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Lithuania sentences Irishman on arms deal to Real IRA

Laila Rodriguez — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:53:36 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LITHUANIA – A court in Lithuania has sentenced Michael Campbell of Ireland to 12 years in prison for attempting to smuggle arms from that country to the Real IRA, a paramilitary group in Ireland. Campbell was arrested in an undercover operation after handing over cash to buy a sniper rifle, detonators and timers. According to [...]

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Pakistan, 21 killed in US air strike

Laila Rodriguez — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:31:33 +0000

GenevaLunch.com PAKISTAN – A US drone strike in Pakistan killed up to 21 Afghan Al Qaeda fighters, say press agencies in the region. The group has been blamed for some of the deadliest anti-American attacks in Afghanistan, including a suicide attack at a US base in 2009 that killed seven CIA operatives. US officials have accused [...]

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Europe in shock, worried, over Oslo’s 87 deaths (update)

Ellen Wallace — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 07:12:16 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Norwegian media point to lone gunman, naming him and publishing photos Update 9:20 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The death toll had risen to 87 by Saturday morning in Oslo, Norway, from a bomb at a government office and a gunman’s shooting spree at a youth political camp near the city. It is Europe’s worst attack since [...]

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Germany says strong evidence of planned terrorist attacks

Laila Rodriguez — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:52:22 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Germany says it has strong evidence of alleged Islamist militants were planning attacks in the next two weeks. Authorities ordered security at potential targets such as train stations and airports to be tightened. Germany has long viewed itself as a potential target because it has nearly 5,000 military personnel stationed in Afghanistan, the third largest [...]

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First court conviction of a Guantanamo Bay jail detainee

Laila Rodriguez — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:47:39 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Jurors in New York City, USA, convicted Ahmed Ghailani of conspiracy to blow up US government buildings. The charges were related to the Al Qaeda attacks of two US embassies in 1998. Ghailani was acquitted on more than 280 other charges. He is the only detainee transferred from Guantanamo Bay for trial since the US [...]

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Nato fuel tankers blasted in Pakistan

Laila Rodriguez — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:00:49 +0000

GenevaLunch.com A man died after gunmen, allegedly Taliban, torched several tankers carrying fuel to Nato troops in Afghanistan. Earlier, armed men had opened fire on a Nato convoy also going through Pakistan. On Monday, at least six people were killed and nine others wounded on yet another attack on Nato tankers. Disputes over how the US [...]

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Attack on British embassy employees in Yemen

Laila Rodriguez — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:03:35 +0000

GenevaLunch.com A British Embassy vehicle was attacked in the Yemen capital, San’a, on Wednesday 6 October, injuring three bystanders. The armored vehicle was hit by shrapnel from a rocket but no one inside it was hurt. The attack comes two days after British officials had been warned that al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula had plans to [...]

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Guantanamo’s youngest detainee to go on trial

Laila Rodriguez — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:06:39 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The youngest Guantanamo detainee is to go on trial today 10 August. Omar Khadr was arrested when he was fifteen years-old in an Afghanistan battlefield. Khadr is a Canadian citizen, now 23, who according to his defense attorneys, was forced into war by a family with close ties to Osama bin Laden. According to reports, [...]

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Air India bombing report expected in Canada

Laila Rodriguez — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:32:32 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Canada is expected to release a report on the 1985 bombing of an Air India flight, en route to India, which crashed into the Atlantic killing all 329 people on board. The four-year investigation lead by a Canadian commission is to be released in Ottawa on 17 June. Canadian authorities say independentist Sikh militants are [...]

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India rethinks terrorism strategy after bus attack

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 18 May 2010 07:57:27 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Five states on high alert India will rethink its strategy for countering terrorism attacks, officials have said, following the second major Maoist attack in two months, where 50 people (figure: Times of India) were killed in Chhattisgarh when a landmine was exploded under the bus in which they were traveling. The state, in the centre [...]

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