Mar
09

Terrorism and Insurgency – Suicide car bomber strikes Pakistani intelligence unit (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Suicide car bomber strikes Pakistani intelligence unit (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
LAHORE, Pakistan — A suicide car bombing at a building that houses terrorism investigations in Lahore killed at least 13 people and wounded 80 others Monday, the first terrorist strike to hit a major city in the country’s heartland this year.

India Brazil face emerging threats from Al Qaeda (Hindustan Times)
The CIA today warned India and Brazil that they face “emerging threats” from Al-Qaeda and Taliban, though the terrorist outfits are “on the run” due to extreme pressure exerted on them in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

“Jihad Jane” Indicted On Federal Terrorism Charges (FOX 43 Harrisburg)
Colleen R. LaRose Faces Life Sentenced if Convicted David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and Michael L. Levy, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, together with Janice K. Fedarcyk, Special Agent-in-Charge of the FBI in Philadelphia, announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Colleen R. LaRose, aka “Fatima LaRose,” aka “JihadJane,” with …

Canada lists Somalia’s Shebab as a terrorist group (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
OTTAWA (AFP) – Canada has listed the Somalia-based hardline Shebab militia as a terrorist organization, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced Monday.

Muslim scholar to talk about Islam, War on Terror (Colorado State Collegian)
Unyielding wars, cosmic planes and spiritual conflicts are a few of the topics Reza Aslan, an Islamic studies and creative writing professor at the University of California, Riverside, will discuss in the LSC Theatre today.

Terrorists to make Indonesia’s Aceh as Southeast Asia base (People’s Daily)
Governor of Indonesia’s Aceh province on Tuesday suspected that terrorist target the country’s westernmost province as the biggest terrorism activity base in Southeast Asia, Detikcom online news reported. The governor said that terrorist have been set the province as operation target for a long time. “Terrorists want Aceh to be their training location and be their Southeast Asia base,”said …

Former Pakistan president speaks to War on Terror, as distinguished lecturer in Vero Beach (Indian River Press Journal)
After seven years as President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf resigned under the threat of impeachment from members of the ruling party. But that hasn t stopped him from speaking his mind when it comes to war on terror and the U.S. role in Afghanistan and Pakistan.Musharraf was in Vero Beach on Monday as part of Riverside Theatre s Distinguished Lecturer series.As he crossed the stage after his …

West Bengal’s ‘war on terror’: ‘Police shoot on sight and we’re all targets’ (Independent)
According o the two women wearing the white clothes of mourning, Lalmohan Tudu was a well-loved husband and son, a man who only wanted to help his village. They say the farmer, a tribal rights activist, was seized near his home by police who then shot him dead in a nearby paddy field.

Iran official: ‘War on terror’ advocates nurture terrorists (Press TV)
The capture and confessions of terrorist Abdolmalek Rigi showed that the advocates of ‘war on terror’ are in fact engaged in training terrorists rather than combating them, says a senior Iranian official.