EU Proposes Monitoring Radical Mosques

Security officials from Europe's largest countries backed a plan Saturday to profile mosques on the continent and identify radical Islamic clerics who raise the threat of homegrown terrorism. The project, to be finished by the fall, will focus on the roles of imams, their training, their ability to speak in the local language and their sources of funding…..(AP, 12 May 07)

Algeria holds Libyans on way to join Qaeda: agency

Algerian security forces arrested three Libyan Islamic militants planning to join al Qaeda's north African wing, Algeria's official news agency APS said on Saturday….(Reuters, 12 May 07)

Yemen recalls envoys from Iran, Libya over rebels

Yemen said on Saturday it was recalling its ambassadors to Iran and Libya over what it sees as their support for Shi'ite Muslim rebels involved in bloody clashes with government forces. Yemeni officials have accused Iran and Libya of backing rebels led by Abdul-Malik al-Houthi in the northern province of Saada….(Reuters, 12 May 07)

Muslims battle Christians in Egypt

A group of Muslim men, angered by plans to enlarge a Coptic church, battled with Christians after Friday prayers, setting fire to several buildings and injuring at least 11 people….(LA Times, 12 May 07)

Kuwaiti Education Minister Would Not Wear the Veil
While the refusal by newly elected Kuwaiti Education Minister Dr. Nouriya Al-Subeeh to wear a veil in parliamentary sessions evoked the resentment of the Islamist MPs, the Kuwaiti press published many articles supporting Dr. Al-Subeeh's position. The papers argued that no one had the right to impose a dress code on her, and that there was no law requiring her to wear a veil…..(MEMRI, 11 May 07)

Cartoons in the Arab Press: Siding With the AKP Against the Secular Camp in Turkey

The struggle currently being waged in Turkey between the supporters of secularism and the Islamist AKP has attracted great interest from the Arab press, and has prompted reactions in the cartoon sections of Arab papers…..(MEMRI, 11 May 07)

Know Thy Enemies: Who are we fighting, and who is supporting them?

…A report that the International Crisis Group published last year concludes that the insurgency is "no longer a scattered, erratic, chaotic phenomenon," but that insurgent groups "are well organized, produce regular publications, react rapidly to political developments and appear surprisingly centralized." This article's goal is to paint an accurate picture of the insurgency as it exists today. The insurgency may look different six months or a year from now, but this is a critical time for understanding our foes, as the withdrawal debate reaches a fever pitch…..(Weekly Standard, 11 May 07)

Hometown Jihad: The Hamas Connection

…Among the keynote speakers at the rally were HAMAS terrorist-in-chief Ismail Haniyeh (speaking via videophone), former Turkish Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan (political mentor to Saadet Party leaders), and my own Hilliard, Ohio neighbor, Salah Sultan. Sultan, president of the Columbus, Ohio-based American Center for Islamic Research and protégé of Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Youssef Al-Qaradawi (described by the Anti-Defamation League as the “Theologian of Terror” and designated by the US Government as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist)…..(Front Page Mag, 11 May 07)

Why Janjawid commander switched to the other side

Muhammad Ali Adam comes from one of the most feared tribes in south Darfur, the Arab Falata…“If I remember the actions which we did, I feel very sorry and sometimes I cry,” he said, sipping sweet, black tea with half a dozen of his new comrades from the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA), deep inside Jebel Mara, the mountainous stronghold of the anti-Khartoum rebels….(Times Online, 11 May 07)

Afghanistan fights flower power
Neatly attired in a dark blue suit, Shah Mohammad Poya deftly wields a long stick as he and 30 other men hack clumps of pink, red and white flowers from the poppy bushes - the crops Afghanistan's government has banned. But Poya is not harvesting, he is destroying the abundance under a new drive to curb the booming narcotics trade that has fed insecurity inside his country and earned it a bad name around the globe. One of several new policemen who have received special training, he recently returned from a counter-narcotics course in Egypt and now heads a poppy eradication department in the northern province of Baghlan…..(DPA, 11 May 07)

