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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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militant stories: 57 news summaries

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Court Bombings Kill 13 in India

Suspected terror blasts injure dozens more

Nov 23, 07 3:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Several coordinated bombings outside courthouses in northern India today killed at least 13 and injured dozens more, Reuters reports. The bombings took place in India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, and most of the casualties were lawyers. The government blamed terrororists trying to incite violence between Hindus and Muslims, but... More »

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India • terrorist • lawyer • bomb explosion • militant

US Probes Hemorrhage of  Yank Arms in Iraq 'Bazaar'

190,000 guns gone as arms sold 'by truckload'

Nov 11, 07 9:09 AM CST
(Newser) - An Iraqi businessman charged with distributing American guns to Iraqi policemen turned the cache into a personal arms bazaar in 2004-2005, selling massive amounts of weapons to foreign security guards, Iraqi militias and US contractors, reports the New York Times. “This was the craziest thing in the world,”... More »

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Iraq • weapon • militant • John Tisdale • Kassim al Saffar

Pakistani Cleric Calls Ceasefire

Dozens killed in clashes with government troops, helicopters

Oct 29, 07 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supporters of an extremist cleric who had declared a jihad against Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire today after fierce fighting this weekend claimed between 50 and 60 of their number, Al Jazeera reports. Pakistan had sent 2,500 paramilitary troops to Swat to head off Maulana Fazlullah, who wants to... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • jihad • Islamic Sharia law • Maulana Fazlullah • Swat • militant • cleric

US Blames Iran for Bomb Toll

Record number of fatalitles linked to EFP attacks

Aug 8, 07 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A sophisticated bomb that the US military has tracked to Iran was used in a record number of attacks on American-led troops last month, the New York Times reports. The  bombs—called explosively formed penetrators—fire  a semi-molten copper slug that can break through the armor of a Humvee. They... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Lebanon • Hezbollah • US military • roadside bomb • war • bomb • militant

Iran ID’ed Working With Iraq Militants

US arrests Hezbollah go-between in
Iraq; cites training camps in Iran

Jul 2, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US military has accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guard of aiding Iraqi militants in a devastating January attack and of using Hezbollah as a go-between to arm violent Shiites in that country. In March coalition forces arrested a Hezbollah operative suspected of liaising between Iran and a group led by... More »

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Iran • Shiite • Tehran • Karbala • Hezbollah • Ali Mussa Dakdouk • Revolutionary Guards • militant • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq war

Israel Takes Fight to Gaza

Four Palestinians dead after Israeli tanks and planes battle enter chaotic strip

Jun 20, 07 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli aircraft and tanks attacked locations in Gaza today, killing four militants in their first assault on the strip since Hamas took over. An Israeli aerial strike targeted two rocket launchers in northern Gaza as tanks moved into southern Gaza, sparking a shootout that produced the four casualties. More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • rocket attacks • West Bank • Mahmoud Zahar • aerial attacks • militant • ceasefire

Militant Website Says It Has Video of Troop Abduction

Two GIs remain missing after ambush in Iraq

Jun 4, 07 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A militant Islamic website says it will release a video showing the capture last month of three American soldiers. The video shows the kidnapping as well as the ID cards of the two soldiers who are still missing, says an organization that monitors militant websites. The third soldier was later... More »

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Internet • kidnapping • missing soldiers • Islamic militants • video • Euphrates • US Army • Byron Fouty • Alex Jimenez • militant • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

Abductors Release Video
of Kidnapped BBC Reporter

Journalist in captivity since March 12

Jun 1, 07 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a video posted on the Internet today, a captured BBC reporter says he is in good health and has been well treated. It is unclear when the footage of a beleaguered-looking Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped in Gaza City March 12, was taken. Toward the end of the footage,... More »

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Alan Johnston • BBC • Palestine • kidnapping • Army of Islam • reporter • Gaza City • militant • al-Qaeda

