TERROR NEWS March 30th

March 30, 2007 Anti-Terrorism News

(Update) Pakistan fights near Afghanistan kill 52
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_militant_fighting_1;_ylt=AqvyJXsCfSNidXmikgk43Mcwuec

(Pakistan) Extremist Violence on the Rise in Pakistan
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/03/extremist_viole.html

(Iraq) Coalition Forces in Iraq Kill Four Terrorists, Capture 67 - DODpress release with details of operations
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=32631

Somalia battles called worst in 15 years
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_on_re_af/somalia;_ylt=Ar8OUVG9vtbDKl7hLUyY_7qs0

British court strikes down 'control order' confining terrorist suspect to house arrest
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/30/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Terrorist-Suspect.php

(Israel) Police on high alert in center over possible terroristinfiltration
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3383264,00.html

(Iran) Iran: Attack fears spurred nuclear block
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_on_re_mi_ea/nuclear_iran;_ylt=Aqtdu21dJps8Rpb.PUBLc_3MWM0

(Iran/UK) Text Of Iran's Letter To British Envoy
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/30/ap/middleeast/main2627720.shtml

(Iran/UK) Iran wants EU away from sailor dispute
http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20070330-090604-3079r

(Iran/UK) EU demands release of UK detainees
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTTkoaUQ1GfAEAYRbQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTBjdmNoOTVjBHBvcwMyBHNlYwNzcg--/SIG=1386nona1/EXP=1175364250/**http%3a//www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/30/iran.eu.ap/index.html%3fsection=cnn_latest

(Congo) U.S. lists 7 foreign companies, 3 people for anti-terrorfinancial sanctions
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/30/america/NA-GEN-US-Treasury-Congo.php

(Congo) Treasury Designates Individuals & Entities for Contributions toConflict in Congo
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp334.htm

(Guantanamo Bay) Saudi Alleged Mastermind of the USS Cole Attack SaysHe Was Tortured
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/03/alleged_masterm.html

(Europe) Don't confuse terrorism with Islam, says EU -- word "jihad" isto be avoided altogether
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/30/wislam30.xml

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit Syria next week
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/30/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-US.php

(Pakistan) Eleven more killed in Pakistan clashes - between Pakistanitribesmen and foreign Al-Qaeda militants
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070330/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanafghanistanuzbekistanqaedaunrest_070330073948;_ylt=AvCCeBNTLWCvhLJQpm30fKTzPukA

Pakistani Taliban blow up video shops - seeking to impose Islamic law
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070330/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanafghanistantalibanblastmedia_070330104912;_ylt=AhbdzMH1HfPiSQzap.erX5jzPukA

Pakistani Islamic Schools Are Rife With Extremism, Group Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=ao5JDt0jIGNs

(Pakistan) Talibanization of society: Madrassa students gettingleniency
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\03\30\story_30-3-2007_pg1_5

(Afghanistan) 1 NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_on_re_as/afghan_violence_14;_ylt=AhCfwS.8QnCm0XblVaxpmCrOVooA

(Afghanistan) Taliban leader threatens to kill Afghan hostage: TV
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070329/wl_nm/afghan_italy_hostage_dc_1;_ylt=AtegsS1FkxtYFb4577rzooLOVooA

(Iraq) Coaltion forces detain Iraq bomb suspect
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_070329233720;_ylt=AqgFBYanLf.F_1j1zrK7uqBX6GMA

(Iraq) Roadside bomb kills US soldier in Iraq
http://www.meadowfreepress.com/ViewArticle.aspx?id=10450&source=2

(Iraq) Radical Shiite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr Makes Scathing AttackAgainst U.S., Calls for Mass Protest in Statement
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,262660,00.html

(Iraq) Militiamen return to Sadr City
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20070329-111343-9535r.htm

(Iraq) Death toll rises to 82 from Thursday Baghdad blasts in Al Shaabmarket
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2007/March/focusoniraq_March201.xml&section=focusoniraq

(Iraq) Nearly 400 killed in Iraq March bloodletting
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/A_bloody_March_for_Iraq_as_nearly_400_killed_in_bloodletting/articleshow/1834510.cms

(India) Muslim rebels kill five Hindus in Kashmir
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070330/india_nm/india292695_1;_ylt=AvqqBIU5lVy3qBsw_LppVtw1NXcA

