Posted on 07/28/2008 8:37:15 AM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT
December 22, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com
Pakistan political parties demand lifting of ban on Jamaat-ud-Dawa
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Pak_political_parties_demand_lifting_of_ban_on_Jamaat-ud-Dawa/articleshow/3871020.cms
(Pakistan) TV: ‘Lashkar was operating as Dawa’
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg1_2
(Pakistan) A monster out of control: Pakistan secret agents tell of militant links
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5380189.ece
Pakistan airports on red alert as Pakistan jet fighters conduct flights
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1961890&Language=en
(Pakistan) American JCS military chief Mullen in Pakistan amid Indo-Pak tension
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1961902&Language=en
(Pakistan) FATA: Oil Tanker destroyed in Khyber Agency
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg7_6
(Pakistan) FATA: Taliban enforce sharia in parts of Orakzai Agency
-— “During the past year, the drive for sharia law implementation surged
in Federally Administered Tribal Area and several settled areas of NWFP”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg1_6
—— June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html
(Pakistan) FATA: Taliban killed in US air strikes, more details - in South Waziristan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1961836&Language=en
-— Report: FATA: ‘US missile attack’ kills eight in Pakistan - in South Waziristan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3899155/US-missile-attack-kills-eight-in-Pakistan.html
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2839393348
(Pakistan) NWFP: JUI-F warns of overthrowing NWFP government over Islamic banking
-— seeks to overthrow NWFP govt if Sharia banking abolished
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg7_24
-— same JUI-F political organization that U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson has met with to promote “free and fair elections”
http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/21/top8.htm
-— JUI-F led by Taliban promoter Maulana Fazlur Rehman
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/mma.htm
(Pakistan) Islamabad: Lal Masjid arms seized during operation ‘stolen’
http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/22/top1.htm
(Pakistan) Iran: Kidnapped diplomat is alive
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg7_2
(Pakistan) US officials stress need to work with Pakistan
http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/22/top17.htm
— Obama must encourage Pakistan, says Bush
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg7_36
Pakistan terror infrastructure threat to world: India external affairs inister Pranab Mukherjee
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pak_terror_infrastructure_threat_to_world/articleshow/3874009.cms
(Pakistan) India: Enough proof given, Pakistan must act
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg1_1
India can hit terrorists using Pak soil: Sonia
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg1_3
(India J&K) Two Army jawans shot dead in J&K
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Two_Army_jawans_shot_dead_in_JK/articleshow/3874139.cms
(India) “144 railway stations identified as terrorism-prone”
http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/22/stories/2008122259730900.htm
(India) Al-Qaeda link to Mumbai attacks, former spy says
— another press report on last week’s Shimson Issaki’s comments
— appears to be part of book promotion on Iraq
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1076908
(Afghanistan) Premature suicide blast kills three in Afghanistan — in Ghazni province
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1961883&Language=en
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2839284742
(Afghanistan) 20 said killed in US-Afghan operation - over the past month - along Pakistan border
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/22/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php
(Afghanistan) NATO to engage Afghan tribes in Taliban fight
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4BL1V020081222?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=401
Iraqi Christians flee gunmen for sanctuary of monastery
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/3883748/Iraqi-Christians-flee-gunmen-for-sanctuary-of-monastery.html
-— Report: “Christmas returns to Baghdad”
-—— “Yonadam Kanna, Iraq’s only Christian MP, warned that for
many Christians living outside of Baghdad’s safer areas, the
situation is still dangerous. ‘They still can’t practice [their religion]. They are still scared,’ he said.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/3883843/Christmas-returns-to-Baghdad.html
(U.S.) Contempt charges could be dropped in terror case — Sami Al-Arian
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/21/Charges_could_be_dropped_in_terror_case/UPI-39491229888857/
(U.S.) Fort Dix Jurors Say They Expect to Finish Monday
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470717,00.html
http://trentonian.com/articles/2008/12/22/news/doc494f85444811b148065857.txt
(U.S.) FBI diverts anti-terror agents to Bernard Madoff $50 billion swindle
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article5380550.ece
(U.S.) Wall Street Journal Gives Guantanamo Detainee Lawyer Editorial
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122990491721225253.html
(UK) London Times Report: Shiraz Maher: “My friend the quiet, shy student who was converted into a raging terrorist”
— on Glasgow bombers as Islamic supremacists
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5372762.ece
(UK) Metropolitan police terror chief Bob Quick issues ‘unreserved’ apology to Tories
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3900348/Metropolitan-police-terror-chief-Bob-Quick-issues-unreserved-apology-to-Tories.html
Al-Qaeda ‘plans to wage holy war on Facebook’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/3885367/Al-Qaeda-plans-to-wage-holy-war-on-Facebook.html
-— Telegraph version of news report originally covered last week
(Gaza) Hamas says holding fire in Gaza
http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/12/22/africa/OUKWD-UK-PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL.php
(Israel) Kassam rocket lands in Eshkol regional council area
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868813435&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Israeli leaders vow to topple Hamas
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/3892765/Israeli-leaders-vow-to-topple-Hamas.html
(Israel) IDF chief: Hamas responsible for reality in South, we’ll deal with them
