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At the time of this post the dust has yet to settle..
BAGHDAD: A car bomb exploded at the entrance to a fruit and vegetable market in south Baghdad, killing at least 25 people and wounding about 40, police and hospital officials said, in the latest sign of rising attacks.
The blast, which occurred about 7 a.m. at the Rasheed market in the city's southern Dora area, follows a sharp increase in violence in Iraq last month, raising concern that militants have regrouped after suffering sharp setbacks in fighting over the last two years.
Hours later, another car bomb exploded in the capital's Karradah district, killing two people and wounding six, police said. The bomb apparently targeted a police patrol but missed.
.....that was minutes ago from Pakistan times
this is what the AP had to say
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraq police say that a pair of powerful explosions rocked downtown Baghdad killing 25 people and injuring at least 45.
The blasts went off near the Ministry of Justice and the offices of a Kurdish political party during the morning rush hour as people headed to work.
The police spoke Sunday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.
Oct 25, 4:31 AM EDTAt the time of this post the dust has yet to settle..
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Four years ago, Steven Levitt, University of Chicago economist, and Stephen Dubner, a New York Magazine writer, got together to write what they thought would be a small, interesting book that would come, inform and charm a few people, then go out of circulation. But "Freakonomics" not only stayed on top of the bestseller list for two years but changed the way many people thought about the world - how to see and solve problems.
(Simon, S., 2009, October 2009, par.1-2)
The authors have now made use of their widening prominence to learn and consider a whole new slew of issues in a way that may fundamentally upset conventional thinking, and that's the point of what they do.
(Simon, S., 2009, October 2009, par.3)
[details at the link....]
[image: freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com]Four years ago, Steven Levitt, University of Chicago economist, and Stephen Dubner, a... more
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BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber opened fire on worshippers during Friday prayers at a mosque in northern Iraq and then blew himself up after running out of ammunition, killing 12 people, police and hospital officials said.
The attacker walked into the Sunni mosque in Tal Afar and started firing on worshippers with an AK-47 rifle as the imam was delivering his sermon, a local police official said. Sixty-five people were wounded in the attack. When the shooter ran out of ammunition, he detonated his explosives belt, the official said.
The imam, Abdul-Satar Hassan, a member of Iraq's largest Sunni political party, was also killed in the attack, the official said. It was not immediately clear if the slain imam was the intended victim, although Sunni clerics have increasingly become targets in Iraq's sectarian bloodletting.
Sahir Jalal, 37, who was at the mosque for prayers, said the imam had just begun delivering a sermon when a tall man stood up.
"Then he took out a small rifle from under his jacket and started to shoot," he said.
Seconds later, the man shouted "God is Great" and detonated explosives strapped to his body, Jalal said.
An official with the Tal Afar hospital confirmed the casualty count. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information to the media.
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By PIR ZUBAIR SHAH and MARK McDONALD
Published: October 12, 2009
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A suicide car bomber attacked a military vehicle in a crowded market in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 41 people and wounding dozens more, police and hospital officials said.
The explosion occurred at the Alpuri market, whose shops are adjacent to a police station and a mosque, in the Shangla District within the restive Swat Valley. Among the dead, according to a local police official, were six soldiers and four newly recruited members of a community police force.
No one took immediate responsibility for the blast, although the blame is likely to fall on Taliban insurgents who have been active in the area. The Pakistani military had declared Swat cleared of militants after an offensive this summer, and this was the most deadly militant attack in the region since the end of that campaign.By PIR ZUBAIR SHAH and MARK McDONALD
Published: October 12, 2009
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This week is the eighth anniversary of the beginning of the War in Afghanistan, and still security is a question in the streets of Kabul.
"A suicide bomb exploded outside the Indian embassy in Kabul this morning, killing 17 people and wounding dozens.
The force of the rush-hour blast flattened walls and rattled windows up to a mile away. Television news footage showed soldiers and passersby pulling a severed leg from a destroyed vehicle.
