"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him." -From THE BIBLE: Colossians 3:15-17
JUSTICE.gov/opa - Press Release: "PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN INDICTED IN PLOT TO RECRUIT VIOLENT JIHADIST FIGHTERS AND TO COMMIT MURDER OVERSEAS" (SNIPPET: "...charging Colleen R. LaRose, aka "Fatima LaRose," aka "Jihad Jane"...") (March 9, 2010) (Read More...)
ABC NEWS.go.com (AP): Philadelphia - "PA. WOMAN ACCUSED OF RECRUITING JIHADISTS ONLINE Pa. Woman Accused of Recruiting Jihadists Online, Agreeing to Try to Kill Swedish Artist" (SNIPPET: "LaRose is a convert to Islam who actively recruited others, including at least one unidentified American, and her online messages expressed her willingness to become a martyr and her impatience to take action...") (March 9, 2010) (Read More...)
BBC News: "IRISH ARRESTS OVER 'PLOT TO KILL SWEDISH CARTOONIST'" (SNIPPET: "The suspects ranged in age from their mid-20s to late-40s." SNIPPET: "RTE said those in custody were originally refugees from Morocco and Yemen...") (Page last updated March 9, 2010, 18:24) (Read More...)
ICE.gov - News Release: Santa Ana, Calif. - "ORANGE COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH RUNNING SOPHISTICATED STUDENT VISA FRAUD SCHEME" (SNIPPET: "An Orange County man surrendered to federal authorities Monday morning after being charged with conspiracy for allegedly orchestrating a visa fraud scheme involving dozens of foreign students enrolled at institutions throughout Southern California, including several junior colleges and three California State University campuses. Foreign students from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Kuwait, Turkey, and Qatar allegedly paid thousands of dollars to the defendant and his associates to take college classes, exams and placement tests on their behalf so they could maintain their lawful immigration status as foreign students. Eamon Daniel Higgins, 46, of Laguna Niguel, Calif., appeared in U.S. District Court to answer to a criminal information accusing him of one count of conspiring to commit visa fraud.") (March 8, 2010) (Read More...)
ICE.gov - News Release: Fresno, Calif. - "2 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA MEN CHARGED WITH PRODUCING FAKE IDENTITY DOCUMENTS" (SNIPPET: "Oscar David Vasquez, 26, and Daniel Aquino-Perez, 22, are accused in a multi-count indictment of possessing, producing and selling counterfeit immigration and identity documents, including Social Security cards and alien registration receipt cards, commonly known as "green cards." The indictment alleges that between October 2009 and last month, Vasquez and Aquino-Perez, both illegal aliens...") (March 4, 2010) (Read More...)
KCSG.com: "MAN ACCUSED OF MAKING BOMB THREATS AT NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE IN CUSTODY" (SNIPPET: "Las Vegas Metro Police report a man is in custody after allegedly making bomb threats to Nellis Air Force Base personnel Friday afternoon. Police Lt. Dan McGrath said the man was taken into custody about 3:30 p.m. after pulling up to the main gate and making bomb threats. He said officers searched the man's car but did not find any explosives.") (Updated March 5, 2010, 10:03 pm MST) (Read More...)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "OFFICIALS LAUNCH PROBE INTO PENTAGON SHOOTING" (SNIPPET: "John Patrick Bedell, of Hollister, Calif., shot two Pentagon police officers outside the Pentagon...") (March 5, 2010) (Read More...)
MY FOX PHOENIX.com: Litchfield Park - "TEENS WHO STORMED LUKE AFB IDENTIFIED" (SNIPPET: "Glendale Police Sgt. Karen Gerardo says 16-year-old Jared Leyva-Coconi from Phoenix was killed, and 19-year-old Gabriel Aguilera of Glendale remains hospitalized from injuries sustained in the crash.") (Updated March 1, 2010, 2:33 pm MST) (Read More...)
SanAntonio.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release: "SOMALIAN CHARGED WITH MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS ON APPLICATION FOR ASSYLUM Defendant is Accused of Making False Statements Concerning Participation in Terrorist Organizations" (SNIPPET: "...indicted 24-year-old Ahmed Muhammed Dhakane, a citizen of Somalia...") (March 4, 2010) (Read More...)
