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AT LEAST 175 KILLED IN SUICIDE TANKER BOMBINGS IN NORTHERN IRAQ - IRAQI MILITARY SOURCE

Dying to Kill Us By ROBERT A. PAPE CHICAGO — Suicide terrorism has been on the rise around the world for two decades, but there is great confusion as to why. Since many such attacks — including, of course, those of Sept. 11, 2001 — have been perpetrated by Muslim terrorists professing religious motives, it might seem obvious that Islamic fundamentalism is the central cause. This presumption has fueled the belief that future 9/11's can be avoided only by a wholesale transformation of Muslim societies, which in turn was a core reason for broad public support of the invasion of...

Thu September 4, 2003 09:52 AM ET BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi civilian was killed and two U.S. soldiers wounded in a suicide bombing in central Iraq, a military spokesman said on Thursday. The spokesman said the incident occurred on Wednesday in the town of Al-Ramadi, a bastion of support for ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and site of frequent attacks on U.S. troops about 60 miles west of Baghdad. Residents of the town said the bombing occurred at the entrance of the main U.S. military base in the town, which is next to the campus of a university. At...

13 Russian Air Force Officials, Others Killed In Suicide Attack Updated on 2003-06-05 06:50:33 MOSCOW, Russia: June 05 (PNS) - At least 13 people have been killed after a female suicide bomber blew up a bus in southern Russia, Russian officials have said. The explosion happened near the city of Mozdok in North Ossetia, which borders the breakaway republic of Chechnya. The bus was carrying Russian air force personnel and civilians. "Just as the bus was going over a railway crossing the woman walked up to it and blew herself up," a Russian defence ministry spokesman said. Mozdok is...

Bomb-laden car blows up in Afghanistan, kills suspected terrorists (Kabul, Afghanistan-AP) -- Authorities say two terrorists were planning an attack when their car blew up in eastern Afghanistan. The Toyota Corolla was packed with explosives. There was little left of the car, and body parts were scattered around the charred wreckage. A government spokesman says it's clear the suspects were planning an attack, but did not say what the target may have been. Last month, four men were killed when their car, also carrying explosives, blew up in a similar fashion. The area is known as a hot-bed of activity...

British bombers posed as peace activists By Anton La Guardia, Said Ghazzali in Rafah, Ohad Gozani in Tel Aviv and Sean O'Neill (Filed: 02/05/2003) The two British suicide bombers who blew up a seafront bar in Tel Aviv, killing three people, had posed earlier as peace activists, acting as "human shields" for Palestinians, sources in the Gaza Strip said yesterday. As Israeli police and intelligence agencies stepped up their hunt for Omar Khan Sharif, who fled after failing to blow himself up, it was reported that the two had spent at least four days in the Gaza Strip. Sharif and...

Islamic violence: Britons accused The alleged involvement of two British men in a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv has shocked many, but it is not the first time UK citizens have been accused of playing a role in Islamic terrorist violence. Israeli authorities investigating the bombing at a cafe say the suicide bomber, who killed himself and three other people, and an accomplice who fled the scene were British citizens. The incident follows a number of cases in which Britons have been caught up in Islamic violence. In January 2002, Briton Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh masterminded the kidnap and murder...

The two British suicide bombers who blew up a seafront bar in Tel Aviv, killing three people, had posed earlier as peace activists, acting as "human shields" for Palestinians, sources in the Gaza Strip said yesterday. As Israeli police and intelligence agencies stepped up their hunt for Omar Khan Sharif, who fled after failing to blow himself up, it was reported that the two had spent at least four days in the Gaza Strip. Sharif and Asif Mohammed Hanif, who died at the scene, were believed to have entered Israel separately. They travelled to the Gaza Strip last week through...

Survivors face agony in suicide attacks Anti-personnel bombs wreak havoc on human bodies -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: May 30, 2002 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Mandi Steele © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com "Suicide bomber kills 3," the headline reports. It's become an all-too-familiar story in urban settings in Israel, as terrorists wage a war of attrition against beleaguered civilians surrounded by a sea of hostility. But the rising death toll from such atrocities is only half the story, says a radiologist from Evanston Northwestern Healthcare in Illinois. The other, untold part is the horrors the survivors of such gruesome attacks must endure – sometimes for...

<p>RAMALLAH, West Bank — Five hours after the Palestinian parliament approved a new prime minister, removing the last remaining obstacle for the launch of a U.S.-backed peace plan, a homicide bombing (search) killed four people and wounded dozens of others on a popular Tel Aviv beachside promenade early Wednesday.</p>

Last Update: 30/04/2003 20:48 Tel Aviv suicide bomber was British citizen By Roni Singer and Haim Shadmi, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies The man who carried out the suicide bombing late Tuesday night at a Tel Aviv beachfront pub was a British citizen, as was an additional terrorist who managed to flee when his explosive device did not detonate. The British man who managed to escape, after scuffling with bystanders at the pub, was named as Omar Khan Shariff. The police and Shin Bet are requesting the public's help in locating him. The suicide bomber was identified as Hanif...

<p>United States Marine Lance Cpl. Jorge Lopez of Los Angeles leans on his crutches during an interview Wednesday, April 23, at Camp Pendleton, Calif.</p> <p>CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - Navy Corpsman Ted Bittle spent much of the war in Iraq working to save wounded Marines and Iraqi soldiers and civilians.</p>

A teenage US marine has told of his relief to be alive after being shot eight times by Iraqi snipers. PFC Michael Wayne Meyer, 18, of Austin, Texas, says he has no regrets about not making it all the way to the Baghdad. He told reporters "coming home alive," was his main goal. Meyer was helping unload equipment when his unit came under fire. He was shot eight times, but two of the bullets were stopped by the breastplate in his flak jacket. He said: "Usually in a reserve platoon (we) don't have much to worry about because Iraqis have...

80 Iraqi Suicide Vests May Be Missing By NICOLE WINFIELD .c The Associated Press CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar (AP) - Up to 80 explosive vests - the kind used for suicide attacks - could be in the hands of foreign fighters battling U.S. and British troops in Iraq, a U.S. general said Monday. U.S. forces, which found about 300 explosive vests in a massive Baghdad cache last week, now believe 80 others were taken from the stockpile before it was discovered, U.S. Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks said at a U.S. Central Command briefing in Doha, Qatar. The vests, filled with...

U.S. marines have found an enormous cache of suicide bomb vests in a school in central Baghdad. On the floor of the science classroom - with a picture of Saddam Hussein on the green chalk board - there lay nearly 50 black leather vests each packed with C4 explosives and ball bearings. In the neighborhood school Friday, less than 20 feet from the nearest home, the vests nearly covered the floor, sealed in plastic and still on hangers. Each powerful bomb weighed at least 20 pounds and was lined with long rectangular blocks of C4 explosives and hundreds of ball...

Fox just annoucning another suicide bombing at a check point in Baghdad. 4 Marines injured....more details coming...