ABC News Exclusive: Al Qaeda Cell in the U.S. Or On Its Way, According to New Intel
July 10, 2007 -- AL QAEDA
Al Qaeda Cell in the U.S. Or On Its Way, According to New Intel
Senior U.S. intelligence officials tell ABC News new intelligence suggests a small al Qaeda cell is on its way to the United States, or may already be here. (ABC News)
Al Qaeda No. 2 Makes More Threats Against the U.K.
Alqaedano2m_mnIn his second statement this week, al Qaeda top deputy Ayman al-Zawahri is threatening more attacks in the United Kingdom. (ABC News)
Qaeda Group Threatens to Wage War against Iran
The leader of an Al Qaeda umbrella group in Iraq threatened to wage war against Iran unless it stops supporting Shias in Iraq within two months, according to an audiotape. Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, who leads the group Islamic State in Iraq, said his Sunni fighters have been preparing for four years to wage a battle against Shia-dominated Iran. (AP)
PAKISTAN
Troops Storm Pakistan Mosque Compound
Pakistani troops raided Islamabad's Red Mosque on Tuesday and attempted to flush out the remaining militants entrenched inside a women's religious school in fierce fighting that left at least 50 militants and eight soldiers dead, the army said. (AP)
AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Suicide Blast Kills 17
A suicide bomber targeted a NATO patrol in a crowded marketplace in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, killing 17 civilians, officials said. (AP)
IRAQ NEWS
Baghdad's Green Zone 'Under Fire'
A number of mortars have hit Baghdad's Green Zone, with eyewitnesses reporting smoke rising from the area around the US embassy. (BBC)
U.S. Opposition to Iraq War Hits New High: Poll
Opposition to the Iraq war has climbed to a record high and President George W. Bush's approval rating dropped to a new low amid growing dissent from members of his own Republican party over his war strategy, according to a new USAToday/Gallup poll. (Reuters)
Report: Sunni Attack on Village
Sunni extremists attacked an isolated village northwest of Baghdad in a fierce battle with residents that reportedly left dozens dead, the deputy governor of Iraq's Diyala province said Tuesday. (AP)
U.S.
FBI Would Skirt the Law With Proposed Phone Record Program, Experts Say
A proposed new FBI program would skirt federal laws by paying private companies to hold millions of phone and Internet records which the bureau is barred from keeping itself, experts say. (ABC News)
THWARTED U.K. PLOT
Indian Police Seize Computer Belonging To Suspect in Glasgow Terror Attack
Indian investigators have seized a computer hard drive belonging to the man suspected of ramming a Jeep into the Glasgow airport in a failed terror attack, a senior police official said Monday. (AP)
UK Terror Plot: Cops See Al-Qaida Link
Inflammatory speeches by Osama bin Laden and anti-UK, anti-US propaganda material in three CDs found in an almirah at Kafeel Ahmed's house have helped investigators get closer to the link between the UK terror plot and Al-Qaida. (TNN)
D.C. MADAM
Sen. Vitter Apologizes for His Link to 'D.C. Madam'
Share Republican Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, whose phone number was linked to Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the so-called "D.C. Madam," says that he is sorry for a "serious sin" and that he has already made peace with his wife. (ABC News)
'Hustler' Call May Have Prompted Vitter Admission
A call from Hustler magazine may have prompted a Louisiana Republican senator to expose his past with an escort service run by the so-called "D.C. Madam," the Blotter on ABCNews.com has learned. (ABC News)
TINTED GOODS FROM CHINA
China Executes Ex-Food and Drug Chief
China executed the former head of its food and drug watchdog on Tuesday for approving untested medicine in exchange for cash, the strongest signal yet from Beijing that it is serious about tackling its product safety crisis. (AP)
JULY 21 U.K. SUBWAY BOMBING
No Verdict Reached On Two British Bomb Suspects
A jury failed to reach a verdict on Tuesday on two men accused of being part of an Islamist militant cell that tried to set off suicide bombs on London's transport system on July 21, 2005. (Reuters)
Police Let the July 21 Bombers Slip the Net
Police missed a string of opportunities to intercept four terrorists months before the botched suicide bomb attacks on July 21, it became clear last night. (Telegraph)
LEBANON
Russia-Born Billionaire Wants to Topple Olmert
Israeli-Russian billionaire Arkady Gaydamak announced on Monday he was setting up a new political party with the aim of toppling Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government. (AFP)
INDIA/SCOTLAND
Indian Engineer Suspected in UK Terror Plot Worked in Aviation as Investigation Expands
An Indian suspect in the failed terror attack on Scotland's busiest airport once worked as an aeronautical engineer, an official said Tuesday, as an Australian investigator traveled to India to expand the British terror inquiry. (AP)
CHINA
China Denies That Its Spies Are Trying To Infiltrate U.S.
