Militants kill colonel, jawan in Uri sector
Srinagar – July 31, 2007 – Srinagar – A colonel and a jawan were on Tuesday killed while thwarting an infiltration bid by militants near the Line of Control in Uri Sector. Official sources said the infiltrating group, which had been pushed back successfully yesterday by the Army, managed to sneak again early on Tuesday. Two of the three infiltrators were also killed in the encounter.
(PTI)
The Asian Age – August 1, 2007.
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Three more Iraq blasts, 69 killed
Baghdad – August 1, 2007 – Three large bombs tore through crowded Baghdad districts on Wednesday, killing at least 69 people. In the largest blast, a truck bomb detonated near a filling station in west Baghdad, killing at least 50 people and wounding at least 60 more, according to Iraqi security officials. Hours earlier, a car bomb ripped through a busy Baghdad shopping district, killing at least l16 Iraqis and wounding 14.
Agencies
Hindustan Times – August 2, 2007.
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Eight people kidnapped by PKK rebels in E Turkey
ANKARA, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Turkish General Staff said on Friday that eight people were kidnapped by members of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in eastern Turkey. The PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, has increased attacks on Turkish troops in southeastern districts in recent months, which provoked calls for an incursion into northern Iraq to crush the PKK. The rebels launched an armed campaign for an ethnic homeland in the mainly Kurdish southeastern Turkey in 1984, sparking decades of strife that has claimed more than 30,000 lives.
Email dated 4.8.2007 from Mr. Mayer Nudell.
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Clashes, suicide attack kill 23 in Pak
Islamabad – August 4, 2007 – Fresh violence left 23 people, including four soldiers, dead on Saturday in an escalation of the bloody unrest that has rocked Pakistan over the past month. “The miscreants fired 50 to 60 rockets at five posts before attacking one of the posts with automatic weapons in Dosali, in the North Waziristan tribal district,” the military spokesman said. The troops repelled the attackers and killed 10 rebels. Four soldiers were also killed in the battle. In Parachinar town, a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a taxi stand on Saturday, killing nine civilians. Several vehicles and five shops were damaged.
AFP
Sunday Hindustan Times – August 5, 2007.
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Qaeda says US embassies prime targets
Cairo – August 5, 2007 – An American member of Al-Qaeda threatened foreign diplomats and embassies in the Islamic world calling them “spy dens” in the terror network’s latest video released on Sunday. “We shall continue to target you, at home and abroad, just as you target us, at home and abroad, and these spy dens and military command and control centres from which you plotted your aggression against Afghanistan and Iraq,” said Adam Gadahn, also known a Azzan al-Amrik.
Associated Press
The Indian Express – August 6, 2007.
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Two suicide attacks in Iraq leave 48 dead
A suicide bomber sped into a Shia village in northern Iraq and blew up a truck killing 30 people and pulverized homes. Another 18 persons were killed in south Iraq when a roadside bomb ripped through a bus stop.
The Times of India – August 7, 2007.
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Militants kill 9 in Philippines
Manila – Suspected Abu Sayyaf militants ambushed a truckload of troops going to market to buy food on Thursday, killing nine and wounding two others on the volatile southern island of Jolo, the Philippine military said. The Al-Qaeda linked insurgents seized about six M-16 rifles and a two-way radio from the soldiers before fleeing near Maimbung township, said a spokesman for the military’s Western Mindanao Command.
Agencies
The Indian Express – August 10, 2007.
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Maoists attack police post
Kathmandu – August 10, 2007 – A group of former Communist rebels attacked a police post in Nepal’s mountainous north, beat up the policemen and stole their guns, officials said on Friday. Two dozen men stormed the police post on Thursday at Satdobato village in Nuwakot district, and attacked. This was the first such attack since the rebels had given up armed revolt in 2006.
(AP)
The Asian Age – August 11, 2007.
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11 dead as car bomb hits Kirkuk
Kirkuk (Iraq) – A car bomb killed 11 people and wounded 45 others near a market in a Kurdish district of the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Friday, police said. Several shops and homes were damaged.
