It is only a matter of time before Hizbullah avenges the assassination of its top commander Imad Mugniyah, a Lebanese commentator affiliated with the organization warned Monday in his editorial in the al-Akhbar newspaper. In an article published several hours after the Israeli government approved the prisoner exchange deal with Hizbullah, the commentaro, Ibrahim al-Amin, wrote that his organization was waiting for a good opportunity to carry out its response to the assassination.
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Abkhazia closed its border with Georgia
1 July 2008
Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region said on Monday it was sealing itself off from Georgian-controlled territory after a series of explosions that it blamed on Tbilisi.
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Hundreds of police, firefighters, paramedics and even utility workers have been trained and recently dispatched as "Terrorism Liaison Officers" in Colorado and a handful of other states to hunt for "suspicious activity" — and are reporting their findings into secret government databases. It's a tactic intended to feed better data into terrorism early-warning systems and uncover intelligence that could help fight anti-U.S. forces. But the vague nature of the TLOs' mission, and their focus on reporting both legal and illegal activity, has generated objections from privacy advocates and civil libertarians.
"Suspicious activity" is broadly defined in TLO training as behavior that could lead to terrorism: taking photos of no apparent aesthetic value, making measurements or notes, espousing extremist beliefs or conversing in code, according to a draft Department of Justice/Major Cities Chiefs Association document.
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http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_9725077
Egypt: Over 100 terror suspects arrested, says report
6/30/08
Cairo - Egyptian authorities have carried out anti-terror raids over the past few days and arrested 110 suspected terrorists, according to a local media report. The Egyptian daily, al-Masri al-Youm, said on Monday that three senior terrorist leaders were believed to be among those arrested. Security sources said that the authorities had disbanded three alleged terror cells which were considered ideologically close to al-Qaeda and active in Egypt and abroad, according to the report.
The alleged leaders of the terror cells are Muhammad Farid Faraj, Ahmad Abdel Hadi and Hisham Muhiy al-Dina. All three controlled the mosques in which they allegedly indoctrinated young Egyptians into the al-Qaeda ideology. Weapons, explosives, money and the plans of Egyptian institutions were found in their homes when they were arrested.
One of the most important cells operated from a mosque located on the outskirts of capital Cairo, while others were based in the area of al-Qulyubiya. All were suspected of being tasked with committing terror acts in three Egyptian cities. The alleged terror suspects are now being detained at the al-Fium and Abu Zabel prisons where they are being interrogated by Egyptian authorities
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2298436922
“...Only a matter of time...”
Is Syria on alert?