CNS NEWS.com: "'FUGITIVE BACKLOG' OF ILLEGAL ALIENS MORE THAN 500,000 SAYS DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY" by Penny Starr (SNIPPET: "As of Sunday, Sept. 5, the Department of Homeland Security had a backlog of fugitive illegal aliens totaling 506,232 people...") (September 7, 2010) (Read More...)
TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "CHINA TO BUILD $2BN RAILWAY FOR IRAN" by Malcom Moore in Shanghai (SNIPPET: "The new line will run from Tehran to the town of Khosravi on the border with Iraq, around 360 miles as the crow flies, passing through Arak, Hamedan and Kermanshah. Eventually, the Iranian government said, the route could link Iran with Iraq and even Syria..." SNIPPET: ""It makes sense that if you build railways in Iran, you then get deals to stretch the lines into central Asia," he said, referring to a "very concrete plan" to run a railway from Iran through the landlocked countries of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and eventually to Kashgar in China, in a modern "silk route". That line would give the central Asian states vital access to Iran's port of Chahbahar on the shores of the Persian Gulf, and could also eventually give China a vital overland freight route to Europe.") (September 7, 2010, 6:15 am BST) (Read More...)
GULF-DAILY-NEWS.com: Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan - "U.S. TERROR ATTACKS THREAT" (SNIPPET: "Pakistan's Taliban yesterday threatened to launch attacks in the US and Europe "very soon". The warning by Qari Hussain Mehsud, a senior leader and mentor of suicide bombers, came after a renewal of militant violence this week...") (September 4, 2010) (Read More...)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "AL-SHMUKH vs AT-TAHADI" (SNIPPET: "These are the top two al-Qaida supporting forums at the moment. They are viewed favorably by the jihadi rank-and-file, by the leadership of al-Qaida, and by the intelligence community.") (September 4, 2010) (Read More...)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "LIBYA FREES EX-GITMO DETAINEE" by Thomas Joscelyn (SNIPPET: "Sofiane Ibrahim Gammu" SNIPPET: "Declassified memos prepared at Guantanamo tell a different story. The memos allege that Gammu, who was known as Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamuda Bin Qumu (internment serial number 557) during his time in detention, was a longtime jihadist who served both the Taliban and al Qaeda.") (September 2, 2010) (Read More...)
REUTERS.com: Amsterdam - "MUSLIM CLERIC CALLS FOR BEHEADING OF DUTCH POLITICIAN" by Ben Ben Berkowitz (SNIPPET: "De Telegraaf, the Netherlands' largest newspaper, led its front page on Friday with a story on the speech by Feiz Muhammad. The Sydney-born Muhammad has gained notoriety for, among other things, calling on young children to be radicalized and blaming rape victims for their own attacks. The paper posted an English-language audio clip in which he refers to Wilders as "this Satan, this devil, this politician in Holland" and explains that anyone who talks about Islam like Wilders does should be executed by beheading.") (September 3, 2010, 9:26 am EDT) (Read More...)
MIRROR.co.uk: "AL-QAEDA CAMP TEACHES BOYS AS YOUNG AS FIVE TO BOMB AND KILL" by Nick Owens (SNIPPET: "Terrorism expert Neil Doyle said the video, which is being released as part of a Jihad recruitment drive, was "a shocking example of the sick tactics al-Qaeda use." It appears on a website called Revolution Muslim...") (August 29, 2010) (Read More...)
VALLEY CENTRAL.com - Action 4 News: "CBP CONFIRMS TWO MEXICAN HELICOPTER INCURSIONS IN STARR COUNTY" (SNIPPET: "Federal officials confirmed two Mexican military helicopter incursions took place in skies over Starr and Hidalgo County...") (Note: Video included.) (Updated September 2, 2010, 5:15 pm)
TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "BRITAIN FACES NEW TERROR WAVE" by Duncan Gardham (SNIPPET: "Britain faces a new wave of home grown terrorists as 800 radicalised Islamist prisoners are released from jail, a leading security expert warns.") (Publsihed August 27, 2010, 12:10 am BST) (Read More...)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "HOMEGROWN TERRORISM RESURFACES IN CANADA" (SNIPPET: "Senior intelligence and law enforcement officials say that "homegrown Islamist extremism" is the top terrorist threat facing Canada today.") (August 25, 2010) (Read More...)
CNS NEWS.com: "'Burn the Quran Day' Plan Prompts Warnings of Anger, Unrest" by Patrick Goodenough (SNIPPET: "A spokesman for the Jeddah-based bloc of Islamic states expressed concern Tuesday that the planned action by the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville would stir up "anger across the Muslim world and provoke unrest." The OIC said it hoped the U.S. government would "take appropriate steps to protect the sacred religious sentiments of Muslims of America and of the Muslims across the world."") (August 25, 2010) (Read More...)
