December 7, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Afghanistan blast kills five civilians 06 Dec 2011 A minibus packed with Afghan civilians goes over a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, killing at least four children and one woman. The incident happened in the Choray district of southern Uruzgan Province, 370 kilometers south of the Afghan capital Kabul, [...]
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December 8, 2011
December 8, 2011
Bomb blast kills 19 in Afghanistan
December 7, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Bomb blast kills 19 in Afghanistan 07 Dec 2011 A roadside bomb has exploded in southern Afghanistan, leaving at least 19 people including women and children dead, Afghan officials say. The incident occurred on Wednesday when a roadside bomb hit a mini-van carrying Afghan civilians, leaving at least 19 [...]
December 7, 2011
Twin Afghan Blasts Kill 59 on Shi’ite Holy Day
Two terrorist bomb attacks in central and northern Afghanistan killed at least 59 people and wounded more than 160 others Tuesday – the holiest day of the Shi’ite Muslim calendar. The worst of the violence struck the capital Kabul, when at least one suicide bomber detonated explosives near the Abul Fazel shrine as Shi’ite worshipers [...]
December 4, 2011
Iraqi PM Confirms Assassination Attempt
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has confirmed that a car bomb explosion inside of Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone last Monday was an assassination attempt against him. In a Saturday interview with the Associated Press, Mr. Maliki said preliminary information indicated the blast was supposed to take place as he entered parliament. Iraqi security officials said [...]
November 29, 2011
Explosion at Iraqi prison gate kills 19
November 29, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Explosion at Iraqi prison gate kills 19 28 Nov 2011 At least 19 people have been killed and 22 others injured in a car bomb explosion outside an Iraqi prison near the capital, Baghdad, officials say. The blast happened after an unknown attacker detonated his explosive-laden car at the [...]
November 23, 2011
In other news: boredom is always counter-revolutionary | Ana Marie Cox
• I think it’s awesome that the Wall Street Journal editorial board has the best interests of the Democratic party at heart. • And speaking of conservative concern trolls, David Frum must be a blast at cocktail parties: “And it is this argument that has led so many of my friends to demand, sometimes bemusedly, [...]
November 15, 2011
Afghan bomb blast kills US-led soldier
November 15, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Afghan bomb blast kills US-led soldier 14 Nov 2011 Another US-led soldier has been killed in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) announces. ISAF said in a statement that the foreign soldier “died following a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan on Sunday,” Reuters [...]
November 13, 2011
Explosion at Ammunition Depot Kills 17 in Iran
Iranian officials say a massive explosion at an ammunition depot west of Tehran has killed at least 17 members of the country’s elite Revolutionary Guards. State media reports say a senior guard commander died in the incident. At least 16 other people were injured in the blast with some in critical condition. Ramazan Sharif, a [...]
November 8, 2011
Suicide bomber kills 7 in Afghanistan
November 7, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Suicide bomber kills 7 in Afghanistan 07 Nov 2011 Two suicide bombers targeted worshippers as they were leaving a mosque in northern Afghanistan Sunday, with one blowing himself up and killing seven people, including a police officer. At least 18 people were wounded in the blast. Authorities said the [...]
October 31, 2011
October 29, 2011
Israeli settlers blast Palestinian home
October 27, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Israeli settlers blast Palestinian home 27 Oct 2011 Israeli settlers have exploded a Palestinian home in the village of Beit Fureeq near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Press TV reports.
October 29, 2011
Suicide Bomber Strikes Turkey’s Southeast
Turkish officials are blaming a female suicide bomber for a blast in the country’s mainly Kurdish southeast. VOA’s Kurdish service reports the explosion killed three people and wounded 20 others. Governor Mustafa Hakan Guvencer said the woman blew herself up near the headquarters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), in the town of [...]
October 29, 2011
Kabul suicide bomber kills thirteen Americans
US forces in Afghanistan have suffered their deadliest insurgent attack in months after a car bomb filled with explosives rammed into the side of an armoured bus shuttling troops between Nato bases in Kabul. The International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) initially said 13 of their troops died in the attack but, after further identification, it [...]
October 29, 2011
Baghdad bomb blasts kill 18, injure 37
October 27, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Baghdad bomb blasts kill 18, injure 37 27 Oct 2011 At least 18 people have been killed and more than two dozen others wounded in twin bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Two people were killed in a blast that occurred on Thursday evening shortly after 7 p.m. [...]