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Bet on Israel bombing Iran
What many Americans miss is that Iran is a threat to Israel's very existence, not an imagined danger used by politicians for political advantage. Every Israeli city is within range of Iranian/Hezbollah rockets. To make matters worse, since the July 2006 34-day war, Hezbollah may have as much as trebled the number of rockets it has targeted on Israel. What many Americans miss is that Iran is a threat to Israel's very existence, not an imagined danger used by politicians for poli... more
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Indian police detain about 12 over Delhi blast
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian police have detained about a dozen people in connection with a deadly bomb blast in a crowded New Delhi market, officials said on Sunday, the second attack in the capital this month.
Police said they had witnesses who could identify the two men who dropped a plastic bag in the capital's busy Mehrauli market, before speeding away on a motorcycle on Saturday.
A boy picked up the bag and ran after the motorcyclists to return it when there was a huge explosion, killing him on the spot. A 60-year-old man died in hospital later. Twenty-two people were wounded in the blast.
"We are interrogating a lot of people for clues and should come up with some answers soon," Rajan Bhagat, the Delhi police spokesman said on Sunday.
In the neighboring state of Haryana, police detained two people in connection with a threat about possible bomb blasts made to Delhi police last Friday.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemned the attack and said India would tighten intelligence gathering, as well as the investigation and prosecution process, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said.
"We won't give up the war on terror and we will fight with all resoluteness to deal with the menace," PTI quoted him as having said on board an aircraft, while going to France.
Saturday's explosion followed a blast in the capital on September 13 that killed 23 people and wounded 100. Continued... NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian police have detained about a dozen people in connection with a deadly bomb blast in a crowded New Delhi m... more -
Syrian bombing: A jihadi attack?
This article brings us back to the age old question: How do you best go about fighting terrorism? And if you can find an answer to that one, the next question is to you go after the terrorist organizations when they attack others, or wait till they come to you?
The weekend bombing that killed at least 17 people was the worst of its kind since Syria's battle with the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1970s and 80s.
As the Syrian authorities begin investigating a bomb attack that killed 17 people in Damascus Saturday, initial suspicion points to Islamist militants, either home-grown or foreign.
A car bomb, packed with an estimated 440 pounds of explosives, blew up close to a building reportedly housing the Palestine Branch of Syrian military intelligence. It was the worst of its kind since the violent confrontation between the Syrian regime and Islamist militants of the Muslim Brotherhood in the late 1970s and early 80s.
There was no claim of responsibility, and in Syria, one of the most opaque countries in the Middle East, there are plenty of potential perpetrators.
"As usual in the Middle East, there are three or four credible culprits and this is what is so frustrating. The region is chronically and increasingly violent," says Rami Khouri, director of the Issam Fares Center for Lebanon, a think tank. "Who knows who did it, but in a way it's surprising that no one has tried to do this stuff before because so many people are angry with Syria."
The London-based Ash-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper claimed Sunday that a brigadier general who was a senior Syrian intelligence officer was among the 17 people killed in the explosion. While the Syrian authorities have said only civilians were killed in the attack, the general's death, if true, could indicate that the bombing was a targeted assassination rather than a random mass-casualty attack.
Still, initial speculation suggests that those responsible for the bomb attack were Sunni jihadists reacting to a possible crackdown by the Syrian authorities. This article brings us back to the age old question: How do you best go about fighting terrorism? And if you can find an answer to tha... more -
Car bombings kill 23 in Baghdad
At least 23 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a string of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police have said. At least 23 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a string of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police have sai... more
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Car bomb in Syria kills 17
A powerful car bomb exploded near a security complex in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday, killing 17 civilians in the third major attack in the tightly controlled country this year.
No group claimed responsibility for the bombing on the road to the city's main airport, but Syria's interior minister described it as a terrorist attack, indicating that investigators suspect Muslim militants were involved.
tate TV said the car was rigged with 200 kgs (440 pounds) of explosives, making it one of the biggest attacks in Damascus since bombings in the early 1980s by Islamist militants. Interior Minister said 17 people were killed and 14 wounded. Some witnesses said the number of wounded was much higher. A powerful car bomb exploded near a security complex in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday, killing 17 civilians in the third maj... more -
Change of plans saved Pakistani leaders from blast
Pakistan's top leaders were to dine at the Marriott hotel that was devastated by a truck bombing over the weekend, but changed the venue at the last minute, a senior government official said Monday...
