a collection of terrorist attacks, aug-2006 to feb-2007 by cpact

Date City Country PerpetratorWeapon InjuriesFatalitiesDescription17-Aug-06

al-Miqdadiyah

Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A bomb targeting a police patrolexploded in the Al-Mu'allimin area ofal-Miqdadiyah, killing one policemanand wounding four others, includinga lieutenant. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

17-Aug-06

MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 An Iraqi translator working for UStroops was shot and killed inMahmudiyah. Attacks on those whocooperate with US and Iraqi forcesare frequent in Iraq.

17-Aug-06

Mosul Iraq MujahideenCouncil

Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a high-ranking police officer in Mosul.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Mujahideen Shura Councilclaimed responsibility for killing twopolice captains in Mosul on this day.

17-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Explosives1 3 A car bomb detonated near a policepatrol, killing three people andwounding one other. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.Note, thereporting on this event varied indifferent news sources. Somereported that the casualties werepolice, others reported that a suicidebomber caused the explosion.TheIslamic Army in Iraq claimedresponsibility for detonating a carbomb targeting a police patrol in theAl-Mansur district of west Baghdadon this day. The group claimed thatthe attack killed twelve policemen.

17-Aug-06

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 After clashing with gunmen at acheckpoint in Babil province, Iraqiarmy soldiers found three kidnappedpolice officers in the trunk of avehicle. The men stated that theyhad been abducted with two otherofficers. The whereabouts of the twoother policemen are unknown.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

17-Aug-06

Srinagar Kashmir Jaish-e-Mohammad(JeM)

Firearms0 1 Mohammad Jamal, a Sub Inspectorfrom the Zakoora Police Station inSrinagar, was killed on August 17.He was shot with a silenced pistol bythe Hazratbal Gate of KashmirUniversity in Srinagar. The attackoccurred on the same day that threeother police officials were shot at inSrinagar. The Kashmir InspectorGeneral of Police placed blame forthe attacks on the group Jaish-e-Mohammed.

17-Aug-06


Firearms1 1 Two police officials were targeted bygunfire at the Koker Bazaar in theLalchowk area of Srinagar. HeadConstable Kedhar Nath Mishra waskilled and Constable Akhlesh Kumarwas wounded after they were shot atwith silenced pistols. The twoofficials were from the CentralReserve Police Force (CRPF). Theattack occurred on the same day thattwo other police officers weretargeted by pistol fire in Srinagar.The Inspector General of Police inKashmir attributed the attacks toJaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).

17-Aug-06


Firearms1 0 A police official, Constable FayazAhmed, was shot and wounded inSrinagar on August 17. The official isfrom the Shaheed Gunj police stationat Habba Kadal. The attack occurredon the same day as three otherpolice officials were targeted in thesame way in Srinagar. Two of theother officials died and the third waswounded. The Inspector General ofPolice in Kashmir blamed the groupJaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) for theattacks.

17-Aug-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

7 0 Police suspect that at least twoMuslim insurgents were involved inthe bombing of a road-side food stallwhere two policemen were eatingbreakfast when the explosionoccurred. The bomb was hiddenunder the food stall, which wassituated directly across from the YalaProvincial Hospital. Five bystandersand two policemen were injured bythe blast, one of whom was in criticalcondition. The explosion destroyedthe food stall, four motorcycles, anda car parked in the vicinity.

17-Aug-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives0 0 A roadside bomb exploded as sixgovernment officials were inspectinga local street where workers werecleaning up road spikes. The attackoccurred in the Sungai Padi district ofNarathiwat, after two similar attacksearlier the same morning. Therewere no fatalities or injuries reported.It is unclear if the attacks werecoordinated.

17-Aug-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Muslim insurgents were believed tobe behind a drive-by shooting of amunicipal government employee at7:15am Thursday morning. Thevictim was shot four times whilecommuting to work on hismotorcycle. He died after beingtaken to the hospital.

17-Aug-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Muslim insurgents were believed tobe behind a drive-by shooting of agovernment informant around 8:00am Thursday morning on a villageroad in the Nong Chik district ofTambon Thakhamcham. The victimperished at the scene. Police suspecthe was targeted by terroristsbecause of his connections to localgovernment officials.

17-Aug-06

Jolo PhilippinesAbuSayyafGroup(ASG)

Explosives0 0 Police arrested a suspected memberof the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) forrefusing to open his backpack as heboarded a ferry on Jolo Island.Explosives and a total of 6,000blasting caps were confiscated fromthe backpack and the police alsofound a detonation chord in one ofthe suspect's pockets. Authoritiescleared the ferry of passengers andcrew to conduct an inspection of thepremises, but no further explosiveswere found. Ports in the southernPhilippines were placed on high alertafter the incident.

17-Aug-06

Corte France Unknown Explosives1 2 Two men were killed and anotherinjured when the bomb they wereattempting to plant detonatedprematurely. The perpetrators werefound in Corte, on the island ofCorsica, near an airport where firefighting helicopters are docked. Theinjured man, Antoine Peraldi, wasarrested and placed under formalinvestigation. It is unclear whichgroup these perpetrators belongedto.

17-Aug-06

Erez Israel Hamas(IslamicResistanceMovement)

Explosives0 0 The military wing of Hamas claimedresponsibility for firing a rocket onthe Erez crossing. No casualtieswere reported.

18-Aug-06

Bagcilar Turkey Unknown Firearms2 0 Two police officers were injured whenthree unknown gunmen opened fireon them while they were patrolling.The attack took place on NamikKemal Street in Bagcilar, a city inIstanbul province. The perpetratorsmanaged to escape without beingarrested.

18-Aug-06

MuradiyaTurkey KurdishWorkersParty(PKK)

Firearms0 0 Police fired on a group of suspectedKurdish Workers' Party (PKK)members who were preparing anarmed attack against the SecurityDirectorate building in Muradiya, Vanprovince. The assailants left theirsmall weapons behind, including alight antitank weapon, when theyfled the scene.

18-Aug-06

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin al-Rashdiya district, north ofBaghdad. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

18-Aug-06

Taji Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen in Taji attacked a convoycarrying goods from Baghdad to Irbil,killing one guard and injuringanother. Attacks on convoys arefrequent in Iraq, as insurgents targetthose they believe are assisting Iraqior American forces.

18-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonatedoutside the Imam al-Sajjad Shiiteseminary in southwest Baghdad. Theblast resulted in casualties, howevernews reports did not give specificnumbers. Attacks on religiousinstitutions are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

18-Aug-06

MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Police found five bodies, all withgunshot wounds, in Mahmudiyah.The attack likely had sectarianmotivations.

18-Aug-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms4 2 Gunmen attacked police watchtowers in Baqubah, killing twopolicemen and wounding two others;two civilians were also injured.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

18-Aug-06

DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Saddam Hussein's Baathparty in Diwaniya. Attacks onmembers of Hussein's former regimeare frequent in Iraq.

18-Aug-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 An explosive device detonated neara fuel tanker in Baladruz, easternBaqubah, killing the driver andwounding a civilian. Attacks on fuelconvoys, and on the oil industry ingeneral, are frequent in Iraq, asinsurgents try to disrupt one of thecountry's most profitable industries.

18-Aug-06

Gozara AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 2 Abdol Karim Haqdost was shot andkilled along with his bodyguard inHerat Province on August 18 byunidentified gunmen. Haqdost was aformer commander of the Hezb-eEslami (Islamic Party). Haqdost wasreported as returning home from aparty in the Gozara District when theattack occurred.