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868808738&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Israel) Livni tells Rice Israel can’t stay indifferent to attacks in south
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3642589,00.html
Somalia: Mortar Attacks At Police Academy
http://allafrica.com/stories/200812220817.html
Somalia: Blasts Target At Amisom Vehicles
http://allafrica.com/stories/200812210006.html
Somali group seeks Sharia expansion
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/12/2008122105049507522.html
(Algeria) Police kills 3 militants in Algeria, seize arms
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/21/africa/AF-Algeria-Violence.php
Germany debates Friday’s release of Red Army terrorist Christian Klar
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20081222/wl_csm/ogerman
(Spain) Hunted Basque separatists join ETA: report
http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/Hunted-Basque-separatists-join-ETA_-report.html
(Italy) For Italians, past domestic terror still a taboo topic
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1222/p06s03-wogn.html
(Philippines) Three soldiers wounded in clash in southern Philippines
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/247350,three-soldiers-wounded-in-clash-in-southern-philippines.html
(Australia) Indian doctor hopes Australian terror probe will vindicate him
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081222/wl_sthasia_afp/australiaindiabritainattackspolitics
(Thailand) ‘Merchant of Death’ arms dealer Viktor Bout faces court
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5381743.ece
Sri Lankan jets hit rebels
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/22/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php
Colombian Rebels Reportedly to Free 6 Hostages
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470724,00.html
Other News:
Indonesia: Muslim women call for Islamic state — Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI)
-— “Thousands of Muslim women from the hardline Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia
organization have staged a rally in Jakarta calling for the country to enforce
Sharia law and establish a traditional Islamic state or caliphate”
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2839285363
Saudi court tells girl aged EIGHT she cannot divorce husband who is 50 years her senior
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1099447/Saudi-court-tells-girl-aged-EIGHT-divorce-husband-50-years-senior.html
-— December 15, 2008: Saudi “Human Rights Commission” [sic] moots plan to promote ‘rights culture’
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=117196&d=15&m=12&y=2008&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
Saudi Arabia ‘may allow’ cinemas after three-decade ban
-— “’A movie could possibly be acceptable if it serves good and is suitable under Islam,’ Sheikh Gaith said”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/3885631/Saudi-Arabia-may-allow-cinemas-after-three-decade-ban.html
Cyprus: Suspicious package at US Embassy
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/22/europe/EU-Cyprus-US-Embassy.php
(France) Lyons: Anti-Islamophobia protest
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/lyons-anti-islamophobia-protest.html
(Mexico) Nine decapitated men found in Mexico - believed to be soldiers - suspected drug-related
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/21/Nine_decapitated_men_found_in_Mexico/UPI-47381229907401/
(Pakistan/U.S.) Obama must encourage Pakistan, says Bush
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg7_36
Commentaries:
OIC at the UN: ‘Dialogue for Dhimmis’ & more ‘Stealth Jihad’
— Comments by David G. Littman of the Association for World Education
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024028.php
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Today in History:
December 22, 1920 - Burma
National Day
National Day of the Union of Burma commemorates a boycott launched against the Rangoon University Act of the British, which allowed only the rich and a handful of anglophiles to receive higher education. Considered to be the beginning of the National Education Movement.
Upcoming Significant Events:
December 23, 1933 - Japan
Birthday of Emperor Akihito
No information provided.
December 23, 1956 - Egypt
Victory Day
Celebrates the withdrawal of British, French and Israeli forces from Port Said and the Suez Canal Zone.
December 23, 1975 - Greece
U.S. Embassy Official Killed
U.S. embassy official Richard Welch was killed outside of his home in Athens. The Greek terrorist organization “November 17” subsequently took credit for his assassination.
December 23, 1976 - Philippines
Tripoli Agreement Signed
The Marcos government signed the Tripoli Agreement, which was to provide for greater autonomy for Muslim regions of the Philippines.
December 24, 1951 - Libya
Independence Day
No information provided.
December 24, 2003 - Iraq
Suicide truck bomb explodes outside a government building
A vehicle bomb detonates outside the gates of the interior ministry building in a Kurdish town in Iraq. 5 are killed and 100 wounded in the blast.
December 25, 1978 - Cambodia
Fall of Phnom Penh
Khmer Rouge regime toppled from power, as Phnom Penh falls to invading Vietnamese forces. Khmer Rouge forces retreat west, and set up base camps on the Thai border and in the Cardamon Mountains to continue resistance against the Vietnamese.
December 25, 1979 - Afghanistan, Russia
Invasion by Soviet Troops
No information provided.
December 25, 1982 - Senegal
Casamance Movement Founded
MFDC, the Casamance Separatist Movement, was founded. Armed attacks by the group have occurred on this date, to mark the anniversary of the founding of the MFDC.
December 25, 1991 - Russia
Russia Successor to U.S.S.R.
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991 and transferred control of the Soviet nuclear arsenal to Russian president Boris Yeltsin. A few hours later, the United States recognized Russia as the successor state to the Soviet Union. These actions marked the end of the Soviet Union 74 years after the Bolshevik Revolution.
December 25, 2003 - Pakistan
Suicide vehicles fail to kill President Musharraf
Two suicide vehicles exploded as Musharraf?s Mercedes drew near yet left the President uninjured. 14 were killed, and 46 were wounded. This was the second assassination attempt against Musharraf in 11 days.
December 26, (year unknown) - Taiwan
Constitution Day
No information provided.
December 26, 1893 - China (People’s Republic of)
Birthday of Mao Ze Dong
No information provided.
December 26, 1893 - Peru
Birthday of Mao Zedong
The birthday of Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong has been marked by the Sendero Luminoso (SL) guerrilla organization by terrorist attacks.
December 26, 1968 - Philippines
Founding of the CPP
Founding of the Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) by Jose Maria Sison.
