Stories tagged "terrorist"

The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study being briefed Tuesday to Vice President-elect Joe Biden.

The gang of terrorists who wreaked mayhem in Mumbai for three days were made to believe by their Lashkar bosses that they were not being sent on a suicide mission and that they would be coming back alive.

U.S. officials are worried about a possible surge in violence between India and Pakistan after the attacks in Mumbai. To ease tensions, intelligence officials are searching for clues that might identify the attackers even as Indian officials claim .....

It must be linked to al-Qaida. That was an immediate, simplistic - and probably misleading - response to the attacks on big hotels, seen as western targets, in Mumbai.

MOSCOW: A top Russian counter-terrorism expert Sunday said that the Mumbai attackers were not "ordinary terrorists" and were probably trained by special operations forces set up in Pakistan by US intelligence prior to Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Indian Forces End Standoff, Take Back Hotel as Focus Turns to Who Was Behind Mumbai Attacks, Two and a half days after teams of Islamist terrorists began their brutal attacks across India's financial capital, their final standoff at the Taj Majal hotel.

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil on Saturday kicked off a row when he said "such small incidents happen" referencing terror attacks in Mumbai. "Such small incidents happen..", was what Patil told reporters, not realising his faux pas.

The Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, had been warned of a possible terrorist attack before a deadly rampage hit the iconic landmark, the chairman of the company that owns the hotel said.

Pakistani President Zardari warned that any provocation by rogue “non-state actors” posed the danger of a return to war between the nuclear-armed neighbours (Pakistan and India).

An organization calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for attacks in Mumbai India. The group sent an email to news organizations claiming responsibility. Here’s part of the email they sent out: