Terrorism Watch

Source: Srilanka gaurdian Saturday, May 22, 2010 By B.Raman (May 22, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the front organization of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET), and other Pakistani jihadi organizations associated with Al Qaeda and the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been organizing protest demonstrations in different cities of Pakistan to condemn an attempt by an user of “Facebook” to organise an "Everyone Draw Mohammed Day" competition to promote "freedom of expression". His attempt was allegedly inspired by an American woman cartoonist. According to the Agence France Presse (AFP),Molly Norris, the American cartoonist whose work inspired the controversial page, condemned the Facebook spin-off and apologised to Muslims. She allegedly drew a cartoon in April to protest against the cancellation of an episode of popular show "South Park". Norris satirically proposed May 20 as an "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day." An "Everybo

Source: srilanka gaurdian By B.Raman The case of Colleen La Rose also known as Jihad Jane and Fatima La Rose, who was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) a fortnight after the arrest of David Coleman Headley of the Chicago cell of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) in October,2009, and indicted on March 4,2010, on a charge of involvement in a conspiracy to kill a Swedish cartoonist who had drawn a cartoon of Prophet Mohammad in his paper, has not received in India the attention it deserves. 2. Colleen La Rose, a 46-year-old blonde from the Philadelphia area, where Headley used to live for some years before shifting to Chicago, had a troubled personal life. She was a volunteer for jihad who was recruited by an unidentified person in South Asia through the Internet and given the task of killing the Swedish cartoonist, just as Ilyas Kashmiri initially tasked Headley through the Internet to kill the Danish cartoonist, who had published cartoons of the Prophet in a Danish pap

Source: B92 22 May 2010  SARAJEVO -- Two Serbian citizens suspected of having ties with the Wahhabi movement in Bosnia were arrested near Tuzla. They were arrested by members of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Agency for Investigation and Protection (SIPA). The regularity of their visits to Bosnia is being determined, after which the Service for Foreigners will take further legal actions against them, the Bosnian prosecution stated. Unofficially, according to the Bosnia-Herzegovina Federal television station, the suspects are Jasmin Korać and Milutin Sretenović, who are suspected of having ties to Wahhabi movement leader Maksim Božić, who uses the name Abu Muhamed. Muhamed and Enes Sejranić are suspected of terrorism. Sejranić was arrested on May 4 in Tuzla.

Source: Yahoo tech Play Video CBS 2 New York  – Feds Link Massachusetts Man To Faisal Shahzad       Reuters – This undated image, obtained from orkut.com on May 4, 2010, shows Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American … NEW YORK – In the wake of the Times Square bomb case, the feds just issued a chilling warning to Pakistani leaders: check your family and staff for terrorist ties. Philip Shenon reports. The United States has warned civilian and military leaders in Pakistan that they need to worry about a newly uncovered breeding ground for anti-American terrorists—their own families. A senior federal law enforcement official tells The Daily Beast that the Obama administration has sent a “clear, if carefully worded

Source: Indian Express Sat May 22 2010, 03:27 hrs  Nearly 300 NSS volunteers of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, took out a rally in the city to mark Anti-Terrorism Day on Friday. Carrying placards and posters with slogans, students marched through the sector spreading the message of embracing peace and shunning terrorism. The rally was flagged off by Education Secretary Ram Niwas. The District Education Officer, Chanchal Singh, and the state NSS incharge Bikram Rana were also present. Principal of the school Anujit Kaur asked students to follow the path of peace. This day also marks the 19th death anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, and is observed as anti-terrorism day, across the country. Meanwhile, UT Adviser Pradip Mehra administered an anti-terrorism oath to all officials and employees at the UT Secretariat in Sector 9. UT Home Secretary Ram Niwas, Joint Secretary (Finance) Sandeep Hans, Chief Architect Sumit Kaur and other senior official

Source: Rediff A Moroccan-origin US citizen has pleaded guilty before a US court to providing material support to the Al Qaeda [ Images ], adding to the growing list of recent cases of naturalised American nationals involved in terror activities. Khalid Ouazzani, 32, a naturalised citizen of the United States, swore an oath of allegiance to the Al Qaeda in June 2008 and has admitted to have personally provided more than $ 23,000 to the terrorist organisation, US Attorney for Western District of Missouri, Beth Phillips said on Wednesday. In a statement, the Justice Department said Ouazzani, of Kansas City, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before US District Judge Howard F Sachs to a federal information that charges him with conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist organisation. Ouazzani also pleaded guilty to charges contained in an indictment that was returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Kansas City on February 3. He, further, admitted of

Source: Rediff Pakistan's Jang media group has formed a committee to ascertain whether well-known TV anchor Hamid Mir actually spoke to a Taliban [ Images ] operative about former Inter-Services Intelligence officer Khalid Khwaja who was eventually killed by militants. Mir has been at the centre of a controversy after several websites uploaded a 13-minute conversation he purportedly had with a Taliban operative. In the tape, Mir and the militant discuss the activities of Khwaja, who was recently abducted and killed by the Asian Tigers, a group of Punjabi Taliban. The Jang media group said in a statement published on Thursday in its The News daily that it had set up a committee to get detailed information on the issue. "For credible investigation, the committee has called upon professional journalist organisations to come forward to uncover the truth," the statement said. Members of the committee have held talks with Mir, who "disowned the voice (said to be his