... The blast in the capital Islamabad killed at least 53 people and underscored the extremist challenge facing nuclear-armed Pakistan. Two intelligence officials said Pakistani troops and tribesmen opened fire on two U.S. helicopters after they crossed from Afghanistan into the northwest tribal region, where Taliban and al-Qaida militants are operating.
In a further sign of the country's deteriorating security situation Monday, gunmen kidnapped Afghanistan's ambassador-designate and killed his driver in the main northwestern city of Peshawar, said a spokesman for the mission in the city...
... "Perhaps the terrorists knew that the Marriott was the venue of the dinner for all the leadership where the president, prime minister, speaker and all entire leadership would be present," he told reporters. "At the eleventh hour, the president and prime minister decided that the venue would be the prime minister's house. It saved the entire leadership..."
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Toll in Pakistan Marriott rises to 53, has "direct connect to an attack by al...
Searchers combing through the burnt shell of the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital found more charred bodies the morning after a suicide bomb attack, bringing the toll to 52, a senior official said on Sunday.
An American and a German were killed, while at least 13 other foreigners were among 271 wounded in the devastating blast, Rehman Malik, the top official in the Interior Ministry, told Reuters.
Most newspapers estimated the toll would rise to 60.
Internal security in nuclear-armed Pakistan, a country vital to the war against Toll in Pakistan Marriott attack rises to 52 , has deteriorated at an alarming rate over the past two years.
The bombing bore the signs of an attack by al Qaeda or an affiliate, a U.S. intelligence official said.
It came hours after new President Asif Ali Zardari, widower of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, made his first address to parliament a few hundred meters (yards) away, calling for terrorism to be rooted out.
The tightly guarded hotel, part of a U.S.-based chain and popular with foreigners, diplomats and rich Pakistanis, was engulfed in flames for hours after the blast. Searchers combing through the burnt shell of the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital found more charred bodies the morning after... more -
Terror pledge after Pakistan bomb
Pakistan's president has pledged to fight the "cancer" of terrorism after a suicide bomb killed at least 40 people in the capital, Islamabad.
In a televised speech, Asif Ali Zardari appealed to "all democratic forces" to help to save Pakistan.
The bomb, at the Marriott Hotel, left a 20ft (6m) crater. The hotel owner said a lorry blew up as it was being checked by security at the entrance.
US President George W Bush condemned the attack and pledged assistance.
He said it was "a reminder of the ongoing threat faced by Pakistan, the United States, and all those who stand against violent extremism".
He said the US would "assist Pakistan in confronting this threat and bringing the perpetrators to justice".
'Tonne of explosives'
The blast destroyed the entire front section of the hotel and brought down the ceiling of the banqueting hall.
Witnesses described a scene of horror as blood-covered bodies were pulled from the wreckage and guests and staff ran for cover from shattered glass.
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U.S. strike kills at least 8 civilians, Iraqis say
At least eight civilians, all from one family and including women, were killed in a U.S. raid and airstrike Friday near Tikrit , Iraqi police and witnesses said.
The attack, which a U.S. military statement said targeted a "terrorist" accused of running a bomb-making ring, was in the town of Dawr, northwest of Baghdad .
American forces surrounded a building early Friday morning and called for the people inside to come out. They refused, the statement said. An armed man appeared in the doorway, and the U.S. troops shot him. American aircraft struck later, killing three more suspected terrorists and three women, according to the statement. A child was rescued from the rubble, but no children were killed, the statement said.
Two people were seen running from the home and into a nearby mosque. Iraqi forces went into the mosque and arrested one man.
Witnesses and police contested that story, however, saying that the men targeted were civilians.
Khaleel al Doori , a neighbor, said his home was raided during the operation and that the American forces had used a loudspeaker to order people not to leave their homes. Doori said the U.S. troops shot a man and his wife.
After Friday prayers, hundreds of residents took to the streets condemning the incident and chanting, "There is no God but one God, and America is the enemy of God."
[Credit: Leila Fadel and Laith Hammoudi, McClatchy Newspapers] At least eight civilians, all from one family and including women, were killed in a U.S. raid and airstrike Friday near Tikrit , Iraqi... more -
Did Yemen Attackers Come Back From Iraq? Terror Watch
Are Al Qaeda fighters returning home from Iraq to launch new attacks against U.S. targets?
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Eight killed in hand grenade attack!
