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The Samjhauta Express bombings were terrorist attacks that occurred just before midnight and into the early hours of February 19, 2007, on the Samjhauta Express, a twice-weekly train service connecting Delhi, India, and Lahore, Pakistan.[2][3] Sixty-eight people were killed in the ensuing fire and dozens more were injured.[4] Of the sixty-eight fatalities, most were Pakistani civilians, but the victims included some Indian civilians and military guarding the train.[5] The attack occurred when two bombs exploded in different general compartments filled with passengers just after the train passed Diwana station near the Indian city of Panipat, 90 kilometres (50 miles) north of New Delhi.[6] Officials found evidence of suitcases with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and flammable material, including three un-detonated IEDs. Inside one of the suitcases containing the undetonated IEDs, a digital timer encased in transparent plastic was packed alongside over a dozen plastic bottles containing fuel oils and chemicals.[5] Eight unaffected compartments of the train were allowed to continue onwards to Lahore with passengers. , Panipat (Hindi:पानीपत) is an ancient and historic city in Panipat District, Haryana state, India. ...
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Both the Indian and Pakistani governments have condemned the terrorist attacks, and officials on both sides have speculated that the attack was intended to disrupt improving relations between the two nations, since the attack came just a day before Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri was to arrive in New Delhi to resume peace talks with Indian leaders.[3] Among the Muslim community, many believe that the bombing may have been caused by Hindu extremists. The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism. ...
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Two coaches of the Samjhauta Express traveling between India and Pakistan caught fire after twin blasts rocked the railway carriages at around 11:53 P.M. IST (18:23 UTC) on Sunday, February 18, 2007, as the train was passing through the railway station in the village of Diwana near the Indian city of Panipat.[7] After the two explosions, both carriages were engulfed in flames and many passengers were left helpless in the smoke-filled areas. One railway employee manning the level crossing at the time stated: Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...
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| “ | It was about 11.52 when I showed the signal lantern to the Attari Express which was coming in very fast, probably at over 100 kilometers an hour (62.1 mph). Just as reached near the home signal, I could hear two loud explosions from the coaches near the guards' van at the rear.[6] | ” | Witnesses claim to have seen passengers screaming and attempting to escape, but since most of the train's windows were barred for security reasons, many could not escape in time. Those people injured were pulled out of the burning carriages onto the track by fellow passengers and local residents.[2] In the end, the terrorist attack left sixty-eight people dead and fifty injured.[8] Most of the dead and injured were Pakistani nationals. The exact number of Pakistanis and Indians killed was not able to be determined because many of the bodies were charred beyond recognition.[9] The rest of the train, which was not harmed in the attack, continued on to the border town of Attari, before being transferred to a Pakistani train that took passengers to their destination in Lahore.[5] (Urdu: لاÛور, Punjabi: Ù„Ûور, pronounced ) is the capital of the province of Punjab, and is the second most densely populated city in Pakistan. ...
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India Indian Minister of Railways Lalu Prasad Yadav condemned the incident[10] and went on to say that the attack was "an attempt to derail the improving relationship between India and Pakistan."[7] He also announced compensation payments of Rs. 10,00,000 (approx. €17,500 or US$22,750) for the next-of-kin of each of the deceased and Rs. 50,000 for those injured.[11] Home Minister Shivraj Patil claimed that "whoever is behind the incident is against peace and wants to spoil our growing relationship with other countries". Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed "anguish and grief" at the loss of life in the bombings, and vowed that the culprits behind the terrorist attack would be caught.[2] India's foreign ministry also promised to issue visas for Pakistani relatives of those killed or injured in the blasts.[12] Indian analysts argued that the peace process should stay on track and that any wavering would be tantamount to surrendering to terrorism.[13] The Ministry of Railways in India is in charge of the Indian Railways, the state-owned company that enjoys a monopoly in Rail transport in India. ...
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Anti-terror bill The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party condemned the attacks and asked the ruling Indian National Congress to ask Pakistan to comply with its 2004 promise to cut down on cross-border terrorism. It also seeks the creation of a harsher anti-terror bill to take a "zero tolerance" approach to terrorism in India.[14] The Bharatiya Janata Party [BJP] (Hindi: , English: ), created in 1980, is a major Indian political party. ...
