TERROR NEWS April 9th

Terror News took Easter Sunday, April 8th, off.

(Iraq) Mahmudiyah car bomb kills 17 Iraqis
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1722716&Language=en

(Iraq) US army in Iraq arrests militants in Qaeda raids - 14 militants arrested
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1722851&Language=en

(Iraq) DoD announces National Guard moves to Iraq (my title) - Press release on deployments to Iraq http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=10711

(Thailand) Insurgents kill 8, including 12-year-old boy, in southern Thailand
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/09/asia/AS-GEN-Thailand-Southern-Violence.php

(Algeria) Al-Qaeda Fighters Kill Nine Soldiers In Algeria - “al-Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb”
http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_23350-Al-Qaeda-Fighters-Kill-Nine-Soldiers-In-Algeria.html

(Pakistan) 4 Pakistani soldiers killed in land mine blast; rebel groupclaims responsibility
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/09/asia/AS-GEN-Pakistan-Soldiers-Killed.php

(Pakistan) Five bomb explosions in N. Pakistan wound over 20
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1722696&Language=en

Pakistan says no plans to trade airline suspect Rashid Rauf with Britain
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070409/wl_uk_afp/britainattacksairlinepakistan_070409121406;_ylt=AnelJ5jA7aDUocEOAG0aYAXzPukA

(Afghanistan) A “New” Taliban Proving Deadly to NATO Forces
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/04/a_new_taliban_p.html

(Afghanistan) As Taliban Promises Offensive, Karzai Says Group is ‘Defeated’
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3021910&page=1

(Afghanistan) Dutch patrol in Afghanistan is hit by a Taliban ambush
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/09/news/afghan.php

(Somalia) US accuses Eritrea of fueling Somali crisis and No connection with Islamists, clan leader says
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/us-accuses-eritrea-of-fuelling-somali-crisis/2007/04/09/1175971024104.htmlhttp://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/9322

(Iran) Ahmadinejad: Iran has joined club of nuclear nations
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173879276262&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Iran says it’s able to make nuclear fuel — Now injecting uranium gas into 3,000 centrifuges for enrichment
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070409/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear;_ylt=AqAGFAHuZfXTFX_lOextUT2s0NUE

(Iran) Report: Iran ready for attack on nuke facilities
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173879277798&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iran) US ‘very concerned’ over Iran nuclear steps
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070409160641.8pku7gp5&show_article=1

(Iran) Buoyant Tehran warns of further kidnappings
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/08/wiran08.xml

Yemen court clears Danish man Abdi Osman Soni of arming Somali Islamists - co-defendent sentenced to 3 years in prison
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070409/wl_mideast_afp/somaliayemendenmark_070409130130;_ylt=AiAKV71yHnqOGgXFQHGJHViQLIUD

Palestinian security, militants exchange heavy fire in West Bank city
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/09/africa/ME-GEN-Palestinians-Shootout.php

Anti-globalists reach out to Islamists
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/839/sc1.htm

Analysis: Hezbollah and Al Qaeda
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/09/opinion/edsaab.php

Analysis: Africa’s ‘Horns’ and Al-Qaeda’s ‘Branches’
http://english.daralhayat.com/opinion/OPED/04-2007/Article-20070409-d662b1be-c0a8-10ed-00e1-f3059e53855b/story.html

Saudi govt urges media cooperation in war on terror
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L09192695.htm

Colombian rebel bomb wrecks police station, kills one
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09326486.htm

(UK) Commentary: We showed weakness and will pay the price
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/04/08/do0801.xml

Sri Lankan gov’t says ready to resume talks with Tigers
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/09/content_5954446.htm

Other News:

(UK) Commentary: Sex, violence, the trouble with Islam and why we need our Christian roots
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1624538.ece