Paris: A Muslim convert suspected of stabbing a French soldier in a religiously motivated attack was placed under formal investigation on Friday over an apparent act of terrorism, prosecutors said, a move that could lead to a trial.
Alexandre Dhaussy, 22, was brought before an anti-terrorism judge who determined there was enough evidence of what prosecutors called a terror-related assassination attempt to proceed with an investigation.
Under French law, a formal investigation means there exists "serious or consistent evidence" of a suspect's probable implication in a crime and is an important step towards a trial.
France has been on heightened security alert since January 2013, when its military intervened in Mali to help repel al Qaeda-linked Islamist rebels who had been seized control over the north of the former French colony....
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06:50 AM, Jun 01, 2013
Paris: The stabbing of a French soldier near Paris by a man who is still on the run bore the hallmarks of Islamist terrorism, the interior minister said on Sunday, and police said it may have been inspired by the murder of a British serviceman in London. Anti-terrorism investigators are hunting for a bearded man aged about 30, possibly of North African origin, who fled into a crowded train station...
06:50 AM, May 27, 2013
Paris: French anti-terrorism investigators were combing video surveillance tapes on Sunday as they continued their manhunt for a suspect who stabbed a soldier in the throat in the commercial district of La Defense outside Paris. The 23-year-old soldier, Cedric Cordier, was in uniform patrolling the busy underground corridors where shops and crowded public transport lines converge beneath the famous Arch of La Defense. Saturday's stabbing came days after a British...
01:07 AM, May 27, 2013
Paris: A French soldier was stabbed in the throat in a busy commercial district on the outskirts of Paris on Saturday, and France's President said authorities are investigating any possible links with the recent slaying of a British soldier. President Francois Hollande said the identity of the attacker was unknown and cautioned against jumping to conclusions about the assault on the uniformed soldier in the La Defense shopping area. The...
08:30 AM, May 26, 2013
The US Army private accused of providing secret documents to the WikiLeaks website pleaded guilty on Thursday to misusing classified material he felt "should become public," but denied the top charge of aiding the enemy. Private First Class Bradley Manning, 25, entered the pleas prior to his court martial, which is set to begin on June 3, in a case that centers on the biggest leak of government secrets in...
10:50 AM, Mar 01, 2013
Washington: US Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, accused of killing Afghan civilians in a shooting rampage in Kandahar province last week, will be charged with 17 counts of murder, a US official said on Thursday. Earlier accounts of the incident, which has damaged US-Afghan relations, had tallied 16 victims, including nine children and three women. Bales, a four-tour combat veteran, will also face other charges, including attempted murder, but the...
10:37 AM, Mar 23, 2012
Washington: The US soldier, who killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan could face a death penalty if convicted, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said, while asserting that the tragic incident was but an "isolated" one. The suspect, who has been arrested, went on a killing spree over the weekend, shooting down civilians, most of them women and children, in an act that has taken anti-America sentiment to a new high in...
10:55 AM, Mar 13, 2012
London: Singer Billy Ray Cyrus' new album 'I'M American' is a tribute to US troops and he decided to pen the songs after his Afghanistan visit. Cyrus visited the country in December 2009 and he was so moved by the US troops' life in Afghanistan that he decided to write the songs as a salute to them. "During one of the performances outside of Kabul, some bombs went off during...
03:57 PM, Jul 18, 2011
Washington: The Obama administration, under criticism for its treatment of the US soldier accused of leaking secret documents that appeared on the WikiLeaks website, is transferring the detainee to a Kansas jail. Jeh Johnson, the Pentagon's general counsel, said on Tuesday that Bradley Manning was being moved from a Marine base in Quantico, Virginia, to a detention facility at the Ft Leavenworth, Kansas military base. "Given the length of time...
09:02 AM, Apr 20, 2011
Frankfurt: A gunman fired shots at US military personnel on a bus outside Frankfurt airport on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding two before being taken into custody, authorities said. Kosovo's interior minister told The Associated Press that German police have identified the gunman as a Kosovo citizen. The attack came as the bus sat outside Terminal 2 at the airport, Frankfurt police spokesman Manfred Fuellhardt said. The two killed...
12:10 AM, Mar 03, 2011
The classified video showing a 2007 helicopter attack that killed a dozen people in Iraq. ...
10:07 AM, Jul 07, 2010
39-year-old Army major accused of opening fire on his colleagues. ...
05:35 PM, Nov 06, 2009
That's the reality of crisis management for the Muslim American community. ...
11:16 AM, Nov 06, 2009
The US army Major who is a suspect, is "in custody and in stable condition." ...
09:59 AM, Nov 06, 2009
The shooting was under investigation, the US military said. ...
05:34 PM, May 12, 2009
It will focus on expanding Kabul's security forces, wooing 'moderate' insurgents. ...
01:40 PM, Mar 27, 2009
US is expected to send up to 30,000 US soldiers to Afghanistan. ...
03:14 AM, Jan 22, 2009
Technicalities are threatening to disqualify up to half their ballots. ...
02:33 PM, Oct 29, 2008
Now, US Soldiers are putting their thoughts into blogs. Here's more about those who write and fight every day. ...
02:01 AM, May 08, 2007
On the fourth anniversary of Iraq war, thousands of protestors took the streets shouting anti-war slogans across United States. ...
02:25 PM, Mar 19, 2007
