Terrorism Watch

Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Students in the religious school run by Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi mourned after a bomber killed him in Lahore, Pakistan, on Friday. By WAQAR GILLANI and SABRINA TAVERNISE Published: June 12, 2009 LAHORE, Pakistan — Militants bombed mosques in two cities in Pakistan on Friday, killing at least nine people, including a leading Sunni cleric who was an outspoken critic of the Taliban . Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Akhtar Soomro/Reuters In Nowshera, Pakistan, at least three people were reported killed and 20 wounded in a bombing of a mosque. In Lahore, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside the religious complex run by the cleric, Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi, who had been vocal in his opposition to suicide attacks and other tactics used by the Taliban. The bomb seemed to be aimed at Mr. Naeemi, destroying his quarters near the entrance of the complex’s mosque. He was killed, along with at least five other people. The whi

Jeremy Page, South Asia Correspondent, and Times Online The death toll from a suicide attack on a luxury hotel in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar has risen to 16 with at least 57 injured, including a British aid worker. Officials said that two foreigners were among those killed when suspected Islamic militants stormed the Pearl Continental hotel, which is frequented by aid workers. It was the latest in a series of attacks on Pakistani cities that officials say are revenge for a military offensive against the Taleban in the northwestern region of Swat. The militants drove through the main gate of the Pearl Continental Hotel in a pick-up truck, spraying security guards with bullets before ramming their vehicle into the building and detonating it. “It was a suicide attack,” Sefwat Ghayur, the city police chief, said. Related Links Mumbai attacks given the Bollywood treatment The Taleban? They're puppets of the US Taleban chie

LAHORE: Severe panic gripped the city after news of the suicide blast at Jamia Naeemia in Garhi Shahu spread like wildfire. All the shops on Allama Iqbal Road, where Jamia Naeemia is located, were shut down. Businesses on adjacent roads were also closed. Police and Rangers cordoned off the area, and blocked the roads. Still, a large number of people gathered at the site. All roads leading to Garhi Shahu were choked with traffic, which remained blocked for a few hours after the blast. Some people spread the rumour among those gathered outside the Jamia that there had also been a blast in Defence. Some journalists responded to the rumour and left the site. However, it was soon confirmed that no such incident had taken place. Panic also spread as far as Hall Road, where there were reports of two motorcycles with identical number plates. Police also reached Hall Road, and blocked it. The Qila Gujjar Singh Police called the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) to check the two motorcycles for explosi

ISLAMABAD, June 12 (KUNA) -- In the latest spate of suicide blasts in eastern and northern parts of Pakistan on Friday, over 16 people were killed and more than 136 others were wounded, said police and security sources. The day started with a suicide bomber targeting a police mobile van in northern Hangu district, known for sectarian violence, of North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), killing four policemen and wounding at least six others. In tandem to the blast, security sources continued operation against militants in Bannu town, sources told KUNA. They said the operation killed more than two dozen militants and also resulted in the arrest of at least five militants. The sources added that two of the arrested were of Afghan origin. In the second incident, sources said further, a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Naushehrah district of NWFP amid a large number of people were gathered to offer the Friday prayer. According to police and hospital sources, the blast killed at

Tariq Saeed Peshawar—Yet another deadly blast during the Juma congregation, this time at a mosque in a military compound in Nowshera Friday left at least 8 worshippers dead and more the 90 others seriously injured. The medics at various hospitals have described the condition of many inured as precarious. It is feared that majority of the victims were the soldiers who had gathered to offer Juma prayer in the mosque situated at Army Supply depot. Some reports put the death toll at more than 10. At least 40 worshippers were killed and more then 50 others received serious injuries when a suicide bomber struck a mosque in a remote village of Upper Dir during the congregation Friday last. The suicide bomber hit his explosive laden pick up with the building of mosque situated in premises of supply depot during Juma prayers in which three persons were killed instantly,” DPO Nowshera told newsmen. Several vehicles parked in the vicinit

Scores of people were killed and injured in the attack on the luxury Pearl Continental hotel [EPA] At least 15 people have been killed and scores wounded after a gun and suicide truck bomb attack on a five-star hotel in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. Armed men entered the Pearl Continental hotel in the northwestern city on Tuesday, firing at security personnel before detonating explosives, government and security officials said. "It was a suicide attack," Sefwat Ghayur, Peshawar's police chief, said. "Occupants of a double-cabin pick-up truck forced their way in, firing at the security guards. The attackers str

PESHAWAR: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Friday claimed responsibility for three suicide attacks in Peshawar, Nowshera and Lahore, saying similar attacks would soon follow. “Dr Sarfraz Naeemi was killed for his anti-suicide attack decree; the attack on Peshawar’s Pearl Continental Hotel was to avenge the attack on a madrassa in Orakzai; and the Nowshera mosque was targeted in response to the military operation,” Saeed Hafiz, deputy to TTP senior commander Hakeemullah Mehsud told media by telephone. staff report

* Naeemi among seven killed, five injured as bomber blows himself up in Jamia Naeemia after Friday prayers * Young attacker posed as religious student and avoided police checks at the main gate By Rana Tanveer LAHORE: At least seven people, including a prominent anti-Taliban cleric, were killed and five injured when a suicide attacker detonated himself at the Jamia Naeemia madrassa shortly after Friday prayers. Targeting Dr Sarfaraz Naeemi, the head of Jamia Naeemia, the terrorist waited until the anti-Taliban cleric had reached his office before launching his attack. Six people were with Dr Naeemi in his office at the time. A madrassa student, Muhammad Faisal, said the bomber had pretended to be a student. He said Dr Naeemi was rushed to hospital, but did not survive. Following the blast, hundreds of outraged students gathered at the scene and demanded the Taliban leave Pakistan. The funeral prayers of Dr Naeemi would be offered at Nasir Bagh at 5pm on Saturday (today). Dr

