Crime Watch – Newsletter for November 25, 2010

US brands three LeT leaders as global terrorists

WASHINGTON – The United States has designated three top leaders of the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), blamed for the Mumbai terrorist attacks, as global terrorists and slapped sanctions on one of its affiliates. The move came on the eve of the second anniversary of the 26/11 assault.

The Secretary of State, in … Original source on Gaea Times at : US brands three LeT leaders as global terrorists.

Terror attack shows Karachi is in serious danger: Report

Karachi, Nov 25 (IANS/AKI) The bombing of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) police compound in Karachi earlier this month demonstrates that the port city is in grave risk, according to the classified conclusions of a report on the Nov 11 attack.

“The report expressed the fears of the existence of very high profile militants in Karachi …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Terror attack shows Karachi is in serious danger: Report.

Rebels free Meghalaya official after 56 days

SHILLONG – A senior Meghalaya transport official and his driver who were kidnapped by Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels have been released unharmed after 56 days of captivity, police said Thursday.

R. Syngkon, district transport officer of East Garo Hills district, and his driver
Wan-bormi Syngkon were freed by the captors Wednesday night …. Read the original article  : here.

Militants kill five civilians in Afghanistan

KABUL – Five Afghan village elders were killed and four wounded when militants attacked a vehicle in the country’s northern Faryab province, Xinhua reported Thursday.

The insurgents struck the vehicle with a rocket-propelled grenade Wednesday, NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.
No one has so far claimed responsibility for the …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Militants kill five civilians in Afghanistan.

Germany purges air-cargo industry after Yemen bombs

BERLIN – In a purge of the German air cargo industry, three companies lost their licences Wednesday.

Authorities cracked down after the bomb scare at the end of October, when a time bomb sent from Yemen as an air parcel passed through a transshipment depot in Cologne undetected.
It was only intercepted in England after … Read more »»».

Five dead, six injured in separate attacks in Iraq

MOSUL – Five people, including four soldiers, were killed and six others were injured Wednesday in two separate attacks in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, security sources said.

Four soldiers were killed and six people were injured by a bomb blast in the neighbourhood of al-Dawassa in central Mosul.
Elsewhere in Mosul, a civilian man …. Read the original article  : Five dead, six injured in separate attacks in Iraq.

Mumbai Chabad House ‘home’ for Baby Moshe, say grandparents

MUMBAI – Baby Moshe, the cherubic face of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, still remembers his slain parents, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, and considers the Chabad House here as his home even as he grows up in Israel, his grandparents said here Wednesday.

Moshe’s grandparents Nachman and Frieda Holtzberg visited the Chabad House on … Original article on : Mumbai Chabad House ‘home’ for Baby Moshe, say grandparents.

Suspense prevails over abducted Meghalaya official

SHILLONG – Suspense prevailed over the release of an abducted Meghalaya official and his driver, kidnapped by Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels Sep 30, as police and his family Wednesday said they had no information about him.

On Tuesday, the GNLA’s military wing chief Sohan D. Shira announced through an English daily that it … Read : Suspense prevails over abducted Meghalaya official.

US court summons ISI chief in Mumbai terror case

WASHINGTON – A US court has summoned top officials of Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), as also the alleged masterminds of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in response to a case filed by relatives of two American victims.

Summons were issued by a New York court to ISI’s powerful chief, Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja … Read more >>>.

Nine arrest warrants issued after Belgian anti-terror operations

BRUSSELS – Nine arrest warrants were issued in the wake of two separate police operations targeting suspected Islamist terrorist cells in Belgium, local media reported Wednesday.

Prosecutors quoted by the Belga news agency said warrants were issued for all seven people who were detained Tuesday in Antwerp – as part of a three-country sting also … Original article on : Nine arrest warrants issued after Belgian anti-terror operations.

Car bomb kills 15 Shia Muslims in Yemen

SANA’A – At least 15 people were killed and more than 20 injured after a car bomb struck a religious procession in northwestern Yemen Wednesday, tribal sources said.

The sources said the victims were all followers of the Shia Muslim rebel al-Houthi group.
Witnesses said the car exploded as a convoy carrying dozens of Shia …. Original article  : Car bomb kills 15 Shia Muslims in Yemen.

Nepal’s Maoist chief urges war on India

KATHMANDU – Amidst the Indian government’s growing concern about the crisis in Nepal and a renewed war on its own Maoist guerrillas, Nepal’s Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has identified India as the arch enemy and urged the party to brace for a war with the southern neighbour, reports said Wednesday.

The 55-year-old former … Read more >>.

26/11 was a unique emotional experience: Doctor

MUMBAI – He is used to seeing blood and gore every day, but the mayhem wreaked by terrorists in Mumbai was “a unique emotional experience” to Keki Turel. The leading Mumbai medico even remembers the sequence of patients he operated upon one by one – and their words.

Turel practises at the famous Bombay … Original source on Gaea Times at : 26/11 was a unique emotional experience: Doctor.

Taliban true followers of Islamic ideology: Pakistan minister

ISLAMABAD – The Taliban are “the true followers of Islamic ideology”, says a Pakistan minister who also believes that “America is the biggest terrorist of the world”.

According to federal Minister for Tourism Maulana Attaur Rehman: Ulema and Taliban are the true followers of Islamic ideology and America is the biggest terrorist of the world, …. Read the original article  : Taliban true followers of Islamic ideology: Pakistan minister.

Safe militant havens in Pakistan slow Afghan war: US report

WASHINGTON – A new US Defence Department report says Pakistan’s failure to shut down safe havens for militants and the Taliban’s ability to adapt are slowing efforts to reverse the momentum in the Afghan war.

As insurgent groups continue to use Pakistan as a staging area for cross-border operations, it raises new questions about Pakistan’s … Original source on Gaea Times at : Safe militant havens in Pakistan slow Afghan war: US report.

Boston airport evacuates terminal for suspect bags

WASHINGTON – A Boston bomb squad Tuesday was checking out two duffel bags at a cargo terminal at Logan Airport after K-9 units trained to sniff out explosives raised alarm.

A spokesman from the local transport agency, Massport, told the Boston Globe that a K-9 dog from the federal Transportation Security administration “got a hit” …. Read the original article  : Boston airport evacuates terminal for suspect bags.

Around 20 Germans training as terrorists in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD – Around 20 Germans are being groomed as terrorists in Pakistan camps close to the border with Afghanistan, according to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

Most of them are Muslims who acquired German nationality, but there are also German converts to Islam, an ISI officer told DPA on condition of anonymity.
US citizens and Britons …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Rehabilitation of minor female Maoist cadre promised

KOLKATA – The police Tuesday said it will make arrangements for the rehabilitation and education of Sukurmani Soren alias Lakshmi, who was recently rescued after being recruited in the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ranks eight months ago in West Bengal.

“Arrangements are being made for her rehabilitation, including education, vocational training and health care. … Original article on : Rehabilitation of minor female Maoist cadre promised.