captured on CCTV carrying the head of Mr Ouyahia in a plastic bag on a bus to Regents Canal in Maida Vale, West London.
Mohamed Boudjenane carrying the head of neighbour Lakhdar Ouyahia in a plastic bag
Chilling: Boudjenane casually strolls through West London with his victim's head in a plastic bag
Mohamed Boudjenane (left), was jailed for life after killing his neighbour Lakhdar Ouyahia (right) and dumping his head in a canal
Algerian Mohamed Boudjenane, 49, assaulted the Filipina woman and shaved off her hair before killing Lakhdar Ouyahia, 43, in the belief the two were having an affair.
Mohamed Boudjenane carrying the head of neighbour Lakhdar Ouyahia in a plastic bag
Mohamed Boudjenane (left), was jailed for life after killing his neighbour Lakhdar Ouyahia (right) and dumping his head in a canal
Algerian Mohamed Boudjenane, 49, assaulted the Filipina woman and shaved off her hair before killing Lakhdar Ouyahia, 43, in the belief the two were having an affair.
In recent years, an increasing amount of terrorist activity in the United States has been carried out in the name of animal and environmental protection. Automobile dealerships, housing developments, forestry companies, corporate and university-based medical research laboratories, restaurants, fur farms and other industries are targeted across the country. Although no one has yet been injured in a domestic ecoterror attack, the increasingly violent nature of attacks suggests that someone will be hurt before long.
$50 Million Arson in San Diego, 2003
Since the 1970s, hundreds of groups in the United States have advocated for stricter legal protection for animals and the environment. Change has been incremental. Some activists on the fringes of these causes, frustrated by the pace of legislation, have become violent, creating an underground terrorist movement to combat companies and practices they consider abusive and immoral. During the past two decades, extreme animal rights and environmental activists, or ecoterrorists, have committed hundreds of arsons, bombings and acts of vandalism and harassment, causing more than $100 million in damage.
In recent years, fast-food restaurants have been firebombed and car dealerships and housing developments burned to the ground in the name of "ecology" and "animal rights." Increasingly, people that work for companies perceived as harming animals or destroying the environment are targeted as well.
Influenced to varying degrees by their English predecessors and by segments of the anarchist movement, ecoterrorists operate through autonomous cells, are unconstrained by geographic boundaries and are very difficult to infiltrate and stop. Unlike racial hate groups with established hierarchies and membership requirements, for example, an activist can become a member of the ecoterror movement simply by carrying out an illegal action on its behalf.
While post-September 11 discussions of terrorism tend to focus on Islamic threats, ecoterrorist attacks continue to occur around the country and pose significant problems for law enforcement officials. It is unlikely that this movement will disappear any time soon.
<A name=origins1>Origins
ALF's origins trace back to a group of English activists in the late 1960s known as the Hunt Saboteurs Association. The Hunt Saboteurs disrupted fox hunts by blocking roads, protesting hunters with bull horns and confusing hunting dogs by spraying chemicals that eliminated the scent left by foxes. In 1972, according to the anonymously published ALF Primer, "after effectively ending a number of traditional hunting events across England, members of the Hunt Saboteurs decided more militant action was needed, and thus began the Band of Mercy."
<A name=RonnieLee><A id=foot1 name=foot1>Band of Mercy activists were willing to act more radically to protect animals. Two of its founding members, Ronnie Lee and Cliff Goodman, were jailed for firebombing a vivisection research center in England in 1974. Following the attack, Lee issued a statement saying that the firebombing was intended to "prevent the torture and murder of our animal brothers and sisters." Upon Lee's release from prison in 1976, the core followers of Band of Mercy re-formed as the Animal Liberation Front.1
While ALF took shape in England, several mainstream animal welfare groups in the U.S. emerged from the social movements of the 1960s to lobby for stricter laws protecting animals. A number of books addressing animal welfare issues also brought attention to the treatment of animals and helped shape a broader understanding of animal rights. Perhaps the most influential was Animal Liberation, written in 1975 by Australian philosopher Peter Singer. Although Singer did not advocate violence, he suggested that animals deserve the same rights as humans.
Activities
It is difficult to identify exactly when ALF first acted domestically; a very early incident in 1979 involved vandals breaking into the New York University Medical School and releasing five animals. From this modest start hundreds of so-called liberations followed throughout the country on a larger scale. In a 1993 report to congress from the Departments of Justice and Agriculture on the "effects of terrorism on enterprises which use animals," investigators called ALF the most significant "radical fringe" animal rights group and reported more than 313 incidents of break-ins, vandalism, arson and thefts committed in the name of animal rights between 1979 and 1993.
Rod Coronado <A name=RodCoronado>
ALF's crimes during that period included a 1987 arson at a University of California-Davis veterinary laboratory, causing damages of $3.5 million, and a 1992 firebombing at an animal research laboratory at Michigan State University. Rod Coronado, a veteran animal rights advocate, was convicted for his role in the firebombing and served a three and a half year prison sentence. Coronado was previously active in the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a Vancouver-based group founded to protect marine mammals through various direct actions, including sinking whaling ships.
Coronado's violent act and prison stint solidified his reputation within the movement as a hard-core activist, and after his release he became one of ALF's public representatives. He has lectured dozens of times around the country on behalf of ALF and other radical animal rights and environmentalist groups. In an interview with a Michigan State University newspaper, Coronado defended his past activity. "I wish I could do it again," he said. "I have absolutely no regrets, and I hope the same thing continues to happen at MSU and every other college campus that does animal research."
<A name=ALFPublicity>Publicity
Although ALF has no official membership and operates under the "leaderless resistance" model of activism, several supporters - like Coronado - have volunteered to speak publicly for the movement. These representatives perform the essential tasks of publicizing communiqués from anonymous cells claiming responsibility for illegal actions and recruiting.
Before it established a press office in the U.S., ALF activities were frequently publicized by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), a Norfolk, Virginia-based animal rights organization whose <A href="http://www.adl.org/Anti_semitism/holocaust_imagery.asp">controversial advertisement campaigns have generated substantial publicity since the group's founding in 1980. PETA has openly supported ALF: in 1995, the organization gave $45,200 to the legal defense of Rod Coronado, while co-founder Ingrid Newkirk applauds ALF's efforts in two of her books.
ALF began to handle its own publicity in the U.S. by the mid 1990s after activist Katie Fedor founded its North American press office in Osseo, Minnesota (a British office had been established in 1991). The office publicized the details of direct actions, which it received from anonymous cells via mail, fax and e-mail. In the summer of 1999, another well-known ALF supporter, David Barbarash, took over for Fedor and moved the office to Vancouver.
David Barbarash
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Barbarash was an established figure on the extremist scene. He served four months in prison for releasing cats from a University of Alberta laboratory in 1992; in 1998, he and Canada-based activist Darren Thurston were charged in Vancouver with sending letters filled with razor blades to 22 hunting trip guides. The charges were later dropped because the prosecution did not want to jeopardize other investigations, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but the incident helped establish Barbarash's bona fides in the ALF subculture.
In a 2000 interview with the San Francisco-based magazine No Compromise, Barbarash characterized his role as providing an "aboveground network of support for the ALF." He maintained that his only contact with ALF cells was "one-way" and that ALF "is not a group or a club you can join, but a concept which is only realized when an action takes place under that name."
Under Barbarash's direction, the press office released a 46-page "Direct Action Report" for 2001, containing a list of "illegal direct actions for animal, as well as earth liberations." The report described 137 actions and listed businesses targeted during the year and statistics on liberations and property damage.
In August 2002, Canadian law enforcement officials seized video tapes and computer files from Barbarash's home as part of an investigation into ALF. Four months later, the veteran activist resigned, claiming that "my position is not necessary for the furtherance of animal liberation." Before leaving, however, he encouraged others "to organize and garner public support" for future ALF actions. The press office continues to publicize direct actions on its Web site, but the role of spokesperson remains vacant at present.
By 2002, several ecoterrorist groups in addition to ALF were active in the U.S. and the total number of direct actions had reached about 1,000, including more than 600 criminal acts since 1996. This rise in activity was matched by the growing sophistication and severity of the attacks.
<A name=origins2><A name=DaveForeman>Origins
ELF evolved out of Earth First!, an ardent environmentalist group founded, in its own words, "in response to a lethargic, compromising, and increasingly corporate environmental community." Dave Foreman, a former lobbyist for the Wilderness Society, and several other activists influenced by more militant organizations, founded Earth First! around 1980.
The group combined environmental protection with a form of spirituality called "deep ecology," popularized by a Norwegian philosopher and mountain climber, Arne Naess. Members regarded their activities as not merely political but also spiritual. During the 1980s, Earth First! activists performed direct actions ranging from tree-sitting to tree spiking - hammering a long nail that can create shrapnel injuries when cut by logging tools such as a chainsaw.
In his 1985 book Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching, Earth First! founder Foreman provided detailed instructions on how to perform various methods of sabotage - from disabling equipment to properly spiking a tree. The term "Monkeywrenching" was borrowed from Edward Abbey's 1975 novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which romanticized the efforts of four characters who destroy machinery and burn billboards across the southwest, and who unsuccessfully plan to blow up the Glen Canyon Dam. (Abbey, an outspoken critic of the development of public lands in the U.S., later contributed an introduction to Foreman's book.) In 1989, Foreman and three other members of Earth First! were arrested by the FBI on charges of conspiracy to sabotage nuclear facilities. Foreman pleaded guilty to reduced charges and did not serve any jail time. He left the group in 1990.
<A name=EarthFirst!Journal>The methods of Earth First! proved too moderate for some of its members, and in 1992 a small group met in England to form the Earth Liberation Front. Today, Earth First! continues to sponsor gatherings but operates mainly through its publication, the Earth First! Journal, which publicizes and recruits for ELF and ALF (convicted activist Rod Coronado is a member of Earth First! in Arizona and has contributed writings to the Journal). Although Earth First! remains radical, ELF now attracts activists who prefer more violent direct action.
Activities
ELF first claimed sole responsibility for an attack in the U.S. in 1997, when activists burned down a Bureau of Land Management horse corral in Oregon (previous attacks had been claimed in conjunction with ALF). The group made national headlines the following year when it claimed responsibility for the arson of a ski resort in Vail, Colorado, causing $12 million in damages - the costliest act of ecoterrorism in American history at the time. The attack included seven separate fires, which destroyed three buildings and damaged four chairlifts. In its communiqué, ELF said, "putting profits ahead of Colorado's wildlife will not be tolerated….We will be back if this greedy corporation continues to trespass into wild and unroaded [sic] areas."
$12 Million Arson in Vail, 1998
Since the Vail arson, hundreds of crimes have been committed in the name of environmental protection nationwide. The most damaging occurred on August 1, 2003, when arsonists burned down a housing complex under construction in San Diego, destroying a five-story building and 100-foot-high crane; losses were estimated at $50 million. A 12-foot banner reading "If you build it, we will burn it," along with the ELF acronym, was found at the scene. (Six weeks later, ELF set fire to three other homes under construction in the area.)
These arsons typified, in an especially destructive way, ELF's ongoing battle against "urban sprawl," which it views as a wasteful and unnecessary encroachment on natural habitats. Direct actions targeting urban sprawl have occurred in different parts of the country (sometimes in clusters that suggest copycat cells), including Long Island, New York; Chico, California; and locations in Michigan.
$50 Million Arson in San Diego, 2003
Car dealerships and sport utility vehicles are also common targets for ELF. On August 22, 2003, approximately 40 Hummers and SUVs were destroyed or damaged in a fire at a West Covina, California, dealership, causing about $2 million in damages. "Fat Lazy Americans" and "ELF" were among slogans painted on the vehicles. The movement has taken credit for vandalizing SUVs in dozens of other cities. At an auto dealership in Erie, Pennsylvania, for instance, jugs of gasoline were ignited under three vehicles, engulfing them and a nearby car in flames. ELF said the dealership was targeted "to remove the profit motive from the killing of the natural environment."
<A name=CraigRosebraugh>Craig Rosebraugh
Craig Rosebraugh
ELF's ideological direction in recent years has been shaped by Portland area native Craig Rosebraugh. Rosebraugh became involved in the movement in the early 1990s as a member of a local animal rights group in Oregon. Also active in opposing the first Gulf war, Rosebraugh said he came to believe that "animal rights issues, environmental issues, social justice, are all related."
<A name=LeslieJamesPickering>In 1996 he and another activist, Leslie James Pickering, formed the Liberation Collective in Portland, which linked ELF's struggle to other social justice problems - all caused, Rosebraugh said, "by our main ideological structure in the country, which we continue to operate under, and in my view that is capitalism." More than any other activist, Rosebraugh was able to infuse the ecoterror movement with a strong anti-capitalist and anti-government bent, which had the effect of broadening its potential targets as well as recruits.
Rosebraugh became the movement's spokesperson in late 1997 and would go on to handle ELF messages taking credit for acts of sabotage resulting in millions of dollars in damages. Additionally, it was not uncommon for him - and other spokespersons - to receive communiqués from both ELF and ALF; the two movements declared solidarity in 1993 and members who affiliate with either movement often carry out acts on behalf of both.
