Time will tell.
DERA ISMAIL KHAN - Police has foiled an attempt of terrorism by arresting three culprits and recovering weapons, explosives and seven jackets used for suicide attack in the jurisdiction of Saddar Police Station, Dera Ismail Khan on Friday .
Police on suspicion have searched the car bearing no (DNN-7979) standing alongside the under construction bungalow in Akbar Town, Bannu Road and recovered 100 mortar shells, 7 jackets used for suicide attack, 2 anti tank, missile, hand grenade and ammunitions in large number.
Five persons started running standing some distance away near the vehicle after watching the police coming towards them. Station House Office (SHO) Saddar Police Station Bahawal Khan along with heavy contingent of Police managed to arrest three culprits including Jamshed, Ehsan and Nisar while two are still at large. SHO Saddar Office told media men that Police have foiled their major attempt of terrorism in Dera Ismail Khan.
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Area to Get More Anti-Terrorism Funds (D.C.)
Saturday, July 14,
The Department of Homeland Security will increase a key anti-terrorism grant for the D.C. area by one-third this year, to $61.6 million, but local officials said the amount still doesn't reflect the grave risk facing the region. "It's better, but not enough," said Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.), who disclosed the figure. "This is the capital of the free world. We have to assume it is at or near the top of most terrorists' target lists."
The grant is critical to the area's spending on anti-terrorism equipment, training, planning and exercises. A U.S. intelligence report warned this week that al-Qaeda is becoming better positioned to attack the West. The Homeland Security program will distribute $746 million in anti-terrorism funds, based on risk, to 45 metropolitan regions this year. Officials from the D.C. and New York areas were outraged last year when their grants were cut by 40 percent.
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Travel bans considered to stop Britons training for terrorism overseas
July 14, 2007
BRITAIN: Criminals in Britain could be barred from traveling to countries suspected of harbouring terrorist camps after officials confirmed the leader of a 2005 bombing plot had been allowed to go to Pakistan despite facing minor charges in Britain.
Failed bomber Muktar Said Ibrahim was an Eritrean refugee given a British passport in 2004 - a fact that has fueled debate in Britain over border controls and immigration. Ibrahim, 29, was among four men sentenced Wednesday to a minimum of 40 years in prison over the failed bombings, which were attempted two weeks after the July 7, 2005 suicide attacks that killed 52 commuters on three London subway cars and a bus.
British authorities had granted Ibrahim British citizenship and allowed him to travel freely although he had prior convictions for assault and, at the time of a 2004 trip to Pakistan, had been charged and due to appear before a court over a disturbance that occurred while he was distributing extremist leaflets.
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