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9 Terrorists Escape From Moroccan Prison

Militants were guilty
of 2003 Casablanca bombings

Apr 7, 08 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nine Moroccan terrorists convicted of involvement in the 2003 Casablanca suicide bombings escaped from prison today, AFP reports. The men, Islamist extremists who were serving 20 years to life, tunneled out of Kenitra detention center, near Rabat. They left a note explaining that, having exhausted the appeals process, they resorted... More »

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terrorism • prison • Morocco • suicide bombing • Casablanca • escape • escaped criminal • Islamist extremists • Islamic terrorism

Pakistan's New Leaders Will Open Talks With Militants

New coalition will defy US, open negotiations

Mar 22, 08 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's new coalition government says it will negotiate with the militants thought to be behind a wave of recent suicide bombings, the New York Times reports. The change in strategy will alarm US officials, who have recently stepped up strikes on suspected al-Qaeda strongholds using pilotless Predator drones. Pakistanis blame... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Islamic extremists • Benazir Bhutto • Waziristan • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan militants • Asif Ali Zardari • Predator • al-Qaeda • Swat Valley

 Iraqi Suicide Bomber Kills 36 

Meanwhile, Cheney and McCain visited the country touting successes

Mar 17, 08 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - A female suicide bomber killed 36 and wounded at least 50 in the Shiite city of Karbala today, even as John McCain and Dick Cheney visited Iraq to tout American successes in increasing security, reports the Los Angeles Times. A roadside bomb also killed two American soldiers on a road... More »

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John McCain • Dick Cheney • suicide bombing


 Portrait of  
 the Suicide 
 Bomber as
 a Young Man  

US military's profile reveals alienation, anger

Mar 17, 08 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The people carrying out suicide bombings in Iraq are overwhelmingly young men from other countries who grew up in large, poor families, the LA Times reports. After interrogating four dozen men taken into custody over 4 months, the American military has drafted a profile of the typical suicide bomber, who... More »

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Iraq • jihad • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Baghdad Blast Kills 5 US Troops

Leader of Sunni Awakening killed in separate suicide attack

Mar 10, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five American troops are dead after a suicide bomber struck today in the Mansour district of Baghdad, the BBC reports. The soldiers were patrolling a busy shopping center when a young man wearing an explosive vest engaged them in conversation shortly before detonating, said a military spokesman. Three other service... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • suicide bombing • surge • Iraq violence • Sunni leaders • female suicide bomber • al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia • Awakening Councils • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Lahore Navy School Blast Kills 6

Suicide attack comes as chair of Joint Chiefs meets Musharraf

Mar 4, 08 10:10 AM CST
(Newser) - A suicide attack at one of Pakistan's premier military academies has left at least seven people dead and 19 injured. The blast in the parking lot of Lahore's Naval War College set off explosions in the gasoline tanks of neighboring cars and sparked a fire, Reuters reports. Today's bombing, the... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Joint Chiefs of Staff • suicide bomber • Adm. Mike Mullen • suicide bombing • US Navy • Lahore • Naval War College

Pakistan Suicide Bomber Kills 39

Attack marks third violent incident in as many days

Mar 2, 08 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A suicide bomber killed at least 39 people today gathered at an outdoor meeting of tribal elders in northwest Pakistan, Reuters reports, in the volatile country's latest bout of violence. The attack, which left scores of others wounded, occurred as the elders finalized security plans to “take steps against... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • jirga • Pakistan militants • al-Qaeda • tribal elders

Pakistan Charges 5 in Bhutto Murder

Top Taliban leader and others accused
of plotting assassination

Mar 1, 08 6:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Police in Pakistan have filed charges against five men, including the country’s top Taliban commander, accusing them of planning the December assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the AP reports. President Pervez Musharaff had named the Taliban leader (and suspected al-Qaeda operative), Baitullah Mehsud, days after the attack, but today’s... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Shahbaz Sharif • Afghan border • Baitullah Mehsud

35 Dead in Suicide Bombing at Pakistan Funeral

Service for police superintendent targeted

Feb 29, 08 4:05 PM CST
(Newser) - At least 35 people were killed and at least 60 injured today when a suicide bomber struck a funeral in northwest Pakistan' near the border with Afghanistan, the AP reports. The funeral in the Swat Valley drew 800 mourners for a police official killed today by a roadside bomb in... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • police • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • funeral • Pakistan militants • al-Qaeda • Pakistan military • security forces • Mingora • Swat Valley • North West Frontier Province

Pakistan Surgeon General Killed

Dies with 8 others in suicide bombing

Feb 25, 08 10:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan's surgeon general was killed today by a suicide bomber who blew himself up at a busy intersection in the city of Rawalpindi.  Lt. Gen. Mushtaq Ahmad Baig, his driver and his guard were killed, the Washington Post reports; Baig was the highest-ranking military officer to be killed in... More »

