TERROR NEWS August 8th

Pakistan National Assembly members: One billion Muslims will become suicidebombers if Mecca, Medina are attackedhttp://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?186376

(Pakistan) Emergency likely to be imposed in Pakistan after midnighthttp://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1833242&Lan\guage=en

(U.S. & Canada) Watch the Borders:
Fake Visas, Real Tunnels Cause OfficialConcern - ABC News: U.S. & Canadian agencies warn of homeland threatshttp://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/08/exclusive-watch.html

(U.S.) Holy Land defense attorney questions FBI agenthttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTTkgbIrpGtJYAoRnQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMzRvMDBnBHBvcwM5\BHNlYwNzcg--/SIG=15j89n4d1/EXP=1186689947/**http%3a//www.dallasnews.com/perl/com\mon/rssredir.pl%3fpage=http%3a//www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localn\ews/stories/080907dnmetholyland.14db9722.html

Afghan gov't rules out swap deal with Talibanhttp://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1833212&Lan\guage=en

Afghanistan at Odds With U.S. on Plan to Eradicate Opium Crophttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTTkkmJLpGclgAJyvQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHZkMjZyBHBvcwMx\BHNlYwNzcg--/SIG=12oi0ih70/EXP=1186690470/**http%3a//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news\%3fpid=20601082%26sid=atxR_FvpfGVU

(Iraq) Bomb Busters: On the ground with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit -Newsweek reporter's account of embed with unithttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20180949/site/newsweek/

(Iraq) Captured Video Shows Iraqi Insurgents Firing Sophisticated Iranian-MadeRockets at U.S. Positionshttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292513,00.html

(Iraq) 2,760 non-Iraqi detainees in Iraqi jails, 800 Iranians - officialhttp://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1833250&Lan\guage=en

(Iraq) Al-Qaeda bolsters fighters network in Iraq: US Commander - "al-Qaeda hasactually sent more people into Iraq"http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1833211&Lan\guage=en

(Iraq) Studies: Suicide bombers in Iraq are mostly foreigners - Two independentstudies concludedhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20070808/wl_mcclatchy/20070808bcusiraqsuicideb\ombers_attn_national_foreign_editors_ytop_1

(Saudi Arabia) For Saudi prince, terror-funding allegations harm U.S. businessties - DMI Bank founder faces civil suit in U.S.http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/08/business/trust.php

French police check trains - Trains in eastern France checked after indicationsof "terrorist threat"http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22214180-1702,00.html?from=public_rss

(Philippines) JI-trained bomber or HSA's 1st victim?http://www.gmanews.tv/story/54904/PCIJ-JI-trained-bomber-or-HSAs-1st-victim

Somalia: Grenade Explosions Wound 3 in Mogadishu Overnighthttp://allafrica.com/stories/200708080354.html

(Lebanon) Army moves deeper into Nahr al-Bared, seizes weaponshttp://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=84417

(Lebanon) More Information Emerges on Hizballah's Efforts to Establish Its OwnTelecommunications Networkhttp://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/08/more_information_emerges_on_hi.php

(Lebanon) New Hizballah Dedicated Networks in South Lebanon?http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/08/new_hizballah_dedicated_networ.php

(UK) Channel 4: Britain Under Attack from Jihadhttp://www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/britain+under+attack/656252With

Britain facing a 'severe' level of terror threat, Dispatches investigatesthe roots of Islamic extremism in the UK and examines the government's attemptsto win the battle for British Muslims' hearts and mindsReporter Phil Rees, an expert on Islamist violence, explores the Koranicteachings that lie behind the concept of jihadRelated Excerpt Video Cliphttp://www.channel4.com/player/v2/player.jsp?showId=8169

(UK) Channel 4 Dispatches Britain Under Attack from Jihad - Video in 5 partsPart 1:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8W0rGaLdcA4

Part 2:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nUuih-7hP8o&mode

Part 3:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cq1ZZ3ZpHj0&mode

Part 4:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4CQ9H_qmEIE&mode

Part 5:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwbf5JCSTzs&mode

For UK Viewers: Channel 4 On Demand (must be UK viewer)http://www.channel4.com/4od/index.html

(UK) Channel 4 denies distorting Islamic viewshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6835487,00.html

(UK) London Times: Channel 4 in row over mosque filmhttp://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article222\3340.ece?token=null&offset=0

Note - this London Times article was written with heavy bias against Channel 4on its Dispatches documentaries "Undercover Mosque" and "Britain Under Attack".The bias is very evident by the fact that this article was originally titled"Channel 4 in new fakery row over mosque film".The London Times has since changed the title of this news story on the Internet.(UK) Channel 4 rapped over mosque probehttp://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2144120,00.html

(Singapore) New website aims to counter Islamic extremism - Islamic scholars &teachers in Singapore aim to counter extremist ideologieshttp://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2007/Augus\t/theworld_August158.xml§ion=theworld

(Columbia) Two Colombian soldier hostages die in rebel hands - FARC kidnappedtwo in Marchhttp://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-28891220070808