December 26, 1991 - Algeria
FIS Wins First Round of Voting
The Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) won the first round of voting in Algeria’s parliamentary elections. The second round of elections, scheduled for January 16, 1992, were cancelled when Algerian president Benjedid resigned on January 12, 1992.
(U.S.) Jury Finds 5 Men Guilty of Plotting to Kill Soldiers at Ft. Dix, N.J.
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20081222/NEWS/81222029/1006
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December 22, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com
(Pakistan) NWFP: Four injured in bomb attack on Peshawar school
-— “At least four people were injured when the Taliban detonated
a private school building after torching four buses in the limits of Mathra police station on Monday”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\23\story_23-12-2008_pg7_12
-— December 1, 2008: Pakistan’s The News - Army official calls Taliban’s Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah ‘patriots’
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709
(Pakistan) NWFP: 15 Taliban killed in Swat
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\23\story_23-12-2008_pg7_17
(Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Taiba has emerged as the new al-Qaida: US officials
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/USA/Lashkar-e-Taiba_has_emerged_as_the_new_al-Qaida_US_officials/rssarticleshow/3876067.cms
(Pakistan) Accused Mumbai gunman requests Pakistani help
— Mohammed Ajmal Kasab “stated in a letter handed over to Pakistani officials Monday that he is a Pakistani citizen”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\23\story_23-12-2008_pg1_8
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/23/world/asia/23india.html
-— Pakistan Foreign Office rejects Indian claims of providing evidence
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\23\story_23-12-2008_pg1_5
Pakistan asked to accept responsibility
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\23\story_23-12-2008_pg7_14
Pakistan Air Force increases aerial surveillance
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\23\story_23-12-2008_pg1_1
-— Pakistan: Air force on ‘alert’ for Indian strike
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2839782953
India Air force stations in cockpit ready alert
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Air_force_stations_in_cockpit_ready_alert/articleshow/3877482.cms
India Ready to Take All ‘Necessary’ Measures to Confront Pakistani ‘Denial’ on Mumbai Terror Attacks
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,471125,00.html
(India) US, UK not doing enough to rein in Pakistan: India External Affairs Minister Pranab
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/US_UK_not_doing_enough_to_rein_in_Pak_India/articleshow/3877227.cms
(India) Interpol seeks Kasab’s details from Mumbai cops
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Interpol_seeks_Kasabs_details_from_Mumbai_cops/articleshow/3875886.cms
(India) Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) man could be the local link between Indian Mujahideen (IM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/SIMI_man_could_be_the_local_link_between_IM_LeT/articleshow/3877009.cms
(U.S.) Jury Finds 5 Men Guilty of Plotting to Kill Soldiers at Ft. Dix, N.J.
-— acquitted them of attempted murder
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081222/NEWS01/81222020/-1/special27
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470900,00.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/22/fortdix.case/index.html
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20081222/NEWS/81222029/1006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_re_us/fort_dix_plot
— Complete coverage of trial, beginning to end
http://www.courierpostonline.com/section/special27
— Fort Dix Terror Plot Timeline
http://www.dipity.com/courierpost/Fort_Dix_Timeline
— FBI Press Release
http://philadelphia.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/ph122208.htm
(U.S.) Fort Dix Terror Trial: Many Muslims skeptical of Fort Dix verdicts
— New Jersey CAIR Executive Director Jim Sues: “Many people in the Muslim community will see this as a case of entrapment”
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081222/NEWS01/81222025/-1/special27
-— Comment: Courier does not point out CAIR’s role as unindicted co-conspirator in HLF terror finance trial
(U.S.) Liberty City Six: Florida terror plot retrial will start in January
-— “Two previous trials have ended in hung juries. One man was acquitted after the first and is being deported to Haiti.”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868820669&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TERROR_INVESTIGATION_FLOL-?SITE=FLTAM
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-terror-investigation,0,2024155.story
(U.S.) Taliban ‘narco-terrorist’ begs for mercy, gets life sentence — Khan Mohammed
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/22/taliban.sentencing/index.html?section=cnn_latest
(U.S.) Terrorism drill to be part of passing torch
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-12-22-transition_N.htm?csp=34
(U.S.) DHS Chertoff: “What we’re confronting is an ideological conflict
with an extremist world view that I don’t think is an accurate representative
of Islam, but uses the language or hijacks Islam for an extremist agenda”
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024033.php
— ‘As one threat fades, another may come in’
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/12/as-one-threat-f.html
— Comment: from the agency whose memo provided “recommendations
from (anonymous) American Muslims” that U.S. should promote “progress” over “liberty”
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/090.html#H.3
(U.S.) Iraqi national living in Md. pleads guilty to spying for Saddam Hussein’s intelligence service
-— Saubhe Jassim Al-Dellemy
http://www.startribune.com/nation/36594084.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_re_us/iraqi_spy_plea_2;_ylt=AvaYWZvVT4rmLFNqTEjTLKf5SpZ4
(UK) Gurardian calls London Times Report “Muslim-baiting” for reporting
on Tunisian allegations of Mohammed Ali Harrath’s links to terrorism
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/22/islam-terrorism
-— December 15, 2008: Terrorism adviser to Met is on wanted list
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5342730.ece
-— London Times reported that “Mohamed Ali Harrath has been the subject of the Interpol red notice since 1992”
-— LT also reported “Mr Harrath has been convicted in absentia
of numerous criminal and terrorism-related offences by Tunisian courts and sentenced to 56 years in prison”
-—— Guardian ignores its own report of July 9, 2007: “Britain failing to check migrants on terror database, says Interpol chief”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/jul/09/asylum.terrorism
-— As well as similar reports
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1556904/New-UK-terror-threat-from-foreign-students.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6283090.stm
-— Interpol: “UK has not shared its terrorist watch list with INTERPOL”
