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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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(Newser) - A bombing at a mosque in northwest Pakistan killed about 40 people today, Reuters reports. The attack, which occurred near the troubled Swat Valley, took place as Pakistani leaders urged visiting US envoy Richard Holbrooke to ramp up US aid, notes the AP. Such attacks won't "deter the government... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • bombing • mosque • terrorist attack • Swat Valley • Richard Holbrooke

(Newser) - US counterterrorism officials are worried that al-Qaeda may mount a biological attack from Mexico and could even seek to collaborate with domestic terrorists, the Washington Times reports. The fears are bolstered by a February video from Kuwait al-Qaeda recruiter Abdullah al-Nafisi. In the video, Nafisi boasted that anthrax “... More »

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Mexico • Hezbollah • homeland security • Mexican border • anthrax • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • bioterrorism • Abdullah al-Nafisi

(Newser) - A US soldier has been charged today with killing five in a shooting at the stress clinic at an American base in Baghdad today, the AP now reports; earlier bulletins said the shooter died of self-inflicted wounds. A US officer said the clinic is for soldiers seeking relief from combat... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • US military • shooting • terrorist attack

(AP) - Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked an engagement ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people. Two girls survived after the bodies of slain friends fell on top of them during the onslaught. Some media outlets reported that a "blood feud" among families had led to... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • terrorism • bombing • wedding • terrorist attack

 Cricket Victims See 'Inside Job' 

Sri Lankans say security vanished; al-Qaeda may have played role

Mar 6, 09 6:16 AM CST
(Newser) - An unexplained gap in scheduling at this week's cricket match in Lahore has led to angry speculation that the gunmen who attacked the Sri Lankan team may have acted on inside information. While the Pakistani and Sri Lankan teams had traveled together on earlier days, the Pakistani team left later... More »

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Pakistan • cricket • Sri Lanka • Lahore • terrorist attack • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Muttiah Muralitharan

(AP) - A Palestinian driver rammed a construction vehicle into a bus and police car on an Israeli highway today, wounding two officers before he was shot dead. It was the third bulldozer attack in Jerusalem in the past eight months. Witnesses described a yellow front-loader speeding along Begin Highway, dragging the... More »

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Israel • Jerusalem • Palestinians • East Jerusalem • terrorist attack • bulldozer • gunfire

(Newser) - A British cricket referee traveling in the Sri Lankan convoy attacked in Lahore yesterday said Pakistani police fled the confrontation, the AP reports. “There was not a sign of a policeman anywhere,” Chris Broad said. “They had clearly left the scene and left us to be sitting... More »

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Pakistan • police • cricket • Sri Lanka • Britain • Lahore • terrorist attack • gunmen • Chris Broad

(Newser) - Dick Cheney’s claim that a terrorist attack is more likely during an Obama administration “is sleazy in the extreme,” Joe Klein writes for Time. Even if you can “leave aside the fact”—which Klein cannot—“that if Dick Cheney and his alleged boss... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Dick Cheney • September 11 • terrorist attack • Joe Klein • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - The recent terrorist attack in Mumbai has US officials redoubling efforts to secure America’s coastline, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The Coast Guard is planning to increase security by issuing ID cards to workers and installing transponders on boats to keep track of activity in US waters. But... More »

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terrorism • Department of Homeland Security • Coast Guard • terrorist attack • ports of entry • Mumbai attacks • boating

Terrorists Up to Dangerous New Tricks Next 5 Years: US

Report predicts increase in homegrown terrorists, growing danger of biological attack

Dec 26, 08 2:23 AM CST
(Newser) - The number of homegrown Islamic militants in the US is expected to increase sharply over the next 5 years, according to a Homeland Security assessment obtained by AP.  A pool of "terrorist wannabes" will be recruited online and used to carry out attacks, including sophisticated cyberattacks for which... More »

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cyberattack • Michael Chertoff • terrorist attack • bioterrorism • Homeland Security

 India Cans Pakistan Cricket Trip 

Tensions still high in wake of Mumbai violence

Dec 18, 08 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Government officials have canceled the Indian cricket team’s tour of Pakistan, the Times of India reports, terming the trip unsafe and inappropriate in the aftermath of the Mumbai terrorist attacks for which it holds a Pakistan-based group responsible. “The government has declined permission to go ahead with the... More »

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sports • terrorism • Pakistan • India • cricket • Mumbai • terrorist attack • Mumbai attacks

