Posted by
Darko Trifunovic on Saturday, April 26, 2008 9:20:01 PM
Synopsis:
In Azerbaijan
on 22 Apr border guards killed 2 Iranian smugglers. In
France on 23 Apr handed over 2 ETA members to
Spanish officials, both suspects in the 2006
Madrid bombing. In
Germany on 23 Apr police raided
Islamic centers, detaining 9 on terror charges. In Greece
on 18 Apr arsonists bombed 2 diplomatic vehicles belonging to
Turkey and Bosnia-Herzegovina. On
23 Apr arsonists bombed 3 foreign car dealerships. In
Israel on 18 Apr a pair of Qassam
rockets exploded on Israeli soil. On 20 Apr the IDF stopped a terror attack at
the Kerem Shalom crossing. On 22 Apr Qassam rockets hit a house in Sderot. In
Lebanon
on 20 Apr a firefight between political factions killed 2 gunmen. On 22 Apr
Hezbollah gunmen scattered UNIFIL inspectors in the nation's south after
discovering an arms cache. In Macedonia
on 22 Apr a bomb exploded outside the former deputy defense chief's house. In
Palestine on 18 Apr the IDF killed 1 terrorist in
Nablus , while elsewhere
the IDF killed 1 militant and arrested 1. On 19 Apr suicide bombers drove 3 car
bombs into the Kerem Shalom crossing, killing 13, while the IAF killed 3
militants and injured 2 in an air strike. Also, the IAF killed 2 and wounded 3
members of a Qassam cell. On 20 Apr the IAF destroyed a Qassam cell. On 22 Apr
the IDF killed 3 militants near a border crossing. On 24 Apr the IDF arrested
13 Palestinians, killing 1 and injuring 5. In
Russia on 18 Apr a police chief was
killed. On 22 Apr gunmen attacked a police post in Ingushetia, while a soldier
was injured by a roadside bomb in Grozny .
On 23 Apr gunmen attacked a FSB helicopter, while a grenade attack injured 1
policeman in Daghestan. Also, 2 FSB officers were critically wounded in Ingushetia
by gunmen. In Spain
on 18 Apr police arrested 10 ETA members. On 20 Apr a bomb severely damaged a
political office in the Basque region. In
Turkey on 23 Apr air strikes hit
PKK targets. In the UK on 18
Apr courts jailed 6 for terror offences, while on 22 Apr police arrested 2 at
Heathrow
Airport under anti-terrorism laws.
Analysis/Road
Ahead: European Union Justice Ministers agreed to tighten
laws concerning incitement to terrorism via the Internet and using the Internet
to publish bomb recipes or call for acts of terrorism to be committed. EU’s
redefined stance to counter-terror groups usage of the internet which serves as
a virtual training camp, is a positive step forward, however the bureaucracy in
a number of EU states will take time to enact changes to current laws and while
the new law would demand cooperation from Internet providers to identify those
inciting terror acts, the process itself and the terrorist’s technological
expertise will encumber actual success in halting terror incitement on the
Internet. German police conducted raids on Islamists suspected of trying to
radicalize Muslims and non-Muslims; these raids indicate
Germany ’s recognition of the
problem and intensified actions to halt the instigators.
Algeria , Gaza ,
southeastern Turkey ,
Russia ’s
Chechen regions are EUCOM’s highest terrorist threat areas.
Sources:
RIA Novosti, Xinhua, B92, DPA, IHT, FOCUS News Agency, Haaretz,
Jerusalem Post, AFP, UPI,
Washington Post, NYT, Reuters, KUNA,
Itar-Tass, AP