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  • Package explosion at East Austin home leaves one dead, one injured

    03/12/2018 7:08:18 AM PDT · by rdl6989 · 61 replies
    CBSAustin.com ^ | March 12, 2018
    AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Police say a package exploded at a home in east Austin on Monday morning, killing one person and injuring another. It happened in the 4800 block of Oldfort Hill Drive, north of E. MLK Blvd.
  • Rudy Giuliani blows up Bill DeBlasio for bomb response

    09/19/2016 6:04:48 PM PDT · by george76 · 9 replies
    Circa ^ | September 19, 2016 | Raffi Williams
    Rudy Giuliani attack current Mayor Bill de Blasio for the way he responded to the bomb attack in New York City over the weekend. Rudy Giuliani, who earned the title of America's mayor for his handling of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, on Monday excoriated current New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for looking like he was "kind of on Mars" during the early reaction to a weekend bomb attack. "He looked like he didn't know what he was doing," Giuliani told Circa in an interview when asked about de Blasio's initial response to an attack that wounded 29...
  • Report: Ahmadinejad escapes bomb attack

    08/04/2010 4:39:23 AM PDT · by Bad~Rodeo · 7 replies
    MSNBC ^ | Aug. 24, 2010
    Device reportedly explodes about 100 yards from Iran president's vehicle TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad escaped an attack on his convoy unharmed on Wednesday, a source in the president's office told Reuters. Authorities arrested one person in the aftermath, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Some people were wounded, the source said. Al Arabiya television reported that an attacker had thrown an explosive at Ahmadinejad's convoy before being detained. The bomb hit a car transporting journalists and presidential staff, the
  • Feds: Pipe bomb targeted wife of Houston oil executive

    07/13/2010 3:03:52 PM PDT · by a fool in paradise · 12 replies
    Houston Chronicle ^ | July 13, 2010, 4:12PM | MOISES MENDOZA
    Authorities confirmed today that a pipe bomb sent to the home of a local oil executive was meant for his wife and not the executive. Vennie Wolf, 58, was injured Friday evening when she opened a shoebox-sized package that shot out shrapnel and nails. As they continued to chase down leads, officials today said they believed the incident in northwest Houston was an isolated one. But they refused to discuss the investigation’s progress or why Wolf may have been targeted by the bomb. "It’s an ongoing investigation," said Rob Elder, assistant special agent in charge at the Houston office of...
  • Afghan Car Bomb Injures 4 U.S. Soldiers

    07/22/2004 11:27:26 PM PDT · by yonif · 1 replies · 189+ views
    Yahoo! News ^ | Thu, Jul 22, 2004 | NOOR KHAN
    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A powerful car bomb exploded Friday as a convoy of U.S. military vehicles passed by, seriously wounding at least four American soldiers and raining debris over a wide area, police officials said. A policeman at the scene, Tor Jan, and several witnesses told The Associated Press that two of the soldiers had died. Gen. Salim Khan, deputy police chief of Kandahar province, would not confirm that account. "When our forces reached the scene of the explosion, they saw four American soldiers lying on the road covered in blood. They were seriously wounded," Khan said. "I do not...
  • Two U.S. Soldiers in Killed in Iraq Bomb Attack

    07/22/2004 10:56:56 PM PDT · by yonif · 171+ views
    Reuters ^ | Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:54 AM ET
    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb attack on their convoy near the volatile Iraqi town of Samarra, the U.S. military said Friday. It said in a statement one soldier died on the scene of Thursday evening's attack, while the second died later from his wounds. The statement gave no more details. Insurgent attacks have surged in and around Samarra in recent weeks. Military officers have said they do not want the town north of Baghdad to turn into another Falluja -- a hotbed of resistance where foreign troops have to stay out. At least...
  • Islamic Jihad Claims Responsibility for Attacks

    05/12/2004 9:03:14 AM PDT · by yonif · 7 replies · 89+ views
    Israel National News ^ | 18:52 May 12, '04 / 21 Iyar 5764
    (IsraelNN.com) The Al-Quds Brigade of the Islamic Jihad terror organization has claimed responsibility for the bomb attack in southern Gaza in which a number of soldiers were lightly injured.
  • Bomb destroys Shia mosque in Iraq: witnesses

    04/03/2004 11:22:37 PM PST · by yonif · 22 replies · 156+ views
    ABC News Online ^ | April 4, 2004 | Reuters
    A bomb has exploded outside a small Shia mosque in the town of Baquba, north of Baghdad, early on Sunday local time, destroying most of the building and wounding one person, witnesses said. A Reuters television cameraman at the scene said the al-Rasool al-Adham ("The Great Prophet") mosque had collapsed from the force of the explosion, which went off after morning prayers, when the building was mostly empty. It is not the first time a mosque has been attacked in the town. In January, five people were killed and more than 30 wounded when a bomb exploded outside another Shia...
  • (Palestinian) Bomb Attack Against (Israeli) Soldiers in the Shomron (West Bank)

    10/04/2003 2:29:40 PM PDT · by anotherview · 5 replies · 194+ views
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 4 October 2003
    Bomb Attack Against Soldiers in the Shomron 22:50 Oct 04, '03 / 8 Tishrei 5764 (IsraelNN.com) Soldiers earlier tonight were targeted in a bomb attack in Balata, in the Shechem district. There were no injuries.
  • 1 Dead, 17 Wounded in Attack at Kashmir Bus Station

    05/05/2003 6:55:51 PM PDT · by miltonim · 1 replies · 125+ views
    VOA News ^ | 05 May 2003 12:00 UTC | VOA News, AFP, AP. Reuters
    1 Dead, 17 Wounded in Attack at Kashmir Bus Station Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir are blaming Islamic militants for Monday's bomb attack in the disputed Himalayan region. Police say one person was killed and at least 17 others wounded, four of them seriously, when a small bomb tore through a crowded bus station in the town of Doda. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. A number of groups are fighting for Kashmir's independence from India. New Delhi accuses Pakistan of sending militants to fight Indian rule in the disputed territory. Pakistan denies the charge. Kashmir is expected to...
  • More on Gush Etzion Missile/Bomb Attack

    02/13/2003 2:19:15 PM PST · by anotherview · 6 replies · 168+ views
    Israel National News ^ | 13 February 2003
    22:50 Feb-13-03, 11 Adar 5763 More on Gush Etzion Missile/Bomb Attack(IsraelNN.com) Bomb disposal technicians explain that today's missile/bomb incident near the Gush Etzion community of Efrat was a lesson that ended without injury or death. While it was determined that the Qassam rocket seated in a launcher was a fake, the bomb next to it was quite real. Bomb demolition experts were concerned over the cellular telephone detonation device, adding terrorists are becoming alarming sophisticated in the bombs being used and techniques being deployed. Today's incident was undoubtedly intended to draw the attention of emergency personnel to the rocket, believed...