SUICIDE BOMBERS
UPDATE: Suicide bombers kill 50 people, wound more than 100 in Pakistan 
UPDATED 7:37 A.M.Pakistani officials say a pair of suicide bombers have attacked the compound of the top political official in a militant-infested area in the country's northwest, killing 28 people. The bombers reportedly filled their suicide jackets with bullets.
By Riaz Khan , December 06, 2010
Attacks in Iraq kill 55, raise fears of insurgents
UPDATED 3:27 P.M.Bombers and gunmen killed at least 55 Iraqis in two dozen attacks across the country today, mostly targeting security forces and rekindling memories of the days when insurgents ruled the streets.
By Barbara Surk and Hamid Ahmed , August 25, 2010
Grisly Afghan attack claims 40 lives, raises fear
Body parts in trees. Mud walls flattened. Corpses riddled with ball bearings.
NATO and the Afghan government today blamed a Taliban suicide bomber for the grisly scene at a wedding party where at least 40 people were killed by an intense explosion. But the Taliban claimed they played no role in the blast in the Arghandab district, an insurgent stronghold near the southern city of Kandahar.
By Mirwais Khan and Robert H. Reid , June 10, 2010
Suicide bomb at police station kills 7 in Pakistan
A suicide bomber rammed a truck loaded with explosives into a police station in northwestern Pakistan today, killing a child and six other civilians, police said. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility.
By Associated Press , April 18, 2010
Suicide bombs kill 43, wound 100 in Pakistani city
LAHORE, Pakistan — A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43 people in this eastern city and wounding about 100, police said. It was the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week, indicating Islamist militants are stepping up violence after a period of relative calm.
By Asssociated Press , March 12, 2010
Car bomb wounds 6 near U.S. base in Afghan capital
A Taliban suicide car bomber struck near a military base in Afghanistan's capital today, wounding at least six people, Afghan and NATO officials said.
By Associated Press , January 26, 2010
Obama ordering changes after airline terror foul-ups (UPDATED)
UPDATED 1:48 P.M.Security officials flagged the name of the Christmas Day airline bombing suspect for extra screening after he was already in the air, U.S. officials said today as they prepared to release the clearest look yet at government missteps in the near-catastrophe.
By Ben Feller , January 07, 2010
Officials: Suspected U.S. drones kill 12 in Pakistan
Two suspected U.S. drone missile strikes killed at least 12 people today in an area of Pakistan's volatile northwest teeming with militants suspected in a recent suicide attack that killed seven CIA employees in Afghanistan, intelligence officials said.
By Rasool Dawar , January 06, 2010
AP sources: Bomber at CIA base was a double agent
The bombing killed seven CIA employees — four officers and three contracted security guards — and a Jordanian intelligence officer, Ali bin Zaid, according to a second former U.S. intelligence official. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the incident.
By Adam Goldman and Pamela Hess , January 05, 2010
Iran accuses U.S., Britain, Pakistan of links to militants
The chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard today accused the United States, Britain and Pakistan of having links with the Sunni militants responsible for a suicide bombing that killed five senior Guard commanders and 37 others.
By Ali Akbar Dareini , October 19, 2009
Suicide car bomb kills 41, wounds 100 in Pakistan
A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle near a crowded market in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar today, killing 41 people. The government responded by saying it had "no other option" but to launch an offensive in the militant stronghold of South Waziristan along the Afghan border.
By Riaz Khan , October 09, 2009
Taliban suicide attack kills 17 in Afghan capital
A suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle outside the Indian Embassy in the busy center of Afghanistan's capital today, killing 17 people and wounding nearly 80 in the second major attack in the city in less than a month.
By Rahim Faiez , October 08, 2009
Bomber kills 3 at UN office in Pakistan
A suicide bomber blew himself up today in the lobby of the U.N. food agency in Islamabad, killing three people just a day after the new leader of the Pakistani Taliban vowed fresh attacks to avenge U.S missile strikes in the northwest, police and witnesses said.
By Zarar Khan , October 05, 2009
23 die in Taliban suicide blast; spy chief killed
A Taliban suicide bomber detonated his explosives as Afghanistan's deputy chief of intelligence visited a mosque east of Kabul today, killing the Afghan official and 22 others.
By Rahim Faiez , September 02, 2009
Indonesian hotel blasts that killed 8, wounded more than 50 was work of suicide bombers posing as guests
UPDATED 10:36 A.M.At least 8 Americans among wounded
The attackers evaded hotel security, smuggling explosives into the Marriott and assembling the bombs in a room on the 18th floor, where an undetonated device was found after the explosions. The bombers had stayed at the hotel for two days and set off the blasts in restaurants at both hotels.
By Anthony Deusch , July 17, 2009
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