Commentary: Undercutting a Culture of Militancy: Designating Hamas Charitieshttp://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2646

Commentary: Obama is right about al-Qaidahttp://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0808robb08.htmlPropaganda

Alert:Commentary: Wesley Clark - Jihadists are NOT the enemy, "they are merely criminals"
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/opinion/08clark.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

(Iraq) Mehdi militia takes on U.S. in Baghdadhttp://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/08/08/mehdi_militia_takes_on_us_in_ba\ghdad/8312/

(Iraq) U.S.: Raids kills 32 in Baghdad -- raid and airstrike targeting networksallegedly smuggling weapons and fighters from Iranhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070808/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_070808093759;_ylt=AlmW7y\.rLhauRIZSvC1viPtX6GMA

(Iraq) U.S. says Iran- supplied bomb is killing more troops in Iraq -"Explosively formed penetrators" used in 99 attacks last month and 1/3 of US deaths http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/08/africa/08military.php

Iraq PM in Tehran for security talkshttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/ts_afp/iraniraqdiplomacy_070808112019;_ylt=\AlhuU7gqc06hR5ScRrUtwFVSw60A

(Iraq) Two killed, one wounded in Kirkukhttp://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=1010093

Iraq security talks open in Syriahttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestsecurity_070808105\425;_ylt=AgYpPnRmcFsbgyUIyVVWsYtX6GMA

(Iraq) In Iraqi south, Shiites press for autonomyhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070806/ts_csm/ofederation

(Iraq) UK: No action on Iraqi interpreters for monthshttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article2220790.ecehttp://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/08/08/britain_to_review_iraqi_army_tr\anslators/3660/

(Afghanistan) 4 militants killed by Afghan police -- at a checkpoint in Qarabaghdistrict of Ghazni provincehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070808/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_22;_ylt=AnyzelRyA.Nq\6egIR0ctezfOVooA

(Afghanistan) 15 Taliban, six Afghan police killed in fresh battles --insurgents attacked a police patrol in southern Kandahar provincehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest_0708080537\56;_ylt=AmD9YHmolCQSTx6PhUnIMS3OVooA

Afghan troops 'ready' for hostage rescuehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanskoreagermanykidn\apoperation_070808100323;_ylt=AukVtbn1kj8t1f9h.VPqrhzOVooA

(Afghanistan) US treads delicately in Taliban hostage crisishttp://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2007/A\ugust/subcontinent_August318.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=

(U.S.) Airlines seek FBI, CIA September 11 testimony - Arguing that inability todetect & prevent resulted in deathshttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070807/ts_nm/sept11_damages_dc

(U.S.) Terrorists teaming with drug cartels -- posing as Hispanic nationalshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070808/NATION/108080\088/1001

(U.S.) Judge rejects bail for San Jose man in terrorism case -- brother linkedto Philippine Jihadist group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)http://www.ocregister.com/news/abdhir-brother-terrorist-1801290-rahmat-court

(Pakistan) Explosion wounds five policemen in Pakistan's tribal districthttp://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=1010063

(Pakistan) Al-Qaida-linked men killed in Pakistan -- among 12 militant fighterskilled by a military attack on two compounds near the Afghan borderhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070808/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_7;_ylt=Ajz.VQmenAqxJLIS\Xf0HulowuecAPakistan strikes Al-Qaeda ahead of tribal council -- raid west of Miranshahhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/ts_afp/pakistanunrest_070808063330;_ylt=Akc\oI74_D3_rC2H4jEh1VrcwuecA(Pakistan) Afghan-Pakistan peace meeting will struggle for results afterMusharraf pulls outhttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/08/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Pakistan-Meeting.ph\p

Pakistan's fierce Pashtun tribes in terror spotlighthttp://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2007/A\ugust/subcontinent_August317.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=

(Pakistan) Rise in infiltration after Lal Masjid actionhttp://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070021841

(Pakistan) Taliban and al Qaeda Find "Safe Haven" in Pakistan's No Man's Landhttp://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070807/7pakistan.htmPakistan:

Polio vaccine team beaten up in tribal areahttp://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.1188219211

(Pakistan) Benazir Bhutto: Musharraf regime sympathetic to Al-Qaedahttp://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=947fabf1-c707-493d-9eb\5-e8c53c1eabdb&&Headline=

'Musharraf+rule+sympathetic+to+Qaeda'(India Kashmir) Self-styled LeT commander shot dead in J&K - in Kupwarahttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/LeT_commander_shot_dead_in_JK/articleshow/226\4772.cms

(India Kashmir) Separatists in hot spot as al-Qaeda refers to Kashmirhttp://www.kashmirlive.com/story/Separatists-in-hot-spot-as-alQaeda-refers-to-Ka\shmir/209258.html

(India) Violence in Jabalpur over alleged disrespect to Quranhttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Violence_in_Jabalpur_over_alleg\ed_disrespect_to_Quran/articleshow/2264870.cms

