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Turks Finger Kurds Over Bombing

Iraq-based separatist group blamed,
boosting tensions

May 24, 07 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Turkish authorities identified the suicide bomber in Tuesday's Ankara bombing yesterday, and pointed the finger at the PKK, a Kurdish separatist group headquartered in northern iraq. The Financial Times reports  the bombing  has renewed calls for Turkey to attack guerrilla bases in Kurdistan, a move which would have serious repercussions... More »

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Turkey • Kurdistan • suicide bomber • Ankara • Ankara bombing • Kurds • bombing • PKK

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

Student Bomber Foiled at Falwell Funeral

FBI found explosives in Liberty University student's car

May 23, 07 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A student at Jerry Falwell's university is under arrest for a bomb plot against protesters at the late evangelist's funeral. A relative of Mark Uhl tipped off authorities, who found five bombs in the 19-year-old Liberty University student's trunk. Uhl admitted he planned to use the bombs to disrupt a... More »

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FBI • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • ATF • bombing • Mark Uhl • funeral

Pakistan Bombing Kills 25

Suicide bomber hits crowded restaurant at lunchtime

May 15, 07 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - A suicide bomber destroyed a hotel restaurant in Peshawar, Pakistan, today, killing 25 in what may have been a retaliation for the weekend slaying of a top Taliban chief. The bomber's severed leg had a note attached to it that read: "Those who spy for America will face the... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Mullah Dadullah • Peshawar • suicide bomber • bombing

Cops Capture "Bishop" Bomber

Dubuque man charged with mailing pipe bombs to investment companies

Apr 26, 07 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police nabbed "The Bishop"—the bandit who's been sending unwired pipe bombs to Midwestern investment firms for the last two years—they announced yesterday. John P. Tomkins, a 42-year-old machinist in DuBuque, Iowa, was charged with one count each of mailing an extortion letter and possessing an unregistered... More »

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stock market • police • The Bishop • Denver • Kansas City • bombing • pipe bomb • John Tomkins

Attack on GIs Kills Nine, Wounds 20

Outpost assault is deadliest in almost
two years for U.S. troops

Apr 24, 07 6:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - A truck bomb attack on a U.S. military outpost killed nine American infantrymen in the Iraqi province of Diyala yesterday, and wounded 20 more. The attack was one of the deadliest ground assaults on American troops since the war began, raising the question whether the 10-week-old counterinsurgency strategy is... More »

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Iraq • Diyala • roadside bomb • war • US troops • bombing

Baghdad Blasts Claim Nearly 200 LIives

On bloodiest day since surge, Maliki
promises transfer of power by 2008

Apr 19, 07 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly 200 people were killed, and more than 200 injured, by five apparently coordinated explosions that rocked Baghdad yesterday. It was the deadliest day since the U.S. troop surge in the besieged capital, and a chilling backdrop to an announcement by PM al-Maliki that Iraqis will be completely in... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • security • troop surge • Nouri al-Maliki • Sadriya • bombing • explosion

Eight Dead
In Bombing
of Iraqi Parliament

Suspected suicide bomber was
bodyguard of Sunni MP

Apr 12, 07 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eight people, including three lawmakers, were killed and at least 30 wounded when a suicide bomber eluded the normally heavy security around the Green Zone and  denonated an explosion in the cafeteria of the Iraqi parliament. Officials believe the culprit was the bodyguard of a Sunni legislator not among the... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • Middle East • terrorism • Sunni • Shiite • insurgents • Iraqi Parliament • Green Zone • bombing • US Army • al-Qaeda

Explosion Rocks Iraqi Parliament

Blast in Green Zone, killiing two MPs, comes hours after bridge attack

Apr 12, 07 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - An explosion hit a restaurant inside the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad today, killing two members of parliament, wounding dozens and creating chaos in the capitol. The blast occurred when many MPs were having lunch, on a day when parliament was in session. The parliament building is deep within Baghdad's heavily... More »

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Iraq • terrorism • Baghdad • Iraqi Parliament • Green Zone • violence • bombing • Mahmoud Mashhadani

Bombers Hit Algerian Capital

Apr 11, 07 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two bombs, including one targeting the prime minister's office, killed at least 23 people in Algiers today, in the latest in a round of suspected Al-Qaeda-affiliated terror attacks that have rocked North Africa in recent weeks, the New York Times reports. More »

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terrorism • Algeria • Morocco • Tunisia • bombing • Algiers • North Africa • Salafist • Maghreb • al-Qaeda Islamic Maghreb • al-Qaeda

Charges Filed in London Bombings

Three men charged with conspiracy
in 2005 tube and bus attacks

Apr 6, 07 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three men have been charged in the July 7, 2005 bombings of the London mass-transit system. The suspects, Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem, and Mohammed Shakil, are accused of conspiring with the terrorists who blew themselves up in the tube and on a bus, killing 52. Surveillance cameras recorded the men... More »

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terrorism • London • subway • transit • london transit attacks • bombing • Peter Clarke • Britain

Iraqis Flee on the "Highway From Hell"

With the border to Jordan closed, 1,000 Iraqis a day hazard an escape to Syria

Mar 29, 07 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Every day, more than a thousand Iraqis risk their lives on a nightmarish journey from Baghdad to crowded, chaotic border crossings into Syria. Ambushes, murders, roadside bombs and kidnappings are common hazards along the 340-mile road   "Highway From Hell." More »

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Iraq • Jordan • Syria • Baghdad • kidnapping • war • bombing • refugee

Bombers Strike Baghdad Booksellers

Insurgents hit heart of the Iraqi intellectual scene

Mar 5, 07 5:26 PM CST
(Newser) - A noon car-bomb blast ravaged Baghdad's historic book market, killing dozens of people and wounding over 100. The bomb destroyed many shops, including the venerable Shahbandar cafe, a popular haven for writers. Poet Abdul Baqi Faidhullah said, "Those who did this are like savage machines intent on harvesting souls... More »

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Iraq • Middle East • Baghdad • literature • bombing • Abdul Baqi Faidhullah • Shahbandar cafe

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