Tag Archives : suicide bombings

Indonesia is back in the news again, but for different reasons. The country’s capital, Jakarta was today rocked by two simultaneous bomb blasts in two high profile hotels. JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton hotels, located in the city’s busy business center were ripped by two bomb blasts that claimed nine lives and injured forty one. A similar [...]

Soon after the U.S troops marched out of the streets of Iraq, widespread jubilation and celebration marked the beginning of a sovereign Iraq and its national holiday, the National Sovereignty Day. Throughout the country, people celebrated their new found freedom with fireworks, parades and public gatherings. However, this joyous day was marred with [...]

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) or more commonly called Tamil Tigers has been one of the more savage militant groups that have ever been formed. The group has been notorious in undertaking suicide bombings, as well as recruiting child soldiers. It is also known to have engaged in arms trafficking. The Tamil Tigers “were the pioneers in [...]

The new ‘Af-Pak’ strategy of Barack Obama already received a response from the insurgents. Taliban leader Mullah Omar said that Pakistani Taliban and Afghan Taliban will join forces to welcome the purportedly powerful new offensive from the West. Mullah Omar who was located by intelligence services to be presently based in Queta, capital [...]