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(Newser) - Iraq was rocked by two deadly, possibly destabilizing bombings this weekend, but the proof is in the reprisals, Larry Kaplow writes in Newsweek—and there were none. “Iraq today is a different place than it was when ethnic conflict threatened to engulf the country in 2006,” Kaplow... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • bombing • Muqtada al-Sadr • reprisal

(Newser) - A series of bomb attacks in Baghdad and Mosul killed at least 41 people today and raised fears of a new upsurge in sectarian violence, the BBC reports. In Mosul, where an attack on a Shia mosque killed 40 people Friday, a double truck bomb killed 25 people in a... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • Baghdad • bombing • car bomb • Mosul • Iraq war

 Asian Terror Kingpin Killed  


Aug 8, 09 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Indonesian security forces have confirmed the death of the country's most wanted terrorist, ABC reports. Noordin Top, believed to have masterminded every terror attack in the country since 2002, including that year's Bali bombings and last month's Jakarta hotel bombings, was found dead after a 17-hour standoff and gun battle... More »

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Indonesia • Islamic extremists • bombing • terrorist • Java • Jemayah Islamiya • Noordin Top

 Bomb Blast in Western 
 Afghanistan Kills 10 

Targeted police chief critically injured; Taliban claims responsibility

Aug 3, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(AP) - A remote-controlled bomb exploded today in western Afghanistan's main city, killing 10 and critically wounding a district police chief, the main target of the attack. Police said 30 were injured. The bomb went off on a crowded street near a fruit market in Herat. The police chief for a nearby... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • bombing • police chiefs • Afghan police

(Newser) - Indonesian officials are fairly certain the wanted terrorist who masterminded the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings is also responsible for yesterday's attacks in Jakarta, the BBC reports. There are “strong indications” that Noordin Mohamed Top—a financier for al Qaeda-linked terror group Jemaah Islamiah who is thought to have... More »

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Indonesia • bombing • Jakarta • Bali • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • Jemayah Islamiya • Noordin Top • mastermind

(Newser) - Al Qaeda is weak militarily and “has been rejected by a great majority of Muslims,” Steve Coll writes in the New Yorker, but the terrorist organization and its affiliates can still create a “shock” like today's bombings in Jakarta. Despite the group's apparent inability to pull off... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Dick Cheney • terrorism • US foreign policy • bombing • Osama bin Laden • Jakarta • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • Obama administration • patience

(Newser) - Today's terror attack in Jakarta appears to be the work of a group Indonesia thought it had put out of business years ago, experts tell ABC News. The twin attacks on luxury hotels that killed 8 people and injured at least 50 are being blamed on Jemayah Islamiyah, a group... More »

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Indonesia • suicide bombing • bombing • Jakarta • terrorist attack • terror attack • Jemayah Islamiya • Noordin Top

(AP) - A pair of powerful bombs exploded at two luxury hotels in an upscale Jakarta business district, killing 8 and wounding at least 50, officials said. The blasts at the neighboring Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels blew out windows and scattered debris and glass across the street. Both hotels are strong draws... More »

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Indonesia • bombing • Jakarta • hotels • terror attack

(Newser) - A Fight Club-obsessed teen has been arrested for the bombing of a Manhattan Starbucks, the New York Daily News reports. Kyle Shaw, 17, modeled himself on the Tyler Durden character in the movie and sought to copy the film's "Project Mayhem" attacks on corporate America, according to police. Shaw—... More »

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New York City • Starbucks • bombing • bomb • fight club • Kyle Shaw

 Iraq Bombers Kill 41 

70 injured as violent surge continues

Jul 9, 09 6:50 AM CDT
(AP) - Two suicide bombers killed at least 34 people and injured 70 in an attack on the home of an anti-terrorism officer in northern Iraq today, while three roadside bombs in Baghdad killed seven others, authorities said. The attacks continue a surge of violence in Iraq's troubled north following the withdrawal... More »

