TERROR NEWS May 22nd

May 22, 2007 Anti-Terrorism News

(Iraq) Car bomb kills 25 at Baghdad market - a crowded outdoor marketin southwestern Baghdad
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070522/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_070522101132;_ylt=Asc08lUDSCUj0TcKop5ODTxX6GMA

(Iraq) US-Iraqi forces free 12 hostages - in western Anbar who were held captive and beaten by terrorists - also killed nine insurgents
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2007/May/focusoniraq_May125.xml&section=focusoniraq

(Iraq/Iran) Report: Iran’s secret plan for summer offensive to force US out of Iraq
http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0%2C%2C2085195%2C00.html

(Afghanistan) Dozen rebels, policeman killed in Afghan attacks - 10 Taliban killed in Kandahar, policeman killed in Zhari district fighting
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070522/wl_afp/afghanistanunrest_070522063628;_ylt=Am_YeIxkvNlQaBKYVVAT_6HOVooA

(Afghanistan) Four Afghan police, soldiers killed in new attacks
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070522/wl_afp/afghanistanunrest_070522105816;_ylt=At3dM36pHg35KpJLk0iQiRPOVooA

(Afghanistan) Report: Taliban ‘use Iranian missiles on UK troops’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/22/wafghan22.xml

(Pakistan) Lal Masjid brigade defiant
http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/22/top4.htm

(Pakistan) Lal Masjid operation called off - armed operation by security forces against clerics called off for now
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070012859

(Pakistan) Rocket attack destroys seven trucks
http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/22/top13.htm

Pakistan strikes Al Qaeda camp, 4 dead - in North Waziristan
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2007/May/subcontinent_May872.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=

Pakistani militant freed despite Al Qaeda links - Qari Saifullah Akhtar, the chief of the banned organization Harkatul Jihad al-Islami
http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=31772

Pakistan Foreign Office: Country is not an “Al-Qaeda Base”
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.416951705&par=0

(Pakistan Unrest) Musharraf urged to change course or risk losing power
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/22/asia/22pakistan.php

(India) Two Jaish-e-Mohammad militants gunned down in Jammu and Kashmir- including Pakistani national
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2_JeM_militants_gunned_down_in_JK/articleshow/2066189.cms

(Thailand) Terrorists shoot Buddhist man, burn body, detonate bomb to police response, wounding three police and Time magazine newsphotographer (my title)http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=118907http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30034856

Lebanon, militants battle for a 3rd day
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/22/lebanon.violence/index.html

(Lebanon) Toll hits 65 in deadliest Lebanon strife since civil war
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070522/wl_mideast_afp/lebanonpalestinian_070522105247;_ylt=AuB30D86UKRKnzsgSQdvjI7agGIB

(Lebanon) Islamists vow ‘fight to last drop of blood’
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21773439-1702,00.html

(Lebanon) Fatah Al Islam claims responsibility for Beirut bombings
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2007/May/middleeast_May368.xml§ion=middleeast&col=

Lebanon offers camp truce as second bomb targets Beirut
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2007/May/middleeast_May365.xml§ion=middleeast&col=

(Lebanon) Analysis: Al Qaeda’s New Front in Lebanon
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/05/al_qaedas_new_front_in_lebanon.php

Israel attacks two Hamas positions in northern Gaza
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/22/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Attack.php

Israel warns no Hamas leader safe from attack
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070522/ts_afp/mideast

Israel calls for world pressure on Hamas - to halt cross-border rocket attacks
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070522/wl_nm/palestinians_israel_dc_62;_ylt=AlKkWTtWMFYlJqa6W1ZwlSHuyucA

Hamas: We’ll attack from W. Bank
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=1178708651048&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Hamas leaders go into hiding, urged to take precautions
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708656108&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Egypt releases more than 100 Islamic extremists
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708653903&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Jordanian authorities nab 2 Muslim Brotherhood men
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708654086&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(USA - Padilla Trial) Goba gave al-Qaida his phone number
http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20070521-070126-8277

Al Qaeda collects contact information
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070521-113251-7040r.htm

(France) Threat of terror attack in France remains real - Interior Minister
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=986093http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/french+terror+threat+is+real/525582

(Iran) Report: IAEA inspectors arrive in Iran to visit nuclear sites
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/22/content_6136335.htm

Sri Lankan jets bomb rebel targets
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070522/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrest_070522105401;_ylt=AqsMcMIkF1zu.TOmHF.ZruMtM8oA

(Sri Lanka) Clash, bomb kills 6 in Sri Lanka north
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070521/ap_on_re_as/sri_lanka_1;_ylt=Atgd.rATwWrTuAqboZuMB2MtM8oA

(India/Sri Lanka) India says air offensive launched by LTTE cause of concern
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=372577&sid=NAT

(Nigeria) Update: Kidnapped Indians safe in Nigeria
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=India&month=May2007&file=World_News200705221490.xml

(Columbia) Paramilitary ties to elite in Colombia detailed
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18791895/

Commentary: The Shifting Balance in the Jihadist/Salafist Movement
http://www.douglasfarah.com/article/203/the-shifting-balance-in-the-al-qaedasalafist-structure.com

Other News:

(Saudi Arabia) Non-Muslim Overstayer Arrested in Makkah
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=96432&d=21&m=5&y=2007&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom

Canada woos Islamic finance
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=fb6699bc-72ea-46c5-ba60-03d2b63dbf35

(Europe) Muslims urged to integrate more
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/21/sarajevo.muslims.reut/index.html

Norway: Afghani asylum seekers march in protest
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2007/05/norway-afghanis-march-in-protest.html

Belgium: Moroccans largest group
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2007/05/belgium-moroccans-largest-group.html

(Netherlands) Amsterdam: Threats over a mosque
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2007/05/amsterdam-threats-over-mosque.html