The Afghanistan interior ministry, which is based in the same road as the Indian embassy, confirmed that 15 civilians and two Afghan police officers were killed. Officials said at least 76 people were wounded.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the explosion and confirmed that the embassy was the target."This week is the eighth anniversary of the beginning of the War in Afghanistan, and... more
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Prince Mohammed was wounded when a suicide bomber tried to attack him. The wounds are minor and he said "This will only increase our determination to eradicate this,"Prince Mohammed was wounded when a suicide bomber tried to attack him. The wounds are... more
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A suicide bomb attack has left four people dead and three wounded in Russia’s Chechen Republic. The incident happened on Tuesday morning in a village in the Shalinsky region.
The attacker approached a group of policemen waiting at a car wash for their car to be cleaned and set off the explosion.
According to conflicting reports, five people including the bomber himself died at the scene, while three more were wounded.A suicide bomb attack has left four people dead and three wounded in Russia’s... more
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The suicide bombers approached the police officers in two locations in Grozny and blew themselves up. The larger scaled battles ended but these attacks are in response to recent security raids.The suicide bombers approached the police officers in two locations in Grozny and blew... more
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A suicide bomber drove a truck laden with explosives into a police station in southern Russia on Monday, killing 21 people and wounding more than 130 in the most costly rebel attack in Russia's troubled Caucasus region in five years.
The attack in the provincial republic of Ingushetia comes amid signs rebel attacks are growing more brazen and well organized, raising concerns that the Kremlin is unable to control the strategically important region.
While Moscow has mostly crushed resistance inside Chechnya, fighters have wormed their way into bordering Muslim republics, where they have stepped up an effective campaign of killing police and government officials.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sacked Ingushetia's top law-enforcement official in response to Monday's attack. His harsh comments noted attacks are reported almost daily in the province, blaming the police leadership for incompetence.
"This terrorist attack could have been prevented," Mr. Medvedev said in televised remarks. "Police have to defend people, and they have to be able to defend themselves."
The Kremlin has struggled to find effective leaders in the Caucasus, in part because rebels have eliminated a number of them.
Ingushetia's construction minister, responsible for Moscow's vast infrastructure projects in the republic, was shot to death in his office last week. The current president, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, a decorated war hero, was wounded in June when a suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into his motorcade. Mr. Yevkurov, still recuperating in Moscow, denounced Monday's bombing through a spokesman, calling it "an attempt to destabilize the situation and sow panic."
Investigators said the attacker rammed his truck through the main gates of the police station in Nazran, Ingushetia's largest city, as officers were lining up for morning roll call and inspection. Police fired shots at the truck, but failed to stop it.A suicide bomber drove a truck laden with explosives into a police station in southern... more
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Five days before Afghanistan’s presidential election, a huge explosion rocked the diplomatic district of the capital on Saturday morning, killing seven people and wounding 91, most of them on their way to work.
The blast in Kabul, attributed to a suicide car bomber, occurred about 8:30 a.m. just outside NATO forces’ headquarters and the Afghan transportation ministry. The blast was also near the United States Embassy, but an embassy spokeswoman said there were no injuries or damage at the well-guarded compound.
End of extract (New York Times)KABUL, Afghanistan — Five days before Afghanistan’s presidential election, a huge... more
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The UK's Home Office are fearful that one day an army of dressed-up, robotic 'suicide' bombers will wreak havoc on Britain's streets!
First, robots replaced humans in factories - leaving millions unemployed. Then they replaced our Fidos with Aibos. Now, they want to replace our suicide bombers! Whatever next?!?The UK's Home Office are fearful that one day an army of dressed-up, robotic 'suicide'... more
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A top Taliban leader in Pakistan is buying and selling children for suicide bombings, Pakistani and U.S. officials said. Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud has been increasingly using the children in attacks, the officials said. A video released by Pakistan's military shows the children training for the task.
In the video of a training camp, children can be seen killing and going through exercises.
Mehsud has been selling the children, once trained, to other Taliban officials for $6,000 to $12,000, Pakistani military officials said. Watch more about the child bombers »
Some of the children are as young as 11, the officials said.
"He has been been admitting he holds a training center for young boys, for preparing them for suicide bombing. So he is on record saying all this, accepting these crimes," said Major General Akhtar Abbas, spokesman for the Pakistani army. The young suicide bombers may be able to reach targets unnoticed, the military said.
"If he is approaching on foot, there is a possibility he will bypass security," Abbas said.
"In certain areas, there is a possibility in the population centers everyone can not be checked physically, so he can create havoc there."
