Somali rebels deny responsibility for deadly bombing (AFP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Somalia’s hardline Islamist insurgents on Friday denied they carried out a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu that killed at least 23 people, including three government ministers.
Pakistan under scrutiny in terror case against Chicago man (Chicago Tribune)
The FBI is sending a team to Pakistan and India as part of an inquiry into a Chicago man accused of plotting against a Danish newspaper and sizing up targets ahead of last year’s deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India’s financial capital. Pakistan’s role in alleged plots spanning three countries has increasingly come under scrutiny as new details emerge about the case and suspect David …
Somali Islamists deny responsibility for bombing (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Somalia’s hardline Islamist insurgents denied Friday that they carried out a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu that killed at least 23 people, including three government ministers.
Southern Thai insurgency needs political solution – report (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters (For a Q+A on the insurgency, click on: ID:nBKK492878]) BANGKOK, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Thailand’s government should change its tack and pursue dialogue with ethnic Malay rebels to find a political …
Iranian Sponsored Insurgents Continue Attacks (Middle East Newsline)
BAGHDAD [MENL] — Iraq continues to battle Iranian-sponsored Shi’ite insurgents. Officials said the Iraqi and U.S. militaries have assessed that Iranian-sponsored militias were sustaining their campaign against the U.S.-supported government of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki.
India, Russia urge UN to implement stringent resolutions to combat terrorism (New Kerala)
By Naveen Kapoor,Moscow, Dec.8 : Terrorism remained the core issue of talks between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh as well as the delegation level talks on Monday.
Mullen says troops being sent to blunt insurgency (AP via Yahoo! News)
The nation’s highest-ranking military officer told soldiers and Marines on Monday that the insurgency in Afghanistan has grown in the last three years and he expects casualties to rise next year as additional U.S. troops pour into the war.
Why Pakistan’s old jihadis pose new threat at home and in Afghanistan (The Christian Science Monitor)
In an interview, a jihadi talks about why state-sponsored militants who once fought in Indian-controlled Kashmir are now joining the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
