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When Long Beach police on Sunday announced that they believed a man named Khalid Yagobbi had intentionally crashed into a group of pedestrians, killing a 60-year-old woman, they seemed to know the announcement would ignite a firestorm of speculation. In their announcement, police were quick to say the crash had no apparent ties to terrorism and no known connection to the current conflict in the Middle East. It was an assessment, police said, that the FBI had helped them reach. They said the demand for instant answers has grown exponentially in recent years, not only because of social media but...

The U.S. Department of State said Thursday that 32 Americans have been killed in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. Matthew Miller, a spokesperson for the State Department, said at a news conference Thursday that as part of the ongoing conflict, 32 Americans are dead, 11 remain unaccounted for and “with respect to our work to secure the release of hostages, that work is ongoing.”

Hamas has threatened to kill one hostage for every Israeli airstrike “targeting innocent civilians,” a spokesperson for the terrorist organization said Monday, two days into the devastating war on Israel. [SNIP - lower down the page there is this update] Biden: At least 11 Americans killed in Israel, US citizens 'likely' held hostage

<p>KUWAIT CITY (AP) — At least one gunman opened fire on an SUV carrying two American civilians near a U.S. military camp Tuesday, killing one and wounding the other in what the U.S. Embassy called a terrorist attack.</p> <p>The men, contractors working for the U.S. military, were the first civilians to come under fire in recent attacks on Americans in Kuwait.</p>

On Sunday morning at approximately 8 am, an individual slammed his Toyota loaded with TNT, mortars and several missiles, into the reception building after crossing the first checkpoint to the new airport in the Sara Bagh area, several kilometres away from Khost City. The explosion created a scene from hell and devastated the area which is critical for the US military. As a result, the driver of the vehicle was martyred and 14 Americans who were present at the main gate, reception building and command and control centre were killed. The mortars and missiles loaded in the car kept on...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Bush ( news - web sites) said on Thursday he was "furious" about a Palestinian bombing that killed five Americans and two Israelis in Jerusalem but he still believed peace was possible in the Middle East. "I'm just as angry as Israel is right now," Bush told reporters in Washington before meeting Jordan's King Abdullah. "I'm furious that innocent life was lost. However, through my fury, even though I am mad, I still believe peace is possible." Bush's remarks followed scathing condemnation by U.S. ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer of Wednesday's attack, which he said marked...

An American woman and her daughter were among five people killed when an attacker tossed grenades inside a Protestant church during a Sunday service in the diplomatic quarter of the Pakistani capital. There was no claim of responsibility but suspicion fell on hard-line Islamic groups opposed to President Pervez Musharraf's support for the U.S.-led war on terror after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. "I saw a fellow throwing some grenades," said an elderly German woman wearing a white scarf flecked with blood who gave her name as Jutta. "I got down. Praise God I was spared but...