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Al-Shabaab's Weapons Catalogue

Al-Shabaab’s Techniques for it’s organized expositions, including weapons and home made road bombs. Mogadishu, Somalia. 23/11/2010

by Abdulkadir A in Somalia on 23/11/2010

The death toll of suicide attacks in Data Darbar has mounted to 43 of which 28 have been identified. Lahore was on high alert, after two suicide bombers blew themselves up, killing more than 40 people, and wounding 175. Lahore, Pakistan. 02/07/2010

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Lahore suicide attacks at Data Darbar claim 50 lives

The death toll of suicide attacks in Data Darbar has mounted to 43 of which 28 have been identified. Lahore was on high alert, after two suicide...

by Saad Sarfraz Sheikh in Pakistan on 02/07/2010

An Indonesian publisher and Islamist blogger known as the 'Prince of Jihad' Mohammed Jibril Abdurahman, left, and Putri Munawaroh, right, talks to journalists behind the fence before his trial at the South Jakarta's court, Indonesia 29 June 2010.

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Indonesian terrorist trial ends in five year sentence

An Indonesian publisher and Islamist blogger known as the "Prince of Jihad" Mohammed Jibril Abdurahman was sentenced to five years in jail...

by Tri Saputro in Indonesia on 29/06/2010

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7 dead in Kandahar car bomb attack - Afghanistan
Five policemen and two civilians were killed in a car bomb attack in Kandahar city, the capital of southern Kandahar province. Afghanistan. 5th February 2012
Haji Akhoon Zada killed in suicide bomb attack
File Images: The leader of Ansar ul Islam, Haji Akhoon Zada is interviewed before his death in which a suicide bomber killed him and three others. Peshawar, Pakistan. Images taken in Oc...
Suicide attack kills at least four in southern Afghanistan
At least four civilians were killed and 34 others, including foreigners, were wounded in a suicide car bombing in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province. Afghanistan. 26th...
At least four civilians killed in Helmand car bombing - Afghanistan
At least four civilians were killed and 34 others, including foreigners, were wounded in a suicide car bombing in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province. Afghanistan. 26th...
Suicide attack on police near Nowshera - Pakistan
A suicide bomber blew himself in the Akora Khattak area of Nowshera District 3, with a police officer becoming injured. Pakistan. 19th January 2012
Suicide attack kills at least seven at Afghan airport
At least six civilians have been killed in a suicide attack at the international airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. The attack happened outside the perimeter of the airpor...
EDL march in Barking
Around 200 EDL supporters marched from Barking Station to a rally outside the town hall, calling for an end to Islamic influence in England. Their protest was opposed by a smaller group...
Suicide attack kills at least 26 in the Syrian capital
At least 26 people were killed in a suicide bombing that hit the the Syrian capital of Damascus. Is the second deadly bombing that shakes the Syrian capital in less than a month. 6th Ja...
“Revenge” Price-Tag Arson in Bet Tzafafa - Jerusalem
Extremist Jews allegedly burn two Palestinian-owned vehicles in the Arab village of Beit Safafa leaving the Hebrew word "revenge" painted in red at the scene. Jerusalem, Israe...
Second suicide attack rocks Afghanistan - Kandahar
Second suicide attack kills eight in Kandahar with 16 others left injured. A young boy lies in the hopspital suffering from the attack. 3rd January 2011
Suicide attack kills five civilians and a police officer - Kandahar
A suicide bomber driving a motorcycle killed four civilians and a police officer in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar city. The Kandahar provincial police chief said the attack also ...
Disability rights activists protest at ATOS headquarters - London
Disability rights activists gathered outside of ATOS Origin to highlight the poverty, hardship and despair felt by thousands of disabled people due to punitive work capability assessmen...
Funeral prayers for three Rangers killed in Karachi
Funeral prayers were given for three paramilitary soldiers who were killed in a targeted bomb blast in Gulistan-e-Johar, earlier in the day, Karachi, Pakistan. 9th December 2011
Russian Ambassador to UN condemns Afghanistan Attacks - New York
Vitaly I Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN and President of the Security Council in Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif, strongly condemned recent terrorist att...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai visits injured bomb victims - Kabul
President Hamid Karzai visits the Emergency Surgical Center for War Victims to meet victims of a massive suicide bombing in Kabul during a religious procession at the Abul Fazal shrine....
Afghan President Hamid Karzai visits Emergency hospital - Kabul
President Hamid Karzai visits the Emergency Surgical Center for War Victims to meet victims of a massive suicide bombing in Kabul during a religious procession at the Abul Fazal shrine....
Kabul suicide bombing claims at least 20
A blast near a Shi'ite shrine in Kabul where hundreds of people had gathered to celebrate a Shi'ite festival, Kabul, Afghanistan. 6th December 2011
20 dead in Kabul suicide bombing - Kabul
Dozens of people were killed and wounded when a suicide attack hit a procession of Shiite mourners in the capital Kabul, officials said. Afghanistan, Kabul, 6th December 2011
70 injured in Logar suicide truck bombing - Afghanistan
Up to 70 Afghan civilians were wounded in powerful suicide truck bombing near the entrance to an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) facility in central Logar province, offic...
ISAF Soldiers killed in suicide attacks - Kabul
ISAF soldiers were killed by a Taliban suicide attack in Qaser e Darlamen. Afghanistan. 29th October 2011