TERROR NEWS JULY 5th

(Afghanistan) Taliban hangs two Afghans accused of spying for US forceshttp://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/79556.html

(Afghanistan) Troops take on Taliban bomb-layers in 'IED Valley'http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/79512.html

(Iraq) 17 Die After Baghdad Blast Strikes Wedding Partyhttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288233,00.html

(Gaza) Claim: British deal frees al-Qaida sheik Abu Qatada - Palestinian sources say agreement
made to release BBC reporter Alan Johnstonhttp://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56527

Yemen detains 3 suspects over attack against Spanish touristshttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/05/africa/ME-GEN-Yemen-Spain-Tourist-Attack.php

Algeria: Governor targeted in failed bomb attack - Ain al-Haman villagehttp://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.432424843&par=0

Somali soldiers publicly execute 2 men accused of killing officershttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/05/africa/AF-GEN-Somalia.php

Jordan court overturns death penalty against al-Qaeda suspecthttp://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/news/article_1326563.php/Jordan_court_overturns_death_penalty_against_al-Qaeda_suspect

(Gaza) Update: 11 militants, most from Hamas, killed in flareup of Israeli-Palestinian violence in
Gazahttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/05/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Palestinians.php

Egyptian police seize large cache of explosives in northern Sinaihttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/05/africa/ME-GEN-Egypt-Explosives.php

(Germany) Pakistan May Return Detained Islamists to Germanyhttp://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,492424,00.html

Pakistani Militants Snub Surrender Callhttp://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20070705/468c6cc0_3ca6_1552620070705-326053934

(Pakistan) Mosque siege students 'holding human shields'http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/05/wpak205.xml

Pakistan: Lal Masjid head cleric charged with terrorismhttp://ia.rediff.com/news/2007/jul/05pak1.htm

Pakistan: Lal Masjid head cleric sent to 7-day custodyhttp://in.news.yahoo.com/070705/211/6hqp7.html

(Pakistan) Full commando operation launched on Lal Masjidhttp://in.news.yahoo.com/070705/139/6hqok.html

(Pakistan) Eight militants arrested while escaping from Lal Masjidhttp://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=486292

Bangladesh approves act to cut money laundering - 6 executed JMB and JMJB leaders funded by
Saudishttp://in.news.yahoo.com/070705/137/6hqgp.html

(Al Qaeda) The Doctors' Orders: There's new thinking at work among some of Al Qaeda's brains.
How the British plot ties into the doctrine of a leading jihadi strategist known as Abu Musab al-Suri.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19616362/site/newsweek/

Al-Qaida video reflects group's troubles http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070705/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=ArVL5CT431.A5VdIzxO6LGDMWM0F

(Australia) Official says two British terror suspects applied for Australian jobshttp://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200707051924.htm

(France) Kouchner says Hamas help to free BBC journalist will not change French policyhttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/05/europe/EU-GEN-UN-France-Hamas.php

UK court jails trio who incited terrorism over Web - 24 years for three cyber-terrorists - three Islamist cyber-terrorists were sentenced to a total of 24 years in prison: Younes Tsouli (10 years), Waseem Mughal (7 1/2 years), and Tariq al-Daour (6 1/2 years)http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L05690850.htm

UK Television Video Report on Cyberterroristshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJMZqDVnz9M

(UK) Indian PM speaks to Brown: Don't label terrorists by nationality -- Indian Prime Minister Singh: "there are no Indian terrorists or Pakistani terrorists, or for that matter Hindu terrorists or Muslim terrorists."
http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/top-story/pm-speaks-to-brown-don%E2%80%99t-label-terrorists-by-nationality.aspx

(UK) Terrorism's Hook Into Your Inbox - U.K. Case Shows Link Between Online Fraud and Jihadist Networkshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/05/AR2007070501153.html

(UK) Update: Britain convicts al-Qaida "sleeper" agent Omar Altimimi - Manchester police call Altimimi a sleeper agenthttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19615967/

(UK) 'A popular misperception'http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2007/07/popular-misperception.html

(UK - Northern Ireland) Retrial over police station bombhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6274364.stm

(Connecticut) Stoning advocate to address Connecticut crowd -- Imam who forecast 'crumbling'
democracy to address 'Islamophobia' eventhttp://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56496

(Columbia) Outraged Colombians march against rebel kidnappershttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070705/wl_nm/colombia_hostages_dc;_ylt=Asc67JU_gtDIpR33ly2OYVbMWM0F

(U.S.-Columbia) Jurors deadlock again in FARC trial - First trial in Washington of Ricardo Palmera,
aka Simon Trinidad, ended in mistrialhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070705/ap_on_go_ot/us_colombia_rebel_trial_1

Downed Electronic Jihad Site Flew Under The Radarhttp://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=TZ3WVA4C444M0QSNDLRSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=200900590&subSection=News

