Kurbaan: Movie Review Nov 20, 2009
Kurbaan, written by Karan Johar, raises these pertinent and extremely topical questions, without glossing over the one undeniable truth: a suicide bomber can never solve the inequities of the world, Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, notwithstanding. So we have Ehsan Khan (Saif Ali Khan), the Pakistani who lost his wife and kid to American excesses , seething with a desire to avenge his loss. (India Times)
Policemen die in Pakistan blast Nov 20, 2009
Officials said a suicide bomber had carried out that attack. Spike in violence. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Algerian suicide bomb kills four Nov 20, 2009
"A suicide bomber drove into the police station at the wheel of a booby-trapped car, causing major damage to the building," an eyewitness told AFP news agency. No group has so far said claimed the attack. (Yahoo News -- Algeria)
Three policemen, lawyer among dead Nov 20, 2009
Suicide bomber kills 20 outside Peshawar court ... PESHAWAR: At least 20 people including three policemen were killed and 50 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the main gate of the Judicial Complex on Khyber Road on Thursday, said hospital staff and officials. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
13 killed in suicide bombing in W Afghanistan Nov 20, 2009
The blast occurred at 9 a.m. Friday morning, when the suicide bomber rode a motorcycle and blew himself up in a bazaar near the governor's office. One of the victims was a policeman, and all others were civilians, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry. (Xinhuanet, China)
Afghan suicide bomber hits market Nov 20, 2009
BBC News - Suicide bomber kills 13 at market in Afghanistan ... Suicide bomber kills 13 at market in Afghanistan ... A suicide bomber on a motorcycle has killed at least 13 people, including a policeman, in south-west Afghanistan. (BBC News -- South Asia)
U.K. Rabbi Allegedly Supplies Prostitutes Drugs for Sex Nov 19, 2009
They set up their "commercial cocaine supply operation" in a hotel service flat in Shude Hill, Manchester, where, it is alleged, Rabbi Chalomish liked to dispense the drug in return for sexual favors," the paper reported. Rabbi Chalomish, a part of Greater Manchester s Orthodox Jewish community, denies two charges of supplying cocaine but admits two counts of possession. Abbas, who did not turn up for the trial, faces similar charges of possessing the Class A controlled drug with intent to... (Fox News)
Pakistan court blast kills many Nov 19, 2009
The head of the Peshawar city administration, Sahibzada Anees, told reporters that a suicide bomber had carried out the latest attack. "The bomber blew himself up when he was being body searched by a police guard at the gate of the court complex," he said. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Algiers Attacks Show Maturing of Al-Qaeda Unit Nov 19, 2009
By recruiting suicide bombers -- a new phenomenon in Algeria -- and targeting civilians, the network has learned quickly that it can seize global attention. "I don't think this implies the terrorist danger from the group is any greater, but rather that it's just become more efficient," said George Joff, a North Africa researcher at in. (Yahoo News -- Algeria)
Muslim Suffers Bruised Ego in Fort Hood Tragedy Nov 19, 2009
According to numerous eyewitness accounts, Hasan denounced the "war on terror" as a war against Islam, said Muslims should attack Americans in retaliation for the war in Iraq, defended suicide bombers and said he was "happy" when a Muslim murdered a soldier at a military recruiting center in Arkansas earlier this year. Stranger still, he wasn't auditioning for his own show on MSNBC when he made these statements. (Human Events Online)
Greeks probe Pakistani complaint Nov 19, 2009
Mr Voulgarakis said the Greek security services had checked more than 5,000 foreigners after the British government asked all European Union countries to assist with the investigation into the London suicide bombers who killed 52 people in July 2005. But he insisted that "secret agreements and protocols did not exist". (Yahoo News -- Greece)
Major militant attacks in Pakistan since the beginning of October Nov 19, 2009
Nov. 19: A suicide bomber kills 16 people outside a courthouse in the main northwestern city of Peshawar ... Second suicide bomber attacks police station in northwestern Bannu district, killing six people ... Nov. 8: Suicide bomber hits crowded market in northwestern Pakistan, killing 12 people, including a mayor who once supported but had turned against the Taliban. (FOX61, CT)
Bomb kills 16 at Pakistani court Nov 19, 2009
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A suicide bomber killed 16 people today outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan, the latest attack in an onslaught by Islamist militants retaliating against an army offensive in the nearby Afghan border region. A doctor said 26 people were wounded in the blast in the main northwestern city of Peshawar. (Boston Globe)
16 killed in blast in NW Pakistan's Peshawar Nov 19, 2009
