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Gitmo men taken in to save UBS from probe?
Norwegian and Swedish police cooperated in the arrest of Mohammed Ehsan Baba, a Gothenburg resident, who is suspected of attempting to murder Iraqi Islamist Mullah Krekar in Norway in January 2010.
A court extended the detention of Sahbi Zalouti, a Swedish citizen of Tunisian origin, who was arrested along with three others on Dec. 29 for plotting a terror attack on the Jyllands-Posten newspaper in Copenhagen. The Swedish Muslim Council has declared its support for chairwoman Helena Benaouda, whose daughter has two children by another suspect in the case.
Sweden - Muslim Council head 'clueless' over terror plot
Swedish suicide bomber trained in Mosul: Iraqi official
Taimour Abdulwahab, who attempted to kill people in a failed attack Stockholm in mid-December 2010, trained in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul along with an Egyptian, according to Iraqi officials.The head of Iraq's antiterrorism agency said today that Stockholm suicide bomber Taimour Abdulwahab had trained for three months in Mosul. Iraqi authorities are looking into reports that an Egyptian was undergoing terrorist training in Iraq at the same time as Abdulwahab; they also warned that al Qaeda is possibly preparing an attack in the US, Europe, or Britain.
UK - Train stations on alert over terror threat fears
Mona Thwany, the wife of the failed Stockholm suicide bomber, admitted to posting on YouTube the audio of her husband claiming credit for the attack. Thwany claims she does not support terrorism. A Kurdish writer living in Sweden received death threats from Islamists in northern Iraq after he published a poem about women's rights.
YouTube post suggests Stockholm bomber had help: report
Chilling details emerge about Danish attack plot suspects
Danish newspaper plotter arrested twice before
One of the suspects arrested this week for allegedly plotting an attack against the Danish newspaper that published controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed had been arrested twice before. He and his supporters claimed both times that he was merely vacationing.Terror suspects appear in Danish court
Denmark: Attack over prophet cartoons thwarted
Stockholm bomber's mosque website carries links to extremist preacher
UK: Banned extremists recruit near Stockholm bomber's Luton home
Sweden bomber's father-in-law 'not sad' for death
The Stockholm suicide bomber has been linked to radical jihadist preacher Abu Hamza. SAPO is now searching the Facebook page of the Stockholm suicide bomber to look for possible links to other jihadists.
Al-Qaeda promises Christmas terror
Jews warned about visiting southern Sweden
Sweden probes suicide bomber's Facebook