 Pakistan Feared 
 Indian Air Strikes 

India was preparing to hits areas identified as militant camps, says official

Dec 7, 08 6:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan feared a retaliatory attack by India after the Mumbai terrorist siege, a Pakistani official told the BBC. Evidence indicated that India was planning an air raid on suspected militant training camps, he said. Despite worries that India planned "to teach Pakistan a lesson, we wouldn't have gone—and... More »

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Mumbai • Pakistan militants • terrorist attack • hoaxes

 Police Arrest 2 in Mumbai Probe

First nabbing could undercut theory blaming only Pakistan

Dec 6, 08 8:09 AM CST
(AP) - Police arrested two Indian men accused of illegally buying mobile phone cards used by the gunmen in the Mumbai attacks, police said, marking the first known arrests since the bloody siege ended. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the two had prior knowledge of the attacks; if they did, the... More »

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Pakistan • India • arrest • Mumbai • SIM cards • terrorist attack

Cops Foiled Earlier Mumbai Terror Plot 

Police believe captured Indian militant was among attackers' local accomplices

Dec 6, 08 6:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Indian police busted a terror cell planning to attack Mumbai earlier this year that was directed by the same two Pakistani-based terror kingpins accused in last week's attacks, said police. Those captured Pakistani and Indian militants, still being held, had guns, explosives, and maps of Mumbai landmarks, the New York ... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • terror plots • Inter Service Intelligence • Mumbai • terrorist attack • Lashkar-e-Taiba



 Terrorists 
 Reportedly 
 Coked Up, 
 on Steroids 

Explains why they didn't need sleep

Dec 4, 08 8:33 AM CST
(Newser) - The men who terrorized Mumbai did so with the help of cocaine, steroids, and even LSD, claims a report in the Telegraph. Police found syringes tainted with those drugs at the scene, according to an unnamed official, and later found the drugs in their blood.  “This explains... More »

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terrorism • steroids • India • cocaine • Salafist • terrorist • Mumbai • terrorist attack

Alleged Mumbai Masterminds Test Pakistan

Banned terror group has operated for years with elite backing

Dec 4, 08 6:42 AM CST
(Newser) - As evidence mounts that the Mumbai attackers had links to a Pakistani militant organization, the nation's new civilian government is facing the toughest test yet of its ability—and its will—to stop terrorism. Pakistan has banned Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group blamed for the attacks. But the Islamist group has operated... More »

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War on Terror • Pakistan • India • Condoleezza Rice • Mumbai • Asif Ali Zardari • Islamic terrorism • terrorist attack • terrorist groups • Pakistan intelligence services • Lashkar-e-Taiba

 Rice: Pakistan's Ready
  to Crack Down on Terror 

India issues airport terror alert after new threats

Dec 4, 08 4:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan is prepared to take urgent action against terrorists, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said after talks with leaders today. The meeting stressed Pakistan's duty to combat "those who may use Pakistani territory, even if they are non-state actors," in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, she said.... More »

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Pakistan • India • Condoleezza Rice • Mumbai • Asif Ali Zardari • suspected terrorists • terrorist attack • Yousaf Raza Gilani • Lashkar-e-Taiba

opinion

 Sorry, US: 
 Mumbai Is Not About You 

9/11 parallels neglect India's long fight with terrorism

Dec 3, 08 8:17 PM CST
(Newser) - US pundits have portrayed the Mumbai attacks as the 9/11 of India, a terrorist test of Barack Obama, and a deliberate attempt to go after US citizens abroad. "Sorry, it is not always about America," writes Indian native Isaac Cheriyathu in SpliceToday. Devastating, yes. But this was a... More »

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India • Mumbai • Islamist extremists • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • opinion • 9/11 attacks

 India to Use 
 Truth Serum 
 on Terrorist 

Drug used during Cold War, now banned in most democracies

Dec 3, 08 6:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Indian police plan to inject a controversial truth serum into the lone surviving Mumbai terrorist to try to prove his identity, reports the London Times. The narcotics-powered analysis could yield proof that the so-called "baby-faced gunman" is indeed from Pakistan, which India suspects but Pakistan doubts. Western agencies stopped... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • Mumbai • interrogation techniques • suspected terrorists • terrorist attack • police interrogation • truth serum

 Technology 
 the Linchpin in 
 Mumbai Attacks 

They used GPS and satellite maps, phones

Dec 3, 08 1:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The Mumbai terrorists relied on advanced technology to carry out their attacks, and Indian security forces had trouble keeping up, the Washington Post reports. GPS devices enabled the non-sailors to get to Mumbai; satellite maps gave them "a good feel for the city's streets and buildings," said a... More »

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technology • India • VoIP • BlackBerry • Mumbai • GPS • terrorist attack

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