Al Qaeda threat to Omar Sharif
Rome – October 31, 2005 – A message on a website linked to Al Qaeda has threatened death to the veteran Egyptian actor Omar Sharif after he played St. Peter in an Italian TV film: "He is a crusader who is offending Islam and Muslims and receiving applause from the Italian people. I give you this advice, brothers, you must kill him."
Guardian News Service,
Hindustan Times – November 1, 2005.
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Gunmen kill Iraq leader’s brother
Baghdad – October 31, 2005 – Gunmen killed the brother of Iraq’s Shia vice-president and his driver. A top trade ministry official escaped assassination in another part of the capital, but his driver was killed. The death toll in a major truck bombing the day before rose to 30. A United States Marine was fatally injured in another bombing. Five other bodyguards and a bystander were injured when gunmen ambushed their convoy.
(AP)
The Asian Age – November 1, 2005.
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Blast in Turkey
Turkish Kurdish guerillas detonated a car bomb in the center of a town near the Iraqi border, injuring 23 people, authorities said. The blast left a crater about half a metre deep yesterday in the middle of a street in the southeastern town of Semdinli in Hakkari province.
A.R. Ankara
Hindustan Times – November 2, 2005.
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Terror threat in Australia
Canberra – November 2, 2005 – Australian authorities have received specific intelligence that terrorists are planning an attack on the country, Prime Minister John Howard said on Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to increase the powers of Australia’s intelligence agencies. He introduced a minor amendment to counter-terrorism laws in the House of Representatives. "We have seen material, it is a cause of concern; we have been given advice that if this amendment is enacted as soon as possible, the capacity of the authorities to respond will be strengthened," he added. Aido Borgu, an intelligence expert said, "They now want to ban organizations that are not necessarily terrorist groups but might advocate terrorism."
Reuters
Hindustan Times – November 2, 2005.
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Car bomb near Iraqi mosque kills 21
Baghdad – November 2, 2005 – At least 21 people were killed and 61 wounded when a car bomb exploded in the Shia town of Musayib, 55 km south of the Iraqi capital, security and hospital sources said. The attack was carried out using a minibus packed with explosives that blew up at 5.20 p.m., said police captain. The latest bombing took place on the eve of the Muslim feast of Eid Al Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
AFP
Hindustan Times – November 2, 2005.
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Terror gift for Azad on Day 1 – Suicide bomber among five killed
Srinagar – November 2, 2005 – A suicide bomber blew up his car on the outskirts of Srinagar on Wednesday, killing five persons, killing himself, hours before the swearing in of Congress-leader Ghulam Nabi Azad as chief minister of J&K. Jaish-e-Mohammed claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion. Senior Superintendent of Police said on Tuesday evening the police had got specific information that a explosives-laden car was heading towards Srinagar. The car was spotted in checking but before it could be stopped, the driver triggered off the blast.
Rashid Ahmad
Hindustan Times – November 3, 2005.
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Naxalites blow up BJP leader’s house, kill 1
Malkangiri (Orissa) - Naxalites struck in south Orissa killing a villager and blowing up the house of former minister Arabinda Dhali at his village in Malkanigi district on Wednesday night, official sources said. According to DIG of Police (Sunabeda range), around 150 Naxalites surrounded the house, overpowered the armed policemen put on guard who were taking dinner, and started firing, but there was no one inside the house at that time. A villager was killed in the cross fire and the ultras used explosives to demolish the house.
The Times of India – November 4, 2005
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Eight killed in Pak blast
Peshawar – Suspected militants set off a blast in the tribal village of Mosaki, while making bombs at their compound in north-western Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least eight people, including a woman and three children, army officials said.
A.P., Peshawar
Sunday Hindustan Times – November , 2005.
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Islamic militants involved in Paris violence: Police
London/Paris – In the first disturbing assertion that a European country and its capital can be brought to a halt by the massed forces of Islamist militants both within and outside its borders, French police warned there was evidence they had played a role in inciting vandals, albeit “not on the front lines.” With night buses in and to some of the more remote suburbs cancelled to prevent rioters using them as soft targets, police helicopters patrolled the skies over the capital.
Rashmee Roshan Lall/TNN
The Times of India – November 7, 2005.
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Australia aborts 7/7 replay; 17 held
Catastrophic terror threat: Australian police arrested 17 suspected terrorists – 8 in Sydney and 9 in Melbourne - in raids to prevent what they called a “catastrophic terror attack.” Australian authorities decided to arrest them after the Sydney group acquired the base materials for acetone peroxide. A flurry of electronic “chatter” between the two groups seemed to point to an imminent attack. Islamic Cleric, Abu Bakr, who had publicly admired Osama bin Laden, was among the arrested. Police broke up a Lashkar-e-Tayyeba cell in the country, a few years ago.