WOKV.com: "ISLAMIC RADICALS THREATEN SUICIDE BOMBINGS AGAINST GAINESVILLE [FLORIDA] CHURCH" by Adam Kirk (SNIPPET: "However, the Gainesville fire department has denied a permit for the event. One jihadist website vowed to conduct suicide bombings in Florida to avenge the Koran burning, while others predicted an increase in terrorist recruits as a result of such actions.") (August 23, 2010, 5:28 am) (Read More...)
OnlineWSJ.com - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Digital Network - "Protests, Rhetoric Feed Jihadists' Fire" by Jonathan Weisman (SNIPPET: "Threats have been posted on Jihadist web sites in response to such planned actions as Mr. Jones's Koran burning. "Now, I wish to bomb myself in this church as revenge for the sake of Allah's talk. And here I register my name here that I want to be an intended-martyr," wrote a poster identifying himself as "Abu Dujanah."") (August 23, 2010) (Read More...)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "U.S., UN SANCTION TOP AL QAEDA FINANCIAL OFFICIAL" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "The US Treasury and the United Nations have sanctioned a top a Qaeda leader who also is Osama bin Laden's son-in-law for serving as a top financial official in the terror organization.") (August 24, 2010) (Read More...)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - THE MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "A number of satellite companies (including Western companies) continue providing communication services for Hezbollah and Hamas' television and radio, even though restrictions have been imposed by Europe and the United States. Supported by foreign companies, Hezbollah and Hamas are able to extend their range around the world, including Muslim communities." (August 23, 2010) (Read More...)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): "AHMADINEJAD INAUGURATES IRAN'S FIRST UNMANNED BOMBER AIRCRAFT" (SNIPPET: "Speaking to a group of officials Ahmadinejad said, "The jet, as well as being an ambassador of death for the enemies of humanity, has a main message of peace and friendship."") (August 22, 2010) (Read More...)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Daily Times, Pakistan, August 20, 2010"): "PAKISTANI NUCLEAR EXPERT: PAKISTAN HAS 125 NUCLEAR WEAPONS; TALIBAN THREAT TO PAKISTANI NUCLEAR PROGRAM DOES EXIST" (SNIPPET: "Nayyar said that Pakistan has around 125 nuclear weapons, which are not placed together at any single location in the country, and that no other country including the U.S. could trace or take away these weapons from Pakistan. According to the report, Nayyar said that threat from the Taliban or other religious elements interested in acquiring Pakistan's nuclear weapons does exist...") (Posted August 20, 2010) (Read More...)
TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "ALERT OVER WANTED AL-QAEDA SUSPECT WHO MAY BE HEADING TO BRITAIN" by Duncan Gardham (SNIPPET: "Ibrahim Adam, 23" SNIPPET: "They fear that he may be trying to travel to the West in order to plan attacks.") (Published August 20, 2010, 7:48 pm BST) (Read More...)
PAJAMAS MEDIA.com: "THE MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION'S TERROR PROBLEM Why do top MSA leaders keep joining terror groups and involving themselves in terror plots?" by Patrick Poole (August 20, 2010) (Read More...)
MyFOXdfw.com - Fox 4 Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (NEWSCORE): "MEXICAN DRUG GANG HIRES PRETTY HITWOMEN" (SNIPPET: "A Mexican drug gang is hiring pretty young women to carry out killings to surprise its enemies, a suspected member of the vicious La Linea gang said in a video released Tuesday. Around 30 women aged 18 to 30 have been trained by hitmen to carry out killings in recent months, and most of those have killed people, said Rogelio Amaya in a public security ministry video released by media.") (Published August 17, 2010; Updated August 18, 2010, 6:23 am CDT) (Read More...)
INVESTORS.com - IBD Editorials - Perspective: "UNDER NEW AMERICAN MANAGEMENT AL-QAIDA NOW POSES INNER THREAT" by Paul Sperry (SNIPPET: "If al-Qaida looks and sounds different as we approach 9/11's ninth anniversary, it's because it's under new American management. No fewer than four U.S. citizens and a permanent U.S. resident have risen to senior leadership posts. These five English-speaking leaders are actively planning or facilitating attacks against their countrymen, while recruiting and radicalizing other American turncoats to carry them out.") (August 13, 2010, 8:17 pm ET) (Read More...)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "HIGHER TROOP CASUALTIES LIKELY IN AFGHANISTAN" by Lisa Daniel (SNIPPET: "Increased troop casualties in Afghanistan are to be expected this summer, and likely will continue through the fall as U.S. forces ramp up counterinsurgency efforts in anticipation of a drawdown to begin next year, a military official said yesterday.") (August 12, 2010) (Read More...)
CNS NEWS.com - Exclusive: "DHS CAUGHT AND RELEASED 481 'FUGITIVE' ILLEGALS FROM STATE SPONSORS OF TERROR AND 'COUNTRIES OF INTEREST'" by Penny Starr (SNIPPET: "In the three fiscal years from 2007-2009, the Department of Homeland Security caught and released 481 illegal aliens from nations designated as state sponsors of terrorism and "countries of interest," and those 481 aliens are now fugitives, according to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement database obtained by CNSNews.com as the result of a Freedom of Information Act request.") (August 11, 2010) (Read More...)
