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"Rocket Came, Hit Car Full Of Kids": US Strike Killed 10 Of Kabul Family
The US said Sunday it had destroyed an explosive-laden vehicle in an air strike, thwarting a bid by the Islamic State to detonate a car bomb at Kabul airport. On Monday, it looked as if they could have made a terrible mistake.
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For ISIS Followers, Terror By Truck Is Now The Default Choice And The Hardest To Stop
In Stockholm, the perpetrator was an Uzbek immigrant who careened down a busy shopping street in a hijacked beer truck, hitting 19 pedestrians before crashing his vehicle into a department store. Five of his victims died, including an 11-year-old girl.
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It's Nearly Impossible To Stop Terrorists From Using Trucks As Weapons. Here's What Cities Are Trying.
Nice, Berlin, London and now Stockholm. Over the past year, terrorist attacks using vehicles have become a sad fact of life in Europe. Such attacks are obviously appealing to would-be mass murderers: In most European nations, a truck is far easier to acquire than a firearm or explosives, and sometimes even deadlier. Groups such as the Islamic State...
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In First, US Gives Anti-ISIS Syria Force Armoured Vehicles
The United States has provided Syrian fighters battling the Islamic State group with armoured vehicles for the first time, a US official and a spokesman for the anti-jihadist force said Tuesday.
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ISIS Increasingly Using Children In Suicide Missions
The boy appears to be no older than 12. He hugs his father, climbs into an armored vehicle packed with explosives and then kisses his father's hand before departing on a mission that ends in a fireball on the horizon.
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Fearful Christmas For Syrian Christian Town Threatened By ISIS
As military vehicles roll by, Syrian boys and girls gingerly decorate a large Christmas tree in the Christian town of Sadad, at the front lines with the ISIS.
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Sirens Ring Out as Air Strikes Hit ISIS's Syria Stronghold
In the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa, sirens ring out whenever a warplane approaches as jihadists flee their posts and vehicles to hide, activists say.
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American and Russian Militaries Don't Agree About Much in Syria
During a two-day period early this week, the United States reported that coalition aircraft had conducted 23 strikes in Syria, destroying about three dozen Islamic State vehicles, buildings and tactical units.
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Controlled Explosion After Scare at London Tube Station
British police on Thursday carried out a controlled explosion close to a central London underground station after a car was abandoned nearby, but later said the vehicle was not suspicious.
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How the Islamic State Makes Its Money
Weapons, vehicles, employee salaries, propaganda videos, international travel - all of these things cost money. The recent terrorism attacks in Paris, which the Islamic State has claimed as its own work, suggest the terrorist organization hasn't been hurting for funding. David Cohen, the Treasury Department's Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financ...
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Chasing Jihadists, Egyptian Forces Kill Tourists by Mistake
Egyptian security forces killed 12 people on Sunday, including Mexican tourists, after mistakenly targeting their vehicles while chasing jihadists in the country's west, the interior ministry said.
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Iraq Forces Repel Islamic State Attack in Anbar: Officers
Iraqi security forces backed by air support used anti-tank missiles to repel Islamic State (IS) group suicide bombers driving explosives-rigged vehicles in Anbar province today, officers said.
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Iraqi Forces Foil Bomb Attacks on Bases: Officer
Iraqi security forces used anti-tank missiles to repel suicide bombers driving explosives-rigged vehicles who attacked two military bases west of Baghdad, an army officer said today.
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Suicide Attack on Iraq Police Base Kills at Least 37, Says Officers
A suicide attack using an armoured vehicle packed with explosives against an Iraqi police base northwest of Baghdad killed at least 37 people today, officers said.
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US, Allies Conduct 7 Air Strikes in Syria, 12 in Iraq: Military
US-led forces targeted Islamic State militants in Syria with seven air strikes from Wednesday to Thursday morning, with Canada taking part in the strikes for the first time, the US military said on Thursday.
