"MORE" - TERROR NEWS - April 18th

April 18, 2007 PM Anti-Terrorism News

(Iraq) Update: 4 blasts in Baghdad kill at least 183 — car bomb inBaghdad market in Al-Sadriayah district killed 127 — series of bombs:Sadr City suicide bomber, car bombs in Sadriyah market and in Karradah,bomb on minibus in Risafi
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_23;_ylt=AuP2bu3Ivus45PKf3Rmzv0dX6GMA

(Iraq) Suspected Qaeda bombs kill nearly 200 in Baghdad
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070418/wl_nm/iraq_dc_124;_ylt=AqgMGEDTv4fp8YxwPPA8kkIwuecA

(Iraq) More on Muslims Forcing Christian Assyrians in Baghdad to Pay ‘Protection Tax’
http://www.aina.org/news/20070417105313.htm

(Afghanistan) 10 killed, official abducted in Afghan violence -including the principal of a girls’ school - rebels attack counter-narcotics unit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070418/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest_070418190223;_ylt=AsNFkQrI9fNZ1cytxeLt72HOVooA

(Afghanistan) US: NATO must prevail in Afghanistan by end of ‘08
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1176152829642&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Pakistan) Lal Masjid Red Mosque cleric’s wife ready to resist govt
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\04\19\story_19-4-2007_pg7_7

(Pakistan/UK) Disappeared Pakistani terror suspect Khalid Mehmood Rashid “held over London bombings”
http://www.citizen.co.za/index/article.aspx?pDesc=36901,1,22

(UK) Missing Terror suspect pair ‘still public threat’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6567459.stm

(UK) London terror suspect tells how he was asked to be a suicide bomber
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/18/europe/EU-EN-Britain-Bombings.php

(Philippines) Bomb blast kills 2 in southern Philippines
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2007-04-18T174745Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-294647-3.xml&archived=False

(Somalia) Street battles kill 14 in Somali capital
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_re_af/somalia_4;_ylt=AlViXfo2XuoFmKXuJsz44oiQLIUD

(Sudan) U.S., UK threaten Sudan with sanctions over Darfur
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070418/ts_nm/sudan_darfur_dc_3;_ylt=AtiZ_NEz2VuaNSilLgWx8JUShIMA

(US) Al-Qaida Suspect: Teacher thought youth was Muslim
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/04/18/Morpaul.ART_ART_04-18-07_A1_JH6DSB7.html

(Israel/Iran) Former Mossad chief: Kill Ahmadinejad
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1176152828140&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Libya) US committed to rebuilding relations with Libya - New U.S.ambassador and new embassy in Tripoli promised
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/53509.html

(Nigeria) Soldiers kill at least 25 Islamic militants in Nigeria
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070418/ts_afp/nigeriaunrest;_ylt=Av3L7sOuBQNzE8.kCy0gwXis0NUE

(India) Underground Church Worker Beheaded in Kashmir
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2007/s07040073.htm

(thanks to Jihad Watch) Hezbollah says U.N. move on court could hurt Lebanon
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL1828369620070418

Hizbullah Deputy Sec-Gen Sheikh Naim Qassem: We Have Jurisprudent Permission to Carry Out ‘Martyrdom’ Operations, Fire Missiles on Israeli Civilians From Ayatollah Khomeini
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD154907

Terror cover widely available: Report - New report shows terrorism insurance available but with premium in certain areas
http://www.businessinsurance.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?newsId=10006

Commentary: An Islamist Resurgence in Nigeria?http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/04/an_islamist_resurgence_in_nige.php

(Virginia) Report: Virginia Tech gunman sent material to NBC
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1176152829079&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull