‘Lone Wolf’ terrorists most dangerous threat to society
December 19th, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Syney, Dec 19 (IANS) Single individuals committing violent acts against society present "the most dangerous terrorism threat," says US Homeland Security, because they operate alone, without using phones, photos or ... Read more...
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Growing extremism not prerogative of one community: Omar
September 10th, 2011 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Cautioning against increasing radicalization of youth in the country, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday emphasised that this trend was "not the prerogative ... Read more...
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NIC meeting to discuss ways to curb radicalisation of youth
September 10th, 2011 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The 15th meeting of the National Integration Council (NIC) will be held here Saturday to discuss measures to curb communalism and radicalisation of the ... Read more...
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Pakistan, Britain vow to jointly tackle terror
July 2nd, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 2 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari have agreed during a meeting in London that both countries will continue to work ... Read more...
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Cops investigating pig’s foot sent to US congressman’s Washington office
April 5th, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Apr 5(ANI): Capitol Hill Police has said that a package containing a bloody pig's foot and a hate-filled note was mailed to the Washington office of Republican Party leader Peter ... Read more...
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52 percent Americans support Peter King Muslim radicalization hearing
March 10th, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March.10 (ANI): Nearly 52 percent Americans believe that Republican Senator Peter King's investigation into US Muslims radicalization is appropriate.Gallup poll found 52 percent back a hearing by King's House Homeland Security ... Read more...
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London 7/7 bomber’s secret girlfriend was ‘clueless’ of his ‘radicalization’
February 16th, 2011 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 16(ANI): A secret girlfriend of Shehzad Tanweer, one of the July 7, 2005, London suicide bombers, has told the inquest into the attack that she had no idea about his ... Read more...
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US facing highest terror threat since 9/11: Homeland Security chief
February 10th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.10 (ANI): US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has warned that the country is facing its highest terror threat since 9/11.Addressing members of the US Congress on Wednesday, Napolitano said: ... Read more...
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Pakistan lacks effective counter-terrorism policy: PIPS report
January 17th, 2011 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 17(ANI): The internal security situation continues to be a pressing challenge for Pakistan, as the rule of law is lacking not only in KPK and FATA but all across the ... Read more...
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US legislator plans hearings on Muslim radicalization
December 21st, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Dec 21(ANI): Incoming Chairman of the US House Committee on Homeland Security, Peter King, has said that he will call for hearings into the radicalization of Muslim Americans when ... 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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Pak wants to control Afghan govt or West’s reconciliation process with Taliban: Riedel
November 13th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, Nov 13 (ANI): Pakistan does not want direct negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government or the West, as it wants the process to be under its control, a ... Read more...
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Americans warned of home grown extremism
September 24th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) Citing the cases of two Pakistani Americans involved in the Mumbai terror attacks and the failed Times Square bombing, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned of ... Read more...
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Homegrown radicals changing terrorism threat in U.S.
September 22nd, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept.22 (ANI): The rising threat from homegrown radicals makes terrorist plots against the U.S. harder to detect and more likely to succeed, top administration officials are scheduled to tell Congress on ... Read more...
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US has no strategy to meet home grown terror threat
September 11th, 2010 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept.11 (ANI): Unveiling a new report a day before the United States marks nine years since the 2001 attacks, members of the National Security Preparedness Group said Al Qaeda and other ... Read more...
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UK, US researchers present report on de-radicalizing the radicals
July 3rd, 2010 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 3 (ANI): Individual de-radicalization and disengagement programs, such as those in Saudi-Arabia, Singapore, Indonesia and other nations, 'can make a difference,' according to researchers at the National Consortium for the ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda’s first English website suffers technical glitches
July 2nd, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 2 (ANI): Al Qaeda's first English website suffered an inauspicious launch with glitches making only the first three of the 67 pages legible yesterday.According to the New York Post, ... Read more...
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UK prisoners embracing Islam to enjoy Muslim perks
June 8th, 2010 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 8 (ANI): A peculiar trend has been observed among UK prison inmates who are increasingly embracing Islam to entitle themselves to the protection of the fearsome Muslim gangs, apart from ... Read more...
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Times Square suspect’s radicalisation was gradual: US investigators
May 7th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 7 (ANI): American investigators have said that Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad's radicalization was gradual, cumulative and largely self-contained, meaning that it did not involve typical catalysts such ... Read more...