Suspected drug cartel thugs threw two grenades into crowds of revellers in Mexico on independance day, killing eight and injuring more than 100 in a terrorist attack.
crazy fools who want to throw bombs into crowds of innocent people!
flickr photo by RV Bob Suspected drug cartel thugs threw two grenades into crowds of revellers in Mexico on independance day, killing eight and injuring more... more -
US forces continue strikes on Pakistan 'militants'
US forces in Afghanistan were today continuing to launch attacks on alleged militants across the border in Pakistan.
The strikes have been maintained despite vigorous complaints from Islamabad over a US special forces ground raid in which at least 15 villagers died on Wednesday.
Pakistani security officials said a drone aircraft was seen near Gurwak village, in the North Waziristan region of the tribal areas. Missiles were fired at a house, killing five alleged militants.
Major Murad Khan, an army spokesman, confirmed the explosion and said officials were investigating.
The US has used drones over Pakistani territory in the past, but Wednesday's incursion was the first time ground troops had crossed the border for an operation.
"There is no high-value target or known terrorist among the dead," the foreign minister, Shah Memood Qureshi, told the national assembly yesterday.
"Only innocent civilians, including women and children, have been targeted."
He said the attack "constitutes a serious escalation in the series of actions" by Nato and US-led forces on Pakistani territory.
Late on Wednesday, the US ambassador to Pakistan, Anne Paterson, was summoned to hear a "very strong protest" at the foreign ministry, spokesman Mohammad Sadiq said.
The prime minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, said Pakistan would not allow any foreign power to carry out attacks on its territory. US forces in Afghanistan were today continuing to launch attacks on alleged militants across the border in Pakistan. ... more -
Militant attack on Pakistan lawmaker kills 8
Militants used rockets and a bomb to attack the family home of a lawmaker in Pakistan's volatile northwest early Monday, killing eight people including the politician's brother, police said.
Meanwhile, Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik announced a ban on the country's umbrella Taliban group, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.
The militants targeted the Swat Valley residence of provincial lawmaker Waqar Ahmed Khan of the ruling Awami National Party. Khan said his brother, two nephews and several guards died in the attack on the compound, which belongs to him and his extended family.
Pakistan's Taliban movement has claimed responsibility for a handful of devastating suicide bombings in recent days, calling them revenge for military offensives in Swat, once a tourist destination, and the northwest Bajur tribal region.
A peace deal struck between provincial lawmakers and militants in Swat appears to be in tatters amid ongoing fighting.
The military operations come as the country's ruling coalition appears on the brink of collapse, raising concerns in Washington about the government's ability to stay focused on eradicating militants on its borders.
The U.S. worries that pockets of Pakistan's northwest have become safe zones for militants who plan attacks on American and NATO forces across the border in Afghanistan.
Several rockets were used and the militants set on fire the bungalow at the Khan family's sprawling residence in the valley's Shah Dheri area before leaving, police officer Saifur Rehman said. He said eight people were killed.
Rehman Malik, the head of the federal Interior Ministry, told The Associated Press on Monday that the government had decided to ban the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.
"This organization is a terrorist organization and created mayhem against the public life, so we decided to declare it banned," Malik said, the country's top civilian security official.
Malik noted that despite the peace deal, militants kept attacking security forces, burning schools and damaging public buildings.
"Anyone having link with this organization, promoting its literature and message, helping it financially or in any other way will be taken to task according to the law," Malik said.
He said it had not been officially banned previously because the provincial government was trying to negotiate with the group.
On Thursday, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, the information minister for the North West Frontier Province, said the deal remained technically intact. Militants used rockets and a bomb to attack the family home of a lawmaker in Pakistan's volatile northwest early Monday, killing ... more -
Suicide bombers kill 59 at Pakistani arms factory
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Suicide bombers killed 59 people at a huge arms factory Thursday in one of Pakistan's deadliest terror attacks, adding to turmoil from political squabbling that is threatening to tear apart the ruling coalition now that Pervez Musharraf has quit as president.
The twin bombings, which also wounded 70 people, hit one of Pakistan's most sensitive and heavily guarded military installations, underlining the threat posed by Islamic militants to the Muslim world's only nuclear-armed nation as well as its war-ravaged neighbor, Afghanistan.
Just hours before the blasts, which were claimed by the Pakistani Taliban as a response to army attacks on militants, a key party in the government coalition threatened to quit in a power struggle that has dismayed many Pakistanis and the country's Western backers.
Workers were streaming through two gates of the sprawling factory complex in Wah, 20 miles west of Islamabad, during a shift change about 2 p.m. when the bombers attacked outside the walls. The force of the explosions knocked many people to the ground and sprayed others with shrapnel.
