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'Missing Max': A shared tragedy

Mike Coffman At first Julie Schrock seemed to be very calm, as if she finally accepted the death of her son, Marine Cpl. Max Donahue of Highlands Ranch, who died of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device (IED).

19/05/2012 21:04:42 via Our Colorado News

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Terrorism concerns make export rules tricky

US authorities have yet to get the accused terrorist suppliers transferred to this country to face trial. But, experts add, reforms currently under consideration likely can't fill those holes without also throwing sand in the gears of international ...

19/05/2012 20:52:36 via Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Assets of those linked to terrorism to be frozen

By Chandani Kirinde Assets of those designated by a Competent Authority as engaged in terrorist activity will be liable for seizure, according to new regulations formulated by the External Affairs Ministry. The regulations have been made by the ...

19/05/2012 20:47:00 via Sunday Times.lk

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4 cops among 10 hurt in J&K grenade attacks

A day after the police recovered 70 kg IED on the outskirts of the city, suspected militants today carried out two grenade attacks in the Valley leaving 10 persons injured. No militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

19/05/2012 20:44:00 via Chandigarh Tribune

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Seven Dead in Mogadishu Bomb Blasts

Mogadishu — At least seven people, most of them soldiers were killed on Saturday in series of bomb blasts in the Somali capital,Mogadishu, witnesses said. According to witnesses, the first explosion, which was used a roadside remote-controlled ...

19/05/2012 20:27:56 via AllAfrica.com

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Bedford Bomb Scare Tipster Told Cops, "It's Probably Some Stupid Street Art"

And despite some people in the area griping about the brief disruption, we can definitely say this was nowhere near as bad as the great Aqua Teen Hunger Force Boston Bomb Scare of 2007. Contact the author of this article or email tips@gothamist.com ...

19/05/2012 20:05:29 via Gothamist

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Syria dismisses EU sanctions as "economic terrorism"

DAMASCUS, May 19 () -- Syria said Saturday that the EU sanctions imposed on Syria over the past year are "economic terrorism" against Syrian people. In a report addressed to the UN Human Rights Council and the UN Secretary General, Syrian Foreign ...

19/05/2012 19:39:26 via Xinhua

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Syria bomb kills 9, Damascus blames foreign plot

By Joseph Logan | BEIRUT () - A car bomb killed nine people at a Syrian military post in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, an attack the government said was the latest proof that an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad was a ...

19/05/2012 19:38:20 via Reuters

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PICKET: NATO protesters charged with conspiracy to commit terrorist acts

“Their intent was to commit terrorist acts of violence and destruction during the NATO Conference.” Specifically, Alvarez said the group planned to attack police cars and four Chicago Police stations with “destructive devices.

19/05/2012 19:18:29 via Washington Times (blog)

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Issac J. Bailey | St. James student 'collateral damage' of bomb threat frenzy

By Issac J. By Bailey - A Different Perspective Bomb threats have gotten so out of hand this year in Horry County that even someone at Lakewood Elementary School got in on the act last week. “This is our first elementary school evacuation because of a ...

19/05/2012 18:36:50 via MyrtleBeachOnline.com

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Bomb threat in downtown Portland

By Beth Quimby bquimby@mainetoday.com PORTLAND — A bomb scare in downtown Portland, which caused police to evacuate hundreds of people and shut down dozens of businesses, has ended peacefully. A metallic robot and a bomb technician from the Portland ...

19/05/2012 18:21:22 via Press Herald

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Obama campaign accused of leaking intel regarding underwear bomb

It was later reported that the man with the improvised explosive device was an infiltrator of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) who was actually a CIA asset (informant). However, according to several confidential sources contacted by the Law ...

19/05/2012 18:00:57 via Examiner.com

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Bomb explodes at school in Italy, killing and wounding students

By The Associated Press / May 19, 2012 An investigator crouches at the scene of a bombing at a school in southern Italy. At least one student was killed in the attack at a school named after a slain anti-Mafia prosecutor. A bomb exploded outside a high ...