http://www.interpol.int/Public/News/2007/sgletter20070708.asp
Iraq: Key witness ‘fled’ from inquiry into chemical attack
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2840839515
(Iran) Russia: We’ll sell Iran ‘defensive arms’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868815665&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-— Russia to get 70 nuclear missiles in 3 years
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868818701&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Gaza gunmen fire at soldiers near Sufa
-— “Three Kassam rockets hit western Negev; attacks seemingly refute reports of a 24-hour ceasefire”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868808386&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Hamas) Carter: Hamas putting eggs in Obama basket
-— Carter: “Like the Syrians, they (Hamas) are patient, relatively
satisfied with the status quo, and putting all their eggs in Obama’s basket.”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84283
http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/paris_lebanon_syria_2008.html
(Israel) Defense officials: Drop in rocket attacks won’t stop Gaza op
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868820800&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Yemen) Killer of Jew says Yemeni minority should convert to Islam
-— “’I killed the Jew,’ Abdul Aziz Yahya al-Abdi, 39, screamed from the dock”
-— “Abdi said his act was ‘in accordance with a masters’ dissertation
I wrote on their electronic war and jihad (holy war) in the name of God.’”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081222/wl_mideast_afp/yemenunrestjews_081222145855
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gIIBjM01FteS_UVmmAIf3Os1WlFA
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024035.php
-— ‘I warned Jews to convert or leave’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868817998&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Germany considers taking in Guantanamo prisoners
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/22/europe/EU-Germany-Guantanamo-Prisoners.php
Sri Lanka says 67 killed in northern fighting
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868817313&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Thailand) ‘Merchant of Death’ Russian arms dealer pleads with Thai court: ‘Don’t send me to the U.S.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1099705/Merchant-Death-Russian-arms-dealer-pleads-Thai-court-Dont-send-U-S.html
Other News:
Turkish company ‘inundated with orders for Bush shoe’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/3903967/Turkish-company-inundated-with-orders-for-Bush-shoe.html
Against Nazi News:
Germany tracing artwork and its Nazi past
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/22/europe/letter.php
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December 23, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com
Iraq: At least five policemen killed in roadside blast - al-Tarmiyah
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2843791017
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1962170&Language=en
(Afghanistan/Pakistan) Taliban leader rejects reports of peace talks — Mullah Mohammad Omar
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December1524.xml§ion=international
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December1517.xml§ion=international
-— “Mullah Omar may be hiding in Pakistan”
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-12-23-voa15.cfm
Pakistan ready to respond “within minutes” if India strikes, says Army chief
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_ready_to_respond_within_minutes_if_India_strikes_Kayani/articleshow/3878233.cms
(Pakistan) If Indians attack Taliban to fight alongside Army: Taliban’s Baitullah Mahsud
-— Mahsud: “Thousands of our well-armed militants are ready to fight alongside the army if any war is imposed on Pakistan”
-— “Besides thousands of armed militants, Baitullah Mahsud said,
hundreds of would-be bombers were Monday given suicide jackets
and explosives-laden vehicles for protection of the border in case of any aggression by the Indian forces”
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=19147
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Taliban_to_back_Pak_in_case_of_hostilities_with_India/articleshow/3878794.cms
-— December 1, 2008: Pakistan’s The News - Army official calls Taliban’s Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah ‘patriots’
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709
(Pakistan) ISI had definite links with LeT: Report
-— “ISI created Lashkar-e-Taiba which is no more under its control.
These jihadis were there in Jammu and Kashmir and we supported them”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/_Pak_had_definite_links_with_LeT_Report/articleshow/3880992.cms
(Pakistan) Kasab’s letter not ample proof: Pakistan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kasabs_letter_not_ample_proof_Pakistan/articleshow/3877960.cms
Pakistan’s Widely-Read “The News” Publishes Comments Claiming CIA Responsible for Pakistani Jihad
-— Pakistan’s “The News”: “Two versions of jihad”
-—— “The concept of jihad (1980 version) was introduced in syllabus of madressahs in Pakistan by the CIA”
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=153320
(Pakistan) Karachi: Three killed in explosion in Pakistani city
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1962237&Language=en
(Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Jhangvi behind Marriot blast: Malik
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=153335
(Pakistan) NWFP: Hoti renews talks offer to militants willing to lay down arms
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=153345
(Pakistan) Spying on Taliban, al-Qaeda is world’s riskiest job
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/247508,spying-on-taliban-al-qaeda-is-worlds-riskiest-job—feature.html
India to Pak: Don’t create war hysteria
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_to_Pak_Dont_create_war_hysteria/articleshow/3880408.cms
Indian PM: ‘Nobody wants war’ after terror attack
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081223/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting
Indian Army chief rushes to Siachen to check “war preparedness”
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1962206&Language=en
(India J&K) Police say they foiled attack in Indian Kashmir
-— suspects are members of Jaish-e-Mohammed
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081223/ap_on_re_as/as_kashmir_terror_arrest
—— Indian police say terror strike foiled in Kashmir
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081223/wl_sthasia_afp/indiakashmirattacks
-— Three Jaish terrorists nabbed in Jammu
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/3_Jaish_terrorists_nabbed_in_Jammu/articleshow/3878264.cms
(India) Interpol says India has not shared information about Mumbai attacks
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1962119&Language=en
(India) Security stepped up at beach resort - Goa
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24838350-23109,00.html
(Bangladesh) 3 militants to die for attack on British envoy
