Headley confession not a setback: Chidambaram

NEW DELHI – Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday said Pakistani American terror suspect David Coleman Headley’s confession that he planned the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and his deal with US prosecutors was not a setback to India.

New Delhi, he said, would wait and see and continue its case to extradite or get access to him. …. Source  : Headley confession not a setback: Chidambaram.

Sheriff’s office: Body found on Wash. island beach is missing boy; mother still missing

Sheriff’s office: Body on WA beach is missing boy

SEATTLE – The body of an 8-year-old boy who vanished with his mother has washed ashore on an island beach in Puget Sound about 12 miles from where their abandoned minivan was found. The boy’s mother is still missing.
Positive identification of Azriel Carver was based on clothing, … Original source on Gaea Times at : Sheriff’s office: Body found on Wash. island beach is missing boy; mother still missing.

Nerves frayed at Calif police department targeted by series of booby trap attacks

Calif police department on alert for deadly traps

HEMET, Calif. – Police in this picturesque city in rural Riverside County have been on edge in recent weeks. Someone is trying to kill them.
First, a natural gas pipe was shoved through a hole drilled into the roof of the gang enforcement unit’s headquarters. The building filled with … Read more >>.

Oregon lawsuit claims Boy Scouts failed to prevent sex abuse by local leaders, coverup

Ore. lawsuit claims Boy Scouts sex abuse coverup

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Boy Scouts of America has long kept an extensive archive of secret documents that chronicle the sexual abuse of young boys by Scout leaders over the years.
The “perversion files,” a nickname the Boy Scouts are said to have used for the documents, have rarely [..] Read the original article: here.

Plea of Pa. woman dubbed ‘Jihad Jane’ makes her rare US woman facing possible terror trial

Pa. suspect is rare US woman facing terror trial

PHILADELPHIA – If the woman dubbed “Jihad Jane” goes on trial, she would become just the second American woman tried on U.S. soil on terrorism charges – and the first accused of directly working toward a Muslim holy war.
Colleen LaRose of suburban Philadelphia denied at her arraignment …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Plea of Pa. woman dubbed ‘Jihad Jane’ makes her rare US woman facing possible terror trial.

Attorneys say American who admitted scouting for Mumbai attack is telling terrorists’ secrets

Attorneys: Chicago man providing info on terrorism

CHICAGO – An American who admitted slipping quietly into the Indian city of Mumbai on scouting missions that led to the November 2008 attack that killed 166 people has already started spilling terrorists’ secrets to U.S. authorities, according to his attorney and federal prosecutors.
David Coleman Headley pleaded guilty Thursday … Read more »»».

Central forces in Orissa for anti-Maoist drive

BHUBANESWAR – About 500 Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have reached Orissa to hunt down Maoist guerrillas, an official said Friday.

The BSF men reached Koraput district Thursday. The BSF will team up with the police for a joint operation likely to start next month.
“We are awaiting the arrival of more forces,” Inspector General of … Read more : Central forces in Orissa for anti-Maoist drive.

India not ‘unsatisfied’ if Headley gets life: Pillai

NEW DELHI – Home Secretary G.K. Pillai Friday said India will not be unsatisfied if David Headley, a key conspirator of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, is sentenced to life imprisonment.

All that we know (is) that Headley has pleaded guilty to 12 charges. In one sense it is good, Pillai said on the sidelines of [..] Read the original article: here.

Headley’s confession may help nail Pakistan: BJP

NEW DELHI – Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Headley’s confession about his involvement in the Mumbai terror attack would add weight to New Delhi’s claims of Pakistan’s involvement in terrorist acts against India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Friday.

“It will be very clear to the world community that Pakistan is involved in the terror attacks against … Read more »».

Myanmar says it freed jailed American because of friendship with United States

Myanmar credits US ties for freeing American

YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar’s ruling military junta decided to release a naturalized American citizen from prison because of its friendship with the U.S. government, state media said Friday.
Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years …. Source  : Myanmar says it freed jailed American because of friendship with United States.