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Iraq • Sadr City • Baghdad • suicide bombing • bombing • Iraq police

(AP) - A massive truck bomb near Kabul killed 25 people today, including 13 primary school students, and sent pieces of the vehicle flying more than a mile from the blast, reports the AP. The truck overturned in the road last night, and when police arrived this morning to clear the way... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Kabul • bombing • car bomb • truck bomb • Afghanistan war

'Islamist' Bomb Kills 5
at Philippines Cathedral

45 injured in blast blamed on Islamic separatists

Jul 5, 09 8:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bombing outside a church in the southern Philippines this morning killed five and injured 45, Reuters reports. The military blamed the attack on the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a militant separatist group, the BBC notes. “The rebels are getting desperate and they are no longer choosing their targets,... More »

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church • bombing • Philippines • Islamist • militant • separatist group • Moro Islamic Liberation Front • MILF

 52 Dead in 
 Baghdad Blast 


Jun 24, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - An explosion ripped through a market in Baghdad’s Sadr City today killing 52 and injuring 104, Reuters reports. Though Iraq has seen markedly less violence in the past year, today’s bombing is part of a wave of attacks ahead of the US military’s scheduled withdrawal from Iraqi... More »

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Iraq • Sadr City • Baghdad • US military • bombing • Muqtada al-Sadr • insurgency

(AP) - Bombings and shootings killed more than 30 people across Iraq today, including high school students on their way to final exams, in a new round of violence ahead of next week's deadline for US troops to withdraw from urban areas. The attacks came two days after the year's deadliest strike,... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • violence • bombing • troop withdrawal • shooting

 Pakistan Hotel 
 Bombing Kills 
 at Least 5 

No responsibility claimed; attack matches Taliban threats

Jun 9, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(AP) - Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Peshawar, then set off a huge blast that killed at least five people and wounded dozens more today in the latest of a string of suicide attacks in Pakistani cities, officials said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but it fit with... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • suicide bombing • bombing • hotel • militant • Pearl Continental Hotel

 First Gitmo Detainee 
 Arrives in US for Trial 

Ahmed Ghailani to be tried for bombing US embassies

Jun 9, 09 6:06 AM CDT
(AP) - The first Guantanamo Bay detainee has landed on US soil, landing in New York to face trial on charges of bombing US embassies, the Justice Department said today. Ahmed Ghailani arrived in the early morning, to be held in law enforcement custody until his trial in federal court in lower... More »

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Kenya • Department of Justice • terrorism • Tanzania • Lower Manhattan • trial • Guantanamo Bay • bombing • court • US Embassy • terror trial • Eric Holder • Ahmed Ghailani

(Newser) - A bombing at a mosque in northwest Pakistan killed about 40 people today, Reuters reports. The attack, which occurred near the troubled Swat Valley, took place as Pakistani leaders urged visiting US envoy Richard Holbrooke to ramp up US aid, notes the AP. Such attacks won't "deter the government... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • bombing • mosque • terrorist attack • Swat Valley • Richard Holbrooke

(Newser) - Iran publicly hanged three men today in connection with the bombing of a Shi’ite mosque last week that killed at least 30, Reuters reports. Responsibility for the blast has reportedly been claimed by the Sunni militant group Jundollah, which Iran says is part of the al Qaeda network and... More »

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Iran • Sunni militants • execution • bombing • mosque • public executions • shi'ite

(Newser) - Gunmen raised political tensions in Iran today by shooting up a campaign office in Zahedan, the town where a mosque bombing left 23 dead yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Tehran officials accused Washington of supporting the gunmen, who injured up to three people in the office of President Mahmoud... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Sunni militants • bombing • attack • al-Qaeda • gunmen

(AP) - Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked an engagement ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people. Two girls survived after the bodies of slain friends fell on top of them during the onslaught. Some media outlets reported that a "blood feud" among families had led to... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • terrorism • bombing • wedding • terrorist attack

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