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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Convicted Tahawwur Rana loses retrial plea
June 12th, 2012 - 10:23 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, June 12 (IANS) A Chicago court has dismissed a retrial plea by Pakistan born Canadian Tahawwur Rana, convicted of providing material support to Pakistan based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT), ... Read more...
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Terror plotter Rana seeks a fresh trial
September 21st, 2011 - 10:49 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, Sep 21 (IANS) Pakistan-born Canadian Tahawwur Rana, convicted of aiding Pakistan based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) held responsible for theNovember 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, is seeking a ... Read more...
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Pakistan turns ‘new front line’ of war on terror
July 7th, 2011 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 7 (IANS) Pakistan is now the new front in the war on terror as it has become a new safe haven for al-Qaeda, says the Canadian media ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan taking step-by-step approach to deal with issues, including terrorism: Pillai
April 9th, 2011 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr.9 (ANI): India and Pakistan are taking a step-by-step approach in dealing with all underlying issues, including cross-border terrorism, as the aim on both sides is to restore confidence and ... Read more...
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Man dupes CIA of $21 mn over anti-terror software
February 21st, 2011 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 21 (IANS) A computer expert was paid more than 13 million pounds (about $21 million) after he fooled the CIA that he developed software to stop Al Qaeda attacks, a ... Read more...
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Ex-Jihadist’s warning prompted Germany to issue anti-terror alert: NYT
November 29th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin (Germany), Nov.29 (ANI): Germany's decision to declare a terrorism alert and dispatch heavily armed police around the nation was set off by phone calls from a man who said he wanted ... Read more...
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YouTube still swamped with ‘hate preach videos’ against West
November 8th, 2010 - 3:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 8 (ANI): Despite YouTube's claims that it had started removing hundreds of videos of the radical American-born cleric Anwar al Awlaki, the website reportedly still contains videos of him 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-Awlaki’s sermons influenced Muslim woman student to stab British MP
November 4th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 3 (ANI): Roshanara Choudhry, a 21-year-old student who has been jailed for life for trying to assassinate British MP Stephen Timms in May this year, told police she had wanted ... Read more...
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YouTube removing videos of US-born radical Yemen-based cleric al Awlaki
November 4th, 2010 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 3 (ANI): YouTube has reportedly started removing hundreds of videos of Anwar al Awlaki, the radical American-born cleric based in Yemen who has been linked to several terrorist plots against ... Read more...
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Is Al Qaeda focusing on small-scale attacks?
October 31st, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct. 31 (ANI): US authorities believe Al Qaeda is focusing on small-scale attacks against the West.If the latest terrorist plots are less spectacular than 9/11, or the failed 2006 Heathrow plot ... Read more...
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Secrecy vital for Britain’s safety, says MI6 chief
October 28th, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 28 (IANS) Britain will be at risk if its secrets are compromised, the chief of the country's Secret Intelligence Service MI6 said Thursday in a veiled attack on the courts, ... 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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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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57 Pak students deported over terror charges, illegal activities since 2003: Qureshi
July 30th, 2010 - 4:51 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 30(ANI): Pakistan Foreign Affairs Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that 57 Pakistani students have been deported from various countries over alleged involvement in terrorism and other illegal activities in ... Read more...
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‘Iraq war led to surge in terrorist plots against Britain’
July 20th, 2010 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 20 (DPA) Britain's involvement in the invasion of Iraq led to an almost unmanageable increase in the number of terrorist plots against it, a former head of British intelligence revealed ... Read more...
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Three Qaeda suspects arrested in Norway for role in post 9/11 plot
July 8th, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 8 (ANI): Norwegian Police have arrested three suspected al Qaeda members for planning "one of the most serious terrorist plots since 9/11".According to Sky News, the three were arrested in ... Read more...
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Three Al Qaeda suspects held in Norway
July 8th, 2010 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 8 (IANS) Three men, suspected to be Al Qaeda terrorists, have been arrested in Norway for planning "one of the most serious terrorist plots since 9/11", Sky News reported Thursday.
