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Before, During, After -- SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: ATTACK ON AMERICA!: NEWS & VIEWS - Page 2
WE WILL NEVER FORGET!
Before, During, After -- SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: ATTACK ON AMERICA!: NEWS & VIEWS - Page 2
YNET NEWS.com (AP): "EGYPTIAN POLICE ARREST WEAPONS SMUGGLER, TONS OF EXPLOSIVES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Egyptian police arrested early Wednesday a weapons smuggler and found in his house near the border with Israel more than half a ton of explosives and 1,200 kilograms (2,600 pounds) of potassium nitrate used in making bombs, a security official said. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media, said police arrested Mahdi Salim Abu Freig, 21...") (December 26, 2007, 11:49)
DAWN.com (Peshawar, December 26, 2007): "YOUTH WITH DYNAMITE HELD NEAR RALLY VENUE" by Ali Hazrat Bacha (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Reliable sources said the 19-year-old suspect, who identified himself as Raham Islam of Matani, had dynamite strapped to his body and he was trying to enter the stadium when he was stopped by security personnel. The suspect said that he had come here from a wedding party and could not find time to dispose of the explosive material.") (December 27, 2007)
PAJAMAS MEDIA.com - blog: "IS TERRORISM BEHIND MYSTERIOUS CROP-DUSTER CRASHES IN PHILIPPINES?" by Annie Jacobsen (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "There have been five crop-duster plane crashes on the terrorist-plagued island of Mindanao in the Philippines in a 90-day period. The most recent incident happened on December 6. Three of the five crashes occurred on the same day, November 19 -- and in the same, early morning hour.") (December 21, 2007)
DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "COMMANDER CITES RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING AS KEY TO NORTHCOM's FOCUS" by Donna Miles (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "U.S. Northern Command is cementing a vast network of relationships critical to protecting the homeland against attacks or natural disasters and providing a unified response should one occur, its commander said today.") (December 18, 2007)
ALBAWABA.com: "LEBANON: 31 CHARGED WITH PLOTTING TO ATTACK CHRISTIAN SITES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Lebanese judicial authorities charged 31 al Qaeda-linked individuals on Tuesday for plotting to attack a church and other religious sites in the Christian town of Zahleh in the eastern Bekaa Valley. According to Reuters, judicial sources said the suspects were also charged with possessing illegal weapons including rockets and forging documents. Death sentences were recommended for 14 of them.") (Posted December 18, 2007, 145:58 GMT)
YALIBNAN.com ("Sources: Stratfor, Ya Libnan"): "IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL VISITS LEBANON" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Beirut - A senior Iranian intelligence officer arrived in Lebanon the week of Dec. 9, and Imad Mughniyah, Hezbollah official in charge of foreign operations accompanied the officer to his meetings there, Stratfor sources said Dec. 16") (December 17, 2007, 6:32 pm)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "INTERPOL PUTS 5 IRANIANS ON WANTED LIST" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Iranians targeted are former intelligence chief Ali Fallahian; Mohsen Rabbani, former cultural attache at Iran's embassy in Buenos Aires; a former diplomat, Ahmad Reza Asghari; Mohsen Rezaei, former head of the Revolutionary Guards; and Ahmad Vahidi, a Revolutionary Guards general. Hezbollah militant Imad Moughnieh, one of the world's most sought terrorism suspects, also was named.") (November 8, 2007) (Read More...)
STRATFOR.com: "GEOPOLITICAL DIARY: THE RE-EMERGENCE OF A TERRORISM ARTIST" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Reports indicate that Imad Fayez Mugniyah has been training Shiite militants from Arab Persian Gulf states -- specifically, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain -- in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley for use in retaliatory attacks if the United States strikes Iran.") (October 26, 2007, 02:00 GMT) (Read More...)
STRATFOR.com: "IRAN'S CONTINGENCY PLAN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Sources in Hezbollah say Mugniyah is spending most of his time these days in Lebanon and has in many ways overshadowed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah as the organization's strongman. These reports align with similar indications that a split is deepening within Hezbollah's leadership over how to manage its affairs with Syria and Iran. Mugniyah has had a close relationship with Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security.") (October 25, 2007, 18:45 GMT) (Read More...)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com (AP): Moscow - "GENERAL SAYS U.S. LOOKING FOR FIGHT" by Mike Eckel (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Among the issues that have most undermined Russian-U.S. relations in recent years is a U.S. plan to put elements of a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic -- former Warsaw Pact members that have joined NATO. Russia has claimed the system will be used to spy on Russian missile and military forces; Washington says it will help defend Europe from a potential missile attack from Iran.") (December 16, 2007)
ADNKRONOS.com (AKI): Potenza - "ITALY-IRAQ: N'DRANGETA 'SOLD RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS TO SADDAM'" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The unnamed Italian company on three occasions between 1979 and 1982 sold uranium to Saddam, who wanted to acquire nuclear weapons, the CIA document claims. Quoting the CIA report, Nicaso said the materials included 486 tonnes of yellowcake uranium, 33,470 kilogrammes of urainum dixoide and 6,005 kilogrammes of depleted uranium dioxide from Italy, Portugal, Nigeria and Brasil." ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In the memo Fonti said he was paid 330,000 euros to 'dispose' of 600 containers of dangerous waste materials stored in two warehouses belonging to Italy's new technologies and environmental agency ENEA. The materials came from Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany and the United States and were removed on 10-11 October, 1987, Fonti said.") (December 3, 2007)
FOX NEWS.com: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - "AL QAEDA USE OF THE WEB SPREADING AT AN ALARMING RATE" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Al Qaeda has established a firm presence on anywhere between 5,600 and 17,000 Web sites, and could add as many as 9,000 more sites a year unless nations agree on ways to counter the terrorist organization.ÊThat dire picture was presented by Saudi Internet security specialist Khaled Al-Firm..." (Decembr 5, 2007)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): Schleswig - "TAKE THIS DOUGH AND USE IT TO GET MARRIED" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A terrorism suspect on trial in Germany declared Thursday his devotion to Osama bin Laden and explained the code words used by Islamists during internet chat. Moroccan-born Redouane al-H said that when a member of an Islamist internet community was arrested, the others told one another he was "sick." The codeword for explosives was "dough." He added that a "taxi driver" meant a suicide bomber and to "marry" meant dying as a martyr.") (November 29, 2007)
PRESS TV.ir: "IRAN WILL PILE TSUNAMIS ON ENEMIES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""Our enemies should know that although Iran has so far been patient with the West, this is the calm before the storm," he cautioned.") (November 23, 2007, 16:15)
CANADA.com (NATIONAL POST): Ottawa - "MISSING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL WORRIES OFFICIALS" by Ian MacLeod (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "As of Wednesday, 26 radioactive sources have been reported lost and stolen so far this year in Canada, compared to 15 last year and a dozen in 2005 and previous recent years, according to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, the federal nuclear regulator.ÊFourteen devices this year remain missing, twice as many as last year when six were not recovered and almost three times the five still missing from 20") (November 22, 2007) (Note: This url may expire.)
ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Kasur, Lahore, Pakistan - "COUSIN OF PAKISTANI 'BLASPHEMER' RECEIVES DEATH THREAT Christian woman tells of Blasphemy accusation ordeal" by Sheraz Khurram Khan ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A Pakistani Christian man has received a letter threatening him "to convert to Islam or die" after he dared sheltering his cousin Martha Bibi, a woman, who was accused of blasphemy in January and later freed on bail in May of this year.") (November 21, 2007)