Turkey Menaces Kurds

Buildup along border makes U.S., Iraq nervous

Jun 1, 07 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Turkish troops and tanks amassing along the border with Iraq are ready to go after Kurdish separatist guerrillas as soon as they get the order, the country's top general said yesterday. The US, Iraq and the EU are all urging Turkey not to launch the offensive, which could destabilize Northern... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Middle East • Kurdistan • Kurds • PKK • guerrilla • militant

US Rushes to
Aid Lebanon

Troops surround refugee camp, prepare siege or incursion to rout out militants

May 25, 07 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US has rushed military aid to Beruit, as the Lebanese army continues to battle Islamist militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp. The first shipment arrived today. Condoleeza Rice expressed support for Lebanon's government, if not confidence: "I certainly hope that the Lebanese government will be able... More »

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military • Lebanon • Palestine • Condoleezza Rice • refugee camp • Fatah al Islam • extremists • United States • aid • Islamic militants • Lebanese Army • Beruit • Nahr al Bared camp • rebellion • militant

More Violence Looms in Lebanon

Palestinians enraged at Lebanese troops threaten uprising

May 25, 07 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clashes between the Lebanese Army and a Palestinian militant group could spread throughout Lebanon, politicians, diplomats and refugees tell the Guardian. Anger is building among Palestinians  over civilian casualties from shelling of the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp during clashes with Fatah al-Islam militants last week. More »

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Lebanon • Syria • Palestine • Fatah al Islam • Nahr al Bared • Lebanese Army • refugee • militant

Bombing Rocks Turkish Capital

Ankara attack may prompt move against Kurdish militants on Iraqi border

May 23, 07 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - An explosion shocked the Turkish capital yesterday, killing six and injuring at least 100 in a busy marketplace. The bombing comes at a delicate time for the country, the New York Times observes, as Parliament clash with the governing party over the place of Islam in the secular democracy. More »

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Turkey • terrorism • Kurdistan • Ankara • Kurdish Militants • Kurds • bombing • secularism • militant

Taliban Video
Shows Young Boy Beheading Prisoner

Preteen appears to execute Pakistani militant; international outcry follows

Apr 25, 07 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - International outrage is building over a Taliban video in which a preteen boy appears to behead a prisoner. The Guardian reports that the boy, who "appears no older than 12," denounces the man, a Pakistani militant, as an "American spy" in a high-pitched voice before apparently using... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • human rights • war crimes • beheading • militant

Mosque Raid Ignites Baghdad Battle

Residents backed militants in Sunni stronghold

Apr 11, 07 5:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraqi soldiers who raided a Baghdad mosque during worship set off an all-day battle yesterday the New York Times calls the most sustained fighting since the start of the new security plan. US troops and Iraqi soldiers fought Sunni militants joined by residents in the largely Sunni Ineighborhood of Fadhil. More »

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Iraq • Sunni • Baghdad • Fadhil • violence • militant

Tribesmen Turn on Al-Qaeda

Mar 21, 07 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fifty people, including a group of children stranded aboard a school bus, have been killed in fighting between al-Qaeda terrorists and local tribesmen in one of Pakistan’s lawless regions on the border with Afghanistan. Taliban leaders, who have ties to both groups, are trying to broker a truce, according... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • Pashtun • terrorist • Waziristan • Osama bin Laden • militant • al-Qaeda

A Generation Is Lost to Violence

Palestinians coming of age have no jobs, no hopes, no agenda but resistance

Mar 12, 07 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The generation of Palestinians now coming of age—and 56.4 percent of the population is under 19—have no hopes for peace, only of a lifetime of “resistance.”  Growing up through two intifadas, they are isolated from the world, divided amongst themselves, and surrounded by violence,... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Palestine • children • West Bank • US troops • violence • militant • gun violence

Militants Burn Houses in
Mixed Areas

New tactic forces out Iraqis who don't endorse radical agenda

Mar 12, 07 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sunni extremists burned houses in a mixed city 60 miles from Baghdad over the weekend, a new tactic in the campaign to drive out citizens who don't support a sectarian agenda. Attackers burned as many as 100 homes, both Sunni and Shiite, in an apparent effort to destroy mixed neighborhoods... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • Islamic State of Iraq • violence • militant

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