Europe's spies fight shifting threat since Madrid

Europe's spies fight shifting threat since Madrid - Reuters 31 oct

US intelligence budget disclosed

US intelligence budget disclosed - BBC 30 oct

Terrorism Focus

Terrorism Focus Volume 4, Issue 35 - Jamestown 30 oct

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

BRIEFS Somali Conflict Spreads Across Horn Of Africa Iraqi Terror Trial Exposes Belgium’s Muslim Dilemma Tactical and Strategic Problems of a Turkish Winter Campaign in Northern Iraq Bin Laden’s Call to Unite Exposes al-Qaeda’s Strategic Blunders

WMD Insights October

WMD Insights October

"The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)"

"The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)" - NEFA 23 oct

"The Muslim Brotherhood in the United States"

"The Muslim Brotherhood in the United States" - NEFA 26 oct

Huge arms deals and terror intelligence links

Huge arms deals and terror intelligence links - The Guardian 30 oct

Frozen assets: US has crimped Al Qaeda funds

Frozen assets: US has crimped Al Qaeda funds - CSM 30 oct

IAEA findings on Iran dismissed

IAEA findings on Iran dismissed - BBC 29 oct

Germany restructures its intelligence agency

Germany restructures its intelligence agency - DW 27 oct

Doubt surrounds union between GSPC and al-Qaeda

Doubt surrounds union between GSPC and al-Qaeda - Magharebia 24 oct

Syrian Intelligence Linked to Terrorist Group

Syrian Intelligence Linked to Terrorist Group - NY Sun 25 oct

U.N. Report Suggests Syrian Role in Arming of Hezbollah, Other Groups

U.N. Report Suggests Syrian Role in Arming of Hezbollah, Other Groups - WP 25 oct

From MEMRI: Bin Laden Calls On All Jihad Groups to Unite Under One Banner

From MEMRI: Bin Laden Calls On All Jihad Groups to Unite Under One Banner - MEMRI 26 oct

Did Syria Have Visible WMD Program Prior to US Invasion of Iraq?

Did Syria Have Visible WMD Program Prior to US Invasion of Iraq? - CTB 28 oct

Is Google Allowing Syria to Play Politics With Google Earth?

Is Google Allowing Syria to Play Politics With Google Earth? - CTB 27 oct

Current Trends in Jihadi Networks in Europe

Current Trends in Jihadi Networks in Europe - Jamestown 25 oct

More Syria Nonsense

More Syria Nonsense - ACW 22 oct

Russia’s Race for the Arctic and the New Geopolitics of the North Pole

Russia’s Race for the Arctic and the New Geopolitics of the North Pole - Jamestown

Will Bush really bomb Iran?

Will Bush really bomb Iran? - The Sunday Times 28 oct

UN nuclear watchdog chief expresses concern about anti-Iran rhetoric from US

UN nuclear watchdog chief expresses concern about anti-Iran rhetoric from US - AP 28 oct

Southern Thailand: The Problem with Paramilitaries

Southern Thailand: The Problem with Paramilitaries - ICG 23 oct

Pakistan: The Forgotten Conflict in Balochistan

Pakistan: The Forgotten Conflict in Balochistan - ICG 22 oct

Sudan: Breaking the Abyei Deadlock

Sudan: Breaking the Abyei Deadlock - ICG 12 oct

Terrorism Monitor

Terrorism Monitor Volume 5, Issue 20 - Jamestown 25 oct

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

The Hakim-Sadr Pact: A New Era in Shiite Politics? Pakistan's Radical Red Mosque Returns Recasting Jihad in the Maghreb Current Trends in Jihadi Networks in Europe

Militant Recruitment in Pakistan: A New Look at the Militancy-Madrasah Connection

This NBR study presents a new framework to exposit the connections between Pakistan’s religious schools (madaris) and militancy in Pakistan and beyond, by C. Christine Fair - läs här..

The Israeli “Nuclear Reactor Strike” and SyrianWeapons of Mass Destruction: A Background Analysis

The Israeli “Nuclear Reactor Strike” and SyrianWeapons of Mass Destruction: A Background Analysis - CSIS 24 oct

Disabling DPRK Nuclear Facilities

Disabling DPRK Nuclear Facilities - USIP 23 oct

Syria Update: Suspected Reactor Site Dismantled

Syria Update: Suspected Reactor Site Dismantled - ISIS 25 oct

Change of tone in Bin Laden's latest message

The Guardian, October 23, 2007
Osama bin Laden has resurfaced with a new message urging insurgent groups in Iraq to avoid divisions and unite to defeat the US-led coalition. The message, in an Arabic audio tape broadcast by al-Jazeera television last night, was addressed directly to "my brother fighters in Iraq". They were told: "Muslims are waiting for you to gather under one banner so that justice can be served." - läs här..

