White House, FBI Agents Race to Disrupt 'Summer of '07' Threat

July 11, 2007 -- AL QAEDA

White House, FBI Agents Race to Disrupt 'Summer of '07' Threat

Senior law enforcement officials said today that the growing signs of a "Summer of '07" terror attack on the U.S. have led the FBI to dispatch dozens of agents to track down new leads across the country. (ABC News)

Al Qaeda Leader on the Web Again -- Instant Messaging Next?

For the third time in seven days, al Qaeda's No. 2 Dr. Ayman al Zawahri has released a message on the Internet, increasing the anxiety of law enforcement officials who tell ABC News they have already been closely monitoring increased "chatter" on al Qaeda Web sites and message boards this summer. (ABC News)

PAKISTAN

Al Qaeda Entrenched in Pakistan, U.S. Officials Say

Al Qaeda has become entrenched in a remote corner of Pakistan, and the United States fears a military strike could spawn new militant activity in the country, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. (Reuters)

Pakistan Troops Comb Mosque for Holdouts

Pakistani troops cornered holdout Islamic militants and combed the warren-like Red Mosque complex for booby traps Wednesday after assaulting the compound and killing its pro-Taliban cleric, the army spokesman said. (AP)

Soldier Killed, 19 Injured in NWFP, Tribal Areas

A soldier was killed and 19 people, 13 of them security personnel, were injured in attacks in the NWFP and the tribal areas on Tuesday. (Dawn)

IRAQ

Sunni Extremists Seize Control of Village in Iraq

Sunni extremists seized control of a remote village northeast of Baghdad in a fierce battle with residents who pleaded for rescue by the Iraqi Army and police as they tried to defend their homes, the deputy provincial governor said Tuesday. In Baghdad, a big mortar and rocket attack on the capital's heavily fortified Green Zone compound on Tuesday killed two Iraqis and a Filipino and wounded 25 other people, Iraqi police said. (Agencies)

Vicar Flees Baghdad after Threats

A vicar who has been working to secure the release of five British hostages in Iraq has fled the country after being denounced as a spy. (BBC)

German Mother 'Released in Iraq'

A 61-year-old German woman kidnapped in Iraq earlier this year has been freed but her son remains a hostage, Germany's foreign minister has said. (BBC)

HIV INFECTION

Libya Court Upholds Death Sentence for 6

Libya's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting more than 400 children with the AIDS virus. (AP)

JULY 21 U.K. SUBWAY BOMBING

London Bomb Plotters Get Life in Prison

A judge on Wednesday sentenced four men to life in prison for attempting to bomb London's transit system in July 2005, just two weeks after suicide bombers killed 52 commuters in the city. (AP)

TWARTED U.K. BOMB PLOT

Thailand Deports London Bomb Suspect: Police Source

A Briton wanted in connection with failed car bomb plots in London has been found by police in Thailand and sent back to the UK, a senior Thai police officer said on Wednesday. (Reuters)

U.S.

Exclusive: Pizza Bomb Victim Was Part of the Plot

Federal prosecutors will announce today that pizza-delivery man Brian Wells was involved in the bomb-strapped bank robbery plot that took his life, a well-placed law enforcement source has told ABC News' Law and Justice Unit. (ABC News)

Congressman Demands Specifics on Chertoff's 'Gut Feeling'

A leading member of Congress is demanding more details on the terror threat to the United States. (ABC News)

SOMALIA

Blasts Rock Mogadishu Market

Several explosions ripped through Mogadishu's sprawling Bakara Market on Tuesday, killing two people in a fifth straight day of violence in the area. (Reuters)

JORDAN

2 Sentenced For Plot against Americans

Jordan's military court sentenced two militants Wednesday to jail with hard labor for plotting to attack Americans living in the kingdom. (AP)

LEBANON

Palestinians Flee As Lebanon Army Plans Raid

About 160 Palestinians fled a refugee camp in north Lebanon on Wednesday as the Lebanese army prepared to launch a final assault against al-Qaeda-inspired militants holed up inside. (Reuters)

