A homicide bomber attacked the police academy in the capital of Yemen killing six and injuring dozens.
Islamic militants in the country have been vowing to continue a campaign of terror in what they term “retaliation” for the military destroying terrorist strongholds. Ansar al-Sharia, an al-Qaeda affiliate based in the Arabian Peninsula, claimed responsibility for the murders. Continue reading
A truck bombing in the Iraqi city of Diwaniya has killed at least 25 people and wounded 40 more on a day where bomb attacks spread throughout the country.
The bombing appeared to be aimed at Shia Muslims who were gathering at a market near a mosque for a pilgrimage to Karbala. The Shia community is celebrating the anniversary of the birth of a revered Imam.
Police have shut down all entrances to the city in an attempt to quell more violence. Continue reading
Seven people have been killed and dozens wounded in a homicide bomb attack in Kandahar, Agfhanistan.
The attack happened in front Kandahar University about a mile from the former compound of Taliban leader Mullah Omar. The former Al-Qaeda base is now a major base used by US Special Forces operating in the country. Continue reading
Car bombs in and around Baghdad killed 14 and wounded over 50 on Thursday.
A car bomb at dawn targeted a government building in Taji and at least 8 of the dead were killed when a car bomb exploded outside a crowded market. The market bomb is responsible for 30 of the wounded. Continue reading
Three NATO soldiers and a local interpreter were among 21 killed when a homicide bomber attacked a joint NATO-Afghan military checkpoint. The bomber drove a motorcycle covered in explosives into a bazaar near the checkpoint.
At least 15 of the dead were civilians. Another 35 people were injured. Four of the dead were all members of one family. Continue reading
Police in Baghdad are reporting that 12 people were killed and 29 wounded in a series of bomb attacks.
The biggest blast was a car bomb that exploded outside a busy restaurant in the northern part of the city. Four other bombings struck the city yesterday including one that exploded outside the home of an advisor to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Continue reading
A homicide bomber has killed one policeman in an attack on a police station in central Turkey.
Two attackers tried to ram a car into the Kayseri police station and were killed in the terror attack. A bomb inside the car detonated shortly after the car crashed following a clash with security officers.
The terrorists ran through a police checkpoint 55 miles away from Kayseri earlier in the morning. Continue reading
US Intelligence officials have reported the stopping of a new “underwear bomb” plot by Al Qaeda’s Yemeni operatives similar to the failed 2009 Christmas Day plot.
The FBI is studying the bomb, allegedly an upgraded version of the underwear bomb used in 2009, after being seized in an unnamed middle eastern country. The plot was broken up in the early stages between the making of the bomb and before the public was put at any risk. Continue reading
A US Citizen has been convicted for his role in a New York suicide-bomb plot and is facing a lifetime behind bars.
Adis Medunjanin and two friends were preparing to set off suicide bombs on New York subway trains before the 2009 remembrance of the 9/11 attacks. Najibullah Zazi, the self proclaimed “mastermind” of the plot, testified that the men planned to target trains at rush hour because it was the “heart of everything in New York City.” Continue reading