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bomb stories: 72 news summaries

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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

13 Dead in Red Mosque Blast

Islamist students occupy Islamabad mosque -- again

Jul 27, 07 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thirteen people were killed today by a bomb that rocked a hotel near the Pakistan's Red Mosque after Islamist students occupied the shrine—again—demanding the release of the mosque's pro-Taliban cleric. Workers had just finished repainting the mosque, in the wake of the bloody siege that ended in more... More »

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Pakistan • jihad • Red Mosque • Lal Masjid • Islamabad • bomb • shrine

Bombers Target Baghdad Soccer Celebration

Moment of national triumph thwarted by twin attacks; 50 dead

Jul 25, 07 3:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Car bombings killed at least 50 and injured 135, as Iraqis celebrated their soccer victory over South Korea today. The two separate blasts, one in Baghdad's Mansour district, the other at an army checkpoint, came as cheering throngs crossed sectarian lines in a rare moment of national pride and unity,... More »

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Iraq • South Korea • Baghdad • soccer • suicide bombing • bomb

Al-Qaeda Behind Bomb Attempt

London says car bomb similar to Iraq IEDs, search second car; manhunt begins

Jun 29, 07 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda or al-Qaeda-spawned extremists orchestrated the failed bombing attempt in central London today, British authorities say. The car bomb found near a London nightclub resembled improvised explosives used in Iraq, and the Guardian reports al-Qaeda has long nurtured plans to attack nightclubs in the west. More »

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London • England • extremists • London park • bombing • bomb • car bomb • al-Qaeda

London Car Bomb Disarmed

Mercedes left near Piccadilly Circus was packed with gasoline, gas cylinders, nails

Jun 29, 07 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A car bomb was found and disarmed in busy central London today. The police were tipped off by an ambulance crew who saw smoke coming from a silver Mercedes in Haymarket. The car was packed with gasoline, gas cannisters, and nails, and could have caused serious damage if it had... More »

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terrorism • London • Piccadilly Circus • bomb • car bomb • Haymarket • Britain

Lebanon Bomb Kills Six UN Soldiers

Suicide attack piques terrorism
worries; Fatah al-Islam suspected

Jun 25, 07 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A car bomb killed six members of a Spanish UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon  yesterday, in the first attack in a year on peacekeepers there. No one claimed responsibility for the bombing near Khiyam, but observers suspect Fatah al-Islam, the same al-Qaeda-spawned Sunni group that battled Lebanon at the... More »

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Lebanon • Sunni • refugee camp • Fatah al Islam • Nahr al Bared • UNIFIL • bombing • bomb • car bomb • Lebanese Army • peacekeeper • Khiyam

Bombs Force Troops to Hoof It

Fearsome devices call vehicle defenses into question

Jun 22, 07 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roadside bombs are now so powerful and plentiful in Baghdad that US soldiers are leaving their vehicles behind and patrolling on foot. Militant-planted explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, can blow through the strongest Humvees and tanks, and the decision to "dismount" from the vehicles is coming from both commanders... More »

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Iraq • military • Humvees • roadside bomb • Iraq death toll • bomb • explosion • Iraq war

Feds Foil JFK Explosion Plot

Three men in custody, another at large in Trinidad

Jun 2, 07 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four people have been charged with conspiring to bomb fuel tanks at JFK Airport, igniting fuel lines and causing a huge explosion. Three are in federal custody, NewsChannel 4 reported today, and one is being sought in Trinidad. The US attorney called the scheme, which was halted in the planning... More »

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terrorism • homeland security • JFK Airport • bomb • conspiracy • Trinidad

Why Iran
Must Be Bombed

Norman Podhoretz on Ahmadinejad, Hitler, and the case for war with Iran

May 21, 07 5:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The only way to protect the West from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to bomb Iran now, writes Norman Podhoretz in Commentary. The irascible neocon blasts left-wingers who downplay the threat of a nuclear Iran, and argues that deterrence won’t stop the Iranian leader once he’s armed. More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Norman Podhoretz • nuclear weapons • bomb

Al-Qaeda Claims It Captured Soldiers

US troops comb area south of Baghdad
for three missing since Saturday

May 14, 07 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - An al-Qaeda umbrella group claims it kidnapped the three US soldiers missing since Saturday. Thousands of troops continue to sweep the area south of Baghdad dubbed the Triangle of Death for their comrades, who disappeared in an ambush that killed four other solders. The so-called Islamic State of Iraq offered... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Islamic State of Iraq • missing soldiers • bomb • car bomb • Triangle of Death • al-Qaeda

Fertilizer Bomb Suspects Convicted

After long trial and deliberations, five British citizens convicted of massive plot

Apr 30, 07 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A London jury brought in convictions today for five men in the 2004 fertilizer bomb plot that targeted hundreds of shoppers in a British mall. The plotters, all of them U.K. citizens, may get life in prison. Two other suspects were acquitted in the conspiracy, after a 27-day deliberation,... More »

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terrorism • London • london transit attacks • bomb • fertilizer bomb

Padilla Jury Selection Begins

Judge rules that prosecutors can mention 9/11—but can't link Padilla directly

Apr 16, 07 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jury selection began today in the trial against accused terrorist Jose Padilla, with  Judge Marcia Cooke ruling that prosecutors may make references to the 9/11 attacks, but not suggest that Padilla and his co-defendants were linked to them. "Any idea, through inference or otherwise, that these defendants are connected... More »

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torture • Jose Padilla • trial • September 11 • bomb • terrorist

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