A T F's Update May 2008
ATF's Terrorism Update Newsletter
US air strike kills al-Qaeda boss in Somalia
A United States air strike killed an Islamist commander thought to be al-Qaeda's leader in Somalia and at least a dozen other people on Thursday, the insurgents and witnesses said.
Aden Hashi Ayro, who led al Shabaab militants blamed for near daily attacks on government troops and their Ethiopian allies, died in the latest of several US bombings in recent months to have targeted Somali rebel leaders. "Infidel planes bombed Dusamareb," Shabaab spokesperson Mukhtar Ali Robow told Reuters by telephone, referring to a small town in central Somalia. "Two of our important people, including Ayro, were killed." [read more]
Terrorist attacks rising in Pakistan: US State Dept report:
Washington, May 1: Terrorist attacks against noncombatants have more than doubled in Pakistan from 2006 to 2007, while deaths from such attAcks have quadrupled to 1,335 fatalities, according to a report released by the US State Department. The new statistics showed that terrorist strikes against nonmilitary targets worldwide remained virtually unchanged in 2007 from 2006, at roughly 14,500 attacks, but the number of deaths from those attacks increased to 22,685 from 20,872, according to statistics compiled by the National Counterterrorism Center. ''It's a fair statement that around the globe, people are getting increasingly efficient at killing other people,'' Russ Travers, deputy director of the counterterrorism center, told reporters.[read more]
Washington, May 1: The attacks, which killed and injured both Muslims and Hindus in India last year, were probably conducted by extremists hoping to incite anger between the Hindu and Muslim communities, according to the US State Department. The Department's annual report on terrorism, released here yesterday notes, Indian officials claim that the perpetrators of these attacks have links to groups based in Pakistan and Bangladesh, particularly Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, and Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami, among others. These groups are also involved in terrorist activity in Jammu and Kashm
[read more]A U.S. State Department report issued on Wednesday claimed that Iran remains the "most significant state sponsors of terrorism." "It will come as no surprise to hear that Iran remain the most significant state sponsor of terrorism," the annual report said. [read more]
Israeli intelligence chief warns of massive attack on 60th anniversary
Palestinian militant groups are seeking to launch a wide-scale attack on Israel's 60th Independence Day in May, Israeli Military Intelligence chief Amos Yadlin warned Tues
The major general told the cabinet that his agents have detected signs indicating the militants are planning an ambitious attack, which might resemble the one the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) foiled ten days ago at the border with the Gaza Strip, local daily Ha' aretz reported. [read more]People's Daily Online
A majority off Israeli security cabinet ministers on Wednesday voiced their objection to the Egypt-brokered ceasefire deal with Palestinian militant groups, Israeli media reported. The truce
Agreement equals legitimizing Hamas, the Gaza strip ruling movement which Israel regards as a terrorist organization, and would only allow Hamas to regroup, rearm and recruit more operatives before it continues its attacks on Israel, local daily Yediouth Ahronoth cited the ministers as arguing during a security cabinet meeting. [read more]
Iran denounces Hillary Clinton's threat in letter to UN chief
Iran strongly condemned Wednesday U.S. presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton for threatening to destroy the country, vowing to respond to any attack. In a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon dated April 30,Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi, Iran's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, slammed Clinton for making "such a provocative, unwarranted and irresponsible statement," which constituted "a flagrant violation" of the UN Charter. [read more]
Double suicide blast kills dozens in Iraq
Two suicide bombers killed 30 people and wounded 65 others when they detonated explosive vests in a busy market in a town north-east of Baghdad on Thursday, Iraqi police said. Police said the second bomber struck as crowds rushed to evacuate the wounded from the first attack, a common tactic used by bombers to maximise casualties [read more]
Hamas leader killed in air strike
An air strike has killed a Hamas military leader in Gaza who took part in the 2006 capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. The Israeli military said it "targeted and identified hitting Nafiz Mansur, a Hamas terror operative who was involved in terror attacks against Israel". "Mansur was involved, among other attacks, in the capture of Gilad Shalit", the Israeli soldier seized by Palestinian militants in a cross-border raid from Gaza claimed by Hamas and two other armed groups. Israel said the militant also bore responsibility for the killing of two Israeli soldiers in a July 2006 attack, and took part in setting up a suicide assault on a border post on April 19 this year.
The Islamist Hamas movement confirmed Mansur's death and said it would "respond to this crime at the adequate time and place". [read more]The US defence secretary, Robert Gates, said yesterday the deployment of a second aircraft carrier to the Gulf could serve as a "reminder" to Iran of American resolve to defend its interests in the region. Gates denied the arrival of a new carrier represented an escalation, pointing out that US naval strength in the Gulf rises and falls constantly with routine naval deployments, but it comes at a time of heightened rhetoric from Washington about Iran's role in the Iraqi insurgency. In the next few days US officers in Baghdad are expected to mount a display of recently-made Iranian arms alleged to have been seized from insurgents. CBS News reported the Pentagon has ordered commanders to explore new options for attacking Iran and that the state department was formulating an ultimatum calling on Iran to stop arms smuggling into Iraq. The reports were denied by US officials. [read more]
Chávez accuses Colombia of war crimes
Venezuela deployed tanks and its air and sea forces toward the Colombian border in its first major military mobilisation in a crisis with Colombia, the country's defence minister said on Wednesday. The move escalates tensions in a dispute over a Colombian weekend raid inside another of its neighbours, Ecuador, to kill rebels in an operation that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez says could spark a war in the Andean region. While Ecuador and Venezuela had poured soldiers toward their borders with Colombia in recent days, there had previously been no sign of a noticeable movement of heavy firepower.
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