INDIA INTELLIGENCE REPORT
 

News Analysis - al Qaeda

 
  • Pak Alienating Neighbors, World Powers (March 12, 2007)
    Despite signs of souring relations with Tehran and strained relations with Washington, Pakistan has asserted that it will not allow its territory to be used by the U.S. for anti-Iran operations.<More>

  • Suicide Attempt on Cheney (February 27, 2007)
    A Taliban suicide bomber failed in his attempt to assassinate visiting U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney in Afghanistan after bad weather forced him to stay back in a military base after he concluded discussions on the threat of al Qaeda and the Taliban.<More>

  • US Accuses Pak of Harboring Taliban (January 17, 2007)
    NATO troops claimed to have killed 150 ill-equipped and ill-trained insurgent recruits sent to fight by Jalaluddin Haqqani whom senior US officials lives in Pakistan even as there is a surge of Taliban fighters crossing the border to fight coalition troops.<More>

  • Mush Wants Support to Fight Terror (January 09, 2007)
    State-run television reported that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has called his nation to support his policy stopping militants from using the nation as recruitment ground for suicide members to be used by terrorist groups for attacks world-over.<More>

  • Al-Qaeda Nuke Plot Targets UK (November 15, 2006)
    Continuing with a series of briefings, British intelligence officials said that they are convinced that the al Qaeda is planning a nuclear attack on the UK and cited “an awful lot of chatter” on jihadi websites to bolster their claim.<More>>

  • FBI Warning Raises Terror Fear (November 14, 2006)
    A US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) alert to India of a possible attack on airport or vital installation by al-Qaeda bolstered by an anonymous untraced letter in Tiruchinapalli increased security levels across airports, tarmac, and leaders.<More>

  • Multi-Faceted Trouble for Pakistan (October 09, 2006)
    As rumors of a coup continues to be fuelled by weapons discoveries around President Pervez Musharraf’s office, a grand Jirga of 95 Baloach tribal chiefs met and decided to move the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on their status.<More>

  • Bush Strategy to Combat Terrorism (September, 07 2006)
    Days before the 5th anniversary of 9/11 terrorism attack on the US , President George Bush released a document called “National Strategy for Combating Terrorism” portrayed as “unclassified version” of US approach to dealing with terrorism.<More>

  • Major Terrorism Attack over Atlantic Averted (August 14, 2006)
    British counter-intelligence seem to have averted a major terrorism attack attempt on as many as 10 civil aircraft using common over-the-counter chemicals used by most people that officials say would have been worse than September 11 twin tower bombing.<More>

  • Pakistan Promises More Troops for Terror(July 05, 2006)
    Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri said that President Musharraf promised visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice 10,000 more troops on its border with Afghanistan.<More>

  • Karzai names Zawahiri as Main Enemy (June 23, 2006)
    Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai names al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri as his country's main that must be neutralized or captured for having “brought massive suffering to the Afghan people.”<More>

  • Al-Qaeda’s Top Iraqi Man Killed (June 09, 2006)
    Intelligence driven precision air raid on a safe house in Baquba killed al Qaeda’s main man responsible for most terrorist incidents in Iraq who carried a bounty of USD 25 million.<More>

  • Dawood part of al Qaeda Says Interpol (April 12, 2006)
    Interpol issued a new “red corner” notice declaring Dawood Ibrahim, prime accused in the 1994 Mumbai blasts as part of the global al Qaeda organization and listed two addresses in Karachi as his residences.<More>

  • Al Qaeda Militants Attack Police Vehicle (March 20, 2006)
    Suspected al Qaeda militants exploded a remote-controlled device blowing up a police vehicle killing 7 people including 3 policemen and 3 paramilitary personnel.<More>

  • Osama Absolves Moussaoui of 9/11 (May 29, 2006)
    Osama bin Laden absolved Zacharias Moussaoui of any part in plotting the 9/11 terrorist event that killed 3000 people and sparked a global war on terror that resulted in the ouster of the Taliban Government in Afghanistan.
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  • Pak Claims it Killed 40 al Qaeda Terrorists (March 03, 2006)
    A day after Pakistani troops claimed to have killed 40 al Qaeda terrorists a suicide bomber attacked a site close to the US Consulate in Karachi killing 4 people including a US diplomat.<More>

  • Saudi Forces kill 5 Abqaid Terrorists (February 28, 2006)
    Days after the bold bid to attack the largest Saudi processing facility in Abqaiq, security forces shot dead 5 suspected terrorists holed up in an upscale locality of capital Riyadh.<More>

  • Qaeda Claims Abqaiq Attack(February 27, 2006)
    Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the failed attempt at the largest fuel processing facility at Abqaiq where 2/3 of Saudi's export is processed.<More>

  • Al Qaeda Terrorists Escape from Yemen Jail (February 08, 2006 )
    Thirteen al Qaeda terrorists tunneled a way out a Yemeni jail at the intelligence headquarters in the capital Sana'a to a nearby mosque.<More>

  • Zawahiri Calls Bush a “Butcher” (February 03, 2006 )
    In a video address released through Arabian television news channel Al Jazeera, Al Qaeda second in command Ayman al Zawahiri called US President George Bush a "butcher."<More>

  • Osama Warns US of New Attacks, Offers Truce (January 21, 2006 )
    Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has warned the United States of new attacks that his organization has planned. In a recording sent to West Asian news broadcast channel Al-Jazeera, he said that the attacks were not delayed by security arrangements.<More>

  • US UAV Fires on al Qaeda Targets in Pak (January 16, 2006 )
    In a suspected Central Intelligence Agency directed attack, American unmanned drones fired missiles at Damadola, a village bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan. <More>

  • Pak Soldiers Die in al Qaeda Ambush (January 12, 2006 )
    Pakistan's Inter Service Public Relations office acknowledged that 7 Pakistani paramilitary troops died along with 14 "miscreants" in a major skirmish near the Miranshah checkpoint in the Waziristan belt bordering Afghanistan.<More>

  • Al Qaeda Claims Israel Attacks ( January 11, 2006 )
    In a clear sign that the al Qaeda was alive and well, a tape allegedly carrying the voice of Iraq's al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said that retaliatory rocket attacks against Isarel from Lebanon was under the orders of Osama bin Laden. <More>

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