Maoist rebels kill 3 in Nepal
Kathmandu - July 2, 2005 - Suspected Maoist rebels shot dead three people and wounded another in Bardia district of southwestern Nepal, the police said on Saturday. The attack comes after the Maoist leader Prachanda said last month that the rebels would not target civilians following a landmine attack on a crowded bus in southern Nepal that killed 38 people.
(AFP)
The Asian Age - July 3, 2005.
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Suicide strike kills 20 Baghdad
A suicide bomber killed 20 people at a police recruitment center in Baghdad on Saturday. Another bomb killed 5 and wounded 12 at a police checkpoint on main highway.
(Reuters)
Sunday Times of India - July 3, 2005.
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Terrorism in Iraq
Among the embittered population of Iraq, it is not hard to find young men who talk the terrorist talk, boasting of their willingness to serve as human bombs. It is hard to judge the speakers’ sincerity. The latest surge of suicide operations proves there is no scarcity of volunteers to become the most lethal weapons Iraq’s insurgents have.
TIME - July 4, 2005
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Blast kills 2, Egypt’s top envoy still missing
Baghdad - July 4, 2005 - A car bomb in Baghdad killed two civilians and wounded four more on Monday, the police said. The car bomb was parked on a street in the capital’s western area and was detonated by remote control. Elsewhere four gunmen killed a senior member of the Kurdish Democratic Party’s Mosul branch, a party spokesman said. A second attack by gunmen in Mosull killed a bodyguard of the provincial Nineveh governor, the police said.
(Frank Griffiths / AP)
The Asian Age - July 5, 2005.
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50 Terror Groups Believed to Be in Canada
- By BETH DUFF-BROWN, Associated Press Writer (Summary only)
Monday, July 4, 2005
(07-04) 11:07 PDT TORONTO, Canada (AP) --
Though many view Canada as an unassuming neutral nation that has skirted terrorist attacks, it has suffered its share of aggression, and intelligence officials believe at least 50 terror groups now have some presence here. They are from Sri Lanka, Kurdistan and include supporters of some of the best-known Mideast groups, including al-Qaida, authorities say. Osama bin Laden named Canada one of five so-called Christian nations that should be targeted for acts of terror. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service, counterpart of the CIA, said terrorist representatives are actively raising money, procuring weapons, "manipulating immigrant communities" and facilitating travel to and from the United States and other countries. Besides al-Qaida, those groups include Islamic Jihad; Hezbollah and other Shiite groups; Hamas, the Palestinian Force 17, Egyptian Al Jihad and various other Sunni groups from across the Middle East, CSIS said. CSIS said the Irish Republican Army, Tamil Tigers and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and major Sikh terrorist groups also have supporters in Canada. Canada's clandestine Communications Security Establishment, which listens in on conversations and translates messages from foreigners under suspicion, has increased its annual budget by 57 percent since Sept. 11, and Canada has spent some $6.5 billion to beef up security along its border.
EDITOR'S NOTE - AP Homeland Security reporter Lara Jakes Jordan contributed to this report from Washington.
Contributed by Mr. Mayer Nudell, USA.
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Unholy Terror at Ayodhya - 6 militants are stopped dead in their tracks
Ayodhya - In a daring attempt to blow up the makeshift Ram temple, six suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists struck at the disputed Ram Janambhoomi complex in Ayodhya on Tuesday morning. The security forces killed all the terrorists. Five of them were only about 20 to 30 metres away from the makeshift temple when they were gunned down. Two of them presumed to be human bombs, managed to enter the high- security Red Zone of the temple complex by blowing up the strong iron fencing 250 metres to the rear of the makeshift temple.
(Pervez Iqbal Siddiqui and V.N. Arora/TNN)
The Times of India - July 6, 2005.