Suspect Reactor Construction Site in Eastern Syria: The site of the September 6 Israeli Raid?

Suspect Reactor Construction Site in Eastern Syria: The site of the September 6 Israeli Raid? - ISIS 24 oct

Terrorism Focus

Terrorism Focus Volume 4, Issue 34 - Jamestown.org 24 oct

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

BRIEFS Al-Qaeda Uses Jaish al-Mahdi to Gain Control over Helmand Province Who Tried to Kill Benazir Bhutto? PKK Changes Battlefield Tactics to Force Turkey into Negotiations Al-Qaeda and Iraq: Too Soon to Declare Victory

Spain Arrests 6 for Promoting Jihad

Spain Arrests 6 for Promoting Jihad - NYT 24 oct

Turkey as a Regional Power

Turkey as a Regional Power - Stratfor 23 oct

Profile of Suicide Terrorist Defies Common Stereotypes

Many attackers come from educated, middle-class backgrounds.
US Dept of State 22 October 2007

Hu Stronger as China Communists Regroup

New York Times, AP - 22 Oct 2007

Islamist Websites Change Tactics: The Case of the Al-Ekhlaas Forum

MEMRI Special Dispatch Series - No. 1745

Russian hackers

On the right side of soft laws. International Herald Tribune, 21 Oct, 2007

Attempt to Kill Benazir Bhutto - An Update

Pakistan: International Terrorism Monitor - Paper No. 290, South Asia Analysis Group. Läs här..

Where the Jihad Lives Now

Where the Jihad Lives Now - Newsweek 29 oct

Core al-Qa'eda leadership still growing

Core al-Qa'eda leadership still growing - Telegraph 22 oct

Interrogation of Fatah al-Islam Terrorists Revealed

Interrogation of Fatah al-Islam Terrorists Revealed - Naharnet 10 oct

Serbia: Maintaining Peace in the Presevo Valley

Serbia: Maintaining Peace in the Presevo Valley - ICG 16 oct

A Closer Look at China's New SSBNs

A Closer Look at China's New SSBNs - Strategic Security Blog 15 oct

Summer 2007: The Attack that Never Occurred

Summer 2007: The Attack that Never Occurred - Stratfor 17 oct

The Russia Problem

The Russia Problem - Stratfor 16 oct

Oussama Kassir: En svensk al Qaida -krigare på nätet

Oussama Kassir: En svensk al Qaida-krigare på nätet - Gudmundson 7 oct

Understanding and Disrupting Terrorist Financing - Individuals and Cells

Understanding and Disrupting Terrorist Financing - Individuals and Cells - CTB 16 oct

The Dangerous Denial of Jihad's Threat

The Dangerous Denial of Jihad's Threat - CTB 15 oct

Terrorism Focus

Terrorism Focus Volume 4, Issue 33 - Jamestown.org 16 oct

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

BRIEFS Jihadi Forum Users Look for Codes in Bin Laden's September Video Iraqi Insurgent Media Campaign Targets American Audiences Turkey Weighs Military Options Against PKK Camps in Iraq Controversial Syrian Preacher Abu al-Qaqa Gunned Down in Aleppo

Law Enforcement Bodies not Equipped to Combat Crime in St Maarten

Law Enforcement Bodies not Equipped to Combat Crime in St Maarten - justitie.nl 8 oct

Terror in Algeria

Terror in Algeria - Economist.com 11 oct

Fatah al-Islam 'tried to ally with Future Movement'

Fatah al-Islam 'tried to ally with Future Movement' - Daily star 4 oct

A selection of Information Bulletins about Iran Issued in English

A selection of Information Bulletins about Iran Issued in English - IICC 10 oct

Hizbollah and the Lebanese Crisis

Hizbollah and the Lebanese Crisis - ICG 10 oct

Terrorism Focus

Terrorism Focus Volume 4, Issue 32 - Jamestown.org 10 oct

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Splits Developing in Somali Insurgency Investigation into Backgrounds of Bosnians Involved in Vienna Plot PKK Expanding Urban Bombing Campaign in Western Turkey Al-Qaeda: Beginning of the End, or Grasping at Straws?

Terrorism Monitor

Terrorism Monitor Volume 5, Issue - Jamestown.org 11 oct

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

The Triborder Sea Area: Maritime Southeast Asia's Ungoverned Space Tracking Yemen's 23 Escaped Jihadi Operatives – Part 2 Proposed Yemen-Djibouti Bridge Threatens AFRICOM Security Azerbaijan Increasingly Caught Between Salafism and Iran

Al Qaeda deputy killed in Algeria: report

9 okt - The deputy chief of al Qaeda's North Africa wing, Hareg Zoheir, also known as Sofiane Abu Fasila, believed to be the group's operational leader, was killed along with two other rebels in a gun battle with Algerian troops, local newspapers said on Tuesday. / REuers - läs mer..

