US terror suspect Headley not our agent: CIA

Washigton: America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Thursday strongly refuted reports that Pakistani-origin US national David Coleman Headley, charged for criminal conspiracy in the 26/11 terror attacks, was its agent at any point of time.

“I can’t comment on an ongoing investigation, but any suggestion that this individual worked for the CIA is flat wrong,” CIA spokesperson Marie E Harf said when specifically asked about Headley and his links with CIA.

Coordinated Bombings in Baghdad Kill at Least 121

Bagdhad, :08 Dec 2009: A series of devastating car bombings rocked Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 121 people and …

Arrests in Chicago drive home global nature of terrorism threat

CHICAGO , 20 November 2009: David C. Headley, a peripatetic Chicagoan accused of scouting potential terrorism targets in India and plotting to kill two Danish journalists, was not always David C. Headley.
Until 2006, he was Daood Gilani, but he told investigators he had changed his name to raise less suspicion when he traveled abroad.

Leads to link Headley to Pak 26/11 terror handlers

New Delhi, 17 November 2009: In fresh leads linking them with the November 26 attacks, American terror suspect David Headley and his Pakistani-Canadian associate Tahawwur Hussain Rana were being handled by same people who had given orders to Ajmal Kasab and other terrorists killed during 26/11.

Jundallah terrorist executed in Iran

Tehran, 04 Nov 2009: Iran says it has hanged a convicted member of the Jundallah terrorist group, which has claimed responsibility for several deadly attacks in the southeastern parts of the country.

Police commander of the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan Gholam-Ali Nekou’ei told Fars News Agency that “”Abdolhamid Rigi, a member of Rigi’s terrorist group was hanged yesterday morning in the main prison of Zahedan

Lashkar was targetting National Defence College in India: FBI

Washington, 04 Nov 2009: David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, arrested last month by the FBI, were part of a LeT plan of a major terror attack on the facilities of a Danish newspaper and the National Defence College in India, federal prosecutors have said.

Opposing the bail application of Rana before a Chicago court yesterday, attorneys from the US Department of Justice said Rana is a danger to the community and might leave the country, if released.

Aid workers worry over Pakistan war zone

Islamabad, 03 Nov 2009: Rising numbers of civilians are pouring out of Pakistan’s war zone to flee battles between soldiers and Taliban militants but the fate of those left behind is uncertain, humanitarian workers say.

“How much civilians are affected, we don’t know, and for that we need access,” said Billi Bierling, spokeswoman for the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Pakistan.

Nigeria rebels say truce could end

Niger Delta, 01 Nov 2009: Nigeria’s main rebel group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), is threatening to call off its ceasefire with the government if foreign oil companies do not leave their land.

Henry Okah, the group’s leader, told Al Jazeera’s Yvonne Ndege that the government has not stuck to its part of the deal and that “there will be a resumption of violence very soon”.

Car bomb kills 91 in Pakistan

Islamabad, 28 October 2009: A car bomb tore through a busy market in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 91 people as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited the country and pledged American support for its campaign against Islamist militants.

More than 200 people were wounded in the blast in the main northwestern city of Peshawar, the deadliest in a surge of attacks this month. The government blamed militants seeking to avenge an army offensive launched this month against al-Qaeda and Taliban in their stronghold close to the Afghan border.

Afghan bombs kill eight US troops

Kabul, 27 October 2009: Eight US soldiers have been killed in bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, say Nato-led forces.

An Afghan civilian was also killed in what were called “multiple complex IED attacks” – or improvised bombs.