Category Archives: Terrorism

Al-Qaida leader urges kidnapping of Westerners

  CAIRO (AP) — The leader of al-Qaida has urged Muslims to kidnap Westerners to exchange for imprisoned jihadists, including a blind cleric serving a life sentence in the United States for a 1993 plot to blow up New York City landmarks.   (Associated Press/IntelCenter, File – FILE – In this Wednesday, July 27, 2011 file photo provided by IntelCenter, an American

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Libya – ‘600 killed in Bani Walid fighting in one day’

  Amid conflicting reports that the Libyan city of Bani Walid was captured by army forces, RT has learned that 600 people were allegedly killed in Wednesday’s fighting, and over 1,000 have been hospitalized. Locals are appealing for international aid.   Libyan officials claimed that government forces conducted a 20-day siege before capturing Bani Walid, the last stronghold for supporters

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Russian Forces Kill 49 Rebels in North Caucasus Strike

  MOSCOW — Russia’s security services have killed 49 rebels and captured dozens more in a counterterrorism offensive that officials called a “considerable” blow to the insurgency in the North Caucasus region, the Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee announced on Sunday.   Rebels aim to establish an Islamic state in the North Caucasus.   President Vladimir V. Putin had urged the

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The lure of the jihad and the danger to Europe

  By Raffaello Pantucci, Special to CNN  Raffaello Pantucci is an associate fellow at the International Center for the Study of Radicalisation at King’s College and the author of the forthcoming “We Love Death As You Love Life: Britain’s Suburban Mujahedeen” (Hurst).     A growing number of young Europeans drawn to protect their abandoned Muslim brethren have taken up

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Ratko Mladic: Western foe, Serbian hero

  One of the prominent figures of the past week was the former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic. The Hague Themis is trying to punish him for all the atrocities committed during the war in Bosnia. But for many, he remains a hero who did not allow bin Laden to destroy his people. He also interfered with the plans

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Role fo Gamam Islamia in Bosnia War

11.10.2012 Branko Ilic , Serbian FBReporter     From History Archives, Role fo Gamam Islamia in Bosnia War  Profile: Anwar Shaaban Anwar Shaaban was a participant or observer in the following events: September 1992 and After: Al-Zawahiri Frequently Visits Bosnia, Works with Bosnian Muslim Politicians     Ayman al-Zawahiri in disguise. [Source: Interpol]Al-Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri is said to visit

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Bosnian police detain 5 terrorism suspects

11.10.2012 Branko Ilic , Serbian FBReporter         Sarajevo: Police say they have detained five people as they sought evidence they were instigating and planning terrorist attacks.   Authorities raided eight homes, including at least one in the village Gornja Maoca, known as a stronghold of the ultraconservative Wahhabi Muslim sect. Police have raided the village several times

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Police checkpoint in south attacked once again

08.10.2012 Branko Ilic , Serbian FBReporter   Sourse:Tanjug     VRANJE — Unknown attackers opened fire on a Serbian police (MUP) checkpoint near the village of Dobrosin, on the administrative line between Kosovo and central Serbia. There have been no reports of casualties on Monday morning, from the attack that happened last night. The police checkpoint is located some 100

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Kosovo arrest sheds light on Triangle terror probe

08.10.2012 Branko Ilic , Serbian FBReporter     RALEIGH, N.C. — The arrest of a man in Kosovo revealed new details into the FBI investigation of the eight Triangle-area men suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in the U.S. and overseas. Bajram Asllani, 29, an ethnic Albanian and native of Mitrovico, Kosovo, was convicted of terrorism in Serbia and was under surveillance

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