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OPINION

'War on Terror' Approach a
Big Mistake:
UK Official

Foreign sec Miliband rips Bush label

Jan 15, 09 5:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The notion of a "war on terror" is ill-conceived and may have done more harm than good in the fight against extremism, according to the British foreign secretary. There is no "unified transnational enemy," and the phrase coined by President Bush led officials to believe that... More »

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War on Terror • terrorism • Labour • David Miliband • terrorist

Obama Will Issue Order to Close Gitmo

Exec edict may come
as soon as Jan. 20: transition team

Jan 12, 09 4:05 PM CST
(AP) - President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to issue an executive order in his first week in office—perhaps his first day—to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, according to two transition-team advisers, the AP reports. Nonethless, it is unlikely the detention facility at the US Navy base in... More »

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Barack Obama • Guantanamo Bay • terrorist • executive order • President Obama • President-elect Obama

opinion

An Insect Bioterror Strike?
Sounds Overblown


Jan 5, 09 8:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Sure, bug swarms can spread nasty things, but using them to unleash bioterror isn't as easy as they say, Robert Roy Britt writes in LiveScience. One expert said in the Telegraph today that dispersing insects as weapons is "relatively easy"—but consider that terrorists would have to team... More »

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chemical weapons • terrorist • insects • bioterrorism

 Who's Still at Guantanamo? 

A significant portion of the final 110 have combat, recruiting experience

Dec 30, 08 1:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Before he can close Guantanamo, Barack Obama must decide what to do with the 250 detainees still there. About 80 are scheduled to be tried and will serve their sentences in their home countries, USA Today reports. The Pentagon has approved the release of 60 more, but has not... More »

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US military • Guantanamo Bay • terrorist • Guantanamo prisoners • training camps • suspected terrorists • al-Qaeda • Guantanamo tribunals

India: 20 Recruited With Mumbai Gunmen at Large

Police release names, planning details

Dec 9, 08 3:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Indian police say the 10 Mumbai attackers were among 30 recruits selected for suicide missions—and they don’t know the whereabouts of the rest. There was no indication that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militants were in India, but the police commissioner says news that others were willing to die—provided by... More »

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Pakistan • India • police • recruits • terrorist • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Mumbai attacks

Mumbai-Linked Terror Crew
Hunts Western Recruits

Lashkar-e-Taiba seen as stepping stone to al-Qaeda

Dec 8, 08 9:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The Islamic militant group thought to be behind the Mumbai terror attacks has recruited Westerners, particularly Americans and Britons, to aid in planning and executing attacks, the Los Angeles Times reports. A 23-year-old Brit, convicted this year on terror-related charges, was among the Lashkar-e-Taiba adherents helping get converts to Pakistan... More »

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British • recruitment • terrorist • Mumbai • militant • al-Qaeda • American • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Westerner

Evidence Grows of Regional Hand in Mumbai

Bangladeshi may have played part; Pakistani group still top suspect

Dec 5, 08 7:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Indian authorities believe that all 10 of the known gunmen in last week's Mumbai attacks were Pakistani, but sources inside the Indian police now say that elements from Bangladesh may have aided the attack. CNN reports that a Bangladeshi national bought cell phone cards for the attackers, which they used... More »

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Pakistan • India • terrorist • Bangladesh • Mumbai • Islamic terrorism • 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

Five Mumbai Terrorists May Yet Be 'Missing'

Boat that transported gunmen had supplies for more assailants

Dec 2, 08 10:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Indian security forces say at least five terrorists could still be at large after last week’s assault on Mumbai, the Times of London reports. While police said earlier that only 10 militants were behind the attacks that killed almost 200, the fishing boat that transported them carried supplies for... More »

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terrorism • India • terrorist • Mumbai • Islamic terrorism • terrorist attack • Ajmal Amir Kasab

opinion

 Liberal Dreams 
 Died in Mumbai 


Dec 1, 08 7:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Unlike the terrorists in Mumbai, the mainstream media has missed the boat—but can still dispel illusions about how to curb terrorist threats, Arthur Herman writes in the National Review. One illusion is that resolving India-Pakistan tensions, and problems in Kashmir, will deter terror. "Terrorists see it the other... More »

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India • terrorist • Mumbai • terrorist attack

ANALYSIS

 How 10 Young Men 
 'Took Over Our City' 

In minutes, group landing from sea spread terror across Mumbai

Dec 1, 08 11:23 AM CST
(Newser) - How did 10 young men cripple a bustling Indian city in minutes? It started when four arrived on an inflatable boat in a poor fishing colony, scaring off inquisitive residents and jumping into taxis for the Oberoi Trident hotel, the Washington Post reports. “It’s a slum area. We... More »