Agencies
Hindustan Times – August 11, 2007.
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Clashes kill 57 in the Philippines
Manila – August 10, 2007 – Fighting between government troops and Islamic militants in southern Philippines has left 57 people dead and forced thousands of civilians to flee their homes, officials said on Friday. A military spokesman said 20 soldiers were killed on Thursday in clashes with Abu Sayyaf rebels and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) guerrillas in Indanan and Maimbung towns on Jolo island, 1000 km south of Manila. A civilian boy and 31 guerrillas were also killed in the fighting, he added. Abu Sayyaf rebels land MNLF fighters ambushed a group of soldiers on their way to the public market. Nine soldiers were killed on the spot while another died in hospital. Later on Thursday, another group of soldiers clashed with Abu Sayyaf and MNLF rebels in Maimbung, resulting in the death of another 15 soldiers and the civilian.
DPA
Hindustan Times – August 11,2007.
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Valley Rocked: blasts in arms depot
Tailwani (Anantnag_ - August 11,2007 – Two soldiers were killed and around 20 people injured in a series of blasts causing a huge fire at an army ammunition depot in the Shangus area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday. Army authorities said the depot caught fire accidentally. The Hizbul Mujahideen and Jamaitun Mujahideen militant outfits, however, separately claimed responsibility that the blasts were caused by rockets fired by their activists.
Rashid Ahmad
Sunday Hindustan Times – August 12, 2007.
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NY on ‘dirty bomb’ alert
New York – New York City police increased security throughout Manhattan on Friday and at bridges and tunnels in response to what they called an ‘unverified radiological threat’. Police confirmed the increased security was in response to receiving information that a dirty bomb may go off around 34th street in Manhattan on Friday evening.
Reuters
Sunday Times of India – August 12, 2007.
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12 killed in fresh Lanka violence
Colombo – August 12,2007 – At least 12 people, including four government soldiers, were killed and more than 20 injured in fresh violence in Sri Lanka’s eastern and northern regions, military officials said on Sunday. Suspected Liberation Tiger of Tamil Elem militants set off a powerful land mine at Kovikandy in Jaffna on Sunday, killing four soldiers and wounding 14, military officials said on Sunday. A civilian was also wounded in the explosion. Five Tiger rebels were shot dead by security forces. Another civilian was shot dead by two gunmen riding on a motorbike in the eastern Ampara district.
(PTI)
The Asian Age – August 13, 2007.
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5 US troops killed, 4 injured in Iraq
Baghdad – August 12, 2007 – Five American soldiers were killed south of Baghdad, the military said on Sunday. The blast that killed the four soldiers and wounded four others occurred on Saturday during combat operations south of the capita. Another soldier was killed on Saturday by small-arms fire during a foot patrol southeast of Baghdad, the military said. All the soldiers belonged to Task Force Mame.
Bushra Juhi/(PTI)
The Asian Age – August 13, 2007.
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Another bloody day in Iraq, 200 dead – Al Qaeda main suspect behind attacks on the Yazidi sect
Baghdad – August 15, 2007 – The US military said on Wednesday Al Qaeda was the “prime suspect” in suicide bomb attacks on a minority sect that killed 200 people in northwestern Iraq. The attackers, driving fuel tankers, struck densely populated residential areas west of the city of Mosul that are home to members of the Yazidi sect, whose followers are considered infidels by Sunni Islamist militant groups. “We’re looking at al Qaeda as the prime suspect,” said an US military spokesman.
Paul Tait / Reuters
Hindustan Times – August 16, 2007.
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Rampaging Maoists turn Kathmandu into war zone
Kathmandu – Minutes after India’s ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee said Nepal’s government must improve the law and order situation and hold election in time or lose its validity, two Maoist organisations turned the capital into a battle zone on Wednesday, unleashing the worst violence witnessed by the city since the fall of Gyanendra’s government last year. Members of the Maoist student union and the party’s controversial youth wing, the Young Communist League (YCL), who have been dubbed the “Young Criminal League” by PM Girija Prasad Koirala for their tendency to take the law into their own hands, went on the warpath, vandalizing cars and fighting with Armed Police Force personnel. At least two dozen protester were injured and nearly a dozen arrested as fights broke out in several busy intersections and the ring road outside the capital.