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Pakistan The government of Pakistan reacted in the same vein, through its Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, saying that this was an act of terrorism that should be investigated by Indian authorities. Kasuri said that the terrorist attack would not halt his trip to India and he said he "will be leaving tomorrow for Delhi to further the peace process." He went on to say that "we should hasten the peace process."[15] In response to the terrorist attack, President Pervez Musharraf stated "such wanton acts of terrorism will only serve to further strengthen our resolve to attain the mutually desired objective of sustainable peace between the two countries."[15] Musharraf also said that there must be a full Indian investigation of the attack.[2] In regards to the upcoming peace talks, he stated "we will not allow elements which want to sabotage the ongoing peace process to succeed in their nefarious designs."[5] Government of Pakistan (Urdu: Øکومت٠پاکستان)The Constitution of Pakistan provides for a Federal Parliamentary System of government, with a President as the Head of State and an indirectly-elected Prime Minister as the chief executive. ...
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United Kingdom United Kingdom Foreign Office Minister of State Kim Howells called the attacks "utterly shameful" and stated that the UK would "like to offer the Governments of India and Pakistan whatever assistance they require, to bring to justice the perpetrators of this brutal attack."[16] Howells also offered his "condolences to the family and friends of those killed and injured and condemn utterly this shameful act."[16] Leaders in the British Pakistani community made statements calling the terrorist attack a "despicable act" and urged for a speedy investigation into the tragedy so that the criminals responsible could be arrested and jailed.[16] The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, seen from St. ...
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| “ | We express our deepest sorrow for this tragedy and extend condolences to the families of the victims. We appreciate the leadership of Indian Prime Minister (Manmohan) Singh and Pakistani President (Pervez) Musharraf, and condemn those who seek to undermine the progress in relations between the two countries.[17][18] | ” | Dr. Manmohan Singh (Punjabi: , Hindi: ) is the 17th and current Prime Minister of India. ...
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Investigation Indian police have stated that the suitcase bomb attack was the work of at least four or five people and a possible militant connection.[19] The police also released sketches of two suspects in the bombing of a train. The police Inspector General said that the two suspects had left the train just fifteen minutes before the explosion rocked the train.[19] The police say that one of the men was around 35 or 36 years old, "plumpish" and dark, with a moustache, and the second was around 26 or 27, wearing a scarf wrapped around his head. The police also stated that both men were speaking Hindi.[20] Another man, a Pakistani national who was intoxicated at the time, was being questioned because he said he threw one of the bomb-containing suitcases off the train. A senior Haryana state railway police official said the man "was found in a drunken state and he's being questioned" and that his "account has been inconsistent and we have no definite conclusions yet."[21] Later, the Inspector General said "the suitcase was thrown on the track" and that the Pakistani national "was there and said he had thrown it."[19] Inspector General is a fact finding officer whose responsibility is to investigate charges of corruption, fraud, waste and abuse and other complaints regarding government officials. ...
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On February 23, a Pakistani Air Force C-130 plane landed in New Delhi to evacuate Pakistanis injured in the train bombings. Of the 10 people that were supposed to be evacuated, three people from the same family were missing. Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesperson, Tasneem Aslam, claimed that the father, Rana Shaukat Ali, was harassed by Indian intelligence agency personnel at the Safdarjung Hospital. Aslam also said that Pakistan High Commission officials were denied entrance into the hospital. An Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson, Navtej Sarna, denied these allegations, and stated that the patients would be taken to the airport. Sarna told the press that Ali's family was not missing, and that hospital doctors had decided not to allow Pakistani officials access into the hospital.[22] He also stated that the C-130 plane had developed a problem and could not take off. Later, Aslam told press correspondents that the "[C-130] aircraft was still at the airport" and that Mr. Ali chosen to travel back to Pakistan via a land route.[23] Despite the tensions between the two countries' External Affairs ministries, the C-130 aircraft took off from New Delhi at around 9:00 P.M. local time.[22] After the incident, Ali criticized the media, who asked him for "stories for their publications at a time when I am not in my senses because of the death of my five children."[24] He also stated that Indian officials showed him sketches of suspects, but he could not identify them.[24] February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
In early March, Haryana police arrested two people from the city of Indore who allegedly sold the suitcases that authorities believe the bombers used in the bombings.[25] A probe conducted by the commissioner of Railway Safety officially determined that the explosion of bombs in two compartments of the Samjhauta Express had caused the fire on the train, that ultimately resulted in 68 deaths. The inquiry concluded that the fire was caused by the explosion of bombs in the upper compartments in two coaches — GS 03431 and GS 14857 — of the Samjhauta Express.[26] The probe also showed that the train slowed down to a speed of 20 kilometres per hour (12.4 miles per hour) just before it was going to pass the Diwana train station. The results strengthened the belief that the suspects got off the train before the explosions.[27] On March 31, a 25-year-old man was interrogated after being arrested in Amritsar after jumping off a moving train under suspicious circumstances.[28] , Haryana (Hindi: हरियाणा, Punjabi: ਹਰਿਆਣਾ, IPA: ) is a state in north India. ...