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terrorism • India • terrorist • Mumbai • militant • terrorist attack

 Mumbai 
 Photog: 
 'I Only Wish I 
 Had a Gun' 

Police wouldn't shoot at gunmen, he says

Nov 30, 08 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - The photographer who took pictures of Mumbai terrorists seen worldwide snapped his train-station shots as armed police stood by, he told the Belfast Telegraph. “At one point, I ran up to them and told them to use their weapons. I said, 'Shoot them, they're sitting ducks!' but they... More »

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India • police • terrorist • photographers • Mumbai • guns • train station


 We Aimed to 
 Murder 5,000: 
 Mumbai Terrorist 

'I have done right,' militant declares to police

Nov 30, 08 6:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The lone Mumbai terrorist captured alive said months of training had prepped him and his cohorts to kill 5,000 people, the Daily Mail reports. Describing the massacre to police, Azam Amir Kasab of Pakistan, 21, said his instructions were to “target whites, preferably Americans and British.” He... More »

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India • resignation • terrorist • training • Mumbai • militant • terrorist attack • minister

opinion

 Killers Aim for  
 Mumbai Dream 

City's a golden songbird they want dead: Mehta

Nov 29, 08 12:58 PM CST
(Newser) - A Mumbai native and 9/11-era New Yorker asks a familiar question in the wake of India's attacks: Why do they hate us? The beloved city he still calls Bombay "stands for lucre, profane dreams, and an indiscriminate openness." It's a sensual, vibrant place that understands money and... More »

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India • extremists • religion • terrorist • Mumbai • terrorist attack • Hindus • Indian Muslims

 Terrorists Planned 
 to Blow Up Hotel 

Pakistani man confesses that group planned to blow up Taj Hotel

Nov 29, 08 6:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A captured terrorist has confessed that his group intended to blow up Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel, and had enough explosives to reduce it to rubble in an "Indian 9/11," the Times of India reports. The 21-year-old Pakistani, apprehended after a gunfight in which he killed a police inspector,... More »

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Pakistan • India • terror plots • terrorist • interrogation • Mumbai • terrorist attack

Rabbi, Wife
Slain in Mumbai Jewish Center

Other US victims were Virginia man and his teenage daughter

Nov 28, 08 2:32 PM CST
(Newser) - The massacre in Mumbai has left at least four Americans dead: A Brooklyn-raised rabbi and his wife, and a Virginia man and his teenage daughter. Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, 29, and Rivka Holtzberg, 28, were slain at a Jewish center they helped run. Family and friends in Brooklyn have one speck... More »

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India • Jews • Chabad Lubavitch • Brooklyn • Virginia • explosion • terrorist • Mumbai • militant • terrorist attack • hostage

 Mumbai Jewish Center Siege 
 Over; Hostages Dead 

Local news says assault on militants there is over

Nov 28, 08 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A huge explosion shook Mumbai’s Jewish center as Indian commandos ended a siege on militants holding foreign hostages there, MSNBC reports. A local rescue service reported that all hostages inside were dead, including two Americans. Local news reports said the mission was over, with militants either dead or captured... More »

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India • Chabad Lubavitch • explosion • terrorist • Mumbai • militant • Jewish • terrorist attack • hostage

 Commandos End 
 Mumbai Hotel Siege 

Hostages saved as battles with militants continue throughout city

Nov 28, 08 5:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Indian commandos have ended a standoff at Mumbai's Oberoi hotel and freed some 200 hostages, Bloomberg reports. Two terrorists were killed. The military is still fighting to flush out terrorist gunmen in other parts of the city. Up to four terrorists are still holed up with hostages at the Taj... More »

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terrorism • India • terrorist • Mumbai • terrorist attack

(Newser) - Indian troops have begun an assault on a Jewish community center in Mumbai where terrorists are thought to be holed up with hostages, the Times of India reports. The army also reports major progress clearing two posh hotels and asserts that the fight against the terrorists is "almost coming... More »

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terrorism • India • terrorist • Mumbai • terrorist attack • mujahedeen

 Taj Mahal Hotel 
 Cleared of Terrorists: India 

American rabbi, wife remain hostage at Jewish group's headquarters

Nov 27, 08 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - India’s National Security Guard has killed all the terrorist gunmen holed up in Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Hotel, IBN Live reports. Security forces continue to battle the terrorists at the Hotel Oberoi Trident, where at least 30 hostages are still being held. Paramilitary units are preparing to mount a... More »

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India • terrorist • Mumbai • terrorist attack • hostage • gunmen

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