18-Aug-06

CuyabenoEcuador Unknown Unknown0 0 Unknown perpetrators attacked thestate owned oil pipeline in theCuyabeno-Imuya zone. 490 barrelsof petroleum were spilled and therewas serious ecological damagecaused in the area. There were noreports of any injuries or fatalitiesand the tactic and weapon areunknown.It was reported that thispipeline has been attacked 44 timessince 2005.

18-Aug-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Unidentified assassins shot andwounded a female civil servant withthe local government while she wascommuting to work on a motorcycleon Friday morning. She was shot fourtimes and rushed to the hospital bynearby witnesses. The police had notyet determined a motive for theshooting, but the incident is believedto be tied to a spree of recent drive-by shootings and bombingsperpetuated by Muslim militantsagainst local officials and villagers.

19-Aug-06

Ciboure France Irrintzi Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A rudimentary incendiary device wasleft at the holiday home of MicheleAlliot-Marie, the French defenseminister, in Cibourne, in the FrenchBasque Country. An unidentifiedcaller warned of the device. Whenpolice arrived, it had failed todetonate. A previously unknownBasque separatist group, calling itselfIrrintzi claimed the attack in October2006. The group also claimedresponsibility for four otherunspecified attacks in the BasqueCountry.

19-Aug-06

Taslicay Turkey KurdishWorkersParty(PKK)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device, which may havebeen timed, detonated at the Turkey-Iran natural gas pipeline, in the cityof Taslicay, in Agri province. Thestrong explosion caused a major firethat was extinguished by firebrigades. As a result of the attack,the inlet and outlet valves of thepipeline were closed down. Therewere no reported casualties, thoughlocal villagers moved from theirhouses during the fire. Police areblaming the attack on members ofthe Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK).

19-Aug-06


Firearms1 1 A sniper opened fire on a policepatrol in Mosul, killing one policemanand wounding another. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheMujahideen Shura Council claimedresponsibility for opening fire onpolice in several areas of Mosul onthis day. The group stated that theykilled three policemen in separateattacks.

19-Aug-06

Al-Amarah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Amarah. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

19-Aug-06

DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Saddam Hussein's Baathparty near Diwaniyah. Attacks onformer members of Hussein's regimeare frequent in Iraq.

19-Aug-06

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 7 Gunmen shot and killed at leastseven Shiite pilgrims who werearriving in Baghdad to commemoratethe death of Imam Musa al-Kadhim,the seventh imam of Shiite Islam. On21 August, at least 22 pilgrims werekilled by gunmen as they walked toor from the shrine. Attacks onreligious processions and festivalsare frequent in Iraq and almostalways have sectarian motivations.In 2005, upwards of one thousandpeople were killed when crowdsstampeded after rumors that suicidebombers were planning to attackworshippers on their way to the al-Kadhim mosque.

19-Aug-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed MuhammadAbd Abbas, the head of the computerdepartment in the faculty ofeducation, and Karim SalmanHamad, an Arabic languageprofessor, as they were leaving theUniversity of Diyala presidencypremises. Attacks on professors arefrequent in Iraq, as insurgentsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

19-Aug-06

al-Miqdadiyah

Iraq Unknown Firearms4 1 Gunmen opened fire on a minibus inal-Miqdadiyah, killing one civilian andwounding four others. Attacks ontransportation systems are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

19-Aug-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 A bomb exploded in Al-Hawijahmarket in Kirkuk, killing one personand wounding five others. Attackson markets and public areas arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

19-Aug-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded outside a homeowned by a government official inthe Al-Wajihiyah sub-district ofeastern Baqubah. No casualtieswere reported. Attacks ongovernment leaders are frequent inIraq.

19-Aug-06

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Salih Abd al-Hasan Majid, a cook for the Iraqinational guard. Majid also is thebrother of Mish'an Al-Juburi'ssecretary [the head of theReconciliation and Liberation bloc],and the brother of two translatorswho work with American forces.Attacks on those who cooperate withIraqi and American troops arefrequent in Iraq.

19-Aug-06

Zerai AfghanistanUnknown Firearms1 1 Morch Agha, a mystical religiousleader in Kandahar, was woundedwhen gunmen attacked him while hewas driving in the Zerai District onAugust 19. While the identities ofthe gunmen are unknown, reportsindicate that Taliban elements haveexpressed their opposition towardthe leader, who is well known inKandahar. Morch Agha's driver waskilled in the attack.

19-Aug-06

Patna India Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded on the railroadtrack near the Patna terminal onAugust 19. No one was injured, butpolice searching the track found anddiffused four more bombs. All of thebombs were placed in bags. Thedevices were described as crude andlow-intensity. The Indian RailwayMinister, Lalu Prasad, was scheduledto board a train in Patna an hourafter the bomb went off. No one hasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

19-Aug-06

NalgondaIndia CommunistParty ofIndia-Maoists

Firearms1 3 Attackers killed three policemen at apolice station in Nalgonda, nearHyderabad. Another policeman wassaid to be critically injured. Thepolice were tied to trees outside thestation before being shot. Thegunmen then bombed the station.According to the report, the attackersshouted statements that seemed toindicate the killings were in responseto a police operation last month.The attackers were identified by themedia as Maoist rebels, although noone has claimed responsibility for theincident.Another report indicatedthat the gunmen were members ofthe Communist Party of India-Maoist(CPI-Maoist).

19-Aug-06

Zormat AfghanistanUnknown Firearms1 1 Haji Miran Gol, a tribal leader fromthe Zormat District of Paktiaprovince, was killed on August 19when gunmen on two motorcyclesshot at his car. The driver of the carwas wounded. According to astatement issued by a governmentofficial, Haji Miran Gol was asupporter of the government and amember of Zormat's tribal council.

19-Aug-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Islamic militants shot and killed alocal village leader as he rode hismotorcycle on Saturday morning.The man was identified as the headof Moo Hok Village in an area knownas Tambon Kayuboko in Yala'sRaman district. It was the latest in astring of targeted drive-by shootingsin the area.

19-Aug-06

Sederot Israel Al-AqsaMartyrsBrigade

Explosives0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimedresponsibility for firing three rocketson the Israeli settlement of Sederot.No casualties were reported.Note,while the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade isoften linked to Fatah, the relationshipbetween the two groups is notalways clear.

19-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 2 A suicide car bomber crashed hisvehicle into a Shiite mosque inBaghdad's Doura district, killinghimself and one other person. Fourothers were wounded. Attacks onreligious shrines are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations.

20-Aug-06

TiziOuzou

Algeria Unknown Firearms0 1 Abdelaziz Kharoubi (aka Rambo) wasfound in a cemetery near Tizi Ouzou.Rambo was a former Islamic terroristwho previously surrendered during anational amnesty.

20-Aug-06

Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed two off-dutyofficers from the Interior MinistryIntelligence Service. Attacks onthose who work with the governmentare frequent in Iraq.

20-Aug-06

Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Fadhil al-Magsusi, a colonel in the FacilityProtection Services (FPS), in Basra.Attacks on the oil industry arefrequent in Iraq.

20-Aug-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed twopolicemen in the Al-Tahrir area ofBaqubah. The men were brothers.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

20-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms10 22 Gunmen shot and killed at least 22Shiite pilgrims as they marched inprocessions to or from the Kadhimiyashrine, a mosque that contains thebody of Imam Musa al-Kadhim, theseventh imam of Shiite Islam. Theprocessions, made up of thousandsof Shiites, commemorated his death.The US military stated that therewere approximately ten seriousinjuries, however other sourcesstated that upwards of 300 peoplewere wounded while trying to escapethe gunfire. Attacks on religiousprocessions and festivals arefrequent in Iraq and almost alwayshave sectarian motivations. In 2005,upwards of one thousand peoplewere killed when crowds stampededafter rumors that suicide bomberswere planning to attack worshipperson their way to the al-Kadhimmosque.