THE AUSTRALIAN.news.com.au: "MUSHARRAF FREES POLITICAL PRISONERS" by Brue Loudon, South Asia correspondent (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "They said the suicide bomber tried repeatedly to carry the baby to Ms Bhutto's vehicle as she drove in a late-night cavalcade through the streets of Karachi. "At the point where the bombs exploded, Benazir Bhutto herself saw the man with the child and asked him to come closer so that she could hug or kiss the infant," investigators were reported as saying. "But someone came in between and a guard felt that the man with the child was not behaving normally. So the child was not allowed to come aboard Benazir's vehicle."") (November 21, 2007)
NATION MEDIA.com: "PROBE ON AS EXPLOSIVES GO MISSING" by Domiinic Wabala (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The 30 tons of Ammonium nitrate and 10 cartons of electronic detonators disappeared somewhere between Mombasa and Uganda on or about September 11 and 15. It is feared that the explosives could have been stolen. The crew of the transport company ferrying the cargo are yet to explain the circumstances under which the explosives disappeared.") (Publication Date: November 16, 2007)
JIHAD WATCH.org (NY POST.com): "ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FBI/CIA AGENT MARRIED TO STATE DEPT EMPLYEE WHO HELD SENSITIVE POSTS IN MIDDLE EAST EMBASSIES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Nada Nadim Prouty Update: Not only is she an illegal immigrant who was hired by the CIA and the FBI. Not only was she then given access to Al-Qaeda detainees in Iraq. Not only is she now accused of passing information to Hizballah. Not only is her brother-in-law now on the lam after being indicted for funneling money from his restaurant chain to Hizballah. Not only did that restaurant chain sponsor the Arab American Institute conference that was addressed by (on video) Clinton, Obama, and Edwards, (and in person) Richardson, Kucinich, and Ron Paul. Not only all that, but also,Êshe is married to a State Department wonk who has held key positions in Middle Eastern embassies.") (November 18, 2007)
JIHAD WATCH.org (NY DAILY NEWS.com): "BUSTED ILLEGAL ALIEN WAS GREAT SPY, SAY SOURCES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "She was so good that some in the agency want to hire Prouty back one day, the source said.ÊOfficials again yesterday insisted Prouty is not suspected of espionage or of being a mole for the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah. "There is no indication at this point that she was engaged in espionage" for Hezbollah while at the CIA, said a senior U.S. official familiar with the case.ÊIn fact, the CIA fears she'll be assassinated for her U.S. spy work if she's ever deported to Beirut, two sources said.ÊOther knowledgeable sources are convinced otherwise. Her brother-in-law is a fugitive Hezbollah fund-raiser who helped her lie to win U.S. citizenship seven years before she joined the FBI in 1999.") (November 17, 2007)
US DOJ.gov/opa - Press Release: Detroit: "FORMER EMPLOYEE OF CIA AND FBI PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY, UNAUTHORIZED COMPUTER ACCESS AND NATURALIZATION FRAUD" (PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: "Nada Nadim Prouty, a 37-year-old Lebanese national and resident of Vienna, Va., pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of Michigan to charges of fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship, which she later used to gain employment at the FBI and CIA; accessing a federal computer system to unlawfully query information about her relatives and the terrorist organization Hizballah; and conspiracy to defraud the United States.") (November 13, 2007)
NEWS24.com: Capetown - "SA MOM ON NUKE SMUGGLING RAP" by Philip de Bruin, Beeld (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Marisa Sketo, 46, who sometimes uses the surname Kirsh, allegedly also helped to "export" the nuclear weapon parts illegally from South Africa to Pakistan.") (November 8, 2007) (Note: This url may expire.) (Read More...)
NY DAILY NEWS.com: "AZERBAIJAN SAYS IT FOILED ATTACK NEAR U.S. EMBASSY" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Azerbaijan said Monday it had foiled a radical Islamic group's plot to carry out a "large-scale horrifying terror attack" near the U.S. Embassy.ÊThe United States and Britain temporarily closed their embassies in Baku, capital of the former Soviet republic. "Several people belonging to a Wahhabi group have been detained. They were planning terrorist attacks near the U.S. Embassy in Baku," said Arif Babayev, a spokesman for the National Security Ministry.") (October 29, 2007, 10:03 am)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "INTERPOL PUTS 5 IRANIANS ON WANTED LIST" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Iranians targeted are former intelligence chief Ali Fallahian; Mohsen Rabbani, former cultural attache at Iran's embassy in Buenos Aires; a former diplomat, Ahmad Reza Asghari; Mohsen Rezaei, former head of the Revolutionary Guards; and Ahmad Vahidi, a Revolutionary Guards general. Hezbollah militant Imad Moughnieh, one of the world's most sought terrorism suspects, also was named.") (November 8, 2007)
