Crime Watch – Newsletter for February 8, 2011

GenNext of Taliban joins insurgency

ISLAMABAD – The second generation of Taliban guerrillas, who are now in their early 20s, have become a part of the insurgency in Pakistan and Afghanistan, police and intelligence officials said.

The sons of the Taliban fighters who were 10 or 12 years of age at the time of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan …. Read the original article  : GenNext of Taliban joins insurgency.

Benazir killing: Malik in dark about Musharraf being named accused

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik did not know that former president Pervez Musharraf was to be included in the list of accused in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case and was taken aback when he saw the news on TV, a media report said.

Dawn reported that the Federal Investigation Agency’s joint investigation team, …. Original article  : Benazir killing: Malik in dark about Musharraf being named accused.

Jawaharlal Nehru University MMS Scandal Out!

DELHI, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- In an unexpected revelation that has sent shock waves across the country the Jawaharlal Nehru University authorities picked two male students of the universities for making and circulating a MMS clip featuring a female student. The sex video has been circulated in the campus of the prestigious university and the students … Read more >>.

Cop killed, four injured in Peshawar blast

PESHAWAR – A police inspector was killed and four other personnel were injured in an attack launched on a police checkpost and police van by unidentified gunmen in Mathra area on Peshawar’s outskirts early Tuesday,

The police checkpost was destroyed and the van was badly damaged in the attack, The News quoted Geo News as …. Read the original article  : Cop killed, four injured in Peshawar blast.

Maoist leader killed in Orissa gunfight

BHUBANESWAR – A Maoist was killed in a gunfight in a forested area near the steel city of Rourkela in Orissa Tuesday, police said.

Samir Khalko, area commander of the Communist Party of India-Maoist, was killed by police and paramilitary forces in Sundergarh district, Superintendent of Police Diptesh Patnaik told IANS.
The gunbattle took place … Read more >>>.

Chechen rebel claims responsibility for Moscow bomb attack

MOSCOW – Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov has claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb attack at the Domodedovo airport in Moscow last month, Xinhua reported.

In a video received late Monday, Umarov said he had ordered the Jan 24 attack that killed at least 36 people and injured more than 130 others, according to the … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Chechen rebel claims responsibility for Moscow bomb attack.

Germany indicts Sri Lanka Tamil spokesman on terrorism charges

KARLSRUHE – A spokesman in Germany for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been indicted on terrorism charges, federal justice authorities said Monday in Karlsruhe.

Agilan W., who now holds German citizenship, was arrested in November and indicted Jan 24.
Prosecutors said he was spokesman in Germany for the Tamil Coordination Commitee, a …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

British government played role in Lockerbie bomber release: Dossier

LONDON – Britain’s previous Labour government did “all it could” to facilitate the early release from jail of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, a Libyan man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing in which 270 people died, official documents released Monday showed.

The papers, published by the Conservative-led government of Prime Minister David Cameron, appear to contradict repeated …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

100 Europeans in Al Qaeda training camps: French daily

PARIS – Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda terrorist network is stepping up its recruitment of European combatants with a view to striking more targets in Europe, a leading French newspaper reported Monday, quoting secret service documents.

Le Figaro quoted a confidential French secret service memo as saying over 100 Europeans were undergoing training in Al … Read more >>.

Police custody for Maoist leader linked to Silda attack

KOLKATA – A court in west Bengal’s West Midnapore district Monday sent a Maoist leader, suspected of involvement in the attack on a camp of the Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) February last year, to police custody for seven days, police said.

“Maoists squad member Bishnu Soren alias Rimil was arrested Sunday night for his alleged …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Police custody for Maoist leader linked to Silda attack.