20-Aug-06


Explosives2 0 A bomb targeting a police patrol innorthern Baghdad exploded,wounding at least two policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Islamic Army in Iraq laterclaimed detonating an explosivedevice near a police patrol in the Al-A'zamiyah neighborhood of Baghdad.The group claimed that the attackkilled everyone on board.

20-Aug-06

BuenaventuraColombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Remote-detonatedexplosive

6 1 The Revolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) were implicated acar bomb attack targeting the PoliceImmediate Attention Center (CAI) inBuenaventura. A taxi picked up theperpetrator who left the package inthe cab, without the taxi driver'sknowledge. The perpetrator then gotoff and detonated the explosive asthe taxi passed in front of the CAI.The taxi driver was killed and sixbystanders were injured.

20-Aug-06

Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A major gas pipeline in the Loti gasfield was damaged by an explosionon August 20. The gas field islocated about 280 miles southeast ofQuetta. Although no one claimedresponsibility for the blast, reportsindicated that the attack was carriedout by tribal rebels in the area. Theattack disrupted local gas supplies.This was the fourth gas pipelineattack in Balochistan province thismonth. Attacks on infrastructure andgovernment buildings have occurredregularly in the province over the lastcouple of years. No one was injuredin the August 20 explosion.

20-Aug-06

TellippalaiSriLanka

LiberationTigers ofTamilEelam(LTTE)

Firearms0 1 Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah wasshot and killed at his house inTellippalai on August 20.Sivamaharajah was a former memberof Parliament of the Tamil UnitedLiberation Front (TULF). The TULF isa political party that calls for anautonomous region for the Tamils inSri Lanka, but is seen as a rival of theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE). LTTE members aresuspected in the attack.

20-Aug-06

KamdeshAfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 3 Mohammad Yunos, a tribal elder inNurestan Province, was kidnapped onAugust 20 when his vehicle wasattacked in Kamdesh District. Twomilitiamen (bodyguards) were killedin the attack. A Talibanspokesperson issued a statementsaying that the Taliban wasresponsible for the attack.Update:Yunos' body was found on August 31in Kamdesh.

20-Aug-06

NigerDelta

Nigeria Unknown Firearms0 1 A Nigerian employee of Shell wasabducted in the Niger Delta region onon August 20. Nelson Ujeya, theShell employee, was killed onAugust 28 in a firefight between hisadbuctors and government forces.Ten militatns were also killed in theexchange.

20-Aug-06

Kissufim Israel Al-AqsaMartyrsBrigade

Explosives0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and theNational Resistance Brigades, thearmed wing of the Democratic Frontfor the Liberation of Palestine,claimed joint responsibility for firingthree rockets on the Kissufimcrossing. No casualties werereported.Note, while the Al-AqsaMartyrs Brigade is often linked toFatah, the relationship between thetwo groups is not always clear.

20-Aug-06


Explosives0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and theAbu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armedwing of the Democratic Front for theLiberation of Palestine, claimed jointresponsibility for firing two rocketson the Israeli settlement of Sederot.No casualties were reported.Note,while the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade isoften linked to Fatah, the relationshipbetween the two groups is notalways clear.

21-Aug-06

Madaen Iraq Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 8 Insurgents slit the throats of eightfruit traders in Madaen. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

21-Aug-06

IskandariyahIraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Iskandariyah detonated,wounding two policemen. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

21-Aug-06

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Hawwash KhalafMut'ib, the legal adviser to the headof the Iraqi Sunni Waqf [religiousendowment] office. Mut'ib wasabducted from his home in Al-Karradah by gunmen wearingsecurity uniforms. Attacks onreligious institutions and theiremployees are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

21-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms5 1 Gunmen attacked a crowd of peoplein Aden Square, in northern Baghdad,killing at least one person andwounding five others. Attacks onpublic areas are common in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

21-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked a gas station in Al-A'zamiyah, a district in northernBaghdad. Witnesses reported thatgunmen opened fire on civilians whowere getting gas. Some of thecivilians then returned fire untilsecurity forces intervened. Nocasualties were reported. Attacks ongas stations, and on the oil industryin general, are frequent in Iraq, asinsurgents try to disrupt one of thecountry's most profitable industries.

21-Aug-06

SayedKaram

AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 A school in Sayed Karam in PaktiaProvince was attacked at night bygunmen on August 21. Theunidentified gunmen were fought offby tribal soldiers. It was not reportedif anyone was injured in the incident.

21-Aug-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Four Islamic insurgents riding onmotorcycles attacked a truckcarrying eight workers from thegovernment Irrigation Department infront of a crowded tea shop inPattani's Yaring district. Theassailants fired AK47 rifles at theworkers, injuring one and killinganother.

21-Aug-06

Kissufim Israel Al-AqsaMartyrsBrigade

Explosives0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimedresponsibility for firing severalrockets on the Kissufim and Sufacrossings. No casualties werereported.Note, while the Al-AqsaMartyrs Brigade is often linked toFatah, the relationship between thetwo groups is not always clear.

21-Aug-06

Sufa Israel Al-AqsaMartyrsBrigade

Explosives0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimedresponsibility for firing severalrockets on the Kissufim and Sufacrossings. No casualties werereported.Note, while the Al-AqsaMartyrs Brigade is often linked toFatah, the relationship between thetwo groups is not always clear.

21-Aug-06

AshqelonIsrael Abu al-RishBrigades

Explosives0 0 The Abu-al-Rish Brigades claimedresponsibility for firing four rocketson the Israeli city of Ashqelon. Nocasualties were reported.

22-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a Shiiteengineer in Baghdad. Insurgentsoften target professionals,particularly professors andengineers, in order to disrupt Iraq'sreconstruction. The attack could alsohave had sectarian motivations.

22-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in a neighborhood of southernBaghdad exploded, killing a civilianand wounding two others. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

22-Aug-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen attacked Major HassanFadil, the head of the Al-Jadidahpolice station in Baqubah, as he wasleaving his office, killing him andseriously wounding his driver.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

22-Aug-06

al-Miqdadiyah

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb attached to an unidentifiedbody exploded as police came toremove it. The blast did not result inany casualties. Insurgents oftentarget police and other firstresponders in coordinated attacks.

22-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives9 2 A bomb exploded near vendorsselling cloth in Al-Tayaran Square inBaghdad, killing two people andwounding nine others. Attacks onpublic spaces, particularly markets,are frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

22-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Police found the body of anemployee of the Shiite Waqf[religious endowment] in southernBaghdad. Attacks on religiousinstitutions and officials are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

22-Aug-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Gunmen entered the home of afamily in Mosul and killed five people,including two children. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

22-Aug-06

Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin a small town south of Kut. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

22-Aug-06

Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen attacked a former memberof Saddam Hussein's Baath party inKut, injuring him. Attacks on formermembers of Hussein's regime arefrequent in Iraq.

22-Aug-06

Sharan AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 5 The police security commander ofthe Gayan District was killed whenhis convoy was attacked whiletraveling to Sharan on August 22.Four other policemen traveling withthe commander were also killed.Reports indicated that the attack wascarried out by Taliban militants.Attacks against police and securityforces occur frequently inAfghanistan.

22-Aug-06

Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed thebodyguard of the governor of Anbar.Attacks on government officials andtheir security staff are frequent inIraq.

22-Aug-06

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A bomb targeting a police patrol inTikrit detonated, wounding apoliceman. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

22-Aug-06

VoznesenskayaRussia Unknown Explosives0 0 A pipeline at a petroleum processingplant in the village of Voznesenskayain the Malgobeck area was bombed,resutling in an oil spill and a fire.Firefighters took three hours to putout the fire; there were no injuries orcasualties.