IRAN

Executions Are Under Way in Iran for Adultery and Other Violations

The Iranian government confirmed Tuesday that a man was executed by stoning last week for committing adultery, and said that 20 more men would be executed in the coming days on morality violations. (NY Times)

ALGERIA

Suicide Bomb Kills Eight in Algeria

A suicide bomber detonated explosives at an Algerian military barracks on Wednesday, killing himself and about eight other people in the restive Kabylie region east of Algiers, residents said. (Reuters)

SERBIA

Serbia Rejects New UN Draft Resolution for Kosovo

Serbia rejected a new U.S.-backed U.N. draft resolution on Kosovo, saying it would only lead to the province's independence, Serbia's prime minister said Wednesday. (AP)

PHILIPPINES

Militants Kill 14 Philippine Marines, Behead 10: Military

Islamic militants killed 14 Philippine marines searching for a kidnapped Italian priest during a major gunbattle, and later beheaded 10 of them, the military said Wednesday. (AFP)

THAILAND

3 Killed In Thailand after Thai PM Visit

Suspected separatists have shot dead three people including a government official in Thailand's restive south, police said on Wednesday, as the Thai premier began a two-day visit to the region. (Times of India)

MEXICO

Mexican Oil, Gas Pipelines Attacked

A leftist guerrilla group claimed responsibility Tuesday for a series of bombings of pipelines operated by Pemex, Mexico's national oil company, and authorities moved quickly to protect the nation's oil and gas industry from further attacks. (LA Times)

ANALYSIS & OPINION

Pakistan's Post-Mortem

By Syed Saleem Shahzad

While the military solution to the problem of the radical Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) in Islamabad has earned the praise of US President George W Bush, senior people in Pakistan who were involved in trying to prevent the bloodshed are bitter. The death of the deputy head of the mosque, Abdul Rasheed Ghazi, is particularly upsetting, and conspiracy theories abound. (Asia Times)

The Terrorists' Court

By Jack L. Goldsmith and Neal Katyal

Nearly six years after 9/11, the government's system for detaining terrorists without charge or trial has harmed the reputation of the United States, disrupted alliances, hurt us in the war of ideas with the Islamic world and been viewed skeptically by our own courts. (NY Times)

Americans Should Not Be Fooled By Bush's Reckless Depiction of Iran Threat

Despite all of the recent assurances from American officials that the United States does not want to wage war on Iran, the past few weeks have seen a palpable increase in the volume of war-mongering rhetoric emanating from Washington. A few months ago, the saber-rattling was all about Iran's alleged attempts to develop nuclear weapons. But now that this overplayed "threat" no longer stirs the fears and aggressive passions of the American people, the Bush administration is promoting a new allegation: that Iran is the mastermind behind lethal attacks on US troops in Iraq. (The Daily Star)

Geopolitical Diary: Playing the Democracy Card with Venezuela

There are signs -- subtle, thus far -- that in 2008 the United States could try to call into question Venezuela's status as a democracy. (Stratfor)

Iraq: Go Deep or Get Out

By Stephen Biddle

The president's shaky political consensus for the surge in Iraq is in danger of collapsing after the recent defections of prominent Senate Republicans such as Richard Lugar (Ind.), Pete Domenici (N.M.) and George Voinovich (Ohio). But this growing opposition to the surge has not yet translated into support for outright withdrawal -- few lawmakers are comfortable with abandoning Iraq or admitting defeat. The result has been a search for some kind of politically moderate "Plan B" that would split the difference between surge and withdrawal. (Washington Post)

Where is the Muslim March against Terrorism?

By Adel Darwish

Just as the second anniversary of the barbaric 7/7 terror attack on our capital city approached, terrorism bared its sharp teeth an unveiled it's ugly face once again. The terrorists nearly succeeded in claiming hundreds of innocent lives had it not been for a combination of good luck, the courage of a policeman risking his life to defuse a massive bomb, the quick reaction of another off-duty police officer and passengers at Glasgow airport and the terrorists' own incompetence. (Asharq Alawsat)

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