Pakistan has launched an offensive against the Taliban, started in the Swat region of the North West Frontier Province. The Taliban have countered with a spate of suicide bombings, including a July 2 attack in Rawalpindi, in which a suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck a Pakistani Defense Ministry bus. At least one person was killed and 29 others were wounded.
Pakistan's army said it is hunting Mehsud in the hopes that the supply of suicide bombers will dry up after the Taliban leader is captured.
Meanwhile, a suspected U.S. drone attack killed at least 12 people and wounded five others in northwest Pakistan Tuesday, Pakistani officials said.
The missile strikes in South Waziristan targeted a suspected Taliban hideout at a madrassa, or Muslim school, in Zangarah, according to intelligence officials.
The attack near the border with Afghanistan involved a pair of missiles shot from an unmanned drone, local resident Janbaz Mehsud told CNN. He said all the dead and wounded were Taliban. A local government official, who asked not to be named, said the madrassa was a training center for the Taliban and belongs to Baitullah Mehsud. That official put the death toll at 14, but said the number of dead could rise.
The U.S. military routinely offers no comment on reported drone attacks. However, the United States is the only country operating in the region known to have the ability to launch missiles from drones, which are controlled remotely.A top Taliban leader in Pakistan is buying and selling children for suicide bombings,... more
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"A bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded Wednesday evening in Baghdad’s Sadr City, killing at least 60 people in a popular clothes and vegetable market as it was thronged with shoppers who had waited for sundown before venturing into the hot summer weather, according to the Iraqi interior ministry.
It was at least the third bombing in two weeks to result in double digit casualties in Shiite communities. On Saturday, a truck bomb in Taza, a Shiite Turkmen area in northern Iraq, killed at least 68 people. Earlier in the month, a car bomb exploded outside Nasiriya, the capital of a predominantly Shiite province in southern Iraq where bombs are rare, killing at least 28 people and inciting a near riot among survivors who threw stones at the police, blaming them for lax security.
The bombing on Wednesday occurred just six days before the American forces officially withdraw from Iraqi cities, towns and villages, as required under the Iraqi-American security agreement. But in Baghdad, many of the troops have already withdrawn, and whatever preventative effect they had may well be fast evaporating. In their absence, insurgent groups appear to be beginning to test the now almost wholly-run Iraqi security system.""A bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded Wednesday evening in Baghdad’s Sadr City,... more
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The international community has condemned the killing of Somalia's National Security Minister, Omar Hashi Aden, in a suicide car bomb in Beletweyne, north of the capital Mogadishu on Thursday.
In a joint statement the UN, the African Union (AU), the European Union (EU), the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the League of Arab States (LAS) condemned this week's upsurge in violence in Mogadishu, where another suicide bomb or shelling is reported to have killed at least ten people attending a mosque.
They called on the transitional federal government of Somalia not to be deterred in its pursuit for peace by the actions of a small minority.
"This deplorable attack once again demonstrates that the extremists will stop at nothing in their desperate attempt to seize power from the legitimate Government of Somalia by force," the organizations said in a joint statement received here Friday.
"These extremists, both Somali and foreigners, failed in their recent coup d'état but are continuing their indiscriminate violence. They are a threat not only to the country, but to the IGAD region and the international community," the statement said.
The organizations urged the Somali government not to be deterred by the violent crimes of a small minority and to continue its efforts for peace and reconciliation through the Djibouti Process.
It was the UN-facilitated Djibouti process which aided the formation of a new Government of National Unity in February, as well as the creation of a newly-expanded Parliament and election of President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.
The Thursday's attack in Beledweyne, which is north of the capital, Mogadishu, is the latest in a new wave of violence that began in early May between government troops and the opposition Al-Shabaab and Hesbul Islam groups.
"The AU, IGAD, LAS and UN sent their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Minister Hashi and the other victims of this cowardly suicide bombing as well as to the government and the people of Somalia," the statement said.
"We pledge our full support to the government particularly at this critical time and call for all Somalis to rally behind their government and all those who are working for peace and stability. We also call on the international community to put its firm support behind Somalia's legal and legitimate government."
Also voicing his concern about the upsurge in violence is the independent UN expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Shamsul Bari, who stressed that the fighting must stop immediately and that perpetrators be held to account.