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/23/asia/AS-Bangladesh-Islamic-Militants.php
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/bangladesh/3918193/Death-penalty-for-Bangladesh-militants-who-attacked-British-envoy-with-grenade.html
(U.S.) Pentagon sets arraignment date for man accused of engineering Cole bombing — Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri
http://www.star-telegram.com/855/story/1108743.html
(U.S.) IPT News Report on Fort Dix Trial Decision
http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/963
— Related Reports:
-— The Fort Dix Verdict: A Victory for Pre-emptive Prosecutions
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20081223/us_time/08599186837000
-— Conviction In Terrorism Case Poses Question
http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/hc-dix1223.artdec23,0,6305427.story
(Iran/U.S.) Bush cracks down on Iran businesses
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868820347&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Iran/U.S.) US warns Russia against selling S-300 to Iran
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868815665&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Hezbollah) Carter laments: Terrorists lack ‘defense’ against Israel
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84329
http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/paris_lebanon_syria_2008.html
Report: “Hamas says it may consider new truce with Israel”
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/December/middleeast_December387.xml§ion=middleeast
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/247559,hamas-willing-to-renew-truce-under-old-terms-official-says.html
-— December 22, 2008: Hamas threatens suicide attacks against Israel
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/3901066/Hamas-threatens-suicide-attacks-against-Israel.html
Hamas operative killed in Gaza ‘work accident’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868825514&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Gaza terrorists resume rocket fire on Negev after brief hiatus
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868827245&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Israel) Southern cities simulate rocket attacks
— “Ashdod, Kiryat Malachi and Kiryat Gat, feared in rocket range, to simulate attacks, mass casualties”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868822058&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Somalia: Seven People Killed in Renewed Mogadishu Clashes
http://allafrica.com/stories/200812230770.html
Somalia: Radio Station in Islamist-Controlled Town Forced Off the Air
-— Al Shabab forces HornAfrik off the air
http://allafrica.com/stories/200812230095.html
Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Arrest Famous Sheik Mohamed Sheik Yusuf
http://allafrica.com/stories/200812230115.html
Somalis’ Choice: Join Islamists or Flee
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/21/AR2008122102340.html?wprss=rss_world
(Sudan) Up to 6,000 child soldiers recruited in Darfur - U.N.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/JBRN-7MLH2Y?OpenDocument
Turkey: Iraqi leader suggests ‘amnesty’ for militant Kurds
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2844568433
European nations mull Gitmo detainees
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/23/European_nations_mull_Gitmo_detainees/UPI-40671230036357/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28362264/
Greek police bus attacked; 3,000 at rally
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/23/europe/EU-Greece-Police-Shooting.php
Spain acts against Basque separatist political parties
http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/Spain-acts-against-Basque-separatist-political-parties_48261.html
(Philippines) One dead in attack on UN relief truck in southern Philippines
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-63941.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28357683/
(Philippines) Police discover bomb on a bus in Pagadian City
-— “15 minutes before it was timed to explode and just hours after a blast in the area wounded at least 14 people”
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/57179/Police-discover-bomb-on-a-bus-in-Pagadian-City
-— Two Bombs Found On Bus In Southern Philippines
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081223/ACQDJON200812230321DOWJONESDJONLINE000081.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Two%20Bombs%20Found%20On%20Bus%20In%20Southern%20Philippines
(Philippines) Manila eyes fresh peace push with Muslim rebels
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/JBRN-7MLGVP?OpenDocument
-— Muslims set for Manila dialogue on extremism
-— “Basman, president of the Center, says Muslims need to follow the real teaching of Islam which is moderation “
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/dec/24/yehey/prov/20081224pro1.html
(Thailand) 8 soldiers injured in Narathiwat bombing
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30091699.html
(Thailand) Army officer killed in drive-by shooting in Pattani
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30091695.html
“China still reluctant to pressurise Pak against terrorism”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/China_still_reluctant_to_pressurise_Pak_on_terrorism/articleshow/3881169.cms
China calls for return of Guantanamo Bay inmates
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/23/asia/AS-China-US-Guantanamo.php
(Australia) Haneef seeks apology from Australia over ‘wrong detention’
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Haneef_seeks_Australias_apology_over_wrong_detention/articleshow/3879893.cms
North Korea threatens ‘sea of fire’ attack
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24839400-23109,00.html
Commentaries:
Battling with a Billboard - by Jamie Glazov
-— on UnitedAmericanCommittee.org billboard on Sharia
http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=C6DF11B3-7AE5-4962-BB33-3ABA0344FDBF
Former Muslims speak out against jihad violence
-— “These former Muslims are now speaking out: at www.islam-watch.org and
in the books ‘Why We Left Islam: Former Muslims Speak Out’ and ‘Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out.’”
http://www.indystar.com/article/20081223/OPINION01/812230323/1002/OPINION
Other News:
Malaysia Islamic party revives contentious plan
-— Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party “drew criticism from other members of
their three-party alliance when he told a forum Saturday that his party
hopes to enforce Islamic laws if the opposition comes to power”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868822305&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(U.S.) Report: Gates Asks Bush War Team to Stay On
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/23/report-gates-asks-bush-war-team-stay/
(UK) Blair says faith is vital to understand Middle East ‘
-— “’As well as that, one is interested in other religions. One’s
motivation is greater. I regularly read the Koran, practically every
day,’ Blair told the interviewer. He said the Prophet Mohammed had been ‘an enormously civilizing force.’”