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No major developments have been made in the investigation since late March. Meanwhile, the Indian and Pakistan governments accepted a bilateral pact to extend passenger train and freight services between the two countries until 2010.[29] In late April, the Indian and Pakistan governments initiated steps for safety and security measures for the Samjhauta Express. The two countries started sharing information on passengers travelling on the trains. The train is now under a reservation system, and as one Railway Ministry source said, "[w]ith no unreserved coaches, we now have complete passenger details from their ticket reservation data a few hours prior to their boarding, and departure of the train."[30] Also in late April, three new coaches equipped with the most advanced fire fighting systems in the country were attached to the Samjhauta Express. Indian Railway Ministry sources commented that the system acts with brake pressure, and this glass-encased system could throw water up to 15 metres (49.2 ft).[31]
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Notes - ^ (Urdu) "66 killed as Samjhauta Express becomes terror target", BBC, February 20, 2007. Retrieved on February 20, 2007
- ^ a b c d "Dozens dead in India train blast", BBC News, February 19, 2007. Retrieved on February 19, 2007
- ^ a b Muneeza Naqvi. "66 Die in India-Pakistan Train Attack", Associated Press, February 19, 2007. Retrieved on February 19, 2007
- ^ "Toll reaches to 68 in Samjhauta Express explosions", Islamic Republic News Agency, February 20, 2007. Retrieved on February 20, 2007
- ^ a b c d Y.P. Rajesh. "At least 66 killed in India-Pakistan train blast", Reuters, February 19, 2007. Retrieved on February 19, 2007
- ^ a b Hitender Rao. "66 killed as Samjhauta Express becomes terror target", Hindustan Times, February 19, 2007. Retrieved on February 19, 2007
- ^ a b Somini Sengupta. "Train bombing tests India-Pakistan ties", International Herald Tribune, February 19, 2007. Retrieved on February 19, 2007
- ^ "Terror on agenda: Kasuri arrives, visits Samjhauta blast victims", The Times of India, February 20, 2007. Retrieved on July 1, 2007
- ^ Nilova Roy Choudhary. "Samjhauta blast: India in the dock for lax security", Hindustan Times, February 23, 2007. Retrieved on July 4, 2007
- ^ Alok Pandey, Rati R, Sushmit Sengupta, Vikram Chowdhury. "Cross border tragedy: Samjhauta Express blasts kill 66", NDTV, February 19, 2007. Retrieved on February 19, 2007
- ^ Praveen Swami. "Samjhauta Express firebombed, 67 killed", The Hindu, February 19, 2007. Retrieved on February 19, 2007
- ^ "India offers visas after train attack", Press Trust of India, February 19, 2007. Retrieved on February 19, 2007
- ^ Siddharth Varadarajan. "Keep the peace process on track", The Hindu, February 19, 2007. Retrieved on February 19, 2007
- ^ "BJP seeks anti-terror bill in budget session", The Times of India, February 19, 2007. Retrieved on February 19, 2007
- ^ a b "Musharraf says train blasts won't sabotage peace", Reuters News, February 19, 2007. Retrieved on February 19, 2007
- ^ a b c "British Government condemns bomb attack on India-Pakistan train", Associated Press of Pakistan, February 19, 2007. Retrieved on February 19, 2007
- ^ "White House condemns those behind India train bombing", Reuters, February 19, 2007. Retrieved on February 19, 2007
- ^ "US condemns attack on Samjhauta Express", Press Trust of India, February 20, 2007. Retrieved on February 20, 2007
- ^ a b c Simon Denyer. "Police release sketches of bomb suspects", Reuters, February 20, 2007. Retrieved on February 20, 2007
- ^ "Images Of Bomb Suspects", Sky News, February 20, 2007. Retrieved on February 20, 2007
- ^ "Indian police release sketches of 2 suspects in bombing of India-Pakistan train", Associated Press, February 20, 2007. Retrieved on July 4, 2007
- ^ a b Amit Baruah. "Pakistani plane waits for hours", The Hindu, February 23, 2007. Retrieved on July 9, 2007
- ^ Amit Baruah. "Train attack probe: plea to Pakistan", The Hindu, February 24, 2007. Retrieved on July 9, 2007