STRATFOR.com: "GEOPOLITICAL DIARY: THE RE-EMERGENCE OF A TERRORISM ARTIST" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Reports indicate that Imad Fayez Mugniyah has been training Shiite militants from Arab Persian Gulf states -- specifically, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain -- in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley for use in retaliatory attacks if the United States strikes Iran.") (October 26, 2007, 02:00 GMT)
STRATFOR.com: "IRAN'S CONTINGENCY PLAN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Sources in Hezbollah say Mugniyah is spending most of his time these days in Lebanon and has in many ways overshadowed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah as the organization's strongman. These reports align with similar indications that a split is deepening within Hezbollah's leadership over how to manage its affairs with Syria and Iran. Mugniyah has had a close relationship with Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security.") (October 25, 2007, 18:45 GMT)
FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS.org - "EXCLUSIVE: WOULD IRAN TARGET THE AMERICAN MAINLAND? HEZBOLLAH'S TERROR NETWORKS IN US BEAR WATCHING" by Joel Himelfarb (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The U.S. government is offering a $5 million reward for the capture of Mugniyeh, who divides his time between Lebanon and Iran, where he is protected by the Islamic Republic. In their 2005 book "Lightning Out of Lebanon: Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil," perhaps the most detailed study to date of Hezbollah's operations in this country, authors Tom Diaz and Barbara Newman wrote that Mugniyeh "directs Hezbollah's network of cells in the Western Hemisphere." The FBI and other law-enforcement agencies are loath to talk publicly about specific Hezbollah cells or operatives or to speculate about the possibility that Hezbollah could stage attacks in the United States. "Hezbollah is here, now...."") (April 16, 2007) (Read More...)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER at the Israel Intelligence' Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC): "Following an appeal from the Argentinean Attorney General, Interpol issued international extradition warrants for five senior Iranians and one senior Hezbollah operative. The charge was involvement in the suicide bombing attack of the Jewish community center building (AMIA) in Argentina in 1994.") (March 28, 2007) (Read More...)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S.): "Argentina accuses Iran of responsibility for the Hezbollah terrorist attack which destroyed Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, 1994. The Argentinean Attorney General's office announced it had found Iran responsible for the terrorist attack and an Argentinean judge issued arrest warrants for seven senior Iranians and one senior Hezbollah member" (November 14, 2006) (Read More...)
TIME.com: "COULD A MISSING IRANIAN SPARK A WAR?" by Robert Baer (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "As IRGC commander in Lebanon, Asgari was also one of Hizballah's stepfathers. In the late '80s and early '90s, he was Hizballah Secretary General's Hasan Nasrallah's primary Iranian contact, and certainly in a position now to provide evidence of Nasrallah's involvement in terrorism. Asgari was the primary Iranian contact for one of the world's most lethal and capable terrorists, 'Imad Fa'iz Mughniyah. Mughniyah is indicted in the U.S. for the 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847 and the murder of a Navy diver.") (March 22, 2007) (Read More...)
MNF-IRAQ.com - Press Relese A071021c: Baghdad - "UPDATE: COALITION FORCES TARGET SPECIAL GROUPS LEADER, 49 CRIMINALS KILLED" (PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: "Coalition forces were engaged in a heavy firefight this morning killing an estimated 49 criminals during operations in Sadr City. The operation's objective was an individual reported to be a long time Special Groups member specializing in kidnapping operations. Intelligence indicates he is a well-known cell leader and has previously sought funding from Iran to carry out high profile kidnappings.") (October 21, 2007)
WASHINGTON POST.com (AP): San Diego - "WOMAN ACCUSED IN CHINA ARMS EXPORT CASE" by Allison Hoffman (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A Chinese woman living in Connecticut tried to buy military equipment commonly used to gauge the power of nuclear explosions and export it to her native country, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday.ÊQing Li, 39, was arrested at New York's Kennedy Airport on Sunday as she checked in for a China Air flight to Beijing, according to investigators for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A federal judge ordered the woman, who was living in Stamford, Conn., temporarily held in New York pending hearings in San Diego.") (October 18, 2007; 7:47 pm)
