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Four terrorists were killed after air surveillance from Multi-National Division – Baghdad’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, observed 13 men burying explosive devices on a rural roadway along the Euphrates River in western Yusufiyah province at approximately 10:15 a.m. today. The men were observed digging approximately five holes and emplacing explosive devices during an hour-long period beginning at approximately 9:15 a.m. After planting the first explosive device, eight of the 13 men left the scene. Five others were observed digging four more holes and burying explosive devices at intervals along the road using a blue bongo truck to...

Release A060507a TIKRIT, Country – Two terrorists were killed May 6 near Tikrit when the improvised explosive device they were attempting to emplace detonated. An explosive ordnance disposal team investigated the site of the explosion and determined that the two artillery shells that composed the bomb detonated while one of the men was placing it along the road, killing both men. Evidence gathered by Iraqi police officers at the scene led them to the home of one of the bombers where the officers discovered equipment used to make the IED. -30- FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION...

Two terrorists were killed when an Improvised Explosive Device they were constructing detonated prematurely April 8. The explosion occurred at a house in Baqubah shortly after 8 p.m. Iraqi Soldiers and Police, along with Task Force Band of Brothers Soldiers from the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, heard the explosion and quickly located the house. A search revealed weapons, IED components and other completed IEDs hidden in and around the house.

MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION - NORTH 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION TIKRIT, IRAQ (FOB SPEICHER) APO AE 09363 April 09, 2006 Release A060409d Terrorists killed by their own device TIKRIT, Iraq – Two terrorists were killed when an Improvised Explosive Device they were constructing detonated prematurely April 8. The explosion occurred at a house in Baqubah shortly after 8 p.m. Iraqi Soldiers and Police, along with Task Force Band of Brothers Soldiers from the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, heard the explosion and quickly located the house. A search revealed weapons, IED components and other completed IEDs hidden in and around...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A woman suicide bomber was killed at a mosque in Turkey's Black Sea city of Ordu and her colleague injured when a bomb they were carrying blew up on Friday, media reports said. Two other people were also injured in the blast in the toilets of a Koran teaching facility, next to the mosque, state-run agency Anatolian said, citing police. CNN Turk quoted local security chief Ridvan Guler as saying there were two "women terrorists" and one had died in the blast while the other was injured and arrested. Anatolian quoted police as saying they were looking...

A wounded would-be suicide bomber lies in the distance as the camera records the following events. The soldiers fire several rounds into the insurgent. The explosive material on his person ignites, starting a fire. "He's burning now," one of the soldiers says. Several more rounds are fired at the flaming corpse until the explosives laden vest detonates under the intense heat from the flames. The soldiers are rocked backwards in their vehicle after the hefty blast. The video was filmed late last year in Sinjar, Iraq.

BAGHDAD , Iraq – Multi-National Forces – Baghdad Soldiers reported an audible explosion in southern Baghdad March 23. Upon arrival, Soldiers from 8th Squadron, 10th Cavalry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, found remains of a man approximately 50 meters from emplaced mortar shells. After an initial investigation, officials concluded the victim was possibly killed by a roadside bomb he was emplacing in a hole. Soldiers also reported 15 holes lined up in a row, approximately two feet wide and six feet apart. An explosive ordnance disposal unit was called to clear the area of other possible improvised-explosive devices....

NORMAN, Okla. -- A University of Oklahoma student who blew himself up outside a packed Gaylord Family/Oklahoma Memorial Stadium probably didn't commit suicide, a Norman police bomb expert said. "I believe he accidentally blew himself up," Sgt. George Mauldin said Tuesday of Joel Henry Hinrichs III, a 21-year-old engineering student who died in the explosion Oct. 1. When asked if he believed Hinrichs meant to enter the stadium with the explosives, Mauldin said, "I don't believe he intended for an explosion to occur at that spot (on a nearby park bench)." Hinrichs, of Colorado Springs, Colo., had two to three...

A SUSPECTED suicide bomber blew himself up prematurely near a main road routinely used by government officials and foreign troops in eastern Afghanistan, police said today. The man was blown to bits and only his leg and hat were found at the scene after the blast in eastern Nangarhar province yesterday, provincial police spokesman Ghafor Khan said. "Our investigations show that a suicide bomber wanted to get to the main road and, just before that, explosives strapped to his body went off due to some malfunction ahead of time and tore him into pieces," Mr Khan said. In a separate...

At least one person was killed and two were wounded in a large explosion in Gaza City on Sunday afternoon, Palestinian witnesses said. Ambulances were rushing to the scene. Dr. Moaiya Hassanain, a Palestinian hospital official, identified the dead man as a Mohammed Abdel-Al, 22, of Gaza City. The victim was said to be a member of the Palestinian Resistance Committees. The IDF denied any involvement. The military did not rule out the possibility that it was a work accident, and that a bomb in the car had exploded prematurely. Tawfiq Abu Khoussa, spokesman for the Palestinian Interior Ministry, said...

Abbas group responsible for Tel Aviv bombing Terrorists tell WND president's 'military wing' coordinated attack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: January 19, 2006 12:27 p.m. Eastern By Aaron Klein © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com TEL AVIV – The suicide bombing that wounded at least 22 here in Tel Aviv today was coordinated by the military wing of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party, despite a claim of responsibility by another group, WorldNetDaily has learned. The Abbas-linked group warned more bombings will be carried out in Israel within the next 60 days ahead of the country's March 28 elections. Suicide bomber Sami Antar, 20, a...

SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Two would-be suicide bombers blew themselves up while strapping on explosives in an Afghan town bordering Pakistan on Thursday, police said. No one else was hurt in the blast near the market in Spin Boldak, Afghan border force commander Abdul Raziq told Reuters. "They were hiding explosives under their clothes when they went off," he said, adding that police suspected the bombers had intended to target troops from the U.S.-led force in Aghanistan

A Palestinian militant was killed on Sunday when a grenade he tried to throw at Israel Defense Forces troops exploded prematurely in the Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, witnesses and the IDF said. They said 18-year-old Ayad Hashash, member of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed wing of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction, attempted to attack soldiers scouring Balata refugee camp in Nablus for militants. Later on Sunday afternoon, soldiers in Nablus shot and wounded a Palestinian who tried to throw a concrete block at them. Another Palestinian sustained burns also in the Nablus...

Two dead in attack in Afghanistan By NOOR KHAN Associated Press Writer KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- An attacker blew himself up in a failed assault on coalition forces Sunday in volatile southern Afghanistan, while two U.S. helicopters made emergency landings during combat operations, officials said. The attempted attack against the coalition forces occurred after their convoy passed through the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Yousuf Stanekzai said the explosives detonated when the attacker was hit by a motorcycle. The blast killed the attacker and motorcycle driver and wounded two other people, U.S. military and Afghan police...

November 3, 2005 Release Number: 05-11-23 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TWO TERRORISTS SELF-DESTRUCT WHILE BUILDING CAR BOMB BAGHDAD, Iraq – Task Force Baghdad dispatched elements to the scene where two terrorists attempting to build a car bomb were killed when the device prematurely detonated in central Baghdad Nov. 2. Elements dispatched included an explosives ordnance disposal team and a patrol from 6th Squadron, 8th Calvary Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. The explosion also killed an Iraqi civilian and set a nearby house on fire. Iraqi firefighters responded to douse the flames. The EOD team determined the terrorists had been building the...