In 2000, Rosebraugh and Pickering established the North American Earth Liberation Front press office in Oregon. The office operated like ALF's, receiving and posting or otherwise distributing messages from cells and handling media inquiries. According to Pickering, who served as co-spokesperson, the press office is the "public face ideologically in support of the ELF and similar acts of economic sabotage." ELF's Web site was then launched to "educate both the general public and the media on the ELF and actions that the group has taken in defense of the earth" (ELF's Web site is currently registered to ALF activist Darren Thurston in Vancouver).
"In light of the events on September 11, my country has told me that I should not cooperate with terrorists. I therefore am refusing to cooperate with members of Congress who are some of the most extreme terrorists in history."
In April 2001 Rosebraugh's home was raided by agents from the FBI, ATF and Oregon State Police; he was also served with a subpoena relating to a fire that destroyed over 30 new SUVs at a car dealership in the Portland area. Although he was not charged in the investigation, the increased scrutiny may have led Rosebraugh and Pickering to resign their ELF positions in September 2001.
Later that year, Rosebraugh was subpoenaed by the House Resources Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health to testify at a hearing on ecoterrorism in February 2002. During his testimony, Rosebraugh invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to all but a few questions. In a written explanation, he said that "in light of the events on September 11, my country has told me that I should not cooperate with terrorists. I therefore am refusing to cooperate with members of Congress who are some of the most extreme terrorists in history."
Arissa Web Site
Although no longer ELF's official publicist, Rosebraugh remained influential in the movement and continued to give lectures and presentations at colleges and universities. On March 17, 2003, he issued a message addressing antiwar activists that was posted on a number of left-wing Web sites. Rosebraugh said that "the only possibility of stopping this current military action is to engage in strategies and tactics which severely disrupt the war machine, the U.S. economy, and the overall functioning of U.S. society." He recommended large scale urban riots and attacking financial and media centers, as well as U.S. military establishments.
On March 28, 2003, shortly after Rosebraugh issued this manifesto, five cars and a van at the Navy recruiting headquarters in Montgomery, Alabama, were spray-painted with anti-war slogans and a two-ton truck was set on fire. All the graffiti was signed "ELF." A few days after the attack, ELF issued a communiqué claiming responsibility for the incident, saying, "This is the first specifically anti-war action carried out by the ELF in North America."
In April 2003, Rosebraugh and Pickering launched a new organization, Arissa, aimed at linking other social movements, especially the antiwar movement, to environmentalism. In addition to serving as a forum for Rosebraugh and Pickering's anti-war proclamations, Arissa sells their books on its Web Site. Titles include Rosebraugh's The Logic of Political Violence, which says that "revolution in the United States must be comprised of a variety of strategies" and that "it cannot be successful without the implementation of violence."
Rosebraugh's credibility was slightly undermined after he opened a natural food restaurant in Portland in January 2004 and fired workers who threatened to go on strike. Nevertheless, his influence in the movement remains high and ELF likely will continue to bundle other social concerns with its environmentalist mission. In a March 2004 television interview, Pickering underscored this ideological expansion: "Violence is a necessary element of an oppressive struggle…to overthrow an oppressive government…[ELF is] only part of a larger building revolutionary movement that won't stop until it has a successful overthrow of this country."
<A name=Origins3>Origins
Activists in the U.S. became involved with SHAC after HLS was sold to Life Sciences Inc., a New Jersey-based holding company, and its headquarters moved to New Jersey. Stephens Inc., an investment company based in Little Rock, Arkansas, bought HLS's bank loan and became its senior lender. In response to Stephens' purchase, SHAC started a Web site called StephensKills that was dedicated to informing activists "of the cruelty that Stephens Inc. invests in as shareholders" in HLS. Several months later, activists traveled to Little Rock and staged a protest against Stephens that resulted in 26 arrests. In the following months, the company's employees were harassed and its e-mail and faxes jammed. In 2002, Stephens sold its investment in HLS at a loss, while denying that pressure from SHAC influenced its decision.
Kevin Kjonaas & Friend <A name=KevinKjonaas>
By this time Kevin Kjonaas had become SHAC's spokesperson in the U.S. Kjonaas had been introduced to animal rights while studying political science at the University of Minnesota and he briefly served as an ALF spokesman when, in 1999, activists liberated 166 animals from the university and damaged and vandalized equipment, causing $700,000 of damage.
In May 1999, as part of a federal investigation into the crime, FBI agents searched Kjonaas's apartment, and the U.S. Attorney in Minneapolis brought him before a grand jury. To avoid appearing at a second grand jury, he subsequently went to England and became active with SHAC there. Returning two years later, he established SHAC's American headquarters - first in Philadelphia, then in New Brunswick, New Jersey, closer to HLS offices. He has been the group's public face since, despite a 2003 raid of his home by the FBI, and he has organized several anti-HLS demonstrations and appeared at other animal welfare conferences. In 2004, Kjonaas was arrested on various charges relating to his activity with SHAC, but he continues to appear at various animal rights events. See "Recent Arrests" below.
Campaigns: From Marsh to Chiron
After the Stephens campaign, SHAC began targeting other U.S. companies that did business with HLS. "Rather than protesting [HLS] itself," the group said on its Web site, "the SHAC campaign targets secondary targets - those companies that HLS needs so desperately to operate, but that don't need HLS or the pressure that comes with doing business with them."
SHAC next took aim at Marsh Inc., the company that insured HLS at the time. In February 2002, organizers sent an e-mail to the group's supporters noting that British activists had aggressively targeted Marsh. "Let's show them that the US is no different and let Marsh know that…we are about to raise the premium on pain," they continued. The e-mail included a list of Marsh offices, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail and home addresses of employees. SHAC posted to its Web site maps with the locations of Marsh's 60 domestic offices and a statement announcing that by "hitting" Marsh the group hoped to "attack HLS in a way they could never have predicted nor defend themselves against."
SHAC soon began targeting Marsh offices and employees. One executive received a letter saying, "You have been targeted for terrorist attack." The home of another executive was doused with red paint. "Puppy Killer" and "We'll Be Back" were painted on another's home. In April 2002, the address and telephone number of a Marsh employee in Boston were posted online with a note that said, "Let [X] know that it does not end until Marsh USA severs its ties with HLS." A dozen activists protested at [X's] home, chanting through a megaphone: "what comes around goes around…burn his house to the ground." A communiqué on SHAC's Web site referred to [X], his wife and his 2-year-old son as "scum." Twelve protesters were arrested (39 charges against them, including extortion, stalking, threatening and conspiracy, were dismissed in 2004).
In July 2002, activists released smoke bombs in two Seattle high-rises that housed Marsh offices, forcing hundreds of office workers into the streets.
At the end of the year, Marsh announced that it would no longer insure HLS. A victory statement on the SHAC site credited "those who smashed windows" as well as "those who held vocal protests outside Marsh offices and homes of executives."
"No lawsuit, private investigator, or criminal prosecution prevented this victory," said an activist quoted in the release. "Until HLS is closed we will not apologize, we will not compromise, and we will not relent."
Several other companies have stopped doing business with HLS after enduring sustained pressure by SHAC activists, including Citibank, Merrill Lynch, HSBC and Deloitte & Touche. The group's success seems to have emboldened its members, which has led to an increasing level of violence and threats.
Protest at a Chiron Employee's Home
SHAC's campaign against the biotechnology company Chiron demonstrates this heightened militancy. Activists began protesting at the homes of the company's employees in April 2003. On June 11, 2003, SHAC posted an anonymous message on its Web site containing information allegedly provided by a Chiron employee. The message listed the names and social security numbers of company staff, as well as information on "how to bypass security at a Chiron office." Addressing Chiron, the message said, "Send a fax to SHAC saying you will never use HLS again, and you can avoid paying for lawyers, security, and broken windows."
Two months later, activists calling themselves the "Animal Liberation Brigade" and "Revolutionary Cells" took responsibility for setting off two pipe bombs at the Chiron office in Emeryville, California. The bombs caused relatively minor damage, but a communiqué posted to one of SHAC's Web sites stated, "You might be able to protect your buildings, but can you protect the homes of every employee?"
An anonymous e-mail claiming responsibility for the incident said that activists had used a 10-pound ammonium nitrate bomb "strapped with nails." Although the building sustained minimal damage, the e-mail warned that "we will now be doubling the size of every device we make" and that "customers and their families are considered legitimate targets."
"You never know when your house, your car even, might go boom….Or maybe it will be a shot in the dark."
"We gave all the customers the chance, the choice, to withdraw their business from HLS," the e-mail said. "Now you all will have to reap what you have sown….You never know when your house, your car even, might go boom….Or maybe it will be a shot in the dark."
Threats of violence like these have become a troubling trend in the ecoterror movement. Although no one has yet been injured in a domestic attack, the language of movement activists suggests that harming those perceived as responsible for animal or environmental abuse may be seen as justifiable.
In England, ecoterrorists have already committed several acts of violence. These include:
Since the 1970s, hundreds of groups in the United States have advocated for stricter legal protection for animals and the environment. Change has been incremental. Some activists on the fringes of these causes, frustrated by the pace of legislation, have become violent, creating an underground terrorist movement to combat companies and practices they consider abusive and immoral. During the past two decades, extreme animal rights and environmental activists, or ecoterrorists, have committed hundreds of arsons, bombings and acts of vandalism and harassment, causing more than $100 million in damage.
In recent years, fast-food restaurants have been firebombed and car dealerships and housing developments burned to the ground in the name of "ecology" and "animal rights." Increasingly, people that work for companies perceived as harming animals or destroying the environment are targeted as well.
Influenced to varying degrees by their English predecessors and by segments of the anarchist movement, ecoterrorists operate through autonomous cells, are unconstrained by geographic boundaries and are very difficult to infiltrate and stop. Unlike racial hate groups with established hierarchies and membership requirements, for example, an activist can become a member of the ecoterror movement simply by carrying out an illegal action on its behalf.
While post-September 11 discussions of terrorism tend to focus on Islamic threats, ecoterrorist attacks continue to occur around the country and pose significant problems for law enforcement officials. It is unlikely that this movement will disappear any time soon.
The Animal Liberation Front
The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is the nation's most active extreme animal rights movement. Composed of anonymous underground cells that oppose any form of animal experimentation and perceived mistreatment, it aims to rescue animals from "places of abuse" and to "inflict economic damage to those who profit from the misery and exploitation of animals [sic]". ALF cells have claimed responsibility for hundreds of "direct actions," a euphemism for crimes that include freeing animals from their owners and property destruction. <A name=origins1>Origins
ALF's origins trace back to a group of English activists in the late 1960s known as the Hunt Saboteurs Association. The Hunt Saboteurs disrupted fox hunts by blocking roads, protesting hunters with bull horns and confusing hunting dogs by spraying chemicals that eliminated the scent left by foxes. In 1972, according to the anonymously published ALF Primer, "after effectively ending a number of traditional hunting events across England, members of the Hunt Saboteurs decided more militant action was needed, and thus began the Band of Mercy."
<A name=RonnieLee><A id=foot1 name=foot1>Band of Mercy activists were willing to act more radically to protect animals. Two of its founding members, Ronnie Lee and Cliff Goodman, were jailed for firebombing a vivisection research center in England in 1974. Following the attack, Lee issued a statement saying that the firebombing was intended to "prevent the torture and murder of our animal brothers and sisters." Upon Lee's release from prison in 1976, the core followers of Band of Mercy re-formed as the Animal Liberation Front.1
While ALF took shape in England, several mainstream animal welfare groups in the U.S. emerged from the social movements of the 1960s to lobby for stricter laws protecting animals. A number of books addressing animal welfare issues also brought attention to the treatment of animals and helped shape a broader understanding of animal rights. Perhaps the most influential was Animal Liberation, written in 1975 by Australian philosopher Peter Singer. Although Singer did not advocate violence, he suggested that animals deserve the same rights as humans.
Activities
It is difficult to identify exactly when ALF first acted domestically; a very early incident in 1979 involved vandals breaking into the New York University Medical School and releasing five animals. From this modest start hundreds of so-called liberations followed throughout the country on a larger scale. In a 1993 report to congress from the Departments of Justice and Agriculture on the "effects of terrorism on enterprises which use animals," investigators called ALF the most significant "radical fringe" animal rights group and reported more than 313 incidents of break-ins, vandalism, arson and thefts committed in the name of animal rights between 1979 and 1993.
ALF's crimes during that period included a 1987 arson at a University of California-Davis veterinary laboratory, causing damages of $3.5 million, and a 1992 firebombing at an animal research laboratory at Michigan State University. Rod Coronado, a veteran animal rights advocate, was convicted for his role in the firebombing and served a three and a half year prison sentence. Coronado was previously active in the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a Vancouver-based group founded to protect marine mammals through various direct actions, including sinking whaling ships.
Coronado's violent act and prison stint solidified his reputation within the movement as a hard-core activist, and after his release he became one of ALF's public representatives. He has lectured dozens of times around the country on behalf of ALF and other radical animal rights and environmentalist groups. In an interview with a Michigan State University newspaper, Coronado defended his past activity. "I wish I could do it again," he said. "I have absolutely no regrets, and I hope the same thing continues to happen at MSU and every other college campus that does animal research."
