War on Terrorism

War on Terrorism

As the war on terrorism continues to move beyond Afghanistan and Iraq, the United States and other countries remain on alert for more acts of terror. The Bush Administration, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Senate, and Department... [more]

As the war on terrorism continues to move beyond Afghanistan and Iraq, the United States and other countries remain on alert for more acts of terror. The Bush Administration, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Senate, and Department of Justice have all played a role in the current bedate about how to best protect citizens from terrorists while also protecting civil liberties and democratic freedoms. Here you can discuss politics and news associated with the "war on terror".

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'New' Osama videotape released
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al-Qaeda released a new videotape from its leader Osama bin Laden on Friday, said IntelCenter, a US-based terrorism monitoring firm.“On Nov 6, 2009, Al-Qaeda’s as-Sahab Media released a new video from Osama,” it said without giving further details.Meanwhile, the new tape is the Pashto-language version of a tape released several months ago, said IntelCenter.The tape, titled “To Our People in Pakistan,” was broadly...  
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Bin Laden videotape not new: IntelCenter
A videotape of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden released on Friday is the Pashto-language version of a tape released several months ago, said IntelCenter, a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring firm. The tape, titled "To Our People in Pakistan," was broadly released in Arabic and Urdu on July 12, IntelCenter said. Excerpts had been aired by the Al Jazeera television network on June 3, it added. Earlier on Friday, IntelCenter had said al-Qaeda's as...  
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Italian interior minister: Barracks bombing a "turning point," more jihadist...
Eurabia Alert, and an update on this story. "Italy: Al-Qaeda allies 'may carry out attacks'," from AdnKronos International, November 7: Rome, 6 Nov. (AKI) - Italy was susceptible to terror attacks by allies of the Al-Qaeda network, the interior minister Roberto Maroni said on Friday. Maroni warned there were terror cells that identified with Al-Qaeda and they had "authorisation" to carry out attacks in Italy. "Al-Qaeda is not present in...  
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Japan on Al Qaeda Hit List
Former French investigating judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere said that Japan is among Al-Qaeda's prime targets for attack, while promoting a book about his 25 years fighting terrorism.Bruguiere, now retired at 65, also describes Pakistan as the "cauldron" of terrorism and blames ex-president Pervez Musharraf for failing to address the threat of extremists during his seven years in power."Japan has become a prime target for Al-Qaeda," Bruguiere told...  
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Pakistani forces enter Taliban headquarters

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani soldiers entered the Taliban headquarters in South Waziristan on Friday, the military said, as gunmen wounded an army brigadier and his driver in a drive-by shooting in the capital. The army went on the offensive in South Waziristan, a lawless ethnic Pashtun region on the Afghan border, on October 17, aiming to root out Pakistani Taliban militants behind a wave of violence in urban areas. The offensive is closely watched by the United States and other powers embroiled in neighboring Afghanistan, as South Waziristan's rugged landscape of barren mountains and hidden ravines has become a global center of Islamist militancy. ... Read Full Story

Pakistani forces enter Taliban headquarters

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani soldiers entered the Taliban headquarters in South Waziristan on Friday, the military said, as gunmen wounded an army brigadier and his driver in a drive-by shooting in the capital. The army went on the offensive in South Waziristan, a lawless ethnic Pashtun region on the Afghan border, on October 17, aiming to root out Pakistani Taliban militants behind a wave of violence in urban areas. The offensive is closely watched by the United States and other powers embroiled in neighboring Afghanistan, as South Waziristan's rugged landscape of barren mountains and hidden ravines has become a global center of Islamist militancy. ... Read Full Story

Bangladesh police say Islamists target U.S. interests

DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh police have arrested three Islamist militants, including a suspected activist of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, who were plotting to attack U.S. interests in the country, a senior police officer said on Friday. "We have arrested the three from Chittagong port city as they were making plans to hit U.S. targets," the officer, who asked not to be identified, told reporters. Lashkar-e-Taiba is the group blamed for last year's assault on Mumbai. The U.S. embassy declined to comment. Earlier, home ministry officials said Bangladesh, a predominantly Muslim country of 150 million people, had stepped up security as intelligence reports suggested militants might target ... Read Full Story

Militants kill two Pakistan women teachers

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Islamist militants Wednesday shot dead two women teachers in Pakistan's tribal belt, where ground troops backed by jets stormed into a strategic Taliban bastion and fought bloody street battles. The military said 30 "terrorists" were killed during fierce fighting, focused mostly in the crucial Taliban strongholds of Ladha and Sararogha in a third week of an offensive in South Waziristan, which borders Afghanistan. Pakistan has vowed to crush Tehreek-e-Taliban in South Waziristan, part of the semi-autonomous border zone that Washington calls the most dangerous place in the world and where Al-Qaeda are allegedly plotting attacks on the West. In Bajaur district at the northern ... Read Full Story

Militants kill Pakistan women teachers: officials

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Two women school teachers were killed Wednesday when armed Islamist militants ambushed their car in Pakistan's troubled tribal region bordering Afghanistan, local officials said. The women were travelling from the school they taught at in Khar -- the main town in the northwestern tribal district of Bajaur -- when insurgents bearing automatic weapons sprayed the vehicle with bullets. "Two women teachers were killed and two men were injured in the firing by militants," administration official Adalat Khan told AFP. Tribal police confirmed the incident. Islamist insurgents who oppose the education of girls have bombed and destroyed hundreds of northwestern schools in recent years. Militants ... Read Full Story
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