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February 2, 2013
14:43 • 3 months ago

  • 23Pakistanis killed in an early morning raid on an army camp just east of North Waziristan, which is used as a base of operations for militant groups, al-Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban included. The Taliban that has claimed responsibility for the attack, waged in the dark hours of the early morning with rocket-propelled grenades and suicide bombs — a spokesman claimed the assault was in retaliation for Pakistan’s allowance of U.S. drone strikes, which killed two of their commanders near the Afghan border. source

September 8, 2012
17:19 • 8 months ago
March 9, 2011
14:40 • 2 years ago

  • 36+ killed in a suicide bombing by the Pakistani Taliban source

» And at a funeral, no less. A teenager reportedly detonated himself while pretending to attend a Pakistani funeral service, which was being held by an anti-Taliban group in the country’s northwest. The funeral’s proximity to the Taliban and al-Qaeda’s safe havens within Pakistan made it a natural target. Our deepest condolences to all those killed in this most horrible attack.

January 1, 2011
10:04 • 2 years ago
We heard a thunderous sound of explosion. I fell on the ground. I saw a car burning. You cannot imagine what we have seen there. … It was a horrible scene.
Eyewitness Nermin Nabil • Describing the scene near a church where a blast went off on Saturday, reportedly caused by a suicide bomber. The blast claimed at least 21 deaths and 79 injuries. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak expressed rage and retaliation at the bombing: ”I would say with confidence, that we will chase the people who planned and committed this terrorism act, and we will chase the people involved with them.” The victims of the attack were Copts, who follow an Egyptian sect of Christianity. They make up nine percent of the country’s population – versus 90 percent Muslims. source (viafollow)
October 31, 2010
11:12 • 2 years ago

  • 32+ people injured in the attack in a busy Istanbul tourist district
  • 17+ of those hurt were police officers, the targets of the attack source

 

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