on alert for militant attacks http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2393799095 -- in central Mindanao in preparation of attacks by Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) (Philippines) Muslim rebels attack Philippine troops after deal halted - Tuesday military updated report http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080805/tap-philippines-muslim-unrest-5cc1ef8.html Philippines confident of pact with Muslim rebels http://www.mysinchew.com/node/14611?tid=37 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/05/asia/AS-Malaysia-Philippines-Muslim-Rebels.php (Sri Lanka) 28 killed in new Sri Lanka fighting http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/05/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php (North Korea) White House running out of time on nuclear threats -- days to decide whether to reward North Korea for inconclusive steps http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/bush_nuclear_challenge_3;_ylt=Aobne.aRkiRJLjEg54WBSc.CscEA Chinese separatists 'planning year-long terror campaign' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4464246.ece (China) Beijing Olympics: Terror bombing was 'Muslim jihad' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2504478/Beijing-Olympics-Terror-bombing-was-Muslim-jihad.html China calls Kashgar attackers Islamic terrorists http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/05/asia/kashgar.php China 'guarantees' safe Games amid terror threat http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080805/wl_afp/oly2008_080805125734;_ylt=AuNlbxPi5ouDkv7NCV_D.coTv5UB (China) Security tightens in Xinjiang following attack http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080805/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_security_16;_ylt=AkK6qwV9MJaHGpe86S2zKh5PzWQA (Colombia) Senior FARC Member Indicted On Terrorism -- Hely Meija Mendoza http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080804\ACQRTT200808042356RTTRADERUSEQUITY_1365.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.nasd Other News: (India J&K) Protests, clashes continue in Indian Kashmir http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/05/asia/AS-Kashmir-Shrine-Protests.php Iran to fingerprint Westerners http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\05\story_5-8-2008_pg7_60 Turkey appoints anti-Islamist army chief http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/05/turkey.islam?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront (Gaza) US nixes visas for Gaza Fulbrighters -- after "new information" arises http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331193755&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Muslims blast Israel for reading kindness into the Koran http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022079.php http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=16819 Political writer Hirsi Ali discusses democracy and Islam http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022080.php http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2325128.htm http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/hirsi-ali-on-european-muslims.html (U.S.) Terrorist Whines At X-ray Food -- Mohamed Al-Owhali one of terrorists behind the deadly 1998 US Embassy bombing in Nairobi http://www.nypost.com/seven/08052008/news/nationalnews/terrorist_whines_at__x_ray_food_123057.htm (U.S.) 'Multiculturalism Run Amok' as Muslims Repeal Labor Day in Tennessee http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-05-2008/0004861963&EDATE= http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,397645,00.html Commentaries: Reaffirming (Reanimating?) Von Grunebaum's Standard for the Study of Islam -- by Andrew Bostom http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2008/08/04/reaffirming-reanimating-von-grunebaum%E2%80%99s-standard-for-the-study-of-islam/ August 4, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Syria) Slain Syrian General Oversaw Weapons Shipments to Hezbollah http://www.denverpost.com/ci_10098334?source=rss http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/04/AR2008080401195.html?hpid=moreheadlines (Lebanon) Hezbollah Strengthens Its Grip in Lebanon http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/world/2008/08/04/hezbollah-strengthens-its-grip-in-lebanon.html (U.S.) Jurors Begin Deliberations in Hamdan Case http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/national_world&id=6305863 -- Osama driver helped make 9/11 possible, court told http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/05/top13.htm (U.S.) Pentagon closes controversial intelligence unit - CIFA raised concerns about domestic spying http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080804/ts_nm/usa_military_intelligence_dc;_ylt=Ar3L0.5CSrY3cSym2fn7Qhes0NUE (Pakistan) Taliban Militants Burn 3 Girls' Schools, Blow Up Hospital In Pakistan http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011827221 (India) Man held for blasts jumps to death http://khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August174.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= US, UK, France urge more vigilance on Iran banks http://khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August124.xml§ion=middleeast&col= Al-Qaeda: Bin Laden like Che Guevara, says German spymaster http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2391667932 (Iraq) Newsweek: "Diyala Offensive Part One: 'A Whole Lot of Gray'" - Report from Newsweek reporter, former Marine, from Diyala http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/soldiershome/archive/2008/08/04/diyala-offensive-part-one-a-whole-lot-of-gray.aspx August 4, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Iraq violence kills 11, including 2 US soldiers http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/04/africa/ME-Iraq.php -- 2 US soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Baghdad http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_86;_ylt=AjbwuSEe8.AjkibgbF_DRPVX6GMA -- Roadside bomb blast in Baghdad kills one person -- police http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929022&Language=en Afghan, NATO forces kill 17 Taliban in south -- in the Marjah district of Helmand province http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_re_mi_ea/afghan_violence_17;_ylt=AhctahMHKr2XA60_msdnUZXOVooA (Afghanistan) Four policemen killed in Afghanistan -- in the central province of Ghazni http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080804/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestpolice_080804065649;_ylt=Al_4V8rT7iQNOtp85iAj3GXOVooA (Afghanistan) Two mullahs died on Monday when a bomb they were making in a mosque exploded (my title) http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August154.