Anti-terror raids carried out in New York

September 23rd, 2009 NEW YORK - Six persons including one Pakistani were apprehended by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) during raids against suspects in Queens area here. Though the investigators have released the other five suspects after initial interrogation, the one Pakistani named Abdul Mannan, who hails from Quetta and has been living in the US for the last 15 years, was still in FBI's custody, The News reports.

September 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials have arrested three terror suspects - a father and son in Colorado and a man in New York, according to reports Sunday. The men are suspects in an ongoing investigation into an alleged plot to carry out bomb attacks in the US, CNN reported.

September 19th, 2009 COLORADO - A Colorado man under FBI investigation for his alleged role in a New York subway terror plot has admitted to having ties to Al Qaeda and is in negotiations to plead guilty to a terror charge, a source at the Department of Justice told Fox News. The source said 24-year-old Najibullah Zazi, who until now had protested that he had no connection to Al Qaeda, changed his story Friday.

September 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A suspect in an alleged terrorist plot in New York has told investigators he has ties to Al Qaeda and could plead guilty, US media quoted unnamed sources as saying Friday. The FBI had been questioning Najibullah Zazi in Denver since Wednesday, and he admitted his connections on Friday after two eight-hour interrogation sessions, the New York Daily News reported.

September 15th, 2009 NYC man: FBI asked about Denver friend in raidNEW YORK — A New York City man says FBI investigators who raided several city apartments in an anti-terrorism probe questioned him about a childhood friend who lives in Denver who stayed with him last week. Naiz Khan says he didn't know of any connections his friend had to terrorism.

September 8th, 2009 NEW YORK - Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday arrived in New York, and is likely to discuss Indo-US anti-terrorism cooperation and Pakistan's inaction against perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks with the top American officials during his four-day US visit. Anti-terrorism cooperation between India and the US is one of the key pillars of bilateral ties identified by the Obama Administration as was reflected during the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Indian visit.

August 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Two of the ten Pakistani students who were detained during counter-terrorism raids in Manchester and Liverpool earlier this year have flown back home, discontinuing their fight against deportation. Abdul Wahab Khan, 26, and Shoaib Khan, 27 were among ten Pakistanis who were detained in April on national security grounds after officials claimed that they have foiled a major bombing plot by Al-Qaeda.

July 31st, 2009 BEIJING - The Chinese army is formulating rules of engagement for Anti-Terrorism Combat Operations to deal with growing terrorist threat facing the country. "The army is drafting an Ordinance for Anti-terrorism Combat Operations based on its experience in anti-terror missions over the past few years," The China Daily quoted Major General Meng Guoping, as saying.

July 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) continued to pound suspected Taliban hideouts in South Waziristan killing scores of militants. According to sources, fighter jets bombarded terror training centers and other suspected installations of the Taliban in Maulvi Khan Serai, Old Serwekai and Berwand areas considered to be Baitullah Mehsud's stronghold.

May 1st, 2009 LONDON - British Police anti-terror stop and search powers trebled last year, prompting fears that the policy is alienating the country's Muslim community. According to The Independent, officers in England and Wales used Terrorism Act powers to search 124,687 people in 2007/8, up from 41,924 in 2006/7.

April 23rd, 2009 LONDON - The anti-terrorist operation that led to the resignation of a senior policeman, armed raids, the search of 14 properties but ultimately no charges, is to be the subject of an independent inquiry. The Times quoted Lord Carlile of Berriew, the reviewer of terrorism legislation, said that he would carry out "a snapshot review" of the detention of 12 men picked up a fortnight ago in Manchester, Liverpool and Lancashire, amid claims of an Easter bomb plot.

April 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has asked the British government not to deport its citizens who were rounded up on suspicion of links with terrorists, but were later released, as the UK Police could not produce evidence against them. Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said students had to undergo a harsh time behind bars and now it is up to the UK Government to compensate the students.

April 23rd, 2009 LONDON - An independent inquiry is likely to be held into the anti-terrorist operation that led to the resignation of a senior British policeman, armed raids, arrest and release of 11 Pakistani citizens without any charges being levied on them. Lord Carlile of Berriew, the reviewer of terrorism legislation, said that he would carry out "a snapshot review" of the detention of 12 men picked up a fortnight ago in Manchester, Liverpool and Lancashire, amid claims of an Easter bomb plot.

April 22nd, 2009 LONDON - The British Government has been accused of dishonourable behaviour after nine Pakistanis out of 11 arrested in Easter terror raids were released without any charge. The Government said it would not be prosecuting the nine, but still wanted to deport them, following their apprehension in Greater Manchester, Liverpool and Lancashire earlier this month, The Telegraph reported.

April 22nd, 2009 LONDON - A lawyer for the three Pakistani men facing deportation after being arrested in anti-terror raids earlier this month says his clients will fight to stay on in Britain. Mohammed Ayub says the men are in Britain lawfully on student visas, are not extremists and have done nothing wrong.