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UN condemns Iranian terrorist attack

The U.N. Security Council is strongly condemning the terrorist attack in an Iranian border city that killed top Revolutionary Guard commanders and dozens of others.

Iran arrests suspects in attack on military chiefs

Iranian security forces have arrested suspects in a suicide bombing that killed at least 42 people, including senior Revolutionary Guard commanders, Iran's police chief said Wednesday.

Iran bombing kills 5 Revolutionary Guard leaders

A suicide bomber killed five senior commanders of the powerful Revolutionary Guard and at least 37 others Sunday near the Pakistani border in the heartland of a potentially escalating Sunni insurgency.

Revolutionary Guard commanders killed in Iran bomb

A suicide bomber killed five senior commanders of the elite Revolutionary Guard and at least 26 others in an area of southeastern Iran that has been at the center of a simmering Sunni insurgency, state media reported.

FBI denies editing Oklahoma City bombing tapes

The FBI says it did not edit videotapes of the aftermath of the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building before turning them over to an attorney who is conducting an unofficial inquiry into the bombing.

Attorney: Oklahoma City bomb tapes appear edited

Long-secret security tapes showing the chaos immediately after the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building are blank in the minutes before the blast and appear to have been edited, an attorney who obtained the recordings said Sunday.

Seattle FBI investigating Somali suicide bombing

FBI are investigating whether an American Somali was involved in a suicide bombing on a peacekeeping base in Somalia that killed 21 people, a family friend said Friday.

Woman pleads guilty in San Diego court bombing

The last of three defendants charged with detonating a pipe bomb outside the federal courthouse in San Diego has pleaded guilty.

State seeks execution for 2 in Ore. bank bombing

Prosecutors say they'll seek the death penalty for a father and son accused of bombing a northwest Oregon bank and killing two police officers.

Al-Qaida branch claims Mauritania suicide bombing

Al-Qaida's North African branch claimed responsibility Tuesday for a suicide bombing outside the French Embassy in Mauritania's capital.

Illinois man charged in Ariz. bombing ordered held

A federal judge has ruled that an alleged white supremacist charged in a 2004 bombing that injured a black city official in Scottsdale must remain in federal custody.

Spanish police unsure if ETA still in Mallorca

Spanish police said Monday they aren't sure whether the armed Basque group ETA still has a unit on Mallorca following its planting of at least three small bombs on the Mediterranean tourist island.

Mauritania bomber injures 3 near French Embassy

A suicide bomber killed himself outside the French Embassy on Saturday night, wounding two embassy guards and a woman in the street, police and witnesses said.

Indian court sentences 3 to death for 2003 bombing

An Indian court sentenced two men and a woman to death Thursday for their roles in a 2003 terrorist attack in the city of Mumbai that killed 52 people. Investigators said they belonged to the same banned militant group blamed for attacks in the city last year in which 166 people died.

Prosecutors: Wiretaps show mobster still dangerous

Even at age 85, reputed mobster Sam Volpendesto clearly has a soft spot for the days when Al Capone was boss in Chicago's ruthless mob scene. In wiretap recordings released by federal prosecutors Monday, he seems to delight in telling how he lived among "very dangerous people" and watched one mobster put a human body through a meat grinder.

Indian court finds 3 guilty in 2003 Mumbai bombing

An Indian court on Monday found two Muslim men and a woman guilty in twin bombings that killed 52 people and wounded 100 in the country's financial capital, Mumbai, six years ago.

Ore. bank reopens 7 months after fatal bombing

An Oregon bank that was the scene of a bomb explosion that killed two police officers and severely wounded a police chief has reopened after seven months.

2 killed in Baghdad bombing

Iraqi officials say bombs have killed two people and wounded at least 30 others in Baghdad's Sadr City area.

Judge delays decision on releasing alleged bomber

A federal judge on Wednesday delayed a decision on whether to release one of two alleged white supremacists charged in a 2004 bombing that injured a black city official in Scottsdale.

2 in Ariz. bombing case had ties to supremacists

One of two Illinois brothers charged in a 2004 bombing that injured a black city official in a Phoenix suburb had extensive ties with white supremacist groups and once was deported from Canada because of his activities.

Argentina orders detention of Colombian in bombing

A federal judge on Tuesday requested the international capture of a Colombian national suspected of involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Argentina that killed 85 people.

Bombing in Nepal church kills 2, wounds 15

A bomb exploded in a church in the Nepalese capital during Saturday morning Mass, killing two people and wounding 15, police said.

Car bombs kill at least 41 in Baghdad Shiite area

Twin car bombs ravaged a popular shopping area in Baghdad's biggest Shiite district Wednesday, killing at least 41 people in another powerful strike by suspected Sunni insurgents seeking a return to sectarian chaos.

Amnesty: NATO bombing of Serbian TV 'war crime'

An international human rights group demanded Thursday that NATO be held accountable for civilian casualties in the bombing of Serbia's state television headquarters a decade ago, calling the attack a "war crime."

Loss still felt 14 years after OK City bombing

It was 14 years ago when Doris Battle's parents were killed in the Oklahoma City bombing, just two of the 168 people who died during the nation's worst domestic terrorist attack.

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DAWN.COM | Metropolitan | The brave men who saved many lives
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PESHAWAR: Fazal Raheem, the cop who stopped a suicide bomber at the entrance of the Judicial Complex on Thursday, is no longer in this world, but he has kept his words.