<A name=ALFPublicity>Publicity
Although ALF has no official membership and operates under the "leaderless resistance" model of activism, several supporters - like Coronado - have volunteered to speak publicly for the movement. These representatives perform the essential tasks of publicizing communiqués from anonymous cells claiming responsibility for illegal actions and recruiting.
Before it established a press office in the U.S., ALF activities were frequently publicized by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), a Norfolk, Virginia-based animal rights organization whose <A href="http://www.adl.org/Anti_semitism/holocaust_imagery.asp">controversial advertisement campaigns have generated substantial publicity since the group's founding in 1980. PETA has openly supported ALF: in 1995, the organization gave $45,200 to the legal defense of Rod Coronado, while co-founder Ingrid Newkirk applauds ALF's efforts in two of her books.
ALF began to handle its own publicity in the U.S. by the mid 1990s after activist Katie Fedor founded its North American press office in Osseo, Minnesota (a British office had been established in 1991). The office publicized the details of direct actions, which it received from anonymous cells via mail, fax and e-mail. In the summer of 1999, another well-known ALF supporter, David Barbarash, took over for Fedor and moved the office to Vancouver.
and Friend
Barbarash was an established figure on the extremist scene. He served four months in prison for releasing cats from a University of Alberta laboratory in 1992; in 1998, he and Canada-based activist Darren Thurston were charged in Vancouver with sending letters filled with razor blades to 22 hunting trip guides. The charges were later dropped because the prosecution did not want to jeopardize other investigations, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but the incident helped establish Barbarash's bona fides in the ALF subculture.
In a 2000 interview with the San Francisco-based magazine No Compromise, Barbarash characterized his role as providing an "aboveground network of support for the ALF." He maintained that his only contact with ALF cells was "one-way" and that ALF "is not a group or a club you can join, but a concept which is only realized when an action takes place under that name."
Under Barbarash's direction, the press office released a 46-page "Direct Action Report" for 2001, containing a list of "illegal direct actions for animal, as well as earth liberations." The report described 137 actions and listed businesses targeted during the year and statistics on liberations and property damage.
In August 2002, Canadian law enforcement officials seized video tapes and computer files from Barbarash's home as part of an investigation into ALF. Four months later, the veteran activist resigned, claiming that "my position is not necessary for the furtherance of animal liberation." Before leaving, however, he encouraged others "to organize and garner public support" for future ALF actions. The press office continues to publicize direct actions on its Web site, but the role of spokesperson remains vacant at present.
By 2002, several ecoterrorist groups in addition to ALF were active in the U.S. and the total number of direct actions had reached about 1,000, including more than 600 criminal acts since 1996. This rise in activity was matched by the growing sophistication and severity of the attacks.
The Earth Liberation Front
By 2004, ALF's environmental counterpart, the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), was setting new records for property damage. Modeled after ALF, ELF consists of "autonomous groups of people" who are "anonymous not only to the public but also to one another," according to its Web site. The movement aims to "inflict economic damage on those profiting from the destruction and exploitation of the natural environment" and "to reveal and educate the public on the atrocities committed against the earth and all species that populate it." Acts of property destruction are considered by ELF to be non-violent because no human being or animals are targeted. <A name=origins2><A name=DaveForeman>Origins
ELF evolved out of Earth First!, an ardent environmentalist group founded, in its own words, "in response to a lethargic, compromising, and increasingly corporate environmental community." Dave Foreman, a former lobbyist for the Wilderness Society, and several other activists influenced by more militant organizations, founded Earth First! around 1980.
The group combined environmental protection with a form of spirituality called "deep ecology," popularized by a Norwegian philosopher and mountain climber, Arne Naess. Members regarded their activities as not merely political but also spiritual. During the 1980s, Earth First! activists performed direct actions ranging from tree-sitting to tree spiking - hammering a long nail that can create shrapnel injuries when cut by logging tools such as a chainsaw.
In his 1985 book Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching, Earth First! founder Foreman provided detailed instructions on how to perform various methods of sabotage - from disabling equipment to properly spiking a tree. The term "Monkeywrenching" was borrowed from Edward Abbey's 1975 novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which romanticized the efforts of four characters who destroy machinery and burn billboards across the southwest, and who unsuccessfully plan to blow up the Glen Canyon Dam. (Abbey, an outspoken critic of the development of public lands in the U.S., later contributed an introduction to Foreman's book.) In 1989, Foreman and three other members of Earth First! were arrested by the FBI on charges of conspiracy to sabotage nuclear facilities. Foreman pleaded guilty to reduced charges and did not serve any jail time. He left the group in 1990.
<A name=EarthFirst!Journal>The methods of Earth First! proved too moderate for some of its members, and in 1992 a small group met in England to form the Earth Liberation Front. Today, Earth First! continues to sponsor gatherings but operates mainly through its publication, the Earth First! Journal, which publicizes and recruits for ELF and ALF (convicted activist Rod Coronado is a member of Earth First! in Arizona and has contributed writings to the Journal). Although Earth First! remains radical, ELF now attracts activists who prefer more violent direct action.
Activities
ELF first claimed sole responsibility for an attack in the U.S. in 1997, when activists burned down a Bureau of Land Management horse corral in Oregon (previous attacks had been claimed in conjunction with ALF). The group made national headlines the following year when it claimed responsibility for the arson of a ski resort in Vail, Colorado, causing $12 million in damages - the costliest act of ecoterrorism in American history at the time. The attack included seven separate fires, which destroyed three buildings and damaged four chairlifts. In its communiqué, ELF said, "putting profits ahead of Colorado's wildlife will not be tolerated….We will be back if this greedy corporation continues to trespass into wild and unroaded [sic] areas."
Since the Vail arson, hundreds of crimes have been committed in the name of environmental protection nationwide. The most damaging occurred on August 1, 2003, when arsonists burned down a housing complex under construction in San Diego, destroying a five-story building and 100-foot-high crane; losses were estimated at $50 million. A 12-foot banner reading "If you build it, we will burn it," along with the ELF acronym, was found at the scene. (Six weeks later, ELF set fire to three other homes under construction in the area.)
These arsons typified, in an especially destructive way, ELF's ongoing battle against "urban sprawl," which it views as a wasteful and unnecessary encroachment on natural habitats. Direct actions targeting urban sprawl have occurred in different parts of the country (sometimes in clusters that suggest copycat cells), including Long Island, New York; Chico, California; and locations in Michigan.
Car dealerships and sport utility vehicles are also common targets for ELF. On August 22, 2003, approximately 40 Hummers and SUVs were destroyed or damaged in a fire at a West Covina, California, dealership, causing about $2 million in damages. "Fat Lazy Americans" and "ELF" were among slogans painted on the vehicles. The movement has taken credit for vandalizing SUVs in dozens of other cities. At an auto dealership in Erie, Pennsylvania, for instance, jugs of gasoline were ignited under three vehicles, engulfing them and a nearby car in flames. ELF said the dealership was targeted "to remove the profit motive from the killing of the natural environment."
<A name=CraigRosebraugh>Craig Rosebraugh
ELF's ideological direction in recent years has been shaped by Portland area native Craig Rosebraugh. Rosebraugh became involved in the movement in the early 1990s as a member of a local animal rights group in Oregon. Also active in opposing the first Gulf war, Rosebraugh said he came to believe that "animal rights issues, environmental issues, social justice, are all related."
<A name=LeslieJamesPickering>In 1996 he and another activist, Leslie James Pickering, formed the Liberation Collective in Portland, which linked ELF's struggle to other social justice problems - all caused, Rosebraugh said, "by our main ideological structure in the country, which we continue to operate under, and in my view that is capitalism." More than any other activist, Rosebraugh was able to infuse the ecoterror movement with a strong anti-capitalist and anti-government bent, which had the effect of broadening its potential targets as well as recruits.
Rosebraugh became the movement's spokesperson in late 1997 and would go on to handle ELF messages taking credit for acts of sabotage resulting in millions of dollars in damages. Additionally, it was not uncommon for him - and other spokespersons - to receive communiqués from both ELF and ALF; the two movements declared solidarity in 1993 and members who affiliate with either movement often carry out acts on behalf of both.
In 2000, Rosebraugh and Pickering established the North American Earth Liberation Front press office in Oregon. The office operated like ALF's, receiving and posting or otherwise distributing messages from cells and handling media inquiries. According to Pickering, who served as co-spokesperson, the press office is the "public face ideologically in support of the ELF and similar acts of economic sabotage." ELF's Web site was then launched to "educate both the general public and the media on the ELF and actions that the group has taken in defense of the earth" (ELF's Web site is currently registered to ALF activist Darren Thurston in Vancouver).
"In light of the events on September 11, my country has told me that I should not cooperate with terrorists. I therefore am refusing to cooperate with members of Congress who are some of the most extreme terrorists in history."
In April 2001 Rosebraugh's home was raided by agents from the FBI, ATF and Oregon State Police; he was also served with a subpoena relating to a fire that destroyed over 30 new SUVs at a car dealership in the Portland area. Although he was not charged in the investigation, the increased scrutiny may have led Rosebraugh and Pickering to resign their ELF positions in September 2001.
Later that year, Rosebraugh was subpoenaed by the House Resources Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health to testify at a hearing on ecoterrorism in February 2002. During his testimony, Rosebraugh invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to all but a few questions. In a written explanation, he said that "in light of the events on September 11, my country has told me that I should not cooperate with terrorists. I therefore am refusing to cooperate with members of Congress who are some of the most extreme terrorists in history."
Although no longer ELF's official publicist, Rosebraugh remained influential in the movement and continued to give lectures and presentations at colleges and universities. On March 17, 2003, he issued a message addressing antiwar activists that was posted on a number of left-wing Web sites. Rosebraugh said that "the only possibility of stopping this current military action is to engage in strategies and tactics which severely disrupt the war machine, the U.S. economy, and the overall functioning of U.S. society." He recommended large scale urban riots and attacking financial and media centers, as well as U.S. military establishments.
On March 28, 2003, shortly after Rosebraugh issued this manifesto, five cars and a van at the Navy recruiting headquarters in Montgomery, Alabama, were spray-painted with anti-war slogans and a two-ton truck was set on fire. All the graffiti was signed "ELF." A few days after the attack, ELF issued a communiqué claiming responsibility for the incident, saying, "This is the first specifically anti-war action carried out by the ELF in North America."
In April 2003, Rosebraugh and Pickering launched a new organization, Arissa, aimed at linking other social movements, especially the antiwar movement, to environmentalism. In addition to serving as a forum for Rosebraugh and Pickering's anti-war proclamations, Arissa sells their books on its Web Site. Titles include Rosebraugh's The Logic of Political Violence, which says that "revolution in the United States must be comprised of a variety of strategies" and that "it cannot be successful without the implementation of violence."
Rosebraugh's credibility was slightly undermined after he opened a natural food restaurant in Portland in January 2004 and fired workers who threatened to go on strike. Nevertheless, his influence in the movement remains high and ELF likely will continue to bundle other social concerns with its environmentalist mission. In a March 2004 television interview, Pickering underscored this ideological expansion: "Violence is a necessary element of an oppressive struggle…to overthrow an oppressive government…[ELF is] only part of a larger building revolutionary movement that won't stop until it has a successful overthrow of this country."
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty
In 1998, the BBC broadcast a graphic documentary alleging mistreatment of animals by Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), a British-based research firm. In response, outraged animal rights activists in Britain began to pressure financial institutions associated with HLS to drop their support of the company and thereby force HLS to discontinue using animals in its tests. The campaign, which borrowed from the ideology and tactics of ALF and ELF, named itself Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC). SHAC quickly become a transatlantic cause among radical animal rights activists, with chapters in Germany, Italy, Portugal and the United States. To date, its activists have claimed responsibility for several bombings and dozens of acts of vandalism and harassment in both the U.S. and Europe.<A name=Origins3>Origins
Activists in the U.S. became involved with SHAC after HLS was sold to Life Sciences Inc., a New Jersey-based holding company, and its headquarters moved to New Jersey. Stephens Inc., an investment company based in Little Rock, Arkansas, bought HLS's bank loan and became its senior lender. In response to Stephens' purchase, SHAC started a Web site called StephensKills that was dedicated to informing activists "of the cruelty that Stephens Inc. invests in as shareholders" in HLS. Several months later, activists traveled to Little Rock and staged a protest against Stephens that resulted in 26 arrests. In the following months, the company's employees were harassed and its e-mail and faxes jammed. In 2002, Stephens sold its investment in HLS at a loss, while denying that pressure from SHAC influenced its decision.
By this time Kevin Kjonaas had become SHAC's spokesperson in the U.S. Kjonaas had been introduced to animal rights while studying political science at the University of Minnesota and he briefly served as an ALF spokesman when, in 1999, activists liberated 166 animals from the university and damaged and vandalized equipment, causing $700,000 of damage.
