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JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Focus: "TRAIL FROM MUMBAI BLASTS LEADS TO MULTIPLE TERRORIST GROUPS" by Animesh Roul (July 25, 2006)

WTOP.com (AP): Bombay, India - "REPORT: 4TH TRAIN BOMBING SUSPECT ARRESTED" (July 24, 2006)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "INDIAN POLICE ARREST 3 FOR MUMBAI TRAIN BOMBINGS" (July 21, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): "POLICE PINPOINT EXPLOSIVE MIX IN MUMBAI BOMBINGS" (July 18, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (IANS): "AL QAEDA SURFACES IN KASHMIR" ) (July 13, 2006)

SAAG.org - SOUTH ASIA ANALYSIS GROUP - Paper no. 1872: "MUMBAI BLASTS OF JULY 11, 2006 - INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR -- PAPER NO. 86" by B. Raman (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "19. While in the past, the Pakistani pan-Islamic organisations and the ISI have been taking advantage of the pockets of anger in the Indian Muslim community for their strategic objectives against India, since March this year, Al Qaeda has been trying to take advantage of them for its own pan-Islamic and anti-US objectives. In view of the increased interactions between the US and India, it is likely to look upon India as providing a fertile soil for its anti-US operations. 20. The impact of Al Qaeda's propaganda and ideology on the minds of Indian Muslim youth, its possible inspiration behind the blasts of July 11 and likely threats to American interests in India from Al Qaeda need close attention. The Madrid blasts of March, 2004, were preceded by strong anti-Spain propaganda by Al Qaeda. The London blasts of July 7, 2005, were preceded by strong anti-UK propaganda by it. Anti-India statements of Al Qaeda since March, 2006, need to be closely monitored and not dismissed lightly as of no consequence. 21. This may please be read in continuation of the earlier articles titled "bin Laden Targets India" at http://www.saag.org/papers18/paper1776.html and "AL QAEDA, THE IIF & INDIAN MUSLIMS" at http://www.saag.org/papers18/paper1743.html ")(July 12, 2006)
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JIHAD WATCH.org (NBC): "POSSIBLE AL-QAIDA LINK TO INDIA TRAIN ATTACKS" (July 12, 2006)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "WHO IS DARWOOD IBRAHIM?" by Douglas Farah (July 12, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: "INDIA SUSPECTS PAKISTAN-BASED TERRORIST IN DEADLY BOMBINGS" by Patrick Goodenough (July 12, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (HINDUSTAN TIMES.com): "MUMBAI JIHAD BOMBINGS 'METHODICALLY EXECUTED TO SHOCK THE COUNTRY'S FINANCIAL CAPITAL AND HURL IT INTO CHAOS'" (July 11, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (TIMES OF INDIA): "LASHKAR-E-TAIBA AND STUDENTS ISLAMIC MOVEMENT OF INDIA CARRIED OUT TRAIN BOMBINGS" (July 11, 2006)

"www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1659022/posts?page=560#560" (7/11/2006)

1,599 posted on 07/25/2006 4:34:26 PM PDT by Cindy
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Arab leaders mull Israel-Hezbollah crisis
By STEVEN GUTKIN
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER


...excerpts below...

It's more than just a matter of pride. Israel fears any perceived weakness in its current fight against Hezbollah will be a boost to all Islamic militants out to destroy it and to their main patron, Iran.

"From the Israeli point of view, to reach a cease-fire right now without reaching some or most of its strategic goals is not just counterproductive but dangerous," said Israeli counterterrorism expert Boaz Ganor.

Because of the near impossibility of beginning a negotiating process with either Hezbollah or Iran - and considering the weakness of the Lebanese government - Ganor argues the right address for negotiations is Syria, which like Iran, supports, arms and funds Hezbollah. However, Israel, Syria and Lebanon will not be at the conference.

...

Assembling such a force is likely to prove difficult. Israel says it prefers a NATO-led coalition, but the alliance's member states are already stretched in missions elsewhere. And the traumatic history of peacekeeping in Lebanon works against nations committing themselves to another try.

The complexity of the negotiations makes a quick resolution of the crisis "almost unimaginable," said Aaron David Miller, a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center.

...

Mahdi Abdul-Hadi, the director of the Palestinian think tank Passia, argues that negotiations on the Lebanon fighting should not be handled separately from Israel's other crisis: a battle in the Gaza Strip with Hamas, which captured an Israeli soldier June 25.

"I don't see Hamas selling out Hezbollah for a separate deal," Abdul-Hadi said.

"People in Gaza as well as in Beirut are accepting the sacrifices, are accepting the pain and they are filled with steadfastness, with national pride and no surrender," he said.

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1,601 posted on 07/25/2006 4:41:27 PM PDT by nwctwx (Everything I need to know, I learned on the Threat Matrix)
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