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Attacks on police in Iraq kill 4
Baghdad - Gunmen killed four policemen and wounded at least nine more in separate attacks on Wednesday. Britain’s chief diplomat here was slightly wounded; the Pakistani ambassador escaped injury. In Baghdad, gunmen killed Capt. Hazim Jabbar, a member of the police special commando brigade, police said. Three other police constables were killed in separate incidents in Baghdad.
(AP)
The Times of India - July 7, 2005.
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US redefines terror and the graph shoots up
Washington - The US government on Tuesday dramatically raised its official 2004 estimate of international terror attacks to 3,192 from about 650 after adopting a broader definition of terrorism aimed at presenting a clearer picture of the worldwide phenomenon. The National Counter-terrorism Centre, or NCTC, set up last December to integrate and analyse US intelligence on terrorism, said terror attacks left 6,060 people dead, 16,091 wounded and 6,282 taken hostage world-wide last year. The NCTC also announced a new analytical database called the Worldwide Incidents Tracking System that will allow public access beginning on Wednesday at the Internet Web site: www.tikh.org/NCTCHome.jsp. NCTC interim director John Brennan said his agency decided to broaden its definition of terrorism after concluding that the narrower criteria did not accurately depict the scope of what he called a growing and devastating world problem.
(AFP)
The Times of India - July 7, 2005.
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Serial blasts rip London, 45 dead, over 1,000 hurt
Gleneagles (Scotland/London) - Explosions ripped across London’s underground train network and a bus in a coordinated terrorist attack that left at least 45 and over 1,000 wounded during the morning rush hour. A previously unknown group claimed responsibility in the name of al-Qaeda for the worst attack on London since World War II. The "Secret" Group of al-Qaeda’s Jihad in Europe" said in a website posting that the strikes were in retaliation for the "atrocities" of the British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
(Rashmee Roshan Lall & Agencies)
The Times of India - July 8, 2005.
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New force for Metro security
New Delhi - July 8, 2005 - Intelligence agencies have warned that the Metro rail in New Delhi could become a target of terrorist groups like the Lashker-e-Tayeeba. The government on Friday set up a five-member task force to chalk out an immediate action plan to strengthen the security for Delhi’s Metro rail, which could be made a target by the militants. It will comprise officials from Union Home Ministry, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Delhi Police and the Metro.
The Asian Age - July 9, 2005.
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Four jawans among eight killed near LoC
Jammu - July 8, 2005 - Eight persons, including four soldiers and four Pakistani terrorists, were killed in a gun battle near the Line of Control at Balakote sub-sector of Poonch district on Friday morning. "When all the terrorists were near the fencing, the ambush party asked them to surrender. In the gun battle that ensued, four terrorists were killed. However, four soldiers were injured when a Automatic Grenade Launcher exploded near them," said Colonel D.K. Badola. All four Army personnel later succumbed to injures.
HT Correspondent
Hindustan Times - July 9, 2005.
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Suicide attacks kill 33 in Iraq
Baghdad - Suicide bombers struck Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 33 people and wounding dozens more in three attacks on an army recruiting center, authorities said. A man strapped with explosives blew himself up at an Iraqi military recruiting center at Muthana airfield, killing 25 and wounding 47, the US military and officials said.
(AP)
The Times of India - July 11, 2005.
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3 Assam Rifles men die in blast
Imphal - At least three Assam Rifles jawans were killed and nine others, including two civilians, injured when a powerful IED, believed to have been planted by suspected underground cadres, exploded at Waithou hillock range in Thoubal district on Sunday morning. Personnel of 34 BN Assam Rifles were moving in a truck towards Imphal on normal patrol duty when the incident occurred.
(TNN)
The Times of India - July 11, 2005.
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9 Iraqi soldiers killed in rebel attack
Baquba (Iraq) - July 11, 2005 - Nine Iraqi soldiers were killed on Monday when rebels launched a raid on a road checkpoint in central Iraq. Gunmen opened fire on the checkpoint around 5.50 a.m. and when Iraqi army reinforcement rushed to the scene, they triggered a bomb hidden in a pickup truck carrying melons.
