Explosive-laden jackets found
Colombo – November 30, 2006 – The Sri Lankan military seized two explosive-laden jackets for suicide bombings from an abandoned house in northern Jaffna peninsula, the defence ministry said on Thursday. He added that besides the jackets, the military also found two rocket propelled grenade and two T-56 automatic weapons and ammunition during the search late on Wednesday.
(AP)
The Asian Age – December 1, 2006.
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Explosives seized in TN, destination might be LTTE
Chennai – November 30, 2006 – The police seized 1500 kg of explosive “gelex boosters” last night near Madurai, which they suspect could have been meant for the Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka.
Jaya Menon
The Indian Express – December 1, 2006.
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8 Die in Suicide Attack in Somalia
Los Angeles Times (11/30/06)
A woman wearing a veil was among three suicide bombers who blew up cars at a police checkpoint near Baidoa, Somalia, Thursday. Eight people died in the attacks, including the three suicide drivers and three other terrorists who were with them. Four civilians were wounded. The Somali government claims that the attack was carried out by African Al Qaeda operatives who are not of Somali descent. The attack is only the second known suicide attack in Somalia.
Security Management Daily – December 1, 2006
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Rajapaksa’s brother escapes blast
Colombo – December 1, 2006 – Sri Lanka’s defence secretary, the brother of the President, narrowly escaped on Friday when a bomber blew himself up in the heart of Colombo, the police said. At least one soldier died along with the bomber and 15 other people, mostly security personnel, were wounded. The police added the suicide bomber rammed a three-wheel rickshaw taxi into the convoy of some eight vehicles at the tightly-guarded Dharmapala Mawatha road leading to Temple Trees.
Amal Jayasinghe / AFP
Hindustan Times – December 2, 2006.
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Qaeda threat to financial sites
Washington – The US government warned American private financial services on Thursday of an Al Qaeda call for a cyber attack against online stock trading and banking Web sites beginning on Friday, a source said. The source said the Islamic militant group aimed to penetrate and destroy the databases of the US financial sites.
Reuters
The Times of India – December 2, 2006.
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Three Indians hurt in Bhutan blast
Jalpaiguri – Three Indians and a Bhutanese national were seriously injured in a bomb blast believed to have been triggered by insurgents at Phuntsholing in Bhutan on Saturday, officials said. The blast occurred at about 6.45 A.M. in a waste bin at the Bhutan Gate petrol pump near the Royal Bhutan Revenue department office in Phuntsholing, 200 meters away form Joygaon in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district. Additional DGP of Assam said preliminary reports point towards the involvement of ULFA. “But involvement of outfits other than ULFA cannot be ruled out at this moment,” he added.
TNN
Sunday Times of India – December 3, 2006.
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Baghdad blasts leave 43 dead
Car bombs tore through a fruit and vegetable market in a Shia area of central Baghdad on Saturday, killing 43 people in another devastating attack that is fuelling an increasingly vicious cycle of sectarian violence.
Sunday Times of India – December 3, 2006.
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3 car bombs kill 51 in Baghdad
Baghdad – December 2, 2006 – Three car bombs exploded in quick succession in a predominantly Shiite neighbourhood of central Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 51 people and wounding at least 86. No militant group claimed responsibility for the attack, but car bombs are a hallmark of the Sunni Arabled insurgency, which is fighting to topple the elected government and drive American troops out of the country.
Kirk Semple/NYT
The Sunday Express – December 3, 2006.
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Bangla, Nepal terror breeding grounds
New Delhi – In a status report on internal security presented to Parliament, the Home Ministry is unambiguous in declaring that terror infrastructure in “Pakistan and PoK is yet to be dismantled”. A detailed document, tabled last week, nails the western neighbour’s intelligence agency ISI for using terror groups it has reared and armed to target India. The Centre has also acknowledged the new challenge in the form of terrorists’ ambition to take the proxy war beyond Kashmir and into country’s hinterland. Pakistan-based groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed have opened new fronts for India to guard, using Bangladesh and Nepal as launching pads for its cadres. They have forged a relationship with Bangladesh’s Harkat-ul-Jehadi-Islami. The report highlights the nexus and the consequent emergence of Bangladesh as the new entry point for subversive elements into India. Pakistan and PoK are being used as training grounds for Indian youth recruited in terror ranks like JeM, LeT, Al Badr and Hizbul Mujahideen which are all inter-linked.
