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24/9/2008 Is Terrorism Falling? A critical look at the Human Security Brief for 2007

Yael Shahar and Don Radlauer

The Human Security Brief for 2007 , released in May 2008, declared that terrorist attacks are on the wane due to declining support for al-Qaida. If true, this is good news for Western governments, which have placed great emphasis on countering al-Qaida’s public appeal in the Muslim world, so far with less than impressive success. However, the report’s optimistic conclusions are questionable on both methodological grounds and historical grounds. In particular, its use of incident statistics to prove its contention is of questionable value.

7/9/2008 ICT Global Terrorism Brief - Mughniyeh killing triggers spate of Hezbollah alerts

ICT Database Staff

The aftermath of the 12th of February, 2008 assassination of Hezbollah's Imad Mughniyeh – which Hezbollah attributed to Israel - has seen a string of warnings about increased Hezbollah activity worldwide. Israeli intelligence experts increasingly think Hezbollah is determined to attack an Israeli target - most likely Israeli embassies or officials abroad, especially in third-world countries.

29/8/2008 US-Pakistan Top Secret Military Talks

B. Raman

The "New York Times" reported as follows on August 28,2008: "Top US and Pakistani army commanders had a highly unusual secret meeting on board an American aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean to discuss how to combat the escalating violence along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

18/8/2008 The Simi Network behind Ahmedabad Blasts - A Collation

B. Raman

Nine of the arrests were made in Ahmedabad and Vadodara in Gujarat and the tenth arrest of their leader Mufti Abu Bashir was made with the co-operation of the Uttar Pradesh police in Azamgarh in UP. According to details given by a team of senior Gujarat police officers at a special press conference, the arrested persons formed the hard core of a larger group of SIMI activists, who had planned and carried out the blasts in Ahmedabad, under the name of Indian Mujahideen.

17/8/2008 ICT Global Terrorism Brief : Arrests in Bologna, Italy

ICT Database Staff

The international media reported on the 9th of August, 2008 that police in Bologna say they arrested four Tunisians and a Moroccan and are seeking a sixth man. They were investigating an alleged international terrorist ring, which they say recruited suicide bombers for Iraq and Afghanistan. The Italian police stated that it had raided houses and apartments in Bologna, Ravenna on Italy's Adriatic coast, and Como near Milan.

14/8/2008 Venezuelan Ties to Hezbollah

ICT Database Staff

In June of 2008 the United States government accused two Venezuelan men, both of Lebanese decent, of maintaining ties with the terrorist organization Hezbollah. This is not the first time government officials and citizens of Venezuela have been found to engage in business with militants, nor is it likely to be the last. The Lebanese population has been a part of the Venezuelan community for almost three decades; and, accordingly, Hezbollah cells have become embedded within the society as well. But, according to documents produced by the United States' government and statements issued by former Venezuelan officials, it has been under the government of President Hugo Chavez that the terrorist organization has truly thrived, and it is under his authority that Hezbollah has begun to pose an even larger threat to the Western world.

13/8/2008 The Jihadist Threat and Grassroots Defense

Fred Burton and Scott Stewart

It has been a rough couple of weeks for the Egyptian al Qaeda contingent in Pakistan. On Aug. 12, Pakistani security sources confirmed that an Aug. 8 operation in Bajaur resulted in the death of al Qaeda leader Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, aka Sheikh Said al-Masri. Some posters on jihadist message boards have denied the reports, but al Qaeda itself has yet to release a statement on the issue. Al-Yazid was reportedly al Qaeda’s operational commander for Afghanistan, and some reports also claim he was responsible for planning attacks within Pakistan, such as the June 2 attack on the Danish Embassy.

6/8/2008 Chinese Worried by New Jihadi Modus Operandi

B. Raman

Chinese authorities are alarmed that Uighur terrorists may change their modus operandi to simulate recent Palestinian bulldozer attacks in Jerusalem.

6/8/2008 China and the Enduring Uighurs

Rodger Baker

On Aug. 4, four days before the start of the Beijing Olympics, two ethnic Uighurs drove a stolen dump truck into a group of some 70 Chinese border police in the town of Kashi in Xinjiang, killing at least 16 of the officers. The attackers carried knives and home-made explosive devices and had also written manifestos in which they expressed their commitment to jihad in Xinjiang. The incident occurred just days after a group calling itself the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) claimed responsibility for a series of recent attacks and security incidents in China and warned of further attacks targeting the Olympics.

5/8/2008 ICT Global Terrorism Brief: Australia

ICT Database Staff

On 24 July 2008 the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the New South Wales (NSW) police force raided the office of the Muslim Aid Australia (MAA) located in Lakemba, Sydney, home to a majority of Sydney’s Muslim community. During the seven-hour raid of the office on Haldon Street interviews were conducted with MAA staff members; “computer files and financial records” were confiscated. It was on 8 July 2008 that The Australian originally reported the AFP had joined a long list of government organizations investigating the activities of the organization; MAA is registered with the Australian government as a charity and non-profit company.

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