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Syria Claims Israel Bombed its Territory

Recon planes likely caught by surprise, diplomats say

(Newser) - Syria accused Israel of bombing its territory today—and says it could retaliate, Reuters reports. Israel's "aggression and treachery" caused no casualties or damage, Syria said. "It appears the Israeli planes were on a reconnaissance mission when they got caught by Syrian defenses and were forced to drop...

Three UK Soldiers Killed by US Fire
Three UK Soldiers Killed by US Fire

Three UK Soldiers Killed by US Fire

Jet was providing support v. Taliban

(Newser) - Fire from an American jet killed three British soldiers in Afghanistan yesterday evening in one of the worst “friendly fire” disasters in years. The US air support was called in to aid the soldiers, who were fighting Taliban forces; a single bomb from the F15 killed the Royal Anglian...

Bomb Kills 2nd Iraqi Governor
Bomb Kills
2nd Iraqi Governor

Bomb Kills 2nd Iraqi Governor

Top provincial official slain in his SUV, police blame Mahdi Army

(Newser) - The governor of Muthanna province was killed by a roadside bomb today—a little more than a week after another Iraqi governor was assassinated. Mohammed Ali al-Hassani's SUV was struck en route to his office in the morning. Police are blaming Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army, which has clashed with the...

Bombers Butcher 120+ in Iraq
Bombers Butcher 120+ in Iraq

Bombers Butcher 120+ in Iraq

Attack comes after bold kidnapping of oil ministers

(Newser) - US helicopters are swooping down to rescue survivors of bomb attacks that butchered at least 120 villagers in northern Iraq today. CNN reports that at least three trucks detonated in residential areas and injured upwards of 150 people, mostly Kurds. TV stations are beseeching townspeople to donate blood as US...

Bomb Derails Russian Train
Bomb Derails Russian Train

Bomb Derails Russian Train

Authorities claim link to Chechen insurgency

(Newser) - Russia suspects terrorism in a bomb that derailed a train on the busy Moscow-to-St. Petersburg line yesterday, reports Reuters. Thirty-eight people were hospitalized and more  treated at the scene, about 170 km from St. Petersburg. The bomb was planted on a bridge; the locomotive and most carriages derailed after crossing.

US Blames Iran for Bomb Toll
US Blames Iran for Bomb Toll

US Blames Iran for Bomb Toll

Record number of fatalitles linked to EFP attacks

(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...

13 Dead in Red Mosque Blast
13 Dead in Red Mosque Blast

13 Dead in Red Mosque Blast

Islamist students occupy Islamabad mosque -- again

(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...

Bombers Target Baghdad Soccer Celebration

Moment of national triumph thwarted by twin attacks; 50 dead

(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,...

Al-Qaeda Behind Bomb Attempt
Al-Qaeda Behind Bomb Attempt

Al-Qaeda Behind Bomb Attempt

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

(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.

London Car Bomb Disarmed
London Car Bomb Disarmed

London Car Bomb Disarmed

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

(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...

Lebanon Bomb Kills Six UN Soldiers
Lebanon Bomb Kills Six UN Soldiers

Lebanon Bomb Kills Six UN Soldiers

Suicide attack piques terrorism worries; Fatah al-Islam suspected

(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...

Bombs Force Troops to Hoof It
Bombs Force Troops to Hoof It

Bombs Force Troops to Hoof It

Fearsome devices call vehicle defenses into question

(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...

Feds Foil JFK Explosion Plot
Feds Foil JFK Explosion Plot

Feds Foil JFK Explosion Plot

Three men in custody, another at large in Trinidad

(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...

Why Iran Must Be Bombed
Why Iran
Must Be Bombed

Why Iran Must Be Bombed

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

(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.

Al-Qaeda Claims It Captured Soldiers

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

(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...

Fertilizer Bomb Suspects Convicted
Fertilizer Bomb Suspects Convicted

Fertilizer Bomb Suspects Convicted

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

(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,...

Padilla Jury Selection Begins
Padilla Jury Selection Begins

Padilla Jury Selection Begins

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

(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...

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