Posts Tagged ‘Homicide Bombers’

Pulitzer Prize-nominated investigative journalist and lawyer claims Pakistan assisted Jordanian homicide bomber Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi in his attack, which killed seven US agents and a Jordanian intelligence officer when al-Balawi detonated himself at the Khost base last week:

Afghan spy officials tell The Daily Beast’s Gerald Posner that the chemical fingerprint of the bomb that killed seven CIA agents matches the kind produced by Pakistani intelligence.

Early evidence in the December 30 bombing that killed seven CIA agents suggests a link to Pakistan, two senior Afghan sources, including an official at their spy agency, told The Daily Beast. The pair said that U.S. has already taken a chemical fingerprint of the bomb used by a Jordanian double agent in the attack, and that it matches an explosive type used by their Pakistan equivalents, the Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI. Read the rest of this entry »

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As mentioned in our previous article, it looks increasingly likely that Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Muslim terrorist peaceful religionist who attempted to blow up a Delta Airlines Airbus A330 on final approach into Detriot Airport on Friday; was trying to do so using binary explosives.

We also covered another failed attack (though not aviation-related, but which also pointed to the possibility that Jihadists may be trying out this technology), back in late September, when an al-Qaeda homicide bomber attempted to assassinate a Saudi Royal using a bomb stored in his rectal passage (no jokes at the back, please).

Thankfully, this failed and what remained of the bomber was subsequently and unceremoniously scraped from the walls and floors of the room.

Here’s a video showing just how devastatingly stealthy and powerful these explosives can be. Be prepared to pay yet another slice of Islamic terror tax for future airline trips, with your privacy and yet more of your time – as we predict a consequence of yesterday’s (thankfully) failed attack – in addition to ever more queues and security delays at airports – could well be the installation of many more ‘Millimetre Wave’ full-body scanners (there are already some installed in the UK and the US); which are capable of scanning through clothing to the skin, at major airports worldwide.

Security and intelligence experts are deeply worried by a new development in suicide bombing, the BBC has learned.

It has emerged that an al-Qaeda bomber who died last month while trying to blow up a Saudi prince in Jeddah had hidden the explosives inside his body.

Only the attacker died, but it is feared that the new development could be copied by others.

Experts say it could have implications for airport security, rendering traditional metal detectors “useless”. Read the rest of this entry »

Three of the original eight Muslim terrorists that almost managed to top 9/11

…but the BBC and The Guardian still couldn’t bring themselves to mention the ‘M’ word:

Four British Muslims who plotted to kill thousands of people using home-made liquid bombs have been sentenced to life in jail.

Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain were found guilty last week of conspiracy to murder on transatlantic planes.

Umar Islam was convicted of conspiracy to murder – but the location was not specified. Read the rest of this entry »

We must never, ever forget what was done to us all on this day

On this morning in 2001, 2,974 innocent people were killed by 19 Islamic terrorists: 246 were passengers on the aircraft that were hijacked for the operation. 2,603 died in the towers and on the ground, and 125 at the Pentagon. An additional 24 people re still listed as missing.

200 people were estimated to have jumped or fallen from the towers.

6,294 were treated for injuries sustained as a direct result of the attacks by local hospitals. Read the rest of this entry »

Well-known Indonesian multifaith peace activist, Abu Bakar Ba'asyir

Abu Bakar Bashir has endorsed the deadly work of Southeast Asia’s most wanted terrorist, Noordin Top, saying Allah would protect him in his fight for Islam.

The fanatical Muslim cleric, who is the spiritual adviser to the al-Mukmin Islamic school for children on the outskirts of Solo, in central Java, said if the victims of the J.W. Marriott and Ritz-Carlton suicide bombings had ever held any thoughts against Islam, they deserved to die. Read the rest of this entry »

Dignitaries and the families of the victims of the 7 July 2005 London bombings are arriving in Hyde Park for the unveiling of a permanent memorial.

Fifty-two people died after suicide bombers detonated backpacks on board three Underground trains and a bus.

The Prince of Wales, Prime Minister Gordon Brown and London Mayor Boris Johnson are to attend the ceremony.

Relatives who have seen the 52, 3.5m (11.5ft) tall stainless steel pillars say they form a “fitting tribute”.

Architects Carmody Groarke wanted to convey the random nature of the loss of life – how it could have been anyone travelling in London that day. Read the rest of this entry »

 
Two female suicide homicide [ed.] bombers have attacked Baghdad’s main Shia shrine, killing at least 60 people and injuring 125 others, officials in Iraq say. The attack happened at the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine in the Kadhimiya area as people gathered for Friday prayers. It comes a day after 84 people were killed in two separate suicide attacks in Baghdad and Baquba.

Many victims in Baquba and in Baghdad on Friday were Iranian pilgrims and the violence was condemned in Tehran. Violence fell sharply in the last year and the latest bombing does not change this trend, but it is a worrying development, says the BBC’s Jim Muir in Baghdad. The shrine was previously attacked by suicide  homicide [ed.] bombers in 2004. Read the rest of this entry »