19/05/2012 15:18:01 via Christian Science Monitor

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Syria: “Terrorist Explosion” hit Deir Ezzour on Saturday

Deir Ezzour- A suicide terrorist blew himself up inside a booby-trapped car at Ghazi Ayash Masaken (housing) neighborhood in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, claiming the lives of nine martyrs, scores of injuries as well as big damages to the ...

19/05/2012 14:20:36 via Day Press News

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Suicide car bomb explodes near military compound in Syrian city, government says

BEIRUT – A suicide vehicle bomb tore through the parking lot of a military compound in an eastern Syrian city on Saturday, killing nine people in the latest in a series of blasts in recent months targeting security installations, the country's state ...

19/05/2012 14:04:49 via Fox News

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Syria bomb kills 9, Damascus blames foreign plot

By Joseph Logan BEIRUT (Reuters) - A car bomb blew up at a Syrian intelligence post in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, killing up to nine people, activists and state media said. State television said the attack was the latest evidence that ...

19/05/2012 13:10:16 via WAMC

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Colin Duffy relative charged in court on terrorism charges

A cousin of prominent County Armagh republican Colin Duffy has appeared in court charged with directing acts of terrorism, after the single biggest security operation directed at suspected republican paramilitaries since the IRA's 1994 ceasefire.

19/05/2012 12:34:24 via The Guardian

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Nine killed in Syria bomb attack

A suicide vehicle bomb has torn through the car park of a military compound in an eastern Syrian city, killing nine people, the country's state media reported. It was the latest in a series of blasts in recent months targeting security installations.

19/05/2012 12:00:00 via The Press Association

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Duffy relatives face terrorist charges

Three men from Lurgan, all related to leading republican Colin Duffy, have been remanded into custody after they were charged with a series of dissident republican terrorist offences. We're sorry. This video is unavailable from your location.

19/05/2012 11:18:02 via U.TV

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Bomb kills 1 student, wounds 7 in Italy

By FRANCES D'EMILIO AP ROME—A bomb exploded on Saturday outside an Italian high school named after the wife of an assassinated anti-Mafia prosecutor, killing one student and wounding at least seven others, officials said. There was no immediate claim ...

19/05/2012 11:08:02 via San Jose Mercury News

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Bomb at south Italy school kills teenager, wounds six

By Steve Scherer | ROME () - A bomb exploded in front of a school in southern Italy on Saturday, killing a 16 year-old girl and wounding at least six others, two seriously, authorities said on Saturday. The explosion, near the entrance of a ...

19/05/2012 10:01:19 via Reuters

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Car bomb hits Syrian city, 'suicide terrorist' blamed

In a bulletin flashed over its regular programming, it said the bombing was the work of a "suicide terrorist". An opposition group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the blast was near military intelligence offices and was followed by heavy ...

19/05/2012 09:22:57 via Times LIVE

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Car bomb explodes near security agencies in Syria - Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Sun-State TV said a car bomb caused casualties and severe damage to residential and state buildings nearby. The pro-government Ikhbariya TV said the blast happened inside a parking lot connected to a military complex. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory ...

19/05/2012 08:46:14 via Times

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Italy School Bomb: Blast Kills One, Injures At Least 6

ROME, May 19 (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in front of a school in the southern Italian town of Brindisi on Saturday, killing one person and injuring at least six people, an official from the Civil Protection authority said. Few details were available ...

19/05/2012 08:41:32 via Huffington Post

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Car bomb hits Syria's Deir al-Zor, casualties reported

BEIRUT - A car bomb blew up in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, state television and an opposition group said, without giving details on casualties. A bulletin on Syrian state television said there were reports of casualties but did ...

19/05/2012 08:29:39 via Jerusalem Post

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Terrorist Explosion in Deir Ezzor claims lives of nine martyrs, scores of injuries

DEIR EZZOR, (SANA)- A suicide terrorist blew himself up inside a booby-trapped car at Ghazi Ayash Masaken neighborhood in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, claiming the lives of nine martyrs, scores of injuries as well as big damages to the surrounding ...