Source: rediff The fatwas issued by the Dar ul-Uloom Deoband not only greatly restrict Indian Muslim women's access to employment but also effectively debar them from quality higher education, says Yoginder Sikand. V isibly embarrassed by the angry reaction of the media, women's groups  and noted Muslim critics to its fatwa delivered more than a month ago on working Muslim women, the Dar ul-Uloom, Deoband, India's largest seminary, has hastened to announce that the fatwa in question does not forbid Muslim women working outside their homes, as some have alleged. Rather, Maulvi Adnan Munshi, spokesperson of the Deoband madrasa, has claimed, it only insists that working women be 'properly covered'. Maulvi Adnan is not entirely wrong, for the fatwa, issued on April 4, reads (sic): 'It is unlawful for Muslim women to do job in government or private institutions where men and women work together and women have to talk with men frankly and without veil.' In

Source: eurassia review For Anand Kumar for IDSA The Judiciary is seen as one of the important pillars of democracy. A strong judiciary acts as a check on the executive and protects the rights of citizens from violation. Even within a judicial system, a number of provisions like the right to appeal have been created so that the chances of miscarriage of justice can be minimized. Unfortunately, in the terror-afflicted modern world, it seems the same provisions might work for the benefit of hardened terrorists. These provisions might also result in delay or denial of justice to the population against whom terrorists have perpetrated ghastly acts. This fear of the misuse of the judicial system by terrorists has started a debate in both the United States and in India where people along with law enforcement agencies fear that a system created to protect rights of citizens might be used by terrorists to deny information. This may create hurdles in the process of investigation and could

Source: TOI NEW DELHI: Two days after Maoists blew up a bus killing 31 people, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday described Maoist insurgency as the worst form of terrorism in India. "It is the worst form of terrorism. One thousand civilians have been killed in the last 10 years," Singh told reporters here. "Killing civilians, attacking public transport, attacking school buses, punishing people and beating them up in 'jan adalats'. What is this? Isn't it terrorism? They are spreading terror," he said about the guerrillas who are entrenched in parts of central and eastern India. 'Jan Adalats' (Peoples's Courts) are kangaroo courts run by Maoists in their strongholds including in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region. Singh said that Monday's attack on a bus in a forested stretch of Chhattisgarh that left 31 civilians and special police officers dead was aimed at targetin

Source:  Written By:BBC   , Posted: Thu, May 20, 2010 A North Korean submarine's torpedo sank a South Korean navy ship on 26 March causing the deaths of 46 sailors, an international report has found. Investigators said they had discovered part of the torpedo on the sea floor and it carried lettering that matched a North Korean design. Pyongyang rejected the claim as a "fabrication", South Korea's Yonhap agency reported. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the report was "deeply troubling". Pyongyang said it would send its own inspection team the South to " verify material evidence" behind the accusation. A North Korean defence spokesman said the country would "respond to reckless countermeasure with an all-out war of justice", the state KCNA news agency reported. The Cheonan went down near the disputed inter-Korean maritime border, raising tension between the two nations, which technically remain at war. The shattered wreck of the 1,

Source: bettor Cricket Terrorism Starved Pakistani Nation Now a days, even cricket has deserted Pakistan and a cricket fan can no longer watch his team play at home. Tours to Pakistan were already a trickle, with teams like Australia refusing to tour. Conditions worsened since the 2009 terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore. Since then, no foreign team has competed in Pakistan. Albeit Pakistan has tried to make the best out of the situation by offering to host their “home matches” on neutral countries like the United Arab Emirates (UAE) or England. Terrorism-stricken, cricket obsessed Pakistan has lost millions of dollars in revenues from the cricket industry, as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) makes money through gate receipts and television rights for games held in the country. Overall, Pakista

Source: Hindu   Narayan Lakshman Appears in jail for the first time since arrest Notified that he might face a sentence of life Washington: Faisal Shahzad, prime suspect in the Times Square bomb plot in New York City earlier this month, appeared before a judge on Tuesday for the first time since his arrest on May 3. At the hearing Shahzad was notified of five felony charges against him, and the possibility that he might face a sentence of life in prison. He did not contest his continued detention without bail. The charges were: attempting terrorism by attempting to kill people; attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction; using a destructive device in connection with an attempted crime of violence; transporting explosives; and attempting to destr

Source: the star May 20, 2010 Edition 1 Deon de Lange THE HAGUE: Terrorism experts here have warned that an alleged plot to attack Dutch football players and fans during the World Cup in South Africa is only one of a number of recent terrorism threats to Holland's interests abroad. This follows reports of a plot by members of al-Qaeda to attack players and supporters from the Netherlands and Denmark with guns and car bombs during the global showpiece next month. The National Terrorism Co-ordinating Bureau of the Netherlands yesterday said the latest plot came as no surprise and matched a recent security analysis regarding international terror threats to their national interests. "It is clear that Dutch interests abroad are vulnerable. We have seen this type of story before and are keeping our fingers on the pulse of the matter," the bureau said. Meanwhile, the Dutch Football Association was awaiting further information before deciding whether to beef up secur

