http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/jihadineurope/ en-us Sat, 6 Sep 2008 05:27:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075859/posts A new al-Qaida video identifies the Saudi purportedly behind a suicide bombing at the Danish Embassy in Pakistan, and he is shown warning in a taped last testament that more attacks will punish Denmark over newspaper caricatures of Islam's founder. In the 55-minute video posted on the Internet late Thursday, the alleged bomber is referred to both by a nom de guerre, Abu Ghareeb al-Makki, and by his real name, Kamal Saleem Atiyyah al-Fudli al-Hathli. He appears in an explosives vest as he recounts his plan for the attack. "As for my final message to the worshippers of the cross... Las Vegas Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075859/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 05:27:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069907/posts The Russian-backed Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov will inaugurate the "largest mosque in Europe" on October 17 in Chechnya, the Russian official news agency Novosty reported. Over 10,000 worshipers will be able to pray inside the mosque, which will be named after the president's father, Ahmad Kadyrov, who was killed in 2004. "The largest mosque in Europe... will by inaugurated on the first day of the International Peacemakers' Conference, titled 'Islam - Religion of Peace and Progress,'" the grand mufti of Chechnya, Sultan Mirzayev, told the press. Mirzayev underlined that approximately 50 countries have already approved their participation in the three-day... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069907/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:37:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069197/posts The Russian-backed Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov will inaugurate the "largest mosque in Europe" on October 17, the Russian official news agency Novosty reported. Over 10,000 worshipers will be able to pray inside the mosque, which will be named after the president's father, Ahmad Kadyrov, who was killed in 2004. "The largest mosque in Europe… will by inaugurated on the first day of the International Peacemakers' Conference, titled 'Islam – Religion of Peace and Progress,'" the grand mufti of Chechnya, Sultan Mirzayev, told the press. Mirzayev underlined that approximately 50 countries have already approved their participation in the three-day conference. The... themedialine.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069197/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:52:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069187/posts How did cash from the network's telethons for children end up in the hands of the 7/7 London bombers? Those familiar with the BBC’s bias towards and promotion of the Islamic faith and its regular apologias on behalf of Islamic extremism will have barely raised an eyebrow at the news that £20,000 from one of the corporation’s charity appeals ended up in the hands of the Muslim terrorists who murdered 52 people in London in 2005. The money, raised by the BBC’s Children in Need telethons, was given to a “community school” in the northern English city of Leeds —... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069187/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:33:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064520/posts A former Italian president says his country had allowed Palestinian terror groups to roam free in exchange for not attacking Italian targets. Francesco Cossiga's admission confirmed claims of such a deal revealed last week in an interview in the Corriere della Sera newspaper with Bassam Abu Sharif, the former chief of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. In a letter published Aug. 15 in Corriere della Sera, Cossiga described a "secret 'non-belligerence pact' between the Italian state and Palestinian resistance organizations, including terrorist groups" such as the PFLP. The deal, he said, had been devised by Prime Minister... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064520/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:44:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064475/posts London, Aug.19 (ANI): A terror cell caught with details of bomb making and suicide vests may have been plotting to attack Queen Elizabeth and members of the Royal family. According to The Telegraph, the cell, which included Britain's youngest ever terrorist; was found with information about the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh along with the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Earl of Wessex and the Princess Royal. Also on the list were Princess Michael of Kent, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and The Duke and Duchess of Kent.  Aabid Hussain Khan, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, had... newstrackindia. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064475/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:24:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063960/posts (IsraelNN.com) In a letter appearing in the weekend edition of the respected Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, former Italian President Francesco Cossiga revealed that the government of Italy agreed to allow Arab terrorist groups freedom of movement in the country in exchange for immunity from attacks in Italy. Cossiga wrote that the government of the late Prime Minister Aldo Moro reached a "secret non-belligerence pact between the Italian state and Palestinian resistance organizations, including terrorist groups," in the 1970s. According to the former president, it was Moro himself who designed the terms of the agreement with the foreign Arab terrorists.... Arutz 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063960/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:12:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064090/posts A schoolboy who joined a cell of Islamic fanatics targeting the Royal Family has become Britain's youngest convicted terrorist. Hammaad Munshi, now 18, became obsessed