19/05/2012 08:13:30 via Syrian Arab News Agency

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Car bomb explodes near security agencies in Syria

State TV said a car bomb caused casualties and severe damage to residential and state buildings nearby. The pro-government Ikhbariya TV said the blast happened inside a parking lot connected to a military complex. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory ...

19/05/2012 07:37:45 via KLFY

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Syria: Suicide vehicle bomb hits military compound

By BASSEM MROUE AP BEIRUT—A suicide vehicle bomb tore through the parking lot of a military compound in an eastern Syrian city on Saturday, killing nine people, the country's state media reported. It was the latest in a series of blasts in recent ...

19/05/2012 07:31:51 via San Jose Mercury News

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Bomb at south Italy school, several hurt: news agency

ROME () - A bomb exploded in front of a school in the southern Italian town of Brindisi on Saturday, injuring at least five people, two of them seriously, the Italian news agency ANSA reported, citing an official from the Civil Protection ...

19/05/2012 07:31:22 via Reuters

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Car bomb rocks east Syrian city, casualties reported

BEIRUT () - A car bomb blew up in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, state television and an opposition group said, without giving details on casualties. A bulletin on Syrian state television said there were reports of ...

19/05/2012 07:29:09 via Reuters

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US Immigration Policies Raise Risk of Terrorist Attack

A troubling report discloses that US immigration policies continue to permit the entry of aliens from nations potentially harboring terrorists — including even the Islamic Republic of Iran. The report from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) says ...

19/05/2012 07:07:25 via The Cerbat Gem

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Bomb disposal experts move in after hundreds flee their homes in Scots town

A SUSPECTED bomb factory was raided by police yesterday after “suspicious materials” were found in a house. Residents of seven surrounding streets were evacuated as cops set up a 100metre exclusion zone. Shoppers at a Tesco supermarket were also ...

19/05/2012 06:57:31 via Scottish Daily Record

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Syria accuses Lebanon of 'incubating' terrorists

"Some Lebanese areas next to the Syrian border are incubating terrorist elements from al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood, who are messing with the security of Syrian citizens and work on undermining the United Nations Special Envoy's plan," Syrian UN ...

19/05/2012 06:46:19 via Ma'an News Agency

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Stealing the memorial plaque to the child victims of the IRA's Warrington bomb ...

Then, as soon as I heard the word “Warrington”, my memory jump-cut to the bloody, screaming aftermath of the IRA bomb blast that robbed these two children of life and two families of all happiness and hope. Another 54 victims were injured when two ...

19/05/2012 06:31:58 via Telegraph.co.uk

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Yuba City funeral for Army hero - Appeal-Democrat

Appeal-Marta, 24, was one of three soldiers killed May 7 in Afghanistan when his unit was hit by an improvised explosive device. The 2006 Yuba City High School graduate was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, headquartered in Fort Bragg, NC, ...

19/05/2012 06:27:28 via Democrat

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Cops clean up terrorist money launderer

By LAURA ITALIANO The feds got a windfall of financial evidence this week against an alleged Hezbollah money man they'd been tailing — all thanks to an allegedly bogus police parking placard he'd stupidly left on his car dashboard.

19/05/2012 05:30:27 via New York Post

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Bomb scare ends with decomposing body found

By Yvette Yeon - bio | email A bomb scare forces families in one Sandston neighborhood out of their homes. It began as a welfare check at a home in the 1200 block of Mill Reef Court. Then fire crews, police - even the FBI becomeMore >> Lunenburg, ...

19/05/2012 03:59:38 via WWBT

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Bomb threat stops play

But in August 1973 the Saturday of the Lord's Test was brought to a grinding halt by a bomb threat, and for more than an hour thousands of spectators milled on the outfield as the ground was searched. Throughout the summer the Irish Republican Army ...

