Double suicide bombing kills at least 17 people in northern Iraq, officials sayAugust 13th, 2009 Double suicide bombing kills at least 17 in IraqBAGHDAD — A double suicide bombing struck a cafe packed with young people in northwestern Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 17 people, officials said, in the latest attack against a minority community. The blast occurred shortly after 5 p.m.
Runaway 'suicide bombers' recount their harrowing ordeal at Taliban terror campsJuly 31st, 2009 MINGORA - The four teenage boys who were abducted by the Taliban to be trained as suicide bombers have revealed their harrowing experience during the captivity of the militants. Security officials presented the boys before the media where they revealed the atrocities that were meted out to them by the extremists.
200 boys groomed as suicide bombers rescued in PakistanJuly 28th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Two-hundred boys, who were being trained at a secret location to carry out suicide attacks, were rescued by the security forces in northwest Pakistan, a media report said Monday. The boys, aged from six to 13 years, were rescued in Mardan in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Geo TV said.
Five killed as suicide bombers attack Afghan government buildingsJuly 21st, 2009 KABUL - Eight suicide bombers attacked several government buildings in two eastern Afghan provinces Tuesday, killing at least five Afghan security forces personnel, officials said. Six bombers attacked three government buildings in Gardez, the provincial capital of the southeastern province of Paktia, Tuesday morning, killing at least two policemen and three intelligence agents, Rohullah Samoon, a spokesman for the provincial governor told DPA.
Pakistani Madrassa cleric arrested for turning teenage boys into suicide bombersJuly 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Security officials have arrested a cleric of a madrassa in Nurpur Thal village of Buland District on charges of imparting terror training to teenage boys and converting them into suicide bombers. According to sources, a madrassah organizer, Muhammed Rafeeq brainwashed youths and then send them to terror training camps based in the tribal areas.
Bombers target Baghdad, northern town of Tal Afar, Iraqi officials sayJuly 9th, 2009 Bombings in Iraq kill 26BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber on Thursday killed at least 20 people and injured 40 near a judge's house in northern Iraq, and bombs in Baghdad killed six people, authorities said. The attacks came one day after car bombs in two Shiite villages near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul killed 16 civilians and injured more than two dozen, signaling the challenges that face Iraq despite big improvements in security in the past two years.
Taliban's 'disabled' teenage suicide bombers may target Chinese nationals in PakJuly 4th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud may target Chinese nationals in the country, as he has dispatched disabled teenage suicide bombers for the purpose. The Interior Ministry has issued a circular warning to all the concerned authorities about the threat.
Mehsud running "Toyota-type" assembly line of child suicide bombers: ReportJuly 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud is virtually running an 'assembly line' of suicide bombers to wreak havoc in the troubled nation. A report in The Washington Times quoted US officials as saying, that Mehsud is recruiting small children as young as six or seven, to serve as suicide bombers.
3 suicide bombers enter Islamabad, Lahore, may target key installationsJune 19th, 2009 LAHORE - The Taliban has dispatched three suicide bombers to carry out attacks in Islamabad and Lahore, it has been revealed. According to the Daily Times, one of the would-be suicide bombers, who was arrested earlier this month, has disclosed that the Taliban had sent two suicide bombers to Lahore and one to Islamabad to strike at important locations of the two cities.
Two suicide bombers may sneak into Rawalpindi : Pak intelligenceApril 26th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - Security has been beefed-up here following intelligence reports about two suicide bombers trying to enter the city. According to a senior police official, two out of six suicide bombers could enter Rawalpindi, and the remaining four could trigger suicide blasts in Karachi.
Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1 when new US-Iraqi security pact took effectApril 24th, 2009 Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1Major bombings in Iraq since Jan.
Two suicide bombers kill 30 in BaghdadApril 24th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in northern Baghdad Friday, killing 30 people and injuring 100, an interior ministry source said. The two attacks occurred almost simultaneously.
Taliban nurturing child 'suicide bombers' to strike across PakistanApril 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Taliban is recruiting children and teenagers in Pakistan to transform them into suicide bombers to carry out deadly attacks across the country, in which scores of people have been killed in the recent past. According to a report in the Daily Times, at least 5000 child suicide bombers aged between 10 to 17 years have been trained by the Taliban till now, and are waiting to strike at the orders of their masters.
73 killed in two suicide attacks in IraqApril 23rd, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least 73 people were killed in two suicide attacks in Iraq Thursday, the interior ministry said. A suicide bomber blew himself up at a restaurant in the Diyala province, some 100 km northeast of Baghdad, killing 45 people and wounding 28.
Al Qaeda-trained child suicide bombers captured in IraqApril 22nd, 2009 BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces have captured four children trained as suicide bombers by Al Qaeda, police said Tuesday. The children were captured in a village near the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, some 250 km north of Baghdad, it said.
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