A pair of car bombings in Baghdad has killed 19 people. The blasts happened in the middle of the afternoon rush hour. The first bomb exploded outside a restaurant and the second a few miles away at a passport office.
Insurgents connected to al-Qaeda have been behind the overwhelming majority of the violence and have left 240 people dead this month. The current assault is part of an ongoing campaign of bombings that ramped up with a massive attack on July 23rd that killed 107.
More than 50 people were injured in today’s attacks.
The government confirmed a suicide bomber carried out the first attack while TV news channel al-Sharqiya said that both attacks were suicide bombings.
More terrorist bombings and shootings have left over 107 confirmed dead in Iraq on Thursday and medical officials say it’s likely the final death toll will be higher.
Most of the dead are Iraqi Security Forces and they appear to have been the targets of the assaults. At least 41 people were killed in the biggest assault on a Sunni neighborhood north of Baghdad. At least 19 Iraqi towns and cities were hit in the coordinated attacks. Continue reading →
Over 100 people were killed in a series of terrorist attacks in Iraq on Monday as the resurgence of Al Qaeda gains momentum.
In addition, over 200 people were wounded in the attacks. It’s the deadliest day of violence since US troops left Iraq in December. Continue reading →
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, in an interview with Fox News, implicated Iran in the bombing of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria and said the U.S. should take Israel at its word that they will retaliate. Continue reading →
A bomb exploded on a bus carrying Israeli youth in a Bulgarian resort Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding 32, officials said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it “an Iranian terror attack” and promised a tough response. Continue reading →
Terrorists are attempting to disrupt Libya’s Saturday election by destroying ballots and firing on transports taking ballots to remote locations.
A depot holding ballots and election equipment in the city of Ajdabiya was firebombed destroying everything inside the building. The attack came less than a week after an attack on the electoral commission in Benghazi. The firebombing happened just before sunrise. Voting in the district is likely delayed until the materials can be replaced. 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 →
The head of Britain’s intelligence agency, MI5, said in his first public speech in two years that his group is fighting an “astonishing” level of cyber-attacks.
Jonathan Evans warned of “internet vulnerabilities” that are being exploited not only by individual cyber-criminals but also by foreign governmental agencies. Continue reading →
