Two large explosions rocked an area near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people and injuring several others, CNN reports. Smoke could be seen billowing from Boston’s Copley Square as the joyous event was turned into a scene of chaos and destruction. At least four people were being treated at […]
Eleven years ago today, 2,977 people were killed in New York City, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. This morning, President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and White House staffers observed a moment of silence on the White House south lawn in memory of the victims of 9/11. […]
War: An organized, armed, and often a prolonged conflict that is carried on between states, nations, or other parties. SEE ALSO: Gingrich Caught In Race-Baiting Catch Terrorism: The French word terrorisme in turn derives from the Latin verb terreĹŤ meaning “I frighten.” Although “terrorism” originally referred acts committed by a government, currently it usually refers […]
Shiho Fukada for The New York Times From the New York Times: QOSH, Iraq — A new wave of Iraqi Christians has fled to northern Iraq or abroad amid a campaign of violence against them and growing fear that the country’s security forces are unable or, more ominously, unwilling to protect them. The flight — […]
From CNN.com: Gary Faulkner, the Colorado man arrested in Pakistan while hunting for Osama bin Laden, has been moved to Islamabad by the Pakistani government, his brother said Wednesday. Dr. Scott Faulkner said Jim Flowers from the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, told him the Pakistani government is still questioning Gary Faulkner and that he […]
From CNN.com: Authorities hunting for the suspect in the botched Times Square bombing dramatically beat the clock overnight, seizing a Pakistani-American citizen moments before he began a long trip to his strife-torn homeland. Faisal Shahzad, 30, was arrested around 11:45 p.m. ET Monday at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, said Attorney General Eric […]