with terrorism while aged 15 and studying for his GCSEs. Instead of revising he spent hours secretly surfing jihadist websites and distributing material as part of a 'conspiracy to wipe-out' non-Muslims. A computer expert, the teenager set up a website giving advice on how to make bombs, detonators, Napalm and using machine guns. He was arrested at the age of 16 as he walked home from school in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, following a GCSE exam.... dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064090/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:55:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064028/posts The cell, which included Britain's youngest ever terrorist, arrested on his way home from his GCSE chemistry exam, was found with information about the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh along with the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Earl of Wessex and the Princess Royal. Aabid Hussain Khan: gathered details of Royal residences Also on the list were Princess Michael of Kent, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and The Duke and Duchess of Kent. Aabid Hussain Khan, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, had compiled pictures, maps and details of the opening hours of official residences from information... telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064028/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:24:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060556/posts Denmark: Terrorism Trial Begins New York Times, United States The defendants, 22-year-olds whom the prosecutors describe as Islamic militants, have acknowledged making the explosive nytimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060556/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:01:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059936/posts Militant Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah could launch damaging terrorist attacks in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, according to a report by the country's security services. Around 900 Hezbollah militants have moved to Europe and have formed in 'sleeper cells'. Such Hezbollah-linked cells could be present in Italy, France and The Netherlands as well as in Germany, said the report. Unlike European countries such as Spain or Britain, Germany has not suffered a major recent attack on its own soil. But Germany's Federal Criminal Police (BKA) chief Joerg Ziercke said on Sunday that investigators had foiled seven plots, including attacks planned... Adnkronos.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059936/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:06:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059177/posts Italy: 5 arrested on suspicion of planning attacks ROME - Police broke up a suspected terror cell Saturday and arrested five North Africans, including the alleged leader who Italian officials said recruited Islamic extremists for attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yahoo/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059177/posts#comment Sat, 9 Aug 2008 21:20:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059119/posts The Italian police has arrested four Tunisians and a Moroccan on suspicion of recruiting Islamic fighters for Iraq and Afghanistan. ... Police say the recruits were trained in Bosnia. Radio Netherlands http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059119/posts#comment Sat, 9 Aug 2008 17:51:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058609/posts Europe must realize: Jihadism is an ideology, not a theology World Defense Review - Aug 7, 2008 The Jihadists in Sudan, for example, have clearly displayed racism in Darfur. c. New theories are claiming that the root causes are socio-psychological ... worlddefensereview. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058609/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:30:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055988/posts <p>Police on the Greek island of Santorini have shot and injured a knifeman who decapitated his girlfriend and walked around the streets with her head.</p> <p>Terrified residents of the popular tourist island barricaded themselves into their homes and called the police.</p> BBC News, Athens http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055988/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 01:16:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055603/posts MI5 is using a fleet of sophisticated surveillance aircraft to search for unidentified Britons who fought alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan. The manhunt has been ordered because it is feared the committed and highly trained fighters may have returned home to plot terror attacks in the UK. Planes with eavesdropping equipment are now flying over British cities searching for returning Afghan fighters. They are attempting to identify suspects using ‘voice prints’ of fighters with British accents picked up by RAF Nimrod spy planes monitoring Taliban battlefield radio signals. The revelation comes after the former SAS commander in Afghanistan yesterday confirmed... dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055603/posts#comment Sun, 3 Aug 2008 02:39:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055453/posts Well, can it? Before you answer, take a look at the short VIDEO, available on YouTube by Dale Hurd. Hurd begins with the by-now-familiar news that Britain's top judge and the Archbishop of Canterbury have both publicly declared themselves in favor of instituting some elements of sharia law in Britain. Hurd also notes that British authorities have been bending over backwards to cater to Muslim sensitivities. In Scotland, over a police advertisement which portrayed a cuddly puppy called Rebel, Islamic authorities declared the advertisement "offensive" and police officials fell over themselves apologizing for their insensitivity. He also notes how unevenly... