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Pictures emerge showing destruction caused to buildings by airstrikes Syria pledges to retaliate against Israel 'in its own time and way'Threats follow two raids by Israel on Syria in the past three daysVideo footage showed dramatic explosions over Damascus skylineIsrael says it was targeting Iranian-made missiles on the way to Hezbollah Bulldozers are clearing away rubble from buildings razed to the ground by Israeli airstrikes near Damascus, as Syria pledges retaliation for the 'declaration of war'.Pictures have emerged from Syria showing the damage caused to buildings, including some forming part of a chicken farm, by an attack in Al-Hama -...

Your going to witness an explosion soon and this will be for my glory for those that would touch my children shall be touched ! Therefore a prophecy shall be fulfilled but even more for this shall open a scroll that can not be shut by man and many things now shall begin to come to pass in exacting order as My kingdom expands for I AM The Christ ( The Anointed One ) . Daniel 6:16 16 So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions' den. The king said to Daniel,...

If YouTube proved the natural home of anyone who happened to find himself in simultaneous possession of a camera phone, some Mentos, and a can of Diet Coke, then the not-yet-two-year-old LiveLeak.com is digging a foxhole for itself. It's become a meeting place for those who blow stuff up and those who like to watch it explode. Troops in the field in Iraq and Afghanistan are the most valued content providers on LiveLeak. The site's unsqueamish emphasis on raw video - it does have some rules, not that you would notice - makes it a destination spot for short...

LONDON - Some now call London the "Muslim capital of Europe." No Western city has more mosques. And now London could be home to the largest Mosque outside of the Middle East.

Palestinian sources say explosion collapses tunnel under Gaza-Egypt border early trapping five al-Aqsa members inside Palestinian sources said an explosion collapsed a tunnel under the Gaza-Egypt border early Friday, trapping five militants inside and killing at least two. The Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a violent offshoot of the Fatah movement of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said the five were members. The group refused to say what they were doing. The militant group said the explosion was not caused by an Israeli air strike, after first blaming Israel. The Israeli military said it had no forces inside Gaza and denied involvement...

IAF fighter jets dropped over 20 tons in bombs late Wednesday night on a Hizbullah bunker, possibly the hiding place of the group's leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, in the Bourj al-Barajneh refugee camp in southeast Beirut. It was still unclear who was in the bunker at the time and what their fate was, but IDF sources said the bunker was totally destroyed and that all that was left was a crater. The IDF obtained intelligence information late Wednesday night that Hizbullah leaders possibly including Nasrallah had taken refuge inside the bunker. A wave of aircraft immediately took to the air...

Just saw on CNN that 23 tons of explosives were dropped on a Hezbollah bunker. Top Hezbollah officials are believed to have been inside. No story on the website yet.

Army strikes in Gaza: Air Force fires missiles at vehicle traveling in Gaza City Wednesday afternoon; Palestinian sources say four people killed, four others wounded. Senior Islamic Jihad commander apparently killed At least four Palestinians were killed and at least four others sustained wounds after the Air Force fired missiles at a vehicle traveling in Gaza City’s Sajaya neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. Palestinian sources said an IDF gunship fired several missiles at the vehicle carrying five people, apparently members of the Islamic Jihad’s al-Quds Brigades. Some of those wounded were passersby. Some of those injured sustained serious wounds. The al-Quds Brigades’...

A Palestinian militant was killed on Sunday when a grenade he tried to throw at Israel Defense Forces troops exploded prematurely in the Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, witnesses and the IDF said. They said 18-year-old Ayad Hashash, member of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed wing of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction, attempted to attack soldiers scouring Balata refugee camp in Nablus for militants. Later on Sunday afternoon, soldiers in Nablus shot and wounded a Palestinian who tried to throw a concrete block at them. Another Palestinian sustained burns also in the Nablus...

MONCEAU-SUR-SAMBRE, Belgium - Authorities have identified a woman who carried out a suicide attack against a U.S. patrol in Iraq as a 38-year-old Belgian who had two marriages to radical Muslim men. Muriel Degauque, who grew up near the industrial city of Charleroi, entered Iraq from Syria last month and detonated explosives strapped to her body in a failed attack against U.S. troops. Her mother, Liliane Degauque, told Belgian TV networks that her daughter was "so nice" — but began to change when she married an Algerian man and turned to Islamic fundamentalism. The case underscored the growing reach of...

JEBALIYA, Gaza Strip - A large explosion went off Friday at a Hamas rally where group members paraded with homemade weapons and explosives, killing four Palestinians and wounding 25, hospital officials said. Seven of the wounded were in serious condition, they said. Witnesses pulled body parts out of a vehicle that appeared to have been destroyed by the blast. An unmanned Israeli aircraft flew over the militant group's rally, but the Israeli military denied involvement in the blast.

An explosion killed a person and destroyed a house after nightfall Monday in Gaza City, residents said, and at least 21 people were injured, two critically. It was not immediately clear what caused the blast in the Shajaiyeh neighborhood, near the border with Israel. The house belonged to a well-known family of Hamas supporters, the residents said. Three nearby buildings were on fire, rescue workers said.

A Hamas member was killed in the Gaza Strip on Sunday as he tried to fire a rocket-propelled grenade at nearby Israeli targets, the Israeli Army said. Palestinian hospital officials said the man was critically injured by shrapnel and later died of his wounds at a hospital in the Gaza town of Khan Younis. The man was at the Khan Younis cemetery, near the Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim, when he hurt himself. In a separate incident, in Gaza City, two Palestinians were hurt in a mysterious explosion. Palestinian police said they were investigating.

I was not sure to post this. They are very graphic pictures of yassin, but many people have been requesting them, Here is the link http://www.alburaq.net/forum/thread.cfm?CFB=1&Tid=36516

(IsraelNN.com) PRELIMINARY: A terrorist who was apparently on his way to perpetrating an attack blew up in the Shomron near Kifl Harith. He was transported by a PA Red Crescent ambulance. IDF officials are trying to reach the terrorist to obtain information.

<p>Cable News Network reported that of 400 initial tanks in the Iraq army at the outbreak of war, only an estimated 12 remain.</p>

A former bodyguard of Hamas spiritual leader Ahmed Yassin was critically wounded in a mysterious explosion in the Gaza Strip today, sources said. Palestinians accused Israel of attempting to assassinate the man, identified only as Mohammed Masser, 30, who is said to have lost limbs and suffered severe injuries to his upper body in the blast in Bureij Refugee Camp, not far from Yassin's home. Two other Hamas men were lightly injured. However, Palestinians said no Israeli attack helicopters were seen over Bureij on Tuesday. The IDF spokesman was checking the reports. Military sources said they were investigating the possibility...