Times News Network
The Times of India – December 4, 2006.
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Israeli tourists urged to leave Egypt’s Sinai
Tourists in Sinai peninsula of Egypt have been urged to leave immediately amid warning of possible attacks, Israeli daily the Jerusalem Post reported on Sunday.
The warning came as Egyptian security forces began a large- scale search throughout Sinai on Saturday for four Palestinian terrorists suspected of planning attacks against Israelis.
Since 2004, the resorts in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula had been hit by three major terror attacks -- Taba in October 2004, Sharm el- Sheikh in July 2005 and Dahab on April 24 of 2006. More than 110 Egyptians and foreigners have been killed and dozens of others injured in the attacks.
Source: Xinhua
Email from Mr. Mayer Nudell, USA – dated December 5, 2006
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Arrested American, Europeans in 'Terrorist' Cell, Egypt Says
Associated Press (12/04/06)
An American, two Belgians, and nine French are among several people who have been arrested by Egyptian police for allegedly belonging to a terrorist cell that was plotting attacks. Suspects from Arab countries were also arrested. The Egyptian government says that the suspects were plotting to attack targets in the Middle East, including in Iraq. The suspects pretended to be students studying Arabic and Islamic studies, Egypt said. The American Embassy has not commented on the arrests.
Security Management Daily – December 5, 2006
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Helicopter Terror Plot Uncovered, Pakistani Intelligence Claims
Playfuls.com (12/04/06) (p.16)
The Pakistani government has uncovered a plot in which terrorists are planning to hijack helicopters owned by aid groups, courier services, and the Pakistani government, according to a newspaper report. The government is not sure whether the terrorists intend to crash the helicopters into targets or whether they would be used to launch conventional attacks. In response to the plot, the Pakistani government is said to have increased aviation security throughout the country. Reports also warn of kidnappings and assassination attempts against top Pakistani officials.
Security Management Daily – December 5, 2006
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“Bomb Kills One, 13 Wounded in Thai Muslim South”
One person was killed and 13 others were wounded when a bomb exploded at a crowded market in the town of Yala, Thailand, on Tuesday. A video surveillance camera captured images of four terrorists hiding the bomb among bags of vegetables next to a food stall in the market. The terrorists then left the market on motorcycles before the bomb exploded.
Security Management Daily – December 5, 2006
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8 killed, 36 hurt in Iraq bomb blast
Baghdad – A suicide car bomb exploded near a revered shrine in one of Iraq’s holiest cities on Saturday, killing eight people and wounding 36, the police said. The suicide car bomb exploded at about 10.30 a.m. outside the Al-Abbas shrine in Karbala, 80 km south of Baghdad, the police said.
Thomas Wagner/(AP)
The Asian Age – December 10, 2006.
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Car bomb blast kills 7, wounded 44 in Karbala
At least seven people were killed and 44 wounded when a car bomb exploded on Saturday in a busy market in the Shia holy city of Karbala, hospital sources said. Dozens of cars were burnt.
Sunday Times of India – December 10, 2006.
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New Taliban rules nail teachers
Kabul – The Taliban gunmen who murdered two teachers in eastern Afghanistan early Saturday, were only following their rules. Teachers receive a warning, then a beating, and if they continue to teach must be killed. The new list of 30 rules since circulated over the internet, span from the organizational – no jehad equipment may be used for personal means – to the health conscious – militants are not supposed to smoke. They also contain a grave warning for aid workers and educators. Rule No.24 forbids anyone to work as a teacher “under the current puppet regime, because this strengthens the system of the infidels”. Rule No.25 says teachers who ignore Taliban warnings will be killed. Rule No.26 says If a school fails a warning to close, it must be burnt. But all religious books must be secured before hand.
AP
The Times of India – December 11, 2006.
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Policeman killed in southern Thailand
Yala – A Buddhist policeman, who was going on cycle, was shot dead by suspected Islamic militants in a drive-by shooting on Monday in Thailand’s restive Muslim-majority south, the police said.
AFP
Hindustan Times – December 12, 2006.
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Twin blasts kill 71 in Baghdad
Two car bombs targeting day labourers looking for work exploded within seconds of each other on Tuesday on a main square in central Baghdad, killing at least 57 people and wounding more than 150.