(AFP)
The Asian Age - July 11, 2005.
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Pak terror camps are back: A Report
Islamabad - July 10, 2005 - Pakistan’s militant training camps are back in action after a year-long gap and the old and new recruits are flocking to them despite the official ban on various terror outfits, a media report has claimed. Pakistani Herald magazine in its cover story said one of the country’s oldest militant training camps at Mansehra in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) is bustling with activity after closing for a year. "Our transport fleet is back, electricity has been restored and communications system are in place. Until 2001, thousands of fighters trained here for operations in Kashmir and Afghanistan," the magazine quoted a guide who conducted the correspondent around.
(PTI)
Hindustan Times - July 11, 2005.
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Taliban behead 10 Afghan soldiers
Kandhar - July 10, 2005 - Suspected Taliban gunmen ambushed a border patrol near the frontier with Pakistan, killing 10 Afghan soldiers and beheading them all, a provincial governor said on Sunday. Afghan officials have long accused Pakistan of not doing enough to crack down on militants on its side of the frontier. The officials even say privately they believe some elements of the Pakistani army and intelligence network are helping Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters.
(Noor Khan / AP)
The Asian Age - July 11, 2005.
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Three killed in Kirkuk bomb blast
Baghdad - July 12, 2995 - A car bomb exploded on Tuesday in the southern oil city of Kirkuk, killing at least three people and wounding 15, the police said. Police said it did not appear to have been a suicide attack, and no group claimed responsibility. An American soldier died of injuries suffered in a land mine explosion south of the capital, the US Command said.
(AP)
The Hindu - July 12, 2005.
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Muslim militants kill 5 near Thailand
Bangkok - July 13, 2005 - Suspected Muslim insurgents shot dead five people on Tuesday, police said. Also in Narathiwat, two villagers were fatally shot by two gunmen on a motorcycle, while a defence volunteer and a villager were killed in nearby Pattani province, the police said.
(A.P.)
The Asian Age - July 14, 2005.
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Thirty-two killed in Baghdad attack
Baghdad - July 13, 2005 - Thirty-two Iraqi youngsters, most them under 15, were killed on Wednesday when a suicide car bomber blew himself up near US soldiers as they handed out chocolates in a Baghdad neighbourhood. Another 31, mostly children, were also wounded in the blast, while a US soldier died and three were injured, hospital and US sources said.
(AFP)
Hindustan Times - July 14, 2005.
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12 die in Iraq suicide blasts
Baghdad - Six suicide bombers blew themselves up in Baghdad and northern Iraq on Friday, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 50 in attacks targeting Iraqi and US forces, Iraqi security officials said.
(AFP)
The Times of India - July 16, 2005.
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Iraq suicide strike leaves 90 dead
Musayyib - July 17, 2005 - A suicide bomber wrapped in explosives detonated himself next to a gasoline tanker south of Baghdad on Saturday night, creating devastating fireball that killed over 90 people. Mortar shells fell near the city’s police station and hospital about five minutes after the blast, police said. It appeared the bombing was directed at Shiite worshippers in the latest attack aimed at triggering sectarian war between Sunnis and Shiites.
(AP & NYT)
Hindustan Times - July 18, 2005
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40 militants killed in 7 days as LoC hots up
New Delhi / Srinagar - In the last seven days, the Army has gunned down as many as 40 militants trying to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir, confirming that the jehadi infrastructure across the border is still very much intact. Since Friday night, five infiltration attempts were foiled along the LoC, with 14 heavily-armed militants being killed in areas like Uri, Keran and Sunderbani. Another six terrorists, including a self-styled battalion commander of Al Badr named Harron Rashid, and a soldier were killed in stepped-up violence.
Rajat Pandit and Saleem Pandit, TNN
Sunday Times of India - July 17, 2005.
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Minibus bombing kills 6 in Turkey
Izmir - A suicide bomber in Turkey is believed to have triggered a blast in a minibus, killing six people and injuring 14 on Saturday. One of the deceased was British, the country’ Foreign Office said. No group has claimed responsibility.
Sunday Times of India - July 17, 2005.
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Maoists attack Nepal’s largest textile factory
Kathmandu - July 18, 2005 - Maoist rebels attacked Nepal’s largest textile factory with homemade bombs and forced it to close down after the company refused to pay bribes, Army and company officials said on Monday. The attack by 20 armed men happened on Saturday at Sunsari, 460 kilometers southeast of Kathmandu.
(AFP)
The Asian Age - July 19, 2005.
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Suicide bomber kills 8 in Iraq
Baghdad - July 20, 2005 - A suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Army Recruitment Centre on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, and injuring at least 26 others. Earlier on Wednesday, two car bombs were reported in Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit, with at least two wounded, the official said.
Salam Faraj/AFP
The Asian Age - July 21, 2005
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Four killed in Kashmir blast - Explosive-laden car hits Army vehicle outside school in Srinagar
Srinagar - A suspected suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden car into an Army vehicle in the high security zone of Sonwar outside the Burn Hall School on Wednesday, killing four and injuring 16, no school child was hurt. Eight vehicles parked outside the school were damaged. The Hizbul Mujahideen denied it was a suicide attack. A spokesman of the outfit rang up a local news agency saying its cadres carried out the car bomb attack.
Shujaat Bukhari
The Hindu - July 21, 2005.
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2 kids among 14 dead I Chechnya blast
Insurgents set off a bomb on Tuesday near a police minibus in breakaway Chechnya after luring the security forces into a trap, killing 14 people, including two children, and wounding more than 20 others, regional officials said. The attackers set a trap by firing at a corpse left in a stolen police jeep to make the interior ministry troops believe a gun attack and get them to go to the scene.
The Times of India - July 21, 2005.
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2 killed in grenade attack in Pakistan
Islamabad - July 21, 2005 - Two Islamic preachers were killed and four others wounded on Thursday in a hand grenade attack against a mosque in a Pakistani tribal district bordering Afghanistan, officials said. Unknown attackers threw the grenade into a mosque, Authorities had detained some 15 Afghan refugee suspects in the area as part of their investigation into the attack.
A.F.P.
The Asian Age - July 22, 2005.
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Terror revisits London
London - The British capital was attacked again on Thursday, spreading panic and fear throughout the UK as four explosives-related incidents occurred at three tube stations and on a bus. PM Tony Blair said the "attacks were designed to make people anxious" and that it was important for "London to go back to normal as quickly as possible". He said there appeared to have been no casualties and urged people to "react as calmly as possibly".
Rashmee Roshan Lall/TNN
The Times of India - July 22, 2005.
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12 killed as militants attack Iraqi police patrol, wedding party
Baghdad - Insurgents launched separate attacks across Baghdad on Friday, leaving at least 12 people dead, police said. In one attack, a morning police patrol came under fire in the eastern Ghadeer, leaving two officers dead and another injured, police officials said. In another incident, one policeman was killed and two others injured during a drive-by shooting in eastern Baladiyat, according to Capt.Maher Abdel-Star. Assailants shot dead three policemen in Mashtal district as they were directing traffic, said police official. Gunmen also fired on a car carrying a newly-wed couple, killing the bride and her mother.
AP
The Times of India - July 23, 2005.
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2 cops killed in Maoist attack
Gaya - Activists of the banned CPI (Maoist) ambushed a police patrol at Nadra village in Bihar’s Naxalite-hit Gaya district, killing two policemen and injuring three others, on Friday, official sources said.
The Indian Express - July 23, 2005.