Times News Network
The Times of India – August 16, 2007.
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Suicide Raid on U.S. Security Firm Kills 15 Afghans
Reuters (08/18/07) ; Afghan, Mirwais
American security company USPI was the target of a suicide car bombing that killed 15 people and wounded 18 others in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Saturday. The attack occurred near a highway west of the city. One witness claims that civilians and Afghan employees of USPI were among those killed in the attack. On Friday, a suicide bomber in Kandahar killed a district chief and the district chief's three children in an attack that took place at the gate of the district chief's house.
Security Management Daily – August 20, 2007
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Foreigners taken hostage in Iran
Tehran - Armed militants linked to a shadowy Sunni rebel leader kidnapped 12 people in a restive south-eastern province of Iran on Sunday and whisked them off to neighbouring Pakistan, the police said. "After setting fire to the cars, they abducted eight of the car drivers and four of the passengers. They then escaped," he said.
Mayer Nudell, CSC
Worldwide Consulting Services for Crisis Management, USA.
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Blast kills 15 in Afghanistan
Kandahar – A suicide attack on US convoy in southern Afghanistan on Saturday killed 15 people, including four Afghan security guards, and wounded another 26, a provincial police chief said. The attack happened in a crowded area west of Kandahar city.
AFP
The Times of India – August 20, 2007.
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Second Iraqi governor killed in a fortnight
Baghdad – August 20, 2007 – An Iraqi provincial governor was blown up by a roadside bomb on Monday. Mohammed Ali al-Hassani, governor of Muthanna province, was on his way from the city of Rumaitha to Samawa when his convoy was targeted by a powerful roadside bomb, officials said. One bodyguard was also killed and two others wounded. He was the second provincial leader to be killed in two weeks.
Mariam Karouny / Reuters
Hindustan Times– August 21, 2007.
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Maoists and bandits shut down Nepal
Kathmandu – August 22, 2007 – Within 48 hours of Maoist supremo Prachanda warning of protests if the government did not abolish monarchy, Nepal was on Wednesday paralysed by a closure call given by the rebels at the centre while an armed group began enforcing a five-day shut down in the Terai plains. The two agitating Maoist organisations - Samyukta Ganatantrik Dalit Mukti Morcha and the Gtamang Rastriya Mukti Morcha – have been the worst victims of the flourishing Indo-Nepal flesh trade, and they are demanding a republic and autonomous states for their communities. Schools and colleges remained closed. The tigers exploded The police arrested 20 people forcing the shopkeepers to shut down their shops.
(IANS)
The Asian Age – August 23, 2007.
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Truck bomber kills 20
Tikrit (Iraq) – August 22, 2007 – A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people and wounded 80 on Wednesday when he crashed his explosives-laden truck into a police station in the northern town of Baiji, the police said. A big portion of the police station has collapsed and lots of shops have been damaged.
(AFP)
The Asian Age – August 23, 2007.
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Afghan governor survives attack
Khost – August 22, 2007 – An Afghan governor survived a suicide attack on Wednesday which killed his security guard in violence-plagued eastern Khost Province, officials said. Seven people were also injured when the bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into the convoy of Khost governor, Arsala Jamal.
(AFP, AP)
The Asian Age – August 23,2007.
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Qaeda men kill 17 Iraq villagers
Baghdad – August 24, 2007 – Suspected Al Qaeda fighters stormed two villages near Baqouba, bombed the house of a local Sunni Sheikh and kidnapped a group of mostly women. Residents were finally able to drive off the attackers and end the deadly rampage. Seventeen villagers, including seven women, were killed in the assaults on Thursday, about 56 km northeast of Baghdad. Ten Al Qaeda gunmen were also killed. The attack on the Sunnni village, Ibrahim al-Yahya, began when about 25 gunmen exploded a bomb at the house of Shikh Younis al-Shimari, destroying his house and killing him and one member of his family. 10 people were wounded.