The Times of India – December 13, 2006.
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11 terror suspects nabbed in Spain
Madrid – December 12, 2006 – Hundreds of police and security officials acting on intelligence arrested at least 11 suspected Islamic militants in pre-dawn raids on Tuesday in the Spanish African enclave at their homes and while they prayed in mosques. The men had begun discussing concrete action to launch an attack, said the Interior Minister.
Paul Haven/AP
The Indian Express – December 13, 2006.
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Blasts rock Baghdad as rival blocs set to talk
Baghdad – December 13, 2006 – Bomb blasts killed 15 people in Baghdad on Wednesday and suicide bombers attacked an Iraqi army base. Gunmen also stormed a house in a village killing all nine members of a Shiite family. In the worst blast, a car bomb exploded near a bus shelter in eastern Baghdad, killing 10 people and wounding 25, the police said. North of the capital, two suicide bombers struck an Iraqi army base in the town of Riyadh, killing seven soldiers and wounding 15, police said.
Reuters
The Indian Express – December 14, 2006.
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Violence in Iraq kills 31, sectarian riots feared
Baghdad – December 13, 2006 – A series of vehicle bombs and shootings killed at least 31 people and wounded scores more across Iraq on Wednesday. A car bomb exploded in a busy market near the Kal-Kamaliyah mosque in a mainly Shia district, killing at least l10 civilians and wounding another 26, a security official said. Two more car bombs were set off later in Baghdad Jadida, killing five labourers and wounding 10. Another blast in Baghdad wounded two people. In another attack, two truck bombs smashed into a base of Iraq’s oil infrastructure protection force, killing 10 soldiers and wounding six, an officer said.
(AFP)
The Asian Age - December 14, 2006.
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Qaeda may target Goa, Israelis told
Mumbai – December 14, 2006 – A concrete threat now exists specifically for the Indian state of Goa. Those travelling to Goa in the next few weeks will be under serious threat of Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks. This warning has thrown the tourist state in a tizzy in its busiest, most crowded month. The advisory is based on a recommendation by Israel’s National Security Council Counter-Terrorism Headquarters that “Israeli citizens avoid, as much as possible, staying at sites in Goa, during the upcoming weeks.”
Reshma Patil
Hindustan Times – December 15, 2006.
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Afghanistan attack kills 1
Kabul – A suicide bomber drove up to an American convoy in eastern Afghanistan and blew himself up on Sunday, leaving one Afghan civilian dead and two others wounded, the police said. The car bomber targeted the American convoy, said the acting deputy police chief.
(AP)
The Asian Age – December 18, 2006.
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Four policemen killed in Philippines ambush
Manila – Four policemen and two civilians were killed in an ambush by communist insurgents in the Philippines, the police said on Monday. The officers were providing security to a small government boat when they were attacked on Sunday by New People’s Army rebels near the town of Placer in central Mashate province.
Hindustan Times – December 19, 2006.
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Bengal: CRPF repels Naxal attack
New Delhi, December 18: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) repulsed a Naxalite plan to launch an operation at Bagdubi village in Bankura district of West Bengal late on Sunday night.
(Own Correspondent)
The Asian Age – December 19, 2006.
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Pakistani police officer killed in ambush
Peshawar – Assailants ambushed a car carrying a senior police officer, police chief in Bannu district, in northwestern Pakistan, killing him and his driver, an official said on Tuesday. He was attacked when he was travelling to Peshawar. No one claimed responsibility
AP
Hindustan Times – December 20, 20p06.
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Gunmen in military dress loot Iraq bank
Baghdad – December 19, 2006 – Gunmen in military uniforms raided a Iraqi bank in central Baghdad on Tuesday morning, stealing more than $709,000, the police said. The attackers drove up in four vehicles, jumped out and started firing into the air. They handcuffed guards, stole the money and then fled.
(AP)
The Asian Age – December 20, 2006.
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Al-Zawahri vows attacks on America
Dubai – Al Qaeda will continue to target the United States and other Western countries so long as Muslims are under attack, the militant group’s second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri said in a video tape aired on Wednesday. “If we are attacked in our land we shall not stop attacking you in your countries, God willing,” Zawahri said in the tape aired by Al-Jazeera TV. The formula for your safety is: You will not dream of security until we live it as a reality in Palestine and all Muslim countries,” he said, and dismissed US president George Bush’s argument that combating terrorism can guarantee security.