Source: hindu Joint Commission meeting to give impetus to bilateral ties JC covers entire gamut including gas pipeline Our commitment to help friends in Afghanistan will continue: Krishna TEHRAN: India and Iran on Sunday discussed the Af-Pak situation with the influential Majlis Speaker, Ali Larjani, noting that terrorism emanating from these two countries was a “common challenge” and both New Delhi and Tehran shared a commonality of outlook on the issue. India and Iran also agreed to hold a meeting of the Joint Commission (JC), described by officials as the “most important instrument to review and give an impetus” to bilateral ties. Its last meeting was held about 18 months ago here. The next meeting of the JC, which covers the entire gamut of issues including the gas pipeline, wi

Source: politico Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to put North Korea back on the list of countries that sponsor terrorism. The request comes as South Korea briefed diplomats today on the findings of an investigation into the sinking of the South Korean naval vessel, the Cheonan, in which 46 South Korean sailors died. Reports said the investigation implicated North Korea in launching the torpedo that sank the vessel in March. "As the recent sinking of the Republic of Korea warship Cheonan has demonstrated, North Korea is, in fact, intent on pursuing the opposite policy of ours, namely, undermining peace and increasing tensions in northeast Asia," Ackerman wrote Clinton in a letter. "The apparently unprovoked sneak attack on the Cheonan, by North Korea, and the murder of 46 Republic of Korea sailors sailing in home waters, is a clear potential causus belli, and unquestionably the mo

Source: Rediff Last updated on: May 19, 2010 20:22 IST Five Central Reserve Police Force personnel, including a deputy commandant, were killed in a blast triggered by Naxals at Lalgarh in West Bengal [ Images ] on Wednesday, the second day of a bandh called by the Left-wing extremists in five states. Deputy Commandant Vijay Pal Singh, hailing from Churu district of Rajasthan [ Images ], was among the CRPF personnel who lost their lives in the explosion at Kadasole near Ramgarh in Lalgarh police station area of West Midnapore district. The incident comes a day after Union Home Minister P Chidambaram [ Images ] asked the Naxals to abjure violence and come forward for talks. Official sources said the CRPF men had set out from their camp at Goaltore market to patrol nearby villages and to visit another camp when the blast took place at 11.30 am. "Five CRPF personnel, including the deputy commandant, were killed while another CRPF trooper was injured in the improvised

Source: HT Two hours from Goa’s party capital, Candolim, lies one of Maharashtra’s best kept secrets. If you are a fan of the American television series, LOST , your mouth would come up to your heart when you chance upon Kolwel Beach, which is hidden somewhere near the border of Maharashtra and Goa. The pristine beach is astonishingly similar to LOST ’s bizarre island, with expansive, pure blue water on one side, flowing into the horizon, to lush green forest area on the other, and immaculate light brown sand right in between. A hillock overlooks the sea on one side, at the beginning of the forest region. War zone simulation Now, imagine a situation, wherein this inconspicuous coastal area holds the entry point into the heart of the country. Suddenly, the scenic locale turns into a potentially dangerous liability, where a terrorist attack from the sea, could jeapordise the security of the nation. That’s the grim scenario Season 3 of UTV’s TRP-pulling reality show,

Source: Live trading news The Government of Thailand will step up efforts to block the flow of funds from the terrorist Thaksin Shinawatra. Much of the violence in Thailand has come from Thaksin Shinawatra funded operations that comprise the 500 terrorists that are hiding within the Red Shirt protest site in Bangkok. The Stock Exchange of Thailand, asset management, insurance firms and commercial banks are prohibited from facilitating any such transactions, Tawil Pliensri, secretary-general of the NSC said in a televised address. 106 accounts have been identified and they will be researched and monitored. The government says Thaksin, who is currently believed to be under the protection of Montenegro, evading a two-year jail term for graft, is the real leader and main financier of the red-shirted protest leaders occupying parts of Bangkok using the poor and

Source: Dawn Emile A. Nakhleh has stated the obvious in 162 pages in the book titled “A Necessary Engagement: Reinventing America’s Relations With the Muslim World”. However this too shall fall on the proverbial American tin ear. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to acknowledge the logical and sane arguments made by Nakhleh. So why is it so hard for America to organize itself and create a win win situation for itself and the world. The obvious answer is that the Bush Administration has landed America is such a colossal mess that it will take years to extricate itself from the quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan. The book will all on deaf ears in Washington–because the general read only what they want to hear. On Afghanistan, they want to hear that everything is hunky-dory and in Iraq that want to heard the good news of a war that has been won. Yodi Siskund has done a good job. Mr. Siskund vacillates between a liberal Indian, and a bigoted Hindu. He however has done a go