22-Aug-06

Aricilik Turkey Unknown Firearms0 0 Unknown perpetrators opened fire ongendarmerie and police officers inAricilik, near the Bitlis-Diyarbakirroad. No further information isavailable.

22-Aug-06

NahalOz

Israel Al-AqsaMartyrsBrigade

Explosives0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and theAbu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armedwing of the Popular Front for theLiberation of Palestine (PFLP),claimed joint responsibility for firingthree rockets on the Israelisettlement of Nahal Oz. The attackwas said to have commemorated thefifth anniversary of the assassinationof Abu Ali Mustafa, the SecretaryGeneral of the PFLP. No casualtieswere reported. Note, while the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade is often linkedto Fatah, the relationship betweenthe two groups is not always clear.

23-Aug-06

Bogota Colombia Unknown Explosives2 0 Unknown perpetrators threw afragmentation grenade at a PoliceImmediate Action Center (CAI). Twopolice were injured and there wereno fatalities reported. Three peoplewere arrested on 23 August inconnection with this attack. Oncewas a boy with a fragmentationgrenade.

23-Aug-06

Kama AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 0 A remote-controlled explosive deviceinjured four policemen when it wasdetonated in Silan village in theKama District. The incident occurredon the morning of August 23.

23-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A roadside bomb targeting police inBaghdad detonated, wounding fivepoliceman. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

23-Aug-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives10 2 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives outside a policeheadquarters in Mosul, killing himselfand one other person and injuringten others. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

23-Aug-06

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A bomb targeting a police patrolexploded in Tikrit, wounding apoliceman. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

23-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 A roadside bomb exploded near theconvoy of Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani, killing two civilians andwounding several traffic police. Al-Bolani was not hurt in the blast.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq. Note, exact injurynumbers were not given. It shouldalso be noted that a US army patrolwas nearby at the time of the attack.

23-Aug-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen in Baqubah shot and killedIbrahim Narjis, the director of theDiyala State Company for ElectricalIndustries. Attacks on utility targetsare frequent in Iraq as insurgents tryto disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

23-Aug-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Baqubah. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

23-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 3 Gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint in northern Baghdad,killing three policemen and woundingtwo others. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

23-Aug-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms6 3 Gunmen attacked a police station inMosul. One militant, dressed in apolice uniform, blew himself upoutside the station, wounding sixpolicemen. Shortly after, gunmenfired on the station. Iraqi andAmerican forces intervened, killingtwo insurgents.

23-Aug-06

KarabulakRussia Unknown Firearms1 0 Attackers opened fire on the car ofAkhmed Murzabekov, police chief ofKarabulak, when he stopped at arailway crossing, wounding him inthe leg. A mobile team of the IngushInterior Ministry happened to be inthe area and repelled the attackbefore more damage could occur.

23-Aug-06

Nazran Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 A grenade was thrown into theNazran house of Askhab Barokhoyev,a member of the public chamberunder the president of Ingushetia,and the chairman of the council ofelders of the union of Cossackassociations of Ingushetia. Soonafterwards, a grenade and a Molotovcocktail were thrown into the houseof Abdul-Karim Ekazhev, chieftain ofthe Ingushetian Cossacks, located inthe village of Ekazhevo near Nazran.No one was injured in the attacksand they are surmised to bemotivated by both Ekazhev's andBarokhoyev's support for ethnicRussians returning to Ingushetia.

23-Aug-06

EkazhevoRussia Unknown Explosives0 0 A grenade and a Molotov cocktailwere thrown into the house of Abdul-Kerim Ekazhev, located in the villageof Ekazhevo near Nazran. Ekazhev isa chieftain of the IngushetianCossacks. The attack follows abombing which targeted anotherprominent Cossack leader inIngushetia earlier that day.

23-Aug-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A 35-year-old Muslim schoolteacherwas shot dead in a drive-by shootingas he rode to work on his motorcycleWednesday morning. At least fourattackers, believed to be Musliminsurgents, trailed behind the victimin a pick-up truck. They shot himseveral times before leaving thescene. The victim later died at thehospital. A village defense volunteerwas also killed in this area on thisday. It is unclear if the attacks werecoordinated.

23-Aug-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A 34-year old village defensevolunteer was shot dead in a drive-byshooting near his native village in theprovincial capital of Narathiwat. Hewas riding home on a motorcycleafter visiting a relative who livednearby. The victim was found deadat the scene. Police believe that theattack is linked to the ongoingMuslim insurgency in the region.

24-Aug-06

CartagenaColombia Unknown Firearms0 1 Atilano Segundo Perez, a politicalfigure and host of a radio program,was shot and killed by unknownperpetrators on a motorcycle. Thereport suggests that the motive ofthe murder could be related toSegundo Perez's radio program.

24-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A car bomb targeting police explodedin the Zeyouna neighborhood ofBaghdad, wounding five policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

24-Aug-06

PutumayoColombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Explosives0 2 The Revolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) attempted to blowup the Santa Lucia Bridge on thePitalito-Mocoa road. The ColombianArmy surprised the group andthwarted the attack. Two FARCmembers were killed.

24-Aug-06

PuertoCaicedo

Colombia Unknown Unknown0 1 An unknown perpetrator wasinterrupted in his attempt to attackan oil pipeline in Puerto Caicedo. Theperpetrator was killed. There was noinformation on the tactic and weaponused; it is not clear if the Colombianmilitary interrupted the attack.

24-Aug-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Baqubah detonated,wounding three policemen and threecivilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

24-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 2 A car bomb detonated in a Sunnineighborhood of Baghdad, killing twopeople and wounding four others.Attacks on public areas are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

24-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives9 3 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives near the entrance to theAl-Rashad police station in the Al-Mashtal neighborhood of Baghdad,killing himself and two civilians andwounding nine people, including twopolice. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

24-Aug-06

Jirf al-Melih

Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A bomb detonated in Jirf al-Melih,south of Baqubah, killing one policeofficer and wounding four others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

24-Aug-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A bomb exploded outside a liquorstore in Baqubah, seriously woundingthe store's owner. Attacks on thosewho distribute and sell alcohol arefrequent in Iraq, as insurgentsbelieve that consuming alcoholviolates Islamic law.

24-Aug-06

Al-Mafraq

Iraq MujahideenCouncil

Explosives4 2 Militants in Al-Mafraq, west ofBaqubah, killed a man and thendumped his body in a minibus. Aspolice came to retrieve the corpse,the bus exploded, killing a civilianand wounding four people, includingtwo police. Coordinated attacks thattarget police and other firstresponders are frequent in Iraq.TheMujahideen Shura Council claimedresponsibility for killing a member ofthe Mahdi Army, a Shiite militia, andthen planting explosives in hisprivate car which they detonatedupon the arrival of police. The claimstated that the attack took place inthe Al-katun district near Baqubah.

24-Aug-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 5 Police found the bodies of five familymembers in Mosul. The attack likelyhad sectarian motivations.Note, thetactic and weapon were not given.

24-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen in the Azamiyah district ofBaghdad fired on a police patrol,killing one policeman and woundinganother. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

24-Aug-06

Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen ambushed Sheikh Khalid al-Ubaydi, a chieftain of the Al-Ubaydattribe, near his home in Ramadi,killing him. Attacks on tribal leadersare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

24-Aug-06

Ampara SriLanka


Unknown0 1 An aid worker named P.Lesly waskidnapped and killed on August 24 inAmpara. The worker was associatedwith the United Office Project Firm,an aid agency from New Zealand thatassists tsunami victims. LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)members were reported asresponsible for the attack.

