Chuyên mục: International Terrorism

Islamic leaders around Marawi fearful of denouncing extreme militants

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An imam preaches to the congregation at the Lanao Islamic Centre in Baloi. (Photo: Jack Board)
By Jack Board @JackBoardCNA

17 Jun 2017 11:50AM (Updated: 17 Jun 2017 11:50AM)

ILIGAN, Philippines: Senior Islamic leaders in Lanao del Norte say they are too fearful to criticise the actions or philosophies of Islamic State (IS), for fear of reprisals or community backlash as fighting rages around the city of Marawi.

Fighters have laid siege to the city for nearly four weeks, despite intense efforts by the Philippine military to liberate the approximate 10 per cent of Marawi still under militant control.

Grand Imam Idah Ali of the Lanao Islamic Center in Baloi, just a few kilometres from Marawi, refused to denounce the militant movement saying speaking out could upset stakeholders in the conflict.

“I cannot do anything about IS,” he said. “These people have a personal interest. I cannot say about this because if I talk about them, what will happen? Maybe they will be angry at me.

“If I say something, maybe the government will be angry with me, maybe the people of Marawi will be angry with me, maybe the majority of people in the Philippines will be angry with me.” Tiếp tục đọc “Islamic leaders around Marawi fearful of denouncing extreme militants” →

Japan passes ‘brutal’ counter-terror law despite fears over civil liberties

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Guardian

Critics including UN expert fear legislation passed by Abe government could target ordinary citizens and deter grassroots opposition to government policies

Protesters shout slogans as they protest against an anti-conspiracy bill outside parliament building in Tokyo.
Protesters shout slogans as they protest against an anti-conspiracy bill outside parliament building in Tokyo. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters

in Tokyo and Reuters

Thursday 15 June 2017 01.44 EDT Last modified on Thursday 15 June 2017 04.42 EDT

Japan has passed a controversial law targeting conspiracies to commit terrorism and other serious crimes, despite a warning by the UN that it could be used to crack down on civil liberties.

The ruling Liberal Democratic party and its junior coalition pushed the bill through the upper house of Japan’s parliament as thousands of people protested outside. Tiếp tục đọc “Japan passes ‘brutal’ counter-terror law despite fears over civil liberties” →

Islamic State say they have captured Afghanistan’s Tora Bora caves

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Tora Bora was the site of a major US offensive in 2001, when Al-Qaeda chief bin Laden was hiding there before he crossed into neighbouring Pakistan. (Photo: AFP/ROMEO Gacad)

15 Jun 2017 05:40PM (Updated: 15 Jun 2017 10:32PM)

JALALABAD, Afghanistan: Islamic State militants, under pressure from Afghan and U.S. forces, have seized a new stronghold in Tora Bora, a mountainous area dotted with caves along Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan, officials said on Thursday.

The remote region in Nangarhar province was most famously used by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in late 2001, in a bid to hold out against the U.S. troops and Afghan allies who toppled the Taliban regime. Tiếp tục đọc “Islamic State say they have captured Afghanistan’s Tora Bora caves” →

13 marines killed as fighting rages in Marawi City

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Al Jazeera June 10, 2017

US confirms it is ‘assisting’ Philippine army in besieged Marawi where fighting broke out more than two weeks ago.

At least 13 Philippine marines were killed on Friday as the battle against fighters linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) continued in the besieged southern city of Marawi. Tiếp tục đọc “13 marines killed as fighting rages in Marawi City” →

Consequences of attacks in Tehran will be felt around the world

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Guardian

Assaults on potent symbols of Iranian ideology, claimed by Isis, will stoke tensions with Saudi Arabia, Gulf states and Trump

Firefight erupts at the Iranian parliament in Tehran
 

Wednesday 7 June 2017 13.00 EDT Last modified on Wednesday 7 June 2017 13.10 EDT

In targeting the Iranian parliament and the tomb of the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the terrorists who went on a lethal rampage in Tehran on Wednesday chose the two most potent symbols of the 1979 revolution.

For ordinary Tehranis, comparatively safe in recent years from such outrages, the attacks are deeply shocking. Tiếp tục đọc “Consequences of attacks in Tehran will be felt around the world” →

Kabul truck-bomb toll rises to more than 150 killed: Afghan president

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People hold lit candles for the victims of blast in Kabul, Afghanistan June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

06 Jun 2017 02:26PM (Updated: 06 Jun 2017 03:56PM)

KABUL: The death toll from a truck-bomb explosion in Kabul last week has reached more than 150 people, President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday (Jun 6), making it the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital since the ouster of the Taliban in 2001.

The blast occurred when a sewage truck packed with what Ghani called “military-grade” explosives detonated at the entrance to a fortified area of that city that includes foreign embassies and government buildings.
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Australia police: Melbourne attack ‘act of terrorism’

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Al Jazeera

Gunman reportedly claims to be ISIL after killing one and wounding three police officers in attack.

The Buckingham Serviced Apartments in Melbourne after the shooting on Monday [Julian Smith via Reuters]

Australian police are treating a deadly siege in the southern city of Melbourne as an “act of terrorism” after a claim by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, known as ISIS) group that one of its fighters was the gunman responsible.