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bomber killed at least 16 people and injured 36 others in the Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday, officials and hospital sources said ... District Coordination Officer Sahibzada Anis said that the suicide bomber detonated his explosive packed jacket when intercepted by police while trying to enter the main gate of the judicial complex. (Xinhuanet, China)
First Rights: Who needs trials? Kill terror suspects! Nov 19, 2009
The Predator drones may now also be increasing the number of suicide bombers, and not only those directed by Al Qaeda. In the Oct. 26 issue of the New Yorker, Jane Mayer has written an extraordinarily important, detailed account and analysis of "The Predator War." To my great surprise, this incisive probe of the CIA's secret remote-controlled assassinations of terror suspects, and unintended others, has received remarkably limited attention in the press. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
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International news » Nov 19, 2009
More international news. Russia's Constitutional Court effectively outlawed the death penalty Thursday, saying that a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force until the nation fully bans executions. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Fort Hood: Were Hasan's Warning Signs Ignored? Nov 19, 2009
The third classmate says he witnessed at least three oral presentations by Hasan over the course of a year that focused on the morality of Muslims, war and justification for suicide bombers. "People were giving presentations on air quality or water quality, but he'd be full of psychobabble about how the persecution of Muslims justifies suicide bombers," the officer says. (Time.com)
Somalia's Islamist militants spill into neighboring countries Nov 19, 2009
In mid-September two suicide bombers killed four Ugandan and 12 Burundian soldiers in revenge for the US killing of a senior Al Qaeda operative in the country. If many of Kampala's residents are jittery, the atmosphere among the city's 10,000-strong Somali community is like a knife edge. (Christian Science Monitor)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Nov 19, 2009
A suicide bomber has killed an estimated 30 people and wounded 36 in the latest attack to strike the city. Pullman writes his own version of the New Testament in which the story of Jesus is given a "different ending". (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
Miss Ireland upstages lady in red Nov 19, 2009
A suicide bomber killed 19 people today outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan, the latest attack in an onslaught by Islamist militants fighting back against an army offensive in the nearby Afghan border region. new. (Yahoo News -- Beauty Pageants)
Pakistan army claims gains near Afghan border Nov 18, 2009
SARAROGHA, Pakistan - A school the army says churned out suicide bombers now lies in ruins. Soldiers patrol towns once ruled by militants who gave refuge to al-Qaida. (MSNBC -- International)
Why tolerate a terrorist religion? Nov 18, 2009
Would the suicide bombers blow themselves up if they actually knew they didn't have any "virgins" waiting for them. Would they attempt terriorist acts if they thought they would get caught and lose their heads, or other parts. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Ignorance Enabled Ft. Hood Jihadist Nov 18, 2009
In spring, Hasan wrote an Internet posting that compared suicide bombers to soldiers who sacrifice their lives by falling on a grenade. His reasoning was that suicide bombers help save Muslims by killing enemy soldiers ... Yet reports indicate there was no formal investigation into a soldier who praised suicide bombers who save Muslims by killing the very people among whom he lived and worked. (Townhall.com)
Political Superhero Celebrity--La M... Nov 18, 2009
However, when video footage of her saving a London crowd from a suicide bomber publicly reveals her superpowers, she becomes an international celebrity. The revelation upends the world of Susan s ordinary sister Libby. (Suite101.com)
A DIG of police and his driver were injured in a bomb blast on Spiny Road on Tuesday Nov 18, 2009
Police also claimed to have arrested three suspected suicide bombers from a house in Arbab Town and recovered 300 kilogrammes of explosives from them. Saddar Superintendent of Police Dr Farrukh said, The men were preparing for suicide attacks in Quetta. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Fort Hood Massacre begs the question: Was it terrorism or plain insanity? Nov 18, 2009
Hasan was very outspoken in his opposition to war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and in the spring posted a message on the internet under his name arguing that suicide bombers are not murderers, but men who are saving Muslim's by killing enemy soldiers ... Looking at these facts alone, it seems clear that Hasan was a Muslim extremist committing an act of terror similar to what suicide bombers do. (The Loyola Greyhound, MD)