Germans test device that 'sees' inside bottles

10 okt - German police are testing a new machine that can distinguish explosives from shampoo, offering hope to millions of travellers frustrated by EU airliner security rules. The microwave device takes only about a second to assess what liquid or gel is contained in glass and plastic bottles and tubes. It mainly works by analysing how much water is in the mixture. / IANS - läs mer..

YouTube hijacked for Storm worm spam

08 October 2007 ZNet

Turkish Hackers Target Swedish Web Sites

(AP) -- Hackers in Turkey have attacked more than 5,000 Swedish Web sites in the past week, and at least some of the sabotage appears linked to Muslim anger over a Swedish newspaper drawing that depicted the Prophet Muhammad's head on a dog's body.

Hacker broke into routers and stole VoIP services

8 okt - In the US, a hacker has been jailed for two years after breaching security at 15 separate telcos with incredible ease. At the trial, AT&T reported that Robert Moore ran six million scans on its network alone. Other companies that were successfully targeted used aliases in an attempt to build up confidence in their services./ the Channel Show - läs mer..

Suspected '100 million dollar al-Qaeda financier' netted in Iraq

4 okt - Iraqi and US forces have detained a man they believe received 100 million dollars this summer from Al-Qaeda sympathisers to hand out for "terrorist" operations in Iraq, the US military said Thursday / API - läs här...

Fradkov Summoned to Service

Fradkov Summoned to Service - Kommersant 8 oct

Leak Severed a Link to Al-Qaeda's Secrets

Leak Severed a Link to Al-Qaeda's Secrets - WP 9 oct

Upsurge in Kurdish attacks raises pressure on Turkish prime minister to order Iraq invasion

Upsurge in Kurdish attacks raises pressure on Turkish prime minister to order Iraq invasion - Guardian 9 oct

Terror cells 'planned to bomb ISF headquarters'

Terror cells 'planned to bomb ISF headquarters' - The Daily star 9 oct

UK police can now demand encryption keys

03 Oct 2007, Vunewt.com: People in the UK who encrypt their data are now obliged by law to give up the encryption keys to law enforcement officials if requested under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIP Act).
The Home Office claims that the move will help in the investigation of terrorists as well as criminal gangs and paedophiles. - läs artikeln här...

China to gain access to U.S. defense through merger

Oct/3/2007, The Washington Times

Gary Milhollin, an arms-proliferation specialist with the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, said Huawei was founded by a Chinese military officer and got its start with U.S. technology exports.

"In the past, Huawei has shown it's willing to help America's enemies after importing U.S. technology," he said. "And it has done so in defiance of U.N. regulations. So before we make more U.S. high technology available to Huawei, we should make sure it has changed its ways." - läs hela artikeln

Did Russia Stage the Father of All Bombs Hoax?

Did Russia Stage the Father of All Bombs Hoax? - WIRED 4 oct

Two More Chinese SSBNs Spotted

Two More Chinese SSBNs Spotted - Strategic Security Blog 4 oct

The Suspects Who Got Away

The Suspects Who Got Away - Newsweek 3 okt

CrisisWatch N°50, 1 October 2007

CrisisWatch N°50, ICG 1 October 2007

Fatah al-Islam 'tried to ally with Future Movement'

Fatah al-Islam 'tried to ally with Future Movement' - The Daily Star 3 okt

The Bad Guys You Don't Know

The Bad Guys You Don't Know , Meet Hizb ut-Tahrir - The Weekly Standard 1 okt

The Tsar’s Opponent

The Tsar’s Opponent - The New Yorker 1 oct

Nuclear Arms Racing in the Post-Cold War Era: Who is the Smallest?

Nuclear Arms Racing in the Post-Cold War Era: Who is the Smallest? - Strategic Security Blog 22 aug

Terrorism Monitor

Terrorism Monitor Volume 5, Issue 18 - Jamestown.org 27 sep

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Increasing Talibanization in Pakistan's Seven Tribal Agencies Tracking Yemen's 23 Escaped Jihadi Operatives – Part 1 GIMF Develops Defensive and Offensive Software for Jihadi Operations Origins of the Niger Delta's Deewell and Deebam Militias

Terrorism Focus

Terrorism Focus Volume 4, Issue 31 - Jamestown.org 2 oct

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

BRIEFS Dissident Saudi Cleric Brought Further into the Fold Swedish Cartoonist Forced Underground by Salafi-Jihadi Campaign Khamenei's Move to Appoint Ali Jafari as Head of Revolutionary Guard Tactical and Strategic Factors in Turkey's Offensive Against the PKK

Defying threats, Swedish artist wants to turn prophet cartoon row into musical

Defying threats, Swedish artist wants to turn prophet cartoon row into musical - Herald Tribune (AP) 1 oct