AFP
Hindustan Times – November 9, 2005.
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Terrorist training camp found in Indonesia
Indonesian police have located a terrorist training camp in a remote island jungle, raising fears that more terror attacks may be planned in the country. The camp is in the eastern Maluku islands. A bomb exploded near a Protestant church in the provincial capital of Ambon six days ago, and three Christian schoolgirls were recently beheaded by six men with machetes on neighboring Sulawesi Island. A gunman on a motorcycle opened fire on two high school girls Tuesday, hitting them in the face and seriously wounding both.
Email dated November 9, 2005, from Mr. Mayer Nudell, CSC, USA.
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China warns hotels of terrorism threat
Beijing – November 9, 2005 – Chinese police have warned luxury hotels that Islamic extremists may be planning attacks in the coming week, the US embassy said on Wednesday. “American citizens visiting Chinese four and five-star hotels should review their plans carefully, remain vigilant with regard to their personal security, and exercise caution.” The embassy warning did not say if the extremists it referred to were from China or abroad. Beijing has waged a campaign against ethnic Ulghur militants, and the government said in October it had arrested 19 foreigners on terrorism charges in Xinjiang.
Reuters
Hindustan Times – November 10, 2005.
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Al-Qaeda blasts in Jordan leave 56 dead – Suicide bombers strike 3 US hotels in Amman
Amman – November 10, 2005 – The Al-Qaeda group led by America’s deadliest foe in Iraq on Thursday claimed responsibility for three suicide bombings that ripped through luxury hotels in Jordan’s capital and killed 56 people. Two suicide bomb blasts created panic at the Grand Hyatt and the nearby Radisson SAS in central Amman. A third attacker targeted a Days Inn hotel. The blasts killed 56 people and wounded 96.
Reuters
Hindustan Times – November 11, 2005.
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Baghdad restaurant bomb kills 35
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded Baghdad restaurant frequented by the security forces at breakfast time on Thursday, killing 35 people and wounding 25. Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the blast. A car bomb at an army recruitment station in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, killed 10 people on Thursday and wounded 20 more.
Reuters
Hindustan Times – November 11, 2005.
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Major killed
Srinagar – An Army Major was killed in a gun-battle with militants on Thur4sday in a village at Bandipore, a defence spokesman said.
AP
The Hindu – November 11, 2005.
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Terror funds flowing in from Middle East
New Delhi – Preliminary investigations into the serial blasts case have revealed that Tariq Ahmed Dar, the Lashkar man who master-minded the explosions in the Capital, had received Rs.4.86 lakhs in the bank account in Srinagar from the Middle East. According to police sources, terrorist groups open accounts in Middle East countries in fictitious names and with fictitious documents. Money is generally transferred to relatives’ accounts in Kashmir and ultimately to the accounts of operatives of terror groups. The main accused in the Red Fort attack case, Mohd. Ashfaq, also used hawala money to fund terrorist attacks in Delhi.
TNN
The Times of India – November 14, 2005.
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Al Qaeda targets Queen
Al Qaeda has named Queen Elizabeth II as “one of the severest enemies of Islam,” holding her “ultimately responsible for Britain’s crusader laws.” The remarks contained in an Al Qaeda video message justifying the 7/7 London attacks have been passed by M15 to the Queen’s protection team.
P.T.I. London
Hindustan Times – November 14, 2005.
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4 killed in Lal Chowk attack
Srinagar – November 14, 2005 - A fidayeen squad of Al Mansoorian group attacked the CRPF headquarters in Lal Chowk on Monday, killing four people and injuring 13. The militants are believed to have taken shelter in a hotel in the area. An Al Mansoorian spokesman later said it was not a planned attack but a “chance encounter” with security forces. He added the suicide squad was on way to Pampore to attack the police station there. However, another militant group, Islamic Front, claimed that it had jointly carried out the attack with al Mansoorian.
Rashid Ahmad
Hindustan Times – November 15, 2005.
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Terrorists behind church attacks
Islamabad – November 14, 2005 – A top Pakistani Christian leader on Monday claimed that “trained terrorists” were behind weekend attacks on churches, a school and a student hostel sparked by rumours that a local Christian man had desecrated Islam’s holy book. He added that chemicals used to burn down the buildings were the same as those used in previous attacks blamed on extremist Muslim groups. No one was killed or injured in the attacks only because Christians either locked themselves in their homes or fled.
Munir Ahmad
The Asian Age – November 15, 2005.