Afghanistan’s Drug Trade and How it Funds Taliban Operations

It is a critical problem facing international efforts to create a functional government in Kabul that can prosecute counter-terrorism on its own territory. A successful counter-narcotics intervention would have the added benefit of undermining an important terrorist funding source in arenas as diverse as Chechnya, Xinjiang and Central Asia…..(Global Terrorism Analysis, 10 May 07)

Iraqi Lawmakers Back Bill on U.S. Withdrawal

A majority of members of Iraq's parliament have signed a draft bill that would require a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq and freeze current troop levels. The development was a sign of a growing division between Iraq's legislators and prime minister….(Washington Post, 11 May 07)

‘Al Qaeda operating from tribal region’: Links with extremists in UK

A senior British diplomat on Thursday said that Al Qaeda leaders continued to hide in and operate from Pakistan’s tribal areas. “We do have concerns that some Al Qaeda leaders are still able to hide in and operate from areas along the border,”….(Dawn, 11 May 07)

Fort Dix Suspects All Are Denied Bail

Six Muslim men suspected of plotting to massacre U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix were ordered held without bail Friday. Prosecutors argued that the men, all born outside the United States, pose a flight risk. They are being held at a federal detention center in Philadelphia……(AP, 11 May 07)

US military takes Iraq war to YouTube

The US military has taken the war in Iraq into cyberspace, with the launch of its own channel on the video-sharing website YouTube. Its 25 brief clips include footage of US soldiers firing at unseen snipers in Baghdad, handing out footballs to Iraqi children and rescuing an Iraqi family injured by an explosive device…..(BBC, 11 May 07)

Hezbollah as a case study of the battle for hearts and minds in the confrontation between Israel and the terrorist organizations

Hezbollah, “the party of Allah,” is a Lebanese Muslim terrorist organization, established with Syrian support in 1982 during the first Lebanon war (Operation Peace for the Galilee ). Hezbollah's ideology is radical Shi'ite Islam, and the organization serves as a tool to promote the goals of Iran and Syria , while at the same time it is an integral part of the Lebanon 's political and social fabric…..(IICC, 11 May 07)

Darfur in the Arab Press
The ongoing massacre in Darfur, which has been raging since 2003, receives scant coverage in most of the Arab media. The few articles that appear on the subject generally minimize the importance of reports on the ethnic cleansing in the region, [1] and most of them characterize the international efforts to stop the bloodshed in Darfur as a Western, American, or Zionist plot aimed at seizing the country's natural resources…..(MEMRI, 11 May 07)

China military ties with ASEAN no threat, U.S. says

China's bid for closer military ties with Southeast Asia is a "positive overture" and does not pose a threat to U.S. interests in the region….(Reuters, 10 May 07)

U.S. Confirms Afghan Civilian Casualties

The U.S.-led coalition confirmed that a battle between U.S. forces and Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan caused civilian casualties, killing at least one child, and said a joint Afghan-U.S. investigation is under way…..(AP, 11 May 07)

Algerian-based Islamists threaten more suicide attacks

…In the video, which was broadcast by al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite network, Abu Musab Abdul-Wadud, described as a leader of al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, urged more Muslims to join the group as suicide bombers saying “the list of martyrdom-seekers has become long and is growing every day.”….(Financial Times, 11 May 07)

Police renew focus on Muslim cabbies

…Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, a U.S. citizen born in Jordan, was charged earlier this week with conspiring to kill at least 100 soldiers on U.S. soil. The FBI says the 22-year-old drove a cab in Philadelphia….(World Net Daily, 11 May 07)

Terror Suspect Testifies, It Goes Badly

…Under cross examination, the Columbia University-trained physician was forced to acknowledge a history of family violence, a fascination with weapons and a belief that good Muslims should engage in armed jihad, or holy war. U.S. Attorney Victor Hou asked Sabir about an audio tape, found at his house, in which a religious lecturer said God would "destroy the disbelievers."….(AP, 11 May 07)

