Meet the Amazons: an anti-terror women squad for Olympics
July 22nd, 2012 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 22 (IANS) The Amazons, an elite special forces anti-terror team comprising 40 women, trained to infiltrate terrorist cells and kill, will be Britain's "secret weapon" during the Olympics ... Read more...
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Gaddafi’s fall might allow al-Qaeda affiliates take over southern Libya: Analysts
March 26th, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 26 (ANI): The fall of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi might see the al-Qaeda affiliated Islamic terrorist groups filling up the void, US analysts have said.Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ... Read more...
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Linda Norgrove Killed By Her Captors In Bomb Vest Blast
October 10th, 2010 - 7:26 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
A female British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan was killed by her captors during a rescue attempt last Friday. Foreign Secretary William Hague announced ... Read more...
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British hostage in Pakistan asks help in video appeal
May 11th, 2010 - 7:04 am ICT by IANS
Rome/Islamabad, May 11 (DPA) A British hostage of Pakistani origin has appeared in a video in which he appeals for help to raise the ransom of $10 million demanded by his ... Read more...
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Iraq: British hostage, Alan McMenemy, to be released
January 3rd, 2010 - 7:47 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- Alan McMenemy, the last of five Britons captured and held hostage in Iraq since 2007, may soon be released, the Iraqi government said on Sunday.A government spokesman said ... Read more...
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US re-designates Algerian group as terrorist body
October 28th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 28 (IANS) The United States has re-designated Algerian-based group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), an Islamist militia that aims to overthrow the Algerian government and institute an Islamic ... Read more...
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Mali army raids Al Qaeda base, dozen militants killed
June 17th, 2009 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bamako, June 17 (DPA) Mali's army has killed at least a dozen militants in an attack on an Al Qaeda base near the border with Algeria, a media report said Wednesday.
The attack ... Read more...
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Militants in Nigeria put oil installation on fire
June 10th, 2009 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi/Abuja, June 10 (DPA) Nigeria's main militant group said Wednesday that it attacked a Chevron flow station in the oil-producing Niger Delta and set it ablaze as part of a new offensive ... Read more...
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Obama not welcome in Egypt, says Al Qaeda
June 3rd, 2009 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, June 3 (DPA) The Al Qaeda terror network has issued a statement warning US President Barack Obama he is not "welcome" in Egypt, it was revealed Wednesday, as the American ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda might have killed British hostage: Brown
June 3rd, 2009 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 3 (Xinhua) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that Al Qaeda might have killed a British hostage in Mali in western Africa.
"We have strong reason to believe that ... Read more...
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Al-Qaeda kills British hostage Edwin Dyer in Mali
June 3rd, 2009 - 4:34 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
Al-Quaeda fighters in Mali are believed to have killed British man Edwin Dyer who they kidnapped in neighboring Niger in January.Gordon Brown, Britain's prime minister, said: "We have strong reason to believe ... Read more...
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Jailed radical preacher Hamzas jihadi poem appears on YouTube
September 24th, 2008 - 12:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 24 (ANI): Jailed radical Islamic preacher Abu Hamzas poem glorifying martyrdom has suddenly appeared on YouTube.Hamza, serving seven years in Londons top-security Belmarsh Prison, delivers nine verses in ... Read more...
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British hostage committed suicide: Iraq kidnappers
July 20th, 2008 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
London, July 20 (DPA) One of the five Britons taken hostage in Iraq more than a year ago has committed suicide, British media said Sunday, citing a video made available by the ... Read more...
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Website hailing suicide attacks gets 35,000-pound grant from British govt!
June 10th, 2008 - 11:36 am ICT by ANI
London , June 10 (ANI): Ahead of the third anniversary of the 7/7 London attacks in which four suicide bombers killed 52 people, an Islamic website muslimyouth.net backing suicide bombers has ... Read more...
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Brown holds talks with Iraqi premier on hostage video
February 28th, 2008 - 12:17 am ICT by admin
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DPA
London, Feb 27 (DPA) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has discussed with his Iraqi counterpar, Nouri al-Maliki the airing of a video apparently showing a British hostage held in Iraq, a British ... Read more...
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