Terrorism
# terrorism - Friday 17 May, 2013
# terrorism - Thursday 16 May, 2013
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Good morning! Here are nine things to know before you start your day.
# terrorism - Sunday 12 May, 2013
Column: You can often tell what is troubling America by looking to the blockbusters
Movies are often a reflection of current affairs what’s going on in the world, and even the unlikely genre of mass-market US action movies can deal with the fears and uncertainties felt by the American people at any given time, writes Darren Mooney.
# terrorism - Thursday 2 May, 2013
Three charged with Boston bombing cover-up
The three teenagers – two Kazakhs and an American – appear to have been hastily trying to keep him out of trouble rather than taking part in an organised conspiracy.
# terrorism - Wednesday 1 May, 2013
Leading anti-death penalty lawyer to defend Boston bombings suspect
Several of Judy Clarke’s previous high-profile clients have avoided the death penalty.
# terrorism - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
Boston bombing highlights problems tracking ‘lone wolves’
Counter-terrorism experts have warned that attempting to thwart attacks by radicals working in isolation is a practically impossible task.
# terrorism - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
Armagh man arrested over dissident republican activity
The 50-year-old was arrested in connection with dissident republican terrorist activity in Lancashire this morning.
# terrorism - Monday 22 April, 2013
Canadian police forces thwart “Al-Qaeda supported” attack
It is understood that the arrests came after a a year-long investigation and involved a terrorist attack against a VIA passenger train that runs between Toronto and New York.
# terrorism - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
Gardaí participate in counter-terrorism exercise
Today’s operation included a simulated hostage rescue scenario.
FBI pledge to find those responsible for the “act of terror” at Boston Marathon
Investigators are pleading for the public’s assistance after three people were killed and 176 were injured.
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you kick off your Tuesday.
# terrorism - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
Guns and ammunition found near Armagh school
The discovery was made by police investigating dissident terrorist activity.
Column: Though the Good Friday Agreement brought peace, we should never forget the past
On this date 15 years ago, the Good Friday Agreement was signed. While we have come along way, we shouldn’t take the peace we have for granted, writes Ben English.
# terrorism - Monday 8 April, 2013
US saw ‘a dollop of complacency’ in Irish efforts to pursue alleged terrorists
The latest Wikileaks cables highlight American concerns.
Nine killed after bomb hits Afghan bus
The bomb blast in which 22 people were also injured follows a NATO air strike on Saturday which killed 11 children.
# terrorism - Saturday 30 March, 2013
Suspected ETA chief Javier Lopez Pena dies in Paris hospital
The 54-year-old reportedly suffered a stroke.
# terrorism - Saturday 23 March, 2013
Hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay prison enters seventh week
26 low-risk detainees are now refusing food – more than twice the number from a week ago – in protest at conditions.
# terrorism - Friday 22 March, 2013
Man sentenced to six years for firearms and terrorist-related offences in Belfast
In September 2010, detectives incovered large quantity of firearms and ammunition from a workshop at the rear of the man’s home.
# terrorism - Tuesday 19 March, 2013
Survivors recall terrifying scene of suicide attack in Nigeria as death toll rises to 41
The attack yesterday saw two suicide bombers ram their car into the bus station in Kano, Nigeria’s second largest city.
# terrorism - Sunday 10 March, 2013
Taliban are in ‘daily’ talks with the US, says president
Afgahnistan president Hamid Karzai criticised the Taliban for holding the talks at the same time as they carry out suicide attacks that kill civilians and children.
# terrorism - Friday 8 March, 2013
Bin Laden son in law pleads not guilty to terror
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, allegedly a senior propagandist in the Al-Qaeda network, is accused of conspiring “to kill nationals of the United States.”
# terrorism - Thursday 7 March, 2013
Bin Laden son-in-law captured, faces terror charges in New York
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith is expected to be in US federal court in New York tomorrow in an initial hearing to face terror charges.
# terrorism - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
Rocket launcher and warhead found in Belfast house
The search was conducted as part of an investigation into dissident republican activity.
# terrorism - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
NYC marks 20th anniversary of first World Trade bombing
A ceremony was held to honour the six people who died 20 years ago in the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
# terrorism - Thursday 21 February, 2013
20 killed as bomb blasts hit India’s Hyderabad
Twin bombings have killed at least 20 people in the Indian city of Hyderabad and provoked safety fears among Australia’s touring cricket team.
# terrorism - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
US senator says 4,700 killed in drone strikes: report
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch supporter of drone use, has openly cited a number that exceeds some independent estimates of the total death toll.
# terrorism - Monday 18 February, 2013
Danish brothers charged with plotting terror attack
Two brothers with links to Somalia’s Islamist Shebab rebels have been formally charged over suspicions of plotting a terror attack.
# terrorism - Friday 15 February, 2013
Greece arrests three neo-Nazis for attacks, arms posession
Greek police have arrested two neo-Nazi sympathisers for illegal arms possession and a third person suspected of involvement in an attack that left three Pakistani migrants hospitalised,
# terrorism - Saturday 9 February, 2013
India parliament attack plotter hanged
The attack on the parliament in 2001 almost sparked a war between India and Pakistan.
# terrorism - Thursday 31 January, 2013
Guantanamo judge orders US to stop censoring 9/11 hearings
Judge James Pohl says the government cannot remotely censor pre-trial hearings for the suspects of the 9/11 attacks.
# terrorism - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
Britain to use chairmanship of G8 to focus on terror threat
British Prime Minister David Cameron said that he would put the topic to the “top of the agenda where it belongs.”
# terrorism - Friday 11 January, 2013
Fears for Pakistan’s future as blasts kill 115
An Sunni extremist group has claimed responsibility for the attack – one of the most deadly in Pakistan’s history and the worst single attack ever against Shiites in the country.
# terrorism - Tuesday 8 January, 2013
Column: Ireland’s relationship with Britain has moved on. Let’s not fall back
We should be over our outrage at petty jibes by now, writes John Verling. Both countries have grown up.
# terrorism - Monday 7 January, 2013
Irishman who planned bin Laden raid to be named as new CIA head
John Brennan’s parents hail from Roscommon, and he was raised in New Jersey. The counterterrorism expert was deeply involved in planning the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
# terrorism - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
Upscale NYC couple arrested after bomb making equipment found
The woman, who is a doctor’s daughter and has just given birth, shocked neighbours in her picturesque Manhattan village.
# terrorism - Sunday 2 December, 2012
Fifteen killed in Syria car bombing
Straight after the attack, hundreds of people began to protest against President Bashar al-Assad, according to activists, as some blamed the regime for the attack.
# terrorism - Tuesday 27 November, 2012
CCTV footage shows Anders Breivik parking van at explosion scene
The video footage also shows the damage done by the bomb which killed eight people.
# terrorism - Sunday 18 November, 2012
Israel ready to ‘significantly expand’ Gaza operation
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this morning that Israel is “extracting a heavy price from Hamas and the terror organisations”.
# terrorism - Monday 12 November, 2012
Viable bomb found close to Belfast primary school ‘designed to maim and kill’
Two streets remain closed as officers continue their investigation into today’s discovery.


























































