Bombs

Nearly 50 Bombs Found In Car During Routine Traffic Stop

Aaron Sankin | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Sonoma County, Sebastopol, 49 Explosive Devices in Car, Bombs, Bombs Found in Car, Nearly 50 Explosives, Tamblyn Borton, Robert Vasseur, Homemake Explosives, San Francisco News

There's a pretty standard list of illegal things most police officers expect to find in someone's car when making a routine traffic stop--open contain...

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Bomb Explodes Outside Indian Court

AP | MUNEEZA NAQVI | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Terror Attack, India, Terrorism, Bombs, New Delhi-India, New Delhi, Mumbai Attacks, New Delhi Bombing, Mumbai, Indian Mujahedeen, Video, World News

NEW DELHI — A briefcase bomb tore through a crowd of people waiting to enter a New Delhi courthouse, killing 11 people and wounding scores more ...

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Libyan Rebels Battle for Brega

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Sirte, Loyalists, Al Jazeera, Brega, Income, Nato, Siege, Benghazi, Supply, Attrition, Ajdabiya, Resupply, Stalemate, Money, Qaddafi, Bombs, War, Rebels, Tanks, Frontline, Airstrikes, Misrata, Army, Ras Lanuf, Chris Weigant, Ragtag, Oil, Libya, Air Support, Gadhafi, Tripoli, Ghaddafi, World News

Whoever controls Brega will control the oil the town can ship out, which would be a huge source of income for the rebels. In the end, this war may wind up being one of attrition.

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UK Spies Replace Terrorists' Online Bomb Instructions With Cupcake Recipe

AP | By PAISLEY DODDS | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Gchq, Britain Spy Agency, Anwar Al Awlaki, Terrorists, Cupcakes, Cybercrime, Bombs, Cupcake Recipes, Islamic Extremists, Hacking, Cupcake Bomb Hack, Inspire Magazine, Al Qaeda, Food News

LONDON -- Britain's spy agencies have a new message for terrorists: make cupcakes, not war. Intelligence agents managed to hack into the extremist In...

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Why America Slept

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Empire, Apocalypse, Save the World, Natural Disasters, Entertainment, Bombs, Militarism, Media, Stream of Conscious, Existential, Culture, Mass Extinctions, Privatizing, Consumerism, Tsunami, Reverend Billy Talen, Humanism, Suburbia, Revolution, Climate Change, White Privilege, Gadget, Ecological Disaster, Technology, Epitaph, Disaster Capitalism, American Dream, Impact News

America was sleeping deeply, in a dream whose creators were hiding inside skyscrapers with smoked glass.

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Courthouse Guards Miss Mock Bombs

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: X-Ray Machines, Doj, Usprotect Corp, Courthouse Security, US Marshals, Bombs, Terrorism, Fake Bombs, Home News

A $370 million program run by the U.S. Marshals Service to protect federal courthouses failed to detect mock explosive devices sent to several offices...

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Baghdad Blasts Kill Scores, Over 200 Hundred Wounded

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Baghdad Bombing, Iraq Bombs, Iraq Terrorists, Iraq, War in Iraq, Bombs, Terrorism, World News

BAGHDAD — Rapid-fire bombings and mortar strikes killed 76 people and wounded more than 200 across Baghdad's myriad neighborhoods Tuesday, demon...

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Rats & Land Mines: Colombia Teaches Rodents To Sniff Out Explosives

The Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South America, Columbia Army, Columbia Farc, Mine Field, Bombs, Columbia, Exterminators, Pests, Rats, Farc, Land Mines, Animals, Service Animals, Land Mine Removal, Rodents, Green News

Early next year, anti-narcotics police will begin deploying squads of rats to sniff out land mines in remote areas of Colombia where leftist rebels an...

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Misunderstanding Terrorism, Misrepresenting Islam

Louis Klarevas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Homegrown Terrorists, Ieds, Bombs, Terrorism, Sami Samir Hassoun, Chicago, Muslims, Fbi, Politics News

This weekend, the FBI arrested a man for planting what he thought was an improvised explosive device outside Wrigley Field in Chicago. Sami Samir Hass...

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The F Word: Time to Declare Global War on Flooding

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Naiman, Floods, Gwynne Dyer, F Word, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Flood, Bombs, War, Katrina, Flooding, Grit Tv, Drones, Climate Change, The F Word, Laura Flanders, Grittv, Climate Bill, Global Warming, Senate, Politics News

The flooding in Pakistan has displaced 2 million people, killed at least 1600 and affected 14 million. It should be affecting all of us. A disaster o...

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Power Plant Attacked In Russia, 2 Killed

AP | SERGEI VENYAVSKY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Killing, Russia, Baksanskaya Power Station, Caucasus, World News, Hyrdoelectric Dam, Bombs, Terrorism, Russia Terrorism, Terrorist Attacks, World News

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Two carloads of assailants attacked a hydroelectric station in southern Russia early Wednesday, killing two workers and ...