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (Afghanistan) Taliban may be gaining upper hand -- goal is to outlast NATO and U.S. forces http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/04/Taliban_may_be_gaining_upper_hand/UPI-39621217860504/ Afghanistan: $50 mln to coax farmers away from opium growing in south http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2391294416 (Pakistan) Al-Qaeda Confirms Death of Chemical Arms Specialist in Pakistan - Abu Khabab al-Masri (aka Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=ajs4ZqNtHWGA&refer=india (Pakistan) NWFP - Pakistan army: Ninety-four militants, 14 troops killed in NW Pakistan - in Swat valley over past week http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080804/wl_nm/pakistan_violence_dc_2;_ylt=AuB9uX3GZGICE_zZDSCeW1fzPukA (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban announce Rs 10m bounty on Swat MPAs -- seek heads of NWFP Assembly members http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\02\story_2-8-2008_pg1_8 (Pakistan) NWFP: Two security men killed in Dir http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\04\story_4-8-2008_pg1_11 -- ongoing efforts to implement Sharia (Pakistan) NWFP: Militants target military installations in Lower Dir http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\03\story_3-8-2008_pg7_4 (Pakistan) FATA: Eight security personnel wounded in a bomb attack in Pakistan - in South Waziristan Talai area near Wana http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929147&Language=en (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban abduct two soldiers in Khar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\02\story_2-8-2008_pg7_13 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban release six LT members in Mohmand http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\04\story_4-8-2008_pg7_7 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban asks govt to stop military action http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\04\story_4-8-2008_pg1_10\ (Pakistan) FATA: US-trained Pakistani commandos to move into FATA http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\04\story_4-8-2008_pg1_12 -- Govt to launch operation in Mohmand and Bajaur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\03\story_3-8-2008_pg7_6 -- Peace talks with FATA militants have failed, says Rice http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\04\story_4-8-2008_pg1_6 (Pakistan) Taliban threat on rise in Karachi: Altaf http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\04\story_4-8-2008_pg7_34 (Pakistan) Girls' school set on fire in Quetta -- in Balochistan province http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\04\story_4-8-2008_pg7_5 http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/04/top6.htm Pakistan may still manage to rein in ISI http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_may_still_manage_to_rein_in_ISI/articleshow/3322071.cms Pakistani FM: The U.S. May Not Carry Out Military Operations in Pakistan http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD201108 (India) Terror threat to Supreme Court, security tightened http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Terror_threat_to_SC_security_tightened/articleshow/3325417.cms (India) Time bomb found near Farakka http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Time_bomb_found_near_Farakka/articleshow/3322508.cms Indian and Afghan leaders decry terrorism http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_re_as/india_afghanistan_2;_ylt=AkLqjP8QTChlQAe926qtP0cTv5UB -- India announces $450 million aid to Afghanistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080804/india_nm/india348201_1;_ylt=AuYMVu9CjcanBKn_h0dhS9cTv5UB (India J&K) Three die in Indian Kashmir as Hindu-Muslim unrest grows http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080804/wl_asia_afp/indiakashmirunresthindus;_ylt=A0wNcyIIC5dIzF4BWcpvaA8F http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August151.xml§ion=subcontinent -- Police kill 2 Hindu protesters in Indian Kashmir http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/04/asia/AS-Kashmir-Shrine-Protests.php (India) Manipur: Two rebels of banned group gunned down in Northeast India -- People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929144&Language=en (India) ISI looking to push 800 militants into India: BSF http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ISI_looking_to_push_800_militants_into_India_BSF/articleshow/3325624.cms -- Pakistan President Musharraf Mush bats for ISI, calls it Pakistan's first line of defense http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Mush_ISI_is_Paks_first_line_of_defence/articleshow/3324810.cms (U.S.) Source: DNA links man to anthrax mailings -- DNA linked the anthrax used in the mailing to a flask used in Bruce Ivins' lab at the U.S. Army Medical Institute of Infectious Diseases http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/03/anthrax.case/index.html (U.S.) Therapist: Ivins described plot to kill colleagues http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/02/anthrax.suspect/index.html?iref=newssearch -- Was anthrax suspect model citizen or menace? http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/02/anthrax.profile.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch US officials deny knowing whereabouts of Dr. Aafia Siddiqi http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Aug08/04/03.htm -- previous reports that she is in Afghanistan http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2372718194 - FBI Seeking Information Notice on Siddiqui http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/siddiqui.htm (U.S.) IPT News: Forgotten Investigation, Emails Offer Insight into IIIT Probe http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/737 (U.S.) Sens. Coburn, Kyl Cite Emerson in Calling on State to Cut Off ISNA Outreach http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/158.pdf (U.S.) Modest Gains Against Ever-Present Bioterrorism Threat -- An Attack Could Be Hard to Predict With Current Tools http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/02/AR2008080201624.html (UK) 7/7 bombing retrial likely after jury discharged - no verdict reached after 15 days of deliberation - three accused of helping bombers pick targets http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/02/july7.uksecurity (UK) Survivors of 7/7 bombings demand inquiry into attacks after trial collapses http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4445430.ece 'UK faces threat from British Muslims returning from Afghan' http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/PoliticsNation/UK_faces_threat_from_Muslim_ultras/articleshow/3321218.cms -- Evidence that militant Islamic groups in Helmand Province are suspected of assisting terrorist plots in the UK has also been uncovered http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4448024.ece (UK) Terror attack warning for restaurants, cinemas in UK http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Terror_attack_warning_for_restaurants_cinemas_in_UK/articleshow/3323044.