MNF-IRAQ.com - Release No. 20071007-02: Baghdad - "COALITION FORCES DETAIN THREE SUSPECTED SPECIAL GROUP TERRORISTS" (PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: "Coalition Forces from the 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division detained three terrorists associated with the Iranian-backed Special Groups Militia during a pre-dawn raid in Sadr City Oct. 6. The individuals detained during the raid are believed to be members of the Special Groups Militia network known for kidnapping, facilitating the transport of weapons and explosively-formed penetrators from Iran to Iraq, as well as bringing militants from Iraq into Iran for military training.") (October 7, 2007)
MNF-IRAQ.com - Press Release A071005a: Baghdad - "COALITION FORCES TARGET SPECIAL GROUPS MEMBER, KILL 25 TERRORISTS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Coalition forces were engaged in a heavy firefight Friday morning, killing an estimated 25 criminals during operations west of Baqubah. Coalition forces were targeting a Special Groups commander believed to be associated with members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard -- Quds Force. Intelligence indicates that he was responsible for facilitating criminal activity and is involved in the movement of various weapons from Iran to Baghdad.") (October 5, 2007)
NYTIMES.com: Paris - "CRITIC OF ISLAM CONFRONTS DUTCH OVER GUARDS" by Marlise Simons (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "However, last December, she was warned in a letter from the Dutch minister of justice, Ernst Hirsch Ballin, that payment for her American bodyguards would end in July this year. That decision was revoked after Ms. Hirsi Ali received new credible death threats in the United States.") (Published October 4, 2007)
MNF-IRAQ.com - Release No. 20071003-02: Baghdad - "IRAQI SECURITY FORCES, U.S. SPECIAL FORCES DETAIN FOUR EXTREMISTS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Iraqi Security forces detained a suspected Special Groups member in An Nasariyah who is suspected of conducting improvised explosive devices and indirect fire attacks against Iraqi and Coalition Forces. He and his group are also suspected of conducting an assassination attempt against Nasariyah Tactical Support Unit commander which resulted in several deaths of innocent civilians. The extremist is also suspected of smuggling weapons into the country. Intelligence reports tie him to an Iranian explosively formed penetrator ring. His group is linked to an Aug. 8 attack against Iraqi Police with IEDs, an Aug. 14 indirect fire attack on Tallil Air Base and an April 23 attack on an Australian convoy operating in the area.") (October 3, 2007)
JIHAD WATCH.org (MACOMB DAILY): "DETROIT: ANTI-JEWISH, ANTI-CHRISTIAN FLIERS FOUND ON CARS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police said anti-Jewish and anti-Christian fliers were found on cars parked in a lot on the northwest corner of 15 Mile and Ryan roads. Sterling Heights police Detective Sgt. Paul Jesperson said three separate complaints were filed by residents Tuesday who found the fliers on their windshields. He said the flier said: "Kill Jews and Christians if they don't believe in Allah and Mohammad." It further advises people to "Fight those who do not believe."") (September 30, 2007)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "OUSSAMA KASSIR REFLUX" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Oussama Abdullah Kassir AKA Abu Khadija AKA Abu Abdullah AKA zubeiddah1417@hotmail.com AKA khadija1417@hotmail.com DBA Islamic Media Center was finally extradited to the United States this past Tuesday, 25 September 2007. The following is not intended to be comprehensive review of Kassir's activities, but rather to reflect on the material we already had within the archives of the Internet Haganah site.") (September 28, 2007)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER at the Israel Intelligence' Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC): "Following an appeal from the Argentinean Attorney General, Interpol issued international extradition warrants for five senior Iranians and one senior Hezbollah operative. The charge was involvement in the suicide bombing attack of the Jewish community center building (AMIA) in Argentina in 1994.") (March 28, 2007)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S.): "Argentina accuses Iran of responsibility for the Hezbollah terrorist attack which destroyed Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, 1994. The Argentinean Attorney General's office announced it had found Iran responsible for the terrorist attack and an Argentinean judge issued arrest warrants for seven senior Iranians and one senior Hezbollah member" (November 14, 2006)
BBC NEWS: "'TERROR MANUAL' TEENAGER GUILTY" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "But Mr Wright told the trial that Patel could be linked to another alleged Islamist via mobile phone calls and text messages, a relationship which added weight to the prosecution case.ÊPatel's contact got in touch within hours of arriving in the UK on a false passport, the trial heard.") (Updated September 26, 2007, 14:03 GMT, 15:03 UK)
