US deploys drones, destroyers to hunt for envoy’s killers
September 13th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) The US is deploying warships and surveillance drones in its hunt for those who killed four US diplomatic staffers in Libya, CNN reported Thursday.US ambassador ... Read more...
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After Pakistan, India, jihadists may attack China: Daily
August 8th, 2012 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 8 (IANS) Pakistani support of the Taliban as well as other militant networks has led to many terrorist attacks in Pakistan and India, a state-run Chinese ... Read more...
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Clinton, Morsi discuss US-Egypt relations
July 15th, 2012 - 2:36 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, July 15 (IANS) Visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held bilateral talks with newly-elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, Xinhua reported.The two leaders Saturday discussed Egypt's transition to democracy ... Read more...
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Britain jails nine for bomb plot, terror camp in PoK
February 10th, 2012 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 9 (IANS) A British court Thursday sentenced nine people, including one of Pakistani origin, for plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange and build a terrorist training camp ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda forms 200-strong force: Report
December 30th, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Tripoli, Dec 30 (IANS/AKI) Al Qaeda has sent experienced militants to Libya in an effort to form an armed group amid the fighting that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, CNN reported, citing ... Read more...
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Islamist militants using mobiles as propaganda tool: Study
April 22nd, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 22 (ANI): Islamic militants have developed sophisticated ways to distribute packages of information through the use of smartphones, a study has revealed.They contained copies of videos, songs, speeches and ... Read more...
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Sudan to unleash cyber jihadists on dissenting opposition
March 24th, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
Khartoum (Sudan), Mar. 24 (ANI): Sudan's ruling National Congress Party has warned that its "cyber jihadists" will "crush" internet-based dissent.The vice-president of the Khartoum state, Mandur Al-Mahdi, warned opposition groups that ... Read more...
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Pak Army responsible for country’s existential confusion: Mira Sethi
March 14th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 14(ANI): Pakistan's existential confusion is the outcome of the "grand strategic designs" of its army, which advocates an anti-India ideology, shelters jihadists and cows liberal civilian politicians, Mira Sethi, ... Read more...
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Eastern Libya overrun by extremists to root out Gaddafi regime: Wikileaks
March 7th, 2011 - 12:01 pm ICT by ANI
Tripoli, Mar 7 (ANI): Leaked secret US diplomatic cables obtained by the whistleblower website 'Wikileaks' has raised concern that eastern Libya is being overrun by extremist organisations to root out the ... Read more...
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British Muslims travelling to Somalia for “jihadi tourism”: Wikileaks
February 4th, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Thousands of secret US diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks have revealed that British Muslims are travelling to Somalia for "jihadi tourism" to train for terrorist attacks in the ... Read more...
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American Qaeda leader Al Awlaki urging followers to steal funds, property from West
January 18th, 2011 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 18 (ANI): Followers of Anwar Al-Awlaki, a rising leader of the Yemeni branch of Al Qaeda, are being told to steal, embezzle and seize property, especially from Americans, in order ... Read more...
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Dozen Canadians training for jihad in Pakistani terror camp
January 17th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Jan 17 (IANS) Canadian authorities are worried after reports that a dozen Canadian converts to Islam are getting trained for jihad at an Al Qaeda camp in ... Read more...
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Online Al Qaeda magazine provided bomb tips to terror suspects
December 30th, 2010 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 30 (IANS) Nine men arrested in Britain on terrorism charges last week found inspiration and bomb-making instructions in an English-language online magazine published by Al Qaeda, a media report said ... Read more...
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Are terrorists using Facebook to exchange bomb recipes?
December 10th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 10 (ANI): According to a new report from the Department of Homeland Security, terrorists may be using Facebook to share operational information and to target.According to the November report, ... Read more...
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Hate cleric warns of attack after life sentence
November 13th, 2010 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 13 (IANS) Syrian-born hate preacher Omar Bakri, who praised the 9/11 killers as "the magnificent 19", is in hiding after he was sentenced to life in jail for helping to ... Read more...
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Khadr a ‘rock star’ in Guantanamo, psychiatrist testifies
October 27th, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto, Oct. 27 (ANI): In powerful, sweeping testimony, a forensic psychiatrist has described Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr as a "rock star" at the US maintained detention camp.Michael Welner, who studied the ... Read more...
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Would-be German jihadists found fighting jihad to be hell in Afghanistan
October 19th, 2010 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin (Germany), Oct. 19 (ANI): German intelligence sources have revealed how some Islamist radicals discovered that the path of Holy War was more difficult than they had originally thought.The nine would-be terrorists ... Read more...
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German terrorist killed in US drone strike in Pak linked to 9/11 plot
October 16th, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 16 (ANI): A German terrorist killed in a US drone missile last week in Pakistan was in contact with 9/11 collaborators just days before the 2001 attacks on the World ... Read more...