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Terror_warning_issued_for_restaurants_cinemas_in_UK/articleshow/3323046.cms (Iran) U.S.: World Powers to Pursue New Sanctions on Iran http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,396921,00.html Iran can close down "Hormuz" for an undetermined period - Iranian Commander http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1929155&Language=en Iran: 'new weapon' for use at sea tested http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_weapon_test_1;_ylt=AqIQ7nr1q5X681ueJ8WT8SNSw60A http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331184885&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) Tehran says it won't stop nuclear work, talks to EU http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080804/wl_nm/iran_nuclear_talks_dc_5;_ylt=AviEdQfBCJ4H_791Vz8ZlN9Sw60A (Gaza) Fatah orders its fleeing fighters back to Gaza http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/2494769/Fatah-orders-its-fleeing-fighters-back-to-Gaza.html -- Fatah Gaza refugees fleeing to Israel to go to West Bank http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/04/Fatah_Gaza_refugees_to_go_to_West_Bank/UPI-84351217852531/ -- Israel to transfer Fatah fugitives to West Bank http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August107.xml§ion=middleeast&col= (West Bank) IDF arrests 4 Palestinian terror suspects in West Bank ops http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331183993&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israel fears Hezbollah strike in western Africa -- against Israeli nationals http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080804/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictisraelhezbollah_080804055239;_ylt=AmJe1Yp.CuvWoVbYEMNmvTLagGIB Israel knows who is holding captured soldier and where: Army chief http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August106.xml§ion=middleeast -- As part of Schalit deal, Hamas to demand 'guarantee' its gunmen won't be hunted http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331183806&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israel: Fatah leader and allies removed from hospital http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2390938941 (Jordan) 12 Jordanians sentenced for Iraq insurgency plans http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_re_mi_ea/jordan_terrorism_2;_ylt=AigCfdCm1Ro5thAhMVyZXLpX6GMA Somalia: Scores Killed in Mogadishu Attacks - more than 27 killed http://allafrica.com/stories/200808040034.html Somalia bomb kills 21 women street cleaners, another 46 wounded (update) -- Mayor blames Islamist fighters for blast; http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/03/somalia.strife/index.html?section=cnn_latest Somali convert to Christianity killed (my title) http://www.onenewsnow.com/Persecution/Default.aspx?id=201016 (Algeria) 25 injured including four police in Algeria suicide attack - update http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080803/wl_africa_afp/algeriaattacks_080803151641;_ylt=AlrRzy3_Zox_oW0eG_xubcx6CC8A http://www.elkhabar.com/quotidienFrEn/?idc=114&ida=118284 (Algeria) Boumerdes eastern municipalities: a rear base of Al-Qaeda in North Africa http://www.elkhabar.com/quotidienFrEn/?ida=118285&idc=114 (Kenya) Three Kenyans deny they hid terror suspect http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331188216&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Al-Qaida fugitive gives Kenyan police the slip http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/04/fazulabdullamohammed.alqaida -- failed to capture Abdullah Mohammed, who planned 1998 attacks on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 225 people and wounded more than 5,000 Yemen security arrest six al-Qaeda suspects in the Hadramout http://www.sabanews.net/en/news160629.htm (Nigeria) Gunmen kidnap two French nationals in Nigeria: officials http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080803/wl_africa_afp/nigeriafranceoilunrest_080803170838 Nigeria Oil Output Cut by 150,000 bpd by Attack http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=64986 (Europe) Warning on al-Qaeda's new female recruits http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/03/alqaida.eu Spanish police discover al-Qaeda internet handbook http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1421355.php/Spanish_police_discover_al-Qaeda_internet_handbook -- for al-Qaeda's European cells on the use of remote-controlled bombs against international troops in Lebanon and Afghanistan (Spain) Released ETA killer could be jailed again for praising terrorism http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1421388.php/Released_ETA_killer_could_be_jailed_again_for_praising_terrorism -- Jose Ignacio de Juana Chao -- Release of ETA killer prompts uproar in Spain - served only 21 of 3,000 year sentence http://www.expatica.com/es/articles/news/Release-of-ETA-killer-prompts-uproar-in-Spain-.html IRA victims lose out in US deal on Libya- 179 non-American plaintiffs suing over IRA attacks with Libyan explosives shut out http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/ira-victims-lose-out-in-us-deal-on-libya-13927367.html (Thailand) One solider injured in shooting by insurgent - in Narathiwat - protecting a school http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30079693 (Thailand) 3 soldiers injured in Narathiwat bomb attack http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30079666 (Thailand) 2 soldiers injured in Pattani bomb attack http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30079673 -- while trying to ensure safety for teachers traveling to schools (Thailand) Police chief probes coordinated bombs in Songkhla http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/previousdetail.php?id=129275 -- Seven coordinated bombs in Songkhla, injuring two http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/previousdetail.php?id=129240 Philippine soldiers, Muslim rebels clash ahead of homeland deal -- in Cotabato province http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August177.xml§ion=theworld&col= -- Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) stages attacks in North Cotabato http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Local%20News&p=54&type=2&sec=2&aid=2008080424 -- MILF plans to more harassment of Christian communities in the province and abduct school children Philippines supreme Court halts Muslim land deal http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080804/wl_nm/philippines_muslims_dc_2 -- Thousands rally against Philippine govt-Muslim land deal http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080804/wl_asia_afp/philippinesmuslimpeacetalksunrest_080804065104 -- Christians in Mindanao rally against Muslim accord http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Local%20News&p=54&type=2&sec=2&aid=200808049 (Philippines) Army recovers Communist NPA bomb components in Quezon http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080803-152396/Army-recovers-NPA-bomb-components-in-Quezon (Philippines) Communist NPA rebels bomb telecoms site in Batangas town--report http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080804-152516/NPA-rebels-bomb-telecoms-site-in-Batangas-town--report (Philippines) Theater group building bombed but shows go on - in Quezon City http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20080803-152397/Theater-group-building-bombed-but-shows-go-on (Australia) Detective to give Haneef evidence