Battered but Unbowed, ISIS Is Still on Offensive
WASHINGTON ��� The Islamic State is facing growing dissension among its rank-and-file fighters and struggling to govern towns and villages it has seized, but the militant Sunni group is still managing to launch attacks and expand its ideological reach.
US Drone Kills a Top Figure in Al Qaedas Yemen Branch
In 2009, when the group sent a suicide bomber to Saudi Arabia in an unsuccessful attempt to kill that countrys counterterrorism chief, Mr. Rubeish offered the justification in an audio message. After Mr. Awlaki was killed in a drone strike in.
France, the West and the Islamist Challenge
The fact that at the time of the Crusades the U.S. did not even exist is conveniently forgotten, as is that Arabs at best played second fiddle in the Crusades, which was mostly the affair of Turks, Kurds and Mamelukes.. Even in poor countries that.
Blast at Game Kills Dozens in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan ��� As many as 40 people were killed Sunday after a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a crowd gathered for a volleyball match in a village in eastern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the provincial governor said. Up to 60 people were .
Terrorism: Why They Want to Kill Us | Doug Bandow
From Lebanon to Sri Lanka to Chechnya to Kashmir to the West Bank, every major suicide-terrorist campaign--over 95 percent of all the incidents--has had as its central objective to compel a democratic state to withdraw... Afghan Najibullah Zazi, arrested last fall for planning a suicide bombing in the New York subway, explained: I would sacrifice myself to bring attention to what the United States military was doing to civilians in Afghanistan by sacrificing my soul for��.
Pakistan Soldiers Raid MQM Headquarters; Indias Ex-PM Summoned in Coal.
Pakistan Soldiers Raid MQM Headquarters; Indias Ex-PM Summoned in Coal Case; Suicide Bomb Kills Seven in Helmand. By Emily. U.S. President Barak Obama nominated David Hale, the current ambassador to Lebanon, to become the new envoy to Pakistan on.
Headlines for October 01, 2012 | Democracy Now!
Suicide Bomber Kills 14 as U.S. Toll Passes 2,000 in Afghanistan. SHARED. The official. In the latest attack, a suicide bomber killed 14 people, including three soldiers, in the eastern Khost province earlier today... It stands likely to undermine a case brought by the New York attorney generals office against Bank of America as prosecutors cant recover losses for shareholders once they settle... Dozens Arrested in Protests Against Police Violence, Racial Profiling��.
Taliban Suicide Bombers Strike at Bank in Southern Afghanistan
Suicide bombers attacked a bank in a provincial capital in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand Province. The dead.
Updates on Afghanistans Election - At War - The New York.
To supplement the main New York Times news article on Thursdays elections in Afghanistan, the At War blog will be rounding up coverage of the election on other Web sites throughout the day and bringing readers news from various polling. According to Hugh Sykes of the BBC, Mr. Samandar told him that Afghan police ���hit him and other reporters with rifle butts when they tried to photograph the remains of two presumed suicide bombers shot dead this morning.���.
FPs Situation Report: Iran talks continue two days past the���
By David FrancisDavid Francis is a staff writer for Foreign Policy, where he runs the widely-read Situation Report morning email and oversees FPs breaking news blog, The Cable. An award-winning journalist, David has reported from all over Europe.
Ashraf Ghani Sworn In As Afghanistans New President
A suicide bomber detonated explosives at an intersection that leads to Kabuls airport, killing a half dozen people. A bigger attack took place in eastern Paktia province, where a car bomb and gunfire attack by militants sparked��.
Why was Palestinian suffering forgotten on Holocaust Remembrance Day?
But Cameron hasnt fought Israels apartheid regime in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip; in fact, he refused to halt Britains arms sales to Israel even as Israel used its arsenal in repeated attacks on Gazas hospitals (killing more than a dozen.
Explosion Kills Dozens at Shiite Mosque in Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan ��� An explosion ripped through a Shiite mosque in southern Pakistan during Friday Prayer, killing at least 55 people and wounding at least 59 in an apparent suicide bombing, the police said. The bombing in Shikarpur, about 300 miles .
Headlines for October 09, 2014 | Democracy Now!
The measures will apply for passengers arriving from West Africa at New York Citys John F. Kennedy starting this weekend, followed later by Newark Liberty, Washington Dulles, Chicago OHare and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta.. At least 25 people have died this week in a series of U.S. strikes in tribal areas along Pakistans border with Afghanistan. Dozens Killed in Suicide Bombing, Army Base Attack in Yemen. According to witnesses, the victim was shot 17 times.
Intelligence digest: Middle East, 11-17 November 2012.
Afghanistan. More Taliban Prisoners May Be Released New York Times, 17 November: Many of at least a dozen Afghan Taliban prisoners being released by Pakistan are significant figures, according to officials on all sides, and Afghan peace representatives were exultant on Saturday as they. New York Times, 16 November: A roadside bomb killed 17 civilians, most of them women and children, on Friday as they travelled to a wedding in western Afghanistan.
In 2 Attacks, Suicide Bombers Kill at Least 6 in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan ��� A teenager evaded tight security and blew himself up in the auditorium of an elite French high school in Kabul Thursday evening, killing at least one other person and wounding more than a dozen people. It was the second suicide .