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America ‘under attack’ by non violent ’stealth jihad’, warns Security Report
September 16th, 2010 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 16 (ANI): Security analysts have warned in a new report that America is 'under attack' by a non-violent 'stealth jihad', with fundamentalists attempting to bring Islamic law known as 'Shariah' ... Read more...
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JuD among jihadi outfits openly involved in flood relief operations in Pak, finds survey
September 9th, 2010 - 3:47 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sept 9 (ANI): Banned terrorist organisations such as Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) and Harkatul Islami have been actively involved in flood relief operations in Pakistan, a survey has found.Banned Jihadi outfits ... Read more...
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Muslims in British jails may launch terror strikes when freed
August 27th, 2010 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 27 (IANS) Some 800 Muslims lodged in British jails may have been turned by fellow inmates into fanatics ready to launch terror attacks, a media report said Friday.
An alarming report ... Read more...
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Pak floods perfect platform for jihadis to undermine state, hit fight against terror: Experts
August 23rd, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 23(ANI): American and Pakistani experts reckon that the massive flooding in Pakistan has not only created a tide of human misery, but also a political torrent that could sweep ... Read more...
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Pakistan should stop terror to build confidence: Krishna
August 12th, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Thursday said the only option for Pakistan to bridge the "trust deficit" with India is to take effective steps to stop ... Read more...
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Police shut down 9/11 plotters’ mosque in Hamburg
August 9th, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Hamburg, Aug 9 (DPA) German police Monday shut down a mosque in Hamburg which gained notoriety as a meeting place for several plotters of the Sep 11 attacks on New York in ... Read more...
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Pak, Afghan militants taking control of Somalia’s radical Al-Shabab movement
June 9th, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
Mogadishu (Somalia), June 9(ANI): Somali intelligence officials, analysts and former Al-Shabab fighters have said that foreign fighters from Pakistan and Afghanistan are gaining influence inside the country's Al-Shabab militia.Al-Shabaab is said ... Read more...
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Somalian Al-Qaeda aligned terror outfit looking to recruit American citizens
June 7th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 7 (ANI): Somalia is fast becoming a hotbed for breeding American-born terrorists, who subsequently end up pointing the gun at their own country.The impoverished country has been cast into the ... Read more...
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We will kidnap you, Al Qaeda threatens Prince Harry
May 9th, 2010 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 9 (IANS) Al Qaeda has threatened to abduct Prince Harry if he dares to fly an Apache helicopter in Afghanistan.
People who support the Osama bin Laden-led terror group have ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda threatens to kidnap Prince Harry
May 9th, 2010 - 12:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 9 (ANI): Supporters of Osama Bin Laden's terrorist organization Al Qaeda have threatened to kidnap Prince Harry if he flies an Apache attack helicopter in Afghanistan.The members of the ... Read more...
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Times Square attempt was aimed to cause mass casualties
May 3rd, 2010 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 3 (IANS) US officials were sceptical about the Pakistan Taliban's claims of involvement in the Times Square failed car bombing as a noted think tank said the aborted ... Read more...
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Two Brooklyn professionals charged of being Jihadists for Al-Qaeda
May 1st, 2010 - 6:49 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 1 (ANI): A federal indictment has charged two Brooklyn men, Wesam (Khaled) El-Hanafi, 33, and Sabirhan (Tareq) Hasanoff, 34, with trying to modernize an Al Qaeda cell in Yemen. ... Read more...
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Jihad Jane : Charged with plotting terror in South Asia
March 10th, 2010 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, March 10 (IANS) An American woman, nicknamed as "Jihad Jane" and "Fatima LaRose," has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists to wage violent jihad in ... Read more...
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Australian jihadists jailed over terrorism plot
February 15th, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 15 (DPA) Five Sydney men jailed for stockpiling chemicals and plotting a terrorist attack were supporters of Osama bin Laden and showed no remorse during their trial, a court was ... Read more...
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PoK ‘terror meet’ calls on Pak govt. not to create hurdles for Kashmiri jihadists
February 5th, 2010 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
Muzaffarabad, Feb.5 (ANI): The Pakistan government has been urged upon not to create hurdles in the way of 'freedom fighters' struggling for the cause of an'independent Kashmir'.Speakers at a Kashmir-centric conference here, ... Read more...
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Sketching the face of jihadism is futile: US think tank
January 22nd, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) Citing the case of Pakistani origin terror suspect David Headley, who changed his given name of Daood Gilani to fool Indian security services, a strategic think tank says ... Read more...
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Did ISI have a hand in attack on CIA base?
January 12th, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) A US strategic think tank has discounted "widespread rumours in the United States" that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency had a hand in the Dec ... Read more...
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