The Times of India – December 21,2006.
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Suicide attack kills 15 in Baghdad
Baghdad – December 20, 2006 – A suicide attacker ploughed a car bomb into a police checkpoint protecting Baghdad University on Wednesday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 30 more, medical officials said. Shortly afterwards, another car bomb killed four people and wounded seven when it exploded outside a government passport office in Kasr neighbourhood in the north of the city, according to a security official.
(AFP)
The Asian Age – December 21, 2006.
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Sonia plot part of Qaeda global plans
New Delhi – A terror-cell led by Sajjad, a Pakistani national who leads the anti-India operations of the United Jehad Council, is leant to be aiming to target Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. It has strong support from Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence.
Sachin Parashar/TNN
The Times of India – December 22, 2006.
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10 killed in Iraq violence
Samawa (Iraq) – December 23, 2006 – Ten Iraqis have died in violence, including six people killed during clashes between the police and militants, officials said on Saturday. The fighting erupted after the main weekly Muslim prayers in the mainly Shiite southern city of Samawa on Friday and continued till Saturday, the police sources said.
(AFP)
The Asian Age – December 24, 2006.
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Blast kills 7 policemen - Baghdad
Baghdad – In Muqdadiyah, a suicide bomber killed at least seven policemen and wounded 30 others at a police station. Insurgents then launched six mortar rounds at the station.
The Times of India – December 25, 2006.
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Multiple bombings kill at least 36 in Iraq
Baghdad - December 26, 2006 – At least 36 Iraqis died on Tuesday in bombings, in western Baghdad. Three coordinated car bombs in western Baghdad injured at least 55 people. In separate attacks, a bomb exploded in a central Baghdad market, killing four people and wounding 15 others, the police said. Two roadside bombs targeted an Iraqi police patrol in an eastern neighbourhood of the capital, killing four policemen and injuring 12 people. In Kirkuk, another roadside bomb killed three civilians. The US military on Tuesday announced the deaths of six more soldiers.
Christopher Torchia/AP
Hindustan Times – December 27, 1006.
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8 killed, 13 hurt in fresh fighting in Sri Lanka
Colombo – December 26, 2006 – The Tamil Tiger rebels detonated a roadside detonated a roadside bomb, killing three government soldiers in northern Jaffna, while troops killed five militants elsewhere on the peninsula, Sri Lanka’s military said on Tuesday. The bomb exploded as a military patrol was passing in the town late on Monday. Also in Tamil-majority Jaffna, troops shot and killed-five rebels after they were attacked. On Tuesday, suspected rebels threw a grenade at a military patrol in Jaffna, missing their target and wounding four civilians, a military official said.
The Asian Age – December 27, 1006.
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Blast in Lanka kills 2, injures 3, says Army
Colombo – December 28, 2006 – Suspected Tamil rebels detonated a roadside bomb in Sri Lanka’s volatile north on Thursday, killing two soldiers and wounding three others, the military said. The rebels “triggered the blast targeting an army truck in northern Jaffna peninsula,” a defence ministry official said.
(AP)
The Asian Age – December 29, 2006.
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19 wounded in car attack at airport
Madrid – December 30, 2006 – A car bomb exploded on Saturday at Madrid airport, injuring 19 people and causing air traffic chaos, in an attack claimed by Basque separatists ETA, official said. Fifteen others received treatment for minor cuts and hearing problems after the explosion.
Chris Wright / (AFP)
The Asian Age – December 31, 2006.
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Bombings kill 77 in Iraq
Baghdad – December 30, 2006 – 77 people died in bomb attacks and December became the deadliest month for American forces in more than two years. A car bomb exploded in a fish market in the town of Kufa, a triple bombing ripped through a Baghdad neighbourhood and another blew up outside a children’s hospital. Doctor Monther al-Ithari, the health director in the Shia province Najaf, said 31 people were killed and another 58 people wounded by the car bombing in Kufa.
The Asian Age – December 31, 2006
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Food for Thought
The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame.
- Rod Steiger
If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.
- Thomas Jefferson
You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.
- James Lane Allen
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