Steven R. Hurst / (AP)
The Asian Age – August 25, 2007.
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40 killed in Hyderabad blasts
Hyderabad – At least about 40 people were killed and scores injured in two powerful blasts in Hyderabad, one at an amusement park at 7.40 P.M., and another after 30 minutes later in Gould Chat at Sultan Bazar in Koti neighbourhood. There are also reports of unexploded bombs being discovered in a movie theatre in Narayanaguda and in Dilsukhnagar. Intelligence agency sources said the attacks could be the handiwork of Shahid Ilyas Bilal, who is a high-ranking Lashkar-e-Taiba operative.
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Sunday Times of India – August 26, 2007.
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7 killed, several injured in Baghdad car bomb attack
Baghdad – August 25, 2007 – A car bomb exploded in northern Baghdad on Saturday, killing seven passers-by and wounded dozens of others in an apparent sectarian attack near the capital’s most important Shia shrine. Just afternoon, a bomb hidden in a parked car exploded in bushy Poruba Square about 500 metres from the shrine of Imam Musa Kadhim. No group claimed responsibility, but suspicion fell on Sunni religious extremists who consider Shia as heretics and collaborators with the Americans. Elsewhere, US and Iraqi forces killed two insurgents and arrested seven others on Friday.
David Rising / AP
Sunday Hindustan Times – August 26, 2007.
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Car Bombs Injure Two Policemen in Spain
Associated Press (08/27/07)
A car bombing in the Basque area of Spain on Friday wounded two police officers and caused damage to a police station, police cars, and nearby buildings. The perpetrator of the attack in the town of Durango fled in another vehicle and later blew up the second vehicle to destroy evidence. Police are blaming the attack on the ETA terrorist group.
Security Management Daily – Dated August 27, 2007.
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Police Foil Plot to Bomb ATMs in Sydney
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) (08/28/07)
Australian authorities have disrupted a plot to bomb ATMs and safes in Sydney. The plotters, five men from the city's suburbs, hoped to bomb the safes and ATMs in order to steal large amounts of money, police say. The plot was disrupted early Tuesday morning as police raided several homes. The plotters intended to create 40 kgs of explosive nitro-glycerin by mixing legally purchased chemicals, according to police. Authorities say that the plot was simply about money and had no relation to national security or the upcoming APEC summit.
Security Management Daily dated 28.8.2007.
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Saudis Set Up Force to Guard Oil Plants
Financial Times (08/26/07) ; England, Andrew
Faced with ongoing potential threats to its oil facilities from both Al Qaeda and Iran, the Saudi Arabian government has decided to boost the kingdom's oil-facility security personnel from the current 5,000 to about 35,000 within the next two to three years. U.S. defense company Lockheed Martin, in association with the Sandia National Laboratories' Defense Systems and Assessments Unit, is training the current group of Saudi security personnel in several areas, including the use of laser security, satellite imaging, surveillance technology, emergency management, and countermeasures. State oil company Aramco employs the 5,000 Saudi security personnel, who are stationed on-site at the oil facilities. The new security personnel will be subject to background checks.
Security Management Daily dated 28.8.2007.
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One Killed in Kabul Airport Blast
BBC News (08/31/07)
A suicide car bombing--described as a massive explosion--occurred Friday at Kabul's international airport, killing at least one person and wounding four others. The attack apparently targeted the military wing of the airport, near the entrance of the airport. But the casualties include civilians, according to reports. Other reports suggest that a Nato convoy was hit by the car bomber. The blast was so powerful that planes on the runway shook, as did buildings and windows far from the blast.
Security Management Daily – August 31, 2007.
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Food for Thought
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
- Anne Frank
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
- Carl Jung
I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
- Thomas Jefferson
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