Phoenix.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release: Phoenix - "MESA MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR LYING TO FBI DURING A TERRORISM INVESTIGATION" (SNIPPET: "Today, Akram Musa Abdallah, a.k.a. Abu Saiaf, 55, of Mesa, Arizona, was sentenced...") (March 4, 2010) (Read More...)
THE STATE.com (South Carolina): "MAN CHARGED IN ALLEGED IDENTITY FRAUD AT AIRPORT" (SNIPPET: "An indictment issued in Columbia charges that Khalid Jamal Sumbry, age 27, of Brooklyn, New York...") (March 3, 2010) (Read More...)
SFGATE.com - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: "3 HELD IN ALLEGED ANTI-GAY BB SHOOTING IN S.F." (SNIPPET: "Three cousins from Hayward have been charged in San Francisco with a hate crime and assault for allegedly firing a BB rifle at the face of a man they believed was gay, an attack the men videotaped, authorities said Wednesday." SNIPPET: "Mohammad Habibzada, Shafiq Hashemi and Sayed Bassam, all 24, are scheduled to be arraigned today in San Francisco Superior Court. They are free on $50,000 bond apiece." SNIPPET: "Investigators believe the assailants chose the victim because he appeared to be gay. When the men were pulled over, police found a video camera that was used to film the shooting, investigators said.") (March 3, 2010, 17:42 PST) (Read More...)
YNET NEWS.com (AP): "4 CONVICTED OVER PLOT AGAINST U.S. SITES IN GERMANY" (SNIPPET: "Two German converts to Islam and two Turkish men were convicted Thursday over a foiled 2007 plot to attack US targets in Germany and given prison sentences ranging up to 12 years.") (Published March 4, 2010, 13:32/Israel News) (Read More...)
WYFF4.com - WYFF News 4: Henderson County, NC - MEN ARRESTED, ACCUSED OF STEALING RAILROAD SPIKES Spikes Stolen From Active Railraod Tracks" by Stephanie Moore (SNIPPET: "During the investigation, deputies found the men had more than 500 spikes that had been taken from a stretch of active railroad tracks." SNIPPET: "The men, both of whom police said might be illegal aliens, gave no address of residence. They are 37 year old Cruz Mario Carnacion and 35 year old Jose Luis Trejo-Yanez.") (Upated March 1, 2010, 1:38 pm) (Read More...)
NEWSMAX.com (AP): "U.S. REP: NO PLOT TO POISON FOOD AT SC ARMY BASE" (SNIPPET: "Four of the soldiers were discharged from the Army for petty crimes, Wilson said, and the fifth was returned to his National Guard unit in Virginia. None of the soldiers has been identified." SNIPPET: "An investigation continues into other possible crimes relating to information found on their laptops, Wilson said. The laptops were turned over to the FBI for analysis.") (February 28, 2010, 09:18 pm) (Read More...)
NY DAILY NEWS.com: "JEWELERS BUSTED FOR HIRING GUNMEN TO DRESS AS HASIDIC JEWS, DON FAKE BEARDS AND FAKE ROBBERY" by John Lauinger (SNIPPET: "Atul Shah, 48, and Mahaveer Kankariya, 43...") (February 24, 2010, 1:04pm) (Read More...)
THE DENVER DAILY NEWS.com: "SHOOTING AT JEFFCO SCHOOL Two students injured, one critically; man in custody" (SNIPPET: "The shooter, a 32-year-old man, was identified as Bruco Strongeagle Eastwood.") (February 24, 2010) (Read More...)
NewYork.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release: Washington - "NAJIBULLAH ZAZI PLEASDS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO USE EXPLOSIVES AGAINST PERSONS OR PROPERTY IN U.S., CONSPIRACY TO MURDER ABROAD, AND PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO AL AQAEDA" (SNIPPET: "Among other things, Zazi admitted that he brought TATP [Triacetone Triperoxide] explosives to New York on Sept. 10, 2009, as part of plan to attack the New York subway system." SNIPPET:Al Qaeda personnel transported Zazi and others to the Waziristan region of Pakistan and trained them on several different kinds of weapons. During the training, al Qaeda leaders asked Zazi and others to return to the United States and conduct suicide operations. They agreed. Zazi later received additional training from al Qaeda on constructing the explosives for the planned attacks in the United States. Zazi had discussions with al Qaeda leaders about target locations, including subway trains in New York City. Zazi took detailed notes during the training, and later e-mailed a summary of the notes to himself so that he could access them when he returned to the United States. Zazi also provided money and computers to al Qaeda before he left Pakistan.") (February 22, 2010) (Read More...)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER.com - Beltway Confidential - blog: "HOLDER ADMITS NINE OBAMA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICIALS WORKED FOR TERRORIST DETAINEES, OFFERS NO DETAILS" by Byron York (February 19, 2010, 3:52 pm EST) (Read More...)
