Mullah Omar Leading Afghan Insurgency In Extraordinary Military Comeback (The Huffington Post)
Eight years later, Mullah Omar leads an insurgency that has gained steady ground in much of Afghanistan against much better equipped American and NATO forces. Far from a historical footnote, he represents a vexing security challenge for the Obama administration, one that has consumed the president’s advisers, divided Democrats and left many Americans frustrated.
Napolitano Says Coordination Key to Tracking Al-Qaeda Backers (Bloomberg)
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) — Authorities are tracking terrorists with al-Qaeda leanings in the U.S. by focusing on better sharing of information, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said.
Hadron Collider physicist Adlene Hicheur charged with terrorism (Times Online)
A French physicist with the European atomic research centre at Geneva was charged with terrorism offences by a Paris judge tonight after investigators alleged that he had offered to work with the north African wing of al-Qaeda.
Suicide bomber kills 41 as U.S-Pakistan relations fray (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Islamic militants mounted their fourth attack against a Pakistani target in a week, this time detonating a suicide car bomb in a crowded bazaar that killed 41 people in the Shangla District on the edge of the Swat valley, where the Pakistani military had said it crushed the insurgency.
Al Qaeda hit by financial crisis (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The United States says the terrorist organisation Al Qaeda is facing a severe financial crisis.
India, Australia to hold Framework Dialogue tomorrow (New Kerala)
New Delhi, Oct 12 : India and Australia will hold the sixth round of their annual Foreign Minister-level Framework Dialogue here tomorrow on strengthening cooperation in areas, including education, defence, counter-terrorism and non-proliferation.
Nuclear scientist charged over terrorist links (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
French magistrates have charged a nuclear scientist suspected of Al Qaeda links with “membership of a terrorist group” judicial officials said.
Pakistan, not India, exporting terrorism: PM (New Kerala)
Mumbai, Oct 11 : Denying that India was to blame for terror in Balochistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said it was Pakistan that was patronizing terrorism and causing ‘great harm’ to South Asia.
Napolitano Says Terrorists With al-Qaeda Leanings Are in U.S. (Bloomberg)
Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said terrorists with al-Qaeda leanings are in the U.S. and information-sharing between federal, state and local agencies is much improved since the Sept. 11 attacks.
Arrested ‘big bang’ scientist charged with terrorism (New Kerala)
London, October 13 : A leading nuclear physicist associated with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has been charged with terrorism offences by a Paris judge after investigators said that he offered to work with the North African branch of al-Qaeda.
Afghan minister says foreigners fueling new insurgency (Denver Post)
Thousands of foreign fighters have poured into Afghanistan to bolster the Taliban insurgency, the country’s defense minister said Saturday as he called for more international troops.
Iraq: Insurgency fears rise as bombs kill 19 in Ramadi (Guardian Unlimited)
At least 19 people were killed and 60 injured in bombings yesterday in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, police and hospital officials said, in a worrying sign that violence may be on the rise in this former hotbed of the insurgency.