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Two Bangla judges killed in car blast
Dhaka – November 14, 2005 – Two Bangladeshi judges were killed on Monday when a suspected Islamic militant hurled a bomb at their car in the southern town of Jhalokati, a district police officer said. A court messenger was injured. ”One of the judges died at the scene, The other was seriously injured and he died on the way to hospital. A man has been arrested is also injured and is being operated on in hospital,” he said.
(AFP)
The Asian Age – November 15, 2005.
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Karachi blast kills 3
Karachi – November 15, 2005 – A car bomb exploded outside a KFC fast-food restaurant in Karachi on Tuesday killing three people and wounding 22, reportedly the attack launched by Islamic militants, the police said.
Reuters
Hindustan Times – November 16, 2005.
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Strike 3 in 3 days: Srinagar car bomb kills 4, injures 40
Srinagar – November 16, 2005 – In the third big strike in thee days, militants today detonated a car-bomb outside the corporate headquarters of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank in the heart of Srinagar, killing four persons and injuring 40 others. The blast came a day after a member of a suicide squad of Lashkar-e-Toiba was arrested and his associate killed in the Lal Chowk area after a day long siege. Yesterday there was a grenade attack on former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir’s rally killed four persons and injured 40,
Idres Lone
The Asian Age – November 17, 2005.
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Maoists abduct 55 students in Nepal
Kathmandu – November 16, 2005 – Communist rebels have abducted at least 55 high school students near a major tourist town in western Nepal, an official said. The police has no information of their whereabouts. The rebels have continued abducting students and villagers despite their promise not to go after civilians during a unilateral ceasefire they declared in September.
(AP, IANS)
Hindustan Times – November 17, 2005.
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Iraq attacks kill 82
Baghdad – November 18, 2005 – Suicide bombers killed 74 worshippers at two mosques in eastern Iraq on Friday while in Baghdad two car bombs targeted a hotel housing foreign journalists and killed eight Iraqis. The suicide attackers targeted the Sheik Murad mosque and the Khanaqin Grand Mosque, as dozens of people were attending Friday prayers, police said. The blast near the Hamra hotel in Baghdad knocked down the blast walls protecting the hotel and blew out windows, but did no structural damage.
AP
Hindustan Times – November 19, 2005.
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Baghdad market blast kills 15
Baghdad – November 19, 2005 – Fifteen people were killed when a car bomb exploded in a busy Baghdad market on Saturday as he search resumed amid the rubble of two Shia mosques where at least 75 died in twin suicide bombings a day earlier. The latest attack was followed 90 minutes later by another car bomb attack. The market bomb hidden in a parked car, wounded some 20 civilians. The second blast left three policemen and two civilians wounded.
AFP
Sunday Hindustan Times - November 20, 2005.
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5 killed in J&K encounter
Five persons, including three militants and a security personnel, were killed in an encounter when ultras attacked a mosque in Baramulah district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, the police said.
PTI
Sunday Hindustan Times - November 20, 2005.
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Osama scare in TN
A hand-written letter with a picture of Osama bin Laden threatening to bomb places of worship has prompted authorities to beef up security in Ramanathaswamy temple.
PTI
Sunday Hindustan Times - November 20, 2005.
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Car blast at funeral kills 50
Baghdad – November 19, 2005 – Nearly 50 people killed in car bombs in Iraq on Saturday, a day after twin attacks at mosques in the north-eastern part of the country. A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle near a crowded condolence tent during a funeral for a Shiite tribal sheikh in a small town North of Baghdad. Earlier, another suicide car bomber targeted a busy market in the Diyala Bridge area, killing 34 people and wounding around 20, the Interior Ministry said.
Reuters
The Sunday Express – November 20, 2005.
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Baghdad: 24 dead in insurgent ambush
Baghdad – An ambush on a joint US-Iraqi patrol north-east of Baghdad left l15 civilians, eight insurgents and a US and a marine dead from a roadside bomb and the fire fight that followed, a statement said on Sunday. About 50 people were injured.
The Indian Express - November 21, 2005.
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Taliban kidnaps Indian, 3 others – 48-hour pullout notice to BRO
New Delhi – November 20, 2005 – Taliban insurgents are learnt to have kidnapped an Indian driver, B.R. Kutty, working with the Border Roads Organisation as well as three of his Afghan colleagues late on Saturday. Afghanistan’s interior ministry has also confirmed the abduction, but said the identity of the abductors was not known. A man claiming to be a spokesman of the Taliban told an international news agency over a satellite phone link that they had kidnapped the Indian. (Kutty has since been killed.)
The Asian Age - November 21, 2005.
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Western U.P. alert over Qaeda letter
Ghaziabad – An alert has been sounded in Meerut zone after police received a 7letter, purportedly by al-Qaeda, threatening a series of blasts in trains and railway stations of western Uttar Pradesh. Inspector General of Police, UP, said the letter was received by the Muzaffarnagar police two days ago and immediately brought to the notice of State Home Secretary who directed senior police officials to ensure security in trains and railway stations.