- ^ a b "Adieu to Pakistani brethren", The Hindu, February 25, 2007. Retrieved on July 9, 2007
- ^ "Two held over Indian train blast", BBC News, March 14, 2007. Retrieved on March 14, 2007
- ^ "Samjhauta Express fire caused by bombs: Railway probe", Press Trust of India, March 26, 2007. Retrieved on July 1, 2007
- ^ "Samjhauta Express slowed down before blasts", Press Trust of India, March 28, 2007. Retrieved on July 1, 2007
- ^ "Man interrogated in Samjhauta Express bomb blast case", The Indian Express, March 31, 2007. Retrieved on July 1, 2007
- ^ "India, Pak to continue running Samjhauta, Thar Express trains", Press Trust of India, April 9, 2007. Retrieved on July 1, 2007
- ^ "Safety measures initiated for Samjhauta Express", Press Trust of India, April 28, 2007. Retrieved on July 1, 2007
- ^ "Coaches with fire fighting system for Samjhauta Express", United News of India, April 25, 2007. Retrieved on July 1, 2007
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Combatants Thailand Mujahideen Pattani Movement (BNP) Pattani United Liberation Organization (PULO) Pattani Islamic Mujahideen Movement (GMIP) Mujahideen Islamic Pattani Group National Revolution Front (BRN) Pattani Liberation National Front (BNPP) Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Commanders Bunrot Somthat Surayud Chulanont Wan Kadir Wan Che Casualties More than 3,000 killed 2,729 civilian...
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Combatants Hezbollah Amal[1] LCP[2] PFLP-GC[3] Israel Commanders Hassan Nasrallah Dan Halutz Moshe Kaplinsky[10] Udi Adam Strength 600-1,000 active fighters 3,000-10,000 reservists[4] Up to 10,000 ground troops. ...
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Combatants Hamas Fatah Commanders Ismail Haniya Khaled Meshaal Mohammed Deif Mahmoud Abbas Mohammed Dahlan Strength Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades: 15,000 Executive Force: 6,000[1][2] National Security: 30,000 Police and Preventive Security: 30,000 General Intelligence: 5,000 Presidential Guard: 4,200 Al Aqsa Martyrs...
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Combatants Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist militias Alleged: Eritrea Foreign Mujahideen al-Qaeda South: Ethiopia Transitional Government of Somalia United States North: Ethiopia Galmudug Puntland After the invasion: AMISOM Commanders Hassan Aweys Sharif Ahmed Hasan Hersi Adan Ayrow Barre Adan Shire Hirale Abdi Qeybdid (Galmudug) Adde Musa (Puntland) Meles Zenawi...
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Combatants Lebanese Armed Forces Fatah [1] Fatah al-Islam Jund al-Sham Commanders Michel Sulaiman Shaker al-Abssi Abu Youssef Sharqieh Strength 72,100 troops 430 Fatah militants, 50 Jund militants, unknown number of al-Qaeda bombers Casualties Northern casualties: 148 killed, 280 wounded Southern casualties: 2 killed, 6 wounded...
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Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
2002: A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...
The 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States, also known as Amerithrax from its FBI case name, occurred over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001 (a week after the September 11, 2001 attacks). ...
Richard Colvin Reid (aka Abdul Raheem) (born August 12, 1973), also known as the shoe bomber, is an individual convicted on charges of terrorism and currently serving a life sentence in the United States for attempting to detonate a commercial aircraft in-flight using plastic explosives contained in his shoes. ...
December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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2003: Terrorism in Pakistan has been prevalent since the 1980s following the breakup of the nation into modern Pakistan and Bangladesh in the Bangladesh Liberation War. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December February 27, 2002 Alicia Keys wins five Grammys. ...