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Britain not to meddle in Indo-Pak ties
April 9th, 2010 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr.9 (ANI): Britain has clarified that it would not mediate between India and Pakistan over long pending issues between them, including Kashmir.Interacting with media persons after visiting the Islamic Centre here, ... Read more...
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Brit Muslim leaders ‘failing to tackle extremism’: Oxford academic
March 31st, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 31(ANI): A University of Oxford academic has criticized Muslim leaders in Britain for not doing enough to tackle extremism.Nick Chatrath, a researcher at Oxford's Faculty of Oriental Studies, claims ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda websites present growing threat: FBI chief
March 18th, 2010 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.18 (ANI): Al Qaeda may be using the Internet to recruit and radicalize, FBI Director Robert Mueller testified Wednesday before a House Appropriations subcommittee.Mueller said Wednesday that the United States faces ... Read more...
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Pentagon says Internet helps in terrorist recruiting, radicalisation
March 11th, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.11 (ANI): Militant and terrorist groups are using the Internet to streamline their terrorist recruiting, radicalization, and training, the Pentagon has claimed.American defense ministry officials said that the Nigerian man ... Read more...
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Maldives Vice President Dr. Waheed calls on Ansari
February 19th, 2010 - 10:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 19(ANI): Maldives Vice President Dr. Mohamed Waheed called on his Indian counterpart Mohammad Hamid Ansari here on Friday and discussed issues of bilateral, regional and multilateral importance.Dr. Waheed, who ... Read more...
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M16 keeping close watch on universities ‘to weed out fledgling terrorists’
January 10th, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 10(ANI): British secret service agency, M16, is reportedly keeping a close watch on universities in a bid to weed out fledgling terrorists, after it was revealed that the Detroit- bound ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda to avenge Taliban chief’s death ‘inside US’: CIA bomber
January 9th, 2010 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, Jan 9 (DPA) The death of a Pakistani Taliban chief would be avenged both "inside and outside the US", according to the Al Qaeda bomber who killed seven officers of ... Read more...
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Relating terrorism with Islam ‘downright prejudice’: Ansari
October 27th, 2009 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) No religion condones terrorism and those attempting to attribute its origin to Islam display "downright prejudice", Vice President Hamid Ansari said Tuesday.
Terrorism is not of "recent origin ... Read more...
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Relating terrorism to Islam betrays prejudice: India’s vice president (Lead)
October 27th, 2009 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) No religion condones terrorism and those seeking to attribute its origin to Islam display ignorance or "downright prejudice", India's Vice President Hamid Ansari said Tuesday.
Terrorism is not ... Read more...
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US will maintain ‘unrelenting’ pressure on terrorist havens on Af-Pak border
August 6th, 2009 - 6:24 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug 6 (ANI): The US Government must fundamentally redefine the struggle against terrorism, replacing the war on terror with a campaign combining all facets of national power to defeat the enemy, ... Read more...
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Zardari admits Pakistan ‘created, nurtured’ terrorism (Lead)
July 8th, 2009 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 8 (IANS) In the first candid admission of its kind by a Pakistani ruler, President Asif Ali Zardari has conceded that Islamabad "created and nurtured" terrorist elements "as a ... Read more...
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UK under serious terror threat from home-grown Jihadis, warns expert
June 13th, 2009 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 13 (ANI): A British defence expert has warned the UK police and MI5 to get ready to counter a new generation of home-grown Jihadis.Michael Clarke, director of the defence think ... Read more...
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Four New York terror plot suspects became hard-core jihadis in US jails
May 23rd, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 22 (ANI): The four terror suspects, who were charged with plotting to blow up two New York synagogues and shoot down military planes, converted to Islam and became radicalised ... Read more...
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Pak Army is a self-destructing force: Newsweek
April 26th, 2009 - 6:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr.26 (ANI): As the Taliban continues to advance and establish its writ in the newer areas of the country, the Pakistan Army has mysteriously failed to offer any resistance, thus ... Read more...
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Britain has not shut down any terror site
March 20th, 2009 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar.20 (ANI): The British Government has not shut down any extremist website, despite promising a crackdown with the help of the Terrorism Act 2006.
According to The Sun, among sites still ... Read more...
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ISIs obsession with bleeding India coming back to haunt Pak: Dalrymple
March 4th, 2009 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 4 (ANI): The world shouldnt be surprised by the terrorist attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore, according to internationally acclaimed writer and historian William Dalrymple, who feels that ... Read more...
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