Fingerprints to Help Single Out Terrorists - Electronic Dragnet Aims to Catch Potential Terrorists Not on Watch Listshttp://abcnews.go.com/WN/LegalCenter/story?id=3348425&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

Commentary: The White House, CAIR and the OIC -- by Steven Emersonhttp://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/07/the_white_house_cair_and_the_o.php

Commentary: We all have to stand up to Islamists and their apologistshttp://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=23fb70a0-3386-4517-9fc7-1157a1d33a14

Commentary: Take Hamas at its militant Islamic wordhttp://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=5&article_id=83566

Other News:

Copenhagen: Father stabs daughterhttp://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2007/07/copenhagen-father-stabs-daughter.html


(UK/USA) 45 Muslim doctors planned US terror raids - plotted attack on US naval base - linked to
British Jihadist cyber-terror gang led by Younis Tsouli http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/05/nterror405.xml

Al Qaeda's No. 2 says end of West 'imminent,' video shows - Ayman al Zawahiri urges followers to go
to Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, & Somalia
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/04/zawahiri.video/index.html

Summaries by SITE Institute and Laura Mansfieldhttp://siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications300407&Category=publications&Subcategory=0http://www.lauramansfield.com/j/default.asp

(Afghanistan) Suicide attack kills 10 Afghan police; NATO soldier dies in bombinghttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/05/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Violence.php

(Afghanistan) German freed in Afghanistanhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070705/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestgermanykidnaprelease_070705115122;_ylt=Ap2Yh4bymRXyslqqlCGWqmLOVooA

(Iraq) US military arrests 25 armed men; clashes erupt near Samawahttp://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=1000812

(Iraq) Military raids target terrorist cells in Iraq -- U.S.-led coalition forces killed a suspected terrorist
and detained nine others in raids targeting al Qaeda in Iraqhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/05/iraq.main/index.html

(Iraq) Body count in Baghdad up in June - Number of unidentified corpses found on street rises
sharplyhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19604814/

(Israel) Four Jordanian terrorists to be extradited todayhttp://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1183459200997&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Israel) 8 Hamas militants killed by Israeli troops in Gaza clasheshttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070705/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians_5

(Hamas) British Parliamentarians urging engagement with Hamashttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6273272.stm

(Hamas) BBC reporter's freedom 'really staged for movie' -- Palestinian official claims terror group in
cahoots with abductors of Johnstonhttp://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56515

(Hamas) Gazans pull kids from Hamas camphttp://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1183459189230&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Pakistan) Gunmen kill four policemen in northwest Pakistan -- in Peshawarhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070705/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwestpolice_070705080812;_ylt=ApUyc6IzGG1LylIGdVHUwLXzPukAhttp://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=1000801

(Pakistan) Tear gas prompts Pakistan mosque exodushttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19608449/

(Pakistan) Surrender call ignored at Pakistan mosquehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070705/ts_nm/pakistan_mosque_dc_25;_ylt=AgxnjtJ9i.vrQdaYgk85om7zPukA

(Pakistan) Heavy firing reported from Lal Masjid http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14486982

(Pakistan) 'Warning' blasts heard near Lal Masjidhttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Warning_blasts_heard_near_Lal_Masjid/articleshow/2176382.cms

Pakistani troops blow up wall of besieged mosquehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2031096.ece

(Pakistan) 1,200 surrender at Lal Masjid http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\05\story_5-7-2007_pg1_1

(Pakistan) Radical Cleric Sees End of Mosque Seige in Pakistan - says remaining followers should
escape or surrenderhttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288120,00.html

Pakistan mosque leader arrested disguised in burqahttp://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2007/July/subcontinent_July156.xml§ion=subcontinent&col

(Pakistan) Murder, arson cases against mullahshttp://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\05\story_5-7-2007_pg1_3

(Pakistan) Security official states Lal Masjid 'Mosque linked to al-Qaeda' and Talibanhttp://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2141280,00.html

(Indian Kashmir) Muslim 'Rage Boy' Shakeel Bhat says he's really angryhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070705/wl_sthasia_afp/indiakashmirunrestdemointernet_070705050008;_ylt=Ah40HzCy5zy5BuwERpliH5lA7AkB

(Lebanon) Two Australians charged with terror in Lebanonhttp://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=83545

Iran official rules out nuclear "time out": agencyhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070704/ts_nm/iran_nuclear_dc_1;_ylt=Alabmc01Ks3JSPVRLgB5m3hSw60A

(Somalia) Mogadishu mayor survives attempt on lifehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070705/ap_on_re_af/somalia_3;_ylt=Amcto9OmViGfy5ofJjeWwYGQLIUD

Yemen employs new terror approach -- for dealing with convicted al-Qaida operatives: Let them roam
free as long as they promise to be law-abidinghttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_on_re_mi_ea/yemen_al_qaida_1

(Yemen) Al-Qaeda an ever-present threat in Yemenhttp://www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?area=mideast&item=070704184621.xzqs1e2l.php