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/247584,blair-says-faith-is-vital-to-understand-middle-east.html
Russia: Abbas awarded by head mufti
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/russia-abbas-awarded-by-head-mufti.html
Bahrain Daily: “Islamic banking is the answer”
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=238277&Sn=BUSI&IssueID=31277
Rising Inter-Arab Tensions: Saudi Arabia and Egypt versus Syria and Iran (Three Parts) – Deepening Crisis in Saudi-Syrian Relations
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA48508
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA48608
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA48708
Against Nazi News:
(U.S./Germany) ‘We Are Ready to Deport Demjanjuk’
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,598016,00.html
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Monday, December 22, 2008
The Iranian blogfather: where is he?
By Neil Durkin, via the Telegraph:
http://walkersunknownthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/12/iranian-blogfather-where-is-he.html
[Links to many blogs that look interesting, nice blog]
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB263/index.htm
“We can bomb the bejesus out of them all over North Vietnam.”
Archive Publishes Treasure Trove of Kissinger Telephone Conversations
Comprehensive Collection of Kissinger “Telcons” Provides Inside View of Government Decision-Making;
Reveals Candid talks with Presidents, Foreign Leaders, Journalists, and Power-brokers during Nixon-Ford Years
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 263
Edited by William Burr
Posted - December 23, 2008
Today in History:
December 26, 1991 - Algeria
FIS Wins First Round of Voting
The Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) won the first round of voting in Algeria’s parliamentary elections. The second round of elections, scheduled for January 16, 1992, were cancelled when Algerian president Benjedid resigned on January 12, 1992.
December 26, 1968 - Philippines
Founding of the CPP
Founding of the Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) by Jose Maria Sison.
December 26, 1893 - China (People’s Republic of)
Birthday of Mao Ze Dong
No information provided.
December 26, 1893 - Peru
Birthday of Mao Zedong
The birthday of Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong has been marked by the Sendero Luminoso (SL) guerrilla organization by terrorist attacks.
December 26, (year ?) - Taiwan
Constitution Day
No information provided.
Upcoming Significant Events:
December 27, 1949 - Indonesia
Transfer of Sovereignty
Sovereignty was transferred from the Netherlands following independence.
December 27, 1985 - Austria
Attack on the Vienna Airport
The Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) attacked the Vienna airport.
December 27, 1985 - Italy
Attack on Rome Airport by ANO
The Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) attacked the Rome airport.
December 27, 2003 - Italy
European Commission President survives parcel bomb attack
A book sent to President Prodi bursts into flames as he opens it, leaving Prodi unhurt. The Informal Anarchic Federation is suspected in the attack.
December 27, 2007 - Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto Assassinated
Pakistani opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto, died after being shot in the neck and chest at a campaign rally in Rawalpindi.
December 28, (year unknown) - Nepal
National Holiday
This holiday celebrates the king’s birthday.
December 28, 1972 - Israel, Thailand
Embassy in Bangkok Seized
Black September terrorists took hostages after seizing the Israeli embassy in Bangkok. The hostages were released in exchange for safe conduct.
December 29, 1945 - Serbia-Montenegro
Proclamation of the Republic
Commemorates the proclamation of the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia.
December 30, 1896 - Philippines
Rizal Day
Commemorates the execution of national hero Jose Rizal.
December 30, 1947 - Romania
Republic Proclaimed
No information provided.
[see article, full set of terror tactics]
Four animal rights activists guilty of fear campaign
Posted on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 10:44am
Four animal rights activists were found guilty on Tuesday of blackmailing companies that supplied Huntingdon Life Sciences in a “relentless” campaign that included hoax parcel bombs and criminal damage. Full Story
Mexico honors soldiers beheaded by drug cartels
Posted on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 10:46am
The decapitated bodies of the soldiers lined a major boulevard, accompanied by a sign: “For every one of mine that you kill, I will kill 10.” A bag of their heads, some still gagged with tape, was found nearby. The discovery in Chilpancingo, an hour north of the resort of Acapulco in southern Mexico, marked the most gruesome attack yet against the Mexican army in its half-century battle against drug gangs.
Full Story
Authorities found 12 decapitated bodies Sunday in and around Chilpancingo, the capital of the violent state of Guerrero. So far, officials have identified seven as soldiers but haven’t given information on the rest of the dead. Another decapitated soldier was found Dec. 9.
