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CIA Reportedly Foils Al Qaeda Bomb Plot Against U.S.-Bound Jet

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.08.2012

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. bomb experts are picking apart a sophisticated new al-Qaida improvised explosive device, a top Obama administration counterte...

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Amine El Khalifi, Suspect In Capitol Bomb Sting, Expected In Court

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 04.23.2012

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Virginia man charged with plotting a suicide bombing inside the U.S. Capitol as part of an FBI sting will remain in jail whi...

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Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 7 At Busy Afghan Base

AP | By MIRWAIS KHAN | Posted 03.19.2012

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By ASSOCIATED PRESS KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A suicide attacker set off a vehicle laden with explosives Thursday outside a gate at a sprawling ba...

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Female Suicide Bomber Kills 2, Wounds Dozen

AP | Posted 12.29.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey — A female suicide bomber killed two people in Turkey's southeastern Kurdish region and wounded 12 others, authorities said. The...

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Response to Adam Lankford

Robert A. Pape | Posted 11.23.2011

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The overwhelming picture that emerges is that foreign occupation is the main cause of suicide terrorism, accounting for over 95 percent of the thousands of attacks since 1980.

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At Least 18 Killed In Algeria Bomb Explosion, Suicide Attack

AP | AOMAR OUALI | Posted 10.26.2011

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ALGIERS, Algeria — A bomb explosion followed by a suicide attack outside a military academy in Algeria killed at least 18 officers in training F...

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Mayor Of Kandahar Assassinated By Suicide Bomber, Say Afghan Officials

AP | Associated Press | Posted 09.25.2011

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — An assassin struck at the heart of President Hamid Karzai's political machine in southern Afghanistan Wednesday, killing...

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Suicide Bomber Kills Three In Attack On Iraqi Police Station

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 08.26.2011

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BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber in a wheelchair blew himself up at the entrance to a police station north of the capital Baghdad on Sunday, killing t...

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Suicide Bomber Wounds German General

The Associated Press | JON GAMBRELL and RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 07.28.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew himself up inside a heavily guarded compound Saturday as top Afghan and inter...

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France On Heightened Terror Alert After New Threats

AP | JAMEY KEATEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — France is on alert for possible terrorism after intelligence suggested that attackers might target a public gathering place, with one lead p...

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Taliban Suicide Bomb Hits NATO Convoy In Afghanistan, Kills 18

AP | ROBERT H. REID and AMIR SHAH | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault Wednesday against the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field one day after a suicide...

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Iraq Suicide Bomber Kills 32 Shiite Pilgrims

AP | BARBARA SURK | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Militants struck across the Iraqi capital Wednesday, killing more than 50 people, including 32 in a suicide bombing that targeted pilg...

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Chechnya Reignited: A Promise Unfulfilled in Russia's "Dirty War"

Diana Markosian | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is a conflict with no end in sight as Russians and Chechen rebels continue fighting over land, religion, independence and political control.

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Moscow Suicide Bombing: 5 Books On Russia's Escalating Islamic Separatist Problem

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chechen rebels have taken credit for the Moscow bombing. The history of Russia's violent conflicts with Georgia is a long one. A number of books have ...

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CIA Brought Birthday Cake For Suicide Bomber Who Killed Seven Agents In Afghanistan

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — CIA officers in Afghanistan were so eager to meet the spy they believed would help them crack al-Qaida's leadership they planned a ...

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Baghdad Suicide Bomber Kills Shiite Pilgrims

AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives inside a way station for Shiite pilgrims Monday, killing 54 people and rattling secur...

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Taliban Claim Responsibility For UN Blast In Pakistan; 5 Killed

AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan braced for more militant attacks ahead of an anticipated offensive against a Taliban stronghold, as the insurgents said the...

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Slovak Miscue Lands Stefan Gonda In Irish Jail As Terrorist

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

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DUBLIN — A 49-year-old electrician emerged Wednesday as an unlikely symbol of what can go wrong in the war on terror after authorities in Slovak...

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Suicide Bomber Kills 3 In Pakistan

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber in a rickshaw detonated his explosives near a group of policemen in northwest Pakistan's main city of Pesh...

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Interview With A Taliban-Trained Suicide Bomber: 'I Would Blow Up My Own Family'

Posted 05.25.2011

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This interview gives you a glimpse into the mindset of a Taliban-trained suicide bomber. He has no qualms at all about killing innocent people becaus...

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Joe Scarborough: Tape Exists Of Suicide Attack On CIA Officers In Afghanistan (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Scarborough, host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, reported Wednesday that a tape exists of the deadly suicide attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan that ki...

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Iran Blames US, Britain For Suicide Bombing

The Guardian | Robert Tait | Posted 05.25.2011

Iran's Revolutionary Guards today vowed to take revenge after blaming Britain and the US for a suicide bombing that killed six of its commanders and 3...

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Baghdad Bomb Blasts Kill At Least 118

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) BAGHDAD � A series of coordinated attacks struck Baghdad Tuesday, including two suicide car bombers and another vehicle that blew up near gover...

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Will The Next "Underwear Bomber" Succeed?

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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My dire New Year prediction is that Islamic terrorists may well succeed this year in blowing up a civilian airliner. They have already twice proved that suicide bombers can get through security.

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Suicide Bomber Injures Senior Saudi Prince

AP | ABDULLAH SHIHRI | Posted 05.25.2011

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A suicide bomber lightly wounded a senior prince largely credited for Saudi Arabia's anti-terrorism campaign when he blew...

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