Posted by warvictims on October 31, 2008
By RIAZ KHAN
The Associated Press
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber attacked the convoy of a regional police chief in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing three police officers and five civilians, officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by warvictims on October 30, 2008
By ABDUL WAHEED WAFA and CARLOTTA GALL
The New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suspected Taliban suicide bomber shot his way into the Ministry of Information and Culture in central Kabul on Thursday, then blew himself up, leaving at least two others dead and severely damaging a kindergarten in the building, officials and witnesses said.
The blast, which also wounded at least 21 people, set off a panicky scramble by parents working at the ministry to find their kindergartners, but only two appeared to be among the wounded, said Kabul’s police chief, Gen. Muhammad Ayub Salangi, after he toured the scene. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by warvictims on October 29, 2008
By SALAD DUHUL
The Associated Press
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Suicide bombers struck a U.N. compound, the Ethiopian consulate and three other targets in northern Somalia Wednesday, killing at least 22 people in attacks that coincided with international talks in neighboring Kenya about Somalia’s political crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by warvictims on October 27, 2008
by AFP
MOGADISHU (AFP) — Islamic insurgents battled Somali and Ethiopian forces Sunday and a roadside bomb blew up near a police checkpoint in separate clashes that killed 13 people in Somalia, witnesses and police said. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by warvictims on October 27, 2008
by Press TV
A roadside bomb targeting two minibuses has killed three Iraqi civilians and wounded five others in Baghdad, security officials say. Read the rest of this entry »
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