BBC News - Suicide bomb kills 19 in Pakistani city of Peshawar
Source: BBC News

A bomb attack outside a court in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 19 people and injured many others, medics say. The blast on the busy Khyber Road came during rush hour and is the latest in a series in the city in recent weeks.

A nation of sleepwalkers � The Dawn Blog » Blog Archive
Source: blog.dawn.com

The day after the terrible terrorist attack at Islamabad's Islamic University that took the lives of eight innocent students, certain TV news channels ran a footage of a dozen or so angered students of the university pelting stones.

Consortiumnews.com
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turture Isreal World Trade Center bombing why?

DAWN.COM | World | Musharraf accused of letting terrorism wound fester
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PARIS: Former French investigating judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere said that Japan was among Al Qaeda's prime targets for attack, while promoting a book about his 25 years of efforts against terrorism.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Explosion at Nato base in Kabul
Source: BBC News

The BBC's Martin Patience assess the damage caused by the blast A car bomber has struck outside a Nato base in the Afghan capital Kabul, injuring three foreign soldiers and three Afghan civilians, officials say.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Karachi bombing accused acquitted
Source: BBC News

A Pakistani court has acquitted a man sentenced to death in the June 2002 Sheraton hotel bombing which killed 11 French engineers in Karachi.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | 'An attack of sheer hellishness'
Source: BBC News

As people in the Pakistani city of Peshawar recover from Wednesday's devastating car bomb attack, the BBC's Abdul Hai Kakar recounts his experience as one of the first journalists to arrive on the scene.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Peshawar blast search continues
Source: BBC News

Rescuers are still searching for missing people days after a massive blast ripped through a busy market in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. Officials say the death toll from the car bomb now stands at 118.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Carnage as car bomb hits Peshawar
Source: BBC News

At least 91 people have been killed after a huge car bomb ripped through a busy market in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Bombings in Iraq, Deadliest Since 2007, Raise Security Issue
Source: The New York Times

BAGHDAD — Two synchronized suicide car bombings struck at the heart of the Iraqi government here on Sunday, severely damaging the Justice Ministry and provincial council complexes, leaving a scene of carnage that raised new questions about the government's ability to secure i …

BBC NEWS | Middle East | 'We have a right to go to school'
Source: BBC News

Around the world millions of children are not getting a proper education because of poverty or war. In the second report in the BBC's Hunger to Learn series, Katya Adler meets children in Gaza whose schooling has been repeatedly interrupted by conflict.

U.S.: No death penalty in embassy bombing
Source: msnbc.com

NEW YORK - The U.S. government has decided not to seek the death penalty against a Guantanamo detainee charged in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Deadly blast hits Pakistan city
Source: BBC News

Video and pictures included of the Aftermath... At least 49 people have been killed in a bombing in a crowded area of the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials say.

AFP: Argentina's Menem charged with obstructing probe of bomb that killed 85 in Jewish charity building; Iran and Hezbollah were accused of terrorist act
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Argentina's former president Carlos Menem was charged Thursday with obstructing a probe into the 1994 bombing of a building housing Jewish charities in Argentina that killed 85 people.

Security Tapes of Oklahoma City Bombing Raise More Questions
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The government has released a set of surveillance tapes filmed moments before the bomb went off in Oklahoma City in 1995 that destroyed the Federal Office building and taking many innocent lives. Some experts claim that parts of the tapes have been edited out...

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Blasts rock north-west Pakistan
Source: BBC News

The Taliban have taken responsibility of the blast in Peshawar. 16 people killed. An earlier blast in Bannu killed 6 people.

Sister of American Lockerbie victim visits Gadhafi
Source: CNN

Calling herself an "ambassador of reconciliation," she views the encounter as the latest step in a journey to build bridges between Libyans and Americans -- a mission energized by her strong Christian faith.

Al Qaeda warns Germany with one of its own
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Bekkay Harrach, alias Al Hafidh Abu Talha al Almani, resurfaced Friday in a chilling new video produced by al Qaeda's al Fajr Media Center and distributed across the major jihadi Web forums.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Analysis: Shia settlement a militant target
Source: BBC News

I would suggest reading Ilyas Khan's archive. He's got some good insights and reports into the country's history. By M Ilyas Khan BBC News, Islamabad

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Carnage in Pakistan market attack
Source: BBC News

It was the last Friday of Ramadhan. These Cretins just couldn't let peace be and continued with their sectarian onslaught. I hope the majority of Pakistanis finally realize Wahabi/Salafi/Deobandi or any other Sunni extremists are an internal threat.

Mass murder at 30,000 feet: Islamic extremists guilty of airline bomb plot - Times Online
Source: The Times

Mass murder at 30,000 feet: Islamic extremists guilty of airline bomb plot Three British Muslims were found guilty today of conspiracy to murder thousands of passengers and crew in an unprecedented airline bomb plot that could have proved as deadly as the 9/11 attacks.

Former FBI disaster squad member recalls Lockerbie bombing investigation
Source: ABC Action News

Bill Garvie can still remember the smell of the carnage in the Scottish countryside after Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up.

ETA booby trap kills Majorcan police
Source: abc.net.au

Police on the Spanish island of Majorca have closed ports and airports in an attempt to catch those responsible for a car bomb that killed two civil guards and injured 46 other people.

IrishTimes reports "46 injured in suspected Eta car bombing" Spain boming
Source: irishtimes.com

I have searched many US based New sites and few if any are reporting this story. My wife found in on a Spanish station and told me about it. You would think with 46 injured in Spain this would be headline news story but it seams nothing more then last page news if mentionable.

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