Posts Tagged ‘ terrorism ’

Nigeria: Gunmen kill Christian worshipers on campus

April 29, 2012
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Deutsche Welle [Germany]    

"Gunmen on motorcycles have killed at least 16 people on a campus in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. Bombs were thrown into a lecture room being used for a Catholic Mass. Worshippers fled and were shot dead outside. ... There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Kano state police spokesman, Commissioner Ibrahim Idris, said the attackers had used explosives packed into aluminum drink cans, a method previously used by a radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram." (04/29/12)

http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15917274,00.html  

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Nigeria: Newspaper bombings kill six

April 26, 2012
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Agence France-Presse    

"A suicide attack at the Abuja bureau of a top Nigerian newspaper and a car bombing at another of its offices killed at least six people Thursday in the first such strikes against the country's media. ... Police said a suspect in Kaduna was arrested and he was suspected to be a member of Islamist group Boko Haram. A purported spokesman for the Islamist group had recently made threats against news media outlets, saying they were being used by authorities to publish stories against Boko Haram." (04/26/12)

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Norway: Breivik claims self-defense as trial opens

April 16, 2012
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Sydney Morning Herald [Australia]    

"Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik made a far-right salute as he entered a courtroom before pleading not guilty to charges of committing 'acts of terror' when he massacred 77 people in twin attacks last July. On the first day of his 10-week trial, Breivik told the Oslo District Court: 'I acknowledge the acts but not criminal guilt, and I claim self-defence.' The judge then entered a plea of not guilty." (04/17/12)

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Norway: Breivik set for trial

April 15, 2012
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CTV [Canada]    

"The terror trial against an anti-Muslim fanatic who confessed to killing 77 people in Norway starts Monday amid worries that he will use the proceedings to showcase his radical views. After opening statements, Anders Behring Breivik is set to testify for five days, explaining why he set off a bomb in downtown Oslo, killing eight, and then shot to death 69 people, mostly teenagers, at a Labor Party youth camp on Utoya island, outside the Norwegian capital." (04/15/12)

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Nigeria: Car bomb kills 16

April 8, 2012
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swissinfo [Switzerland]    

"A car bomb killed 16 people and wounded dozens more in the northern Nigerian town of Kaduna on Easter Sunday, after security officers stopped the vehicle carrying it from approaching a church, witnesses and police said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but the apparent targeting of a Christian place of worship will stir memories of a string of deadly assaults by Islamist militants Boko Haram on Christmas Day last year." (04/08/12)

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Thailand: Bomb attacks mark increased threat

April 1, 2012
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Wall Street Journal    

"Three car-bomb attacks in southern Thailand, which killed at least 14 people and wounded hundreds more over the weekend, are propelling a long-simmering Muslim insurgency to a new crisis point after years of brutal attacks. ... National police chief Priewpan Damapong early Sunday confirmed the third car bomb, which triggered a fire at a high-rise hotel in Hat Yai city, killing at least three people and badly damaging a McDonald's." (04/01/12)

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Somalia: Car bomb rocks Mogadishu, al Shabaab says responsible

March 21, 2012
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Reuters    

"A car bomb exploded in the heart of the Somali capital on Wednesday, wounding two people in an attack Somalia's al Shabaab rebel group said was carried out by its militants. The blast, which triggered bursts of gunfire in Mogadishu, was the latest in a wave of bomb attacks in the country where the embattled U.N.-backed government is struggling to secure the city against al Qaeda-linked Islamist rebels." (03/21/12)

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Yemen: Al Qaeda claims killing of American

March 18, 2012
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CNN    

"Gunmen shot dead an American teacher in the Yemeni province of Taiz on Sunday, two defense ministry officials said. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- the terror network's affiliate in Yemen -- claimed responsibility for the killing. In a text message sent to Yemeni media outlets, the group said the victim was spreading Christianity to the Yemeni people, calling him one of the biggest missionaries in the country." (03/18/12)

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/18/world/meast/yemen-american-killed/  