Sri Lankan pleads guilty in Tamil Tigers arms plot

…Thirunavukarasu Varatharasa, 37, pleaded guilty to attempted export of arms and munitions and to conspiracy to support the Tamil Tigers, a group the US State Department has considered a foreign terrorist organization since 1997. Varatharasa was the last of six defendants in the plot to be convicted of trying to obtain military weapons in the 2006 scheme in violation of US law….(Agence France-Presse, 11 May 07)

Sheik cleared of diverting charity funds

Sheik Taj Aldin Alhilali has been cleared of claims he diverted charitable funds to the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah. The controversial sheik has been told by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) that he has no case to answer…..(AAP, 11 May 07)

Olson Picked to Lead U.S. Special Operations Command

President Bush today nominated Navy Vice Adm. Eric T. Olson to lead U.S. Special Operations Command, replacing Army Gen. Bryan "Doug" Brown, according to a Pentagon release. Olson would be the first Navy officer to head Socom. The command is responsible for about 48,000 elite troops, such as Army Green Berets, Rangers, Delta Force operatives, Navy SEALs and Air Force rescue teams….(Washington Post, 11 May 07)

FBI, Fincen Defend Reporting Rules Before US House Panel

Federal officials defended a program requiring banks and other financial institutions to report to the government certain financial transactions at a U.S. House committee hearing Thursday…..(Dow Jones, 11 May 07)

Remarks of Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt on the Role of Finance in Combating

 National Security Threats to the Washingto Institute for Near East Policy, Soref Symposium

Key to Fort Dix terror case: Shadowy informer

…In the hours after FBI agents arrested a band of South Jersey men for allegedly plotting to attack Fort Dix, officials were quick to anoint as their hero an unnamed store clerk who alerted police after seeing a video of the men training with weapons.  But the case almost surely owes as large a debt to another mystery man -- the paid informant who befriended the alleged conspirators, secretly taped the most incriminating statements and is likely to be a key witness against them…..(Star-Ledger, 11 May 07)

'John Doe' protections urged for Fort Dix tipster

The New Jersey store clerk whose tip led to the arrest of six terror suspects needs legislative protection from being sued as a "John Doe" or whistleblower…"We owe a debt of gratitude to this individual for alerting authorities to this potential terrorist attack and thwarting what could have been a terrible disaster……(Washington Times, 11 May 07)

6 Fort Dix Terror Suspects Due in Court

Six Muslim men suspected of plotting to massacre U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix were due in federal court Friday morning for a bail hearing. The government will argue that the men, all born outside the United States, pose a flight risk and should be held without bail….(AP, 11 May 07)

Informants Scrutinized in Fort Dix Case

…The Fort Dix Six were arrested earlier this week after a 15-month FBI investigation that relied heavily on two paid informants who secretly recorded meetings and telephone conversations in which the suspects talked of killing "in the name of Allah." U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie defended the government's handling of the case. He and the FBI portrayed the defendants as Muslim fanatics who were nearly ready to strike. They were arrested Monday night during what the FBI said was an attempt to buy AK-47 machine guns, M-16s and other weapons….(AP, 10 May 07)

Govs Worry About Depleted National Guard

With repeated deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan leaving state National Guards without nearly half of their required equipment, some governors are loudly questioning whether they will be able to handle the next hurricane, wildfire or terrorist attack at home…..(AP, 10 May 07)

Pace Expected to Stay Joint Chiefs Chair

…The move would keep Pace as one of the top two military leaders for eight years _ longer than anyone else has served as chairman and vice chairman of the joint staff, since the post was first filled in 1949…..(AP, 10 May 07)

New regulations could force plant workers to pay

The United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing to implement a program requiring all workers to carry a Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) if they have unescorted access to secure areas of a facility. The program is being initiated by TSA in accordance with the US Coast Guard and Homeland Security requirements…..(Port Arthur News, 10 May 07)

