ISTANBUL -- The Turkish security troops have captured 19 al-Qaeda suspects, a security source said on Saturday. The source added that the police forces were chasing terrorist cells that planned to launch terrorist attacks in the main Turkish cities.
The NTV quoted the security source as saying that the suspects had been caught in the cities of Axari, Ankara and Adhna and that they would be referred to court charged with planning to launch terrorist attacks in the country.
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Morocco jails 15 Islamists on terror charges
12/29/2007
RABAT - Morocco's anti-terrorist tribunal has jailed 15 Islamists for between one and four years in three separate cases on conviction of terrorist activity or connections, the MAP news agency reported yesterday.
The special court in Sale near Rabat sentenced seven people late on Thursday to between one and two years in prison after the prosecution accused them of links to May 2003 attacks in Casablanca, which killed 45 people including 12 suicide bombers.
Another group of seven were jailed for four years each, after being found guilty of receiving paramilitary training with Algeria's extremist Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), which was in January renamed the Al Qaeda Branch of the Islamic Maghreb.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Traditional New Year's Eve fireworks in central Brussels have been canceled due to a continuing terror threat in the Belgian capital, officials said Sunday. The popular downtown Christmas market will close early, at 6 p.m., on Dec. 31 rather than staying open all night, and the adjacent skating rink will shut at 8 p.m.
Authorities warned of an increased risk of attack after police last week detained 14 people suspected of plotting to help an accused al-Qaida militant break out of jail.
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2 suicide bombers die by prematurely detonating their bomb in Pakistan
December 29, 2007
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani police say two suspected suicide bombers were killed when their explosives detonated prematurely. The incident happened near the residence of a senior leader of the ruling party in eastern Pakistan. He is a former minister for religious affairs, and was in charge of the ministry in July when the government launched a military operation against a militant-linked mosque in Islamabad. More than 100 people were killed in the conflict at the mosque and the former minister is reportedly on a militant hit list. He was not at home at the time of Sunday's attack.
The blast is the first suicide attack in Pakistan since the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Thursday. Her killing has triggered nationwide riots that have killed 44 people over three days. It has also raised doubts about whether parliamentary elections set for January 8th can go ahead as planned.
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