INVESTORS.com - blog: "CLASS WARFARE'S NEXT TARGET: 401(K) SAVINGS" by Newt Gingrich and Peter Ferrara (SNIPPET: "You did the responsible thing. You saved in your IRA or 401(k) to support your retirement, when you could have spent that money on another vacation, or an upscale car, or fancier clothes and jewelry. But now Washington is developing plans for your retirement savings. BusinessWeek reports that the Treasury and Labor departments are asking for public comment on "the conversion of 401(k) savings and Individual Retirement Accounts into annuities or other steady payment streams." In plain English, the idea is for the government to take your retirement savings in return for a promise to pay you some monthly benefit in your retirement years.") (Posted February 17, 06:52 pm ET) (Read More...)
GOV TRACK.US: "H.R. 1503" (SNIPPET: "To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the principal campaign committee of a candidate for election to the office of President to include with the committee's statement of organization a copy of the candidate's birth certificate, together with such other documentation as may be necessary to establish that the candidate meets the qualifications for eligibility to the Office of President under the Constitution. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES") (March 12, 2009) (Read More...)
CBN.com: "EX-TERRORIST TAKES CBN NEWS INSIDE AL QAEDA" by Erick Stakelbeck (SNIPPET: "CBN News recently spoke with former terrorist Noman Benotman in an extensive interview about the inner workings of Al-QaedaÕs leadership.") (March 9, 2010) (Read More...)
TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "RUSSIAN 'BIN LADEN' KILLED BY MOSCOW'S SPECIAL FORCES" by Andrew Osborn in Moscow (SNIPPET: "The FSB intelligence service said a special forces operation had resulted in the death of Sheikh Said Buryatsky, an Islamist convert whose real name was Alexander Tikhomirov.") (March 7, 2010, 7:11 pm GMT) (Read More...)
BELFAST TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "'RACIST MADE DEADLY RICIN FOR TERROR PLOT'" (SNIPPET: "A white supremacist yesterday admitted producing deadly ricin while preparing for acts of terrorism. Ian Davison's home in Myrtle Grove, Burnopfield, Co Durham, was raided by anti-terror officers who found the killer substance in a jam jar in his kitchen. At Newcastle Crown Court he admitted producing a chemical weapon -- ricin -- and preparing for acts of terrorism.") (March 9, 2010) (Read More...)
TIMES ONLINE.co.uk: "NIGERIAN SECURITY FORCES ON ALERT AFTER NEW BURST OF SECTARIAN VIOLENCE" (SNIPPET: "Nigeria's security forces have been put on high alert after a new burst of sectarian violence left over 500 people dead, most of them women and children hacked to death by machete wielding gangs. The attack happened before dawn on Sunday morning when gangs of men descended on several mainly Christian villages near the central city of Jos, firing guns as they approached. Witnesses of the attack, which centred on the village of Dogo-Nahawa, described how victims were caught in animal traps and fishing nets as they tried to flee their attackers.") (March 8, 2010) (Read More...)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "TOP TALIBAN, AL QAEDA LEADERS REPORTED KILLED IN MOHMAND AIRSTRIKES" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "Unconfirmed reports from Pakistan..." SNIPPET: "Pakistani military officials claimed that Qari Zia Rahman and Faqir Mohammed were among 30 Taliban and foreign fighters killed during helicopter and airstrikes in the Pindyali region in Mohmand, The Nation reported. A commander named Fateh was also killed, according to Geo News.") (March 5, 2010) (Read More...)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "PAKISTAN DETAINS SENIOR AFGHAN TALIBAN LEADER: REPORT" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency has detained another top Afghan Taliban leader. Agha Jan Mohtasim...") (March 4, 2010) (Read More...)
TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "BA WORKER HELD ON SUSPICION OF TERRORIST FUND-RAISING A British Airways worker has been arrested on suspicion of raising funds for a terrorist attack." by Heidi Blake (March 3, 2010, 7:00 am) (Read More...)
YNET NEWS.com: "MUSLIM LEADER ISSUES ANTI-TERROR FATWA Suicide Bombers heading to hell, al-Qaeda evil, Pakistani-born scholar says" (SNIPPET: "Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri") (Published March 2, 2010, 23:31/Israel News) (Read More...)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "TALIBAN CONFIRM WANTED TERROR LEADER QARI ZAFAR KILLED IN US AIRSTRIKE" by Bill Roggio (PHOTO CAPTION: "Qari Mohammad Zafar, a leader of the Fedayeen-i-Islam.") (March 2, 2010) (Read More...)
REWARDS FOR JUSTICE.net: "WANTED QARI MOHAMMAD ZAFAR Up to $5 Million Reward" (SNIPPET: "The attack killed three Pakistani citizens and David Foy. a U.S. diplomat. Zafar is suspected of being a key figure involved with this attack.") (Read More...)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "AL QAEDA-LINKED CHINESE TERRORIST LEADER REPORTED KILLED IN U.S. STRIKE IN PAKISTAN" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "The report is not confirmed." SNIPPET: "Abdul Haq al Turkistani...") (March 1, 2010, 1:23 pm) (Read More...)
YNET NEWS.com: "NEW IRAN DESTROYER TEST FIRES MISSILE First Iranian-built warship Jamaran destroyer successfully tests surface-to-surface 'Nour' missile" (March 9, 2010, 17:24/Israel News) (Read More...)
THE MEMRI BLOG ("Source: Qodsna, Iran, March 2, 2010"): "HAMAS LEADER MASH'AL: THE RESISTANCE BREATHES THANKS TO IRANIAN LEADER KHAMENEI" (Posted March 8, 2010) (Read More...)
WEEKLY STANDARD.com: "WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW The 'most transparent administration in history' stonewalls" by Stephen F. Hayes (SNIPPET: "So, too, are thousands of pages of documents on the Guantanamo detainees the Obama administration has transferred or released over the past 14 months. When Obama came to office there were approximately 242 detainees remaining at Guantanamo. With a few exceptions, these individuals were still at Gitmo for a very good reason: They were among the most dangerous of the jihadists captured by the United States since September 11, 2001. There are now 188 detainees at Guantanamo. Who are the 54 detainees no longer there?" SNIPPET: "Consider the case of Abdullahi Sudi Arale, who was sent to Guantanamo Bay on June 6, 2007.") (March 15, 2010) (Read More...)
SOUTH ASIA ANALYSIS.org - Paper No. 3702: "FRESH FEARS OF MARITIME TERRORISM - International Terrorism Monitor - Paper No. 626" by B. Raman (SNIPPET: "6. It is in this context that one has to see reports from Singapore that an unidentified terrorist group is planning attacks against oil tankers in the Malacca Strait. The Singapore Shipping Association has been quoted as saying on March 2, 2010, that it had received an advisory from the Singapore Navy Information Fusion Centre about "an indication that a terrorist group is planning attacks on oil tankers in the Malacca Strait." It added: "This does not preclude possible attacks on other large vessels with dangerous cargo." The Navy Centre's advisory reportedly said: "The terrorists' intent is probably to achieve widespread publicity and showcase that it remains a viable group." It reminded shipping operators that the militants could use smaller vessels such as dinghies and speedboats to attack oil tankers. It recommended that ships should "strengthen their onboard security measures and adopt community reporting to increase awareness and strengthen the safety of all seafarers," according to the Association.") (March 5, 2010) (Read More...)
