Terror

Bomb Rips Through Crowded Baghdad Restaurant

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 05.31.2012

BAGHDAD -- Bombs exploded at a crowded Baghdad restaurant and a near police patrol Thursday, among attacks that killed at least 18 people and wounded ...

Explosion Rips Through Crowded Buidling

AP | TOM ODULA and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 05.29.2012

NAIROBI, Kenya — An explosion ripped through a building full of small shops in downtown Nairobi on Monday, injuring at least 33 people, includin...

Suicide Bomber Targets Military Parade Rehearsal

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ and MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 05.22.2012

SANAA, Yemen — A Yemeni soldier detonated a bomb hidden in his military uniform during a rehearsal for a military parade, killing 96 fellow sold...

Reports: Undercover Agent In Foiled Al Qaeda Bomb Plot Was British

Reuters | Posted 05.12.2012

By William Maclean LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - Counter-terrorism experts expressed concern on Friday over U.S. leaks about an undercov...

Congressman: Al Qaeda Bomb Plot, Drone Attacks Connected

Reuters | Posted 05.09.2012

WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone strike in Yemen that killed two members of al Qaeda on Sunday was part of a larger effort to in...

Al Qaeda Cooperators Give Inside View Of Terror Group

AP | By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.06.2012

NEW YORK -- By the time a wayward kid from Long Island named Bryant Neal Vinas joined al-Qaeda in 2008, the sight of trainees swinging from monkey bar...

The Eternal "War on Terror"

Michael Brenner | Posted 05.01.2012

Michael Brenner

We are into the second decade of the "war on terror." It now ranges from the mountains of Afghanistan to the jungles of Colombia. It has dominated our lives since 9/11. Yet there is no measure of success to gauge progress or to say when it may end.

4 Blasts Rock Ukraine

AP | MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 04.28.2012

KIEV, Ukraine — Four explosions rocked an eastern Ukrainian city on Friday, injuring 27 people. Authorities say it was a terrorist attack but an...

TSA Defends Pat-Down Of Crying 4-Year-Old Girl At Kansas Airport

AP | ROXANA HEGEMAN | Posted 04.25.2012

WICHITA, Kan. -- The grandmother of a 4-year-old girl who became hysterical during a security screening at a Kansas airport said Wednesday that the ch...

Bomb Hits Railway Station In Lahore, At Least 2 Killed

Reuters | Posted 04.25.2012

LAHORE, Pakistan, April 24 (Reuters) - A bomb killed at least two people and injured at least 27 others when it exploded at the main railway station...

'Bad Things Don't Happen Here'

Carly Loper | Posted 05.22.2012

Carly Loper

Toulouse is a smaller city where everyone knows everyone. It's charming and peaceful. Bad things don't happen here. Many people at school, including students in my class, knew the victims.

Car Blast Rocks Kashmir

AP | Posted 05.22.2012

SRINAGAR, India — A bomb exploded Thursday in a car outside the main city of Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing the driver and wounding at least...

Twin Car Bombs Hit Damascus

AP | ALBERT AJI and ZEINA KARAM | Posted 05.17.2012

DAMASCUS, Syria — Two suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in near-simultaneous attacks on heavily guarded intelligence and sec...

Double Bombing Kills At Least 12

AP | MAZIN YAHYA | Posted 05.07.2012

BAGHDAD — Two bombs that exploded in swift succession killed 14 people Wednesday near a crowded restaurant in a mid-sized city in Iraq's north, ...

Reports: 140 Dead In Al Qaeda Attack

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 05.05.2012

SANAA, Yemen — Sneaking across the desert behind army lines, al-Qaida militants launched a surprise attack against military bases in south Yemen...

Motorcycle Bomb Wounds 15 Policemen

AP | By SELCAN HACAOGLU | Posted 05.01.2012

ANKARA, Turkey -- A remote-controlled bomb mounted on a motorcycle exploded in Turkey's largest city Thursday, wounding 15 police officers and one civ...

GRISLY ATTACK: Gunmen Pluck Shiites Of Bus, Shoot Dead 16

AP | AQEEL AHMED | Posted 04.29.2012

MANSEHRA, Pakistan — Gunmen wearing military uniforms stopped a convoy of buses in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, ordered selected passengers to ...

GRISLY ATTACK: Gunmen Pluck Shiites Of Bus, Shoot Dead 16

AP | AQEEL AHMED | Posted 04.29.2012

MANSEHRA, Pakistan — Gunmen wearing military uniforms stopped a convoy of buses in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, ordered selected passengers to ...

American Terrorist To Be Tried In Delhi

AP | Posted 04.19.2012

NEW DELHI -- A New Delhi court agreed Saturday to try admitted American terrorist David Headley and eight others for allegedly carrying out the deadly...

The U.S. War for Drugs and of Terror in Colombia

Dan Kovalik | Posted 04.17.2012

Dan Kovalik

I just had the pleasure of reading an important new book entitled, Cocaine, Death Squads and the War on Terror (U.S. Imperialism and Class Struggle in Colombia).

Does the English National Opera's 'Death of Klinghoffer' Romanticize Terror?

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 04.14.2012

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Let the production proceed. But let people be educated about its glaring flaws lest they fall into the trap of the moral equivalence between those who live to kill and those who are forced to kill because they wish to live.

Car Bomb Kills 8, Wounds 2 MP's In Somalian Capital

AP | ABDI GULED | Posted 04.09.2012

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A car bomb killed eight people and wounded two members of parliament in Somalia's capital Wednesday, officials said, in an ...

Southeast Asia's Most Wanted Terrorist Reportedly Killed

AP | HRVOJE HRANJSKI and JIM GOMEZ | Posted 04.03.2012

MANILA, Philippines — The remains of a top leader of the regional Jemaah Islamiyah terror network have not been found, the Philippine military s...

Car Bomb Targets Aid Team In Southern Afghanistan

AP | AMIR SHAH | Posted 03.27.2012

Afghanistan Car Bomb Targets Aid Team, Killing 4

Al Shabaab Militants Detonate Truck Bomb At Ethiopian Base

AP | By ABDI GULED | Posted 03.25.2012

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A truck bomb targeted an Ethiopian military base inside Somalia on Tuesday, and Islamist militants claimed responsibility for th...