Estonia Spy Case Rattles Nerves at NATO
Posted on Friday, December 26, 2008 at 4:48am
As an independent state emerged here after 47 years of Soviet rule, a jovial, meticulous police official named Herman Simm was promoted again and again. By 2001, he occupied a post that satisfied his fascination with secrets: As chief of the National Security Authority, his job was to secure all classified communication between Estonia and its allies. And prosecutors say they have established why he was so interested in secrets: They believe he was passing information to an undercover agent for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. Full Story
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/world/europe/25estonia.html?em
December 24-26 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com
(Pakistan) Intelligence Officials: Pakistan Moving Troops Toward Indian Border
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473068,00.html
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\26\story_26-12-2008_pg1_2
— Sources: Pakistan puts troops on alert
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/26/india.pakistan.tensions/index.html
— Pakistan cancels army leave, shifts troops to India border
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December1708.xml§ion=international
— Pak deploys fresh troops along LoC
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistan_deploys_more_troops_cancels_army_leave/articleshow/3894604.cms
Pakistan Warns India It Will Respond to Any Attack
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,472863,00.html
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\26\story_26-12-2008_pg1_1
-— ‘Surgical strikes’ mean war, Pakistan senators warn India
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\25\story_25-12-2008_pg1_2
Pakistan Senators call for review of role in war on terror
http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/24/top3.htm
Pakistan: Relations remain tense after India activates bases near border
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2849792136
‘Pakistan won’t ask India for consular access to Kasab’
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\25\story_25-12-2008_pg1_8
(Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Taiba draws well-educated youths
— “Young men from ‘all over Pakistan’ join terror group eyed in Mumbai attacks”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/25/lashkar-e-taiba-draws-well-educated-youths/
(Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban ban to keep 40,000 girls from schools in Swat
— “Locals say they are helpless, have no option but to accede to Taliban pressure”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\26\story_26-12-2008_pg7_3
-— Taleban threaten to blow up girls’ schools if they refuse to close
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5397901.ece
(Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban ban female education in Swat district
-— made by a spokesman of Taliban Swat leader Maulana Fazlullah
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\25\story_25-12-2008_pg1_9
-— December 1, 2008: Pakistan’s The News - Army official calls Taliban’s Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah ‘patriots’
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709
(Pakistan) NWFP PA for talks with local Taliban
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\24\story_24-12-2008_pg7_1
(Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban abduct ANP leader in Hangu
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\26\story_26-12-2008_pg7_7
(Pakistan) Pro-Taliban group claims responsibility for Lahore blast: Report
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_Taliban_claims_responsibility_for_Lahore_blast/articleshow/3893906.cms
— Pakistan: Woman killed in bomb attack in Lahore
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2849041896
(Pakistan) Baluchistan: Bomb kills two girls in southwest Pakistan
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December1698.xml§ion=international
(Pakistan) Policeman killed in Quetta
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\25\story_25-12-2008_pg7_9
(Pakistan) FATA: ‘Pro-government’ Taliban group threatens Pakistani military
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/12/progovernment_taliba.php
(Pakistan) FATA: Three kidnapped from Khyber Agency
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\26\story_26-12-2008_pg7_9
(Pakistan) FATA: 4 Taliban killed in Bajaur
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\26\story_26-12-2008_pg7_23
(Pakistan) FATA: 68 Taliban surrender in Mohmand Agency
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\26\story_26-12-2008_pg7_4
(Pakistan) Terrorism plot foiled in Islamabad, 12 arrested
— “Islamabad police have claimed foiling terrorist attacks planned
for Christmas, Benazir Bhutto’s death anniversary and the
New Year’s Eve by seizing 650 kilogrammes of explosives and 520 detonators in Koral police station precincts on Thursday.”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\26\story_26-12-2008_pg1_4
Pakistan Marriot hotel to reopen after devastating bombing
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3949212/Pakistan-Marriot-hotel-to-reopen-after-devastating-bombing.html
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\26\story_26-12-2008_pg1_3
(India) Mumbai Attacks: India gives Saudi proof of Pak involvement
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_gives_Saudi_proof_of_Pak_involvement/articleshow/3896581.cms
(India) Mumbai Attacks: New ploy: Pak blames Indians for blast
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/New_ploy_Pak_blames_Indians_for_blast/articleshow/3892499.cms
(India) Mumbai Attacks: Kasab remanded in police custody for 2 more weeks
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\25\story_25-12-2008_pg7_11
-— No legal aid to Ajmal unless citizenship proved: Pakistan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistan_ignores_Kasabs_legal_request/articleshow/3890914.cms
‘Mumbai is a model for future terrorist attacks’
http://specials.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/26sld01-26mumterror-interview-with-bernard-haykel.htm
(Bangladesh) 7 militants held in Bangladesh
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2445761,00.html
-— Explosives seized in Bangladesh - elections scheduled for December 29
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7799910.stm
(Afghanistan) US coalition says it kills 11 Taliban in operation - in Kandahar province
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest_of_World/US_coalition_says_it_kills_11_Taliban_in_operation/articleshow/3894376.cms
(Iraq) Three Iraqi soldiers killed in roadside bomb in Diyala
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1962881&Language=en
(Iraq) 4 Suspected Al Qaeda Insurgents Escape as Riot, Jailbreak Leaves 13 Dead in Iraq - in Ramadi
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473064,00.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081226/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq
— Terror chief escapes in prison shootout - Imad Ahmed Farha
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24846050-23109,00.html
— Curfew imposed in Ramadi after Qaeda members escape
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1962855&Language=en
(U.S.) New York: Muslim satellite TV company owner pleads guilty to broadcasting Hizballah TV — Javed Iqbal
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024052.php
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/23/america/NA-US-Terrorism-TV.php
(U.S.) Homeland Security forecasts 5-year threat picture
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081226/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/homeland_threat_forecast
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-threat1226.artdec26,0,3562116.story?track=rss
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28387496/
-— Report: Terror Threats to Target Economic Losses
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/25/report-terror-threats-target-economic-losses/
(U.S.) IPT News: Terrorism Challenges Facing The Obama Administration