The 2002 Bali bombing occurred on October 12, 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. ...
is the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2004: The 2003 Casablanca bombings were a series of suicide bombings on May 16, 2003, in Casablanca, Morocco. ...
May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing occurred on 5 August 2003 in Jakarta, Indonesia. ...
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The Istanbul bombings were two truck bomb attacks carried out on two days in November 2003. ...
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Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2005: The 2004 Madrid train bombings (also known as 11-M, 3/11, 11/3 and M-11) were a series of coordinated bombings against the commuter train system of Madrid, Spain on the morning of 11 March 2004, which killed 191 people and wounded over 1700. ...
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The Jakarta embassy bombing took place on September 9, 2004 in Jakarta, Indonesia. ...
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Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2006: Locations of the bombings, overlaid onto a real-path map of the London Underground The 7 July 2005 London bombings (also called the 7/7 bombings) were a series of coordinated terrorist bomb blasts that hit Londons public transport system during the morning rush hour. ...
is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Wikinews has news related to: Four small explosions strike Londons transport system On 21 July 2005, four attempted bomb attacks disrupted part of Londons public transport system two weeks after the 7 July 2005 London bombings. ...
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Wikinews has news related to: Fatal explosions hit Bali The 2005 Bali bombings were a series of explosions that occurred on October 1, 2005, in Bali, Indonesia. ...
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Amman, the capital city of Jordan. ...
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Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2007: Map showing the Western line and blast locations. ...
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Police at the scene of one of the raids, on Forest Road, Walthamstow, London. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
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A group of six radical Islamist[1] men, allegedly plotting to stage an attack on the Fort Dix military base in New Jersey, United States, were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on May 7, 2007. ...
The 2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot was an alleged Islamist terrorist plot to blow up a system of jet fuel supply tanks and pipelines that feed fuel to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in Queens, New York. ...
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On 29 June 2007, in London, two car bombs were discovered and disabled before they could be detonated. ...
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Timeline of the War on Terrorism: // September 11 - September 11, 2001 attacks take place and kill 2,993 people. ...
War on Terrorism casualties: // Military casualties only 4,105 killed, 4 POW/MIA, 11 ex-POW/MIA (US)[1][2] 232 killed (UK)[3][4] 66 killed (Canada)[5] 220 killed (other Iraq and Afghanistan-coalition)[6][7] 8,600 killed (New Iraqi Army)[8] 5,000+ Afghan security forces...
// Military/diplomatic campaigns The War on Terror is broadly agreed to be taking place in the following theaters of operation. ...
Criticism of the War on Terrorism addresses the issues, morals, ethics, efficiency, and other questions surrounding the War on Terrorism. ...
Abu Ghraib cell block The Abu Ghraib prison (Arabic: سجن أبو غريب; also Abu Ghurayb) is in Abu Ghraib, an Iraqi city 32 km (20 mi) west of Baghdad. ...
For the movie Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil, see Behind Enemy Lines II. For cosmic anisotropy, see Anisotropy#Physics. ...
Wikisource has original text related to this article: Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism The Salt Pit in Afghanistan Black site is a military term that has been used by United States intelligence agencies to refer to any classified facility whose existence or...
Wikisource has original text related to this article: Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism Wikisource has original text related to this article: Declaration of Stephen Abraham, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army Reserve, June 14th, 2007 This is the trailer where the Combatant Status...
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Extraordinary rendition and irregular rendition are terms used to describe the extrajudicial transfer of a person from one state to another with the intent of legally torturing them outside of the jurisdiction of a state which prohibits it. ...
Detainees upon arrival at Camp X-Ray, January 2002 Wikisource has original text related to this article: Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism Wikisource has original text related to this article: Statement of Alberto J Mora on interrogation abuse, July 7, 2004 Guantanamo...
Military commissions are among procedures planned by the U.S. Bush administration to deal with detainees it links to al-Qaeda. ...
President George W. Bush signs into law S. 3930, the Military Commissions Act of 2006, during a ceremony on October 17, 2006 in the East Room of the White House. ...
The NSA call database is a reported database of telephone calls created by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) with the cooperation of four of the largest telephone carriers in the United States: AT&T, SBC, Verizon and BellSouth. ...
An NSA electronic surveillance program that operated without judicial oversight mandated by Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was named the Terrorist Surveillance Program by the George W. Bush administration[1] in response to the NSA warrantless surveillance controversy which followed the disclosure of the program. ...