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Azerbaijan: 22 arrested in alleged terror plot

March 14, 2012
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Jerusalem Post [Israel]    

"Officials in Azerbaijan announced the arrest of 22 people suspected of plotting attacks on Israeli and US embassies in the capital Baku on behalf of Iran, AFP reported Wednesday. ... The arrests mark the second time this year Baku said it made arrests over a foiled terrorist plot involving Iran, the first being in February." (03/14/12)

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=261837  

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Nigeria: Reprisals kill 10 after church bombing

March 11, 2012
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Reuters    

"Christian youths killed at least 10 people in reprisal attacks after a suspected suicide bomber hit a Catholic church in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday, killing three people, authorities said. ... 'We haven't got actual figures of injured yet, but at least three people have been confirmed dead by our men attending the scene of the blast,' the Jos coordinator for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Al Hassan Aliyu said." (03/11/12)

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Kenya: Officials blame al-Shabab for deadly attack

March 11, 2012
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Voice of America [US state media]    

"Kenyan officials say al-Shabab militants are responsible for a grenade attack at a busy bus station in the capital, Nairobi, killing at least six people and wounding scores of others. The explosions Saturday evening came hours after Kenya officially announced it joined African Union Mission in Somalia, known as AMISOM. Witnesses say people in a moving car hurled three grenades at the terminal in Nairobi. The targets were hundreds of commuters travelling to the countryside to spend the weekend." (03/11/12)

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Government debt = terrorism?

February 20, 2012
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Thomas L. Knapp KN@PPSTER
by Thomas L. Knapp  

"If heroin cultivation in Afghanistan is a 'war on terror' concern, so is an unbalanced US government budget and $15 trillion + in US government debt. But I'd advise against holding your breath while you wait to see if Congress declares 'war' on those things." (02/19/12)

http://knappster.blogspot.com/2012/02/government-debt-terrorism.html  

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Victim impact statement

February 19, 2012
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LewRockwell.com
by Kurt Haskell  

"Every victim of a crime in Michigan is entitled to make a statement in open court regarding the impact of the crime on their life. The statement is limited to the victim's physical, emotional and financial well being as it relates to the crime. Keep that in my as you read my statement. Below is a copy of the victim impact statement I gave today at the Underwear Bomber sentencing hearing." (02/18/12)

http://lewrockwell.com/orig13/haskell2.1.1.html  

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Syria: Two blasts kill at least 25 in Assad stronghold of Aleppo

February 10, 2012
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Los Angeles Times    

"Twin bombings struck security buildings in the Syrian commercial hub of Aleppo on Friday, killing at least 25 and injuring 175, Syrian state media reported. The attacks caused extensive damage to the structures and nearby residences, reported the official Syrian Arab News Agency. State media labeled the strikes 'terrorist attacks,' placing responsibility on armed rebels who have been trying to overthrow the government of President Bashar Assad." [editor's note: As if US media, state and otherwise, doesn't label attacks on government buildings -- the Oklahoma City bombing, for example -- "terrorism?" - TLK] (02/10/12)

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US officials: Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran’s nuclear scientists

February 9, 2012
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MSNBC    

"Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel’s secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News, confirming charges leveled by Iran’s leaders. he group, the People’s Mujahedin of Iran, has long been designated as a terrorist group by the United States, accused of killing American servicemen and contractors in the 1970s and supporting the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran before breaking with the Iranian mullahs in 1980." (02/09/12)

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Somalia: Al-Shabab bombs Mogadishu cafe

February 9, 2012
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BBC News [UK]    

"At least 15 people have been killed and more than 20 people injured when a car bomb exploded near a cafe in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, officials say. The vehicle was parked close to the Hotel Muna, often frequented by Somali politicians and itself the target of an attack by militants in August 2010. The al-Shabab group said it carried out the Wednesday afternoon blast." (02/09/12)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16947804  

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Colombia: Bomb kills six, wounds 71

