Car Bomb

'World’s Wildest Police Videos': Cop Caught In Car Bomb Blast

Posted 05.08.2012

The Series Premiere of the rebooted "World’s Wildest Police Videos" (Mon., 8 p.m. ET on Spike TV) got off to an explosive start with shocking footag...

Iran: Israel, US Killed Nuclear Scientist

Reuters | Posted 03.12.2012

By Ramin Mostafavi TEHRAN, Jan 11 (Reuters) - An Iranian nuclear scientist was blown up in his car by a motorbike hitman on Wednesda...

Car Bomb Rips Through Upscale Neighborhood, Killing At Least 9

AP | MUNIR AHMED | Posted 02.29.2012

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's Supreme Court set up a judicial commission Friday to investigate a secret memo scandal that threatens the government, law...

Truck Bomb Blast Kills Dozens

AP | By ABDI GULED | Posted 12.04.2011

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Islamist militants detonated a truck bomb Tuesday in front of the education ministry in Somalia's capital as students and parent...

Afghan Intelligence Official Killed By Car Bomb

Reuters | Posted 10.03.2011

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Aug 4 (Reuters) - A car bomb killed an intelligence official from Afghanistan's northern Kunduz city on Thursday morning, a spoke...

Norway's Massacre of the Innocents

Kate Southwood | Posted 09.23.2011

Kate Southwood

Friday's combined attacks were aimed at the ruling Labor party, but they were horrifyingly and more specifically aimed at killing the young people who would have been the future of Norway's Labor party: a massacre of the innocents.

Bombs Explode In Iraq, Kill At Least 21 People

Reuters | Posted 08.20.2011

BAGHDAD, June 21 (Reuters) - At least 21 people were killed on Tuesday when bombs exploded at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor's house i...

Pakistan Car Bomb Strikes Police Building, Kills At Least 4

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 07.24.2011

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden pickup truck leveled a police building in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing ...

Pakistani Taliban Detonate Car Bomb Next To U.S. Consulate Vehicles

AP | RIAZ KHAN and NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 07.19.2011

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A Taliban car bomb struck an armored vehicle taking American government employees to the U.S consulate in northwest Pakista...

Alleged Christmas-Bombing Plotter Pleads Not Guilty

AP | TIM FOUGHT | Posted 05.25.2011

PORTLAND, Ore. — A 19-year-old Somali-American man has pleaded not guilty to an alleged plot to blow up a car bomb at an Oregon Christmas tree l...

Oregon Muslim Leaders Fear Retribution In Wake Of Alleged Bombing Plot

AP | NIGEL DUARA | Posted 05.25.2011

PORTLAND, Ore. — Some residents of this famously liberal city are unnerved, not only by a plot to bomb an annual Christmas tree-lighting ceremon...

On Car Bombs and Righteous Leaks: A Conversation With Robert Baer

Dan Lybarger | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Lybarger

Robert Baer retired from the Central Intelligence Agency after 20 years in 1997, but he's still learning about security threats from the region that was his specialty, the Middle East.

Stockholm Bombings Kill 1, Injure 2

AP | JILL LAWLESS and MALIN RISING | Posted 05.25.2011

LONDON — At his local mosque in England, Taimour Abdulwahab alarmed elders with his extreme views on Islam. On the Internet, he posted videos of...

Arsonist Attacks Oregon Mosque Frequented By Would-Be Car Bomber

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Arson caused a fire on Sunday at an Islamic center that was the occasional place of worship for a Somali-born teen who two day...

Somali-Born Teen Arrested After Car Bomb Attempt On Portland Christmas Event

AP | TIM FOUGHT and NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Somali-born teenager plotted "a spectacular show" of terrorism for months, saying he didn't mind that children would die if h...

As Commonwealth Games Approach: Travelers' Odds Are Still Good

Molly Hunter | Posted 05.25.2011

Molly Hunter

Avoiding political protests and religious sites on holidays are easy ways to dodge the threat of terrorism, but how can travelers ensure their safety without compromising their adventures?

Times Square Bomb Accessory: Authorities Look For Suspected Money Courier Who May Have Funded Car Bomb Attempt

AP | VERENA DOBNIK and COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Police cleared the streets around Times Square on Friday and called in the bomb squad to dismantle what turned out to be a cooler ful...

Street Vendors Often First Line Of Defense: 'If Something Is Amiss, They Know It'

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Ask a street vendor, and you'll hear that it's no surprise that it was guys hawking their wares who noticed a car in Times Square par...

Faisal Shahzad Discusses Pakistan Taliban Contacts, Official Tells NYT

New York Times | Mark Mazetti And Scott Shane | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- American officials said Wednesday that it was very likely that a radical group once thought unable to attack the United States had playe...

Faisal Shahzad Resume, CV Boasts That Terror Suspect Is 'Good Team Player'

Posted 05.25.2011

Faisal Shahzad's resume has been posted online by NBC News. The Times Square car bomb suspect's three-page resume includes detailed descriptions of h...

Faisal Shahzad Got Past Federal Officials Trailing Him: Arrest Was Planned At Terror Suspect's Home

Associated Press / Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK (AP / Huffington Post)-- Two people familiar with the Times Square bomb probe say federal officials lost track of suspect Faisal Shahzad (FY'...

Glenn Beck Gets It Right

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Scheer

While some Republican politicians attempted to turn the Shahzad chase and investigation into an occasion for attacking civil liberties, it is clear that it moved forward in an extremely effective and expeditious manner.

America the Absurd

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011

Charles Karel Bouley

We have to be numb. Otherwise, the largest energy program in our history would be underway to get rid of the 1/3 of the oil we pump ourselves and replace it with wind, solar, geothermal, tidal energy and more.

Man On Video Sought In Failed Times Square Car Bomb

AP | By TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK (AP)-- The car bomb was a crude concoction of ordinary items -- fireworks, fuel and fertilizer -- that authorities suspect was meant to cause...

Times Square Bombing Attempt: Was There A South Park Connection? (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Investigators are looking into the possibility that Saturday's...