In May 1999, as part of a federal investigation into the crime, FBI agents searched Kjonaas's apartment, and the U.S. Attorney in Minneapolis brought him before a grand jury. To avoid appearing at a second grand jury, he subsequently went to England and became active with SHAC there. Returning two years later, he established SHAC's American headquarters - first in Philadelphia, then in New Brunswick, New Jersey, closer to HLS offices. He has been the group's public face since, despite a 2003 raid of his home by the FBI, and he has organized several anti-HLS demonstrations and appeared at other animal welfare conferences. In 2004, Kjonaas was arrested on various charges relating to his activity with SHAC, but he continues to appear at various animal rights events. See "Recent Arrests" below.
Campaigns: From Marsh to Chiron
After the Stephens campaign, SHAC began targeting other U.S. companies that did business with HLS. "Rather than protesting [HLS] itself," the group said on its Web site, "the SHAC campaign targets secondary targets - those companies that HLS needs so desperately to operate, but that don't need HLS or the pressure that comes with doing business with them."
SHAC next took aim at Marsh Inc., the company that insured HLS at the time. In February 2002, organizers sent an e-mail to the group's supporters noting that British activists had aggressively targeted Marsh. "Let's show them that the US is no different and let Marsh know that…we are about to raise the premium on pain," they continued. The e-mail included a list of Marsh offices, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail and home addresses of employees. SHAC posted to its Web site maps with the locations of Marsh's 60 domestic offices and a statement announcing that by "hitting" Marsh the group hoped to "attack HLS in a way they could never have predicted nor defend themselves against."
SHAC soon began targeting Marsh offices and employees. One executive received a letter saying, "You have been targeted for terrorist attack." The home of another executive was doused with red paint. "Puppy Killer" and "We'll Be Back" were painted on another's home. In April 2002, the address and telephone number of a Marsh employee in Boston were posted online with a note that said, "Let [X] know that it does not end until Marsh USA severs its ties with HLS." A dozen activists protested at [X's] home, chanting through a megaphone: "what comes around goes around…burn his house to the ground." A communiqué on SHAC's Web site referred to [X], his wife and his 2-year-old son as "scum." Twelve protesters were arrested (39 charges against them, including extortion, stalking, threatening and conspiracy, were dismissed in 2004).
In July 2002, activists released smoke bombs in two Seattle high-rises that housed Marsh offices, forcing hundreds of office workers into the streets.
At the end of the year, Marsh announced that it would no longer insure HLS. A victory statement on the SHAC site credited "those who smashed windows" as well as "those who held vocal protests outside Marsh offices and homes of executives."
"No lawsuit, private investigator, or criminal prosecution prevented this victory," said an activist quoted in the release. "Until HLS is closed we will not apologize, we will not compromise, and we will not relent."
Several other companies have stopped doing business with HLS after enduring sustained pressure by SHAC activists, including Citibank, Merrill Lynch, HSBC and Deloitte & Touche. The group's success seems to have emboldened its members, which has led to an increasing level of violence and threats.
SHAC's campaign against the biotechnology company Chiron demonstrates this heightened militancy. Activists began protesting at the homes of the company's employees in April 2003. On June 11, 2003, SHAC posted an anonymous message on its Web site containing information allegedly provided by a Chiron employee. The message listed the names and social security numbers of company staff, as well as information on "how to bypass security at a Chiron office." Addressing Chiron, the message said, "Send a fax to SHAC saying you will never use HLS again, and you can avoid paying for lawyers, security, and broken windows."
Two months later, activists calling themselves the "Animal Liberation Brigade" and "Revolutionary Cells" took responsibility for setting off two pipe bombs at the Chiron office in Emeryville, California. The bombs caused relatively minor damage, but a communiqué posted to one of SHAC's Web sites stated, "You might be able to protect your buildings, but can you protect the homes of every employee?"
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Ecoterror and Violence: Targeting Humans
In September 2003, the "Animal Liberation Brigade" and "Revolutionary Cells" took responsibility for another bombing, this time at the offices of Shaklee Inc. in Pleasanton, California. Shaklee was targeted because its parent company, Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical, does business with HLS (ironically, Shaklee is listed as a "Caring Consumer" on PETA's Web site). In December 2003, the FBI announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of fugitive Daniel Andreas San Diego, a 25 year-old Sonoma man who is the prime suspect in the Chiron and Shaklee bombings. An anonymous e-mail claiming responsibility for the incident said that activists had used a 10-pound ammonium nitrate bomb "strapped with nails." Although the building sustained minimal damage, the e-mail warned that "we will now be doubling the size of every device we make" and that "customers and their families are considered legitimate targets."
"You never know when your house, your car even, might go boom….Or maybe it will be a shot in the dark."
"We gave all the customers the chance, the choice, to withdraw their business from HLS," the e-mail said. "Now you all will have to reap what you have sown….You never know when your house, your car even, might go boom….Or maybe it will be a shot in the dark."
Threats of violence like these have become a troubling trend in the ecoterror movement. Although no one has yet been injured in a domestic attack, the language of movement activists suggests that harming those perceived as responsible for animal or environmental abuse may be seen as justifiable.
In England, ecoterrorists have already committed several acts of violence. These include:
- <LI class=bk10>During the 1990s, offshoots of ALF like the "Justice Department" and the "Animal Rights Militia" injured several people using letter-bombs.
<LI class=bk10>In 1998, the "Animal Rights Militia" threatened to kill 10 scientists if Barry Horne, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison for waging a 1994 firebombing campaign that caused £3 million in damage to stores in England, died while on a hunger strike. Horne eventually discontinued the strike after 68 days. In November 2001, he died of liver failure in prison at the age of 49.
<LI class=bk10>In a 1999 attack, a British reporter who had infiltrated ALF the year before with a hidden camera - capturing footage of ALF UK spokesperson Robin Webb supplying a bomb-making manual and suggesting a target to activists - was abducted by a number of men. They branded the letters ALF on his back.
- In February, 2001, SHAC activist David Blenkinsop and two other masked assailants severely beat HLS's managing director Brian Cass with bats in England; a passer-by who interceded was sprayed in the face with tear gas. Kevin Kjonaas responded to the incident by saying, "I don't shed any tears for Brian Cass. He is responsible for 500 animals agonizing and dying every day at Huntingdon."
I can't get over how fucking stupid Jaguara is. He does a google search on terrorism in the US, and finds a bunch of environmental wackos, and some animal liberation front terrorist acts - and he thinks that is "Christian Terrorism." This fool actually believes he's making a point?
I can't stop laughing at this ignorant fool.
I can't stop laughing at this ignorant fool.
Definitions by Jaugara (aka Sumday):
Islamic Extremist bombing churches of other Muslims and Christians in order to institute Sharia Law = FREEEEEDOM FIGHTER (BWAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHA)
Animal Liberation Front Wacko Environmentalist Bombers = "Christian Terrorists"
Comedy Fucking Gold from the resident retard.
Islamic Extremist bombing churches of other Muslims and Christians in order to institute Sharia Law = FREEEEEDOM FIGHTER (BWAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHA)
Animal Liberation Front Wacko Environmentalist Bombers = "Christian Terrorists"
Comedy Fucking Gold from the resident retard.
You are a moron zit. This is just the tip of the icerberg. KKK(aka christian extremists) priests and pastors molesting kids and robbing people....and the list will go on. If you think you can make light of all this and laugh it off you really are a pathetic excuse for a human being you halfwit. You are a complete joke and have no character.
[ Muslim "Freedom Fighters" as Jaguara says bomb churches on Christmas
day killing at least 25, because they won't follow Sharia law. Yup, they're
fighting for freedom alright, brilliant analysis by Jaguara/Sumday. Merry Christmas
to Nigeria from your friendly Muslim freedom fighters. ]
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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - An explosion ripped through a Catholic church during Christmas Mass near Nigeria's capital Sunday, killing at least 25 people, officials said. A radical Muslim sect waging an increasingly sophisticated sectarian fight claimed the attack and another bombing in the restive city of Jos, as explosions also struck the nation's northeast.
The Christmas Day attacks show the growing national ambition of the sect known as Boko Haram, which is responsible for at least 491 killings this year alone, according to an Associated Press count. The assaults come a year after a series of Christmas Eve bombings in Jos claimed by the militants left at least 32 dead and 74 wounded.
The first explosion on Sunday struck St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, a town in Niger state close to the capital, Abuja, authorities said. Rescue workers recovered at least 25 bodies from the church and officials continued to tally those wounded in various hospitals, said Slaku Luguard, a coordinator with Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency.
His agency already has acknowledged it didn't have enough ambulances immediately on hand to help the wounded. Luguard also said an angry crowd that gathered at the blast site hampered rescue efforts as they refused to allow workers inside.
"We're trying to calm the situation," Luguard said. "There are some angry people around trying to cause problems."
In Jos, a second explosion struck near a Mountain of Fire and Miracles Church, government spokesman Pam Ayuba said. Ayuba said gunmen later opened fire on police guarding the area, killing one police officer. Two other locally made explosives were found in a nearby building and disarmed, he said.
"The military are here on ground and have taken control over the entire place," Ayuba said.
The city of Jos is located on the dividing line between Nigeria's predominantly Christian south and Muslim north. Thousands have died in communal clashes there over the last decade.
After the bombings, a Boko Haram spokesman using the nom de guerre Abul-Qaqa claimed responsibility for the attacks in an interview with The Daily Trust, the newspaper of record across Nigeria's Muslim north. The sect has used the newspaper in the past to communicate with public.
The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria's capital of Abuja had issued a warning Friday to citizens to be "particularly vigilant" around churches, large crowds and areas where foreigners congregate.
Several days of fighting in and around the northeastern city of Damaturu between the sect and security forces already had killed at least 61 people, authorities said. On Sunday, local police commissioner Tanko Lawan said two explosions struck Damaturu, including a blast near government offices. He declined to comment further, saying police had begun an operation to attack suspected Boko Haram sect members.
In the last year, Boko Haram has carried out increasingly bloody attacks in its campaign to implement strict Shariah law across Nigeria, a nation of more than 160 million people.
Boko Haram claimed responsibility for a Nov. 4 attack on Damaturu, Yobe state's capital, that killed more than 100 people. The group also claimed the Aug. 24 suicide car bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Nigeria's capital that killed 24 people and wounded 116 others.
The sect came to national prominence in 2009, when its members rioted and burned police stations near its base of Maiduguri, a dusty northeastern city on the cusp of the Sahara Desert. Nigeria's military violently put down the attack, crushing the sect's mosque into shards as its leader was arrested and died in police custody. About 700 people died during the violence.
While initially targeting enemies via hit-and-run assassinations from the back of motorbikes after the 2009 riot, violence by Boko Haram now has a new sophistication and apparent planning that includes high-profile attacks with greater casualties.
Boko Haram has splintered into three factions, with one wing increasingly willing to kill as it maintains contact with terror groups in North Africa and Somalia, diplomats and security sources say.
Sect members are scattered throughout northern Nigeria and nearby Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
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day killing at least 25, because they won't follow Sharia law. Yup, they're
fighting for freedom alright, brilliant analysis by Jaguara/Sumday. Merry Christmas
to Nigeria from your friendly Muslim freedom fighters. ]
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Dec 25, 7:38 AM (ET)
By JON GAMBRELL
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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - An explosion ripped through a Catholic church during Christmas Mass near Nigeria's capital Sunday, killing at least 25 people, officials said. A radical Muslim sect waging an increasingly sophisticated sectarian fight claimed the attack and another bombing in the restive city of Jos, as explosions also struck the nation's northeast.
The Christmas Day attacks show the growing national ambition of the sect known as Boko Haram, which is responsible for at least 491 killings this year alone, according to an Associated Press count. The assaults come a year after a series of Christmas Eve bombings in Jos claimed by the militants left at least 32 dead and 74 wounded.
The first explosion on Sunday struck St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, a town in Niger state close to the capital, Abuja, authorities said. Rescue workers recovered at least 25 bodies from the church and officials continued to tally those wounded in various hospitals, said Slaku Luguard, a coordinator with Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency.
His agency already has acknowledged it didn't have enough ambulances immediately on hand to help the wounded. Luguard also said an angry crowd that gathered at the blast site hampered rescue efforts as they refused to allow workers inside.
"We're trying to calm the situation," Luguard said. "There are some angry people around trying to cause problems."
In Jos, a second explosion struck near a Mountain of Fire and Miracles Church, government spokesman Pam Ayuba said. Ayuba said gunmen later opened fire on police guarding the area, killing one police officer. Two other locally made explosives were found in a nearby building and disarmed, he said.
"The military are here on ground and have taken control over the entire place," Ayuba said.
The city of Jos is located on the dividing line between Nigeria's predominantly Christian south and Muslim north. Thousands have died in communal clashes there over the last decade.
After the bombings, a Boko Haram spokesman using the nom de guerre Abul-Qaqa claimed responsibility for the attacks in an interview with The Daily Trust, the newspaper of record across Nigeria's Muslim north. The sect has used the newspaper in the past to communicate with public.
The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria's capital of Abuja had issued a warning Friday to citizens to be "particularly vigilant" around churches, large crowds and areas where foreigners congregate.