February 2, 2012
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Parkersburg News and Sentinel    

"A bomb exploded outside a police station in the Pacific port city of Tumaco just as lunch hour ended Wednesday, killing at six people and wounding 71, authorities said. The bomb appeared to be a motorcycle packed with explosives, Tumaco security chief Hernando Cortes told The Associated Press." (02/02/12)

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Sudan: Bombs hit evangelical Bible school

February 2, 2012
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CNN    

"A Christian evangelical group said Thursday that a Bible school -- backed by American evangelist Franklin Graham -- was destroyed in the latest bombing raid to hit South Kordofan, an oil-rich Sudanese province that borders the newly created independent country of South Sudan. At least eight bombs were dropped in the area Wednesday during the school's first day of classes, according to a statement by Samaritan's Purse, Graham's Christian humanitarian group, which supports the school." (02/02/12)

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UK: Islamists admit London Stock Exchange bomb plot

February 1, 2012
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Reuters    

"Four radical Islamists admitted in court Wednesday plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange as part of a campaign of al Qaeda-inspired attacks across the British capital in the run-up to Christmas 2010. The conspiracy included plans to post bombs to the United States Embassy and the home of London Mayor Boris Johnson. Police foiled the plot at an early stage before firm dates were agreed or explosive devices assembled." (02/01/12)

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Norway: Two convicted of terror plot against newspaper

January 30, 2012
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Wall Street Journal    

"Two men were convicted in a Norwegian court Monday for planning terrorism against the Danish newspaper Jyllandsposten and Swedish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard. The two men are the first to be convicted under Norway's antiterror laws. Chinese-born Uighur Mikael Davud, 40 years old, was sentenced to seven years in prison, while Iraqi Kurd Sawad Sadek Saeed Bujak, 39, was sentenced to prison for three years and six months." (01/30/12)

http://on.wsj.com/wjMx44  

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Somalia: Briton killed in US terror strike

January 22, 2012
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Guardian [UK]    

"An alleged al-Qaida member from London is reported to have been killed in a missile attack from a US drone while fighting alongside Islamist insurgents in Somalia. Bilal el-Berjawi is said to have died when three missiles fired from the unmanned aircraft hit his car on the outskirts of Mogadishu." (01/22/12)

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Iran: Arrests in assassination of nuclear scientist

January 16, 2012
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ABC News    

"An Iranian news website is reporting several suspects have been arrested over last week's killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist. ... Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, an official in Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, was killed in an explosion Wednesday after attackers attached a bomb to his car in Tehran. Iran accused the U.S., Britain and Israel of involvement." (01/16/12)

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Pakistan: US terror strike kills five

January 12, 2012
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Reuters    

"A second drone strike in two days killed five [alleged] militants in North Waziristan in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border on Thursday, intelligence officials said, further marking the resumption of the U.S. campaign paused for almost two months. The suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at two cars in the Dogga area of North Waziristan tribal region, killing five." (01/12/12)

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Iran and the terrorism game

January 12, 2012
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Salon
by Glenn Greenwald  

"In the few venues which yesterday denounced as 'Terrorism' the ongoing assassinations of Iranian scientists, there was intense backlash against the invocation of that term. That always happens whenever 'Terrorism' is applied to acts likely undertaken by Israel, the U.S. or its allies -- rather than its traditional use: violence by Muslims against the U.S. and its allies -- because accusing Israel and/or the U.S. of Terrorism remains one of the greatest political taboos ..." (01/12/12)

http://www.salon.com/2012/01/12/iran_and_the_terrorism_game/  

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Iran: Nuclear scientist killed in bombing

January 11, 2012
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Los Angeles Times    

"An Iranian nuclear scientist was killed Wednesday morning when a bomb ripped through his car in a northern Tehran neighborhood, Iranian media reports said. It was the fifth attack targeting an Iranian nuclear scientist in two years and will likely add to the tension between Iran and the West over the Islamic Republic's contested nuclear enrichment program." (01/11/12)

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