More Charges in Georgia Terror Case

Two men already accused of discussing terror targets with Islamic extremists were indicted on charges of undergoing paramilitary training in northwest Georgia and plotting a “violent jihad” against civilian and government targets, including an air base in suburban Atlanta.

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FBI Investigating 10,000 Terrorism Cases

Besides uncovering a plot to blow up tunnels in New York City, the FBI is currently investigating 10,000 terrorism cases, according to Joe Billy, Jr., the bureau’s chief of counterterrorism. The investigations include cases in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Hezbollah Threat To U.S. Serious

The Iranian-sponsored terrorist organization Hezbollah’ threats to attack U.S. interests around the world are being taken seriously by U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials who say the group’s agents have attempted illegal entry into the country through the southern border and have staked out 20 potential sensitive targets that Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad boasted could “end Anglo-Saxon civilization,”

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FBI Eyes Hizbollah In US As Tensions With Iran Rise

The FBI is trying to ferret out possible Hizbollah agents in the United States amid concerns that rising U.S.-Iranian tensions could trigger attacks on American soil, FBI officials said.

Relations between Washington and Tehran, which soured after the 1979 Islamic revolution, have deteriorated further recently over Iran’s nuclear program and its support for Hizbollah, the militant Islamic group whose capture of two Israeli soldiers last week prompted Israel to launch retaliatory strikes in Lebanon.

American law enforcement officials are concerned the Lebanon-based Hizbollah, which has so far focused on fund-raising and other support activities inside the United States, could turn to violence in solidarity with Iran.

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Iran’s Hizbollah Ready To Attack US, Israel

Iran’s Hizbollah, which claims links to the Lebanese group of the same name, said on Tuesday it stood ready to attack Israeli and U.S. interests worldwide.

“We have 2,000 volunteers who have registered since last year,” said Iranian Hizbollah’s spokesman Mojtaba Bigdeli, speaking by telephone from the central seminary city of Qom.

“They have been trained and they can become fully armed. We are ready to dispatch them to every corner of the world to jeopardise Israel and America’s interests. We are only waiting for the Supreme Leader’s green light to take action. If America wants to ignite World War Three … we welcome it,” he said.

Iranian religious organisations have made great public show of recruiting volunteers for “martyrdom-seeking operations” in recent years, usually threatening U.S. interests in case of any attack against the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.

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What Is A Terror Module?

To understand the magnitude and significance of last week’s serial blasts in Mumbai from a police angle, correspondents spoke to a senior police officer. Speaking on condition that he would not be identified for this report, this is his explanation of what a terror module is:

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Al-Aqsa Kidnaps Soldier From West Bank

Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigades, Fatah’s military wing, issued a statement claiming that their operatives had kidnapped a soldier from the Border Guard Police in the West Bank. The statement also contained the name of the allegedly kidnapped soldier.

The IDF is currently investigating the claim.

Homeland Security Urges Heightened Vigilance

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Sunday it was urging stepped-up vigilance for possible spillover from mounting Middle East violence.

“We urge vigilance during this heightened state of tension in the Middle East,” although there was no specific or credible information suggesting an imminent threat to the United States, the department said in a joint assessment with the FBI.

The assessment went to federal, state and local authorities late Friday as well as to private sector leaders, department spokeswoman Michelle Petrovich said.

Britain To Ban Islamic Terror Groups

Britain plans to ban four Islamic groups from operating in the country, the first such order under an anti-terrorism law passed this year.

Home Secretary John Reid said he will ask Parliament to ban Al-Ghurabaa, The Saved Sect, the Baluchistan Liberation Army and Teyrebaz Azadiye Kurdistan under the Terrorism Act 2006 passed on March 22.

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Iran Threatens Israel With Long Range Rockets

A senior Iranian military official quoted by the London-based al-Shark al-Awsat Arabic newspaper is quoted as saying Iran has supplied Hizbullah with thousands of longer-range rockets, rockets capable of striking deeper into Central Israel.

The report states that Iran is threatening that if Israel continues the ongoing military assault in Lebanon, the rockets, some with a 150 kilometer (90 mile) range, will be fired into Israel.

The senior Iranian official also stated that dozens of Iranian experts are working in Lebanon with Hizbullah to enable them to successfully fire the rockets against Israel.

U.S. and Russia Will Police Nuclear Terrorists

President Bush and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Saturday will announce a new global program to track potential nuclear terrorists, detect and lock up bomb-making materials and coordinate their responses if terrorists obtain a weapon, according to administration officials who have negotiated the deal.

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U.S. to Install New Nuclear Detectors at Ports

The nation’s defense against nuclear terrorism took a major step Friday, federal officials said, following the award of contracts worth $1.2 billion to install advanced sensors at U.S. ports of entry to screen for radioactive cargo.

The Department of Homeland Security plans to install 1,400 advanced detection systems at 370 border crossings and ports under the program, which has been in development at federal laboratories for several years.

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Syria To Come To Aid of Hezbollah

Syria stated that it will come to the defense of Hizbullah and Lebanon, Fox News reported early Saturday.

Source – Jerusalem Post

Syria will support Hizbullah and Lebanon against Israel’s attacks on the country, the ruling Baath Party said on Friday, defying Israel and its chief ally Washington.

“The Syrian people are ready to extend full support to the Lebanese people and their heroic resistance to remain steadfast and confront the barbaric Israeli aggression and its crimes,” said a communique from the party’s national command issued after a meeting.

It said Israel and the United States “are trying to wipe out Arab resistance in every land under occupation” and that President Bashar al-Assad was aware of the seriousness of the situation in the region.

Source – Ynet News

“The situation is dangerous but look at how many people are contacting Syria now,” one Western diplomat said. “Damascus is back as a main player.”

Source – Reuters

Canada Had Mole In Terror Cell

A well-known member of Toronto’s Muslim community worked as a police agent to infiltrate an alleged terrorism cell that police say was planning attacks in Canada. Although his identity is now known within the community and also to some of the 17 terrorism suspects arrested June 2, his name cannot be published due to Canadian laws.

Sources say the man worked for the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service, and then became a paid RCMP agent once a criminal investigation was launched.

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