Iran will hit back Israel strike with terror attacks - US

US officials who have charged the likely Iranian responses to any attack by Israel on its nuclear program believe that Iran would get revenge by launching missiles on Israel and terrorist-style attacks on United States civilian and military personnel overseas.

While missile retaliation against Israel would be virtually certain, according to these assessments, Iran would also be likely to try to calibrate its response against American targets so as not to give the US a rationale for taking military action that could permanently cripple Tehran’s nuclear program. “Iranians have been pretty good masters of escalation control,” said Gen James E Cartwright, now retired, who as the top officer at Strategic Command and as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff participated in war games involving both deterrence and retaliation on potential adversaries.
The Iranian targets would include petroleum infrastructure in the Persian Gulf, and American troops in Afghanistan, where Iran has been accused of shipping explosives to local insurgent forces.US officials believe that there is no hard evidence that Iran has come to a decision to build a nuclear bomb.

Terrorist Bashir jailed for 15 years for terrorist acts

On Monday Indonesia's top court upheld a 15-year jail term against Islamist militant Abu Bakar Bashir for terrorist acts; reversing an earlier decision to slash the sentence to nine years.

Indonesia's top court has upheld a 15-year jail term against Islamist militant Abu Bakar Bashir for terrorist acts, reversing an earlier decision to slash the sentence to nine years.

Bashir is regarded as a spiritual leader of militant Islam in Indonesia -- the world's most populous Muslim country -- and is an outspoken supporter of Al-Qaeda-style jihad, but the 73-year-old has always denied being a terrorist.
In June last year a lower court sentenced him to 15 years in jail, but upon appeal the High Court slashed it to nine, citing lack of evidence and old age."Abu Bakar Bashir is proven to be guilty officially and convincingly of committing terrorist acts," the Supreme Court said in its ruling, which is final.

UN Security Council condemns ‘terrorist attack’ on Israeli

On Thursday the UN Security Council condemned a “terrorist attack” against an Israeli diplomat in India, without making any mention of allegations against Iran.

The 15-nation council said in a statement that it “condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in New Delhi” on February 13 in which an Israeli diplomat was badly injured.
The council also condemned an attempted attack in the Georgian capital which followed. An Israeli embassy employee found a bomb on his car and contacted police who defused the device.

7 terrorists killed and 25 arrested in Russia

In North Caucasus the law enforcement bodies of Russia executed 7 terrorists and 27 terrorists were arrested including the leader of the illegal military group in Dagestan Adul Abdulkarimov as a result of military operations.APA reports that during the operations leaders of 2 group and 5 militants were killed.

Amir of Dagestan province Ibrahimkhalil Davudov and leader of Khasavyurt terrorist group Magomed Gasimov were also killed. 4 secret armament depots of the terrorists were found as a result of operations. A lot of ammunitions were seized from the depots.

U.S. slaps terrorism authorizes on Iranian intelligence agency

The Obama administration is slapping sanctions on Iran’s ministry of intelligence and security, claiming that it supports global terrorism, commits human rights abuses against Iranians and participates in ongoing repression in Syria.

On Thursday the Treasury Department announced that it added the ministry to its list of specially designated global terrorists. The step freezes any assets the group may have in U.S. jurisdictions, bars Americans from doing business with it and bans ministry employees from travel to the United States. The effect of the sanctions will be largely symbolic as it is not known to have holdings in the U.S.
The announcement said the ministry had helped al-Qaida agents in Iran and provided then with identity cards and passports and had given money and weapons to al-Qaida in Iraq.

Bangkok explosions linked to the New Delhi attack

On Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, an Iranian man carrying explosives blow his own legs and wounded four other people in two blasts in Bangkok, Thai authorities said. A third blast took place in a nearby house.
Bangkok has been on the watch for a terror attack since police last month charged a Lebanese man suspected of planning a strike following a US warning that tourist areas might be target.

"Yesterday's incident was caused by current international tensions in world politics," National Security Council Secretary General Wichean Potephosree told a news conference.National Security Council chief Wichean Potephosree said that, the authorities are investigating the possible targets and if there was any link between Tuesday's explosions in Bangkok and one a day before New Delhi — an attack Israel blamed on Iran. Authorities say it's unclear whether the Bangkok explosions were linked to the New Delhi attack.