HERITGATE.org - Research - National Security - Issues - Defense - Web Memo #2822: "ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE WEAPONS: CONGRESS MUST UNDERSTAND THE RISK" by Baker Spring (March 3, 2010) (Read More...)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Al-Siyassa, Kuwait, March 3, 2010"): "AHWAZI ORGANIZATION: IRAN EQUIPPED MISSILES WITH CHEMICAL WARHEADS" (SNIPPET: "The Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa stated, citing a Sunni Ahwazi organization opposed to the Iranian regime, that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has equipped Russian SS-4 missiles with chemical warheads - mustard gas, sarin, and cyanide - and that they are aimed at the Gulf countries and other Arab countries." SNIPPET: "According to the report, the IRGC has stepped up research of biological weapons research...") (Posted March 3, 2010) (Read More...)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi, a Religious Authority and Iranian President Ahmadinejad's Spiritual Mentor, Implies in a Theological-Political Book that Iran Must Acquire a Nuclear Weapon ("a Special Kind of Weapon"): a Rare Expression of Internal Discourse about Nuclear-Related Issues among the Iranian Elite" (March 2, 2010) (Read More...)
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE.org - Policy Watch #1637: "DINNER IN DAMASCUS: WHAT DID IRAN ASK OF HIZBALLAH?" by David Schenker and Matthew Levitt (SNIPPET: "On February 26, Syrian president Bashar al-Asad hosted Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinezhad and Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah for a dinner in Damascus.") (March 2, 2010) (Read More...)
TREAS.gov - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - TG-571: Washington - "TREASURY DESIGNATES MOST WANTED COLOMBIAN DRUG LORDS ALLIED WITH THE FARC AS SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS Treasury Takes Action Against More Than 70 Individuals and Entities" (March 2, 2010) (Read More...)
INVESTORS.com: "VENEZUELA'S CHAVEZ: FRIEND OF TERRORISTS" (SNIPPET: "What came to light Monday isn't the first time Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has been caught aiding terrorists, but it may well be the most egregious.
Spanish Judge Eloy Velasco named a Venezuelan government official as a key link between 12 FARC and ETA terrorists who were indicted in a 2003 plot to kill Colombia's president.") (March 2, 2010) (Read More...)
stepping back in time...WEEKLY STANDARD.com: "COMANDANTE CHAVEZ'S FRIENDS" by Thor Halvorssen (SNIPPET: "Last December a high-level Venezuelan military defector gave sworn testimony that terrorist links exist between al Qaeda and the Chavez government. The defector, President Chavez's personal pilot, alleges that one operation involved the transfer of close to $1 million in cash to Osama bin Laden." SNIPPET: "Also, the congressional signatories turn a blind eye to mountains of hard evidence -- most supplied by U.S. allies in the Colombian government -- confirming Chavez's support for the FARC and ELN terrorist networks.") (March 10, 2003) (Read More...)
BBC NEWS: "ALAN JOHNSON BANS SOMALI 'TERRORIST' GROUP AL-SHABAAB" (SNIPPET: "The home secretary is to designate the Somalia-based group Al-Shabaab as a terrorist organisation and ban its operation in the UK. The Home Office says the group is committed to violence, deploys terror tactics and has been implicated in attacks on Somali citizens." SNIPPET: "In a statement released in February, the group said that the "jihad of Horn of Africa must be combined with the international jihad led by the al-Qaeda network". Recently, Mr Johnson has also banned Islam4UK, the group run by al-Muhajiroun founder Anjem Choudary, and which had threatened to march through Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire.") (Page last updated March 1, 2010, 12:57 GMT) (Read More...)
CNS NEWS.com: "NAPOLITANO SAYS PEOPLE FROM COUNTRIES TIED TO TERRORISM COULD 'POTENTIALLY' ENTER USA, BUT DHS REPORTS SAY THOUSANDS ALREADY HAVE" by Penny Starr (March 1, 2010) (Read More...)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Mehr, Press TV (Iran), www.palestine-info.info, February 27, 2010; Al-Thawra (Syria), February 28, 2010"): "KHAMENEI CALLS TO FORM AN ISLAMIC NEW MIDDLE EAST; MASH'AL: ISRAEL WILL PASS FROM THE WORLD" (Posted February 28, 2010) (Read More...)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS: "AHMADINEJAD MANEUVERING HIZBULLAH AND ISRAEL INTO WAR?" by Hana Levi Julian (SNIPPET: "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reportedly angling to start another war between Israel and the Lebanese Hizbullah terrorist group in order to deflect attention away from his own lack of popularity at home. Ahmadinejad has faced constant friction from grassroots opposition movements since last June, when lopsided election results re-electing the president raised red flags among suspicious voters, who suspected the government had rigged the polls.") (Last Update February 28, 2010, 12:10 pm) (Read More...)
