Posts Tagged ‘bomber’

August 22 2010

Iran unveils ‘ambassador of death’ bomber

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated the country’s first domestically-built, long-range, unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an “ambassador of death” to Iran’s enemies.

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August 17 2010

Dozens killed as bomber hits Iraq army recruits

A suicide bomber blows himself up among hundreds of army recruits near a military headquarters in an attack officials say killed 60 and wounded 125.

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July 20 2010

Obama, British PM: Bomber release not BP’s doing

President Barack Obama meets with British Prime Minister David Cameron in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, July 20.President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron strongly condemn the release last year of the Lockerbie bomber by Scotland.


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July 20 2010

British PM to meet with senators about bomber

The British prime minister plans to meet with four U.S. senators during his visit to the U.S. to discuss their concerns about the release of the only man convicted in the bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland.



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July 18 2010

Suicide bomber kills at least 11 people in Iraq

Iraqi officials say at least 11 people were killed in a mostly Sunni district southwest of Baghdad when a suicide bomber targeting security personnel blew himself up.

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July 17 2010

Britain: BP not linked to Lockerbie bomber release

There is no evidence BP Plc had any connection to last year’s release of a Libyan man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing, Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Saturday.

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July 15 2010

U.K. envoy: Lockerbie bomber release a ‘mistake’

Britain’s envoy to the United States admitted on Thursday that Scotland’s decision to free the Lockerbie bomber was “wrong,” but denied that oil interests influenced the decision.

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July 15 2010

BP lobbied U.K. ahead of Lockerbie bomber release

Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi received a hero's welcome when he arrived in Tripoli, Libya, on August 20.BP confirmed Thursday that it had lobbied the U.K. government over a prisoner transfer agreement with Libya in 2007 before the release of the Lockerbie bomber.






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July 14 2010

In video, Times Square bomber threatens ‘revenge’

The man who pleaded guilty to carrying out the attempted Times Square car bombing appeared in a video recorded before the failed attack that shows him meeting with senior Pakistani Taliban leaders and vowing to strike the U.S.



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July 9 2010

Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 6 in Baghdad

A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden car into an Iraqi army check point in western Baghdad, killing six people and injuring 20 on Friday morning, officials said.

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