Suicide Bombing

Prisoners tortured, but fewer than alleged: warden

By Matthew Fisher, Canwest News ServiceNovember 21, 2009 6:17 PM Photograph by: Graham Thomson, Edmonton Journal KANDAHAR CITY, Afghanistan — Prisoners were tortured at Sarpoza Prison in Afghanistan, but not in nearly the...

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'They Will Kill Us All'

The lodge where I stay in Kabul was badly damaged on Oct. 8 when a suicide car bomb exploded 80 meters down the road near the Indian Embassy. Seventeen Afghans working in photocopy shops near the embassy were killed and another...

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Expert: Al Qaeda Planning Mass Attacks In U. S.

Yuval Aviv, who predicted the Al Qaida strikes on London’s mass transit system in 2005, said he believes Al Qaida was planning a series of mass-casualty strikes throughout the United States. Aviv said the most likely targets...

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Why do we hate? Academics seek answer in new field

Why did the Nazis hate the Jews? Hate is everywhere, but the fundamental question of why one person can hate another has never been studied adequately, contends Jim Mohr of Gonzaga University, who is developing a new academic...

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Fort Hood shooting: Nidal Hasan faces first court hearing

Nidal Hasan, the US army psychiatrist charged with the Fort Hood massacre, faced his first court hearing in his own hospital room on Saturday. By Philip Sherwell in New York Jennie Jenner, 31, performed a lap dance for Hasan on...

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Inside the mind of a female suicide bomber

An increasing number of female jihadis are being recruited and trained to blow themselves up in the name of Islam. Alissa J Rubin visits an Iraqi jail to find out what makes young women turn themselves into killing machines In...

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Tryst with terror, a belated twilight, man on mission, and more... Cinema

Bollywood continues its dalliance with terror. After an honest, breezy Wake Up Sid, producer Karan Johar takes a break from his escapist dreams to have a brush with bloodshed here. No complaints against his intentions, but he...

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Three militants blow themselves up in Muzaffarabad

Sunday, November 22, 2009 MUZAFFARABAD: Three Taliban militants blew themselves up on Saturday as police chased them in Azad Kashmir, police said. The Saturday incident will revive concern that the militants are trying to...

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Italy faces growing jihadist threat

NEW DELHI: Like other European states, Italy has become increasingly fearful that the Lashkar’s infrastructure could support operations by autonomous Islamist cells on its soil. In October, Libyan national Mohamed Game attacked...

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Rocket hits luxury hotel in Afghan capital - Summary

Kabul - A rocket hit the perimeter wall of a luxury hotel in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, police and witnesses said. The southern wall of the luxury Serena Hotel compound was destroyed in the attack, Kabul police chief...

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