Sheriff’s office: Body found on Washington island beach is missing boy; mother still missing

Authorities: Body on Wash. beach is missing boy

SEATTLE – A child’s body found Thursday on an island beach in Puget Sound is that of an 8-year-old boy who vanished last weekend with his mother, a Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman said.
Positive identification was based on Azriel Carver’s clothing, mohawk haircut and “looking at pictures of him,” … Read more >>>.

Headley confession proves Kasab speaking truth: prosecution

MUMBAI – The admission to guilt by Pakistani American terror suspect

David Headley to terror charges against him is “a major victory for Indian investigators” and proves that Pakistani terror accused Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab was “speaking the truth”, the prosecutor heading the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks trial said.
“Headley’s confession and his admission … Original article on : Headley confession proves Kasab speaking truth: prosecution.

Former UN envoy to Afghanistan says arrests of Taliban leaders stymie talks with insurgents

Pakistan arrests halt UN contacts with Taliban

KABUL – Pakistan’s recent arrests of top Taliban leaders have halted the United Nation’s secret talks with the insurgency, the U.N.’s former envoy to Afghanistan said.
Kai Eide, a Norwegian diplomat who just stepped down from the U.N. post in the Afghan capital of Kabul, told the BBC that discussions …. Source  : Former UN envoy to Afghanistan says arrests of Taliban leaders stymie talks with insurgents.

Guatemalan rights groups criticize order to free retired colonel convicted in bishop’s killing

Anger over freeing man convicted in bishop murder

GUATEMALA CITY – Guatemalan human rights groups expressed outrage Thursday over a judge’s decision to release a former army colonel convicted of killing a prominent Roman Catholic bishop more than a decade ago.
The judge ordered retired Col. Byron Lima freed for good behavior after serving half his 20-year … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Guatemalan rights groups criticize order to free retired colonel convicted in bishop’s killing.

7-Eleven clerk in Kansas City, Mo., slain while working final shift before moving to new job

Gunman kills KC 7-Eleven clerk working final shift

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Gurpreet Singh was working his final shift as a 7-Eleven clerk, before moving on next week to full-time job at a hospital, when he was gunned down during a robbery.
Police say they can’t explain why Singh, 35, was shot in the abdomen early Wednesday …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Headley may still be available to Indian investigators ((News Analysis)

CHICAGO – Mumbai terror plotter David Coleman Headley’s guilty plea on the condition that he be spared the death penalty as well as extradition to India is not as big a setback as it might appear from New Delhi. There is enough sting in his plea agreement to ensure that Headley is available to Indian … Original source on Gaea Times at : Headley may still be available to Indian investigators ((News Analysis).

Tight security during Headley guilty plea hearing

CHICAGO – About a dozen US marshals took position inside the court of US District Judge Harry Leinenweber minutes before Mumbai terror suspect David Coleman Headley was escorted in.

Attorneys and court reporters were for the first time put through a metal detector during this particular case. It was an unusually strong security ring whose purpose …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Headley case points to threats from home-grown terrorists

WASHINGTON – Pointing to the David Headley case as illustrative of the “real threats from home-grown and international terrorists,” the US says it will continue working to disrupt, dismantle and defeat terrorism at home and abroad.

Commending various US agencies in getting a guilty plea from Pakistani American terror suspect David Headley for his role in … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Headley case points to threats from home-grown terrorists.

Headley attended five terror training camps in Pakistan

CHICAGO – In changing his plea from ‘not guilty’ to ‘guilty’, Pakistani American terror suspect David Headley has given graphic details of his preparations for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, including training at Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT) operated camps in Pakistan.

Peading guilty before a Chicago court Thursday to all 12 charges against him, Headley, 49, admitted he …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Headley attended five terror training camps in Pakistan.

Police ‘99 percent sure’ that body washed up on Wash. island, is boy who vanished with mom

Police: ‘99 percent sure’ body is missing WA boy

SEATTLE – A child’s body found Thursday on an island beach in Puget Sound matches the clothing and haircut of an 8-year-old boy who vanished with his mother, leading a Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman to say they were “99 percent sure it’s him.”
The body found on Fox …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Police ‘99 percent sure’ that body washed up on Wash. island, is boy who vanished with mom.