Group Seeks Trade for Captive BBC Journalist

The Palestinian Authority information minister, Mustafa Barghouti, said Wednesday that there had been “very important developments in the last 24 hours” concerning the kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston…..(New York Times, 10 May 07)

Iranian exile group sues EU over terror list asset freeze

The main Iranian opposition group in exile said it is taking the EU to court, claiming it is disregarding a court decision by freezing its funds as an alleged terrorist organization. David Vaughan QC, acting for the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) said that papers had been filed with the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg yesterday claiming over 1 mln eur in damages plus costs…..(Thomson Financial, 10 May 07)

Pentagon charges Hamdan

The Pentagon on Thursday charged Salim Ahmed Hamdan, the Guantanamo prisoner whose lawsuit derailed the Bush administration's original terror trial plan, with conspiracy and material support for terrorism. The Defense Department said Hamdan served as Osama bin Laden's bodyguard and driver and that he transported and delivered weapons and other supplies to al Qaeda members….(Reuters, 10 May 07)

Inside Sadr City

…Sadr City is also, along with Gaza and the West Bank, the theater of the already evolving 21st-century war, pitting the high-tech Western haves against the slum-dwelling Third World have-nots. If the Bush administration had any intention of conquering any hearts and minds in Iraq, this is where it would be trying the hardest….(Asian Times, 10 May 07)

Iraq Qaeda-led group kills abducted officers-Web

The self-styled Islamic State in Iraq, an al Qaeda-led militant group, posted a video showing the killing of nine abducted police and army officers, after an ultimatum it gave to the Iraqi government expired…..(Reuters, 10 May 07)

Kurdish Arm of al-Qaeda Claim Erbil Blast

… At least 19, people were killed when a vehicle with explosives rammed into the offices of the interior and security ministry of the autonomous region of Kurdistan….(AKI, 10 May 07)

Greek terrorist group threatens more attacks

Greece's radical leftist group Revolutionary Struggle on Thursday claimed responsibility for a hand grenade attack on a police station in Athens last month and threatened to carry out more attacks…..(Earth Times, 10 May 07)

Suicide Bombing in Peaceful Kurdish City

A suicide truck bomber devastated the security headquarters of one of Iraq's most peaceful cities Wednesday, killing at least 15 people, wounding more than 100 and showing that no corner of Iraq is immune from violence…..(AP, 10 May 07)

SOMALIA: Care International staff abducted in north Somalia

At least six people, four Somalis and two foreigners working with CARE INTERNATIONAL, were kidnapped in Hariiro settlement, in the semiautonomous regional administration of Puntland….(Shabelle, 10 May 07)

Afghans Say U.S. Airstrikes Kill 21 Civilians
Airstrikes called in by U.S. Special Forces soldiers fighting insurgents in southern Afghanistan killed at least 21 civilians, officials said Wednesday. One soldier with the U.S.-led coalition was also killed…..(AP, 10 May 07)

U.S.-led raid kills 40 civilians in Afghanistan: witnesses

At least 40 civilians were killed in an air strike in Afghanistan by foreign forces, witnesses said on Thursday, but the U.S.-led coalition said only rebels were hit and it knew of no other casualties…..(Reuters, 10 May 07)

Iraq: Sunni Ultimatum Rocks Al-Maliki's Position

…During a May 7 interview with CNN, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, a Sunni, gave Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki a stark ultimatum. He said if al-Maliki's government does not implement key amendments to the Iraqi Constitution by May 15, he will resign and call on the Iraqi Accordance Front, the largest Sunni political bloc in parliament with 44 seats, to withdraw from parliament…..(RFE/RL, 10 May 07)

Former Afghan warlord says he can defeat Taliban

A former Afghan warlord who helped the U.S. defeat the Taliban in late-2001 says he can do the same thing again if President Hamid Karzai and his international military backers just give him the word. Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum says he could raise 10,000 seasoned combat veterans from the days of fighting the Taliban to crush the ongoing insurgency…..(CanWest, 10 May 07)

