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Spain: Risk Of Terror Attacks 'High' Says Police Report

Madrid, 18 June 2007 - Spain is at "high" risk of a terrorist attack, according to a confidential police report, 'Evolution of the terror threat in Spain,' quoted on Monday by Spanish daily El Pais. Police and intelligence services are especially alarmed by the emergence of a new and growing phenomenon, that of "second generation" immigrants who have studied in Spain, wear western clothing, and do not appear radical, but who adhere to the most extreme 'takfir' current of Jihadism, which justifies criminal behaviour in support of Jihad (holy war), El Pais reports.

The offpspring of first-generation Muslim immigrants who espouse the takfir doctrine represent "a new and difficult challenge," the paper said, quoting the report. The Takfir Wal Hijra (condemnation and exile) movement is the 'hard-core' of Jihad, El Pais says. Mosques linked to the takfir doctrine - which claims man-made laws are illegitimate - were uncovered two years ago by Spanish police.

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http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.426661470&par=0

Blasts at militant hideout near Pak-Afghan border: 28 feared killed, many injured
June 19 2007

MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan - Explosions at a suspected militant hideout in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Tuesday caused several casualties, the army said.

An intelligence official in North Waziristan said three missiles fired from across the border destroyed a training facility, killing 17 militants (28 according to a private TV channel) and wounding 10 others. He spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to media. But Pakistan army spokesman Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad claimed that the explosions were caused when bombs militants were making at an isolated compound accidentally exploded. “The blast happened when these militants were making bombs, and there were several casualties,” he said.

The intelligence official said it was a local Taliban militant training facility, housed in a big mud-brick compound in the border village of Mami Rogha, about 40 kilometers west of Miran Shah, the main town in North Waziristan. He provided no further details but maintained the compound had been hit by missiles fired from Afghanistan.

http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/19/welcome.htm#29

Taliban ban TV, CDs in public in parts of South Waziristan
Tuesday, June 19, 2007

WANA: The Taliban have banned TV and video CDs in public in the Wazir areas of South Waziristan, warning that strict punishment will be meted out to violators. A pamphlet issued by Mujahideen Waziristan and Aman (Peace) Committee chief Qasim Khan declared that the decision would take effect from Wednesday (June 20).

“No tea shop or restaurant in Wana, Azam Warsak, Kaloosha and Angoor Adda will be allowed to show TV shows or play CDs and violators will be fined Rs 20,000 and their establishments will be demolished,” the pamphlet pasted in Wana’s Rustam Bazaar read. The pamphlet did not state the reasons for the ban but a senior Taliban leader was quoted as saying the move was aimed at “keeping children away from watching jihadi CDs”.

Eyewitnesses said all tea shops and restaurants removed TV sets and CD players immediately after the Taliban announced the ban. “Watching CDs showing violence is not good for the children,” a source quoting senior Taliban commanders told Daily Times.

Asked how the Taliban can claim they are stopping children from watching Jihadi CDs when they are recruiting children from schools in Tank district for jihad, a Taliban commander responded: “The situation in post-Uzbek Wana is different.”

Mullah Nazir Ahmed, who took over as the Taliban ameer in September last year, asked senior commanders not to select school-going children for jihad. Mullah Nazir led an uprising against Uzbek militants in March this year, which resulted in the killing of more than 200 Uzbeks and forced the rest to flee to Mehsud areas in South and North Waziristan.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\06\19\story_19-6-2007_pg7_7