Crime Watch – Newsletter for November 28, 2010

Maoists blow up ambulance, five killed

BHUBANESWAR – Five people, including two women and a child, were killed when Maoists blew up the ambulance they were travelling in in Orissa’s Kandhamal district, police said Sunday.

The landmine blast took place Saturday night in a hilly and forested area near Brahmanigaon, some 350 km from here.
The ambulance was on a culvert … Read more : Maoists blow up ambulance, five killed.

Pakistani Taliban hold secret meeting, plan fresh strikes

LAHORE – The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has held a secret meeting at which they decided to set up two units to carry out strikes on foreigners and security forces, a media report said.

Express Tribune reported that TTP has formed two units under the supervision of two commanders – Mujahid Abu Asim and Abdul …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

The curious case of the fake Taliban: Pakistani daily

ISLAMABAD – A man who posed as a Taliban leader and hoodwinked his way into getting access to the corridors of power in Afghanistan and also got his bank balance hugely fattened has exposed how “the worlds best-funded and highly regarded intelligence outfits are capable of making royal blunders”, a Pakistani daily has said.

Dawn … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : The curious case of the fake Taliban: Pakistani daily.

Maoists blow up Jharkhand panchayat building

RANCHI – Maoist guerrillas blew up a panchayat building in Jharkhands Latehar district as the state holds its first panchayat polls, police said Sunday.

According to the police, 15 to 20 Maoists raided Khura village in Latehar, some 140 km from here, late Saturday night and blew up a panchayat building using detonators and explosives.
…. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Maoists blow up Jharkhand panchayat building.

Two militants killed near Jammu

JAMMU – Two militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces Sunday morning in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, police said.

A joint team of the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police raided a suspected hideout of militants in the jungles in Gandoh area in Doda, some 180 km from Jammu. A gun … Read more >>.

Nepal Maoists condemn Indian operation against rebels

KATHMANDU – A year after India started paramilitary operations against its own outlawed Maoist party and nearly five months after security forces killed a top guerrilla leader, Nepals Maoist party has finally reacted to the incidents officially, condemning both and underlining its continued antagonism towards the Indian government.

The week-long plenum of Nepals largest party, …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Nepal Maoists condemn Indian operation against rebels.

Jenni-Lyn Watson’s Body Found

CLAY (GaeaTimes.com)- The law enforcement officials at last found the body of Jenni-Lyn Watson, the missing New York girl, who disappeared from her home on November 19. The law enforcement officials of Onodanga said that they found a body near Clay Central Park in North Syracuse where they have been searching for the missing … Read more »».

Suspected Maoists blow up ambulance, three dead

BHUBANESWAR – Three people, including a woman, were killed when suspected Maoists blew up the ambulance they were travelling in Orissas Kandhamal district, police said Sunday.

The landmine blast took place Saturday night in a hilly and forested area near Brahmanigaon village, about 150 km from the district headquarters of Phulbani, when the victims were …. Source article  : Suspected Maoists blow up ambulance, three dead.

Monument for Al Qaeda victims to be built in Iraq

Baghdad, Nov 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A council in an Iraqi province has proposed the creation of a museum and setting up of a monument to victims of Al Qaeda in a building that was used as a prison for people kidnapped by the terrorist outfit, an official said.

Though the idea for the museum came …. Source article  : Monument for Al Qaeda victims to be built in Iraq.

Teenager held in US over Christmas festival bomb plot

WASHINGTON – A teenager was arrested on suspicion of trying to detonate a car bomb at a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in the northwestern US state of Oregon, news reports said Saturday.

Mohamed Osman Mohamud, a Somalia-born naturalized US citizen, was arrested moments before the ceremony took place Friday night in Portland, the US Attorney’s Office … Read more : Teenager held in US over Christmas festival bomb plot.

Militants kidnap four workers in Tripura

AGARTALA – Separatist tribal guerrillas in Tripura have abducted four labourers working on a school building construction site, police said Saturday.

“Outlawed NLFT (National Liberation Front of Tripura) militants, armed with sophisticated weapons, raided the Chandipur village, 145 km north of here, late Friday and kidnapped four workers at gun point while others managed to …. Read the original article  : Militants kidnap four workers in Tripura.

26/11 probe delayed because of India: Rehman Malik

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik Saturday said a delay in investigations into the 26/11 Mumbai attack has been caused because of a lukewarm response from India.

“We have asked India to share some information with us to help us proceed with the probe, but the requisite information has not reached us as yet,” … Read more : 26/11 probe delayed because of India: Rehman Malik.