Crime Watch – Newsletter for November 18, 2010

18 militants killed in Afghanistan

KABUL – Eighteen Taliban militants were killed during NATO airstrikes in southern Afghanistan, an official said Thursday.

“Eighteen Taliban insurgents were killed when NATO-led airstrikes attacked on their meeting Wednesday in Nad Ali district in Helmand province,” Xinhua quoted Ghulam Farooq Parwani, an official of Afghan National Army, as saying.
NATO have not confirmed the … Read more >>.

Jail Kanishka bomber for 14 more years, court told

VANCOUVER – Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only man convicted in the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing, should be locked up for another 14 years for lying under oath during the trial, the prosecution demanded in the provincial court here Wednesday.

Air India Kanishka flight 182 from Montreal to Delhi was blown off mid-air near Ireland … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Jail Kanishka bomber for 14 more years, court told.

LeT a profoundly dangerous group: US

WASHINGTON – The United States says it is working with allies around the world to ensure that a “profoundly dangerous” Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) does not emerge as a major terrorist group as Al Qaeda itself is diminished.

“I don’t think I ever said LeT was more dangerous than Al Qaeda, but it is certainly a …. Read the original article  : here.

Guantanamo detainee acquitted of most charges

NEW YORK – A jury acquitted the first Guantanamo detainee to stand trial in a civilian court of nearly a dozen charges and convicted him on one, of plotting to bomb the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.

Ahmed Ghailani was found guilty Wednesday only in conspiring to attack the US compounds in … Read more »»».

Two killed in Trinamool-CPI-M clash over land

KOLKATA – Two activists, one each from the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Trinamool Congress, were killed Wednesday following a clash over a piece of land in West Bengal’s North 24-Parganas district, police said.

“Two people were killed after miscreants backed by the CPI-M and the Trinamool hurled bombs against each other at …. Read the original article  : Two killed in Trinamool-CPI-M clash over land.

Taliban neither Islamic nor Pakistani, asserts Malik

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Wednesday that the Taliban are “mercenary killers and they are neither Islamic nor Pakistani”, stressing that the country stands united against terrorism.

He said Pakistan will one day uproot the menace from its soil.
The minister made the remarks when he called on the bereaved families …. Source article  : Taliban neither Islamic nor Pakistani, asserts Malik.

Al Qaeda man behind Pune blast plotting attacks in Europe

BERLIN – German intelligence agents have received evidence from the US that Al Qaeda has sent two to four terrorists to Germany and Britain via India and the UAE, media reported Wednesday.

The mastermind behind the possible attacks was named as Mohammed Ilyas Kashmiri, a leading Al Qaeda figure from Pakistan. He is also alleged … Read more >>.

Rebels kill 21 in Congo

KINSHASA – Rwandan Hutu rebels have shot dead 21 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Xinhua reported Wednesday.

The ambush took place Tuesday in the Walikale area of the North Kivu province where mass rapes were reported in the recent months.
The rebels of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Rebels kill 21 in Congo.

Natalee Holloway Mystery May Be Solved

ARUBA (GaeaTimes.com)- It seems that the mystery behind the disappearance and suspected death of missing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway will get solved finally. A jawbone has been traced in a beach in Aruba which may give the whereabouts of the missing girl. It has been sent for expensive testing to see if it … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Natalee Holloway Mystery May Be Solved.