Drone strike kills three in Pakistan
November 19th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 19 (IANS) At least three suspected militants were killed in a US drone strike Friday in Pakistan's North Waziristan district along the Afghan border.The pilotless drone fired four missiles ... Read more...
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US sends drones to hunt for Al Qaeda in Yemen
November 7th, 2010 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) The US has deployed drones to hunt down Al Qaeda militants in Yemen for the first time in years, said US officials.The use of unmanned spy plane ... Read more...
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Al-Qaeda tried to use explosives-filled dogs to down U.S. cargo plane
November 6th, 2010 - 7:44 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- Al-Qaeda militants have allegedly tried to use two dogs, filled with explosives, in an attempt to down a U.S. cargo plane in 2008, according to Britain's The Sun ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda tried to blow up US plane by using dogs
November 6th, 2010 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 6 (IANS) Al Qaeda militants tried to blow up a US plane by using dogs stuffed with bombs, a media report said Saturday.Two Bulldogs stuffed with bombs and detonators ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda using dogs as bombs to bring down aircrafts
November 6th, 2010 - 7:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 6 (ANI): Al Qaeda terrorists tried to bring down a US cargo plane by stuffing dogs with bombs.US officers at Baghdad airport found two animals, stuffed with bombs and ... Read more...
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Osama, Al Qaeda guide Yemen plots from Pakistan
November 5th, 2010 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 5 (IANS) Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Yemen-based group linked to the US-bound parcel bombs, was believed to have been provided strategic and philosophical guidance from Osama ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda ’shopping for arms’ in Africa
November 2nd, 2010 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Algiers, Nov 2 (IANS/AKI) Al Qaeda militants are now shopping for arms in Chad in Africa, Algerian intelligence agents have said.Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is using an estimated $100 ... Read more...
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Five Al Qaeda men killed in Yemen
September 27th, 2010 - 7:16 am ICT by IANS
Sanaa, Sep 27 (IANS) Five Al Qaeda members have been killed and 32 suspects arrested during a three-day military offensive in Yemen, the interior ministry said Sunday.
According to a statement posted ... Read more...
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28 Al Qaeda men arrested in Yemen
September 23rd, 2010 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a, Sep 22 (IANS) Twenty-eight suspected Al Qaeda militants were arrested Wednesday in Yemen's Shabwa province where a military offensive was launched against the terror outfit, the defence ministry said.
A battle between ... Read more...
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Pak jails 70-yr-old Briton for trying to sneak across Pak-Afghan border to research book
September 22nd, 2010 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 22 (ANI): A 70-year-old British man, Nicholas Bain, accused of spying in Pakistan is being reportedly held in Peshawar Central Jail along with Taliban suspects after being arrested in ... Read more...
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US won’t stand “slackness” by Pak Army in “war on terror”: Holbrooke
September 18th, 2010 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sept 18 (ANI): US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke has said that his country would not accept any "slackness" on the part of the Pakistan Army in ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda blows up gas pipeline in Yemen
September 14th, 2010 - 9:07 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a, Sep 14 (IANS) Suspected Al Qaeda militants blew up a pipeline transferring liquefied natural gas (LNG) between two provinces in Yemen, officials said.
The gas pipeline was from Yemeni Marib province to ... Read more...
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Four killed as security forces clash with Yemen militants
September 5th, 2010 - 5:06 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a (Yemen), Sep 5 (DPA) At least two soldiers and two separatists have been killed in clashes in the southern Yemeni provinces of Lahej and Abyan, security sources said Saturday.
In the restive ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda kill seven Yemeni soldiers
August 29th, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Sanaa, Aug 29 (IANS) Seven Yemeni soldiers were killed and five wounded in an Al Qaeda attack in the country's troubled Abyan province, an official said.
The fatalities occurred when Al Qaeda militants ... Read more...
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Seven Al Qaeda men killed in Yemen
August 23rd, 2010 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a, Aug 23 (IANS) Yemeni security forces killed seven Al Qaeda militants Sunday in a fresh clash in the country's southern province of Abyan, authorities said.
Yemeni defence ministry said seven Al Qaeda ... Read more...
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15 troops, three Al Qaeda militants die in Yemen
August 21st, 2010 - 3:02 am ICT by IANS
SANAA, Aug 21 (IANS) Fifteen soldiers and three Al Qaeda militants were killed in clashes in southern Yemen Friday, Xinhua reported.
The fighting began after militants seized the Lodar city of Abyan province. ... Read more...
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15 killed in Iraq violence
August 4th, 2010 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 3 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and 30 injured in triple car bomb explosions Tuesday in Iraq, an interior ministry source said.
The incident took place in the afternoon ... Read more...