24-Aug-06

PortHartcourt

Nigeria Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped an Italian oilworker and two others in PortHartcourt. During the kidnapping theItalian's bodyguard was killed in agun battle. The three men werereleased on August 29.

24-Aug-06

Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives16 0 Two bombs exploded on the same lotin the Model Town area of Quetta onAugust 24, inuring 16 people. Theattack occurred near a bus stop, theFrontier Corps headquarters, and thePTV Quetta Center. The intendedtarget of the attack was unclear,although government offices nearbywere damaged. One of the bombswas placed in a car. No one hasclaimed responsibility for theincident.

24-Aug-06

Grozny ChechnyaUnknown Explosives1 4 A shell exploded near a TV tower inGrozny, killing four people andwounding one more.

24-Aug-06

Bangkok Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Thai police defused a bomb thatthey found along with otherexplosives (sticks of dynamite andfertilizer) in a car parked near theresidence of Prime Minister ThaksinShinawatra. The police also arrestedan army officer in connection withthe incident.Police suspect that thebomb and explosives were intendedto be used in an attack against thePrime Minister's motorcade.Investigators claimed that theexplosives in the car were ready tobe detonated and equipped with aremote sensor. The 14 pound bomb(a combination of TNT and C-4composite) was estimated to have animpact radius of one kilometer.Anumber of Thai elites havequestioned the timing of the incidentand suggested that it may have beenorchestrated by the Prime Minister todistract from calls for him to resign.(Note: Thaksin was deposed in abloodless coup a few weeks later).

24-Aug-06

AshqelonIsrael PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Explosives0 0 At least one rocket fell in theindustrial zone of southern Ashqelon.No damage or casualties werereported. The Al-Quds Brigades, thearmed wing of Palestine Islamic Jihad(PIJ), claimed responsibility for firingtwo rockets on Ashqelon. As anindustrial city, Ashqelon is frequentlytargeted in rocket attacks.

25-Aug-06

Naogaon BangladeshPurboBanglarCommunistParty(PBCP)

Firearms0 5 Four policemen were killed bysuspected members of the PurboBanglar Communist Party (PBCP) inNaogaon on August 25. Theattackers took three rifles, a pistol,and ammunition from the deadofficers. A newspaper reported thatthe attack was in retaliation for aprevious police raid that resulted inthe killing of a PBCP leader on August17. A leader of the group Jubo Dalwas also killed in the incident onAugust 25. Jubo Dal is the youthwing of the Bangladesh NationalParty.

25-Aug-06

BaladRuz

Iraq Unknown Explosives3 3 A makeshift bomb exploded on asoccer field in Balad Ruz, killing threeteenage boys and wounding threeothers. Two other bomb attacks onsoccer fields in Iraq took place earlierin August. All three likely hadsectarian motivations.

25-Aug-06

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms3 2 Gunmen attacked a bakery in Tikrit,killing two bakers and woundingthree others. Attacks on bakeriesare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations, as bakers aretraditionally Shiite.

25-Aug-06

Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Samarra. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

25-Aug-06

Balad Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Explosives0 0 A bomb planted under an oil pipelinenorth of Balad exploded, causing oilleaks and a fire. The pipeline carriescrude oil from Baiji to the Al-Durarefinery south of Baghdad. Attackson oil installations are frequent inIraq as insurgents try to disrupt oneof the country's most profitableinstitutions.Ansar al-Sunnah claimedattacking an oil pipeline on this day.The group stated that the pipelineconnected Kirkuk and Baiji.

25-Aug-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Police in Kirkuk found the body of aformer member of Saddam Hussein'sBaath party. Attacks on formermembers of Hussein's regime arefrequent in Iraq. Note, the tactic andweapon were not given.

25-Aug-06

Hawija Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Militants threw hand grenades into amarket in Hawija, wounding sixpeople, including three policemen.Attacks on public spaces, markets inparticular, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

25-Aug-06


Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Mosul. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The MujahideenShura Council claimed responsibilityfor shooting at least two policemen inMosul on this day.

25-Aug-06

Khairkot AfghanistanUnknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 The son of the head of PaktikaProvince's Khairkot District EducationDepartment was found beheadedafter being kidnapped near his homeon August 25. The kidnappers havenot been identified.

25-Aug-06

Adana Turkey Unknown Explosives4 0 An explosive device detonatedoutside an office building that housesthree political party branches- theRepublican People's Party, theFreedom and Democracy Party andthe Independent Turkey Party- aswell as an office of the Human RightsAssociation. The blast injured fourpeople and took place after anotherdevice exploded at a bank branchnearby.

25-Aug-06


Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, the armedwing of Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ),claimed responsibility for firing arocket on the Israeli city of Ashqelon.No casualties were reported.

26-Aug-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms11 4 Gunmen attacked a Shiite family inBaqubah, killing two women and twochildren, and wounding eleven otherpeople. The family had receiveddeath threats and were moving fromtheir home at the time of the attack.

26-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin western Baghdad. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

26-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a Shiitebaker in western Baghdad. Attackson bakers are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations, asbakers are traditionally Shiite.

26-Aug-06

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Police found and defused a bomboutside the home of an Al-Wajihiyahsub-district officer. No damage orinjuries were reported. Attacks ongovernment officials are frequent inIraq.

26-Aug-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A bomb targeting the convoy of thepolice chief of Taraklan, in Kirkuk,detonated, wounding the chief andfour of his guards. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

26-Aug-06


26-Aug-06

Basra Iraq Brigadesof Imamal-Hussein

Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed two sisterswho worked as translators for theBritish consulate as they werewalking in central Basra. TheBrigades of Imam al-Hussein, a Shiitemilitia, claimed the attack in a call tothe Associated Press. Attacks onthose who work with foreigners arefrequent in Iraq.

26-Aug-06

IskandariyahIraq Unknown Explosives17 3 A bomb exploded outside a Shiitemosque in Iskandariyah, killing threepeople and wounding seventeenothers. Attacks on religiousinstitutions are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

26-Aug-06

VavuniyaSriLanka


Explosives0 0 Police officers were targeted by ahand grenade while they wereguarding the Eelam People'sDemocratic Party in Vavuniya.Reports attributed the attack to theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE), although no one was injured.

26-Aug-06


Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, the armedwing of Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ),claimed responsibility for firing arocket on the Israeli city of Ashqelon.No casualties were reported.

26-Aug-06

GuetharyFrance Irrintzi Explosives0 0 The Basque group, Irrintzi, claimedresponsibility for an explosive attackon an estate agent's property inGuethary. The group stated its wishto firmly oppose the Frenchgovernment's policy of scorn. Thiswas one of four explosive attacksthat the group claimed to haveperpetrated between June andSeptember.

27-Aug-06

NumaniyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Saddam Hussein's Baathparty in Numaniyah. Attacks onmembers of Hussein's former regimeare frequent in Iraq.

27-Aug-06

Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives10 7 A bomb attached to a motorcycledetonated in a popular Basra market,killing seven people and woundingten others. Attacks on public spaces,markets in particular, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

27-Aug-06

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed LieutenantColonel Mohammed Faisal, a defenseministry official, as he was travelingbetween Muqdadiyah and Baquba.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

27-Aug-06

Al-Sufaynah

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded outside a popularcoffee shop in the Al-A'zamiyahneighborhood of Al-Sufaynah but didnot cause any casualties as the areahad been locked down by Iraqi andUS forces. Attacks on businesses,especially those popular withcivilians and Iraqi forces, arefrequent in Iraq.

