Terrorism Watch

CALI, Colombia (AP) — Police say eight people have died and six are injured after a man entered a nightclub in the Colombian city of Cali and opened fire. Cali police Col. Hoover Alfredo Penilla said police captured the suspected assailant after the shooting, which occurred around 9 p.m. Friday in the club "La Barra de la 44." Edward Rodriguez is an investigations director with Cali prosecutors and identified the suspect as 20-year-old Johan Alexander Mosquera. Club bouncer Reynaldo Campos gave a different account of what he said was a 20-minute shootout. Campos said several men entered the club shooting and searching its three floors. Rodriguez said the leading hypothesis was the shootings resulted from a revenge attack launched by one criminal gang against another. Source  http://utsandiego.com/news/2013/nov/09/colombia-club-shooting-leaves-8-dead/

According to the data of the Athens АNА News Agency, the ship was intercepted near the Greek island of Symi. The captain named the Turkish port of Iskenderun as the place of the ship’s destination. At the same time, there is information that part of the cargo could be meant for delivery to the ports of Tartus (Syria) and Tripoli (Libya). According to the АNА’s information, the captain, a citizen of Turkey, and seven crew members were arrested. As the Maritime Bulletin website writes, now, the ship is alongside the island of Rhodes. According to the media referring to the Greek authorities, 20 thousand of AK-47 and explosives were found on board. The media also report that the dry cargo ship set sail from Nikolaev on October 25, and from October 30 to November 3 it was staying in Istanbul. In the past, the ship was already used for transporting drugs. Director of Information Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Yevgeniy Perebiynis informed the Interfax-Ukraine

PESHAWAR: Pakistani Taliban leader, Ehsanullah Ehsan said on Saturday that there was no chance of dialogue with the government. In an interview to Newsweek magazine, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader said that after the killing of Hakimullah Mehsud there could be no peace talks. “It would be too generous to say that the possibility of peace talks is zero; the chances are, in fact, below zero.” Ehsan said he was 110 percent sure that Pakistan’s security organizations were involved in the November 1 drone strike in which Hakimullah Mehsud was killed. He added that 80 percent of information and ground intelligence for every drone strike was provided by Pakistani security organizations. Ehsan referred to the politicians as not being in charge: “If the politicians are not in charge, how is it possible to talk with these helpless and incompetent creatures?” Ehsanullah Ehsan further said that the militant organization would use all its capabilities to avenge the death of Hakimullah

SRINAGAR, India –   India is bracing for more militancy in the battle-scarred region of Kashmir, believing that fighters now focused on resisting U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan will shift toward the Himalayan flashpoint with Pakistan. Some say increased violence recently along India's heavily militarized border with Pakistan proves that shift is already underway. As a result, India is increasing use of drones, thermal sensors and foot patrols as it tries to catch out any battle-hardened militants moving through the forested mountains near the frontier. At the same time, India's troops have increasingly been engaging in skirmishes with Pakistan's military. Rebels "are testing us. They're making their presence felt by launching audacious attacks," an Indian army commander in Kashmir said on condition of anonymity in line with army policy. "They have started recruiting young people into their folds. They are training some of these boys locally." U.S. of

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamist rebels retook most of a military base in northern Syria from forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday after two days of fighting in which at least 60 people have been killed, a monitoring group said. The heavy fighting reflects the strategic importance of the 80th Brigade army base, a few hundred meters (yards) from Aleppo airport on the eastern approaches of the disputed city. Rebels had held the site for nine months until Friday when Assad's troops, backed by heavy artillery fire and air strikes, briefly pushed them out. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighting continued on Saturday around the base, one of several locations to the east and southeast of Aleppo where Assad's forces have been challenging rebel control. The army has recaptured the town of Safira, where one of Syria's main chemical weapons facilities was housed, and has advanced to attack the rebel-held towns of Tel Arn and Tel Hasel which are closer to the

Elevating cyber security has become a national concern, said Dr Gulshan Rai, Director General of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (ICERT) as he delivered a lecture on ‘Cyber Security Threat Landscape, Initiatives taken by government for Securing Cyber Space’ on the first day of the 73rd annual meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc) at PU on Friday. Discussing facts regarding cyber security, Dr Rai said the number of mobile phones in the world was expected to rise to 8 billion by 2016, while the annual subscription of broadband users was rising by 40 per cent and is expected to reach 3.5 billion by 2015. “Cyber attacks by hostile organisations, nations and criminals are on the rise, along with increase in cases of threatening governments, business and individuals by attempting to extract technical, financial, and national security information,” he said. He talked about rising security problems along with rise in importance of social media. Highlighting that specialised

K An IDF soldier pictured in 2006 at a tunnel uncovered during an Israeli counter-terrorism operation designated to thwart weapons smuggling from Egypt to Gaza through the Philadelphia Route, in southern Gaza. Photo: Israeli Defense Forces. The Palestinians have thrown a monkey wrench in the works again –  as they have a pattern of doing every time the “peace process” is supposed to be close to “solving” the problem. Despite the secrecy surrounding the current U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry-sponsored talks, a Palestinian leak  Sunday put positions on the table: a 1.9% land swap; no Israeli military presence in the Jordan Valley and no Israeli presence at all in East Jerusalem; control over water sources and resources; control of the Dead Sea and border crossings; the right to sign agreements with other states (Iran?); release of all Palestinian prisoners; and the right of Palestinian refugees and their descendants to choose to live in Israel or the Palestinian territories. The Pale

A Rapid Proliferation of Combat Drones So far only three countries are known to have used armed combat drones to carry out attacks: Israel, the US, and the UK.  But this could soon change. Analysts see demand for military UAVs  ( unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones) quadrupling over the next decade.  Global spending on drone technology   is expected to jump from an estimated $6.6 billion this year to $11.4 billion in 2022. Israeli weapons manufacturers have long been actively marketing military drones to other countries, and in the fall of 2012,  the US announced that as many as 66   countries would be eligible to buy US drones under new Defense Department guidelines. However, the US Congress and State Department have final approval of drone exports on a case-by- case basis and have  denied the request of NATO-partner Turkey   to purchase Predator drones because of ongoing tensions between Turkey and Israel. Soon, however, countries that cannot obtain US or Israeli drones ma