http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bombings/ en-us Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:22:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405614/posts Over the years, Islamic jihadist terrorists claiming to act in the name of Islam have targeted mass transit systems around the world. No doubt because of this history, security authorities in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada are taking appropriate measures to guard against such an attack, especially during the upcoming Olympic Games to be held there. The transit police in Vancouver are planning on using specially-trained bomb-sniffing dogs to detect explosive devices in the Vancouver transit system. So what does a local Muslim leader in Vancouver, Shawket Hassan, have to say about all this? He is “worried” about bomb sniffing... Terror Trends Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405614/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:22:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371499/posts WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2009 – Terrorist bombings that struck Baghdad yesterday demonstrate the security challenges that exist there, a senior Defense Department official said here today. News reports say more than 150 Iraqis died and hundreds more were injured yesterday as a result of two massive blasts that targeted the Iraqi justice and municipalities and public works ministries and a provincial headquarters building in downtown Baghdad. “I think what it says is that security remains a challenge, particularly when you have folks that are willing to … create that type of carnage with a large explosion in an indiscriminate kind... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371499/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:06:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2349861/posts The Post & Email has received tonight a decclassified FBI report admitted in evidence in the case brought against W. Mark Felt and Edward S. Miller by President Jimmy Carter’s U.S. Attorney General, Mr. Griffin B. Bell. This document was obtained by an American citizen, who wished to remain anonymous, via a FOIA request. Mr. W. Mark  Felt is none other than the informant who spoke with reporters from the Washington Post, exposing the Watergate Scandal:  who went by the name “Deep Throat” a fact that points to his political neutrality in American politics.What is not know about Mr. Felt... The Post & Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2349861/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:29:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329454/posts While the Obama Administration has decided to send an ambassador to Syria, the Iraqi government has withdrawn theirs. After seven years of Syria supporting the insurgency, deliberately contributing to the deaths of Iraqis and Coalition soldiers, the al-Maliki government is standing up against Assad’s terrorism in a way the U.S. is currently failing to. The diplomatic crisis began shortly after twin bombings in Baghdad on August 19. The attacks occurred across the street of the Foreign Ministry and at the Finance Ministry, killing over 100 people. This was the deadliest incident since U.S. forces were removed from the cities, handing... FrontPage Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329454/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:39:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2319669/posts Please say a Prayer for my sister Allegra who has to head back into Baghdad tomorrow! We're freaking out because the death toll from today's "activities" keeps rising! Hopefully they won't bring her back until it's safer... Thanks, Wazoo1031 Me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2319669/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:42:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2294718/posts Here is Security Video from inside the Jakarta, Indonesia Marriott Hotel showing the terrorist bomb explosion there yesterday. A bomb also exploded across the street at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. At least 8 people were killed in the explosions, believed to be terrorist suicide bombings. . . . . . (Watch Video) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2294718/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:30:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2294521/posts UPDATE 1 10:52 pm cst: CNN now reporting at least two Americans being treated at hospitals; may be more American casualties. Here is video from the scene of two hotel bombings in Jakarta, Indonesia, where bombs have gone off at the Ritz-Carlton and the Marriott Hotels in Indonesia's Capital City. As of 10:44 PM CST, reports say 9 people are dead, and 50 wounded. Those totals are expected to rise. . . . . . (Watch Video)Indonesia is the largest Muslim nation in the world, with the population being more than 90% Islamic. Jemaah Islamiyah is a radical Islamic group... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2294521/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:55:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207013/posts A GREEK militant group threatened to continue its bombing campaign in a statement published yesterday, and claimed recent attacks against Citibank were in response to the international financial crisis. The weekly newspaper Pontiki published a statement from the Revolutionary Struggle group claiming responsibility for a failed car bomb attack on Citibank offices in Athens on 18 February, and a bomb attack on Monday on a suburban Citibank branch. The Pontiki has been used by the militant group in the past to publish its proclamations. In its latest statement, Revolutionary Struggle argued that the American bank was part of a "criminal... The Scotsman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207013/posts#comment Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:25:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164841/posts Obama pick faces questions over bombers' clemencyBy PETE YOST Associated Press Writer Originally published Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 2:05 PM WASHINGTON — New York police detective Anthony S. Senft's life changed forever when a bomb set by Puerto Rican separatists exploded, blowing him 15 feet in the air and blinding him in one eye. Now, he's angry that Eric Holder, who played a key role in awarding clemency to the bombers, is in line to be attorney general. Holder, as President Bill Clinton's deputy attorney general, worked closely with the Justice Department's pardon attorney to raise the possibility of... Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164841/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:20:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159891/posts KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 6, 2009 – Afghan National Police and coalition forces seized four suspected militants yesterday during operations targeting the Haqqani and Taliban terrorist networks in Afghanistan’s Khowst and Zabol provinces. Forces targeted a suspected Haqqani commander in the Nadir Shah Kot district, southeast of here. The suspect is believed to be responsible for suicide and bombing attacks against civilians and Afghan and coalition forces throughout Khowst province. During the operation, forces searched several compounds without incident and detained a suspected militant. In Zabol province, coalition forces targeted a suspected Taliban militant believed to be in contact with Taliban... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159891/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:56:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134366/posts “Billie” (as in a man that has no manly traits) had to sneak into his book signing event at the All Souls Unitarian Church, even with 3 police officers standing by the main entrance. He was a wussy when he sent out his sheeple to bomb and kill Americans, and he still is a wussy. Kristinn put up a thread alerting him to our protest and that could have been one reason that he moved his event to the church. When the manager of Busboys and Poets Terrorists establishment saw us on the sidewalk, he quickly showed us a flyer... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134366/posts#comment Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:48:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102192/posts Election '08: Bill Ayers isn't out bombing anymore, but he has never stopped being a radical. His ties to hostile Marxist regimes remain, raising more questions about Barack Obama's refusal to fully repudiate him. Distancing himself, as Obama did, from the "detestable acts" of the founder of the Weather Underground terror organization, is one thing. Ayers' terror attacks — in armed robbery, police murder, attempted killings of U.S. troops, and bombings of U.S. democratic institutions to advance a Marxist revolution — were quite easy to disavow. But Ayers' supporters say his violence was all a long time ago. INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102192/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:01:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052848/posts A day after major Indian cities were placed on high alert following blasts in the IT city of Bangalore, as many as 17 blasts ripped through Ahmedabad, capital of the affluent western Indian state of Gujarat. Some 30 people were killed, some at hospitals where bombs were timed to go off when the injured from other blasts were being brought in. (Later, in Surat, a center for the world's diamond industry, a bomb was defused near a hospital and two cars packed with explosives were found in in the city's outskirts.) Investigators pointed fingers at the usual Islamist suspects: Pakistan-based... time.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052848/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:47:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047047/posts MADRID — A Spanish court absolved four men and upheld the acquittal of a fifth on Thursday in the convoluted legal proceedings relating to the 2004 Madrid commuter train bombings that killed 191 people in the deadliest attack by Islamic militants on European soil. The rulings followed appeals of some of 21 convictions by a lower court after a five-month trial that ended in October. Seven other people were acquitted at that time. Most dramatically, the court on Thursday upheld the acquittal of one of the bombing’s accused masterminds, Rabei Osman, an Egyptian, who was found guilty in 2006 in... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047047/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:33:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042194/posts Bombs killed 11 people Monday in northern Iraq, where U.S. and Iraqi troops continue to battle al Qaeda in Iraq militants, police said. A suicide car bomber struck an Awakening Council checkpoint south of Samarra. Four members of the group were killed, police said, and six others were wounded, including three members of the U.S.-backed group, which has emerged as a foe of al Qaeda in Iraq. A bomb ripped through a shop near Baquba, killing a female and wounding 15 people. Police said they believe al Qaeda in Iraq militants planted an explosives-filled plastic bag outside the store. The... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042194/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 02:48:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010522/posts WASHINGTON, May 2, 2008 – Military officials condemned a pair of suicide bombings that occurred near an Iraqi hospital today, killing 29 Iraqis and wounding 52. In the small Diyala province village of Balad Ruz, an Iraqi woman, disguising deadly explosives in a mock-pregnant belly, detonated her suicide bomb next to a children's shoe store and a cafe. As emergency response units arrived on the scene, a male bomber detonated his suicide explosives, military officials said. “By striking near a hospital, targeting civilians and wounding even small children, the enemy has once again demonstrated its total depravity and complete disregard... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010522/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 01:10:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994599/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Pentagon announced Monday war crimes charges carrying the death penalty against a Tanzanian inmate held in Guantanamo Bay arising from Al-Qaeda attacks on US embassies in East Africa a decade ago. The Defense Department said Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani would face a special military tribunal on nine counts including murder related to the August 1998 bombing of the embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which killed 11 people and injured hundreds. Military prosecutors said that after the twin bombings in Tanzania and Kenya, which altogether killed more than 200, Ghailani worked as a bodyguard for Al-Qaeda leader... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994599/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:35:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961170/posts MADRID (Reuters) - A Moroccan suspected of direct involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings which killed 191 people was arrested on Sunday in Rabat, a judicial source in Spain familiar with the case said on Monday. Abdelilah Hriz, 29, will be tried in his home country for his suspected part in Europe's deadliest Islamist attack, the first time Morocco has agreed to try one of its citizens for crimes allegedly committed abroad, said the source. Spanish Judge Juan Del Olmo recently traveled to Morocco to question Hriz and take DNA samples, the Moroccan state news agency MAP said last... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961170/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:29:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951640/posts Baghdad, Jan 10, 2008 / 02:05 pm (CNA).- New fears of an organized campaign to flush Christianity out of Iraq have been sparked by the recent attacks on churches in leading Iraqi cities. Concerns about a new "religious-cleansing" drive were raised by sources close to the Church reeling from Sunday's (January 6) coordinated bomb-blasts on at least six church buildings in Mosul and Baghdad. Iraqi Church sources, who requested anonymity out of concern for their safety, told the Catholic charity, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), that while only one person was injured by the bomb attacks, the... CNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951640/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:25:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928752/posts 33 YEARS JAIL FOR BOMBER WHO LOST HIS NERVE AT LAST MINUTETHE fifth failed July 21 suicide bomber was jailed for 33 years yesterday and will be booted out of Britain once he is free. Manfo Asiedu, 34, joined the gang of would-be mass murderers setting out to attack London’s transport network with rucksack bombs. But then he lost his nerve and dumped his device before fleeing. His bomb was made of chapati flour and liquid peroxide, inside a plastic container with screws and washers taped to the side. It was to be set off by a detonator made of... Daily Express http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928752/posts#comment Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:42:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867637/posts A search warrant filed in Hennepin County connects a shooting investigation to a possible terror plot. According to court documents, four Somali teenage males were riding in a cab on June 24 the same night a man was shot in the chest around 9:00 p.m. Video surveillance at the Glendale Housing Projects captured the cab fleeing near the scene of the shooting. Police were able to identify the taxicab and located the vehicle at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport four days later. Inside the cab, police found a handwritten note describing acts of terrorism and bombings. Police questioned an 18-year-old relative... 5 Eyewitness News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867637/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:21:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1865556/posts The South, angry over LBJ's civil rights efforts, was smoldering when she whistle-stopped from Virginia to New Orleans on the Lady Bird Special, at first enduring catcalls and hostile placards ("Fly Away Black Bird") but the same soft tolerance she used on her husband she used on the southern crowds: "In this country we have many viewpoints. You are entitled to yours. Right now I am entitled to mine." By New Orleans the stories of her sweet courage had turned the risky political journey into a roar of approval and pride. time http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1865556/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:51:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1826474/posts Police today launched the biggest ever crackdown on animal rights extremists, raiding 30 homes across Britain and Europe. More than 300 officers from at least four forces executed search warrants in a series of co-ordinated dawn raids. Protesters outside the Huntingdon Life Sciences Centre in Cambridgeshire The authorities are determined to round up militants they believe have orchestrated terror campaigns against scientists and contractors involved in animal research at laboratories, universities and research institutions. Today's operation was led by four forces in the South-East - Surrey, Hampshire, Thames Valley and Kent - with officers also involved from other forces in... thisislondon.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1826474/posts#comment Tue, 1 May 2007 13:11:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1822941/posts WASHINGTON, April 24, 2007 – Recent suicide-bombing attacks against innocent Afghans indicate a changed Taliban strategy that is backfiring on the radical Islamic group, a senior U.S. military officer in Afghanistan told Pentagon reporters today. A spate of suicide bombings targeting residents of the city of Khowst and other areas in Afghanistan have turned Afghans against the Taliban, Army Col. Martin Schweitzer, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team, said during a satellite-carried news conference. Schweitzer’s command operates in Paktika, Paktia, Lowgar, Ghazni and Khost provinces in the southeastern part of the country. “Khowst is a... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1822941/posts#comment Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:50:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1819305/posts More than 80 dead in Iraq blast There has been a recent upsurge in violence At least 82 people have been killed in a car bomb blast in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, security officials say. The attack, on a food market in the Sadriya area of the city, left scores of people injured. The blast was one of a series of bomb attacks which struck mainly Shia areas of the city, leaving at least 120 dead. The blasts came as Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki said Iraqi security forces would assume control of the country by the end of... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1819305/posts#comment Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:38:11 GMT