27-Aug-06

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded near a policepatrol in Al-Waziriyah. The explosiondid not result in any casualties, butdid cause damage to a nearby home.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

27-Aug-06

Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded near an InteriorMinistry commando patrol in westernSamarra, but did not result in anycasualties. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

27-Aug-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen shot and killed four trafficpolicemen after ambushing theirvehicle in Kirkuk. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

27-Aug-06

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen attacked the convoy offormer Deputy Prime Minister AbdMutlaq al-Juburi, killing three of hisguards. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

27-Aug-06

Hafriya Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen kidnapped and later killedtwo electricity workers in the town ofHafriya, southwest of Baghdad.Attacks on utility workers arefrequent in Iraq.

27-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives20 3 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives outside the Al-Sabahnewspaper building in downtownBaghdad, killing himself and twoothers and wounding twenty people.The bomber was cleared to enter thecompound in his vehicle at around 8:30am. Guards become suspicious ofthe man, but before they could fireon him, he detonated his explosives.The blast destroyed dozens ofvehicles and damaged upwards ofone quarter of the building. Theexecutive editor of Al-Sabahspeculated that the newspaper wastargeted because it organized ameeting where television andnewspaper editors signed a 'pledgeof honor' to respect thegovernment's reconciliation efforts.Al-Sabah is Iraq's largest newspaperand is funded by the Shiite-led Iraqigovernment. This was the secondattack on the paper; in May a suicidebomber killed himself and one otherperson at the office's main vehiclecheck-point.

27-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives18 9 A bomb placed on a public bus(minivan) exploded as the vehicletraveled through downtownBaghdad, killing nine people andwounding eighteen others. The blastoccurred near the pedestrian entrypoint to the Palestine hotel. Attackson transportation systems and oncrowded, public spaces are frequentin Iraq.

27-Aug-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives16 3 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives outside the buildinghousing President Jalal Talabani'sPatriotic Union of Kurdistan Party inKirkuk, killing himself and two guardsand wounding sixteen partymembers. Just recently the Party'soffices in Mosul were targeted in anattack that killed eight people andwounded 51 others.The homes ofPeyrut Talabani, a cousin of PresidentTalabani, and a local policecommander were also targeted bybombings in Kirkuk on this day. Atotal of nine people were killed inthese attacks; 22 others werewounded.

27-Aug-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives22 9 The home of Peyrut Talabani, acousin of President Talabani, was thetarget in coordinated suicide bombattacks in Kirkuk. The first suicidebomber smashed his vehicle into thecheckpoint outside the home.Minutes later another suicide bomberdetonated his vehicle outside thehome of a local police commander,just one half mile from the firstbombing. A total of nine people werekilled in the attacks; 22 others werewounded.Also in Kirkuk on this day, asuicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives outside the buildinghousing President Jalal Talabani'sPatriotic Union of Kurdistan Party,killing himself and two guards andwounding sixteen party members.Note: casualty numbers are for bothattacks combined.

27-Aug-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The home of a local policecommander was targeted incoordinated suicide bomb attacks inKirkuk. The attack occurred justminutes after, and only one half milefrom where a suicide bomberdetonated his vehicle outside thehome of Peyrut Talabani, a cousin ofPresident Talabani. A total of ninepeople were killed in the attacks; 22others were wounded.Also in Kirkukon this day, a suicide car bomberdetonated his explosives outside thebuilding housing President JalalTalabani's Patriotic Union ofKurdistan Party, killing himself andtwo guards and wounding sixteenparty members.Note: casualtynumbers are for both attackscombined.

27-Aug-06

Khalis Iraq Unknown Explosives12 6 A bomb exploded in a crowded streetin Khalis, killing six people andwounding at least twelve others.Attacks on public spaces arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.Gunmen alsofired on a night market in Khalis onthis day, killing twelve people andwounding 25 others. It is unclear ifthe attacks were coordinated.

27-Aug-06

Khalis Iraq Unknown Firearms25 12 Gunmen fired on the main market inKhalis, killing twelve people andwounding 25 others. Attacks onpublic spaces, markets in particular,are frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations. A bomb alsoexploded in a crowded street in Al-Khalis on this day, killing six peopleand wounding at least twelve others.It is unclear if the attacks werecoordinated.

27-Aug-06

BalaMorghab

AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 2 The office of the World Vision agencyin Badghis Province was the target ofan attack on August 27. The office,located in Bala Morghab, wasattacked with a grenade, destroyingcomputers and other property.Attackers also kidnapped and killedtwo guards working at the agency'soffice. The bodies of the guardswere found in Bala Morghab the nextday. The security commander ofBadghis Province identified theTaliban as responsible for theincident.

27-Aug-06

Khost AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 2 Two security officials were killedwhen a remote-controlled roadsidebomb targeted their vehicle in KhostProvince. The province's police chiefidentified one of the officials as apolice officer and the other as anintelligence official. Four people,identified as two security officialsand two civilians, were also injured inthe attack. A Taliban spokespersonclaimed responsibility for theincident.

27-Aug-06

Farah AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 5 A police security checkpoint at abazaar in Farah Province wasattacked by approximately 40Taliban members on August 27. Fivepeople were killed in the attack.Among those killed were twopolicemen, two shopkeepers, andone transport official. The bazaarwas in the town of Dewlak.

27-Aug-06

RioBlanco

Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Explosives0 2 Two policemen were killed inRioblanco after being wounded bythe explosion of a low-intensitydevice and subsequently shot deadby militiamen from the FuerzasArmadas Revolucionarias deColombia (FARC).

27-Aug-06

Samarra Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Militants kidnapped and later killedTurkey al-Duleimi, a civilian judge inTikrit. His body was found inSamarra four days after he wasabducted. Attacks on judges arefrequent in Iraq as they are oftenperceived as collaborating with thegovernment.

27-Aug-06

MarmarisTurkey KurdistanFreedomHawks(TAK)

Explosives21 0 Twenty-one people, including tenBritons, were injured when anexplosive device ripped through atourist minibus in Marmaris. Thiswas one of three bomb blasts in thecity on this day. The KurdistanFreedom Hawks claimedresponsibility for these blasts andanother in Istanbul, stating that Itmust be realized that the holding incaptivity of our historic leaderChairman Apo [Abdullah Ocalan] is initself the rationale for our destructiveacts of revenge against thebloodsucking, colonialist, and fascistTC. One suspect, being identified asMemet Y. was captured following atip from his father. Memet'sfingerprints matched those found atthe scene of the attack.

27-Aug-06


Explosives0 0 Three bomb blasts ripped throughMarmaris on the same day. Thesecond of these devices was mostlikely detonated near a small fast-food outlet in the middle of the city.It is unclear how many casualties thisattack caused, but a total of twenty-one people were injured in the cityon this day. The Kurdistan FreedomHawks (TAK) claimed responsibilityfor all three bombs, and a fourth inIstanbul. The group writes, ..as longas Chairman Apo [Abdullah Ocalan] isheld in captivity, Turkey is going tosuffer greatly.. One man, beingidentified as Memet Y. is currentlybeing held by Turkish authorities as asuspect in this attack.

27-Aug-06


Explosives0 0 Three bomb blasts ripped throughMarmaris on the same day. The thirdof these devices was most likelydetonated near an airline office inthe middle of the city. It is unclearhow many casualties this attackcaused, but a total of twenty-onepeople were injured in the city onthis day. The Kurdistan FreedomHawks (TAK) claimed responsibilityfor all three bombs, and a fourth inIstanbul. The group writes, ..as longas Chairman Apo [Abdullah Ocalan] isheld in captivity, Turkey is going tosuffer greatly.. One man, beingidentified as Memet Y. is currentlybeing held by Turkish authorities as asuspect in this attack.