http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24125939-29277,00.html (Sri Lanka) 44 dead in Sri Lanka rebel violence: military http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080804/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrest_080804072500 (China) 16 police killed in attack in China Muslim region: state media http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080804/wl_afp/oly2008chinaxinjiangattacks_080804075013;_ylt=ApyYw9Jn2dTPBapTQ9qFptITv5UB http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_re_as/china_attack_12;_ylt=Asm8MCEKrX.iZHNKfMWNd41PzWQA http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4455383.ece (China) Turkic people at odds with Chinese rule http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4457996.ece (China) Olympics: 'China not a priority', say al-Qaeda forums http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2391363950 (North Korea) Former CNN reporter's book claims North Korea nuke efforts politicized (my title) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080804/pl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsusbook_080804102225;_ylt=Anu7dQd3ncOhEaSrElMZ12KCscEA -- see also: background on 2006 North Korean nuclear test http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_North_Korean_nuclear_test Australian authorities probe FARC rebel links: report http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/04/2323108.htm Colombian army rescues five kidnapped oil workers http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-5876.html (Colombia) FARC Dissidents Assist Colombia -- Jailed Rebels Share Inside Information http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103117.html?hpid=topnews http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/aug/03/na-colombia-giving-jailed-rebels-a-chance-to-help-/?news-nationworld (Colombia) Jailed Colombian Rebels Turn Away From FARC http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93218208&ft=1&f=1004 Other News: Islam in Europe Weekly Review http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/islam-in-europe-weekly-review.html Norway Islamic Council: Norway: Still waiting http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/norway-still-waiting.html -- Norwegian Islamic Council is still waiting for a reply from the European Fatwa Council before it decides whether or not it is in favor of the death penalty for homosexuality http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2573841.ece Denmark: Imams split, do not represent Muslims http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/denmark-imams-split-do-not-represent.html Indonesian hardliners rally against 'deviant' sect -- chanted Allahu akbar - as rallied against Ahmadiyah sect http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080804/wl_asia_afp/indonesiaislamdemo_080804053336;_ylt=Atad4WwaYTLttDQ.0rQv_IDaHXcA Indonesian Muslims urge Ahmadiyya sect disbanded http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080804/wl_nm/indonesia_protest_dc_1;_ylt=Aii1sTsZb3ZjsyM3MzOxySHaHXcA (Pakistan) FATA: Another polio case detected in Bajaur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\03\story_3-8-2008_pg7_17 (Sudan) Booze blues for Sudan women under sharia http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article28056 (Austria) Plutonium leak from watchdog's lab -- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) laboratory outside Vienna http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24127311-23109,00.html Report: Palestinians donate $29,500 to Obama -- Gazan brothers' illegal contributions listed in government election filings http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71431 Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/04/europe/EU-Russia-Solzhenitsyn.php Commentaries: (Anglican) Lambeth report ignores Islamic persecution -- by Damian Thompson http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2008/08/03/lambeth_report_ignores_islamic_persecution August 2 and 3, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Al-Qaeda) No evidence of al Qaeda No. 2's illness or death, U.S. says http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/01/alzawahiri/index.html Iraq annouces Diyala al-Qaida arrests http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/03/Iraq_annouces_Diyala_al-Qaida_arrests/UPI-45041217771123/ (Iraq) 15 killed in Iraq bomb blasts http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080803/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest_080803201446 Iraqi troops capture suspected Shiite militiamen -- who recently returned from Iran http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080803/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_raids_1 (Iraq) U.S. Plans Abrams Sale To Iraq http://www.menewsline.com/article-1150,1134-U-S-Plans-Abrams-Sale-To-Iraq.aspx (Iraq) Air force looks to a new drone to keep peace in Iraq http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=§ion=middleeast&xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August58.xml (Iraq) Car Bomb Kills 12 in Baghdad http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/world/middleeast/04iraq.html?ref=world Iraq's scientists still under threat -- assassins targeting university professors http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093206539 (Iraq) FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 3 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080803/tpl-uk-iraq-developments-43a8d4f.html (Iraq) US military says 10,000 detainees freed in Iraq http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jONZ7MJxkF08VG5R99y2bzRB4hIA Iraq says 265 arrested in anti-Qaeda offensive http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jQeOXaL2YilfThWHbKVqg4EEJdAw (Iraq) Tensions run high in Iraq over disputed Kirkuk http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkx-3oYeFwuWKCusr2jrojs98w8wD92A6QVO0 (Iraq) Three Iraq soldiers killed in Kirkuk http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-iraq2-2008aug02,0,2929739.story (Afghanistan/UK) British Muslims 'fighting with Taliban in Afghanistan' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/2485750/British-Muslims-fighting-with-Taliban-in-Afghanistan.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4448024.ece (Afghanistan/UK) 'UK Muslims fighting alongside Taliban' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\03\story_3-8-2008_pg7_25 (Afghanistan) Over a dozen militants killed in Afghanistan clash http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080803/ap_on_re_as/afghan_violence_8 (Afghanistan) Al-Qaida says 4 leaders killed in Afghanistan -- including senior commander Abu Khabab al-Masri http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080803/ap_on_re_mi_ea/al_qaida_commanders_killed_2 -- see Andrew Cochran's July 28th post http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/07/abu_khabab_almasri_al_qaeda_ma.php (Afghanistan) German forces find huge weapons cache in Afghanistan http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,,12215_cid_3533484,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf (Afghanistan) Bomb hits U.S.