Officials: Suicide bomber kills at least 45 at Afghan.
A suicide bomber attacked a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 45 people, officials said.. Dozens more were wounded when the bomber, who was on foot and mingling with the crowd, detonated his explosives, said Mokhis Afgha, the spokesman for the governor of Paktika province. He said the attack happened during an. 16x9 wins Bronze World Medal at the 2015 New York Festivals awards. Traffic Travel times and Incidents��.
More British Muslims have joined Islamist militant groups than serve in the.
The next time his parents, Enu and Hena, heard from him, he had crossed the Turkish border into Syria and joined the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham ��� also known as ISIS or ISIL ��� the most brutal, and now the most powerful, of a dozen or so.
Headlines for August 29, 2011 | Democracy Now!
At least 22 people along the East Coast have died as a result of Hurricane Irene.. An investigation by the Afghanistan Analysts Network has concluded that Omed may have survived the suicide bombs only to be shot dead by U.S. special forces.. In education news, the state of New York has dropped a controversial no-bid contract that would give the company Wireless Generation, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch, access to the personal data of schoolchildren.
Maos Rockets and the Eastern Afghan Border War, Part I.
Remains of 107-millimeter rockets fired on Forward Operating Base Tillman, in Paktika Province C.J. Chivers/The New York TimesThe remains of 107-millimeter rockets fired on Forward Operating Base Tillman, in Paktika��.
Kabul suicide attack on UK diplomats leaves six dead - The.
At least six people including a British embassy guard were killed on Thursday when the Taliban launched a devastating suicide attack on a British diplomatic convoy near the Afghan capital Kabul, in a day of mayhem that also. The bombing happened at around 10.30am local time.. The attack underlines the challenge facing the countrys new president, former World Bank technocrat Ashraf Ghani, in tackling an insurgency that has flared up over the past months.
Suicide Bomber Hits European Police in Kabul; 1 Dead
KABUL, Afghanistan ��� A suicide car bomber struck near the headquarters of the European police training mission in Kabul on Monday, killing one Afghan civilian and wounding 16 people, police and EUPOL said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the .
World Stands With Pakistan to Mourn Slain School Children
PESHAWAR, Pakistan ��� Pakistan was plunged into mourning Tuesday after Taliban militants in suicide vests laid siege to a school, massacring 132 children and 10 teachers during eight hours of sheer terror. In total, 145 people were killed, including.
Six killed in attack on Afghan intelligence agency | Pictures.
(Reuters) - Six people were killed and dozens wounded when two suicide car bombers and Taliban gunmen attacked an office of the Afghan intelligence agency in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Saturday, a provincial government spokesman said.. new york-based andrew franz architect PLLC has realized the scheme with a relocated mezzanine, where a sunken interior court comprising a retractable glass roof connects to a green roof garden above. this gesture of��.
Refworld | Education under Attack 2010 - Afghanistan
A CARE report on Afghanistan for the World Bank warns of an alarming trend.. At least 60 students and teachers were killed and 204 wounded in security incidents in the same period (and since then, on 9 July 2009, 13 primary pupils were killed when Taliban forces detonated a bomb between two schools in Logar Province).. On 7 May 2008, The Times reported that 36 attacks on schools and teachers had taken place since the start of the new term on 23 March.
The Future of the Middle East
The idea that ���final settlement��� negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians could be restarted is great news for international diplomats who have gotten used to living an expense-account lifestyle in fancy cities such as Geneva and New York.
Suicide Attacks on Pakistan Churches Kill 15
LAHORE, Pakistan ��� Suicide bombers attacked two Christian churches here during Sunday services, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens in the latest attack on religious minorities in the country. The attacks occurred in quick succession.
Dozens killed in Khyber clash, suicide bombing |
An award-winning journalist, David has reported from all over Europe, Nigeria, Kenya, Mexico, and Afghanistan on terrorism, national security, the geopolitics of energy, global economics, and the European financial crisis. His work has been... Video Captures Deadly Argument at a West Bank Checkpoint... Nazila FathiNazila Fathi, the author of the book Lonely War, reported from Iran for the New York Times until she was forced to leave the country in 2009.
The Children of ISIS
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A Little Too Close to the Battle in Kabul - At War - The New.
Adam Ferguson for The New York Times Afghan security officers took cover while a market burned and gunfire was exchanged during an attack by militants in Kabul on Monday. KABUL, Afghanistan ��� The man with the��.
Suicide bombing kills at least 54 near eastern Pakistani.
WATCH: A bomb exploded near a Pakistani paramilitary checkpoint on Sunday, killing at least 54 people near the countrys eastern border with India. LAHORE, Pakistan ��� A suicide bomber detonated explosives near a��.
Did Pakistani Spies Help CIA Bomber? - The Daily Beast
Afghan spy officials tell The Daily Beasts Gerald Posner that the chemical fingerprint of the bomb that killed seven CIA agents matches the kind produced by Pakistani intelligence.. Most suicide attacks involve a bulky vest or belt... By late Friday, the official response from the Clinton headquarters was that there was still no official campaign, even as dozens of staffers had been hired and The New York Times spotted people working in her new Brooklyn campaign��.