Thursday, 30 March 2006

OVER 250 TERROR ATTACKS PRE-EMPTED IN SCO COUNTRIES IN 2005

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Over 250 terror attacks were pre- empted in countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in 2005, Vyacheslav Kasymov, Executive Committee Director of the SCO\'s Regional Anti-Terror Agency, said. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and Hizb-ut-Tahrir, besides al Qaeda, are listed as terror organizations in five of the SCO\'s countries, Kasymov told the press after a meeting of the Agency\'s Council in Tashkent on Wednesday. The SCO is comprised of Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Over 250 terror attacks were pre- empted in countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in 2005, Vyacheslav Kasymov, Executive Committee Director of the SCO\'s Regional Anti-Terror Agency, said. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and Hizb-ut-Tahrir, besides al Qaeda, are listed as terror organizations in five of the SCO\'s countries, Kasymov told the press after a meeting of the Agency\'s Council in Tashkent on Wednesday. The SCO is comprised of Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. About 400 suspected terrorists are on the Agency\'s wanted list, Sergei Smirnov, the Russian Federal Security Service\'s Deputy Director who heads the Russian delegation to the Council session, told reporters. (Interfax)
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