Several days of fighting in and around the northeastern city of Damaturu between the sect and security forces already had killed at least 61 people, authorities said. On Sunday, local police commissioner Tanko Lawan said two explosions struck Damaturu, including a blast near government offices. He declined to comment further, saying police had begun an operation to attack suspected Boko Haram sect members.
In the last year, Boko Haram has carried out increasingly bloody attacks in its campaign to implement strict Shariah law across Nigeria, a nation of more than 160 million people.
Boko Haram claimed responsibility for a Nov. 4 attack on Damaturu, Yobe state's capital, that killed more than 100 people. The group also claimed the Aug. 24 suicide car bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Nigeria's capital that killed 24 people and wounded 116 others.
The sect came to national prominence in 2009, when its members rioted and burned police stations near its base of Maiduguri, a dusty northeastern city on the cusp of the Sahara Desert. Nigeria's military violently put down the attack, crushing the sect's mosque into shards as its leader was arrested and died in police custody. About 700 people died during the violence.
While initially targeting enemies via hit-and-run assassinations from the back of motorbikes after the 2009 riot, violence by Boko Haram now has a new sophistication and apparent planning that includes high-profile attacks with greater casualties.
Boko Haram has splintered into three factions, with one wing increasingly willing to kill as it maintains contact with terror groups in North Africa and Somalia, diplomats and security sources say.
Sect members are scattered throughout northern Nigeria and nearby Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
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Friendly Islam's Latest Contributions to Peace
"Mohammed is God's apostle. Those who follow him are ruthless
to the unbelievers but merciful to one another" Quran 48:29
2011.12.25 (Talaqan, Afghanistan) - Two dozen mourners at a funeral are sent to Allah by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2011.12.25 (Madalla, Nigeria) - Religion of Peace bombers strike a Catholic church during a morning Christmas mass, slaughtering three dozen worshippers. 2011.12.25 (Jos, Nigeria) - Muslim militants fire on a protestant church, killing a guard. 2011.12.24 (Srinagar, India) - The Islamic Movement of Kashmir assassinate a local official.
2011.12.24 (Kirkuk, Iraq) - Two brothers are kidnapped and murdered by 'insurgents', who also kill a school principal.
2011.12.24 (Urmur, Pakistan) - A toy bomb planted by religious extremists leaves a father dead and three children injured.
"Mohammed is God's apostle. Those who follow him are ruthless
to the unbelievers but merciful to one another" Quran 48:29
2011.12.25 (Talaqan, Afghanistan) - Two dozen mourners at a funeral are sent to Allah by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2011.12.25 (Madalla, Nigeria) - Religion of Peace bombers strike a Catholic church during a morning Christmas mass, slaughtering three dozen worshippers. 2011.12.25 (Jos, Nigeria) - Muslim militants fire on a protestant church, killing a guard. 2011.12.24 (Srinagar, India) - The Islamic Movement of Kashmir assassinate a local official.
2011.12.24 (Kirkuk, Iraq) - Two brothers are kidnapped and murdered by 'insurgents', who also kill a school principal.
2011.12.24 (Urmur, Pakistan) - A toy bomb planted by religious extremists leaves a father dead and three children injured.
Friendly Religion of Islam Monthly Report on it's "Freedom Fighters" Just for Jaguara/Sumday
Weekly Jihad Report
Dec. 17 - Dec. 23 Jihad Attacks:
Monthly Jihad Report
November, 2011 Jihad Attacks:
Weekly Jihad Report
Dec. 17 - Dec. 23 Jihad Attacks:
37
Allah Akbars: 2
Dead Bodies: 183
Critically Injured: 480
November, 2011 Jihad Attacks:
151
Countries: 23
Religions: 5
Dead Bodies: 685
Critically Injured: 1087
Ten Obvious Reasons Why
Islam is NOT a Religion of Peace
#1 18,000 deadly terror attacks committed explicitly in the name of Islam in just the last ten years. (Other religions combined for perhaps a dozen or so). Islam is NOT a Religion of Peace
#2 Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, had people killed for insulting him or for criticizing his religion. This included women. Muslims are told to emulate the example of Muhammad.
#3 Muhammad said in many places that he has been "ordered by Allah to fight men until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is his messenger." In the last nine years of his life, he ordered no less than 65 military campaigns to do exactly that.
Muhammad inspired his men to war with the basest of motives, using captured loot, sex and a gluttonous paradise as incentives. He beheaded captives, enslaved children and raped women captured in battle. Again, Muslims are told to emulate the example of Muhammad.
#4 After Muhammad died, the people who lived with him and knew his religion best immediately fell into war with each other.
Fatima, Muhammad's favorite daughter, survived the early years among the unbelievers at Mecca safe and sound, yet died of stress from the persecution of fellow Muslims only six months after her father died. She even miscarried Muhammad's grandchild after having her ribs broken by the man who became the second caliph.
Fatima's husband Ali, who was the second convert to Islam and was raised like a son to Muhammad, fought a civil war against an army raised by Aisha, Muhammad's favorite wife - and one whom he had said was a "perfect woman." 10,000 Muslims were killed in a single battle waged less than 25 years after Muhammad's death.
Three of the first four Muslim rulers (caliphs) were murdered. All of them were among Muhammad's closest companions. The third caliph was killed by allies of the son of the first (who was murdered by the fifth caliph a few years later, then wrapped in the skin of a dead donkey and burned). The fourth caliph (Ali) was stabbed to death after a bitter dispute with the fifth. The fifth caliph went on to poison one of Muhammad's two favorite grandsons. The other grandson was later beheaded by the sixth caliph.
The infighting and power struggles between Muhammad's family members, closest companions and their children only intensified with time. Within 50 short years of Muhammad's death, even the Kaaba, which had stood for centuries under pagan religion, lay in ruins from internal Muslim war...
And that's just the fate of those within the house of Islam!
#5 Muhammad directed Muslims to wage war on other religions and bring them under submission to Islam. Within the first few decades following his death, his Arabian companions invaded and conquered Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist and Zoroastrian lands. A mere 25 years after Muhammad's death, Muslim armies had captured land and people within the borders of over 28 modern countries outside of Saudi Arabia.
#6 Muslims continued their Jihad against other religions for 1400 years, checked only by the ability of non-Muslims to defend themselves. To this day, not a week goes by that Islamic fundamentalists do not attempt to kill Christians, Jews, Hindus and Buddhists explicitly in the name of Allah.
None of these other religions are at war with each other.
#7 Islam is the only religion that has to retain its membership by threatening to kill anyone who leaves. This is according to the example set by Muhammad.
#8 Islam teaches that non-Muslims are less than fully human. Muhammad said that Muslims can be put to death for murder, but that a Muslim could never be put to death for killing a non-Muslim.
#9
The Qur'an never once speaks of Allah's love for non-Muslims, but it speaks of Allah's cruelty toward and hatred of non-Muslims more than 500 times. #10
"Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar!" (The last words from the cockpit of Flight 93)
List of Islamic Terror Attacks For the Past 2 Months Date Country City Killed Injured Description 2011.12.25 Afghanistan Talaqan 22 50 Two dozen mourners at a funeral are sent to Allah by a Fedayeen suicide bomber. 2011.12.25 Nigeria Madalla 36 52 Religion of Peace bombers strike a Catholic church during a morning Christmas mass, slaughtering three dozen worshippers. 2011.12.25 Nigeria Jos 1 0 Muslim militants fire on a protestant church, killing a guard. 2011.12.24 India Srinagar 1 0 The Islamic Movement of Kashmir assassinate a local official. 2011.12.24 Iraq Kirkuk 3 1 Two brothers are kidnapped and murdered by 'insurgents', who also kill a school principal. 2011.12.24 Pakistan Urmur 1 3 A toy bomb planted by religious extremists leaves a father dead and three children injured. 2011.12.24 Nigeria Maiduguri 11 0 A pastor and his young daughter are incinerated when Islamists fire bomb three churches. 2011.12.24 Afghanistan Takhta Pul 3 0 Three locals are killed by a Taliban bomb. 2011.12.24 Pakistan Bannu 9 17 A Fedayeen suicide car bomber murders nine others. 2011.12.23 Syria Damascus 44 166 Over forty people are torn to shreds by two Shahid suicide bombers in an upscale district. 2011.12.23 Somalia Mataban 3 0 A Religion of Peace 'activist' shoots three aid workers to death. 2011.12.23 Nigeria Potiskum 1 7 A 10-year-old boy is among the casualties of a shooting attack by Muslim militants. 2011.12.23 Pakistan Shadman 2 2 Two employees at a telecom office are gunned down in cold blood by orthodox Muslims because they worked for a Norwegian firm. 2011.12.22 Pakistan Hangu 0 4 Terrorists bomb the clinic of a female doctor, injuring four, including a young girl. 2011.12.22 Iraq Baghdad 72 217 Over seventy Iraqis are massacred by 'freedom fighters' in a series of bombings and rocket attacks across the city following the departure of U.S. troops. 2011.12.22 Iraq Baqubah 5 0 Five family members are machine-gunned in their home by al-Qaeda gunmen. 2011.12.21 Pakistan Karachi 1 7 One person is killed during a clash between Sunni and Shia. 2011.12.21 Thailand Pattani 2 11 Two Thais are killed during a wave of Mujahid bombing and shootings. 2011.12.21 Thailand Yala 1 1 A villager is shot and killed by Muslim 'insurgents'. 2011.12.20 Iraq Fallujah 4 0 Four contractors are kidnapped and murdered. 2011.12.19 Pakistan Mastung 1 0 Wahhabis gun down a Shia civilian waiting for a bus. 2011.12.19 Kenya Dadaab 1 2 al-Shabaab bombers take out a guard at a refugee camp. 2011.12.19 Nigeria Ungwan Rami 5 6 Five Christian villagers are hacked and shot to death by Muslim raiders. The victims include a mother and her baby. 2011.12.19 Iraq Kokjali 1 1 A teenager is murdered by Muslim terrorists while walking home from school. 2011.12.19 Iraq Balad 1 2 Sunnis bomb a minibus carrying Shia pilgrims, killing at least one. 2011.12.18 Lebanon Ain al-Helweh 1 3 A child is among the casualties of a Jund al-Sham shooting attack. 2011.12.18 Nigeria Kano 6 10 A half-dozen victims result from a terror attack by Islamic fundamentalists. 2011.12.18 Pakistan Muzaffargarh 1 3 One person is killed in a fight between two groups of worshippers over control of a mosque. 2011.12.17 Pakistan Loralali 1 0 A woman is honor-killed by her two brothers-in-law. 2011.12.17 Pakistan Katasarai 3 0 Tehreek-e-Taliban terrorists kill three local soldiers with an IED. 2011.12.17 Dagestan Caspiisk 1 0 Muslim 'separatists' murder a man in his own home. 2011.12.17 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 A secular judge is assassinated by suspected religious radicals. 2011.12.17 Iraq Abu Ghraib 3 2 Jihadis bomb a minibus, killing two passengers. 2011.12.17 Thailand Yala 1 0 Islamic 'separatists' kill a 35-year-old man in a drive-by. 2011.12.17 Afghanistan Kandahar 1 0 A government official is shot to death by Taliban militants while walking home. 2011.12.16 Pakistan Bara 1 4 Terrorists take out a 6-year-old girl in a rocket attack on her home. 2011.12.16 Pakistan Muslim Dhand 3 0 A woman is among three killed when Talibanis mortar a residential neighborhood. 2011.12.16 Afghanistan Kabul 1 0 A 7-year-old girl dies from splinter injuries from a grenade thrown by Sunni radicals. 2011.12.16 Iraq Mosul 1 0 A man is shot to death in his home by Mujahideen. 