Police arrested three Algerian men in the northern Basque city of Vitoria for distributing jihadi CDs and MP3 files downloaded from the Internet to the Muslim community in the region. It is not known if the three Algerians are linked to the 14 suspects detained in January. Ten of the 14 suspects are still in […]
Danish police arrested two Tunisians and a Dane for conspiring to kill one of the 12 cartoonists who drew controversial images of the Prophet Mohammed. The men targeted 73-year-old Kurt Westergaard, who drew Mohammed with a bomb in his turban.
Spanish police arrested 14 South Asians for plotting attacks in Barcelona. Twelve Pakistanis and two Indians were arrested during the police raids. Police found explosives and bomb-making materials during the raids.
Belgian police arrested 14 Muslims suspected of planning the jailbreak of Nizar Trabels, an al Qaeda prisoner convicted of plotting a terrorist attack on US air base personnel. Police discovered weapons and explosives apparently intended for use in the jailbreak.
A Spanish court handed out mixed verdicts on the March 11 Madrid bombing case. Twenty-one of the 28 defendants received guilty charges, only three were charged with conducting mass-murder attacks. Rabei Osman, an Egyptian who bragged about plotting the attacks, was acquitted.
Spanish police captured a Frenchman of Moroccan origin while transporting a crude bomb made of butane tanks and fireworks. The suspect was carrying jihadi literature and shaved his body, an act common among Islamist suicide bombers.
Serbian police raided a “Wahabi Muslim terrorist training camp near the town of Novi Pazar,” and captured 4, while 1 escaped. “A cache of weapons, ammunition and plastic explosive with detonators was discovered by police in a nearby mountain cave.” Up to 30 terrorists are believed to have trained at the camp, and is said […]
21/7 bomb suspect ‘fled London in burqa’
Spain Reorders Arrest of 3 US Soldiers
A blast at the US Embassy in Athens, Greece was described as a terror attack by the Attica chief of police. The description may indicate an RPG was used. “There was a shell that exploded in the toilets of the building … It was fired from street level.” No one was kiled or wounded.
Norwegian-based Islamic cleric added to UN sanctions list
EU Posts New Airline Security Measures
The Muslim riots continue as France considers pasing new anti-vandalism and riot laws. A woman was critically burned by rioters in the city of Marseille. “In the first six months of 2006, some 21,000 cars were burned out and 2,882 attacks on police, fire and ambulance services were recorded.”
Cartoon of the prophet was not libel, says Danish court
Terrorism ‘biggest threat to EU’
Report of Plot to Attack Jews Prompts Terror Alert in Prague
A French police union claims they are “in a state of civil war” with Muslims. “Violent clashes injure an average of 14 officers each day… The number of attacks has risen by a third in two years… nearly 2,500 officers had been wounded this year… We are in a state of civil war, orchestrated by […]
An al Qaeda cell was plotting to blow up a the main synagogue and other targets in Oslo, Norway. The cell was made up of Algerian GSPC, which is essentially al Qaeda’s organization in Africa.
Europe Confronts Suspected Terrorists Home-Grown and Inspired Abroad
Nine held in Danish terror raids