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Officials probe links between Canadian jihadist, Boston bombing suspect

The Canadian PressApril 30, 2013 18:03

MAKACHKALA, Russia - Questions have been raised about the significance of a potential link between one of the Boston bombing suspects and a Canadian jihadist who was killed by police in southern Russia last year. Security officials in Russia said Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev disappeared during a trip to the province of Dagestan after the death of William Plotnikov last July. Plotnikov — who was born in Russia but immigrated to Toronto with his parents as a teen — was killed in Dagestan, where he had travelled to join Islamic militants.

Six Islamists admit British far-right terror plot

Agence France-PresseApril 30, 2013 08:30

Six Islamic extremists admitted on Tuesday planning to attack a far-right rally in England with guns, swords and a nail bomb, in a plot that only failed because they turned up late. Jewel Uddin, Omar Mohammed Khan, Mohammed Hasseen, Anzal Hussain, Mohammed Saud and Zohaib Ahmed admitted preparing an act of terrorism last year. The court in London heard that their plan to attack the far-right English Defence League (EDL) only failed because the rally in Dewsbury, northern England, finished earlier than expected.

US extremist in Somalia battles ex-comrades

Agence France-PresseApril 30, 2013 06:45

An American extremist in Somalia is fighting former comrades in the Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgent group, in what he says may be his final stand, he writes. Alabama-born Omar Hamami -- better known as Al-Amriki or "the American" -- once fought alongside the hardline Shebab in Somalia, but last year fell out with the fighters who now want to kill him. He is also wanted by the US government, who have placed a $5 million bounty on his head and is listed on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list.

Egypt Islamist cleared over 1995 bid to murder Mubarak

Agence France-PresseApril 29, 2013 16:00

An Egyptian court acquitted Monday a Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya party leader who had been sentenced to death in absentia after a foiled bid in 1995 to assassinate ex-president Hosni Mubarak, a judicial source said. Mustafa Hamza was a military commander of the fundamentalist group -- an organisation outlawed under Mubarak -- which had been implicated in deadly attacks in the 1990s alongside another jihadist group, notably the Luxor massacre which killed about 70 people, mainly tourists, in 1997.

Damascus blast targets Syrian PM's car

Agence France-PresseApril 29, 2013 04:00

A car bomb that exploded in the Damascus neighbourhood of Mazzeh on Monday targeted the car of Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi and killed his bodyguard, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The prime minister survived the attack, according to Al-Manar, the television station of Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, which is allied with the Syrian regime. ram-sah/bpz

US bombing suspect's mother talked jihad

Agence France-PresseApril 27, 2013 22:45

Russian authorities secretly wiretapped the mother of the Boston bombing suspects and recorded her discussing jihad in vague terms during a 2011 telephone conversation, CNN reported Saturday. The Russians only turned over the information to their US counterparts in recent days, according to the report. A US official with knowledge of the investigation who confirmed the intercept to the US television network declined to confirm who was on the other line.

'Qaeda' gunmen kill 5 Yemen soldiers, says official

Agence France-PresseApril 27, 2013 10:45

Suspected Al-Qaeda militants killed five Yemeni soldiers in an attack on Saturday on a checkpoint southeast of Sanaa, an official said, while two assailants were reportedly killed. The attack targeted an army checkpoint in the district of Rada, where the interior ministry said late Friday it mounted security measures following intelligence about possible attacks by Al-Qaeda militants. Five soldiers were killed and several others were wounded in the attack, the local government official told AFP, adding that some gunmen were also killed.

'Qaeda' gunmen kill 5 Yemen soldiers, says official

Agence France-PresseApril 27, 2013 08:30

Suspected Al-Qaeda militants killed five Yemeni soldiers in an attack Saturday on a checkpoint southeast of Sanaa, an official said, while two assailants were reportedly killed. The attack targeted an army checkpoint in the district of Rada, where the interior ministry said late Friday it mounted security measures following intelligence about possible attacks by Al-Qaeda militants. Five soldiers were killed and several others were wounded in the attack, the local government official told AFP.

Attacks kill 10 Iraq security forces members

Agence France-PresseApril 27, 2013 05:00

Gunmen killed five army intelligence soldiers west of Baghdad and five Sahwa anti-Qaeda militiamen in north of the Iraqi capital on Saturday, police and doctors said. The attacks come amid a wave of violence in which more than 200 people have died in five days. strs-mah/wd/dv

UN calls for restraint in Iraq as over 200 killed

Agence France-PresseApril 26, 2013 17:16

The United Nations warned on Friday that Iraq is at a "crossroads" and appealed for restraint, as four days of violence, including several attacks at mosques, killed more than 200 people. "I call on the conscience of all religious and political leaders not to let anger win over peace, and to use their wisdom, because the country is at a crossroads," UN envoy Martin Kobler said in a statement. The call came a day after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki warned of a return to "sectarian civil war."