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"Rocket Came, Hit Car Full Of Kids": US Strike Killed 10 Of Kabul Family
The US said Sunday it had destroyed an explosive-laden vehicle in an air strike, thwarting a bid by the Islamic State to detonate a car bomb at Kabul airport. On Monday, it looked as if they could have made a terrible mistake.
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For ISIS Followers, Terror By Truck Is Now The Default Choice And The Hardest To Stop
In Stockholm, the perpetrator was an Uzbek immigrant who careened down a busy shopping street in a hijacked beer truck, hitting 19 pedestrians before crashing his vehicle into a department store. Five of his victims died, including an 11-year-old girl.
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It's Nearly Impossible To Stop Terrorists From Using Trucks As Weapons. Here's What Cities Are Trying.
Nice, Berlin, London and now Stockholm. Over the past year, terrorist attacks using vehicles have become a sad fact of life in Europe. Such attacks are obviously appealing to would-be mass murderers: In most European nations, a truck is far easier to acquire than a firearm or explosives, and sometimes even deadlier. Groups such as the Islamic State...
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In First, US Gives Anti-ISIS Syria Force Armoured Vehicles
The United States has provided Syrian fighters battling the Islamic State group with armoured vehicles for the first time, a US official and a spokesman for the anti-jihadist force said Tuesday.
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ISIS Increasingly Using Children In Suicide Missions
The boy appears to be no older than 12. He hugs his father, climbs into an armored vehicle packed with explosives and then kisses his father's hand before departing on a mission that ends in a fireball on the horizon.
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Fearful Christmas For Syrian Christian Town Threatened By ISIS
As military vehicles roll by, Syrian boys and girls gingerly decorate a large Christmas tree in the Christian town of Sadad, at the front lines with the ISIS.
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Sirens Ring Out as Air Strikes Hit ISIS's Syria Stronghold
In the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa, sirens ring out whenever a warplane approaches as jihadists flee their posts and vehicles to hide, activists say.
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American and Russian Militaries Don't Agree About Much in Syria
During a two-day period early this week, the United States reported that coalition aircraft had conducted 23 strikes in Syria, destroying about three dozen Islamic State vehicles, buildings and tactical units.
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Controlled Explosion After Scare at London Tube Station
British police on Thursday carried out a controlled explosion close to a central London underground station after a car was abandoned nearby, but later said the vehicle was not suspicious.
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How the Islamic State Makes Its Money
Weapons, vehicles, employee salaries, propaganda videos, international travel - all of these things cost money. The recent terrorism attacks in Paris, which the Islamic State has claimed as its own work, suggest the terrorist organization hasn't been hurting for funding. David Cohen, the Treasury Department's Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financ...
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Chasing Jihadists, Egyptian Forces Kill Tourists by Mistake
Egyptian security forces killed 12 people on Sunday, including Mexican tourists, after mistakenly targeting their vehicles while chasing jihadists in the country's west, the interior ministry said.
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Iraq Forces Repel Islamic State Attack in Anbar: Officers
Iraqi security forces backed by air support used anti-tank missiles to repel Islamic State (IS) group suicide bombers driving explosives-rigged vehicles in Anbar province today, officers said.
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Iraqi Forces Foil Bomb Attacks on Bases: Officer
Iraqi security forces used anti-tank missiles to repel suicide bombers driving explosives-rigged vehicles who attacked two military bases west of Baghdad, an army officer said today.
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Suicide Attack on Iraq Police Base Kills at Least 37, Says Officers
A suicide attack using an armoured vehicle packed with explosives against an Iraqi police base northwest of Baghdad killed at least 37 people today, officers said.
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US, Allies Conduct 7 Air Strikes in Syria, 12 in Iraq: Military
US-led forces targeted Islamic State militants in Syria with seven air strikes from Wednesday to Thursday morning, with Canada taking part in the strikes for the first time, the US military said on Thursday.
