Embattled Iraq insurgency shifts tactics, eyes poll (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – By staking its reputation on improving security, Iraq’s Shi’ite-led government has made itself a target for insurgents determined to undermine the prime minister ahead of national polls next year.
Rebels kill village official (Sun Star)
NEW People’s Army (NPA) rebels have killed a village official in the City of Davao, military officials disclosed Thursday. read more
Kurdish rebels claim killing of 7 Turkish soldiers (AP via Yahoo! Asia News)
Kurdish rebels on Thursday claimed responsibility for the killing of seven Turkish soldiers, a Kurdish news agency said.
India to seek extradition of Chicago terror suspect (Chicago Tribune)
NEW DELHI — India plans to seek access and eventual extradition of a Chicago man arraigned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for his alleged involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, a top Indian official said Thursday. David Coleman Headley is accused of conducting surveillance on sites in Mumbai targeted in the November 2008 attacks that killed 166 people, and passing on the …
Kansas State gets Rebels’ attention (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Final exams required most of UNLV sophomore Oscar Bellfield’s attention this week. When his mind shifts to basketball, all of his thoughts revolve around Kansas State.
Children among 11,000 Tamil fighters held in rehabilitation (Times Online)
Sri Lanka is holding more than 11,000 Tamil prisoners without charge in closely guarded rehabilitation centres , despite the Government s claim that it released all Tamil civilians from detention centres this week.
Pakistan: Obama declines to comment on terror arrests (Adnkronos)
Pakistan: Obama declines to comment on terror arrests (AKI) – United States president Barack Obama on Thursday declined to comment on the arrests of five Americans in Pakistan over possible terrorism links. Addressing journalists in the Norwegian capital Oslo where he received the Nobel Peace Prize, Obama said the “twisted ideologies” of terrorists could affect young people in the US.But he said …
Chargesheet against Headley impt in exposing terror conspiracy (New Kerala)
New Delhi, Dec 10 : India today said LeT, al Qaida and HUJI continued to plot new acts of terrorism against it and other countries and the onus was now on Pakistan to act with ‘unalloyed determination’ to eliminate the space which these elements enjoy in that country.
Embattled Iraq insurgency shifts tactics, eyes poll (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Insurgents shift tactics, exploit political tension, polls * Possible collusion with members of state security services By Mohammed Abbas BAGHDAD, Dec 10 (Reuters) – By staking its …
Pakistan arrests 5 Virginia men at house with jihadist ties (Washington Post)
Five young men from Northern Virginia have been arrested in Pakistan at the home of a man linked to a radical jihadist group, and Pakistani authorities are questioning them about any possible links to terrorism, diplomatic and law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper: The Scourge of Suicide Terror: When will we ever learn? (The Huffington Post)
Beyond the scorecard coverage and template denunciations from the State Department and the Foreign Office, what can be done? To win the war against terrorism we will also have to win the war for the minds and hearts of terror’s potential recruits.
US counter-terrorism chief warns of home grown radicals (MalaysiaNews.net)
Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) Citing the case of David Headley charged with helping to plan Mumbai terror attacks, a top US counter-terrorism official has warned of the danger from home grown terrorists, many of them trained in Pakistan.