"I looked back and saw the limbs of my colleagues flying through the air," said Shahid Bhatti, 29, his clothes soaked in blood.
"It was like a doomsday," said Ghaffar Hussain, whose nephew was killed. "We are finished, we are ruined," he said, tears rolling down his face.
Emergency workers with plastic bags on their hands lifted mangled and blackened corpses onto stretchers, while forensic teams picked through scraps of flesh and scattered shoes outside the complex, which employs some 25,000 people making rifles, machine guns, ammunition, grenades and tank and artillery shells.
Tanvir Lodhi of the Pakistan Ordnance Factories said 59 people died. Seventy others were wounded, said Mohammed Azhar, a hospital official.
Nine days earlier, the Taliban declared "open war" on the military over an offensive against militants in the Bajur region. The declaration was issued after a bomb killed 14 people in an air force truck in Peshawar, the main city of the restive frontier along the Afghan border. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Suicide bombers killed 59 people at a huge arms factory Thursday in one of Pakistan's deadliest terror... more -
Taliban claim Pakistan suicide blasts that kill 46
A spokesman for Pakistani Taliban groups has claimed responsibility for the two suicide bombings at a government arms factory near the capital. A spokesman for Pakistani Taliban groups has claimed responsibility for the two suicide bombings at a government arms factory near the... more
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Bomb blast in Pakistan hospital kills 12
Pakistan - A bomb blast outside the emergency gate of a hospital in Pakistan's volatile northwest killed at least 12 people and wounded 15 others Tuesday, police said.
The attack occurred a day after Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan's president, adding to the political uncertainty in a country grappling with Islamist extremist threats. Pakistan - A bomb blast outside the emergency gate of a hospital in Pakistan's volatile northwest killed at least 12 people and w... more -
Bomb Blast Kills 18 in North Lebanon city (Updated)
Lebanon has been the most progessive and most Democratic Arab country in the Middle East. This has put the country on the radar for Islamic extremists.
A bomb blast targeting Lebanese soldiers killed at least 14 people in the northern city of Tripoli on Wednesday just hours before a landmark visit by President Michel Sleiman to Syria.
A child who was polishing shoes on the street was among the 14 dead, the official said, adding that nine of those killed and many of the wounded were soldiers.
The force of the blast blew the remains of some of the dead on to the roofs of nearby buildings. Lebanon has been the most progessive and most Democratic Arab country in the Middle East. This has put the country on the radar for Is... more -
Russian Bombing Kills Dutch Journalist in Georgia
A Dutch television journalist was killed overnight when Russian warplanes bombed the central Georgian city of Gori.
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The World Today - August 8
Russia's bombing of Georgia’s main air force and then sending troops and tanks will have repercussions for the continuing post-Cold War realignment of the relationships between Russia, Europe and the United States, and the now independent countries of the former Soviet Union. Russia's bombing of Georgia’s main air force and then sending troops and tanks will have repercussions for the continuing post-Co... more
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Somalia bombing 'kills 20 people'
'A roadside bomb has killed at least 20 people in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses have said.
Most of the dead in the explosion were women who had gathered to clean the streets, they said.
Reports say the bomb was hidden under a pile of rubbish on the main road to Mogadishu airport.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but tensions are high as Somalia's government and Ethiopian troops battle Islamist insurgents.
Roadside bombs are frequently used by insurgents fighting the transitional government and its Ethiopian allies.
Civilian death-toll
"They were cleaning the street when this huge explosion rocked the entire neighbourhood," eyewitness Hassan Abdi Mohamed told the AFP news agency.
"I counted 15 bodies, most of them are women who were torn to pieces," he added.
Forty-seven wounded people - mostly women and children - were admitted to Mogadishu's Medina hospital, officials said.
The UN says 1.5 million people have fled after recent fighting.
Somalia's opposition groups, which include Islamists ousted from power in 2006, are opposed to Ethiopian troops remaining in Somalia.
According to one estimate, more than 8,000 civilians have been killed and one million forced from their homes since the start of last year by fighting between the interim government and the insurgents.
African Union troops have not been able to quell the violence, which has triggered what aid workers say may be the worst humanitarian crisis in Africa.
Somalia has been devastated by conflict since 1991, when former President Mohamed Siad Barre was ousted.' 'A roadside bomb has killed at least 20 people in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses have said. ... more
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