…not suicide attacks in general. In Israel and Iraq they’re ok — which indicates that their problem with them in London is just tactical, not moral. From AP, with thanks to Sr. Soph: LONDON (AP) — Muslim leaders and scholars condemned the London bombings Friday but stopped short of criticizing all suicide attacks, with some […]
70 British Muslims join Iraq fighters
More from the Whose Side Are You On Department, from the TimesOnline, with thanks to Nicolei: ABOUT 70 young Muslim men have left Britain to join the insurgents who are fighting coalition troops in Iraq, senior security sources have revealed. At least three have been killed in combat, including one whose role in an Iraq […]
Al-Qaida Announces Iraqi Suicide Squad
From AP, with thanks to EPG. CAIRO, Egypt – Iraq’s most feared terror group said Tuesday that it has formed a unit of potential suicide attackers who are exclusively Iraqis, an apparent bid to deflect criticism that most suicide bombers in Iraq are foreigners. Al-Qaida in Iraq announced the unit in an Internet posting signed […]
Baghdad diner bombed; U.S. troops press offensive
From Reuters: BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber who walked into a Baghdad restaurant popular with police outside the Green Zone government compound killed 23 people on Sunday, the bloodiest attack in the capital for six weeks. The al Qaeda group in Iraq led by Jordanian Abu Musab al- Zarqawi claimed the bombing as U.S. and […]
Iraq: Suicide Bombing at Bank, Attacks on Police, More Bodies Found
From the Washington Post, “Suicide Bombing in Iraq Kills At Least 20” BAGHDAD – A man wearing an explosive belt blew himself up Tuesday outside a bank in the northern city of Kirkuk, police said, killing at least 20 bystanders and wounding 83, many of them women and children, in the deadliest single suicide bombing […]
Iraq: Policeman turns suicide bomber
From AFP, with thanks to Skeet Street. A former Iraqi police commando blew himself up in a failed attempt to assassinate the leader of the anti-insurgent Wolf Brigade, killing three policemen, the Interior Minister, Bayan Jabr, said. The bomber walked into the unit’s headquarters in Baghdad on Saturday and detonated a belt hidden under his […]
Iraq: Suicide Bomber kills 10 at Sufi Muslim gathering
Apostasy alert from Reuters: BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber blew himself up at a gathering of Sufi Muslims north of Baghdad, killing 10 people in the latest attack by Iraqi insurgents on religious sects they disapprove of, officials said on Friday. The bomber detonated his explosives on Thursday evening in a house near the town […]
Abbas: Suicide bomb era may be over
Suicide bombings are happening almost daily in Iraq, but in the place where the practice became internationally famous, we are being assured that it is all over. A Bridge For Sale Alert from the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to JS: Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview aired on Sunday that the era […]
Iraqi Muslim Leader Detained; 20 Killed
From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: BAGHDAD, Iraq – U.S. troops detained the head of Iraq’s largest Sunni Muslim political party on Monday, according to party officials, police and the man’s wife. South of the capital, two suicide bombers attacked a crowd of policemen in Hillah, killing 20 and wounding nearly 100…. The […]
Hamas capable of suicide bombings in Britain
I think this is only a matter of time, although there may be an awareness among jihad leaders of how difficult things would (probably) become for them after suicide attacks in the West. From WND, : JERUSALEM — Hamas has several cells inside the United Kingdom and is capable of attacking the country, a senior […]