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Bombing on the Analysis of the Times Square Bomb Plot

Louis Klarevas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Improvised Explosive Device, Counterterrorism, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Terrorism, Bombs, Homeland Security, Times Square Bomb, Nidal Malik Hasan, Najibullah Zazi, Ieds, Richard Reid, Faisal Shahzad, New York City, Al Qaeda, Politics News

The failure of Shahzad's plot serves as a reminder that the capabilities available to terrorists seeking to harm us are drastically limited. This lesson seems to have been lost on the plethora of terrorism "experts" that took to the airwaves this week.

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Australian House Booby-Trapped With 50 Fake Bombs

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: False Alarm, Bomb Squad, New South Wales, Australia, Australia Booby Trap, Fake Bomb, Sydney, Australia Bomb, Bombs, World News

SYDNEY — A Sydney bomb squad evacuated neighbors and sent in robots to clear dozens of suspected explosives strewn about the house of a man who ...

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Pune Bakery Blast Kills 8 In India

AP | ASHOK SHARMA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Pune India Bomb, Bombs, Pune Bakery, Pune Bakery Blast, Pune Baker Bomb, Pune, Pune India, World News

NEW DELHI — A bomb detonated in a crowded bakery popular with foreigners in western India killing nine people and wounding 57, officials said Su...

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15-Year-Old Accused Of Planning Columbine-Style School Massacre

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Columbine, Monroe New York, Gasoline, Teenager, 15 Year Old, Crime, Bombs, Bullying, Monroe-Woodbury High School, Propane, New York News

MONROE, N.Y. — A 15-year-old boy accused of stockpiling gasoline, propane and a machete for a planned school attack on the anniversary of the Co...

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Najibullah Zazi: Terror Suspect Was 'The Donut Guy'

nytimes.com | MICHAEL WILSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NYC Terror Probe, Hydrogen Peroxide Bombs, Queens, Terror Probe, Terrorism, Bombs, 9/11, Najibullah Zazi, New York News, September 11th, New York, Denver, New York News

For years, he was a fixture in Lower Manhattan, as regular as the sunrise. Every morning, Najibullah Zazi would be there on Stone Street with his past...

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Terror Attack Was Planned For 9/11

AP | IVAN MORENO and P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NYC Terror Probe, Hydrogen Peroxide Bombs, Queens, Terror Probe, Bombs, 9/11, Najibullah Zazi, Terrorism, September 11th, New York, Denver, New York News

DENVER — An Afghan immigrant was on the verge of unleashing a terrorist attack on New York City on the Sept. 11 anniversary but was scared off a...

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Bombs will kill women in Afghanistan

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Humanitarian, Afghan Women's Mission, Afghanistan, Robert Greenwald, Rethink Afghanistan, Bombs, Rawa, Women's Rights, Brave New Foundation, Brave New Films, Politics News

Self immolation is a method of suicide by lighting oneself on fire and has reached epidemic levels amongst women in Afghanistan.

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Possible ETA Bomb Factory, Hundreds Of Kilos Of Explosives Found In France

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: France, Eta Bombs, Basque Eta, Explosives, France Eta, Bombs, Basque, Eta, Europe, Basque Separatists, Grenoble, World News

French police have found hundreds of kilos of bomb-making ingredients in a garage in the south-eastern city of Grenoble, officials say....

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Obama's Inauguration and the Israel-American Paradox

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Suicide Bombers, Jerusalem, Bombs, Terrorism, Ilana Teitelbaum, Israel, Obama, President Obama Inauguration, America, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Foreign Affairs, Obama Administration, Obama George Mitchell, Obama Foreign Policy, Gaza, Obama Israel, George MItchell, Middle East, George Mitchell Israel, Northern Ireland Peace Process, 100 Days, Foreign Policy, Obama Middle East, World News

It doesn't make a difference if the U.S. president is "good for Israel". What would be "good for Israel," would be an entirely new government in Israel.

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In the Shadow of Airstrikes in Jerusalem

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gaza, Bombs, Terrorism, Gaza Rockets, Sderot, Israel, Hamas, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Ilana Teitelbaum, World News

With the coming war and intifada on my mind, I realize that thousands of rockets have been fired into Israel in recent years, yet because we in Jerusalem don't get hit by them, it has always seemed removed.

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Baghdad Blasts Kill At Least 18, Wound 53

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, Bombs, War Wire, Baghdad, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, World News

BAGHDAD, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Twin bomb blasts killed 18 people and wounded 53 in central Baghdad on Wednesday as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ma...

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Bombs In Baghdad Region Kill At Least 32

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq, War Wire, Bombs, Baghdad, Home News

BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber blew herself up Monday among police officers who were celebrating the release of a comrade from U.S. custody, killing...

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Drop Bibles, not bombs

Christine Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muslim, John McCain, The Fall of the Evangelical Nation, Evangelical Voters, Bombs, Presidential Election, Christine Wicker, Evangelicals, Obama, Barack Obama, Bibles, Politics News

The idea of demeaning another religion by encouraging conversion offends us. It's playing dirty pool. Imperialism of the worst kind. Isn't that strange? Dropping Bibles seems more offensive than dropping bombs.

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'Prediction Markets' Indicate Chance of Iran Attack Rising

Max Keiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran, Intrade, Bombs, Prediction Markets, Politics News

Friday night in Paris, I was talking live to Tehran's Press TV about the betting-contract trading on InTrade.com; laying odds on if Bush, or someone else (Israel?) will Bomb Iran by December.

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