WASHINGTON POST.com: Jerusalem - "IRAN, SYRIA MOCK U.S. POLICY; AHMADINEJAD SPEAKS OF ISRAEL'S 'ANNIHILATION'" by Howard Schneider (SNIPPET: "The presidents of Iran and Syria on Thursday ridiculed U.S. policy in the region and pledged to create a Middle East "without Zionists," combining a slap at recent U.S. overtures and a threat to Israel with an endorsement of one of the region's defining alliances.") (February 26, 2010) (Read More...)
Blog.AL.com - "MISSIONARY RECOUNTS STORY OF CAPTIVITY BY MUSLIM EXTREMISTS IN PHILIPPINES" by Greg Garrison - The Birmingham News (SNIPPET: "The Philippines has long been a popular stopover and outpost for notorious terrorists, including Ramzi Yousef, convicted for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; Terry Nichols, co-conspirator in the 1995 Oklahoma City federal building bombing; Osama Bin Laden's brother-in-law, Mohammed Jamal Khalifa; and 9/11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, who also had a role in the first World Trade Center attack. Abu Sayyaf leader Khadafi Abubakar Janjalani, one of Burnham's captors, bragged of talking with Bin Laden by satellite phone, according to an Associated Press report.") (February 27, 2010) (Read More...)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER.com: "VA. MAN ACCUSED OF HELPING SMUGGLE SOMALIS INTO U.S." by Freeman Klopott (SNIPPET: "Authorities are searching for 270 Somalis..." SNIPPET: "...Anthony Joseph Tracy told authorities that he came in contact with the Somali terrorist organization Al-Shabaab..." SNIPPET: "In an e-mail, Tracy reportedly wrote, "i helped alot of somalis and most are good but there are some who are bad and i leave them to ALLAH," the affidavit said.") (February 23, 2010) (Read More...)
INTERNET HAGANAH.com: "JIHADIS REFLECT ON THE AUSTIN, TX ATTACK" (SNIPPET: "They seem to have confused the IRS and the CIA - nevertheless, you may be sure they learned the important lesson, namely that even a small aircraft loaded with fuel can destroy a reasonably large building.") (February 22, 2010) ) (Read More...)
WASHINGTON POST.com (AP): Rotterdam, Netherlands - "NETHERLANDS TERROR SUSPECT FIGHTS U.S. EXTRADITION" (SNIPPET: "Mohamud Said Omar, 44, is suspected of providing money to the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab that was used to buy guns. Around 20 youths of Somali descent are believed to have traveled to Somalia from Minnesota since 2007 to help the group, which the U.S. says has ties to al-Qaida.") (February 22, 2010, 12:23 pm) (Read More...)
ISNA.ir - English - News Code: 8812-01743: Tehran - "Iran to declare good news on cetrifuges to be used in new sites: AEOI" (SNIPPET: "Iranian ministers during a meeting held in late December decided that the AEOI should within two months start construction of five enrichment sites whose places have been found across the country. The ministers also agreed that the organization offers suitable locations for the other five sites." SNIPPET: "He also said Iran is to use new centrifuges in the two new sites.") (February 22, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: IRNA (Iran), February 20, 2010"): "IRAN: WE CAN PREPARE OUR 20% NUCLEAR FUEL FOR USE IN TEHRAN REACTOR" (SNIPPET: "He added that the process of preparing nuclear fuel for shaping into rods or discs already began one year ago at the conversion facility in Esfahan.") (February 21, 2010) (Read More...)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "HAMAS CONTINUES INITIATING ANTI-ISRAELI ACTIVITIES IN EUROPE: Muhammad Kazem Sawalha is a Hamas activist living in Britain who in the past was involved in operational activities in Judea and Samaria. He is personally involved in preparations to dispatch another aid convoy to the Gaza Strip by sea to confront Israel." (January 29, 2010) (Read More...)
EXAMINER.com: "RADICAL 'MUSLIM SISTERHOOD' UNCOVERED IN EGYPT" by Jim Kouri (SNIPPET: "A special women's unit within the banned radical group Muslim Brotherhood is operating in Egypt and possibly other Arab nations, according to a counterterrorism report obtained by the Terrorism Committee of the National Association of Chiefs of Police.") (February 19, 2010) (Read More...)