Mumbai (PTI): Two years after the arrest of suspected Maoists - Shridhar Srinivasan and Vernon Gonsalves - Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) has submitted a chargesheet against the two for initiating 'Guerilla war' against the state. "As a part of the banned organisation, all the accused were initiating armed guerilla war against the state," said the chargesheet submitted before a sessions court on June 8. According to the prosecution, while Srinivasan was a national member, Gonsalves was a state leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist). The duo, along with four other absconding accused -- Gajrala Sariayya, Milind Teltimbde, Ishkara and Seema Hirani -- have been booked for heinous crimes of waging war and indoctrinating men to wage war against the country. They are also charged for collecting money to hatch a criminal conspiracy and involving in organised crime syndicate. If the charges are proved, they can face a maximum punishment of

Mayur Pahilajani - AHN News Writer Baghdad, Iraq (AHN) - A bomb ripped through a minibus on Monday morning in Iraqi capital of Bagdad, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens of others, amid heightened security concerns in the country, the local officials said. An explosive-charge attached to the minibus was detonated at the entrance of bus terminal in a mainly Shiite neighborhood of Abu Dsher, located in the southern district of Dora. The explosion, which injured at 24 other civilians, occurred during the morning rush hour when the bus station was crowded with civilian commuters. The strength of the bomb could be measured by the destruction it caused. The blast completely destroyed the minibus and charred three cars parked nearby. "Seven people were killed and 24 wounded after an IED (improvised explosive device) was attached to the bus," Al Jazeera quoted an interior ministry official as saying today. The security personnel have cordoned off the area and are

Jun 08, 2009 The 26-year-old war the Tamil separatists had been fighting for a sovereign homeland within Sri Lanka ended on May 17/09 with their defeat and surrender. Calling themselves the Liberation Tamil Tigers Elam (LTTE), they had often resorted to terrorism to project and promote their cause. They are even credited with being the innovators of suicide bombings. Their surrender even after such a lengthy war, interspersed with two peace deals like the Swat ceasefire, portends the shape of things to come for the Taliban of Pakistan and the bloodbaths the civilian population of that country will have to go through till the purveyors of terror are eliminated. The Tamil Tigers’ surrender also disproves the commonly held myth that a traditional army cannot win a war against guerrilla bands. The myth probably spread after the Vietnam War. The deciding factor is perhaps the force of logic and of truth in the stand of the winning side. The LTTE was once seen as the world’s most effici

Snehesh Alex Philip Ranchi, June 7 (PTI) Naxalism, which started off as a people's movement, has now become a nearly Rs 1500 crore organised extortion business in the form of 'levy', police and central security officials said. CPI (Maoist) and especially its splinter groups, which extort the money hardly pump it back for running the movement but instead use it to maintain luxurious life-styles for their masters, the officials said. The Naxal literature and documents seized by central security agencies and state police forces during their operations have revealed intricate details of "levy" extorted by groups which run in several hundred crores every year. The 'levy' is not only paid by the contractors working in the areas dominated by the Naxals but also by the industrial houses including some of the nationally reputed ones, the officials said. Though, CPI (Maoist) still remains the prominent Naxal group in Jharkhand, there are other sp

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By Malik Arshed Gilani Sunday, 07 Jun, 2009 | 01:39 PM PST | The robust attitude exhibited by the England team by returning to India, whatever their motives, must represent the right way to fight the evils of all terrorism. Pakistan Cities under threat Media Gallery Sri Lankan cricketers return to training The two comments credited to the ICC President on Terrorism need attention; ‘Pakistan is another country,’ obviously with reference to India, and ‘security in India is different!’ Undoubtedly, considerable security risks do exist in Pakistan but incidents show that risks are prevalent to varying degrees in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It appears that different standards are used to judge these risks by visiting occidental teams and the ICC. A cynic might even conclude that the dangers from terrorism reduce directly in proportion to the rise

www.chinaview.cn 2009-06-06 00:46:57               PARIS, June 5 (Xinhua) -- French Defence Minister Herve Morin said Friday that the possibility of a terrorist attack on Air France Flight 447 cannot be ruled out.     "We have no right to exclude terrorism," he told journalists, but adding that he had not heard of any threats to the flight or of any group or individual claiming responsibility for bringing down the aircraft.     The Airbus A330-200 airliner with 228 people aboard went missing over the Atlantic Sunday night after leaving Rio de Janeiro to Paris. According to Air France earlier this week, the plane sent out a series of messages showing "multiple technical failure" just before it disappeared.

7 Jun 2009, 1216 hrs IST, PTI WASHINGTON: Observing that the ISI continues to maintain links with terror outfits like the LeT and JuD, a former top CIA official says the US needs to be tough with the Pakistani establishment and send a clear message to it that it cannot pursue a policy of "selective counter-terrorism." Pointing out that the ISI today is in a "mortal battle" with the Pakistani Taliban in the restive Swat valley, Bruce Riedel, who co-chaired the inter-agency committee of the Obama administration which formulated the Af-Pak policy, said Islamabad has been pursuing "selective counter-terrorism" measures. "In the Swat Valley, the Pakistani army and the ISI are fighting a very serious struggle against a part of the jihadist infrastructure. ISI has also been helpful in fighting part of the al-Qaida infrastructure. "But the complexity, the problem is that ISI continues to have relations with groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, with what