Monthly Archives: May 2010
– OVER 70 KILLED IN TALIBAN’S LAHORE ATTACK
Gunmen, on Friday 05/28/2010, ha ve launched simultaneous attacks on two Mosques of the minority Ahmadi Islamic sect in Lahore, killing over 70 people, the Pakistani police said. Continue reading
– TALIBAN BESIEGES AFGHAN POLICE
Police in the Eastern Afghan province of Nuristan have called, on Wednesday 05/26/2010, for help after fierce clashes with hundreds of Taliban fighters they say are from Pakistan. Continue reading
– 30 KILLED IN DIYALA MARKET BOMBING
A car bomb has exploded, on Friday 05/21/2010, at a market in Iraq's northern Diyala province, killing at least 30 people and wounding another 53. Continue reading
– NEW TALIBAN TACTIC IN AFGHANISTAN
On Tuesday 05/18/2010 morning, in Kabul, when senior NATO officers were traveling in a convoy toward the Afghan parliament, a minibus loaded with explosives drove straight into them and exploded. Continue reading
– FAISAL SHAHZAD
Faisal Shahzad was born on 06/30/1979 in the poor Pakistani village of Pabbi, near Peshawar the administrative capital of the tribal areas known as FATA. Continue reading
– 45 KILLED IN MOGADISHU MOSQUE BOMBING
At least 45 people have been killed, on Saturday 05/01/2010, and more than 70 others injured after two bombs exploded at a mosque in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Continue reading
– 2 CHARGED IN US WITH PROVIDING SUPPORT TO TERROR
Wesam El-Hanafi and Sabirhan Hasanoff, both with New York roots, have been charged, on Friday 04/30/2010, with providing Al Qaeda technical advice and other support, officials said. Continue reading
– TIMES SQUARE FRAILED BOMBING
An apparent failed car bomb caused police to evacuate New York's Times Square, on Saturday 05/01/2010 evningt, at about 18:30 Broadway's busiest night. Continue reading
– U.S EMBASSY IN DELHI – “IMMINENT ATTACK” POSSIBLE
The US Embassy in India has warned, on Saturday 05/01/2010, of possible "imminent attacks" by militants in the capital, Delhi, and advised US citizens to be vigilant. Continue reading
– DEMOCRATIC PRANKS
The recent elections in Iraq, on 03/07/2010, resulted with a standoff between the former PM Iyad Alawii and the current PM Nuri al-Maliki. Continue reading