In American political and legal discourse, the unitary executive theory is a theory of Constitutional interpretation that is based on aspects of the separation of powers. ...
The term unlawful combatant (also unlawful enemy combatant or unprivileged combatant/belligerent) denotes a person denied the privileges of prisoner of war (POW) designation, in accordance with the Geneva Conventions; one to whom protection is recognised as due is a lawful or privileged combatant. ...
The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56), known as the USA PATRIOT Act or simply the Patriot Act, is an Act of Congress which U.S. President George W. Bush signed into law on October...
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Logo of ISAF. Persian writing: کمک و همکاری (Komak va Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation. International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is an international military force in Afghanistan led by NATO and consisting of about 32,000 personnel from 37 nations as of October 5, 2006. ...
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The Iraqi Regular Army is a component of the Iraqi Security Forces tasked with assuming responsibility for all Iraqi land-based military operations following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. ...
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Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ...
The Abu Sayyaf Group (Arabic: جماعة أبو سياÙ; ; ASG), also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several militant Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern islands of the Philippines, in Bangsamoro (Jolo, Basilan, and Mindanao) where for almost 30 years various groups have been engaged in an insurgency...
The Iraq resistance movement is the armed resistance by diverse groups to the coalition occupation of Iraq. ...
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Hamas (Arabic: ; acronym: Arabic: , or Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or Islamic Resistance Movement,[1]) is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist organization. ...
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Motto: none Anthem: none Capital formerly Mogadishu and Kismayu Largest city n/a Official languages Somali and Arabic Government Sharia Krytocracy - Executive Chairman Sharif Sheikh Ahmed - Shura Chairman Hassan Dahir Aweys Civil War Faction Has not declared autonomy or independence - Established June 6th 2006 in Mogadishu Area - Total not finalized...
Jemaah Islamiyah[1] (JI, Arabic phrase meaning Islamic Group or Islamic Community) is a Southeast Asian militant Islamic organization dedicated to the establishment of a Daulah Islamiyah[2] (Islamic State) in Southeast Asia incorporating Indonesia, Malaysia, the southern Philippines, Singapore and Brunei[3]. JI was added to the United Nations...
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The Taliban (Pashto: ) are a fundamentalist Sunni Muslim and ethnic Pashtun movement that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by American aerial bombardment and Northern Alliance ground forces. ...
The Muslim Brothers (Arabic: الإخوان المسلمون al-ikhwÄn al-muslimÅ«n, full title The Society of the Muslim Brothers, often simply الإخوان al-ikhwÄn, the Brotherhood or MB) is a world-wide Sunni Islamist movement and the worlds largest, most influential Islamist group[1]. The MB is the largest political...
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Combatants Thailand Mujahideen Pattani Movement (BNP) Pattani United Liberation Organization (PULO) Pattani Islamic Mujahideen Movement (GMIP) Mujahideen Islamic Pattani Group National Revolution Front (BRN) Pattani Liberation National Front (BNPP) Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Commanders Bunrot Somthat Surayud Chulanont Wan Kadir Wan Che Casualties More than 3,000 killed 2,729 civilian...
Jaish-e-Mohammed (Arabic:جيش Ù…Øمد, literally The Army of Muhammad, transliterated as Jaish-e-Muhammed, Jaish-e-Mohammad or Jaish-e-Muhammad, often abbreviated as JEM) is a major Islamic militant organization in South Asia. ...
The Hizbul Mujahideen (Øزب المجاھدین) (created 1989) is a militant group active in Kashmir. ...
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The Kurdistan Workers Party (Kurdish: or PKK, Turkish: , also called KADEK , Kongra-Gel and KCK) is a militant separatist group founded in the 1970s and led, until his capture in 1999, by Abdullah Öcalan. ...
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) was a militant Islamist movement formed in 1998 by former Soviet paratrooper Juma Namangani, and the Islamic ideologue Tohir Yuldashev - both ethnic Uzbeks from the Fergana Valley, one of the most Islamic regions in Central Asia. ...
Lashkar-e-Toiba (Urdu: لشكر٠طيبه laškar-ĕ ṯaiyyiba, literally The Army of Pure, also transliterated as Lashkar-i-Tayyaba, Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba or Lashkar-i-Toiba) is one of the largest and most active Islamic terrorist organizations in South Asia. ...
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