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Taliban • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Rawalpindi • Baitullah Mehsud • Pakistan army • Lt. Gen. Mushtaq Ahmad Baig • Plan International • Mansehra

40 Iraq Shiite Pilgrims
Killed in Blast

Tent explodes as pilgrims take a
break during a days-long trek

Feb 24, 08 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - At least 40 people were killed today when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest amid a crowd of Shiite pilgrims during a trek south of Baghdad. A tent where the marchers stopped for food exploded in Iskandariyah in the second attack on Arbaeen, a day when millions descend on... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • Shiite • suicide bombing • Sunnis • bomb • pilgrims • Arbaeen • pilgrimage

80 Killed in Afghan Bombing

Worst Taliban suicide attack since 2001 hits spectators at dog fight

Feb 17, 08 5:40 AM CST
(Newser) - A suicide blast today killed at least 80 in a crowd of spectators watching a dog fight in the Afghan city of Kandahar. Nobody claimed responsibility for the attack, but local authorities believe it was the work of the Taliban, which has a large presence in the area, BBC reports.... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • terrorism • suicide bombing • bombing • Kandahar • dogfighting

Blasts Mar Sri Lankan Holiday

Four separate attacks, claiming 13, are attributed to the Tamil Tigers

Feb 4, 08 6:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Four separate bombings today rang in Sri Lanka's 60th anniversary of its independence, capping off a string of four consecutive days that have seen horrific violence, CNN reports. A roadside bomb claimed the lives of 12 and wounded 17 passengers on a bus, and a soldier died in a separate... More »

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Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • suicide bombing • roadside bomb • Colombo • Mahinda Rajapaksa

Bomb Kills Pakistan Medic Staff

Latest in series of attacks on Rawalpindi

Feb 4, 08 8:42 AM CST
(Newser) - At least six people died this morning when a suicide bomber riding a motorbike slammed into a military bus in a ball of fire and smoke in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi. At least 20 were injured in the attack, which occurred in a crowded market area during rush... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • suicide bombing • Benazir Bhutto • Rawalpindi • al-Qaeda

Suicide Bomber Kills 1 in Israeli Mall Attack

Police kill second bomber before he can detonate

Feb 4, 08 7:59 AM CST
(Newser) - A suicide bomber attacked an Israeli mall today, killing one woman and injuring seven, in the first suicide bombing in Israel in more than a year. Police shot a second bomber as he was attempting to detonate an explosives belt. “We heard a large explosion and people started to... More »

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Israel • terrorism • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • bombing • Dimona

Bombing Kills 12 in Sri Lanka

Colombo's train station hit on eve of independence celebration

Feb 3, 08 11:42 AM CST
(Newser) - A suicide bomber killed at least 12 in the main train station of Sri Lankan capital Colombo today, AFP reports, in the latest round of violence on the eve of the country's 60th anniversary of independence from Britain. More than 100 were wounded in the attack, believed to be the... More »

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suicide bomber • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • suicide bombing • bombing • female suicide bomber • bus bombing • Colombo • separatist group

Kabul Hotel Attack Kills 6

US citizen and Norwegian reporter die in brazen downtown strike

Jan 14, 08 7:31 PM CST
(Newser) - A quartet of Taliban militants killed six people in a Kabul hotel today and sent Norway's foreign minister scrambling to the hotel basement, BBC reports. One attacker set off a suicide bomb as three others fired machine guns in the 5-star hotel. A Norwegian reporter and a US citizen were... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • suicide bombing • Kabul

Pakistan Suicide Attack Kills 23

Explosion near lawyers' protest site targeted police

Jan 10, 08 5:20 AM CST
(Newser) - A suicide bomb attack in the Pakistani city of Lahore has left 23 people dead, the majority police officers, and wounded 70 others. The explosion occurred at a police checkpoint near the city's high court, where a large protest by Pakistan's lawyers was set to take place, reports Bloomberg. Local... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Lahore • Pakistan lawyers

Washington Eyes Shadowy Terror Leader

Pakistan, US experts say jihadist likely
killed Bhutto

Jan 6, 08 5:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Washington is zoning in on a new jihadist leader after recent reports blamed him for killing former Pakistan PM Benazir Bhutto, Newsweek reports. Named Baitullah Mehsud, he travels with tight security in a safe haven of Pakistan, has never been photographed, and avoids sleeping in the same place twice. Yet... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • suicide bombing • Baitullah Mehsud • al-Qaeda

Bomber Hits Baghdad Funeral

Suicide attack kills 30, wounds 38 on day many celebrated New Year's

Jan 1, 08 8:09 PM CST
(Newser) - A suicide bomber killed 30 and wounded 38 at a Baghdad funeral today, shattering a mostly peaceful New Year's day with the worst bomb attack in months, Reuters reports. The attacker was likely a friend or relative of the mourners who brazenly passed the neighborhood's high military and police presence,... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • troop surge • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • al-Qaeda

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