19/05/2012 03:21:28 via ESPNcricinfo.com

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Bomb Threat at Stamford Courthouse Delays Douglas Arraignment

The arraignment of Frank O. Douglas, suspect in the case during which Officer Troy Strauser was injured, was delayed—but not canceled—by a bomb threat in the early morning. By DJ McAneny The bomb squad responds to a suspicious package found at the ...

19/05/2012 03:13:08 via Patch.com

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Bomb Squad Returns to Detroit Neighborhood One Day Later

By ALEXIS WILEY As if having one bomb wasn't enough, police say a man was using a house to hide more bombs and weapons. It's like a bad case of déjà vu. The bomb squad was back in a neighborhood on Detroit's east side Friday just a day later.

19/05/2012 00:16:14 via MyFox Detroit

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Five Irish Dissidents Charged with Terrorism

Five men aged between 33 and 47 were charged with offenses such as conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to cause an explosion, preparation of terrorist acts and collecting information of use to terrorism. Northern Irish police said three of the men were ...

19/05/2012 00:15:56 via TIME

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Beers not bombs? Protesters say cops seized gear for brewing, not bomb making - Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Sun-Richard A. Chapman~Sun- NATO Summit protesters have been arrested on suspicion of building firebombs in a South Side apartment, but they say Chicago Police seized equipment intended for making beer — not bombs. An attorney for the protesters said ...

18/05/2012 23:49:40 via Times

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Bogus Bomb Threats Cost District, Punish Students

Ten bomb threats have been reported at campuses across the county in the last few weeks, according to spokesman Oby Lyles. "It seems to be a lot back to back," Lyles says. The latest happened Friday at a district career center.

18/05/2012 22:50:14 via News Channel 7

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LAPD agrees to change terrorism database amid complaints

Responding to concerns over possible privacy invasions, the Los Angeles Police Department has agreed to change the way it collects information on suspected terrorist activity. The department, after coming under fire from civil-liberties and community ...

18/05/2012 21:22:41 via Los Angeles Times

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Man accused of directing terrorism

The suspect, 47, was also accused of conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to cause an explosion, preparation of terrorist acts and collecting information of use to terrorism. Two other men, aged 41 and 42, face similar charges but are not accused of ...

18/05/2012 21:01:35 via Rutland and Stamford Mercury

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Shi'ites subverting the Christian Church in America

Many counterterrorism professionals have concluded that Boko Haram's increase in VBIED's comes from instruction received by Hezbollah trained terrorists. Hezbollah can arguably be construed as the ring leader behind the advancements of growing radical ...

18/05/2012 20:24:27 via Examiner.com

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Man suspected of rigging bombs presumed dead after police standoff in Kamloops

A man suspected of rigging multiple bombs in a house and his nearby van is presumed dead after a standoff with police that ended with an explosion at his ex-girlfriend's home after four children escaped the mayhem. RCMP Staff Sergeant Grant Learned ...

18/05/2012 20:14:33 via Globe and Mail

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Bomb blasts at bird market in Baghdad kill 5

Three bombs struck near simultaneously at a busy bird market in eastern Baghdad on Friday morning, killing five people and wounding dozens, police and health officials said. By SAMEER N. YACOUB Associated Press No comments have been posted to this ...

18/05/2012 20:07:02 via The Seattle Times

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Bomb threat forces evacuation of Stamford courthouse

Stamford bomb squad responds to the call of a suspicious package at the courthouse in Stamford, Conn. on Friday May 18, 2012 Photo: Dru Nadler / Stamford Advocate Freelance Stamford bomb squad responds to the call of a suspicious package at the ...

18/05/2012 20:06:12 via Greenwich Time

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Injured Airman reunites with family just four days after IED attack

by Master Sgt. Denise Johnson 5/18/2012 - JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NJ (AFNS) -- Staff Sgt. Brian Williams, who is deployed from the 87th Security Forces Squadron here, suffered serious injuries after an improvised explosive device detonated ...

18/05/2012 19:33:50 via Air Force Link