JIHAD WATCH.org (TIME.com, March 1, 2010 Issue): "'There's no longer a serious risk that southern Somalia could become a jihadi operational deployment facility. It already is."" (Posted February 19, 2010) (Read More...)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "'We will attack them once we unite the Somali Holy fighters, then we will unite them with our brothers in Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq and Chechnya to help them in their war against the infidels'" (February 13, 2010) (Read More...)
INTERNET HAGANAH.com: "*THE* WARNING" (SNIPPET: "This raises the question - who is the Faloja forum user called "afghani" and how is it that *he* knew about the capture of al-Eidan? One thing I can tell you is that identity has been active for a considerable length of time.") (February 23, 2010) (Read More...)
FOX NEWS.com: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - "Exclusive: FORMER GITMO PRISONER, RAHABILITATED IN SAUDI ARABIA, MAY SOON BE RELEASED" by Judith Miller (SNIPPET: "To American officers at Guantanamo Bay, Ahmed Zaid Salem Zuhair was inmate No. 669 -- a hardcore, veteran Muslim terrorist suspected of having killed an American in Bosnia. But here in Saudi Arabia, he is a "beneficiary," a former religious deviant who, having learned the true meaning of Islam, has been rehabilitated. Repatriated from Guantanamo in mid-2009, Zuhair, 45...") (February 18, 2010) (Read More...)
Blogs.CBN.com - STAKELBECK ON TERROR: U.S. DESIGNATED GLOBAL TERRORIST Sits Down With Stakelbeck on Terror" [SAAD AL-FAQIH] (February 18, 2010, 4:58 pm) (SNIPPET: "As we got up to leave, I asked him how he saw the conflict between the West and the Muslim world playing out over the next few years. "No matter what Muslim leaders do, there will be more friction with the West--regardless of al-Qaeda," he told me. "There will be more confrontation between the West and Muslims, with attacks even bigger than in 2001." I exited al-Faqih's home a bit unnerved by that last comment. And thinking not so much about what he told me that afternoon as what he didn't.") (February 18, 2010) (Read More...)
WORLD TRIBUNE.com (Special from Geostrategy-Direct.com): Washington - "SYRIA CULTIVATING STRATEGIC TIES WITH VENEZUELA" (SNIPPET: "Western intelligence sources said Venezuela has become a key way-station for Iranian weapons deliveries to Hizbullah and Syria.") (February 17, 2010) (Read More...)
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch 2810: "CHILD PREACHER DELIVERS A SPEECH ON CHILDREN'S LOVE OF MARYRDOM ON EGYPTIAN TV: 'My Mother Has Presented Me as a Gift to Allah This Year'" (SNIPPET: "In the program, Abd Al-Fattah Marwan -- himself a child -- recounts that the boy smiled in his sleep when he dreamt that he would be martyred the next day.") (February 16, 2010) (Note: Videos included.) (Read More...)
FOX NEWS.com: "AL QAEDA LOOKING TO RECRUIT ENGLISH SPEAKERS, WOMEN" (SNIPPET: "Al Qaeda in Yemen is actively recruiting English-speaking individuals, intelligence officials told Fox News on Monday, saying that investigators are looking for people who are more like Americans, having been born in the United States or Canada." SNIPPET: "Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is considered the top "talent spotter." He is tied to three of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers, the Fort Hood shooting and Flight 253, which carried Abdulmutallab.") (Updated February 15, 2010) (Read More...)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "U.S. HUNTS FOR ENGLISH-SPEAKING BOMBERS" by Eli Lake (SNIPPET: "U.S. officials told The Washington Times that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, facing charges as a would-be suicide bomber, revealed during recent cooperation with the FBI that he met with other English speakers at a terrorist training camp in Yemen.") (February 15, 2010) (Read More...)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "A DOWNWARD SPIRAL IN LATIN AMERICA" by Douglas Farah (SNIPPET: "The first is the decision of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez to bring on board a senior Cuban official with a long time specialty in internal security and torture to act as a consultant on Venezuela's energy crisis.") (February 8, 2010) (Read More...)
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