-led convoy outside Kabul, at least 1 dead http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/03/AR2008080300156.html (Afghanistan) Aid workers freed in Afghanistan http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=640085 (Afghanistan) As the Fighting Swells in Afghanistan, So Does a Refugee Camp in Its Capital http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/world/asia/03afghan.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin (Afghanistan) 2 French aid workers held in Afghanistan released http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_as/france_afghanistan_aid_workers;_ylt=AoDJddhdqE4waWmi3N04eP5vaA8F (Afghanistan) Bride, groom among 13 killed in Afghan blast: police http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iP3C2FqHbMaLHpLctn_iAq4dho1Q (Afghanistan) Militants killed in airstrike http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFe9VrkeBadyOY1LD56eF1eEdH7w Afghanistan, Pakistan Agree To Joint Action On Terrorism http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080803%5cACQDJON200808030753DOWJONESDJONLINE000263.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Afghanistan,%20Pakistan%20Agree%20To%20Joint%20Action%20On%20Terrorism (Afghanistan/Pakistan) Child soldiers trained by the Taliban to kill British soldiers http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/2008/08/02/child-soldiers-trained-by-the-taliban-to-kill-british-soldiers-115875-20681500/ (Afghanistan/Pakistan) Karzai says terrorism gaining deep roots in Pakistan http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSBOM28172120080802 (Pakistan) Update: Pakistani Taliban deny Zawahri death report http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL765720080802 (Pakistan) 1 Pakistan Soldier, 15 Militants Dead In Swat Valley-Military http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080803%5cACQDJON200808031305DOWJONESDJONLINE000290.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=1%20Pakistan%20Soldier,15%20Militants%20Dead%20In%20Swat%20Valley-Military (Pakistan) Bomb Kills 6 Pakistani Police Officers -- in Mingora http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/world/asia/03pstan.html?ref=world (Pakistan) Roadside bomb kills 8 policemen in NW Pakistan http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINISL15598220080802 (Pakistan) Relations between ISI and CIA souring? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Relations_between_ISI_and_CIA_souring/rssarticleshow/3320344.cms Pakistan may step up action against insurgents -- Proposals include sending a commando unit near the Afghan border http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-uspakistan3-2008aug03,0,1889275.story?track=rss Pakistan PM says Indian accusations hurt peace process -- denies involvement with attack on India's Kabul embassy http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/03/AR2008080300326.html Pakistan To Investigate Indian Embassy Attack http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080803%5cACQRTT200808030557RTTRADERUSEQUITY_0014.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Pakistan%20To%20Investigate%20Indian%20Embassy%20Attack (Pakistan) PM's visit to US puts fight against terrorism on solid footing: Boucher http://thepakistaninewspaper.com/news_detail.php?id=11530 (Pakistan) Gas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\03\story_3-8-2008_pg7_2 (Pakistan) Posters slamming ‘Talibanization’ appear in Karachi areas http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\03\story_3-8-2008_pg7_38 (Pakistan) Update: 80 die in Swat valley Army ops http://howrah.org/World/21092.html Pakistan to 'weed out' Taliban sympathizers in govt http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=233501&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 (Pakistan) Rogue Pakistan spies aid Taliban in Afghanistan. Bush warns of ‘serious action’ after evidence of agents masterminding deadly embassy bombing. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article4449330.ece (India) Terror strikes have not dampened tourists' spirit, feels industry http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/04/stories/2008080453100700.htm (India) Togadia for stronger anti-terror law http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080803/812/tnl-togadia-for-stronger-anti-terror-law_1.html (India) Terror suspect detained in Rajasthan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Terror_suspect_detained_in_Rajasthan/rssarticleshow/3321195.cms (India/Pakistan) Update: India says Pakistan to probe Indian embassy bombing http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-34797020080802 (India/Kashmir) Two militant hideouts busted in J-K http://www.saharasamay.com/samayhtml/articles.aspx?newsid=103393 (India) Karnataka will invoke tough terror law, says CM. low-intensity crude bomb was found Friday night at Channapatna. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Karnataka_will_invoke_tough_terror_law_says_CM/articleshow/3319107.cms (U.S.) Verdict due in US trial of bin Laden's driver -- Salim Hamden http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080803/pl_afp/usattacksjusticetrialguantanamo_080803072818 (U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Bin Laden driver could stay indefinitely at Gitmo http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_bin_laden_s_driver;_ylt=AlfIpIJuiwMGdtmIUl7svly3IxIF (U.S. Gitmo trials) Hamdan Seen as 'Not Fit' for Terror - Khalid Sheik Mohammed wrote jurors that Salim Ahmed Hamdan a low-level support staffer and "primitive" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080100982.html?hpid=topnews (U.S.) Convicts at Guantanamo will be jailed apart http://www.miamiherald.com/1218/story/627232.html (U.S.) Two sides of scientist emerge after suicide - Bruce Ivins http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/01/anthrax.suspect/index.html?iref=newssearch (U.S.) Scientists Question FBI Probe On Anthrax -- Ivins Could Not Have Been Attacker, Some Say http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/02/AR2008080201632.html (U.S.) Suicide Latest Twist in 7-Year Anthrax Saga http://www.abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/wireStory?id=5501166 (UK) Prince Harry's security raised following al-Qaeda threat http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Prince_Harrys_security_raised_following_al-Qaeda_threat/rssarticleshow/3321191.cms (UK) Spy-in-sky patrols over British cities in hunt for Taliban fighters http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1041011/MI5-launch-spy-sky-UK-manhunt-British-Taliban-fought-Afghanistan.html?ITO=1490 (UK) Blair: Inter-faith dialogue does address root causes of terrorism http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/20294 (Iran) Israel's collapse achievable: Ahmadinejad http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-5839.html Iran accuses arrested Baha'is of Israel links: report http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080803/ts_nm/iran_arrests_dc_2 (Iran) Sanctions may be in store if Iran rebuffs nuclear offer http://dailynews.muzi.com/news/ll/english/10075585.shtml Iran rejects deadline over nuclear proposal