CNN.com (AP): Panama City, Panama - "SYRIANS HELD IN PANAMA AFTER FLIGHT FROM CUBA" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Six Syrians who were detained in Panama after a flight crew reported suspicious behavior told authorities that three of them had approached the cockpit by mistake, police said." ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Late Tuesday, Judicial Police Director Jose Ayu Prado said investigators had determined that a Cuban who was arrested along with the Syrians was not traveling with them and would be allowed to continue on his journey to Argentina. Police said three of the Syrians approached the cockpit door and tried to open it. They told investigators they confused it with the bathroom, the statement said. PanamaÕs Judicial Police also said the men tried to get into the cockpit.") (Updated September 26, 2007, 3:27 p.m. EDT)
WRAL.com: Morrisville -"FBI: INCIDENT ON FLIGHT TO RDU POSED NO THREAT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The FBI early Saturday said a
misunderstanding apparently sparked an incident on a flight from Florida that Raleigh-Durham International Airport officials initially classified as a possible terrorist incident. FBI agents determined that a "misperception" caused the alert and said there was never any threat to passengers or crew members.") (Updated September 22, 2007)
MNF-IRAQ.com - Release No. 20070921-01: Taji - "IRAQI SECURITY FORCES, U.S. SPECIAL FORCES DESTROY EXPLOSIVES CACHE IN NORTHWESTERN IRAQ" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "While conducting a vehicle interdiction mission, the combined forces discovered 20,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate and ammonium phosphate concealed under a tarpaulin in a desert ravine." ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The forces also destroyed three dump trucks containing 15,000 cartons of contraband cigarettes.") (September 21, 2007)
MEMRI.org - Specail Dispatch Series - No. 1716: "NEW IRGC COMMANDER: ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE IS OUR STRATEGY FOR DEALING WITH ENEMY'S CONSIDERABLE CAPABILITIES; WE ASPIRE TO BALLISTIC MISSILE SUPERIORITY" (September 19, 2007)
JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "'DOZENS DIED IN SYRIA-IRAN MISSILE TEST'" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Proof of cooperation between Iran and Syria in the proliferation and development of weapons of mass destruction was brought to light Monday in a Jane's Defence Weekly report that dozens of Iranian engineers and 15 Syrian officers were killed in a July 23 accident in Syria. According to the report, cited by Channel 10, the joint Syrian-Iranian team was attempting to mount a chemical warhead on a Scud missile when the explosion occurred, spreading lethal chemical agents, including sarin nerve gas.") (Updated September 19, 2007 8:30)
UPI: New Delhi - "INTERPOL DATABASE ON TERRORISTS RISES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""Our database on suspected terrorists has increased from 2,800 in 2002 to 11,800 at present. We know that terrorists will travel on aliases and we have a database on stolen passports and travel documents," said Ronald Noble, secretary general of Interpol. He was in New Delhi to attend a three-day conference on cybercrime. "Our database on lost passports has increased from 3,000 in 2002 to 7 million in this year and this is when only 128 out of 186 countries have participated in creating this database," Noble said.") (September 14, 2007) (Note: This url may expire.)
WASHINGTON POST.com: "BIN LADEN, BROUGHT TO YOU BY..." by Joby Warrick (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "It was the latest round of electronic warfare between al-Qaeda and a small community of individuals and companies that troll the Internet for messages from terrorists -- as a livelihood, a personal obsession or both. Often, the groups compete to be the first to find and post a new video or message. Frequently, they accomplish their goal several steps ahead of government agencies who turn to them for the material. Since Friday, at least three high-profile video messages have been snatched from al-Qaeda-affiliated Web sites by groups...") (September 12, 2007)
JAMESTOWN.org - TERRORISM FOCUS: "JIHADI FORUM USERS LOOK FOR CODES IN BIN LADEN'S SEPTEMBER VIDEO" by Abdul Hameed Bakier (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The responses to bin Laden's speech on the forums are ranging from prayers for his ultimate triumph over the "Jews and Crusaders," to various translations of his text in order to reach as many audiences as possible. Two users, however, posted some interesting interpretations of his speech on the http://muslm.net forum. A user by the name of "al-Asadi" claimed that, for the first time, al-Sahab productions incorporated a code into bin Laden's video, which contained a special encryption sequence only available to a few al-Qaeda operatives. Al-Asadi further stated that since bin Laden only mentioned once that his speech was the last ultimatum to the United States and its allies means that a new terrorist strike is imminent. Al-Asadi then boasted that his own posting also contains codes, and claimed that "the signs of the raging storm that precedes the calm are materializing." He then mocks the director of the CIA and warns that "we will see you in 2008," and signed his name as "Asadi, the Amir of Washington."")Ê(October 16, 2007)