Bangladesh executes six top Islamic militants
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070330/wl_afp/bangladeshattacks_070330103913;_ylt=Aqkdyj4a_GAvNL9ImTGoc5NTQMQA

(Somalia) Insurgents shoot down Ethiopian helicopter in Mogadishu
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070330/ts_afp/somaliaunrest_070330110437;_ylt=AiqUO1eMrF3j.Q1Q_3C92RSQLIUD

(Sudan) Top officials: U.S. to impose Sudan sanctions soon
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/03/29/USsanctions.Sudan.reut/index.html

(Sudan) Police arrest armed Sudan Airways hijacker
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17868048/http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2994308

Palestinian Schoolbooks Say Fighting Israel "Is Islamic Duty"
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Religion&loid=8.0.400221662&par=0

Israel says it can destroy Iran's missiles
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/israel_says_it_can_destroy_irans_missiles/20070330-014852-3827r/

(Iran/UK) Iran TV Channel Airs Footage of British Sailor's 'Apology'for Entering 'Iranian Waters'- second video of sailors
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,262643,00.htmlhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_britain_34;_ylt=AhtMZwM5dBu46A6gkWLrWChSw60A

(Iran/UK) British foreign minister dismisses Iranian letter onprisoners
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/30/europe/EU-GEN-EU-Iran.php

(Iran/UK) Blair livid as hostage letter seeks withdrawal from Iraq
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1588818.ece

(Iran/UK) Captured Britons may face show trial in Iran
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/30/wiran30.xml

(Iran/UK) Turkey: Iran may consider freeing sailor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_on_re_mi_ea/british_seized_turkey_2;_ylt=AhK8tl2rDs5My50MtFS_fFftfLkA

Iranians: "All Britain has to do is to admit they made a mistake"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1588817.ece

(Iran/UK) How Britons were conned by Iranian gunboat trick
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1582544.ece

(Iran/UK) Is a U.S.-Iran War Inevitable? Commentary by Robert Baer
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1604546,00.html

(Iran) The Arab Press Assesses the Likelihood of a U.S. Strike AgainstIran
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD152707

(Indonesia) Explosives seizure 'dwarfs Bali bomb'
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21476649-1702,00.html

Australian Hicks must explain guilt at Guantanamo
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070330/ts_nm/guantanamo_dc_2;_ylt=ApBmncZLGp5L9OKA5oZvXRAwuecA

Australian Terror detainee Hicks faces less than 20 years
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_hicks_6;_ylt=Akuij6G.LqmGPok6lsuJWXQTv5UB

(Australia) Hicks may come home free, says Hockey
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21473457-1702,00.html

(Guantanamo Bay) Hearing: Jemaah Islamiah man Mohamad Farik Amin Zubaircourier for al-Qaeda - Zachary Abuza quoted
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/30/courts/17261145&sec=courts

(USA) Defense Secretary Gates calls for Guantanamo closure
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/29/guantanamo.gates.ap/index.html

(Spain) Al-Qaeda video threating Spanish troops ‘genuine’
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=81&story_id=38267

Sweden: Moroccan terror suspect to be extradited to Germany
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2007/03/sweden-moroccan-terror-suspect-to-be.html

UK resident to be freed from Guantanamo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/0,,873826,00.html

(Ireland) Four arrested in anti-terror swoop
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/article2406755.ece

(Sri Lanka) Fresh violence in Sri Lanka kills 13
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070330/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrestlead_070330095835;_ylt=AgTkGTjawRPrnt.yzvakOestM8oA

Analysis: Al Qaeda, Penny-Pinchers?http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/03/al_qaeda_pennyp.html

Analysis: Risks grow of terrorists getting nukes
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173879211871&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Analysis: America unprepared for 'likely' nuke attack -- Publicawareness campaign is only hope, says 3-year University of Georgia study
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54920

Other News:

(France) Two jailed over riot at French subway station
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=38286

Sweden: Islam is and will be a European religion
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2007/03/sweden-islam-is-and-will-be-european.html

'UK anti-Semitism can't be ignored
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173879212816&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Germany) New law gives asylum rejects failed asylum seekers chance tostay in Germany
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=26&story_id=38233

(Germany) Holocaust archive ready to open files to public
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=26&story_id=38230

(Netherlands) Parliament wants ban on Blood & Honour
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=38257