Police shot dead Yacqub Khayre on Monday after he held a woman hostage inside an apartment building in Melbourne, Australia‘s second-largest city. Tiếp tục đọc “Australia police: Melbourne attack ‘act of terrorism’” →

Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly London attack; Prime Minister Theresa May declares ‘enough is enough’

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Daily News

ISIS claimed responsibility Sunday for the London attack that left seven people dead and dozens injured as British Prime Minister Theresa May declared “enough is enough.”Police arrested 12 people as part of a growing investigation into the three terrorists who used a van and large knives to turn a balmy evening into a bloodbath. The Islamic State declared online that its “fighters” had carried out the attack, according to the SITE intelligence group. Tiếp tục đọc “Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly London attack; Prime Minister Theresa May declares ‘enough is enough’” →

Ominous signs of an Asian hub for Islamic State in the Philippines

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Government soldiers fighting the Maute group watch a helicopter attack (not pictured) as they take a break inside a military camp in Marawi City, southern Philippines. (Photo: Reuters) 

31 May 2017 01:44PM (Updated: 31 May 2017 01:50PM)

MARAWI CITY, Philippines: Dozens of foreign jihadis have fought side-by-side with Islamic State sympathizers against security forces in the southern Philippines over the past week, evidence that the restive region is fast becoming an Asian hub for the ultra-radical group.

A Philippines intelligence source said that of the 400-500 marauding fighters who overran Marawi City on the island of Mindanao last Tuesday, as many as 40 had recently come from overseas, including from countries in the Middle East. Tiếp tục đọc “Ominous signs of an Asian hub for Islamic State in the Philippines” →

Huge truck bomb blast kills 90 in Kabul

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President Ghani condemns ‘cowardly’ attack, described as one of the biggest ever to hit Afghanistan.

KABUL ATTACK: WHAT WE KNOW

  • Blast kills at least 90, but sources say death toll could be higher
  • The massive explosion hit the diplomatic quarter, one of Kabul’s most secure areas
  • No immediate claim of responsibility – Taliban denies involvement

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has condemned the “cowardly” truck bomb attack that ripped through the heart of Kabul’s diplomatic district, killing at least 90 people and wounding hundreds.

The powerful explosion on Wednesday was described by officials as “one of the biggest” to have hit the Afghan capital.

The explosives were hidden in a tanker truck used to clean out septic systems, Najib Danish, deputy spokesman for the interior minister, said. Tiếp tục đọc “Huge truck bomb blast kills 90 in Kabul” →

Three dead confirmed in Jakarta double bombing

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Al Jazeera

Two explosions strike bus station in Indonesia’s capital, killing three police officers and injuring ten other people.

Wednesday’s blasts in Jakarta appear to have targeted policemen [Reuters]

At least three people have died in two blasts at a public bus terminal in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, police say.

Police said Wednesday’s explosions were triggered by two “suicide bombers” and confirmed that three officer was killed along with the attackers. Tiếp tục đọc “Three dead confirmed in Jakarta double bombing” →

Manchester Bomb Suspect Said to Have Had Ties to al Qaeda, Terrorism Training Abroad

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NBCNews by Alexander Smith, Richard Engel, Tom Winter, Alex Johnson and Corky Siemaszko

MANCHESTER, England — Salman Abedi, the 22-year-old British man believed to have killed 22 people in a suicide-bomb attack, had ties to al Qaeda and had received terrorist training abroad, a U.S. intelligence official told NBC News on Tuesday as the United Kingdom raised its terrorist threat level to the highest category.

The U.S. intelligence official, who has direct knowledge of the investigation, said Abedi, whose family is of Libyan descent, was identified by a bank card found in his pocket at the scene of the explosion after an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena. The identification was confirmed by facial recognition technology, the official said. Tiếp tục đọc “Manchester Bomb Suspect Said to Have Had Ties to al Qaeda, Terrorism Training Abroad” →

Duterte declares martial law after Mindanao attack

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Al Jareeza

Emergency declaration follows ongoing attack by about 100 fighters in the southern city of Marawi on Mindanao.

Duterte's four-day trip to Russia was cut short because of the brazen attack on Mindanao [Reuters]
Duterte’s four-day trip to Russia was cut short because of the brazen attack on Mindanao [Reuters]

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared martial law on the southern island of Mindanao after about 100 Muslim fighters laid siege to a major city following a deadly gun battle with government forces. Tiếp tục đọc “Duterte declares martial law after Mindanao attack” →

Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan confirmed killed

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The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib, was killed in an operation on April 27 conducted jointly by Afghan and U.S. Special Forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, U.S. and Afghan officials said on Sunday.

08 May 2017 02:15AM (Updated: 08 May 2017 05:27AM)

KABUL: The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib, was killed in an operation on April 27 conducted jointly by Afghan and U.S. Special Forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, U.S. and Afghan officials said on Sunday.

Hasib, appointed last year after his predecessor Hafiz Saeed Khan died in a U.S. drone strike, is believed to have ordered a series of high profile attacks including one in March 8 on the main military hospital in Kabul, a statement said.

Last month, a Pentagon spokesman said Hasib had probably been killed during the raid by U.S. and Afghan special forces in Nangarhar during which two U.S. army Rangers were killed, but prior to Sunday’s announcement there had been no confirmation. Tiếp tục đọc “Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan confirmed killed” →

SE Asian militant group JI regaining strength: Think-tank

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Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir is considered the spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) AFP

Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) does not pose an immediate threat and its leadership has for some years rejected violence to achieve its goal of forming an Islamic state, said the report from Jakarta group the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC). Tiếp tục đọc “SE Asian militant group JI regaining strength: Think-tank” →