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3 soldiers, militant killed in Kashmir
Srinagar - July 23, 2005 - Three soldiers and a militant were killed in a clash at Ajar in Bandipore area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district overnight, the police said. On receipt of a piece of information about presence of militants in the village, members of the counter-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles laid seize on the village. The militants, who were hiding in a house, were asked surrender, but they fired and in the encounter 3 soldiers and one militant were killed.
The Asian Age - July 24, 2005.
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Militant attack in Baghdad, 6 dead
Baghdad - July 23, 2005 - Insurgents continued attacks on Sunday against Iraqi police and civilians, leaving at least six dead. Three Fallujah police officers were found shot dead in the town of Karma on Saturday. Unknown gunmen travelling in two cars opened fire and killed a ministry of interior police employee on Friday night. In separate attacks, gunmen ambushed several Iraqi police patrols throughout Baghdad on Saturday injuring three officers.
The Asian Age - July 24, 2005.
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Rebels kill 7 in ambush in Nepal
Kathmandu - July 23, 2005 - Communist rebels ambushed government forces in western Nepal, killing at least seven in a clash that also claimed the lives of at least two militants, an army official said on Saturday.
The Asian Age - July 24, 2005.
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Bomb blast in Spanish city
Madrid - A small bomb exploded on Saturday in northwestern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela. Two persons were detained who were leaving a suspicious package at the main headquarters of the Caixa Galicia bank, the statement said. The police are connecting them with radical independent groups that traditionally try to make themselves heard.
AP
The Hindu - July 24, 2005.
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88 killed as explosions rock Egyptian resort (p.88)
Sharm Ekl-Sheikh (Egypt) - At least 88 people, including nine foreigners, were killed in a string of bomb attacks that rocked Red Sea resort early on Saturday. At least three consecutive explosions went off shortly. One of them destroyed the Ghazala garden hotel, another detonated in a car park and the third bomb ripped through the town’s Old Market. The lobby of the 176-room hotel in Naama Bay collapsed. A group citing ties with the Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility on an Islamic website for the explosions. "We have some clues especially about the car that was exploded in the Old Market," said Interior Minister.
AFP/AP
The Hindu - July 24, 2005.
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Lebanon blast
A bomb exploded on a narrow street in Beirut on Friday, wounding 12 people, officials said. The blast, from a bomb placed near a car parked in front of a restaurant, panicked the hundreds of people dining in the bustling sidewalk cafes on Monot Street.
Sunday Hindustan Times - July 24, 2005.
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9 killed in Nepal
Nine people were killed in a gun-battle in western Nepal after Maoist rebels opened fire from behind bushes at a security patrol, an army officer said on Saturday. Seven soldiers and two rebels were killed on Friday in the Maoist stronghold of Dang district.
Sunday Hindustan Times - July 24, 2005.
The Hindu - July 24, 2005.
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Suicide truck bomber kills 25 in Iraq
Baghdad - A suicide bomber in a truck blew himself up outside a Baghdad police station on Sunday killing at least 25 persons and wounding 33, police said. In a statement, the US military said a flat-bed truck loaded with 220 kg of explosives blew up at the front gate of the police station, killing 25 persons. Earlier, Iraq police sources said 22 police and civilians were killed in the explosion and 25 persons were wounded. There have been more than 20 suicide attacks in the past 10 days.
Reuters
The Hindu - July 25, 2005.
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One killed in train blast
Makhachkala (Russia) - A bomb exploded beneath a train in Russia’s violence-plagued Dagestan region on Sunday, killing one and injuring four others, police said. The train car derailed and a crater was left in the track bed. A woman, who was injured, died later on.
AP
The Hindu - July 25, 2005.
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8 die, 27 injured in Iraq car blast
Baghdad - July 25, 2005 - Twin suicide car bomb rocked Baghdad that left lat least eight dead and 27 wounded. The first bombing at 6.15 a.m. targeted the Al Sadeer Hotel which is used by foreign security personnel, an interior ministry official said. Two hours later, another car bomb targeted the police commando patrol under the Harithiyah Brigade in the west of the city.