http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2488879/Iran-rejects-deadline-over-nuclear-proposal.html (Iran/Syria) Syria leader in Iran as nuclear deadline looms http://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSL27319220080802 (Syria) Senior officer found shot dead in Syria: reports -- Brigadier General Mohammad Suleiman http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080803/wl_nm/syria_officer_dc_1 Syria arrests man cleared of Madrid bombing http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August43.xml§ion=middleeast (Lebanon) Top Hezbollah commander: We're stronger, ready for war http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1007771.html Lebanon backs Hezbollah's arms http://mwcnews.net/content/view/24329&Itemid=1 (Gaza) 9 people killed, scores hurt as Hamas fights Fatah clan http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080803/news_1n3gaza.html (Gaza) Hamas arrests Fatah men forced back to Gaza http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080803/ts_nm/palestinians_israel_gaza_dc_2 (Gaza) Hamas 'closing in on bombing suspects' http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/20310 Gaza Strip clan leader says he will return to enclave http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/223207,extra-gaza-strip-clan-leader-says-he-will-return-to.html (Gaza) Update: Nine killed, 95 hurt in Hamas-Fatah violence in Gaza http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/02/palestinian.infighting/?iref=mpstoryview (Gaza) 150 Fatah supporters enter Israel after Hamas takes over east Gaza http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/02/palestinian.infighting/?iref=mpstoryview (Gaza) Five Palestinians killed in Gaza tunnel collapse http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gay_sdgZ5lydYok99GA6kk4OXDDw (Gaza) Three dead in fresh Gaza clashes http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h_ZlYIXsbxxlhdgqPgV5422IJPTQ (Gaza) Hamas shuts down Gaza radio station http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5902133/Hamas-shuts-down-Gaza-radio-station (Gaza) Hamas says it is closing in on bombing suspects http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_mi_ea/palestinians_hamas_raid;_ylt=AonhGWRtudbULG6ZOR__0FdvaA8F (West Bank) Unknown assailants hurl brick at car in West Bank, injuring 7-year-old Palestinian girl http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1007770.html (Israel/Syria) Syria closes in on peace deal with Israel http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article4449488.ece Israel set to free 5 Palestinians in final stage of prisoner swap with Hezbollah http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1007795.html (Egypt) As Tensions Rise for Egypt's Christians, Officials Call Clashes Secular http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/world/middleeast/02egypt.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (Africa) FACTBOX-Hunted al Qaeda militants in Africa http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L3126272.htm (Somalia) Witnesses Say Bomb blast kills 15 in Somali capital http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Somalia-Explosion.html?ref=world Algeria car bomb wounds 21, ministry says http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L376946.htm (Nigeria) Militant turf war spreads to main Nigerian oil city http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL230215 (Zimbabwe) Explosion rocks main police station in Harare http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080802/wl_nm/zimbabwe_blast_dc;_ylt=An9IgFK37WaWtMnrC6m0c..96Q8F (Russia) Attack in Russia's south leaves 1 dead, 3 wounded http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August128.xml§ion=theworld&col= (Russia) Police officer killed in militant attack in North Caucasus http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080802/115528098.html (Turkey) Five Killed by PKK in Clashes in Southeast Turkey, Sabah Says http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aNOUKIhz1Lg8&refer=home Turkish army says eight Kurd rebels killed in clash http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080803/wl_nm/turkey_rebels_clash_dc_1 Turkey Arrests Suspects in Bombings http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/03/europe/03istanbul.php (Georgia) 6 Die as Georgia Battles Rebel Group -- South Ossetia http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/03/europe/03georgia.php http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/03/AR2008080300160.html (Bosnia) How Karadzic stirred global Islamic terror - genocide in the 90's opened the door to Al Qaeda and Bin Laden http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article4453728.ece?openComment=true (Spain) Basque separatist freed from prison after 21 years http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_eu/spain_basque_prisoner;_ylt=AkkOWzvAuEsz8IxpU3WXGC5vaA8F (Philippines) Most-wanted Abu Sayyaf man captured -- Ahmad Edris http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=221380 (Philippines) Bullet-riddled bodies found on Philippines hostage island: police http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hy5AI0esqu0oUeAc_NCoHVfA3r8Q Thai troops occupy 2nd temple on Cambodian border http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080803/ap_on_re_as/cambodia_thailand_temple_dispute_1 (Australia) Terror takes its toll -- questions arise about the effectiveness of the Australian Federal Police force at counterterrorism http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24122155-28737,00.html?from=public_rss (Sri Lanka) 16 killed in Sri Lanka battles as summit continues http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/03/16-killed-in-sri-lanka-battles-as-summit-continues/ (Sri Lanka) 20 killed in fierce fighting in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's military stormed the Tamil Tiger rebels' de-facto capital in the north of the island. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0802/breaking42.htm South Asia leaders call for action against terrorism, more trade http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080803/ap_on_re_as/cambodia_thailand_temple_dispute_1 August 1, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Al Qaeda No. 2 Injured? Unverified Letter Obtained By CBS News Urgently Requests Doctor To Treat Ayman al Zawahiri http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/01/eveningnews/main4316193.shtmlIndia) I have cooperated fully over terror email: US national (India) I have cooperated fully over terror email: US national http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/I_have_cooperated_fully_over_terror_email_US_national/articleshow/3316414.cms Afghanistan: Poppy destruction aiding Taliban, says think-tank http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2384839752 (Pakistan) BBC: Pakistan admits to Taliban spies -- government spokeswoman Sherry Rehman says "individuals" in ISI are acting on their own and Pakistan needs to "identify these people and weed them out" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7537868.stm Iran heading to nuclear breakthrough: Mofaz