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055453/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 19:09:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055238/posts Excerpt - A jury trying three men accused of helping the 7/7 London bombers plan their attack has failed to reach verdicts. Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil visited the London Eye, the Natural History Museum and the London Aquarium while allegedly pinpointing potential targets during the trip seven months before the 2005 atrocity. The trio, from Beeston, Leeds, stood trial charged with conspiring with the four bombers and others unknown to cause explosions between November 17, 2004, and July 8, 2005. But following the three month trial at Kingston Crown Court, a jury of eight women and four... Sky News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055238/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 04:02:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048944/posts Today another part of that building in ruins named "official version of 3/11" has collapsed: Without Mastermind The sentence of the Supreme Court endorses, for the three masterminds that the Office of the Public Prosecutor had accused, the acquittal regarding the charges that had been issued to them in that sense. Mohamed the Egyptian, who during a long time appeared as the top ideologist of the attack, is not even condemned for belonging to an armed band, since the Egyptian already is being judged for that charge in Italy. Hassan El Haski, another one of "masterminds" presented by the Office... Libertad Digital http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048944/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:54:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048220/posts A depot in France from which a large quantity of powerful explosive went missing was poorly guarded, the regional head of security has said. The storage of 28kg (61lb) of Semtex at the site near Lyon was "not usual and certainly not authorised", Xavier de Fuerst also told the AFP news agency. A search by anti-terrorist officers is under way, and the manager of the site has been suspended pending an inquiry. Semtex is favoured by terrorists as it is odourless and difficult to detect. bbc.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048220/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:27:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047815/posts PARIS, France (CNN) -- Explosives used to destroy land mines have disappeared from a site near Lyon, France, the French Interior Ministry said Friday. About 62 pounds (28 kilograms) of explosives were stolen from a depot at the civil security site at Fort de Corbas, the ministry said in a written statement, because of an apparent breach in the site's protection. Michele Alliot-Marie, France's minister of the interior, immediately suspended the head of the security center and started an investigation. French anti-terrorism authorities and the Lyon police also are participating in the investigation, the statement CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047815/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:04:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047695/posts LYON (AFP) - La disparition de 28 kilos d'un puissant explosif, vraisemblablement du Semtex, a été constatée dans un centre de déminage de la banlieue de Lyon, un vol que le ministre de l'Intérieur, Michèle Alliot-Marie, a imputé à des "défaillances dans la sécurisation du site". LYON (AFP) - the disappearance of 28 kilos a powerful explosive, probably Semtex, was noted in a center of mine clearance of the suburbs of Lyon, a flight that the Michele Al, Minister of Interior Department, charged to failures in the security of the site. Yahoo News (French) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047695/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:25:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047225/posts Madrid, Spain (AHN) - The Spanish Supreme Court decided on Thursday to acquit five bombers in the 2004 Madrid commuter train blast which killed 191 people and injured 1,800.An Egyptian, Rabei Osman, was acquitted due to double-jeopardy provisions, he has already been sentenced to an eight-year prison term in Italy. The court said there was insufficient evidence to charge him with mass murder.The court likewise upheld the acquittal of Basel Ghalyoun, Muhammad Almallah Dabas, Abdelilah el Fadual el Akil and Raul Gonzalez, all of whom had convictions ranging from five to 12 year prison terms.The sentence of several suspects were... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047225/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:35:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045926/posts IRAN is poised to launch terror attacks in Britain if the West presses ahead with military strikes against its nuclear facilities, intelligence experts warned last night. As tensions in the Middle East continued to grow, they warned that the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah had already established sleeper cells in Britain and mainland Europe tasked with carrying out bloody reprisals. Likely UK targets include nuclear power stations, military bases, Government buildings and high-profile politicians and members of the Jewish community Express UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045926/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:01:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045613/posts Turning their Backs on Jihad By Britta Sandberg More and more prominent terrorists are defecting from the cause. The Egyptian theologian Dr. Fadl is the best known, but many others are likewise reconsidering. Experts see it as a delayed reaction to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Noman Benotman walks into a restaurant on Park Lane, the exclusive, minimalist sort of place that is currently all the rage in London. People in business suits converse in hushed tones at nearby tables. Benotman, wearing an orange polo shirt and a gray checked blazer, fits in perfectly. Benotman, a 41-year-old man from... Der Spiegel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045613/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:59:35 GMT