Taliban increase attacks in Afghanistan Nov 18, 2009
In a latest major attack in Kabul, a suicide bomber struck a military convoy near a large U.S. military base on eastern outskirts of Afghan capital on Friday morning, injuring at least three foreign troops and three Afghan civilians, according to Syed Ghafar Syedzada the Deputy to Kabul police chief. After the attack, Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban purported spokesman, claimed responsibility and warned of more attacks. (Xinhuanet, China)
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Second suicide bomber attacks police station in northwestern Bannu district, killing 6 people. - Nov. 12: Gunmen kill Pakistani working at the Iranian Consulate in the northwestern city of Peshawar. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Algerian suicide bomb kills four Nov 17, 2009
"A suicide bomber drove into the police station at the wheel of a booby-trapped car, causing major damage to the building," an eyewitness told AFP news agency. No group has so far said claimed the attack. (Yahoo News -- Algeria)
43 injured, mosque, police station badly damaged Nov 17, 2009
PESHAWAR: At least four people were killed and 43 injured when a suicide bomber targeted Badabher police station on Monday. In the fifth suicide attack in eight days to hit the city, the attacker set off his bomb after being challenged at a checkpost near the police station on Peshawars outskirts. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
In Algeria, Twin Bombs Kill at Least 52 Nov 17, 2009
A few months later, it changed its name to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and shifted tactics by targeting foreigners and civilians, as well as recruiting suicide bombers. (Maghreb is an Arabic word for the region of North Africa stretching from Mauritania to Libya). (Yahoo News -- Algeria)
9 comments Nov 17, 2009
It also appears that Hasan wrote approvingly of suicide attacks in blog entries and that he even compared suicide bombers' actions to those of soldiers who have saved their comrades' lives by throwing themselves on live grenades. We know that many of his Walter Reed colleagues were shocked when he chose a medical seminar to warn "It's getting harder and harder for Muslims in the service to morally justify being in a military that seems constantly engaged against fellow Muslims.". (Human Events Online)
The Religious War Our Secular President Ignores Nov 17, 2009
For example, in April 2002, a Washington D.C. Imam named Abdul Alim Musa asked that suicide bombers no longer be referred to as suicide bombers but as heroes. In 2004 Professor Hatem Bazian told his audience on the UC-Berkeley campus that it was time for an intifada in this country. (Human Events Online)
Gadhafi Tries to Woo Italian Gals to Islam Nov 17, 2009
Of course they want to convert new women, they need to breed more suicide bombers to kill more Europeans and Americans. by YourVeryWrong November 16, 2009 11:49 AM EST. (CBS News)
NY GOV. RIPS WHITE HOUSE Nov 17, 2009
Paterson Rips White House For NYC 9/11 Trial - wcbstv. I think terrorism isn't just attack, it's anxiety and I think you feel the anxiety and frustration of New Yorkers who took the bullet for the rest of the country," he said. Paterson's comments break with Democrats, who generally support the President's decision. "Our country was attacked on its own soil on September 11, 2001 and New York was very much the epicenter of that attack. (The Drudge Report)
Taliban claims some attacks, promises more Nov 17, 2009
On Monday morning, a suicide bomber in a car loaded with hundreds of kilograms of explosives self-detonated outside a police station in Peshawar, killing at least six people and wounding 25. It was the sixth suicide bomb attack in and around the provincial capital in eight days. (CNN -- World)
Suicide bomber kills six in Peshawar Nov 16, 2009
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suicide bomber detonated a car laden with explosives, killing six people on Monday near the Budbhair area in Peshawar, officials said. Twenty-five others were injured, said Alim Shinwari, senior superintendent of police in Peshawar. (CNN -- International)
Hasan: A Simple Puzzle Nov 16, 2009
But it was on this same questioned radical web site that Dr. Hasan is alleged to have written about the sacrifice of suicide bombers, suggesting that if "one suicide bomber can kill 100 enemy soldiers because they were caught off guard, that such would be considered a strategic victory.". Should this statement be the actual words of Major Hasan, it bears an amazing resemblance to his own actions, i.e., catching hundreds of soldiers off guard and killing them. (Human Events Online)
Enemies Within Nov 16, 2009
Internet postings like this one go back to May 20, 2009: "Scholars have paralleled (a U.S. soldier's falling on a grenade to save surrounding troops) to suicide bombers whose intention, by sacrificing their lives, is to help save Muslims by killing enemy soldiers.". Hasan vehemently opposed the U.S. missions in the Middle East, arguing with co-workers, senior officers and even patients. (Human Events Online)
