Oct
27

Terrorism and Insurgency – Holder Discusses War On Terror (WCSH 6 Portland)

Holder Discusses War On Terror (WCSH 6 Portland)
ORONO (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says that keeping the country safe keeps him awake at night but he says it’s important not to forget the “ideals and values that have made our nation a shining beacon of freedom.”

Sri Lankan Terrorism Victims Charge Wall Street Hedge Fund Manager, Rajaratnam, With Financing Tamil Tigers (PRWeb)
More than 30 Sri Lankan Terrorism victims and survivors charge Wall Street Hedge Fund Manager, Raj Rajaratnam, and his father J.M. Fajaratnam, with knowing financing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) in a civil complaint filed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The seven-count complaint, the result of a year-long investigation, was filed under the Alien …

Terrorist musicians and this week s jazz picks (MinnPost)
For six years, the War on Terror has been fought against … musicians. If you follow jazz, you know that includes Cuban musicians. In September 2002, the Omar Sosa Septet performed at the Walker Art Center without its vocalist, Martha Galarraga, because she couldn t get a visa.

Indian man charged in NY with supporting Hezbollah (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
An Indian man pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to terrorism charges that include agreeing to sell guns and military equipment in a sting operation to Lebanese Shi’ite guerrilla group Hezbollah.

Two Men Accused of Trying to Supply Hezbollah Militia (New York Times)
One of the suspects, from Flushing, Queens, is in federal custody, while the other is at large, possibly somewhere in Britain.

IBM To Apply Analytics To War on Terror (Enterprise Security Today)
Following the war, IBM dedicated the new science to making the best use of its own industrial supply chain. Over the following decades, Big Blue and others embedded this expertise in software and sold it to industrial customers all over the world.

Mystery ship belongs to Tamil Tigers: experts (CHEK News)
OTTAWA — The migrant smuggling ship intercepted off the West Coast carrying 76 Sri Lankan men is owned by the outlawed Tamil Tigers and previously smuggled weapons from North Korea to Sri Lanka, says an international expert on South Asia terrorism.

FBI foils LeT plan to carry out major terror attack in India (MalaysiaNews.net)
Washington, Oct 28 (IANS) Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), blamed for the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack, was planning to use an American national to carry out another major attack in India, the FBI said Tuesday.

Countering maritime terrorism: (Sunday Observer)
The largest ever gathering of Chiefs of Navies took place recently at Navy War College Newport, Rhode Island, USA where Navy Commander Vice Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe, himself a distinguished graduate of the College was honoured by being invited by the United States Navy Chief Admiral Gary Roughead to address in the final Panel on Leveraging Cooperative Effort to Enhance Maritime Security …

Sri Lankan Terrorism Victims Charge Wall Street Hedge Fund Manager, Rajaratnam, With Financing Tamil Tigers (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
More than 30 Sri Lankan Terrorism victims and survivors charge Wall Street Hedge Fund Manager, Raj Rajaratnam, and his father J.M.

Pakistan Senator accuses forces in India of aiding terror in his country (New Kerala)
New Delhi, Oct 27 : Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Pakistan Senate Mushahid Husain today said the gravity of the threat posed by terrorism in his country required that India should cooperate with Pakistan in tackling the menace.

Indian man charged in NY with supporting Hezbollah (The Malaysian Insider)
NEW YORK, Oct 28 An Indian man pleaded not guilty yesterday to terrorism charges that include agreeing to sell guns and military equipment in a sting operation to Lebanese Shi ite guerrilla group Hezbollah. Patrick Nayyar, a 45-year-old Indian citizen is accused of meeting with an FBI informant posing as working for Hezbollah and agreeing to sell guns, ammunition, vehicles, bulletproof vests …

War on terror cost Pakistani economy 40 billion dollars: Minister (New Kerala)
Lahore, Oct 27 : The Pakistani economy has suffered a loss of 40 billion dollars due to the war on terrorism, a minister has said.