"All the parties to the conflict have a responsibility to save lives and protect the civilian population," he said.The international community has condemned the killing of Somalia's National Security... more
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed and 48 wounded on Wednesday when two car bombs exploded in a busy market in Baghdad's Sadr City slum, police said.
A third car bomb was discovered and was being defused, the police said. The blasts followed suicide bombings last week in which at least 150 people died in just two days, stirring fears that Iraq could slide back into broader sectarian conflict.
(Editing by Michael Christie and Robert Woodward)BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed and 48 wounded on Wednesday when... more
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Ron Paul uses the example of the CIA's coup in Iran as an example of blowback which led to the eventual Iranian Revolution, the overthrow of the Shah and the American Hostage crisis. He also explains the real motivation of suicide terrorism.Ron Paul uses the example of the CIA's coup in Iran as an example of blowback which... more
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Suicide bombers returned to Baghdad for the second day running when two people wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a Shia Muslim shrine in the Kadhimiya district, killing at least 25 people and wounding 60, police said.
The bombers detonated explosive belts within minutes of each other near the tomb of Imam Mousa al-Kazim, an important Shiite saint.
Yesterday scores of people were killed in a series of bomb attacks, after the alleged leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, was arrested.
The detention of Baghdadi was hailed as the most serious blow to the insurgency for three years, but it was swiftly followed by four explosions that killed as many as 70 people.
Baghdadi was arrested shortly after 10am by military intelligence officials attached to the sixth brigade of the Iraqi army in Resafa district, in south-eastern Baghdad.
Just over an hour later, a suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of police officers who were handing out humanitarian aid to refugees in al-Tahriyat Square in the central neighbourhood of Karrada, near where the arrest took place. The blast killed 28 people and wounded 50.
A second suicide bomber killed 48 Iranian pilgrims in a restaurant near Baquba, the provincial capital of Diyyala. Victims were believed to still be buried in the rubble of an adjoining building, and the death toll was expected to rise further, according to a police official in Baquba.
"The toll is rising all the time," the officer said. "A lot of the wounded are not expected to live."
At least 40 of the dead were Iranian pilgrims who were travelling to the Shia shrine cities of Karbala and Najaf.Suicide bombers returned to Baghdad for the second day running when two people wearing... more
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HILLA, Iraq (AFP) — At least nine people were killed and another 23 wounded on Saturday when a suicide bomber struck the headquarters of a US-allied Sunni militia south of Baghdad, an Iraqi army officer said.
The bomber detonated his payload as an Iraqi army contingent was visiting the headquarters of the local Sahwa "Awakening" movement to pay salaries, Lieutenant Haidar al-Lami told AFP.
He added that the killed and wounded included Sahwas and soldiers.
The Sahwas, former Sunni insurgents who allied with US forces beginning in 2006 to drive out Al-Qaeda in Iraq, have played a crucial role in improving security in the war-battered country.
The attack took place in the town of Latifiyah, in a religiously mixed part of Babel province once known as the "Triangle of Death" that saw scores of attacks in the years after the March 2003 US-led invasion.
The attack came amid an upturn in violence over the past week that saw a series of bombings in Baghdad and a suicide truck bomb in the northern city of Mosul on Friday that killed five US soldiers and three Iraqi security forces.
The Mosul bombing was the deadliest attack on US forces in more than a year and underscored the lingering insecurity in some areas of the country. The US military views Mosul as the last urban bastion of Al-Qaeda in Iraq.HILLA, Iraq (AFP) — At least nine people were killed and another 23 wounded on... more
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A suicide bomber has attacked a US-allied Sunni militia group in Iraq, killing at least nine people and wounding 31 others, police say.
The bomber struck as militiamen from a local Awakening council were waiting to collect their salaries at an army post in Iskandariya, south of Baghdad.
The US-sponsored Awakening councils have helped cut violence in Iraq after turning against al-Qaeda.
But this has made them a target for militants, correspondents say.
The bomber in Iskandariya was wearing a belt of explosives, which he detonated after mingling with militiamen who had gathered to receive their monthly pay, security sources say.
The town, about 50km (30 miles) south of Baghdad, is located in an area that used to be known as the "Triangle of Death" because it was so troubled.
4/11 7:04 AM ET ClipsFCA suicide bomber has attacked a US-allied Sunni militia group in Iraq, killing at... more
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