http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080801/wl_nm/israel_iran_mofaz_dc;_ylt=Aog6i4fg2K1MP7.IdWilTAKs0NUE =============================================== August 1, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Kirkuk blast kills three Iraqi soldiers http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1928601&Language=en Iraq forces arrest five in Al-Qaeda offensive -- in Diyala province http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080801/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestdiyalaqaeda_080801094604;_ylt=AqC9j65PYhMhRa6Eq85QpbZX6GMA http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August12.xml§ion=middleeast&col= (Iraq) Official: Suicide bombers wound 3 Iraqi soldiers -- north of Baghdad -- also two insurgents killed in Umm Tabija and six AQ captured http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-08-01-Iraq-suicide-bombers_N.htm (Iraq) Report: Al Qaida Maintains Foreign Presence In Iraq http://www.menewsline.com/article-1150,1121-Al-Qaida-Maintains-Foreign-Presen.aspx Iraq: Shia leader Moqtada al-Sadr warns against security pact with US http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2384470238 (Afghanistan) NATO says 4 soldiers killed in east Afghanistan -- 4 soldiers, one civilian killed in Kunar province, 1 soldier killed in Khost province http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_1;_ylt=AsClS0IpMqsljXolMJEIe0zOVooA Pakistanis aided attack in Kabul, U.S. officials say http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/01/asia/01pstan.php -- U.S. Ties Pakistani Intelligence to Attack in Kabul http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121755998577303583.html?mod=rss_whats_news_asia Pakistan denies ISI behind Indian embassy attack - in Afghanistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_spy_service;_ylt=AjDVvLf9M0QbiBv3KPLjWJS9IxIF -- PM Gilani confident ISI contains no pockets of Taliban sympathy http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\01\story_1-8-2008_pg1_1 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban abduct two Pakistani soldiers: official - in Khar in Bajaur Agency http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August27.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_kidnapping_1;_ylt=AuaFoQuMSodemxzll8.Nr7nzPukA (Pakistan) FATA: Frontier Corps (FC) vacates Ladha Fort in S Waziristan -- Taliban demands conversion to medical facility http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\01\story_1-8-2008_pg7_2 http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/01/top7.htm (Pakistan) Islamabad put on alert as army takes on militants http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Islamabad_put_on_alert_as_army_takes_on_militants/articleshow/3312065.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Explosives seized from vehicle in Charsadda -- on Peshawar-Islamabad road http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\01\story_1-8-2008_pg7_3 (Pakstan) NWFP: Death toll in Pakistan's Swat Valley clashes rises to 70 http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August23.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\01\story_1-8-2008_pg1_8 (Pakstan) NWFP: Mortar shells kill 18 civilians in north - updated death toll on Thursday attacks http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2384322190 (Pakstan) NWFP: Peshawar police set up 20 checkposts to avert Taliban attacks http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\01\story_1-8-2008_pg7_16 (India) Ahmedabad blasts: Two more arrests made -- believed to be linked with a Gujarat blasts suspect http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Ahmedabad_blasts_2_more_arrested/articleshow/3314021.cms (India) Ahmedabad blasts: terrorist car license number investigation (my title) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Car_bombs_and_licence_number_game_/articleshow/3312491.cms (India) New Delhi: Letter warns of blasts at Patiala House court http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Letter_warns_of_blasts_in_Delhi/articleshow/3315482.cms (India) Interpol bureaucracy stymies terror sleuths -- believe attacks masterminded from Pakistan and Bangladesh -- but Interpol "red corner' notices come back "denied due to lack of 'personal details'" http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=233241&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22 (India) Terror plots being hatched in prisons http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080059590 (India J&K) Curfew clamped in Jammu as violence escalates http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Curfew_clamped_in_Jammu_as_violence_escalates/articleshow/3315385.cms (U.S.) Defense rests case in first Guantanamo trial -- Salim Hamdan trial http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080801/ts_nm/guantanamo_hearings_dc_7;_ylt=AkcLTCKZhOBLTmSH8u9Pt68Tv5UB (U.S.) Emerson Exposes Radical Ties of State Department Outreach Partners http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/735 -- including State Dept grants to ISNA's "Citizen Exchange Project" http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/367653.aspx http://www.isna.net/Interfaith/pages/Citizen-Exchange.aspx -- Full Testimony of Steven Emerson - July 31, 2008 http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/testimony/356.pdf Also: -- State Dept. Awards Grant to Group with Possible Ties to Terrorist Fundraisers http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/367653.aspx -- State Department Responds About Relationship with ISNA http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/386058.aspx (U.S.) Not Everyone's Happy About Proposed Libya-U.S. Terrorism Settlement http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/07/31/not-everyones-happy-about-proposed-libya-us-terrorism-settlement/ -- Congress Sends Libya Terror Compensation Agreement to Bush http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aT7Taxq_HEyM&refer=home (U.S.) Anthrax scientist commits suicide as FBI closes in -- Bruce E. Ivins http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_re_us/anthrax_scientist -- LA Times report http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-anthrax1-2008aug01,0,2864223.story -- Anthrax scare: Fear by mail in a season of terror http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hysteria01-2008aug01,0,3695480.story US agents can seize travelers' laptops: report http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August17.xml§ion=theworld http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103030.html?hpid=topnews (U.S.) Guantanamo: Detainee assaults commander http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_admiral_assaulted_1;_ylt=Am_KE6ndwyrobV340vO.bJMTv5UB (U.S.) Interagency military cooperation just the first step http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/aug/01/interagency-military-cooperation-just-the-first-st/ -- report http://pnsr.org/web/module/press/pressID/106/interior.asp (UK) Jury fails to agree on verdict in trial of trio accused of helping 7/7 bombers http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1037192/BREAKING-NEWS-Jury-fails-agree-verdict-trial-trio-accused-helping-7-7-bombers.