27-Aug-06

Istanbul Turkey KurdistanFreedomHawks(TAK)

Explosives6 0 An explosive device detonated in thecommercial district of Istanbul,injuring six people, three seriously.This was one of four major bombingsin Turkey on this day, all of whichwere claimed by the KurdistanFreedom Hawks (TAK). The TAKclaims that the Istanbul bombing wastargeting the Bagcilar Districtsupervisor's office and threatenedmore attacks throughout the country.A total of around thirty people wereinjured on this one day.

28-Aug-06

LashkarGah

AfghanistanUnknown Explosives47 17 A suicide bomber killed 17 people onAugust 28 when he blew himself upin a market across from a policestation in Lashkar Gah in HelmandProvince. 47 people were woundedin the blast. No one has claimedresponsibility for the attack. Suicidebombings have been relativelyfrequent in Afghanistan recently,although they have generallytargeted troops in the region insteadof civilians.

28-Aug-06

Jawin AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 4 Unidentified gunmen attacked acustoms office in the Farah Provincetown of Jawin near the Iranianborder. Three police officers and onecivilian Customs Departmentemployee were killed in the attack.The gunmen also kidnapped threeother employees. No one hasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

28-Aug-06

LashkarGah

AfghanistanTaliban Explosives45 17 A suicide bomber killed 17 peopleand injured 45 others when he blewhimself up in a market bazaar inLashkar Gah on August 28. One ofthose killed was Khan Mohammad, abusinessman, who was also anAfghan police chief in the 1980s. ATaliban spokesperson issued astatement saying that Khan was thetarget of the attack, identifying himas a communist who was cooperatingwith the United States.

28-Aug-06

KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen killed twoTurkish citizens in an attack on theKandahar-Herat road. One of thevictims was identified as HasanGedik, who was working for aconstruction firm. The other victimwas kidnapped during the attack andhis body was found on a roadbetween Kabul and Pul-I Charkhi.The second victim was identified asRiza Ozsimsek. Ozsimsek worked forthe Jeo-Son Construction Firm.

28-Aug-06

BuenaventuraColombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Explosives2 0 Presumed members of the FuerzasArmadas Revolucionarias deColombia (FARC) detonated a low-intensity device at a police post inBuenaventura. This is the 26thincident in the city and the 5th at thispolice post in the pat year.

28-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in central Baghdad detonated,wounding a civilian. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

28-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq MujahideenCouncil

Explosives47 16 A suicide car bomber crashed hisvehicle into a police checkpointoutside the Interior Ministry inBaghdad, killing at least sixteenpeople, including ten police, andwounding forty-seven others,eighteen police among them. Theattack occurred while heads of Iraqipolice departments were meetinginside the Ministry building. Attackson police and government targetsare frequent in Iraq. The MujahideenShura Council later claimedresponsibility for the attack.

28-Aug-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Mosul. This was one of threeattacks against police in Mosul onthis day.

28-Aug-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Mosul. This was one of threeattacks on police in the city on thisday.

28-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A roadside bomb targeting a vehiclecarrying barbers detonated, killingone barber shop worker andseriously wounding four others.Attacks on barbers and barbershopsare frequent in Iraq, as insurgentsbelieve that shaving men's' beardsand giving western haircuts violateIslamic law.

28-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives15 3 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives near a line of cars waitingfor fuel at a gas station in the Doraneighborhood of Baghdad, killingthree people and wounding fifteenothers. Attacks on gas stations arefrequent in Iraq, as insurgents try todisrupt one of the country's mostprofitable industries. Recent gasshortages in Iraq have also made fuelstations popular targets for insurgentattack because they are oftencrowded with motorists waiting inlong lines.

28-Aug-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed an Iraqipolice commissioner outside hishome in Mosul. This was one ofthree attacks on police in the city onthis day.

28-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Baghdad detonated, killingone policeman and wounding twoothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

28-Aug-06

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 3 Police found the bodies of threemembers of the National DialogueFront three days after they had beenabducted. Attacks on governmentofficials and those who cooperatewith the government are frequent inIraq. Note, the exact city of theattack and the weapon used areunknown.

28-Aug-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formerIraqi Army officer in Mosul. Attackson former officials of SaddamHussein's regime are frequent inIraq.

28-Aug-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A civilian volunteer for a local villagedefense force was fatally shot andmutilated while riding his motorcycleto make a delivery in the early hoursof the morning in the Ban Kuwavillage of the Sungai Padi district ofNarathiwat. The police found hisbody full of bullets and covered withknife wounds. The assailants alsoapparently cut off the victim's ears.Police stated that they believed thislatest act attack was intended to stirup violence and was linked to localIslamic militant groups.

28-Aug-06

Parang PhilippinesMoroIslamicLiberationFront(MILF)

Explosives0 0 Security officers arrested threemembers of the Moro IslamicLiberation Front (MILF) who werediscovered as they were boarding aferry bound for Manila from theMaguindanao region in the southernPhilippines. The men were found tobe carrying two homemade bombson their persons.The local policechief identified the three men asmembers of the MILF specialoperations group. The police claimthat the three men admitted thatthey were on route to carry outattacks in metro Manila. Aspokesperson for the MILF deniedthat the group was involved or hadany knowledge of the plannedbombings. Security officials were alsolooking into possible links with theAbu Sayyah Group (ASG).

28-Aug-06

Antalya Turkey KurdistanFreedomHawks(TAK)

Explosives18 3 Three people were killed and at leasteighteen others injured when anexplosive device detonated in frontof a city-run business center inAntalya. The blast damaged severalvehicles parked nearby and caused amajor fire, which was extinguishedby fire officials. This incident comesonly one day after three other bombattacks in Marmaris injured twenty-one people. Both these attacks werelater claimed by the KurdistanFreedom Hawks (TAK). The groupvowed that the fear of death willreign everywhere in Turkey and aresuspected to be the perpetrators.

29-Aug-06

El-Kseur Algeria SalafistGroup forCall andCombat(GSPC)

Firearms1 3 A group believed to be associatedwith the Salafist Group for Call andCombat (GSPC) attacked a roadblockbeing manned by police in the city ofEl-Kseur. The attack led to the deathof two policemen and one civilian.Another civilian was wounded in theattack.

29-Aug-06

Lahore Pakistan Unknown Explosives4 0 A bomb exploded in the parking lotoutside of shops in the LibertyMarket area of Lahore on August 29.The explosion injured four people.No one has claimed responsibility forthe attack, although the area's policechief announced that they hadidentified two suspects from securitycamera footage.

29-Aug-06

Hub Pakistan Unknown Explosives6 4 A bomb exploded at a hotel in Hubon August 29. The explosion killedfour people and injured six. No oneclaimed responsibility for the attack.The incident occurred during a timeof upset in the region in the daysafter Pakistan's security forces killedBalochistan tribal chief Nawab AkbarBugti in an air strike on August 26.

29-Aug-06

Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Two bombs exploded outside thefuneral prayer gathering forBalochistan tribal leader NawabAkbar Bugti. Bugti was killed bygovernment forces in an air strike onAugust 26. His death has led to riotsand unrest in the region. Seniorpolitical figures and family memberswere reported to have attended thefuneral ceremony, called ghaibanejanaaza, which had to be conductedwithout Bugti's body. No one wasinjured by the bombs, which weredescribed as crude. The perpetrator(s) of the attack is unknown.

29-Aug-06

Greshk AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 1 One police officer was killed when apolice convoy was targeted by aremote-controlled device in Greshk.The Taliban claimed responsibility forthe attack, although its spokespersonsaid that the attack had killed sixpolice officers.

29-Aug-06

Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen attacked bakery workers inBaiji, killing one and woundinganother. Attacks on bakers arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations, as bakers aretraditionally Shiite.