2011.12.15 Nigeria Kano 4 2 Four security personnel are killed by a surprise Boko Haram assault on their school. 2011.12.15 Nigeria Maiduguri 5 0 Gunmen from an Islamic sect fire on a group of civilians outside a shop, killing two. 2011.12.15 Thailand Yala 2 1 Suspected Islamists riddle a family vehicle with bullets, killing a mother and son. 2011.12.14 Iraq Tal Afar 5 33 Jihadis take down five Iraqis with two car bombs - the first of which was intended to attract more victims. 2011.12.14 Pakistan Landikotal 2 0 Two cemetery guards are shot to death by Abdullah Ezaam terrorists. 2011.12.14 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 The son of a cleric is murdered by Religion of Peace rivals. 2011.12.14 Pakistan Bara 2 1 Two peace committee members are murdered by Islamic terrorists. 2011.12.14 Afghanistan Khanishin 3 3 Three Afghans lose their lives to a Taliban roadside bomb. 2011.12.14 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 3 Boko Haram members fire on a group of people playing cards, killing two. 2011.12.14 Lebanon Ain al-Helweh 1 0 A man is shot to death by Jund al-Sham gunmen. 2011.12.14 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 A local politician is assassinated by Muslim radicals. 2011.12.13 Pakistan Satellite Town 1 0 The body of a young Hindu is found, three weeks after his abduction by Muslim militants. 2011.12.13 Thailand Pattani 1 0 Muslim 'insurgents' gun down a Buddhist mechanic riding a motorcycle. 2011.12.13 Iraq Baghdad 1 5 A Fedayeen suicide bombing leaves one other person dead. 2011.12.13 Pakistan Bara 4 4 Two children and a woman are among four civilians killed when Islamic militants shell their home. 2011.12.13 Pakistan Shalobar 2 7 Two women are killed in a Taliban rocket attack on their neighborhood. 2011.12.13 Iraq Fallujah 3 5 Three bus passengers are riddled with bullets by al-Qaeda assassins. 2011.12.13 Iraq Ishaqi 2 3 Muslim bombers take out two Iraqis. 2011.12.13 Iraq Mosul 2 0 A Christian man and his wife are gunned down in their car by Jihad warriors. 2011.12.13 Yemen Zinjibar 3 11 al-Qaeda gunmen murder several local troops in a shooting attack. 2011.12.13 Nigeria Maiduguri 4 11 A 9-year-old child is among four reported dead from a suicide attack. 2011.12.12 Nigeria Borno 4 0 A woman is among four people machine-gunned by suspected Islamists in a surprise drive-by attack. 2011.12.12 Pakistan Dadar 1 0 The driver of an oil tanker is pulled out of his truck and shot to death by Taliban militants. 2011.12.12 Iraq Baghdad 2 6 Terrorists gun down two people and attempt to blow up six others. 2011.12.12 Pakistan Hangu 4 4 Militant Muslims kill four people in two attacks, which include firing rockets into a commercial district. 2011.12.12 India Sujna 1 0 Mujahideen shoot a police officer to death. 2011.12.12 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 A young Hindu is abducted and murdered in captivity. 2011.12.12 Pakistan Karachi 0 53 Fifty-three people, some children as young as 7, are chained and tortured in the basement of a seminary by the staff. 2011.12.12 Afghanistan Greshk 6 2 The Taliban slaughter six women and children with a roadside bomb. 2011.12.12 Indonesia Jakarta 0 2 A man stabs members of a TV crew for supposedly insulting Allah. 2011.12.11 India Srinagar 1 3 Muslim terrorists are responsible for a shooting attack that leaves one dead. 2011.12.11 Pakistan Kharhy Mela 3 0 Three tribal elders are shot to death by Islamic activists, including one in captivity. 2011.12.11 Kenya Mandera 1 12 One person is killed when al-Shabaab bombers target humanitarian workers outside a refugee camp. 2011.12.11 Nigeria Kagoro 1 2 Fulani extremists gun down a Christian mother in the middle of the night. 2011.12.10 Nigeria Kukum Gida 1 2 Muslim gunmen ambush Christian villagers in the middle of the night, murdering a 50-year-old woman. 2011.12.10 Iraq Kirkuk 7 4 Seven Iraqis are killed in a series of sectarian attacks. 2011.12.10 Pakistan Karachi 3 0 A victim of torture is among three people killed in sectarian violence. 2011.12.10 Afghanistan Khakrez 3 0 Sunni bombers murder three civilians riding a taxi. 2011.12.10 Pakistan Landikotal 1 0 Religious extremists tear down two Sufi shrines and murder an elderly caretaker. 2011.12.10 Nigeria Sapele 0 1 A bomb is thrown into a mosque to settle a disagreement between members over 'mode of worship'. 2011.12.10 Afghanistan Maiwand 1 0 A civilian on a motorcycle is taken out by a Taliban bomb. 2011.12.10 Pakistan Karachi 1 7 A 45-year-old man is killed when Islamists detonate a bomb at a university. 2011.12.10 Yemen Zinjibar 2 36 Two local soldiers are murdered in a violent al-Qaeda assault on a barracks. 2011.12.10 Pakistan Sham 1 3 Terrorists take down a child and injure three women with a landmine. 2011.12.10 Afghanistan Kunduz 2 16 Islamists attach a bomb to a bicycle that manages to kill two innocents. 2011.12.10 Nigeria Jos 1 11 A young fan is killed when Islamic bombers target several Christian areas, including an outdoor viewing of a televised soccer match. 2011.12.09 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A 45-year-old Shia man is gunned down in his own home by Wahhabis. 2011.12.09 Thailand Yala 1 0 Militant Muslims shoot a 28-year-old man to death outside a rubber plantation. 2011.12.09 Afghanistan Ghazi Abad 6 8 A Shahid suicide bomber detonates inside a mosque, killing six. 2011.12.09 Pakistan Karachi 3 4 A roadside attack by suspected Islamists leaves three security personnel dead. 2011.12.08 Yemen Dammaj 7 15 Seven are killed when Salafists and Shiites lob shells at each other. 2011.12.07 Nigeria Kaduna 10 12 Very young children are among the casualties of a Shahid suicide bombing in a commercial district. 2011.12.07 Yemen Dammaj 3 0 Sunni Islamists open fire on a group of Shia, killing three. 2011.12.07 Afghanistan Sangin 19 6 Holy Warriors massacre nineteen bus passengers, including five children, with a landmine. 2011.12.07 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A Buddhist cop is murdered by a Muslim drive-by. 2011.12.07 Iraq Fallujah 3 2 Three local cops are taken out by Jihadi bombers. 2011.12.07 Iraq Mosul 2 0 A professor is among two people shot to death by suspected Islamists. 2011.12.06 Iraq Kirkuk 1 8 Sunnis fire mortars at a Shia mosque, killing one occupant. 2011.12.06 India Pulwama 1 0 Islamic militants abduct and murder a civilian. 2011.12.06 Afghanistan Mazar-i-Sharif 4 21 Four Shiites leaving a mosque are sent straight to Allah by Sunni bicycle bombers. 2011.12.06 Somalia Beaver Ridge Canaan 4 10 A Fedayeen suicide bomber scatters the body parts of at least four victims along a city street. 2011.12.06 Iraq Kirkuk 1 0 An oil company employee is blown up by Islamic 'insurgents'. 2011.12.06 Pakistan Jhang 0 6 After offering prayers, two rival Islamic groups pelt each other with stones. 2011.12.06 Afghanistan Kabul 80 134 About eighty Shiite pilgrims, including women and children, are torn to shreds outside a shrine by a Sunni wearing an explosives vest packed with ball bearings. 2011.12.05 Iraq Latifiyah 2 3 Sunni bombers take down two Shiite pilgrims on foot. 2011.12.05 Kenya Dadaab 1 3 An al-Shabaab roadside bomb leaves a refugee camp guard dead. 2011.12.05 Pakistan Kohat 2 11 Muslim militants fire a rocket into a market, killing two people. 2011.12.05 Afghanistan Chora 5 6 Four children and a woman are dismantled by a Taliban roadside bomb. 2011.12.05 Iraq Baghdad 3 20 Three Shiite pilgrims are killed by Sunni bombers. 2011.12.05 Pakistan Jhang 0 8 Sunni and Shia clash over religious differences. 2011.12.05 Kenya Nairobi 0 1 A 23-year-old Christian is beaten into unconsciousness by seven Muslims for the crime of leaving Islam. 2011.12.05 Somalia Bosaso 1 0 al-Shabaab extremists gun down a rival cleric at a mosque. 2011.12.05 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 0 Two people praying at a mosque are gunned down by Religion of Peace rivals. 2011.12.05 Iraq Baghdad 8 18 A Sunni roadside bomb attack on a Shia procession leaves eight pilgrims dead. 2011.12.05 Iraq Hillah 22 63 Two dozen pilgrims, mostly women and children, are ripped apart by three Sunni car bombs. 2011.12.04 Bangladesh Dhaka 0 1 A man ties up his wife and then cuts off her fingers for seeking higher education without his approval. 2011.12.04 Nigeria Bauchi 6 2 A boy is among six people killed by a Boko Haram bombing and shooting attack.. 2011.12.04 Iraq Bayaa 1 9 Sunni bombers manage to take down a Shia pilgrim on foot. 2011.12.03 Yemen Zinjibar 5 0 Five local soldiers are taken out in a brutal al-Qaeda ambush. 2011.12.03 Iraq Baghdad 2 0 A man and his wife are murdered by Islamist gunmen. 2011.12.03 Pakistan Jaffarabad 2 0 Two people are shot to death on suspicion of 'illicit relations'. 2011.12.03 Pakistan Karachi 2 0 Two men are shot to death by sectarian Jihadis. 2011.12.03 Iraq Baaj 3 0 Three brothers are shot to death in their home by Sunni militants. 2011.12.03 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 3 Boko Haram Islamists fire into a wedding ceremony, killing the groom and a guest. 2011.12.03 Iraq Zakho 0 32 Thirty-two people are injured during a rampage by fundamentalists against Christian-owned businesses. 2011.12.03 Kazakhstan Boraldai 2 0 Two policemen are shot to death by a group of Muslim radicals. 2011.12.03 Iraq Iskandariya 3 0 Three innocent people are killed by an 'insurgent' roadside bomb. 2011.12.02 Afghanistan Logar 1 84 A suicide truck bomber kills a carpenter and injures about eighty others. 2011.12.02 Pakistan Khyber 5 0 Three women and two children are killed in the crossfire between two Islamist groups. 2011.12.02 Yemen Ghayl Ba Wazir 2 3 al-Qaeda gunmen spray the inside of a coffee shop with bullets, leaving at least two dead. 2011.12.02 Iraq al-Sharqat 3 2 Three civilian defense volunteers are machine-gunned at a checkpoint by al-Qaeda. 2011.12.02 Iraq Taji 4 7 al-Qaeda bombers take down four Iraqis, including a man and his mother. 2011.12.02 Pakistan Landi Kotal 2 2 Two peace committee members are murdered by armed radicals. 2011.12.01 Thailand Yala 1 1 A local soldier is killed by a bomb planted by Islamic 'insurgents'. 2011.12.01 Iraq Jil al-Said 8 5 al-Qaeda gunmen pull eight people from their homes, line them up against the wall and shoot them. 2011.12.01 Iraq Khalis 10 25 Ten patrons at a vegetable market are ripped apart by a well-placed bomb. 2011.11.30 Turkey Istanbul 0 2 A man fires a shotgun at the guards of a palace complex while shouting 'Allah Akbar'. 2011.11.30 Egypt Ghorayzat 2 3 Two Christian brothers are murdered in cold blood by a Muslim mob rampaging through Christian homes and businesses. 2011.11.30 Pakistan Hangu 1 2 A member of a peace committee gets a rude awakening from militant car bombers. 2011.11.30 Somalia Mogadishu 4 12 Four Somalis are sent to Allah by a Fedayeen suicide bomber. 2011.11.30 Yemen Aden 2 0 Two guards are shot to death by Islamists. 2011.11.29 Pakistan South Waziristan 2 3 Two people are killed by a Taliban bomb while attending a funeral. 2011.11.29 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 Islamic 'separatists' kill a 49-year-old civilian in a drive-by. 2011.11.29 Iraq Samarra 5 0 Sunni extremists murder five family members of a Shia cleric in their home, including two women. 2011.11.29 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 Wahhabis murder a Shia professor. 2011.11.28 Iraq Taji 19 24 Suicide bombers destroy a minibus, along with nineteen passengers. 2011.11.28 Iraq Kirkuk 1 13 One family member is killed when 'insurgents' throw a bomb into a house. 2011.11.28 Iraq Baghdad 5 6 A Shahid suicide bomber detonates himself outside the parliament building, killing five people. 2011.11.27 Somalia Afmadow 2 0 Two youth are beheaded by al-Shabaab Islamists. 2011.11.27 Pakistan Numaish Chowrangi 2 8 Two people are killed during a sectarian incident between Sunni and Shia. 2011.11.27 Nigeria Borno 2 0 Boko Haram Islamists shoot two people to death. 2011.11.27 Yemen Damaj 30 61 Militant Shiites shell a Sunni town, killing thirty, including several students. 2011.11.27 Pakistan Karachi 2 0 Two Shias are gunned down in separate sectarian attacks. 