(Nigeria) 'UK toddler' kidnapped in Nigeriahttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6272676.stm

(Thailand) Rail service cut as Thai rebels sabotage trackshttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070705/wl_asia_afp/thailandsouthunresttoll_070705042657;_ylt=Apq5SJ_rE6F0WEAW.GGta2buNREB

(Thailand) 3 soldiers injured in ambush in South - in Pattanihttp://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/previousdetail.php?id=119930

(Thailand) 7 suspected insurgents arrested in Thai south were bomb making expectshttp://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20070704/twl-as-gen-thailand-southern-violence-979dc94.html

Philippine chief says terror plots foiled against U.S. troopshttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/05/asia/AS-GEN-Philippines-Terror-Plots.php

Philippine forces intensify offensives against militants to keep ASEAN meetings safehttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/05/asia/AS-GEN-ASEAN-Security.php

(Australia) Former chief judge slams terror detention lawhttp://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22021308-1702,00.html

Sri Lanka's Tamil rebels commemorate suicide bombershttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070705/wl_afp/srilankaunrestsuicide_070705102339;_ylt=AimAwVX5wS1Jo6ctzqxwL18tM8oA

China nightclub blast kills 25, injures 33 -- Cause of explosion in country northeast under investigationhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19607102/from/RS.4/

(North Korea) Report: Footage of NKorea's leader indicate signs of possible illnesshttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/05/asia/AS-GEN-NKorea-Leaders-Health.php

Terror groups favor simple bomb ingredients - Memo on al-Qaeda laptop urges "idiot"™s guide"
approachhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19604812/from/RSS/

(USA) Fake bomb eludes airport test - Federal inspectors slipped fake through at Albany, NY airporthttp://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=603177&category=REGIONOTHER&BCCode=LOCAL&newsdate=7/5/2007

(USA) Michigan Airport evacuated after 9 bomb threatshttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-nat_evacuate_05jul05,1,6406769.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

Commentary: Fact or "Islamophobia"? - Robert Spencer about Islamic scholar Majid Khadduri on jihadhttp://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=28990

UK News:

(UK) 45 Muslim doctors planned US terror raids - plotted attack on US naval base - linked to British
Jihadist cyber-terror gang led by Younis Tsouli http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/05/nterror405.xml

(UK) Prophet cartoons protester Mizanur Rahman convicted in London of incitement to murderhttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/05/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Cartoon-Protest.php

(UK) Manchester: British court convicts Omar Altimimi of having terrorist manuals, and money
launderinghttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/05/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Terror-Trial.php

(UK) Plan to consult Muslim leaders on raids shelvedhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,2119678,00.html

(UK) BBC - Video: "Politics of Terror" focuses on Hizb ut Tahrir and their infiltration into British schools
and institutionsCambridge cell of Hizb ut Tahrir tried to recruit British Jihadist Iraqi Doctorhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql3o7CJsmik

Britain Lowers Terrorism Threat Levelhttp://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3346857

(UK) Terror suspects: Mohammed Haneef - Doctor who was trapped at airporthttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=466228&in_page_id=1770

(UK) Terror suspects: Mohammed Asha - Surgeon 'who turned radical'http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=466122&in_page_id=1770

(UK) Terror suspects: Bilal Abdulla - Wanted revenge for his friend killed in Iraqhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=466015&in_page_id=1770

(UK) Ringleader 'Al-Qaeda sleeper'http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22020874-953,00.html

UK Terror Plot -- Why the Bombs Failed - ABC News: Medical syringe used in firing mechanism
caused malfunctionhttp://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=3345743&page=1

(UK) House of Lords To Hear Terrorism Law Appeals - on Control Ordershttp://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91211-1273746,00.html

British authorities comb alleged bomb factoryhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19610105/from/RS.1/

British Media: Scottish House Used as Makeshift Bomb Factoryhttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288118,00.html
Report: UK house used as bomb factoryhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070705/ap_on_re_eu/britain_terrorism_173;_ylt=AuLTlvb2RULuFDtRTqZCNiYTv5UB

India offers to help British bomb plot probehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070704/wl_sthasia_afp/indiabritainaustralia_070704175213;_ylt=AnkzxQ_NR6sqVjifLBTwZLxA7AkB

(UK) British Parliamentarians urging engagement with Hamashttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6273272.stm

Britain is top target for Islamic strategists, says former imam. Insight magazine reports an interview
with "A former imam is warning that extremists are aiming to establish Sharia law in the UK - and that
Britain has become the world “number one” target for Islamic strategists."http://www.inspiremagazine.org.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=1431

(UK) Report: British Prime Minister Bans Use of 'Muslim' in Connection With Terrorismhttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288040,00.html

(UK) Brown: Don't say terrorists are Muslimshttp://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/12172/Brown:-Don

(UK) Europe tells Britain: Don't Says "Muslim" in Connection With TerrorismSecret EU guidelines have been drawn up warning governments not to link Islam and terrorism.http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/12236