The Hindu - November 21, 2005.
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3 killed in Naxal violence
Guntur – A former Janshakti activist was shot dead by suspected Maoist Naxals while two ultras were killed by the police in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, the police said on Tuesday.
(PTI)
The Asian Age – November 23, 2005.
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Terror replay in Srinagar
Srinagar – November 23, 2005 – On Wednesday, two members of a suicide squad stormed a CRPF barrack. The fidayeen were gunned down but not before they had killed three military personnel. Three civilians and a police constable were also injured in the shoot out.
Rashid Ahmad
Hindustan Times – November 24, 2005.
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Car bomber kills 34 near Baghdad
Mahmoudiya - A suicide car bomber attacked a hospital south of Baghdad on Thursday, killing 34 people and wounding dozens more as militants stepped up violence ahead of election next month.
The Indian Express – November 25, 2005.
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Australian police raid premises of LTTE operatives
Singapore – The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Victoria Police are said to have raided the premises of several persons in Melbourne suspected of having links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Australian reported on its web page on Thursday that the anti-terror raids, carried out early on Wednesday, related to ongoing investigation of a group suspected of providing assistance to LTTE. The paper also quoted a spokesperson for the Australian Attorney General as saying that no decision had been taken about prosecuting the LTTE, although the issue had been considered.
P.S. Suryanarayana
The Hindu – November 25, 2005.
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‘Cash for Islamic groups came from West Asia
Jakarta – November 25, 2005 – Individuals in the West Asia and Asia sent couriers to ferry thousands of dollars in cash to extremist Islamic groups in Indonesia, a top intelligence official said according to a Friday report. State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief said that an estimated $75,000 worth of funds had flowed to local groups in recent years from the individuals but had now been stopped, the Jakartea Post reported. He added that BIN was considering deploying its officers to the Philippines, Thailand and some countries in West Asia. “But whether the plan is feasible, we will see how this goes with the foreign ministry,” he was quoted as saying.
AFP
The Asian Age – November 26, 2005.
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Commonwealth Declaration: Combating terrorism
Commonwealth leaders said in a final declaration on Sunday that anti-terrorism measures must conform to international accords guaranteeing human rights. The 53 heads of government agreed to a statement promoting “dialogue, tolerance and understanding among civilizations” as a key anti-terrorism tool. Britain and Pakistan have been involved in extensive operations to stem the “two-way traffic” of terrorists between the countries uncovered after the 7/7 bombings. Prime Minister Tony Blair said activities revealed by intelligence were a “serious worry” to both countries and had prompted “very great” cooperation. Spanish PM on Sunday hosted the first meeting of a UN “alliance of civilizations” initiative designed to join Western and Muslim states to fight radical Islam.
Hindustan Times – November 28, 2005.
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Threat to US, UK missions in Dhaka
Dhaka – November 28, 2005 – Security at embassies in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka has been stepped up after a faxed message signed in the name of Al Qaeda threatened to blow up the British and US missions, police said on Monday. The message received by the British High Commission early on Sunday, also threatened European embassies but did not name them individually. The fax, signed by a man giving the name Maniq Hossain form the city of Chandpur, said, “They would blow the British, US and all European embassies,” British first secretary W.M. Stevenson said. Authorities in Bangladesh have been on high alert.
AFP
Hindustan Times – November 29, 2005.
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Terror threat rises in S-E Asia
Jakarta – November 29, 2005 – A militant group calling itself Al Qaeda’s Southeast Asian division has threatened to attack regional governments, and lauds two notorious terrorist leaders as “Tigers of Islam”. In a website posting seen on Tuesday, the previously unknown group warned Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines to expect attacks on governments, military and economic targets, and urged Muslims to avoid those locations. Militants belonging to the Al Qaeda linked Jemaah Islamiyah terror group have launched a string of bloody bombings on mostly Western targets in recent years in Indonesia and the Philippines.
Chris Brummitt
The Asian Age – November 30, 2005.
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Blasts kill eight in two Bangla cities
Dhaka – November 29, 2005 – A series of bombs in two Bangladesh cities killed at least eight people and injured 66 on Tuesday by militant Muslims who want to impose harsh Islamic law, officials said. No one claimed responsibility, but police investigators pointed to outlawed Islamic militant group Jumatul Mujahideen Bangladesh.
AP
Hindustan Times – November 30, 2005.
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Food for Thought
I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything, for myself that I could pay others to do for me.
- William Somerset Maugham
Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.
- Julie Andrews
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
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