U.S. Army Base Plot ‘Confirms Existence of White al-Qaeda’ Balkan Experts Say

…Trifunovic (Balkan terrorism expert) said the arrests showed "white Al-Qaeda at work." He compared the Fort Dix plot to a February attack in Salt Lake City when a Bosnian Muslim youth, Sulejman Talovic went on a shopping mall shooting rampage…..(AKI, 10 May 07)

Friday Sermon in Kerman, Iran: If Iran Is Attacked, Tens of Thousands of Missiles Will Be Fired at Israel; President Bush Should Be Sentenced to 100 Deaths

The following are excerpts from a Friday sermon in Kerman, Iran, delivered by Sayyid Yahyah Ja'fari. The sermon was aired on Kerman TV on May 6, 2007…..(MEMRI, 10 May 07)

The terrorists next door?

…Experts have warned that the next big terrorist threat will come from homegrown extremists, unaffiliated with al Qaeda but harboring resentments fostered by materials easily available from the Internet. In fact, the few who have shown themselves thus far prove that there is no stereotype. Most of the men arrested Tuesday were European rather than Middle Eastern. They hail from one of the most pro-American and secular parts of the Muslim world -- the ethnic Albanian regions of Macedonia, where gratitude for U.S. assistance in Kosovo during the 1990s still runs high……(Washington Post, 10 May 07)

'New strain' of terrorism: Hatched in U.S.

The plan, like a number of other recent terror plots described by authorities, was hatched at home by seeming amateurs. None of the suspects had any terrorism training. They prepared halfheartedly for an apparent half-baked mission by playing paintball in the Poconos, and had no connections with any actual radical group. But the alleged plot to attack Fort Dix is increasingly the stuff of nightmares for those responsible for the nation's security. They worry that potentially dangerous schemes dreamed up by unknown groups may fly under the radar of law enforcement…In just the past two years, there have been several high-profile arrests in terror conspiracies apparently seeded within the United States, some bearing the hallmarks of the Fort Dix case: groups of young men acting on little more than anger, and undone by informers long before they could take action…..(Star-Ledger, 10 May 07)

Bush Changes Continuity Plan

President Bush issued a formal national security directive yesterday ordering agencies to prepare contingency plans for a surprise, "decapitating" attack on the federal government, and assigned responsibility for coordinating such plans to the White House….(Washington Post, 10 May 07)

Clay Central-Everly Student Could Face More Charges

School is back in session, in Royal, Iowa a day after a middle school student pulled a knife on a teacher. Police arrested the 14-year-old on a charge of terrorism…..(KTIV, 10 May 07)

Face recognition next in terror fight

Homeland Security leaders are exploring futuristic and possibly privacy-invading technology aimed at finding terrorists and criminals by using digital surveillance photos that analyze facial characteristics…..(USA Today, 10 May 07)

South Waziristan’s Maulvi Nazir: The New Face of the Taliban

Pakistan is experimenting with the Taliban yet again. The primary focus of the effort is to de-link the Taliban from al-Qaeda and bring them back into the Pakistani sphere of influence. Uzbek militants have been the first “casualty” of this re-alignment. Potentially, remaining Arab militants will be next…..(Global Terrorism Analysis, 10 May 07)

Trial of German train bombers adjourned for third time

The trial of four Lebanese accused of attempting to bomb trains in Germany in July of last year was adjourned Wednesday until May 22, after a 20-minute court session. "The trial was adjourned until May 22…..(Earth Times, 10 May 07)

Intra-Kurdish Disputes in Northern Iraq

The long struggle for ultimate power in northern Iraq between Massoud Barzani’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Jalal Talabani’s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)—a contest that led to a bloody civil war between the two as recently as the mid-1990s and even saw Barzani call upon Saddam Hussein for help in 1996—has largely found a unique Kurdish solution of unity through division…..(Global Terrorism Analysis, 10 May 07)