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Militants fire at British embassy in Yemen
July 27th, 2010 - 11:00 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a, July 27 (IANS) Suspected Al Qaeda militants opened fire at the British embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa late Monday, and fled the spot immediately, police said.
The gunmen fired a ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda militants kill six Yemeni soldiers
July 26th, 2010 - 4:21 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a (Yemen), July 26 (DPA) Suspected Al Qaeda militants attacked a military checkpoint in south-eastern Yemen Sunday, killing six soldiers.
A security source told DPA that the assailants opened fire at soldiers manning ... Read more...
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Three killed in Al Qaeda attack in Yemen
July 14th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Sanaa, July 14 (IANS/AKI) Three people were killed when Al Qaeda militants armed with automatic weapons attacked a Yemeni intelligence agency headquarters Wednesday, police said.
The attack took place in southern Abyan city. ... Read more...
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US airstrikes kill six militants, say Pakistani officials
June 29th, 2010 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 29 (DPA) At least six militants were killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan's restive north-western tribal areas along the Afghan border, Pakistani security officials said Tuesday.
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Al Qaeda appeals to women to fight in Yemen
May 21st, 2010 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Sana'a, May 21 (IANS/AKI) The Al Qaeda has appealed to Muslim women, particularly those in Saudi Arabia, to travel to Yemen and wage jihad. The appeal was made by Wafa al-Shahri, wife ... Read more...
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Three children among seven killed in Pakistan
May 13th, 2010 - 5:08 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 13 (DPA) Three boys died and two people were injured Wednesday when a bomb exploded in a camp of Afghan refugees in northwestern Pakistan, police said.
Separately, Taliban militants killed ... Read more...
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Seven killed in Pakistan suicide attack
May 2nd, 2010 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 1 (DPA) Seven people were killed in Pakistan's Swat Valley Saturday, when an Islamist militant detonated his explosives as security forces tried to arrest him in a busy market, ... Read more...
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Cheap Casios are jihadi bombers’ watch of choice: Report
May 1st, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 1(ANI): Casio watches' link to numerous bombing attempts has singled them out as the timepiece of choice for terror organizations around the world, the New York Daily News reported.According ... Read more...
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Two killed in Pakistan bomb explosion
May 1st, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 1 (DPA) A bomb exploded Saturday in a busy market in Pakistan's Swat Valley, killing two people and injuring 12, police and health officials said.
The blast occurred in a ... Read more...
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100 foreign militants infiltrate into Afghanistan
April 24th, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, April 24 (IANS) About 100 Taliban and Al Qaeda militants from other countries have infiltrated into Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province, a top official said Saturday.
"We have information some 100 foreign ... Read more...
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Gunmen kill 25 in Iraqi village
April 3rd, 2010 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, April 3 (IANS) At least 25 people were killed in Iraq when gunmen stormed houses in a village near the capital, an interior ministry source said Saturday.
The attack occurred late Friday ... Read more...
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Twin suicide bombings kill 48 in Lahore (Second Lead)
March 12th, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, March 12 (DPA) At least 48 people, including 18 soldiers, were killed and 95 more were injured Friday when two suicide bombings targeted a military convoy in Pakistan's eastern city ... Read more...
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600 kg of explosives used in Lahore car bomb blast, death toll 11
March 8th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar 8(ANI): At least 11 people, including a young schoolgirl and her mother, were killed and 61 others injured, when a suicide bomber rammed his car laden with 600 kilograms ... Read more...
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Lahore car bomb blast kills 11, injures 45
March 8th, 2010 - 12:27 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar 8(ANI): A car bomb explosion killed at least 11 people and injured 45 others in Lahore on Monday.According to reports, a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden truck into ... Read more...
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Pak media blames India for engineering recent terror acts in Afghanistan
March 7th, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar.7 (ANI): While links between the Kabul attack, in which 17 people, including six Indians were killed, and the ambush in Kandahar, in which four Pakistani labourers were killed, is ... Read more...
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Pakistani forces repel Taliban attack, 30 insurgents killed
March 4th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 4 (DPA) Paramilitary troops Thursday repelled a militant attack on a security check post in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border, killing 30 Taliban fighters, a security ... Read more...
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10 killed, 30 hurt in Iraq bombings
March 3rd, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, March 3 (IANS) Ten people were killed and 30 injured Wednesday in two car bomb attacks followed by a suicide bombing in Baquba, the capital of Iraq's Diyala province, a police ... Read more...
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Turkish police arrest 20 suspected Al Qaeda militants
January 18th, 2010 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Istanbul, Jan 18 (DPA) Turkish police Monday arrested 20 suspected Al Qaeda members in a sweep in the city of Adana, the semi-official Anatolian Agency reported.
Some 300 police officers were involved in ... Read more...
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