AFP
The Asian Age - July 26, 2005.
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Police intercept explosives-laden car near Gulmarg (p.100)
Srinagar - July 26, 2005 - Police intercepted a car on the Srinagar-Gulmarg road with 100kg of explosives hidden in its boot. "We have recovered the car laden with 100 kg of explosives. The police have arrested the driver," IGP Kashmir Range said.
Bashaarat Masood
Hindustan Times - July 27, 2005.
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Roadside blast kills six Iraqi troops, two US marines
Baghdad - Insurgents launched coordinated attacks on Thursday against Iraqi army checkpoints in Baghdad, killing six Iraqi soldiers, police said. Roadside bombs killed two US soldiers and ignited a train carrying fuel in the south of Iraq’s capital. Attackers fired automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades during the attacks. There was no report of insurgent casualties.
(AP)
The Times of India - July 29, 2005.
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Iraq suicide strike kills 25
Baghdad - July 29, 2005 - A suicide attacker detonated an explosives belt in a crowd of Iraqi army recruits Friday in a town near the Syrian border, killing at least 25 and wounding 35, a police official said. The al-Qaeda group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the strike in a statement posted on an Islamist site often used by militants in Iraq. In a southern city, two more bombs exploded at a job training centre for Iraqi women that is supported by Japan’s government, Japanese media reported. No one was hurt.
AP and Reuters
Hindustan Times - July 30, 2005.
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Two die in Srinagar gunbattle
Srinagar - July 29, 2005 - A BSF man has been killed and at least 20 people injured in a fierce gun-battle between militants and security forces at Lal Chowk. Some photographers received injuries who were caught in crossfire. The militants also blew up a police gypsy. Al Masoorain, Jamiatul Mujahideen and Islamic Front militant groups claimed responsibility for the attack.
Rashid Ahmad
Hindustan Times - July 30, 2005.
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Five killed in Rajouri
Jammu - Terrorists last night struck in a major way, slitting the throats of five Hindus of Dhar Sakri village and killed a Muslim woman in Jaglanoo village, both under Kandi police station. In another incident in the same area, terrorists slit the throat of a woman of Jaglanoo village, saying their commander wanted to question them there.
HTC
Hindustan Times - July 30, 2005.
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Maoists kidnap seven
Kathmandu - Maoists kidnapped seven civil servants on Saturday from eastern Nepal, an official said. "The Maoists stopped a bus, asked passengers to get down, checked their identity cards and told the seven civil servants to accompany them," administrator of Ilam district said.
Reuters
The Asian Age - July 31, 2005.
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Iraqi suicide bomber kills 52
Baghdad - July 30, 2005 - A suicide bomber blew himself outside an Iraqi Army recruitment centre in northern Iraq, killing 52 people, the police said. The group of Al Qaeda frontman in Iraq, Kabu Musab al-Zarqawi, claimed responsibility for the blast. In Baghdad on Friday, a car bomb exploded near a group of Iraqis drinking on the banks of the Tigris, killing three land wounding 15, police said. Muslims also killed two United States Marines on Thursday with rocket propelled grenades and small arms in clashes near the restive town of Haditha in western Iraq, the US military said.
(AFP)
The Asian Age - July 31, 2005.
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No let up in Iraq violence
Baghdad - A car bomb exploded on Saturday near the National Theater in Baghdad, killing seven people and injuring 25, police said. The dead included three policemen, who appeared to have been the main target. Earlier in the day, two contractors guarding a British consulate convoy were killed by a roadside bomb in Basra.
A.P.
Sunday Times of India - July 31, 2005.
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Food for Thought
A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves.
-- Jean De La Bruyere
(1645-1696, French classical writer)
If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.
-- Dale Carnegie
(1888-1955, author, "How to Win Friends and Influence People")
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