Yahweh Ben Yahweh; Led Violent Cult

Yahweh Ben Yahweh, who had a following of thousands as the leader of a violent black supremacist sect in Miami and who later spent years in prison for conspiracy to commit murder, died May 7…(in 1990)Mr. Yahweh was indicted on federal racketeering and conspiracy charges. He was linked to 14 killings, two attempted slayings and the terrorist-style bombing of an entire block in Delray Beach, Fla., where residents had roughed up some of his white-robed supporters…..(Washington Post, 10 May 07)

U.S. Probes 1997 Cuba Hotel Bombings

The plastic explosives were smuggled in bottles of White Rain and Prell shampoo, and in the soles of a pair of black leather boots. Fixed to Casio digital clocks and 9-volt batteries with black adhesive tape, they became powerful bombs. Some of them never detonated, and are now on public display in Havana as part of what Cuba calls a wealth of evidence against Fidel Castro's archenemy, Luis Posada Carriles….(AP, 10 May 07)

Egypt strips Muslim Brotherhood MPs of immunity

Egypt's Parliament on Wednesday stripped two Muslim Brotherhood lawmakers of their immunity as parliament members, clearing the way for their arrests…The two, Sabri Amer and Ragab Abu Zeid, were briefly detained last month as part of an ongoing crackdown against the country's most powerful opposition group….(AP/Jerusalem Post, 10 May 07)

Offices of Cult Splinter Group Raided

Police on Thursday raided the offices of a group that split from a doomsday cult that carried out deadly nerve gas attacks on Tokyo's subways in 1995, reflecting the continuing concern by officials about the organization. Intelligence agents swarmed the offices of the new "Ring of Light" religious group to scrutinize its activities….(AP, 10 May 07)

Court orders arrest of 2 suspects in Moscow V-E Day terror plot

A Moscow court issued arrest warrants Thursday for two suspects in a foiled terrorist attack that police say was planned for this year's V-E Day celebrations in the Russian capital. The Lefortovo court ordered that Umar Batukayev and Ruslan Musayev be placed under arrest pending trial for their alleged involvement in the plotted attack….(RIA Novosti, 10 May 07)

Britain Arrests 4 Suspected of Ties to 2005 Transit Bombings

The British police on Wednesday arrested three men and the widow of a suicide bomber involved in the terrorist attack on the London transit system in 2005 on suspicion that they helped in the atrocity, which killed 56 people, including the 4 bombers…..(New York Times, 10 May 07)

Nations Back Chemicals Weapons Treaty

…The treaty, designed to eradicate a weapon in use since Stone Age man invented the poison arrow, came into force April 29, 1997…Syria and Lebanon have refused to sign the convention, arguing that the chemical weapons ban must be part of a larger agreement encompassing Israel's alleged possession of nuclear weapons….(AP, 10 May 07)

Saudis move to curb money laundering

The Saudi Interior Ministry has issued new rules to curb money laundering.

According to the regulations, an individual is not allowed to bring in or take out of the kingdom more than 60,000 Saudi Riyals (about Dh58,782) in cash or equivalent in precious metals….(Gulf News, 10 May 07)

Pakistan builds anti-Taliban fence on Afghan border

Pakistan has erected the first section of a controversial fence on the Afghan border, severing a key corridor used by Taliban militants…The building of the barbed wire fence is likely to provoke anger from Kabul, which says it does not recognize the porous frontier between the two pivotal allies in the US-led "war on terror"….(Agence France-Presse, 10 May 07)

Raids Across Germany on G-8 Fears

Hundreds of German police on Wednesday raided the offices and apartments of left-wing activists suspected of planning to disrupt next month's Group of Eight summit, leading security officials to tighten border controls ahead of the gathering. The crackdown was an attempt to ward off the violence that has marred past summits….(AP, 9 May 07)