Pitts: Will we salute pro-America Muslims? Nov 16, 2009
Or to Capt. Humayun Khan, U.S. Army, Muslim, American, killed when he approached a suicide bomber in Iraq. Would they continue in loud ignorance. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Suicide bomber kills 4 near Pakistani air base Nov 16, 2009
Web search enhanced by. Monday November 16, 2009. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Read the 'News Watch' transcript Nov 16, 2009
(voice-over): We have faced some 000005B2 of the same dangers, patrolling with U.S. troops in Mosul, when a suicide bomber struck, and riding in a military convoy when a roadside bomb exploded, killing an Iraqi farmer in eastern Baghdad. Embedding has allowed our crews to document soldiers' daily missions, from the first days of the invasion, through the following years of raids and patrols, and a less glamorous task of training a new Iraqi Army and tedious meetings with tribal leaders. (Fox News)
5 killed in blast near Pak police station Nov 16, 2009
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a police station in Peshawar today, killing at least five persons and injuring 20 others in the latest in a wave of deadly terrorist attacks in northwest Pakistan ... A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a police station in Peshawar today, killing at least five persons and injuring 20 others in the latest in a wave of deadly terrorist attacks in northwest Pakistan. (India Times, India)
Greeks probe Pakistani complaint Nov 16, 2009
Mr Voulgarakis said the Greek security services had checked more than 5,000 foreigners after the British government asked all European Union countries to assist with the investigation into the London suicide bombers who killed 52 people in July 2005. But he insisted that "secret agreements and protocols did not exist". (Yahoo News -- Greece)
Iraqi VP Threatens to Veto Election Law Nov 16, 2009
They send home suicide bombers that blow up their fellow citizens. What a screwed up world. (CBS News)
Militants target Pakistan elders Nov 16, 2009
The attacks come a day after a suicide bomber detonated his car, crammed with explosives, as his vehicle was searched at a checkpoint in Peshawar, killing at least 15. Mr Khan described how some 50 attackers approached his home. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Inquiry finds tangle of clues at Fort Hood Nov 16, 2009
In the Web posting investigators believe was his, Hasan suggested that a suicide bomber might have just as noble a purpose as a soldier who throws himself on a grenade to protect his comrades ... In the Web posting investigators believe was his, Hasan suggested that a suicide bomber might have just as noble a purpose as a soldier who throws himself on a grenade to protect his comrades. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
* World News Quick Take Nov 15, 2009
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car when the policemen tried to conduct a search in Pusht Khara area in Peshawar. An official at the police control room in the town said at least two policemen were among the dead. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Woman three-year-old child among the dead Nov 15, 2009
PESHAWAR: At least 12 people, including a policeman and a three-year-old child, were killed and another 35 injured when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle at a police checkpost in the provincial capital, police and hospital staff said on Saturday ... Police checkpost: Cantonment Superintendent of Police Nisar Marwat told reporters that the vehicle, driven by the suicide bomber, was signalled to stop at the checkpost. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Today's PC Army Nov 15, 2009
Some, like Capt. Humayan Khan, killed in Iraq in 2004 trying to prevent a suicide bomber from attacking an American compound, have proved their patriotism beyond any shadow of doubt. But our leaders undercut the genuinely moderate Muslims and endanger the rest of us when they make excuses for extreme Islamists. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Militants are at war with ISI: Pakistani daily Nov 15, 2009
More than a dozen people - military personnel and civilians - were killed Friday when a suicide bomber targeted the regional headquarters of the ISI in Peshawar. "It is by now crystal clear that the militants are out for blood, which is why it is doubly unfathomable that no proper security arrangements were made for the ISI (office) in Peshawar.". (India Times, India)
Bomber targets police Nov 15, 2009
A suicide bomber blew up his explosives-filled car on Saturday at a police checkpoint in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 11 people, officials said. In the second suicide strike to hit the troubled city in two days, the bomber detonated when police asked him to stop for a search, Peshawar district administration chief Sahibzada Anis told AFP.. (iAfrica.com)
'US camp in Iraq was al-Qaida breeding ground' Nov 15, 2009