JIHAD WATCH.org (MEMRITV.org): "'These scumbags want to play with us?'" (SNIPPET: ""Let's use [bin Laden] to scare them. By Allah, they are terrified of him. Aren't they terrified of him? He is destroying them. He was here once - let's bring him again. He will come.'"ÊSNIPPET: "'All we want is to die for the sake of Allah.'") (Note: Video included.) (September 7, 2007)
MNF-IRAQ.com - Release A070901d: Baghdad, Iraq - "COALITION FORCES DETAIN EIGHT SUSPECTED SPECIAL GROUPS TERRORISTS IN TWO SEPARATE OPERATIONS" (PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: ""Continuing a series of synchronized operations against the Special Groups that utilize Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps - Quds Force support to import weapons, explosives and training, Coalition forces conducted a set of sequential raids last night in Baghdad targeting Special Groups operatives," said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesman.") (September 1, 2007)
JIHAD WATCH.org (LA TIMES.com): "CALIFORNIA MUSLIM PLEADS GUILTY TO PLOT TO SELL UZIS TO IRAN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A West Hills man has pleaded guilty to an audacious plan to buy as many as 100,000 Uzis in the United States and sell them to officials in Iran's government. Under a plea agreement reached this week, Seyed Mostafa Maghloubi, 49, acknowledged that he tried to obtain submachine guns and night vision goggles and ship them to Iran, in violation of U.S. laws prohibiting such transactions.") (August 31, 2007)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "U.S. SPONSORS ISLAMIC CONVENTION" by Audrey Hudson (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Justice Department is co-sponsoring a convention held by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) -- an unindicted co-conspirator in an ongoing federal terrorist funding case -- a move that is raising concerns among the Justice's rank and file. Justice lawyers have objected to the affiliation with ISNA, fearing it will undermine the case against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development in Dallas.") (August 27, 2007)
JIHAD WATCH.org (ITAR-TASS): Islamabad - "RUSSIAN MUSLIM ARRESTED IN AFGHANISTAN ON TERRORISM SUSPICIONS Wearing a burqa, evidently." (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Russian man allegedly told police he had entered Afghanistan from Pakistan after trips to Egypt, Turkey, and Iran. He planned to travel to Tajikistan from Afghanistan and then to Russia. According to police, all three men were wearing women's clothes.") (August 28, 2007)
YourLocalGUARDIAN.co.uk: "FALSE PASSPORT CONVICTION FOR CIVIL SERVANT" by Daniel Knowles (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Ten-year passports were issued to the seven men - named by police as Walters, Driscoll, Bishop, Woolley, Thompson, Taylor and Hales. So far only one has been caught. Walters was really Jamaican national Philbert Williams who was picked up by American immigration trying to enter New York on the fraudulent passport. Fingerprint checks showed his real identity and he was deported to Jamaica.") (August 24, 2007)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC): SNIPPET: "Osama Hamdan, the Hamas representative in Lebanon, told Iranian television that suicide bombing attacks against Israel were justified, especially attacks in buses. He rejected the historical Jewish connection to the Land of Israel and stated that Hamas' avowed intention was to wipe Israel off the face of the map.") (August 21, 2007)
MNF-IRAQ.com - Release A070820a: Baghdad, Iraq - "COALITION FORCES KILL EIGHT, DETAIN THREE, CAPTURING A SPECIAL GROUPS LEADER AND SMUGGLER OF IRANIAN WEAPONS" (PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: "The captured weapons facilitator was responsible for the storage and distribution of Iranian weapons. Coalition Forces intelligence suggests the weapons facilitator has traveled to and from Iran numerous times and is responsible for smuggling and distributing deadly explosively formed penetrators (EFPs). The target was also responsible for the distribution of those weapons to Special Groups operating throughout the Baghdad area and was connected to a very large network of weapons facilitators and Special Groups associates. The weapons smuggler is believed to have had ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps-Quds Force.") (August 20, 2007)
BBC NEWS: "ARMED GANG ATTACKS FAMILY IN CAR" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Armed police were called after a family visiting relatives were robbed by 10 masked men, two with guns." ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police described the gang as black men, wearing balaclavas and dark clothing.") (Last updated August 18, 2007)