(India Assam) Two killed in Assam bicycle bomb -- near the police station in Jorhat townhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6936240.stm

(India Assam) Blast in Guwahati, two injuredhttp://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=10bc1ec9-603f-468b-989\c-53d7a61451b6&&Headline=Blast+in+Guwahati%2c+two+injured

(Lebanon) Two Lebanese soldiers killed in battles with Islamistshttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/wl_afp/lebanonunrest_070808091015;_ylt=Aqg2\5mq3Y8XSaE_tlI6sjjTagGIB

Israeli troops kill two Hamas gunmen in Gazahttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070808/wl_nm/palestinians_israel_violence_dc_1;_ylt\=AvCu_XU.1GRHPwckiv_QG_juyucAIsrael won't look closely at whether terrorists disarmhttp://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57051Fatah denies report of talk with Hamashttp://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=28b99486-9c2a-4fd8-862\e-bfdff01e1d71&&Headline=Fatah+denies+report+of+talk+with+Hamas

Yemen kills militant behind Spaniards' bombing death: officialshttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/wl_afp/yemenqaedaspainunrest_070808114135;_\ylt=Al6poU529ltMHp89YRz2v7YwuecA

Yemeni authorities: 4 militants, one soldier killed in raid on al-Qaida cellhttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/08/africa/ME-GEN-Yemen-Militants.php

(Yemen) US embassy warns of 'previously unseen' terrorist threat in Yemenhttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/07/africa/ME-GEN-Yemen-US-Terrorism.php

Yemen deploys 200,000 soldiers to sustain securityhttp://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=1010080

Morocco jails eight officers on al-Qaeda plot leakhttp://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3435212,00.html

Somalia conference delegates sign pact to end hostilities, Islamic militants not includedhttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/08/africa/AF-GEN-Somalia.php

(Sudan) U.S.: Sudan must accept non-African troopshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20168065/

Nigerian kidnappers release 6 Russianshttp://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/08/08/nigerian_kidnappers_release_6_r\ussians/7517/

(Russia) Militants kill 2 Russian servicemen in Chechnyahttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/08/europe/EU-GEN-Russia-Chechnya.php

(Turkey) Al Qaeda springs the Istanbul bomber from jailhttp://english.sabah.com.tr/52E9889A62E34F43AAA35226D2A22C75.html

(UK) Release of inmates from Guantanamo leaves Britain facing a securityheadachehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2218052.ece

(UK) Profiles of the five Guantanamo detaineeshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/08/ngitmo208.xml

(UK) Guantanamo detainee expected home 'within weeks'http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id\=473768&in_page_id=1811

(UK) Abu Hamza ordered to pay back 1m pounds sterling in legal aidhttp://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/15892/Hamza-ordered-to-pay-back-%A31m-legal-\aidhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=4738\43&in_page_id=1770&ito=newsnow

(UK) Channel 4: Britain Under Attack from Jihadhttp://www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/britain+under+attack/656252Related Videohttp://www.channel4.com/player/v2/player.jsp?showId=8169

(UK) Sabotage is suspected over foot-and-mouthhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2218183.ecehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/08/nfandm308.xml

(Australia) Dr. Haneef Mohammed seeks to get his visa back -- UK car bombssuspecthttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6936191.stm

(Thailand) Suspected Muslim insurgents kill 2 health workers in restive southernThailandhttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/08/asia/AS-GEN-Thailand-Southern-Violence\.php

(Thailand) Insurgents kill former village headman -- in Yalahttp://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=120729

(Thailand) Report: Thai Buddhist vigilante squads suspectedhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070807/ap_on_re_as/thailand_vigilante_fears_3;_ylt=\Atn4YAz0378D8f.H.ABKXCDuNREB

Philippines: Communist rebels scoff at army's success claimhttp://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.1187992135

(Sri Lanka) Military says 2 Tamil rebels killed in eastern Sri Lanka; Tigersdeny claimhttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/08/asia/AS-GEN-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php

North Korea willing to move quickly on disarmamenthttp://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1186557398408&pagename=JPost%2FJPArti\cle%2FShowFull

North, South Korea to hold second-ever summithttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20168351/

Commentary:

CAIR/HAMAS Meetings in USA: War is Deception -- by The InvestigativeProject on Terrorism (IPT)http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/08/war_is_deception_1.php

Commentary: An Idealistic Alternative to the Saudi Arms Deal -- by Walid Phareshttp://www.americanthinker.com/2007/08/an_idealistic_alternative_to_t.htmlOther

News:(Netherlands) Dutch politician calls for ban on Koranhttp://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22211667-23109,00.html

Egyptian Court in Controversial Ruling: Christians Who Convert to Islam CannotConvert Backhttp://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD167507

(Egypt) Christian convert seeks recognition in Egypthttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070802/wl_mideast_afp/egyptreligionislam_070802170\426

Egypt's torture of Copts prompts warninghttp://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56942