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Four Palestinians Reportedly Killed While Planting BombBy JOSEPH BERGERPublished: July 30, 2004 ERUSALEM, July 30 — Israeli soldiers shot four Palestinian militants who were spotted at daybreak trying to plant a bomb alongside a border road between the central Gaza Strip and Israel, Israeli military officials said. The Israeli news media reported that all four militants were killed.The fence is near the village of al-Bureij and the road that runs alongside is often used by Israeli Army vehicles — suggesting that soldiers were the intended targets of the bombers, an Israeli official said. The official said there was no information...

Car explodes in Gaza after grenades go off prematurely By Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondent, Haaretz Service and Reuters A car exploded in Gaza City on Monday night after locally made hand grenades detonated prematurely, Palestinian security sources said. There were no immediate reports of casualties in the explosion, which eyewitnesses initially said was caused by an Israeli helicopter missile strike. Israel Defense Forces operating in the Deheisheh refugee camp near Bethlehem demolished the house of Ala Abdel Karim Safafi, detained in Israel on charges he was involved in several suicide bombings in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, a wheelchair-bound Palestinian was killed as...

A car bomb exploded this morning in the center of Baghdad, near the so-called “Green Zone” where the offices of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) are located. A think column of smoke is risking over the site of the explosion where, according to witnesses, at least two people died and several were injured in this new attack, occurring 30 days before the transfer of power. The explosion occurred in a street named Kindi, in the Al Hariziya neighborhood, a busy area near the former residence of Saddam Hussein. In addition, it was learned today that four snipers assassinated the leader...

Nablus: 3 Hamas operatives killed in premature bomb detonation IDF says blast most likely result of car bomb that exploded prematurely. Marwan Athamna Three Hamas operatives were killed this afternoon (Sunday) in an explosion that rocked their car while driving in the streets of Nablus, Palestinian sources reported. The sources initially said that missiles fired from an IAF helicopter gunship had caused the blast. Later, they reported that the blast was a result of a premature detonation (widely known as a ‘work accident’). The IDF also said it had nothing to do with the blast and that it was most...

Senior Palestinian militant killed in explosion in his Rafah home in apparent accident while preparing explosives (Reuters)

Report: Islamic Jihad man killed, 2 injured in Nablus after working with explosives that accidentally went off (AP)

Thailand's Boonreung Buachan, holder of the Guinness Book of World Records title for spending the most time penned up with snakes, was killed by a cobra that bit him during his daily show, a hospital doctor said on Monday. Boonreung, 34 and dubbed Snake Man, was rushed unconscious to Prai Bung Hospital near his home town, 350 miles northeast of Bangkok, Dr Wipa Praituan told Reuters. "He was brought here with no signs of life. He wasn't breathing and his heart didn't beat," she said. Boonreung was listed by the "Guinness Book of World Records" in 1998 after living with...

Two killed while planting bomb under northern Iraq bridge Agence France-PresseKirkuk, March 18 Two people were killed while trying to plant a bomb under a bridge over the Zab river near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Thursday, police said."The bodies of two people wearing traditional Arabic clothes and explosive charges were found at the scene," police officer Karim Ali Jabburi said."The bodies are mutilated, so it is difficult to identify them," he said.Jabburi said the bridge was on the main road linking Kirkuk to the northern city of Mosul.The road is used frequently by civilians, US troops and trucks...

A Palestinian was wounded in a blast in the West Bank village of Kif al-Hareth Thursday. The wounded man, together with another Palestinian who was not wounded in the blast, were trying to attach a bomb to a car, which was to be used for a terror attack. Following the blast, security forces' sappers arrived on the scene and dismantled the bomb. The two men escaped to a nearby village. IDF forces are scanning the area.

(IsraelNN.com) PA officials report a Rafiah resident was killed and seven of his family members injured in an explosion in their home. The cause of the blast appears to be a mystery at this time.

Senior Hamas comander Ahbed al Salem abu Moussa, 30 was killed Sunday morning in an explosion in his home in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. Abu Moussa was a member of the Hamas' militant wing Al Zadin el Kassam. Palestinian sources believe the explosion was a "work-related accident." Sources believe he was trying to launch a mortar attack, when the shell exploded in his hands. The Hamas web site described the event as a Jihad mission, and claim another man was wounded in the attack.

An explosive device being transported in a car exploded near a U.S. Army patrol, killing two Iraqis in the vehicle including a relative of Saddam Hussein, the military said today. There were no U.S. casualties. The blast in a white Mercedes car happened late on Saturday on a street in the former dictator’s home town of Tikrit, said Lt. Col. Steve Russell, commander of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division. Russell said the car exploded some 150 yards from his patrol, which had pulled to a halt at a shop in downtown Tikrit just minutes...

Translation from Hebrew to English by me: In Tapuch which is in the Hebron area 2 Arabs, it seems, were killed in a "work accident." 3 Arabs were injured. 2 of the dead terrorists belong to Hamas. One of them is the brother of the terrorist who committed the terror attack in the Adora Israeli town. Reports say the explosive device blew up while the 5 were "tinkering" with it.

(IsraelNN.com) PA sources are reporting the body of Hamas terrorist Muhmad Abed al-Husseini was found this morning east of Jabalya in Gaza. It appears he was killed while a bomb he was preparing exploded prematurely.

CNN reports Palestinian sources as saying that four people have died in an explosion in a building in Gaza's Sheik Radwan neighborhood. Israel Radio reports Palestinian sources saying the explosion was not a helicopter missile attack, but rather a 'work accident', an explosion during the preparation of explosive devices. According to Israel Radio quoting a foreign correspondent, two of the dead are Mohammed Salame Shaheen, 30, a known Hamas activist, and his relative Sabrine, 15. According to another version of this event, a missile was fired at the building from an Israeli helicopter. This version was reported to the Associated...

On other terrorist fronts, a "donkey bomb" attack failed when a donkey laden with explosives was detonated alongside a line of Israeli cars. Several passengers were treated for shock, and light damage was caused. Josh Adler of Efrat told Arutz-7 what happened: "I was on my way to Jerusalem, and I saw a donkey on the road. It appeared both suspicious and dangerous, so I notified the Gush Etzion Emergency Center, and then I continued traveling and saw another donkey, this one with two baskets on it. I wanted to call again, but exactly at that moment it blew up...

<p>JERUSALEM — An explosion apparently triggered by a bomb went off in the courtyard of a Palestinian school in the West Bank on Tuesday, injuring five students, police and witnesses said. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli troops raided a refugee camp and destroyed what the army said were machines for making weapons.</p>

MULTAN, Pakistan, Aug 16, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- A suspected Islamic militant died Friday when the bomb he was allegedly building detonated prematurely at an Islamic school under construction in central Pakistan, police said. One other man was wounded in the blast. The explosion killed Alam Sher, who police said belonged to the outlawed Jaish-e-Mohammed group. Additional explosives were recovered at the scene, located in Sahiwal, 185 miles south of Islamabad, police added. Police suspect the wounded man may have been involved in constructing the bomb. They did not release his name. The explosion followed a police...