Brothers Charged in Terror Plot Lived Illegally in U.S. for 23 Years

Three brothers charged in the alleged Fort Dix terror plot have been living illegally in the U.S. for more than 23 years and were accepted as Americans by neighbors and friends who had no idea they would scheme to attack military bases and slaughter GIs. A federal law enforcement source confirmed to FOX News that the three — Dritan "Anthony" or "Tony" Duka, 28; Shain Duka, 26; and Eljvir "Elvis" Duka, 23 — also accumulated 19 traffic citations, but because they operated in "sanctuary cites," where law enforcement does not routinely report illegal immigrants to homeland security, none of the tickets raised red flags…The brothers entered the United States near Brownsville, Texas, in 1984, the source said, which would put their ages at 1 to 6 when they crossed the border…..(Fox, 9 May 07)

Serious Questions Raised About Terror Suspects

This is as much about illegal immigration as Homeland Security. Three of the suspects weren't here legally. They had driving privileges in New Jersey and 35 encounters with police before the authorities say the terror plot began. So how was it possible that they went undetected?....(CBS, 9 May 07)

Jihad in Jersey

…There are three important lessons to learn about these six men. First, they seem to have taken to heart Abu Musab al-Suri’s advice to create a decentralized global Islamic resistance. Al-Suri — a key member of the al Qaeda leadership before his arrest last year — published a 1,600-page screed online in which he argued that every local jihad had failed, including those supported by al Qaeda, because jihadist groups had centralized control over their wars. The proper way to conduct a global guerrilla campaign, al-Suri argued, was to inspire men ideologically, give them training through the Internet, and then allow them to carry out attacks whenever and wherever they deemed appropriate….(National Review, 9 May 07)

Video: Six jailed in Fort Dix plot

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Mohamad Ibrahim Schnewer Criminal Complaint

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U.S. citizen gets prison terms for exporting aircraft parts to Iran

A U.S. citizen was sentenced to two years in prison for exporting aircraft parts to Iran. Reza Tabib, 52, an Iranian-born U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty last June. Agents intercepted maintenance kits specifically designed for the F-14 "Tomcat" aircraft….(Xinhua, 9 May 07)

Terror Suspect Trained as Pilot in U.S., Report Says

A Saudi Arabian newspaper has published fresh revelations on an anti-terror sweep by the authorities late last month, claiming that at least one of the 172 suspects arrested received flying lessons abroad, most probably in the United States….(AKI, 9 May 07)

Hezbollah builds a Western base

The Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia has taken root in South America, fostering a well-financed force of Islamist radicals boiling with hatred for the United States and ready to die to prove it, according to militia members, U.S. officials and police agencies across the continent. From its Western base in a remote region divided by the borders of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina known as the Tri-border, or the Triple Frontier, Hezbollah has mined the frustrations of many Muslims among about 25,000 Arab residents whose families immigrated mainly from Lebanon in two waves, after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and after the 1985 Lebanese civil war. …(NBC, 9 May 07)

Video: ‘We are Muslims. I am Hezbollah’

North Africa Qaeda wing vows more suicide bombings

…Attacks in the past few weeks have deepened fears of a broad upsurge in violence in North Africa after the group set a goal of linking up with similar Islamist groups in the region and using it as a base for bombings against European targets…..(Reuters, 9 May 07)

Al-Qa'ida's (mis)Adventures in the Horn of Africa

…Based on a collection of al-Qa’ida documents recently released from the Department of Defense’s Harmony Database, this report provides an analysis of al-Qa’ida’s early operations in the Horn of Africa. These documents, captured in the course of operations supporting the Global War on Terror, have never before been available to the academic and policy community…(Combating Terrorism Center, 9 May 07)

For the complete study and document summaries, click here.

