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Bombings Mark Gates' Iraq Visit

Blasts kill 23 as Gates says secure Iraq is 'within reach'

Dec 5, 07 3:47 PM CST
(Newser) - In an unannounced visit to Iraq today, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he believed stability there is a reachable goal, even as car bombs claimed 23 lives in Baghdad and elsewhere, Reuters reports. "More than ever, I believe that the goal of a secure, stable, and democratic Iraq... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Robert Gates • car bomb

Car Bomb Kills Lawmaker in Lebanon

Anti-Syrian MP among victims of massive pre-election blast

Sep 19, 07 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Anti-Syrian lawmaker Antoine Ghanem was one of at least seven people killed by a car bomb in Beirut today, just days before Lebanon’s parliament is set to select a successor to pro-Syrian president Emile Lahoud. Ghanem was a member of an anti-Syrian governing coalition, which has been locked in... More »

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Lebanon • Syria • car bomb • Beirut • Antoine Ghanem • Emile Lahoud • Rafiq al-Hariri

Suspects Plotted Horror to Mark 9/11 Anniversary

German cell targeted Ramstein base

Sep 6, 07 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The three suspected terrorists arrested in Germany Tuesday, who were planning car bomb attacks on the Frankfurt Airport and the US base at Ramstein, had been under such close surveillance as they made their preparations that police were able to secretly swap the potent hydrogen peroxide they were using to... More »

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Pakistan • explosives • September 11 • car bomb • arrest • Islamic Jihad Union • Karlsruhe • Ramstein • Frankfurt Airport • hydrogen peroxide

Iraqis Play With Heavy Hearts

Asia Cup final berth bittersweet in wake of suicide bombings that killed 50

Jul 27, 07 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - An undertrained, cobbled-together Iraq squad upset favored South Korea in Wednesday's Asian Cup semifinals, and the Iraqis now head into Sunday's final bearing a heavy burden: Car bombs exploded in crowds of fans celebrating in Baghdad, killing at least 50. Iraq's coach, who is Brazilian, dedicated the win to "... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • soccer • car bomb • Asian Cup • Nour Sabri • Ahmed Manajid • Fallujah

UK Tightens Screening of Foreign Docs

PM orders review of recruiting in wake of attempted bombings

Jul 4, 07 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The UK is scaling up background checks on foreign doctors and other health workers in response to the revelation that eight suspects in the attempted London and Glasgow car bombings last weekend worked for the National Health Service, the Telegraph reports. PM Gordon Brown, in his first Question Time in... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Glasgow Airport • British terror attacks • car bomb • doctor • terrorist • Glasgow • Britain • al-Qaeda

Bomb Plots Hatched in
Brit Hospitals

Extremist cell of immigrant doctors linked to UK terror

Jul 3, 07 5:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - A secret Al-Qaeda cell of foreign doctors working under cover of British hospitals is being investigated as the key source of the string of car bombing attempts that rocked Britain over the weekend, the Independent reports. Five of of eight people who have been arrested are believed to be doctors,... More »

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Iraq • London • United Kingdom • Glasgow Airport • car bomb • terrorist • Glasgow • foreign doctors • al-Qaeda

Same 2 Men Suspected in Airport, Car  Bombings

Officials were on trail before Glasgow attack

Jul 2, 07 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The two men who rammed a flaming Jeep into a Glasgow airport terminal Saturday are suspected of being the same people who parked two explosives-packed cars in London the day before, sources tell CNN. One is a doctor who is being treated for severe burns in the hospital where he... More »

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London • United Kingdom • Scotland • Glasgow Airport • British terror attacks • car bomb • Britain

London Security Crackdown Targets Transit

Travelers in for increased delays

Jul 2, 07 4:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - British police are cracking down on security at rail services and airports to thwart terror attacks in the wake of a trio of car bomb attempts over the weekend. No specific intelligence warns of an attack on the subway system or the rail network, but the increased patrols and security... More »