2011.11.27 Philippines Zamboanga 3 27 Holy Warriors bomb a hotel packed with wedding guests, killing at least three. 2011.11.27 Somalia Mogadishu 1 5 Religion of Peace proponents blow a hole in a hospital, killing a nurse treating famine victims. 2011.11.26 India Kakinara 1 0 A 17-year-old Hindu girl is stabbed to death by a Muslim rapist. 2011.11.26 Nigeria Geidam 4 20 Islamic radicals descend on a small town, burn eight churches and murder four defenders. 2011.11.26 Iraq Baghdad 7 28 Holy Warriors take down seven Iraqis with well-planted bombs along a commercial district. 2011.11.26 Iraq Abu Ghraib 8 13 Eight construction workers are permanently demolished by a Mujahid bombing attack. 2011.11.26 Pakistan Rawalpindi 2 0 Two sisters have their throats slit by conservative in-laws after failing to conceive. 2011.11.25 Afghanistan Gereshk 2 0 Two police officers are gunned down in cold blood by religious radicals. 2011.11.25 Pakistan Muzaffargarh 0 2 Two Christian women are beaten on their own land with clubs by a group of Muslim 'men'. 2011.11.25 Kenya Garissa 2 27 Islamists toss grenades into a restaurant, killing two patrons. 2011.11.25 Kenya Garissa 1 0 One person is murdered outside of a church by Muslim radicals. 2011.11.25 Mali Timbuktu 1 0 A German tourist is shot to death at a restaurant by al-Qaeda. 2011.11.25 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A 70-year-old Shia man is shot through the head in his shop by sectarian Jihadis. 2011.11.24 Saudi Arabia Qatif 4 9 Sunni gunmen fire into a Shiite funeral, killing four mourners. 2011.11.24 Afghanistan Bakwah 10 7 At least ten security guards are slaughtered by Taliban gunmen. 2011.11.24 Nigeria Barkin Ladi 18 1 A Christian family of sixteen, including children, is burned alive by Fulanis. 2011.11.24 Iraq Basra 25 71 Two dozen people are sent to Allah by Mujahid bombers at an outdoor market. 2011.11.24 Iraq Baghdad 1 2 A woman is murdered in her home by Islamic terrorists. 2011.11.24 Thailand Pattani 2 0 Two drug manufacturers are gunned down by suspected Islamists. 2011.11.24 Pakistan Gujrat 2 0 A young couple is shot to death by the wife's family for marrying for love. 2011.11.24 Nigeria Kwok 26 0 Twenty-six Christian villagers are shot and hacked to death by Fulani herdsmen screaming 'Allah Akbar'. 2011.11.24 Kenya Mandera 1 4 A Kenyan soldier loses his life to a cross-border IED attack by Islamic terrorists. 2011.11.24 Thailand Narathiwat 3 0 Three plantation workers are shot to death by suspected Muslim radicals while riding in a pickup truck. 2011.11.23 Nigeria Sabon Layi 4 0 A Bible teacher is among four worshipers slaughtered at a church by Muslim radicals. 2011.11.23 Pakistan Darbaan Kalan 2 7 Two local cops are exterminated by a Sunni rocket attack on their station. 2011.11.23 Pakistan Khurda Renala 1 0 Muslims torture and shoot to death a Catholic father of four. 2011.11.23 Nigeria Yobe 2 0 Militants kidnap and kill two children to punish their father for being 'disloyal to Islam' by converting to Christianity. 2011.11.23 Iraq Diyala 9 0 Nine torture victims of al-Qaeda are found buried together. 2011.11.23 Afghanistan Grishk 1 1 A civilian is murdered by armed Sunni fundamentalists. 2011.11.22 Pakistan Dera Bugti 5 11 Islamic militants are thought responsible for an attack on a group of Chinese engineers that leaves five dead. 2011.11.22 Afghanistan Alingar 4 2 A woman and child are among four civilians murdered during a Taliban roadside attack. 2011.11.22 Pakistan Mardan 2 7 A guard and passerby are killed when religious radicals bomb a girl's school. 2011.11.22 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A father of three is shot to death by sectarian rivals. 2011.11.22 Pakistan Pasni 2 0 Two members of a peace committee are abducted by Islamic militants, slaughtered and then dumped in a market. 2011.11.22 Somalia Mogadishu 11 4 Three children are among eleven civilians disassembled by an al-Shabaab bomb. 2011.11.22 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 A mosque imam is gunned down after prayer by Religion of Peace rivals. 2011.11.21 Thailand Yala 1 0 A 55-year-old businessman is torn to shreds by a Muslim bomb. 2011.11.21 Pakistan Orakzai 2 11 Tehrik-e-Taliban kill two local security personnel in a sustained assault on their post. 2011.11.21 Thailand Pattani 0 9 Three Buddhist monks and three elderly men are among nine injured by a Muslim bomb hidden in a flower pot. 2011.11.21 Nigeria Barkin Ladi 1 0 Islamic extremists behead a young Christian. 2011.11.21 Iraq Abbarah 1 3 A civilian is taken out by Jihadi bombers. 2011.11.20 Pakistan Karachi 0 5 Fundamentalists bomb a cinema. 2011.11.20 Iraq Hillah 4 0 Three women are among four Iraqis executed at point-blank range by Mujahid gunmen. 2011.11.20 Pakistan Sindh 1 0 Sunnis set up a fake roadblock and kill a Shiite driver. 2011.11.20 Nigeria Razat 3 1 Muslims hack three young Christians to death at an illegal roadblock. 2011.11.19 Pakistan Shaidu 1 1 A moderate cleric is shot to death in a mosque after telling radicals not to preach there. 2011.11.19 Iraq Ramadi 5 0 Terrorists attack a police checkpoint, shooing five officers to death. 2011.11.19 Azerbaijan Baku 0 1 A journalist is beaten and stabbed five times over an article deemed critical of Muhammad. 2011.11.19 Iraq Mussayab 2 0 'Insurgents' kidnap and behead two civilians. 2011.11.19 Yemen al-Mukalla 1 0 al-Qaeda assassins are suspected in a deadly shooting. 2011.11.18 Iraq Abu Ghraib 4 13 Four people are killed when Muslim rivals bomb their mosque. 2011.11.18 Iraq Fallujah 5 2 A 55-year-old woman and children are among five members of a family blown apart by a Jihad bomb attack on their home. 2011.11.18 Afghanistan Nangarhar 4 6 Four children are reportedly killed by a Taliban bomb at a playground. 2011.11.18 Thailand Pattani 1 1 A 43-year-old Buddhist is taken down by Muslim bombers. 2011.11.18 Nigeria Maiduguri 3 0 A child is among three people killed in a Boko Haram ambush. 2011.11.17 Egypt Cairo 0 32 Islamic radicals violently attack a group of Copts, marching to a memorial for slain victims of another massacre. 2011.11.17 Somalia Mogadishu 4 12 Children are among the casualties when al-Shabaab militants send mortars into a home. 2011.11.17 Thailand Narathiwat 0 5 Five Buddhist teachers are shot point-blank by Islamic 'insurgents'. 2011.11.17 Iraq Mahmoudiya 4 8 Jihadi car bombers take down four Iraqis. 2011.11.17 Nigeria Gargari 4 6 Three young girls are among four Christians murdered by Muslim extremists in their own homes. 2011.11.17 Yemen Aden 1 0 al-Qaeda cadres shoot a Yemeni to death. 2011.11.16 Pakistan Spori 6 2 Six villagers are disassembled by a Taliban landmine. 2011.11.16 Jordan Tafilah 1 0 An 18-year-old woman has her throat slit at a bus station by her brother for being sexually 'impure'. 2011.11.16 Pakistan Karachi 2 0 Two hero cops die from injuries suffered while stopping four Shahid suicide bombers. 2011.11.16 Russia Moscow 1 0 A poet is shot five times in the head after 'angering' Islamic separatists in Chechnya. 2011.11.16 Thailand Pattani 2 0 Two men are machine-gunned by Islamic 'insurgents' while in their car. 2011.11.16 Iraq Baghdad 2 18 Two Shiite pilgrims die following a bomb attack on their bus by militant Sunnis. 2011.11.16 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A pastor is shot in the neck and face in a targeted ambush. 2011.11.15 Somalia Mogadishu 1 9 A child is dies from splinter injuries after fundamentalists toss a grenade into a house hosting a television soccer match. 2011.11.15 Afghanistan Ghormach 1 15 One Afghan is killed by Taliban bombers. 2011.11.15 Pakistan Bahawalpur 1 0 A woman is hacked to death by her three brothers for having a sexual affair. 2011.11.15 India Kishtwar 1 0 Hizb-ul-Mujahideen members open fire on a group of policemen, leaving one dead. 2011.11.14 Pakistan Gharyal 2 0 Bodies are found of a woman and her husband who were stabbed to death by her family after eloping against their will. 2011.11.14 Pakistan Nala 4 5 An Islamic drive-by leaves four local soldiers dead. 2011.11.14 Pakistan Kohat 1 8 Terrorists fire mortar shells into a residential neighborhood, killing a woman. 2011.11.14 Pakistan Landhi 1 0 A father of four is shot to death in a sectarian attack. 2011.11.14 Iraq Mosul 2 3 Two civilians are murdered by 'insurgents'. 2011.11.14 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 Islamic gunmen aerate an innocent plantation worker. 2011.11.14 Pakistan Chowrangi 1 1 A prayer leader is gunned down by Religion of Peace rivals. 2011.11.13 Pakistan Mastak 9 6 Six people are sent to Allah when terrorists detonate a bomb at a marketplace. 2011.11.13 Pakistan Spah Darri 6 0 Four children and two women are crushed to death by a mortar attack on their home by Religion of Peace militants. 2011.11.13 Iraq Kadhimiya 1 4 A Shiite pilgrim bleeds to death following a bomb attack on his bus by Sunni radicals. 2011.11.13 Iraq Tikrit 3 11 'Insurgents' murder three Iraqis with a roadside bomb. 2011.11.13 India Kerala 1 0 Fundamentalists tie a man to a tree and torture him to death over sexual indiscretion. 2011.11.13 Dagestan Mutsalaul 1 0 An imam's assistant is shot to death by suspected extremists. 2011.11.12 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A Shiite man is murdered by Sunni gunmen. 2011.11.12 Kazakhstan Taraz 7 0 An orthodox Muslim kills seven people before blowing himself up. 2011.11.12 Afghanistan Mitram 9 0 A woman and child are among eight civilians torn to shreds by a Taliban bomb. 2011.11.12 Pakistan Charsadda 1 1 A local cop bleeds to death following a Sunni bomb attack. 2011.11.12 Afghanistan Khash Rod 1 0 Holy Warriors shoot a village elder to death. 2011.11.11 Iraq Hillah 2 6 A 6-year-old boy is among the casualties of a series of Jihad bombings. 2011.11.10 Afghanistan Lashkar Gah 2 1 Two civilians are incinerated by a suicide bomber. A child is badly burned. 2011.11.10 Kosovo Mitrovica 1 2 Muslim snipers shoot a Serb twice in the back, killing him. 2011.11.10 Pakistan Akakhel 4 0 Four members of a local peace committee are ambushed and killed by Lashkar-e-Islam (Army of Islam). One is beheaded. 2011.11.10 Philippines Carmen 1 0 A church elder and father of thirteen is beheaded by Religion of Peace activists at his farm. 2011.11.10 Afghanistan Chamkani 3 3 Fedayeen stage a suicide bombing, with supporting fire from a mosque, which leaves three locals dead. 2011.11.10 South Sudan Yida 12 20 The Islamic Republic of Sudan bombs a refugee camp from the air, killing about a dozen. 2011.11.10 Afghanistan Ghazni 2 0 A mother and daughter are stoned to death for adultery following a fatwa. 2011.11.10 Iraq Baghdad 2 4 A doctor and his son are dismantled by Mujahid bombers. 2011.11.10 Nigeria Kafanchan 2 0 Islamic raiders murder a village chief and his wife. 2011.11.09 Indonesia Jakarta 0 1 A deaf and disabled man is brutally attacked with a machete by Sunni fundamentalists for being Ahmadi. 2011.11.09 Pakistan Mardan 2 0 Two girls are 'honor killed' and dumped into a field. 2011.11.09 Yemen Zinjibar 2 0 Two local soldiers are killed by an al-Qaeda bomb. 2011.11.08 Afghanistan Badghis 11 3 Six children are among eleven lives brutally ended by a Taliban bomb on Eid al-Adha. 2011.11.08 Russia Yaroslavl 1 0 Suspected Islamists shoot a rival imam several times in the head. 2011.11.08 Iraq Samarrah 3 7 Three Shiite pilgrims are sent to Allah by Sunni bombers. 2011.11.08 Somalia Mogadishu 2 5 Two person are killed when al-Shabaab militants throw a grenade at a house. 2011.11.08 Afghanistan Sar Howza 2 4 Fundamentalist bombers kill a government official and his bodyguard. 2011.11.07 South Sudan Guffa 7 12 Seven die when a refugee camp is bombed by the Islamic Republic of Sudan. 2011.11.07 Pakistan Swabi 3 9 A secular politician and his son are among three dismantled by a Fedayeen suicide bomber. 2011.11.07 Pakistan Taluka Chak 3 1 A doctor is among three Hindus gunned down by Muslims at a village clinic. 2011.11.07 Pakistan Sindh 1 0 A Shiite is shot to death by Sunnis. 2011.11.07 Afghanistan Garm Ser 3 0 The Taliban end the lives of three Afghans with a roadside bomb. 2011.11.06 Nigeria Maiduguri 1 0 Islamists shoot a man to death in front of his family. 