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/01/july7.uksecurity http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/01/jury.terror.ap/index.html (UK) 7/7 bombing victims to get Hyde Park memorial http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/01/europe/EU-Britain-Bombings-Memorial.php (Iran) EU awaits Iran nuclear response, not watching clock http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/August/middleeast_August10.xml§ion=middleeast&col= -- Saturday deadline ultimatum eases for Iran in nuclear showdown http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080801/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics_080801084034;_ylt=AhwoE8iditVwdiCf4TnC38JSw60A 'Syria willing to cut ties with Iran' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331165943&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) Hizbollah 'stronger than before' and ready to strike Israel http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/2484324/Exclusive-Hizbollah-stronger-than-before-and-ready-to-strike-Israel.html (Lebanon) Sectarian tension hangs over north Lebanon city http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080801/wl_nm/lebanon_north_dc_1;_ylt=Amh31gmJ2PKLRxsy4FBYfQbagGIB Hamas arrests more Fatah leaders in Gaza, Fatah reports http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/01/news/Palestinians-Gaza.phphttp://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1928560&Language=en http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331166225&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Police raise alert level in Jerusalem following intel on planned attack http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331161368&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Somalia) Bomb kills Ugandan peacekeeper in Somalia http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/01/africa/AF-GEN-Somalia.php (Somalia) Report: Leaders Decry Killing, Abduction of Aid Workers http://allafrica.com/stories/200807310954.html Yemen Demands More U.S. Security Aid http://www.menewsline.com/article-1150,1125-Yemen-Demands-More-U-S-Security.aspx Russian security man killed, other wounded North of Russian Caucasus -- in the Republic of Ingushetia http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1928621&Language=en Philippine troops clash with Communist rebels, killing 6 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/01/asia/AS-Philippines-Communist-Rebels.php (Philippines) Mindanao groups, Pimentel seek disclosure of govt deal with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) http://www.gmanews.tv/story/110874/Mindanao-groups-Pimentel-seek-disclosure-of-govt-deal-with-MILF (Philippines) Mindanao: four Christians killed, a fifth missing http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=12883&size=A Australian terror suspect loses court appeal -- "Jihad Jack" Joseph Thomas http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August7.xml§ion=theworld (Sri Lanka) Terrorism high on SAARC summit agenda http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Terrorism_high_on_SAARC_summit_agenda/rssarticleshow/3312283.cms (Sri Lanka) Fresh fighting kills 27 in Sri Lanka ahead of South Asian summit http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/August/subcontinent_August26.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= -- see also Reuters report http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL326991.htm (North Korea) US says delisting North Korea from terror list conditional http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080801/wl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsus_080801014326;_ylt=Ao735Z_7aTg.8qGLcqvgZ8iCscEA China military in massive Olympics security role http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_security_2;_ylt=AhKhkgbQRnsh5ef4rfHplbYTv5UB Other News: (U.S.) Sharia: Islamic Finance Conference in New York http://muslimmedianetwork.com/mmn/?p=2620 http://shariahfinancewatch.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/islamic-finance-conference-in-new-york-alert/ Sharia: Beyond the transaction in Islamic wealth management http://www.asianinvestor.net/article.aspx?CIaNID=81499 http://shariahfinancewatch.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/a-commentary-by-a-pro-islamic-banking-executive-who-attend-the-dubai-world-islamic-funds-conference-buyer-beware/ (Afghanistan) Jihadists threaten to murder lawyer defending Afghan against blasphemy charge http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022031.php http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/islamists-threaten-to-murder-lawyer-defending-pervez-882627.html (Pakistan) UN takes notice of honour-killings in Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\01\story_1-8-2008_pg7_7 (Pakistan) Kidnapped girls, converted and married by Muslims, entrusted to assistance center http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=12893&theme=5&size=A (India) Youth killed for marrying Muslim http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/india/youth-killed-for-marrying-muslim.aspx -- "he disclosed his religious identity in an inebriated state" -- "village court never agreed to their inter-religion marriage" (India) Mumbai cops get lessons on understanding Muslims http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai_cops_get_lessons_on_Muslims/articleshow/3312231.cms (Jordan) Sister shot in 'honour' killing http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24115111-23109,00.html (Indonesia) Christian students driven out by Muslims find refuge in parliament http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=12901&theme=5&size=A -- "Suspicions: the attack by radical Muslims was manoeuvred by a company that wants to take possession of the area where the evangelical institute of theology lies." (UK) Lessons on Islam for hospital staff http://www.thestar.co.uk/rotherham/Lessons-on-Islam-for-hospital.4339407.jp Sweden: Islamic bank considers opening branch http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/08/sweden-islamic-bank-considers-opening.html http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/international/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?nyheter=1&programid=2054&Artikel=2226953 Canada Muslim sensitivity training http://www.passengerterminaltoday.com/news.php?NewsID=7168 (U.S.) San Francisco Muslim who ran people down in SUV ruled insane, won't go to prison http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022032.php http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/31/BA02122UTG.DTL&tsp=1 (U.S.) Oklahoma: Muslim girl files complaint against store in Tulsa -- says Abercrombie & Fitch refused to hire her because she wears a head scarf http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=8772225&nav=menu410_3 (U.S.) ACLU wants less security at Democratic meet http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/01/ACLU_wants_less_security_at_Democratic_meet/UPI-53081217595144/ (U.S.) Washington Post Co. Reports Second-Quarter Loss of $2.7M http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article