http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/966
Lebanon finds rockets aimed at Israel
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24843772-23109,00.html
-— 8 Katyusha rockets defused in Lebanon
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230111704628&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Lebanon) Al-Qaida makes Lebanon flashpoint
— “Analyst expects attack on Israel to result”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84463
Hamas: Our leaders do not fear death
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230111707408&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Gaza) Expected IDF op prompts Egypt to reinforce Gaza border security
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230111710874&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Palestinian girls killed when terrorist rocket falls short of target
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230111714101&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Dozens of Palestinian mortar shells fired at Negev
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1962846&Language=en
Israel sends out “last-minute” warning to Hamas
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5233476/israel-sends-out-lastminute-warning-to-hamas/
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5397897.ece
— A hard look at Hamas’ capabilities
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050282.html
(Israel) Channel 10 Reporter ‘Leaked Intelligence to Enemy on the Air’
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129050
(Israel) Militants fire rockets into southern Israel
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2848856707
(Israel) Palestinian gets 30-year term for terrorism - PFLP’s Ahmed Saadat
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Palestinian+gets+year+term+terrorism/1113499/story.html
(Israel) PMW: Hamas’s Denial on Islamic Law is a Lie
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129045
(Israel) Security Cabinet declares 35 groups ‘terror organizations’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230111683876&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1049749.html
(Somalia) Radical Islamists linked to al-Qaeda set to take control of Somalia
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/3964681/Radical-Islamists-linked-to-al-Qaeda-set-to-take-control-of-Somalia.html
Somalia: As Troops Prepare to Pull Out, Ethiopia Says Mission Accomplished
http://allafrica.com/stories/200812260230.html
Somalia: ‘Unmanned Spy Plane’ Crashes
http://allafrica.com/stories/200812260001.html
Yemen: Al-Qaeda ‘allied’ with separatists in south
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2849232309
Algeria: Al-Qaeda leader to be tried on terror charges
— Abdelmalek Droukdel
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2849313907
(Russia) 12 militants killed in sweep in southern Russia — Ingushetia province
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/25/europe/EU-Russia-Caucasus-Violence.php
(Philippines) Ten killed in Muslim rebels attacks in Philippines: military
-— Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Jihdists killed 9 residents of Midtungo village
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/25/2455089.htm
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/dec/26/yehey/top_stories/20081226top1.html
— Fighting flares in southern Philippines
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/26/asia/phils.php
(Philippines) MILF owns attack vs govt militiamen in NCotabato
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/141265/MILF-owns-attack-vs-govt-militiamen-in-NCotabato
(Philippines) MILF tells govt peace panel: Talk first to MOA-AD critics
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/140984/MILF-tells-govt-peace-panel-Talk-first-to-MOA-AD-critics
Philippine Communist rebels to step up insurgency
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/26/asia/AS-Philippines-Communist-Rebels.php
Sri Lanka takes key Tiger town after Christmas Day battles
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December1711.xml§ion=international
(Sri Lanka) 43 Tiger rebels killed, LTTE training camp captured
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/43_Tiger_rebels_killed_LTTE_training_camp_captured/articleshow/3896634.cms?TOI_latestnews
Other News:
Iraq: ‘We will go to church without fear’ says Christian MP
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2849232653
(Gaza) Muslim grinches steal Christmas
— “Christians warned against celebration: ‘We are living under a state of fear’”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84518
(India) Hanukkah observed in Mumbai
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/25/Hanukkah_observed_in_Mumbai/UPI-65921230267306/
(India) 16 arrested for throwing stones at Uttar Pradesh policemen
— “policeman allegedly made derogatory comments about Islam”
http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/446506
(Indonesia) Can Muslims say “Merry Christmas”?
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024061.php
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/12/24/can-muslims-say-039merry-christmas039.html
(Iran) Ahmadinejad stokes criticism with Christmas message
— “Ahmadinejad said in the address on Thursday that Jesus Christ would oppose ‘bullying, ill-tempered and expansionist powers.’”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081226/wl_uk_afp/britainiranchristmaspolitics_081226094709
-— Comment: Such as Islamic supremacism?
-— UK Government rebukes Channel 4 for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad broadcast
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5397462.ece
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230111706616&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-— Christmas message from Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is ‘sick’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/3949320/Christmas-message-from-Iran-is-sick.html
Iran: Human rights office to re-open after US and European pressure
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2849233098
(U.S.) Well done, good and faithful servant: UNC academic propagandist receives award from Iran’s Thug-In-Chief
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024066.php
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1345519.html
(Lebanon) Syria raises flag over embassy in Beirut
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/December/middleeast_December459.xml§ion=middleeast
Jordanian Students Rebel, Embracing Conservative Islam
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/24/world/middleeast/24jordan.html?_r=1
Malta to become Sharia compliant to attract Muslim investors
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20081224/local/malta-to-become-sharia-compliant-to-attract-muslim-investors
British couple pleads guilty to sedition in Gambia
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/gambia/3934556/British-couple-pleads-guilty-to-sedition-in-Gambia.html
(Russia) How Russia Courts the Muslim World
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=29393
Russia to supply missiles to Syria
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230111713208&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Pakistan) US to start work for energy co-operation with Pakistan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\26\story_26-12-2008_pg7_1
(Oklahoma) House Searched After Man Found Near Mall With Bomb - motive unknown
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2008/12/24/house-searched-after-man-found-near-mall-with-bomb/
Commentaries:
No Bailout for Jihad — by Jamie Glazov
— interview with David Yerushalmi
http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=B0152451-565E-4F35-A293-D6E7A39EB8BD
Shilling for the Ft. Dix Six — by Robert Spencer
http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=9294768A-D6DE-4D28-B8D5-FD97F028FE59
Winning This War Requires Language of Faith
http://blog.americancongressfortruth.com/2008/12/23/winning-this-war-requires-language-of-faith/
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