2011.11.06 Pakistan Bara Kaman Gara 1 3 A woman is shot to death by Mujahideen inside her home. 2011.11.06 Pakistan Azam Warsak 3 3 Muslim militants open fire in a bazaar, killing three people. 2011.11.06 Pal. Auth. Qalqiliya 1 0 Islamic terrorists gun down a man outside a mosque. 2011.11.06 Pakistan Abbottabad 0 1 A pregnant Christian woman is tortured for three hours by police. 2011.11.06 Yemen Zinjibar 2 0 al-Qaeda snipers take down a local patrol. 2011.11.06 Pakistan Gilgit City 1 0 Sunni gunmen pick off a Shiite. 2011.11.06 Afghanistan Hassin Tal 7 18 A suicide bomber on foot takes out seven people leaving a mosque. 2011.11.06 Iraq Baghdad 10 29 Islamic militants detonate several bombs at a shopping mall, killing ten patrons. 2011.11.05 Iraq Taji 4 11 A woman is among four family members machine-gunned in their home by al-Qaeda. 2011.11.05 Kenya Garissa 2 3 A member of the choir is killed along with an 8-year-old girls when al-Shabaab terrorists toss a grenade into a church. 2011.11.05 Pakistan Razmak 5 3 Talibanis massacre five members of a security patrol. 2011.11.05 Pakistan Speen Mella 3 7 Three bomb disposal personnel are ambushed and murdered by Sunni hardliners. 2011.11.04 Nigeria Potiskum 150 200 Two-hundred militants shout 'Allah Akbar' as they slaughter one-hundred and fifty in a bombing and shooting rampage that targeted six churches and a police station. At least one-hundred and thirty of their victims were Christian. 2011.11.04 Nigeria Maiduguri 4 6 At least four people are killed by coordinated Fedayeen attacks, one at a college. 2011.11.04 Nigeria Zonkwa 1 1 Nigerian Islamists shoot another Christian to death in a village raid. 2011.11.04 Thailand Pattani 2 0 Two men on motorcycles are murdered in separate 'insurgent' drive-by shootings. 2011.11.04 Nigeria Potiskum 2 0 At least two villagers are gunned down by Muslim raiders. 2011.11.04 Philippines Malabang 2 0 Suspected Moro Islamists murder two Catholic roadside vendors. 2011.11.03 Afghanistan Ghazni 1 0 A child is taken out by a Taliban rocket. 2011.11.03 Afghanistan Herat 2 4 A Shahid suicide attack on a construction company leaves two guards dead. 2011.11.03 Iraq Baqubah 10 40 A double suicide attack leaves ten Iraqis dead. The second blast was intended to kill victims fleeing the first. 2011.11.03 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 A prayer leader is murdered by suspected sectarian rivals. 2011.11.03 Nigeria Zonkwa 2 12
2011.11.03 Nigeria Kaduna 2 14 Mujahideen gunmen attack a church, shooting two female worshippers to death. 2011.11.03 Iraq Karradah 4 7 Sunni bombers take out four Shiites in a residential neighborhood. 2011.11.02 Pakistan Nasirabad 2 6 Sunni terrorists detonate a roadside bomb under a passing vehicle, killing two occupants. 2011.11.02 Pakistan Gilgit City 1 0 A second Shiite dies from a Sunni shooting attack. 2011.11.02 Pakistan Peshawar 1 10 Jihadis detonate a bomb in a packed marketplace. 2011.11.02 Iraq Mosul 2 0 Two civilians bleed to death following a Sunni roadside bombing. 2011.11.02 Thailand Narathiwat 6 2 Six Buddhist civilians are blown apart and then raked with gunfire by militant Muslims. 2011.11.02 Iraq Basra 12 62 A dozen Iraqis are torn to shreds by motorcycle bombs placed outside three cafes. 2011.11.02 Iraq Kirkuk 1 1 Islamists are suspected of killing a vegetable vendor and injuring his daughter. 2011.11.02 Nigeria Maiduguri 1 0 A robed fundamentalist pulls out an automatic weapon and murders a guard at a market. 2011.11.02 Dagestan Babayurt 2 3 Two local cops are shot to death by Islamic extremists. 2011.11.01 Pakistan Sira Karpai 2 2 Religious extremists attack a police checkpoint, killing two officers. 2011.11.01 Pakistan Gilgit City 1 0 A Shiite is shot to death by Sunnis. 2011.10.31 Afghanistan Kandahar 6 5 Suicide bombers kill three people outside a humanitarian aid office. 2011.10.31 Thailand Sri Sakhon 0 2 A child loses a foot and another suffers deep shrapnel injuries following an Islamist bombing. 2011.10.31 Pakistan Pakhtunkhwa 3 0 Religious militants abduct and behead three locals. 2011.10.30 Thailand Songkla 1 0 Muslims gun down a civilian in a drive-by attack. 2011.10.30 Pakistan Malir 1 0 Sectarian gunmen take down a civilian. 2011.10.30 Iraq Bani Saad 2 1 Terrorists shoot two brothers to death in their home. 2011.10.30 Iraq Mosul 5 0 Five Iraqis are sent to Allah by Mujahideen bombers. 2011.10.30 Thailand Narathiwat 3 0 Three Buddhists are gunned down in brutal fashion by Muslims at a grocery, including a woman and an elderly man. 2011.10.30 Israel Ashkelon 1 4 A 56-year-old father of four bleeds to death after Palestinians fire a rocket into an apartment building. 2011.10.29 Pakistan Tank 1 0 Islamic radicals murder a member of a local peace committee. 2011.10.29 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 A technology worker is blown up 'insurgent' bombers. 2011.10.29 Nigeria Borno 1 0 Islamists gun down a rival cleric in front of his home. 2011.10.29 Pakistan Changa Manga 1 0 Religious extremists are suspected of binding a local official and then burning him alive. 2011.10.29 Iraq Deli Abbas 1 0 Fundamentalists shoot a liquor store owner to death in his home. 2011.10.29 Iraq Mosul 1 0 A woman shopping at a market is gunned down by terrorists. 2011.10.29 Afghanistan Kandahar 4 9 A Taliban in uniform shoots three Australian police trainers and an interpreter to death. 2011.10.29 Afghanistan Kabul 17 8 Women and children are among the dead as suicide bombers target a NATO bus, killing at least seventeen. 2011.10.29 Somalia Mogadishu 10 0 At least ten people are killed during a Fedayeen assault on an African Union base. 2011.10.29 Iraq Khalis 1 2 Jihadis take down a teenage girl riding in a family car. 2011.10.28 Yemen Aden 1 3 Children are among the casualties of an al-Qaeda car bombing. 2011.10.28 Pakistan Nowshera 2 7 Two local cops are murdered by a Fedayeen suicide bomber. 2011.10.28 Iraq Saadiyah 3 1 Three family members are executed at point-blank range by Muslim terrorists. 2011.10.28 Dagestan Bairamaul 1 1 Islamic 'separatists' fire on a group of policemen, killing one. 2011.10.28 Iraq Baqubah 2 2 Holy Warriors machine-gun a family, killing the two male members and leaving a child and mother with serious injuries. 2011.10.28 Bosnia Sarajevo 0 1 A radical Islamist fires on the US embassy for 30 minutes with an assault rifle. 2011.10.28 Afghanistan Khost 4 0 Four people riding in a car are exterminated by Sunni gunmen. 2011.10.28 Pakistan Karachi 1 1 A Shia is shot in the head and neck by sectarian Jihadis in front of his wife. 2011.10.28 Pakistan Shindhand 2 0 Two brothers are killed when religious militants fire a rocket into their car. 2011.10.27 Dagestan Tabasaransky 1 0 A moderate cleric is shot to death by extremists. 2011.10.27 Kenya Mandera 4 4 A school principal is one of four killed when Islamists rocket a vehicle carrying student exam papers. 2011.10.27 Iraq Iskandariya 2 2 A child is among two Iraqis obliterated by 'insurgent' bombers. 2011.10.27 Iraq Amiriya 1 2 al-Qaeda bombers take down an opponent. 2011.10.27 Kenya Nairobi 0 1 A young convert from Islam is left for dead after being severely beaten with iron rods in front of his church. 2011.10.27 Iraq Baghdad 36 78 Fundamentalists target a music store with twin blasts, slaughtering at least thirty innocents.
2011.11.03 Nigeria Kaduna 2 14 Mujahideen gunmen attack a church, shooting two female worshippers to death. 2011.11.03 Iraq Karradah 4 7 Sunni bombers take out four Shiites in a residential neighborhood. 2011.11.02 Pakistan Nasirabad 2 6 Sunni terrorists detonate a roadside bomb under a passing vehicle, killing two occupants. 2011.11.02 Pakistan Gilgit City 1 0 A second Shiite dies from a Sunni shooting attack. 2011.11.02 Pakistan Peshawar 1 10 Jihadis detonate a bomb in a packed marketplace. 2011.11.02 Iraq Mosul 2 0 Two civilians bleed to death following a Sunni roadside bombing. 2011.11.02 Thailand Narathiwat 6 2 Six Buddhist civilians are blown apart and then raked with gunfire by militant Muslims. 2011.11.02 Iraq Basra 12 62 A dozen Iraqis are torn to shreds by motorcycle bombs placed outside three cafes. 2011.11.02 Iraq Kirkuk 1 1 Islamists are suspected of killing a vegetable vendor and injuring his daughter. 2011.11.02 Nigeria Maiduguri 1 0 A robed fundamentalist pulls out an automatic weapon and murders a guard at a market. 2011.11.02 Dagestan Babayurt 2 3 Two local cops are shot to death by Islamic extremists. 2011.11.01 Pakistan Sira Karpai 2 2 Religious extremists attack a police checkpoint, killing two officers. 2011.11.01 Pakistan Gilgit City 1 0 A Shiite is shot to death by Sunnis. 2011.10.31 Afghanistan Kandahar 6 5 Suicide bombers kill three people outside a humanitarian aid office. 2011.10.31 Thailand Sri Sakhon 0 2 A child loses a foot and another suffers deep shrapnel injuries following an Islamist bombing. 2011.10.31 Pakistan Pakhtunkhwa 3 0 Religious militants abduct and behead three locals. 2011.10.30 Thailand Songkla 1 0 Muslims gun down a civilian in a drive-by attack. 2011.10.30 Pakistan Malir 1 0 Sectarian gunmen take down a civilian. 2011.10.30 Iraq Bani Saad 2 1 Terrorists shoot two brothers to death in their home. 2011.10.30 Iraq Mosul 5 0 Five Iraqis are sent to Allah by Mujahideen bombers. 2011.10.30 Thailand Narathiwat 3 0 Three Buddhists are gunned down in brutal fashion by Muslims at a grocery, including a woman and an elderly man. 2011.10.30 Israel Ashkelon 1 4 A 56-year-old father of four bleeds to death after Palestinians fire a rocket into an apartment building. 2011.10.29 Pakistan Tank 1 0 Islamic radicals murder a member of a local peace committee. 2011.10.29 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 A technology worker is blown up 'insurgent' bombers. 2011.10.29 Nigeria Borno 1 0 Islamists gun down a rival cleric in front of his home. 2011.10.29 Pakistan Changa Manga 1 0 Religious extremists are suspected of binding a local official and then burning him alive. 2011.10.29 Iraq Deli Abbas 1 0 Fundamentalists shoot a liquor store owner to death in his home. 2011.10.29 Iraq Mosul 1 0 A woman shopping at a market is gunned down by terrorists. 2011.10.29 Afghanistan Kandahar 4 9 A Taliban in uniform shoots three Australian police trainers and an interpreter to death. 2011.10.29 Afghanistan Kabul 17 8 Women and children are among the dead as suicide bombers target a NATO bus, killing at least seventeen. 2011.10.29 Somalia Mogadishu 10 0 At least ten people are killed during a Fedayeen assault on an African Union base. 2011.10.29 Iraq Khalis 1 2 Jihadis take down a teenage girl riding in a family car. 2011.10.28 Yemen Aden 1 3 Children are among the casualties of an al-Qaeda car bombing. 2011.10.28 Pakistan Nowshera 2 7 Two local cops are murdered by a Fedayeen suicide bomber. 2011.10.28 Iraq Saadiyah 3 1 Three family members are executed at point-blank range by Muslim terrorists. 2011.10.28 Dagestan Bairamaul 1 1 Islamic 'separatists' fire on a group of policemen, killing one. 2011.10.28 Iraq Baqubah 2 2 Holy Warriors machine-gun a family, killing the two male members and leaving a child and mother with serious injuries. 2011.10.28 Bosnia Sarajevo 0 1 A radical Islamist fires on the US embassy for 30 minutes with an assault rifle. 2011.10.28 Afghanistan Khost 4 0 Four people riding in a car are exterminated by Sunni gunmen. 2011.10.28 Pakistan Karachi 1 1 A Shia is shot in the head and neck by sectarian Jihadis in front of his wife. 2011.10.28 Pakistan Shindhand 2 0 Two brothers are killed when religious militants fire a rocket into their car. 2011.10.27 Dagestan Tabasaransky 1 0 A moderate cleric is shot to death by extremists. 2011.10.27 Kenya Mandera 4 4 A school principal is one of four killed when Islamists rocket a vehicle carrying student exam papers. 2011.10.27 Iraq Iskandariya 2 2 A child is among two Iraqis obliterated by 'insurgent' bombers. 2011.10.27 Iraq Amiriya 1 2 al-Qaeda bombers take down an opponent. 2011.10.27 Kenya Nairobi 0 1 A young convert from Islam is left for dead after being severely beaten with iron rods in front of his church. 2011.10.27 Iraq Baghdad 36 78 Fundamentalists target a music store with twin blasts, slaughtering at least thirty innocents.