"The two suicide bombers and the majority of suspects detained after the twin bombings of August 19 against the foreign affairs and finance departments, which killed 95, were released shortly before from Camp Bucca," a senior interior ministry official told AFP.. Captain Brad Kimberly, spokesman for the US prisons authority in Iraq, told AFP that "to date, we've not received any evidence suggesting a former detainee may be involved in either attack.". (India Times, India)
Algiers Attacks Show Maturing of Al-Qaeda Unit Nov 15, 2009
By recruiting suicide bombers -- a new phenomenon in Algeria -- and targeting civilians, the network has learned quickly that it can seize global attention. "I don't think this implies the terrorist danger from the group is any greater, but rather that it's just become more efficient," said George Joff, a North Africa researcher at in. (Yahoo News -- Algeria)
Defusing the threat In the video-game version of United States versus Afghanistan's insurgents, Camp Pendleton Marines prefer to play the role of the militants. They have the ... Nov 15, 2009
But the IED menace hit close to his heart last year when Lt. Col. Max Galeai, a former commander of Rivera's, was killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq an attack that claimed two other Marines. I take this very seriously, said Rivera, holding up a thick forearm covered with a tattoo that memorializes fallen comrades. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Pakistan blast toll up to 17: official Nov 14, 2009
A second suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a suburban police station in the garrison town of Bannu, southwest of Peshawar, killing seven security personnel and a prisoner on Friday, police said. The most devastating bomb attack in Pakistan in two years killed at least 118 people in a crowded Peshawar market on October 28 as militants put ordinary civilians in the crosshairs of their bloody campaign. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Army chief aims for Sri Lankan presidency Nov 14, 2009
almost killed by suicide bomber. Photo: AFP. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Texas congressman: Fort Hood shooter had Pakistan 'connection' Nov 14, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009. Texas congressman: Fort Hood shooter had Pakistan 'connection. (TheHill.com)
Taliban target creator, blow up ISI jihad lab Nov 14, 2009
PESHAWAR: Mad that parts of the very institution that created it had now turned against the Taliban, Islamist suicide bombers on Friday completely destroyed the headquarters of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence in Peshawar that was once the laboratory of jihad run by Pakistan army officers ... Scared residents whispered that more attacks were imminent since a fresh batch of suicide bombers had entered the town ... Islamist suicide bombers on Friday completely destroyed the headquarters of... (India Times, India)
* Bomber strikes US base in Kabul Nov 14, 2009
A suicide bomber struck near a US military base in the Afghan capital yesterday, wounding three foreign soldiers less than a week before the inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, officials said ... 45am when a suicide bomber in a car blew up alongside a coalition forces vehicle heading toward Camp Phoenix on the road between Kabul and Jalalabad. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Who are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other accused terrorists? Nov 14, 2009
They included a recruit who later became a suicide bomber in the Cole attack, and two of the 9/11 hijackers. Attash reportedly traveled to Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok in December 1999 and January 2000 to meet with two of the 9/11 hijackers. (Christian Science Monitor)
2012 Olympics Pose Daunting Security Risk Nov 14, 2009
West said work since the July 2005 transit network attacks in London, which killed 52 passengers and four suicide bombers, had "made the nation safer, but we are not safe - the threat is still there.". The London bombings came the day after the British capital was awarded the 2012 Olympics. (CBS News)
A superfluous sequel Nov 14, 2009
Their new offering, SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance, proves that Levitt and Dubner still have the same zeal and sharp eyes for good stories. But this time, they do so without passing muster with a lot of people environmentalists, their fellow economists and last but not least, Al Gore, former US vice-president who won the Nobel Prize in 2007 for his efforts to bring worlds attention to the danger of global warming. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Your 10 questions Nov 14, 2009
And by sifting through bank data using algorithms, it is possible to identify would-be Muslim suicide bombers because they dont buy life insurance. And the wages of US prostitutes have fallen because of falling demand and competition; any woman who has sex with a man for free exerts competitive pressure on prostitution. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