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terrorism • security • transit • police • car bomb • airport • Glasgow • Britain • Heathrow Airport

Brit Police Raid Al-Qaeda Cells

Doctor among arrested as cops hunt for others

Jul 2, 07 4:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - British police raided homes and sealed roads in a nationwide hunt for al-Qaeda terrorists linked to botched car bomb attacks aimed at key London landmarks and the Glasgow Airport, the Guardian reports.  Four men and one woman, including a physician, are  in custody, but detectives continue to search for... More »

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London • Glasgow Airport • Scotland Yard • Piccadilly Circus • Trafalgar Square • British terror attacks • car bomb • Glasgow • al-Qaeda

5 Arrests in Glasgow Attack

The UK is on highest alert after Glasgow  attack linked to attempted London car bombs

Jul 1, 07 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UK is on highest terror alert and five suspects are in custody in the aftermath of yesterday's  attempted attack on the Glasgow airport. Two were the drivers of the flaming car driven into the main terminal building; two were picked up in home searches nearby in Glasgow, and one... More »

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terrorism • London • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • British terror attacks • car bomb • airport • Glasgow • Britain

Taliban Could Engulf Pakistan

Musharraf warned
that militants are moving beyond tribal border areas

Jun 30, 07 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda and the Taliban have a foothold in remote regions of Pakistan that could explode into a takeover of that volatile country, the Times reports. A leaked memo from Pakistan's interior ministry warned military president Pervez Musharraf that Taliban fighters active on the Afghanistan border are spilling into the country... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • car bomb • al-Qaeda

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

Dozens Dead in Baghdad
Mosque Blast

More than 200 hurt as violence against Shia holy sites continues

Jun 19, 07 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - A car bomb exploded near a Shia mosque in Baghdad today just as afternoon prayers were ending, killing at least 75. More than 200 people were injured in the blast, which sent smoke billowing over the central city. The explosion came 2 days after officials lifted a curfew imposed following... More »

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Sunni • Baghdad • Diyala • Samarra • Shia • bombing • car bomb • holy site • mosque • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

Lebanese Mourn MP Slain by Bomb

Unrest builds; White House condemns assassinations of anti-Syrian politicians

Jun 14, 07 7:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lebanon observed a national day of mourning today as a prominent anti-Syrian MP was buried in Beirut. The assassination yesterday of Walid Eido further destabilized the shaky situation in the country. President Bush condemned the "clear pattern of assassinations" of prominent Lebanese critics of Syria; Eido was the sixth... More »

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United Nations • Lebanon • Syria • Walid Eido • car bomb • Beirut • Rafiq al-Hariri

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

Deadly Blast Rocks Holy City

Shiite Holy City Rocked by Blast

Apr 28, 07 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A car bomb ripped through one of Iraq's holiest cities today, killing at least 58 Iraqis and wounding over 150 as they made their way to evening prayers. Karbala—the site of two major Shiite shrines—is a hotspot for suicide bombers, who killed 47 in an attack just two... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • insurgents • Sunni militants • Karbala • suicide bombing • roadside bomb • car bomb • holy site

Gunmen Execute 23 In Kurdish Sect

Yazidis pulled from
bus and shot in
reprisal for stoning

Apr 22, 07 3:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gunmen in northern Iraq stopped a bus carrying workers home from a textile factory  today, identified 23 members of a tiny religious sect on board, and shot them to death. The bus was filled with Christians and Yazidis, a mostly Kurdish sect that worships an angel, the AP reports. More »

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Iraq • Islam • Bashika • religion • execution • Yazidi • stoning • car bomb • Mosul

(Newser) - Insurgents in Baghdad used two children in the backseat of a car to lower suspicion at an American security checkpoint, then blew up the car, with the children in it.  Once they cleared the checkpoint, the bombers parked near a school, ran from the car, and detonated the bomb,... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • military • Middle East • Shiite • insurgents • Baghdad • car bomb

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