Informant: N.Y. Subway Plotter in U.S.
October 7, 2005 --
Informant: N.Y. Subway Plotter Is in U.S.
Subway Security Increased Following Information From Iraq on Possible Bomb Plot. (ABC News)
Officials Shut Down Part of Penn Station
Authorities Close Part of Penn Station; NYC Commuters Head to Work Despite Terror Threat. (AP)
Investigation Continues: Security Breach at the White House
Officials Say Philippines President and His Aides Recruited the Alleged Spy. (ABC News)
Estrada Says He Was Given U.S. Document
Ex-Philippine President Cites Paper Provided by Espionage Suspect. (Washington Post)
FBI Examines Computers in Cheney's Office
FBI Agents Examine Computers in Cheney's Office As They Probe FBI Analyst Accused of Espionage. (AP)
Ten Al Qaeda Plots Foiled Since 9/11
President claims US and allies halted major attacks. Bush outlines five-point strategy against terrorists. (The Guardian)
Rove Said to Testify in CIA Leak Case
Karl Rove Said to Give More Testimony in CIA Leak Case Without Guarantee of Not Being Indicted. (AP)
Cops: Bali Bombing Mastermind Escapes Raid
Indonesian police raided a house Friday where they believed suspected Bali bombing mastermind Noordin Mohamed Top was hiding out, but the Malaysian fugitive fled three hours earlier, they said. (The Guardian)
Official: Bali Restaurants Were Warned
Bali Officer: Restaurants Hit by Terrorist Bombings Were Warned Month Ago of Possible Attack. (AP)
Bali Bombers 'A New Generation'
Bali's police chief has described three suicide bombers who killed 19 people last weekend as coming from a "new generation" of militants. (BBC)
ICC Moves Against Ugandan Rebels
The International Criminal Court orders the arrest of five leaders of Uganda's notorious Lord's Resistance Army. (BBC)
Banned Group Resumes Activities
Informed sources in London told Asharq al Awsat newspaper that the fundamentalist group al Ghorabaa resumed activities challenging the ban of the British government. The group posted recent articles on its Internet website and speeches by its leader Omar Bakri. (Asharq al Awsat)
U.S. Says Letter Shows Al Qaeda Dispute over Iraq
The Pentagon said on Thursday the United States had obtained a letter written by al Qaeda's second in command, Ayman al-Zawahri, to the network's leader in Iraq saying tactics being used such as bombing mosques and killing hostages might alienate the Muslim masses. (Reuters)
Police Find 22 Bodies in Southeast Iraq
Iraqi police have found the bodies of 22 men handcuffed and shot dead in an area near the Iran border, officials said on Friday. (Reuters)
Iran Denies Blair Charge of Iraq Meddling
Iran rejected Friday the accusations by British Prime Minister Tony Blair that it was supplying Iraqi insurgents with bombs that have killed British troops. (AP)
British Soldiers Arrest A Dozen Iraqis Suspected of Involvement In Recent Attacks Against UK, U.S forces
British forces raided a house in Basra, detaining 12 Iraqis suspected of carrying out recent attacks on British and U.S. troops, officials said Friday. (AP)
President Bush's Major Speech: Doing the 9/11 Time Warp Again
President Bush delivered a reprise of his Sept. 11 rhetoric that suggested an avoidance of today's reality that seemed downright frightening. (Washington Post)
Bush Raises Terror Stakes
President George W Bush and Osama bin Laden agree on one thing: Iraq is the central front in the "war on terror". Their reasons for being there and their goals are of course vastly different, but neither is going to readily give ground. This is a fight to the finish, says Bush, whose latest pronouncements appear designed to enforce discipline and quash dissent within his own ranks. (Asia Times)
An Insight to Iranian Influence in Iraq
Bayan Jabr Solagh, the Iraqi Interior Minister in the current cabinet headed by Ibrahim al Jaafari, defamed Saudi Arabia and its Foreign Minister, Saud al Faisal, earlier this week. In an unprecedented slander, the fundamentalist politician debased himself and exposed the Saudi for riding camels while insisting he was the son of Hammurabi!An insight to Iranian influence in Iraq. (Asharq al Awsat)
Darfur Wasn't Genocide and Sudan Is Not A Terrorist State
Even MI6 and the CIA are frustrated by the attitude of US neocons and the Christian right towards the Sudanese conflicts. (The Guardian)
In Indonesia, Songs Against Terrorism
Once again the cult of death has proved its ability to recruit misguided fanatics and incite them to violate Islam's most sacred teachings in the very name of God. The only way to break this vicious cycle is by discrediting the perverse ideology that underlies and motivates such brutal acts of terrorism. (Washington Post)
