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France
France – Terrorism: a homegrown threat?
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Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda in Spain: Alive, Well and Making Trouble
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Al Qaeda
Spain terror arrests put paragliding in spotlight with revelation suspects took lessons
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Spain
A judge ruled that Eldar Magomedov (a.k.a. Ahmad Avar) and Muhammad Adamov can be detained unconditionally. Magomedov, a former member of the Russian special forces, had received terrorist training in Pakistan; Adamov was trained in Afghanistan. The pair allegedly plotted with al Qaeda facilitator Cengiz Yalcin to bomb targets in Gibraltar via remote-controlled aircraft.
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Spain
Two Russian men of Chechen origin have been jailed for alleged links to an al Qaeda plot against European targets, and are described as “extremely dangerous.” A Turkish man said to be a key al Qaeda facilitator in the plot was identified as Cengiz Yalcin.
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Spain
A Turkish man arrested at an apartment in Andalucia with explosives in his possession has been jailed, and two Chechen accomplices are being held pending further investigation. The Turk, who has been identified only as “CY,” is alleged to be an al Qaeda facilitator.
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Spain arrests 3 al Qaeda suspects
Spanish authorities announced the arrests of three suspected al Qaeda operatives who had allegedly amassed enough explosives to destroy a bus, or do even more damage.
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Spain
Three members of an al Qaeda cell, including a Turkish man, were detained during raids in San Roque and Almuradiel. Explosives were seized during the raid in San Roque. The men had recently been seen paragliding in Gibraltar, and may have been planning an attack there.
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Webster Commission gets 2004 Madrid train bombings wrong
The 2004 Madrid train bombings were not carried out by “lone actors” with no ties to al Qaeda’s international terrorist network, as an FBI commission recently claimed. The terrorists responsible had extensive ties to al Qaeda.
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Ennahda
How Qatar is taking on the world
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Spain
Police arrested “M.H.A.”, a key al Qaeda operative, in Valencia. “He was known in the heart of the terrorist organization as ‘al Qaeda’s librarian’,” the interior minister said. The suspect worked with al Qaeda affiliates AQAP and AQIM and also recruited and sent extremists to Afghanistan.
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Germany
Real Madrid’s Sami Khedira and girlfriend Lena Gercke’s naked photo lands journalists in prison
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France
Iran Warns 6 Countries in Europe It Will Cut Off Oil
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Abu Musab al Suri released from Syrian custody: report
A statement at a prominent jihadist forum claimed that al Qaeda strategist, military trainer, and ideologue Abu Musab al Suri has been freed from Syrian custody. The report has not been confirmed.
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Iran
Iran currency plunges 10% as US strengthens sanctions
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Spain
Basque group ETA announces end to campaign of violence
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Spain
A Spanish judge ordered the release of five men detained on Sept. 27 on suspicion of supporting al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The men are still under investigation and the judge ordered the men to report to authorities twice a month.
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Spain
Civil Guards arrested five men suspected of supporting Islamist terrorists in North Africa. The men are accused of giving logistical and financial support to “terrorist groups that operate in the Algerian area of the Maghreb, specifically for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.”
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Spain
Police arrested a 24-year-old man suspected of belonging to al Qaeda. The man, who was not named, had 1,120 radical videos on the Internet, many which he produced. He managed jihadist websites that were used for indoctrination and recruitment.
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Israel
UK tightens rules on arresting foreigners
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Spain
Police arrested Abdellatif Aoulad Chiba for plotting to poison water supplies. Chiba, a Moroccan, obtained manuals to make poisons and explosives on Islamist web forums.
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Brazil
Aircraft Carriers in Service Worldwide
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Al Qaeda
Post-9/11, biggest terror threat is underground
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NATO
Blunt US warning reveals deep strains in NATO
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Libya
Norway decides to withdraw fighter jets from Libya operation by August
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Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden hiding place visited by Taliban
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Libya
Turkey warns against coalition ‘hidden agenda’ on Libya
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Al Qaeda
Italy: al Qaeda will exploit North African migrant flood
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Spain
Police arrested a Pakistani man linked to an al Qaeda support cell. The Pakistani forged documents for al Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba. He is linked to a cell of seven Pakistanis arrested in Spain and three more arrested in Thailand.
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Russia
Venezuela acquires 1,800 antiaircraft missiles from Russia
