http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bombing/ en-us Thu, 2 Oct 2008 02:53:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095479/posts A NEW study claims no more than 25,000 people were killed in the massive Allied bombing of Dresden in the Second World War – far fewer than many scholars have believed. Four years of research being carried out by a team of historians and academics has cast doubt on previous claims that up to 135,000 may have lost their lives in the eastern German city over two days in 1945. The bombing of Dresden became arugably the most controversial operation carried out by British and US forces during the Second World War as it involved creating firestorms by dropping incendiary... Scotsman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095479/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 02:53:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2088421/posts Pakistan’s fledging democracy faced its first and greatest challenge last weekend. A suicide bomber driving a truck loaded with more than 1,000 pounds of explosives blew himself up early Saturday evening outside Islamabad’s luxury Marriott Hotel, killing 53 people and wounding several hundred. Most of the dead were Muslim guests who were breaking their day-long, Ramadan fast in the hotel restaurant when the bombing occurred. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2088421/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:11:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086728/posts Many people were trapped in rooms of the burning five-star Marriott Hotel in the Pakistan capital after a suicide bomber detonated a large truck loaded with a ton of explosives at the hotel gate, killing at least 60 people and injuring some 200 more. The Marriott, frequented by foreigner and local VIPs and the hotel of choice for American officials, is danger of collapse. The ceiling of the banqueting hall crashed down on 500 guests at the Ramadan evening meal. DEBKA.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086728/posts#comment Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:35:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083475/posts Abdul Subhan Qureshi, known as India's bin Laden, named as bombing suspect Jeremy Page in Delhi Judging by Abdul Subhan Qureshi’s early CV he should be a poster boy of the new India: educated at a church school, he studied electronics and software before joining a high-tech firm in Bombay in 1996. Instead, this is the man now being described as India’s Osama bin Laden. Police today named Mr Qureshi, 36, as the main suspect in the multiple bombings that killed at least 24 people in popular shopping areas in Delhi on Saturday. They also suspect that he was behind... Times of London http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083475/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:27:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082017/posts (IsraelNN.com) Muslim Sheikh Omar Bakri has threatened to make singer Paul McCartney a target of suicide bombers if he carries out his plans to perform in Israel later this month, the London Sunday Express reported. One website called McCartney an infidel. McCartney has rejected pressure by pro-Arab groups that he call off the event. Bakri, preaching in a weekly Internet broadcast from Lebanon where he lives in exile from Britain, charged that McCartney will make "more enemies than friends" by appearing in Israel. "If you speak about the Holocaust and its authenticity never being proved historically in the way the... Arutz 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082017/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:01:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081757/posts 22 dead, scores injured in New Delhi bomb blasts NEW DELHI (AFP) - Five synchronised bomb blasts ripped through crowded markets across the Indian capital New Delhi on Saturday, killing more than 20 people and wounding at least 90 others. Police said a further four unexploded devices were found and defused, including one at India Gate, one of the country's most iconic monuments and a major tourist attraction in the heart of Delhi. A Muslim militant outfit, Indian Mujahideen, claimed responsibility for the bombings, which were all triggered within a 45-minute period. "In the name of Allah, the Indian Mujahideen... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081757/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:22:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066829/posts In a Memoir of Sorts, a War Protester Talks of Life With the Weathermen ''I don't regret setting bombs,'' Bill Ayers said. ''I feel we didn't do enough.'' Mr. Ayers, who spent the 1970's as a fugitive in the Weather Underground, was sitting in the kitchen of his big turn-of-the-19th-century stone house in the Hyde Park district of Chicago. The long curly locks in his Wanted poster are shorn, though he wears earrings. He still has tattooed on his neck the rainbow-and-lightning Weathermen logo that appeared on letters taking responsibility for bombings. And he still has the ebullient, ingratiating manner,... NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066829/posts#comment Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:24:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060852/posts GORI, Georgia — On the day that Russia declared an end to its war in Georgia, Jumberi, a taxi driver who gave only his first name, took a long drag on a Marlboro Red cigarette and said that after the first bomb hit, all he saw was body parts. He motioned to the shattered windshield of his Toyota Corolla and the bloody handprints on the side of the car — left there when the wounded and dying collapsed as they begged him to take them to the hospital. "I heard the sound of the jets, but I did not see... McClatchy Newspapers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060852/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:53:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057706/posts ADHAMIYAH — A car bombing in northern Baghdad killed four residents and injured seven more shortly before 9 a.m., Aug. 3, 2008. Nearby business, buildings and power lines were also damaged in the attack. “I think people that attack the innocent people are not real human beings. They are like animals,” said Omar Haddam, an electrician, who was working to help restore power to the residents of Suleikh, a neighborhood in the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad. Adhamiyah has been a shining light of prosperity for Iraq. In August 2007, the streets were so dangerous that markets were rarely open. People... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057706/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 23:42:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052263/posts 15 dead, 154 injured in Istanbul double bombing: TV 1 hour, 10 minutes ago Two bombs exploded in Istanbul overnight, leaving at least 15 people dead and 154 others wounded, officials announced. The first bomb created a small blast in a rubbish bin in the Gungoren neighbourhood on the western European bank of the Turkish city. A second stronger explosion took place several minutes later a few metres (yards) away while a crowd began to gather at the site of the first blast, NTV reported. The images broadcast by NTV showed scenes of panic, with people covered in blood and... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052263/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:14:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051779/posts Sixteen bombs hit India's Ahmedabad, 18 killed AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - At least 16 small bombs exploded in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Saturday, killing at least 18 people and wounding 110, a day after another set of blasts in the country's IT hub, officials said. On Friday, eight bombs exploded in quick succession in the southern information technology city of Bangalore, killing at least one person and wounding six others. Saturday's blasts were in Ahmedabad's crowded old city dominated by its Muslim community. One was in a metal tiffin box, used to carry food, another apparently left on... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051779/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:30:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051720/posts Seven bombs hit Ahmedabad, two killed Enlarge Photo By Rupam Jain Nair AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - At least seven small bombs exploded in Ahmedabad on Saturday, killing at least two people and wounding 55, just a day after another set of blasts in the country's southern IT hub, officials said. On Friday, eight bombs exploded in quick succession in Bangalore, killing at least one person and wounding six others. Saturday's blasts were in the Ahmedabad's crowded old city dominated by its Muslim community. One was left in a metal tiffin box, used to carry food, another apparently left on a... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051720/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:45:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051594/posts Bombs rock ‘India’s Silicon Valley’ By Amy Kazmin in New Delhi Published: July 25 2008 15:49 | Last updated: July 25 2008 15:49 India’s information technology capital, the southern city of Bangalore, was rocked on Friday afternoon by a series of eight small bomb blasts that killed at least one person and injured nearly a dozen others. The blasts happened in quick succession at about 1.30pm local time and caused temporary traffic chaos in the city, which is the hub of India’s global software outsourcing business. Known as India’s Silicon Valley, Bangalore is home to 1,500 companies such as India’s... FT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051594/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:35:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042905/posts For almost a year the Bush Administration in Washington and the Karzai Government in Kabul have been putting out feelers to India to give its aid to Afghanistan a military dimension. There are signs that elements within the coalition of Manmohan Singh, the Indian Prime Minister, may be interested. So, was Monday's bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul a warning to Delhi not to deepen its involvement in Afghanistan? The attack that claimed 41 lives, including the military attaché, and injured 141 was the biggest in Kabul since the fall of the Taleban in 2002. India is involved in... The Times, UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042905/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:32:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036340/posts American School Books Redefine 'Jihad' to Exclude Violence -- Where is Media? By Warner Todd Huston | June 8, 2008 - 21:49 ET In yet another example of why the west could be too weak to fight the sort of global terrorism that takes the form of Islamofascism, a textbook monitoring group is charging that American textbooks have been cleansed of mentioning the violence inherent in the Islamic "Jihad." Now, our children will not be taught what "Jihad" truly means, nor that it has been used as an excuse to kill their fellow citizens because our schools have sanitized Islam... newsbuster http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036340/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:01:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019811/posts A city centre was evacuated today after two bombs were found - at least one of which exploded - at a busy lunchtime cafe. A man, who is believed to have set off the explosive device, was injured and has been taken into custody. At least one of the devices was believed to be a nail bomb. The Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall, Stephen Otter, said tonight: "We can now confirm there were two explosive devices found at the scene." He said they were both in the same area of the Giraffe restaurant at the Princesshay shopping centre, in... Evening Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019811/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 18:37:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010290/posts Six people died and at least 35 were hurt on Friday when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle went off outside a mosque in Yemen's northern city of Saada. The blast happened as worshippers, including army officers, were leaving the Salman Mosque after Friday prayers, officials and security sources said. "We estimate so far six dead and around 35 wounded," Motahhar Rashad told Al Jazeera television. "It is a large mosque." Rescue workers were still helping people at the scene, and medical sources told Reuters some 100 people had been taken to two hospitals in the area. There are conflicting... al Bawaba http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010290/posts#comment Fri, 2 May 2008 16:31:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003755/posts WASHINGTON, April 18, 2008 – Twenty-five years after terrorists detonated a massive car bomb, killing 52 people at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, President Bush urged unity in condemning terrorism he said continues to threaten the United States. President and Nancy Reagan file by the flag-draped caskets of victims of the April 18, 1983, bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon in an April 23, 1983 file photo. Photo courtesy Ronald Reagan Presidential Library   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The Islamic Jihad Organization, today known as the terrorist group Hizballah, launched the April 18, 1983, attack... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003755/posts#comment Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:23:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003448/posts Facts: Occurred at about 1300 (1:00 pm Lebanon Time) on April 18th, 1983 Carried out by a terrorist driving a van, reportedly stolen from the Embassy in June 1982. The van carried a 2,000-pound load of explosives, tearing through the front portion of the seven (7) story building. Most of the victims were at lunch and were killed by the collapsing building. Killed 63 occupants of the building, 17 of whom were Americans. One Marine was killed - Corporal Robert V. McMaugh, an embassy guard. Beirut Memorial.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003448/posts#comment Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:07:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003432/posts (KUNA) -- Ambassador Robert Dillon, who served during the explosion of the US embassy in Beirut in 1983, recalled on Friday how this incident shaped US foreign policy in this embattled country 25 years ago, and indicated that Washington possessed information about the culprits. In an interview with Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), Dillon said the misinterpretation of US foreign policy towards the Israeli invasion of Beirut in 1982 and the "Iranian grievances" against the United States are the two main motivations behind this attack. [SNIP] He said that investigations revealed that a Shiite family and an emerging radical group from... Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003432/posts#comment Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:30:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000977/posts Cause of Deadly Iranian Mosque Blast Still Unclear By VOA News 13 April 2008 Iranian officials say investigators have not yet found the cause of a mosque explosion that killed at least 12 people and wounded 200 others. Some officials are calling Saturday's blast in southern Iran an accident, while others are refusing to rule out a bomb attack. The explosion happened in the men's section of a crowded mosque in Shiraz while a prominent cleric was delivering a sermon. Provincial police chief General Ali Moayyedi said Sunday that the blast may have been caused by negligence. He said explosives... VOA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000977/posts#comment Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:36:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000803/posts 9 monks accused of bombing in Tibet 15 minutes ago China has arrested nine Buddhist monks and accused them of planting a homemade bomb in a government office building in Tibet last month, the official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday. There were no known deaths or damage from the first reported bombing since anti-government protests by monks began March 10 in the Tibetan capital Lhasa. Xinhua said that nine monks from Tongxia monastery confessed to taking part in the bombing in Gyanbe Township in Tibet on March 23. One of the suspects allegedly used a motorcycle to transport the bomb... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000803/posts#comment Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:00:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000645/posts TEHRAN, Iran - A bomb explosion in a mosque in southern Iran Saturday killed several people, state television reported. Television report said several people had been killed and an unspecified number were wounded in the bombing in the city of Shiraz, about 559 miles south of the capital Tehran. The semi-official Fars news agency said eight people were killed and more than 66 injured. Fars said the death toll was expected to rise because some of the injured were in critical condition. The official IRNA news agency said several people were injured but added that no official reports were yet... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000645/posts#comment Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:24:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994250/posts Syria got N. Korea help for N-facility 03/31/2008 BY NANAE KURASHIGE THE ASAHI SHIMBUN An Israeli airstrike against Syria last September targeted a nuclear-related facility that was under construction with technical assistance from North Korea, according to Israel's prime minister. Japanese government sources said over the weekend that the Israeli leader, Ehud Olmert, briefed Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda about the attack during summit talks in Tokyo on Feb. 27. It is apparently the first time that the intended target had been disclosed to the head of a foreign government. Previously, Jerusalem had only acknowledged it carried out the Sept. 6,... Asahi Shimbun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994250/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:21:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990325/posts ISLAMIC cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has returned to his hardline rhetoric with a call for followers to beat up Western tourists and for young Muslims to die as martyrs. In the sermon, organised by an Islamic youth organisation and delivered a few kilometres from the home village of convicted Bali bombers Amrozi and Mukhlas, Bashir likened tourists in Bali to "worms, snakes, maggots", and specifically referred to the immorality of Australian infidels. The address was caught on video by an Australian university student. "The youth movement here must aspire to a martyrdom death," said the cleric, who was convicted of... NEWS.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990325/posts#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:10:13 GMT