China denied that it has spies working to infiltrate the US government, responding on Tuesday to advertisements that the FBI ran in San Francisco newspapers asking readers to provide information about Beijing-sponsored espionage. (AP)
SOMALIA
Somali Mosque Raided After Blast
Somali police have arrested an unknown number of people from a mosque in the capital, Mogadishu, while searching for insurgents following a grenade attack. (BBC)
LITVINENKO MURDER INVESTIGATION
U.K. Condemns Russian Decision on Spy Murder Suspect
Britain condemned Russia's refusal to extradite the main suspect in the murder of emigre Alexander Litvinenko as "unacceptable" on Tuesday and said it was reviewing cooperation with Moscow. (Reuters)
ANALYSIS & OPINION
U.K.: Plotters' Al Qaeda Links Not Likely, but Useful
British media reported July 9 that Kafeel Ahmed, one of the two men in the sport utility vehicle that rammed into a passenger terminal at Glasgow International Airport on June 30, had ties to a "senior al Qaeda" leader. Ahmed, who was severely burned in the attempted attack and remains hospitalized, is believed to have once associated with Abbas Boutrab, an Algeria-born man arrested in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 2003 and sentenced to six years in prison for plotting to blow up an airliner. The men reportedly met in Belfast while Ahmed was studying engineering. (Stratfor)
Kim Jong-Il's Military-First Policy
By Kim Myong-chol
The delayed closure of the Yongbyon nuclear site in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is soon to take effect. It will mark the first step in the long, complicated process of the denuclearization of the most heavily armed region of the world. (Asia Times)
The Faces of Female Suicide Bombers
By Fatima el Issawi
It no longer comes as a shock when one hears that a woman has carried out a suicide bomb attack. Lately, the media has made frequent reports of suicide operations, both successful and failed, that were carried out by women. Today, females are rivaling men in a field that was once regarded by Jihadi literature and fiqh to be strictly a man's job. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Fears of 'Made in China'
Concerns are mounting over tainted products from China. Last month the media highlighted reports of toothpaste containing diethylene glycol, a chemical used in antifreeze. Earlier this year, pet food from China that contained melamine was blamed for the deaths of dogs and cats across North America. Regulatory authorities worldwide — including in Japan — have seized or rejected Chinese products for fear that they endanger consumers. (Japan Times)
Arab Liberals on the 'Terrorist Doctors' Plot in the U.K.
The recent failed terror attacks in London and Glasgow provoked a great deal of commentary among liberals in the Middle East and North African media, in particular due to the alleged involvement of a number of doctors in the plot. Some writers dwelt on the paradox of those trained to save lives becoming terrorists; others pointed to the suspects' backgrounds in order to argue that poverty and ignorance are not the main cause of terrorism; and a number of writers addressed the issue of Muslim immigration in Europe and the U.S. The following are excerpts: (MEMRI)
They Honor Us with Their Hate
By Richard Cohen
Tidying up the other day, I came across an old newspaper and, flipping through it, saw a picture that made my heart stop. It showed Palestinians, most of them young, all of them male, reacting with glee to a particularly heinous terrorist attack. The date was Sept. 12, 2001, and the Palestinians were cheering the deaths of about 3,000 innocent people in America the day before. You can, as they say, look it up. (Washington Post)
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