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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Pakistan still backing anti-India terror groups: US study
June 21st, 2010 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 21 (IANS) The rising number of Pakistan linked terrorist plots in the United States largely stem from Islamabad's continued support to some anti-India extremist groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, ... Read more...
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Texas man indicted for being in contact with al Qaeda leader Awlaki since 2008
June 4th, 2010 - 7:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jun 4 (ANI): Barry Walter Bujol from Texas has been indicted on two counts for allegedly attempting to support al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and communicating with one of its ... Read more...
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Dennis C. Blair To Resign, Reasons Unspecified
May 21st, 2010 - 5:54 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Washington, May 21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Dennis C. Blair has announced that he will be resigning from the post of the chief co-coordinator of the intelligence agency of the nation. He ... Read more...
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TSA’s behaviorial screening wing failing to spot potential terrorists
May 20th, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 20 (ANI): A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) program put in place by the US Department of Homeland Security after 9/11 is failing to catch terrorists on time.According to a ... Read more...
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‘Al Qaeda poised for large-scale terror attack on America by July’
February 3rd, 2010 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb. 3 (ANI): Dennis C. Blair, President Obama's director of national intelligence, has warned that Al Qaeda and its affiliates may attempt a large-scale attack on American soil within the next ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda home Pakistan risks turning radical: Miliband
January 22nd, 2010 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) With Al Qaeda pushed into Pakistan's tribal areas, Islamabad risks slipping into radical hands as it was already home to the terrorist group's leadership, British ... Read more...
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Yemeni Al Qaeda commander killed in air strike (Lead)
January 16th, 2010 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a, Jan 15 (DPA) A top commander of Al Qaeda in Yemen was among six suspected members of the terrorist network who were killed in an air strike on two cars Friday, ... Read more...
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Headley is FBI’s second biggest catch of 2009
December 29th, 2009 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 29 (IANS) The arrest of Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley, a key suspect in the Mumbai terror assault that left 166 people dead, is the FBI's second biggest catch this year, ... Read more...
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LeT planned attacks on Bollywood stars, Shiv Sena leaders, Somnath temple (Lead)
December 15th, 2009 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chicago, Dec 15 (IANS) Fresh evidence unearthed by the FBI shows that the Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT), the Pakistan-based extremist outfit, was planning to carry out Mumbai-type attacks on India's National Defence College (NDC) ... Read more...
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LeT planned attacks on Somnath temple, Bollywood stars, Shiv Sena leaders
December 15th, 2009 - 10:13 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 15 (IANS) Pakistan based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT) was planning to carry out fresh Mumbai type attacks on the National Defence College (NDC) in New Delhi, Somnath temple ... Read more...
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National Investigation Agency awaiting Headley’s voice sample
December 14th, 2009 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Investigators probing US-born terror suspect David Headley's links to the 26/11 Mumbai attack are not too sure if he was actually present in the control room in ... Read more...
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Pak must take decisive action against LeT: Experts
December 10th, 2009 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec. 10 (ANI): The arrest of David Coleman Headley, a US national of Pakistani origin who was apprehended in Chicago in October on terror charges, has highlighted the fact that the ... Read more...
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Post-Headley charges, India asks Pakistan to unravel full conspiracy
December 10th, 2009 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Bolstered by the filing of the chargesheet in a US court against US-Pakistani terror suspect David Coleman Headley, India Thursday asked Pakistan to "unravel the full ... Read more...
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FBI files Criminal Information Report against Headley and not an indictment
December 9th, 2009 - 7:03 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec.9 (ANI): While reports about David Coleman Headley, a US national of Pakistani origin who was arrested in Chicago in October on terror charges, being indicted by a Federal court ... Read more...
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FBI sending team to Pak to gather more information about Headley
December 9th, 2009 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec.9 (ANI): The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is reportedly sending a team to Pakistan to look for more information regarding David Coleman Headley, the alleged American terror suspect of Pakistani ... Read more...
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