Doctor in Terror Trial Defends Himself

A Florida doctor accused of pledging to support terrorists testified Wednesday that he never believed he was agreeing to aid al-Qaida when he took an oath from an FBI agent the government says was posing as a terror recruiter. "I am not a member of al-Qaida," Rafiq Abdus Sabir told the jury during his trial…(AP, 9 May 07)

Doctor in NY terrorism case denies al Qaeda link

…Sabir testified that he misunderstood a May 2005 meeting in New York at which he was secretly recorded pledging allegiance to al Qaeda and "Sheikh Osama" by an FBI agent posing as a recruiter. "Osama is a common name," Sabir said…..(Reuters, 9 May 07)

Plot illustrates Balkans' role as Islamist foothold

The six foreign-born Muslims accused of planning a shooting attack at the U.S. military base included four ethnic Albanians, and U.S. officials say their arrests highlight how Islamist groups are using the Balkans region to help in recruiting and financing terrorism. Prosecutors described the men as "radical Islamists," with four coming from the province of Kosovo in the former Yugoslavia, where the ethnic Albanian population of Muslims fought one of the several wars that grew out of the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s…..(Washington Times, 9 May 07)

The Internet’s Role in Fort Dix

…A former senior U.S. intelligence official tells NBC News do not lose sight of the role the Internet played in inspiring these prospective jihadis. The FBI affidavits note that among the materials used in organizing, training and proselytizing the jihadis were al-Qaida training videos, the video wills of two 9-11 hijackers, and videos of U.S. soldiers being killed in Iraq…..(Daily Nightly, 9 May 07)

Six Charged in Plot To Attack Fort Dix
…Authorities said the group has no apparent connection to al-Qaeda or other international terrorist organizations aside from ideology, but appears to be an example of the kind of self-directed sympathizers widely predicted -- and feared -- by counterterrorism specialists. The defendants allegedly passed around and copied images of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and the martyrdom videos of two of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers…..(Washington Post, 9 May 07)

Store Clerk Tip Key to Fort Dix Plot

…The unidentified clerk is being credited with tipping off authorities in January 2006 after one of the suspects asked him to transfer a video to DVD that showed 10 men shooting weapons at a firing range and calling for jihad, prosecutors said. "If we didn't get that tip," said U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie, "I couldn't be sure what would happen." FBI agent J.P. Weis…..(AP, 9 May 07)

Practice in the Poconos: U.S. Details How Men Prepared

It was a terror plot that hinged, in no small part, upon a map snatched from a New Jersey pizzeria. The plotters honed their shooting skills on semiautomatics at the firing range, though they also spent time conducting what the authorities called “tactical training” by playing paintball in the woods…..(New York Times, 9 May 07)

Commanders in Iraq See 'Surge' Into '08

The Pentagon announced yesterday that 35,000 soldiers in 10 Army combat brigades will begin deploying to Iraq in August as replacements, making it possible to sustain the increase of U.S. troops there until at least the end of this year…..(Washington Post, 9 May 07)

Air raid kills 21 civilians in Afghanistan: governor

…The incident, which brings to nearly 90 the number of civilian deaths blamed by Afghan officials on Western troops in the past two weeks, comes as President Hamid Karzai faces rising pressure to halt the bloodshed and find a way to start peace talks with Taliban insurgents….(Reuters, 9 May 07)

Terrorists trying to enter India through sea route: Govt
Pakistan-based terrorist groups, particularly Lashker-e-Toiba, were exploring possibilities of infiltrating their agents, arms and ammunitions into India through sea route…Government has also received information that there have been some instances where Pak/PoK based terrorist outfits were infiltrating into India using the Indo-Bangladesh and Indo-Nepal borders….(Times of India, 9 May 07)

Terrorists trying to enter India through sea route: Govt
Pakistan-based terrorist groups, particularly Lashker-e-Toiba, were exploring possibilities of infiltrating their agents, arms and ammunitions into India through sea route…Government has also received information that there have been some instances where Pak/PoK based terrorist outfits were infiltrating into India using the Indo-Bangladesh and Indo-Nepal borders….(Times of India, 9 May 07)