29-Aug-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Militants attacked an office of Shiitecleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Baqubahwith three mortar shells, two rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), and abomb, killing two guards anddestroying the building. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

29-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 13 The bodies of thirteen people, allbelieved to between the ages of 25and 35, were found dumped behind aShiite mosque in western Baghdad.The individuals were handcuffed andexhibited signs of torture. Each hadbeen shot in the head. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations andcomes on the same day that elevenother bodies were found near aschool in a Shiite neighborhood ofsouthern Baghdad.

29-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 11 The bodies of eleven people werefound dumped near a school in apredominately Shiite area ofsouthern Baghdad. The individualswere handcuffed and exhibited signsof torture. Each had been shot in thehead. The attack likely had sectarianmotivations and comes on the sameday that thirteen other bodies werefound behind a Shiite mosque in aneighborhood of western Baghdad.

29-Aug-06

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Iraqi Army troops in Fallujah foundand released a policeman who hadbeen kidnapped. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq. Note, the exactincident date and city are unknown.

29-Aug-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen attacked traffic policemenin Baqubah, killing one and woundinganother. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

29-Aug-06

BaladRuz

Iraq Unknown Explosives1 4 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Balad Ruz detonated, killingfour policemen and woundinganother. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

29-Aug-06

Hillah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb targeting an Iraqi translatorworking at a US army base in Hillahdetonated, however did not result incasualties. Attacks on those whocooperate with American forces,particularly translators, are frequentin Iraq.

29-Aug-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked two mobilecommunication towers in two areasof western Baqubah. Attacks oncommunications infrastructure arefrequent in Iraq as insurgentsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

29-Aug-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked two mobilecommunication towers in two areasof western Baqubah. Attacks oncommunications infrastructure arefrequent in Iraq as insurgentsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

29-Aug-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Gunmen shot and killed five peoplein Al-Tahrir, southeast Baqubah. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations.

29-Aug-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms5 2 Gunmen attacked a police patrol inAl-Ummal, southern Baqubah, killingtwo policemen and wounding fiveothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

29-Aug-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives9 1 An explosive device detonated neara police patrol in Kirkuk, killing onepoliceman and wounding nine others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

29-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Sheikh Qusaial-Ramah, the prayer and sermonleader of the Malahawesh Sunnimosque in Baghdad, as he leftevening prayers. Attacks on religiousleaders are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations.

29-Aug-06

Sederot Israel PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, the armedwing of Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ),claimed responsibility for firing arocket on the Israeli settlement ofSederot. The group also claimedshelling the city of Ashqelon on thisday. No casualties were reported.

29-Aug-06


Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, the armedwing of Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ),claimed responsibility for firing arocket on the Israeli city of Ashqelon.The group also claimed shelling thesettlement of Sederot on this day.No casualties were reported.

30-Aug-06

MiramshahPakistan Taliban Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 An Afghan cleric, Maulvi Noor Wali,was found beheaded in Khadikheloutside of Miramshah. Talibanmembers claimed responsibility forthe attack, claiming that the clericwas acting as a spy for Afghanistan.

30-Aug-06

MiramshahPakistan Taliban Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Taliban members claimedresponsibility for the beheading ofHaq Nawaz (also known as Dactar),who they accused of being a spy forAfghanistan. Dactar's body wasfound near Miramshah one kilometerfrom the North Waziristan Agencyheadquarters on August 30. Thebody was left with a chit identifyingthe body as a gift for AfghanPresident Karzai.

30-Aug-06

Mastung Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A railway line in Mastung was blownup by unidentified persons on August30. The incident occurred during atime of unrest and protest in theregion over the death of tribal leaderNawab Akbar Bugti by a governmentair strike on August 26.

30-Aug-06

Sui Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A pipeline that supplied gas to aplant in Sui was blown up byunidentified persons on August 30.The attack occurred during a time ofunrest and violence in the regionfollowing the death of tribal leaderNawab Akbar Bugti by a governmentair strike on August 26.

30-Aug-06

Kupwara India Unknown Firearms1 1 A special police officer was shot andkilled by unidentified gunmen inKupwara on August 30. A civilianwas also injured in the attack. No onhas claimed responsibility for theincident. The officer was identifiedas Farid Ahmed Khan.

30-Aug-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives11 3 A bomb placed on a bus detonated inKirkuk, killing three people, includingthe perpetrator, and woundingeleven others. Attacks ontransportation systems are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations. It was unclear if theattack was a deliberate suicideattempt or if the individual wasunable to exit the bus before thedevice exploded.

30-Aug-06

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A bomb placed along the road fromsouthern Basra to the Iranian borderexploded, killing one police officer.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

30-Aug-06

MuqdadiyaIraq Unknown Explosives10 3 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Muqdadiya exploded, killingthree civilians and wounding tenpeople, including three police.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

30-Aug-06

BaladRuz

Iraq MujahideenCouncil

Explosives1 5 A bomb targeting a police patrol inBalad Ruz exploded, killing fivepolicemen and wounding one other.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Mujahideen Shura Councilclaimed responsibility for the attack.

30-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives14 3 Two bombs exploded in downtownBaghdad near a gas station while apolice patrol was passing. The blastkilled three police officers andwounded fourteen people. Somemedia reports stated that the firstblast targeted the gas station andthat the second explosion was aseparate, coordinated attacktargeting first responders. Attackson police, gas stations, andcoordinated strikes targeting firstresponders are all frequent in Iraq.

30-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq MujahideenCouncil

Firearms0 4 Gunmen killed Nadia Mohammed, asenior official at the Interior Ministry,along with her driver and twobodyguards in western Baghdad. Al-Sharqiyah reported that Mohammedwas the head of the InteriorMinistry's Notaries PublicDepartment.The Mujahideen ShuraCouncil claimed responsibility for theattack.

30-Aug-06

Hillah Iraq Unknown Explosives38 12 A man pretending to be an armyapplicant left a bomb attached to abicycle at an army recruiting centerin Hillah. The device detonated,killing twelve people and injuring 38others. Attacks on army recruitmentcenters are frequent in Iraq.

30-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives35 24 A roadside bomb detonated in theShurja market, Baghdad's largestand oldest, killing 24 people andwounding at least 35 others. Attackson public areas, especially markets,are frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

30-Aug-06

NumaniyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen killed three Shiite brothersin Numaniya. The men had fled froma Sunni region further north. Attackson families after they have fled orwhile they are fleeing sectarianviolence is frequent in Iraq andalmost always have sectarianmotivations.

30-Aug-06


Explosives0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimedresponsibility for firing two rocketson the Israeli settlement of Sederot.No casualties were reported. Note,while the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade isoften linked to Fatah, the relationshipbetween the two groups is notalways clear.

31-Aug-06

Qalat AfghanistanTaliban Explosives2 1 A suicide bomber targeted theconvoy of Afghan Deputy InteriorMinister on Security Affairs, AbdulHadi Khaled, on August 31. Theconvoy was traveling through Qalatwhen the attack occurred. Khaledwas on his way from Kabul toKandahar. According to agovernment spokesperson, onepolice officer was killed in theexplosion and two civilians wereinjured. Khaled was unharmed.However, other reports indicated thatthree policemen may have beeninjured. The Taliban claimedresponsibility for the attack.

31-Aug-06

BatticaloaSriLanka


Explosives2 0 A police roadblock in Batticaloa wastargeted by a hand grenade thrownby suspected Liberation Tigers ofTamil Eelam (LTTE) members onAugust 31. Two police officers wereinjured in the attack.

31-Aug-06

Eravul SriLanka


Firearms1 0 A police officer was shot at in Eravulby suspected Liberation Tigers ofTamil Eelam (LTTE) members onAugust 31. The officer was injured inthe attack.

31-Aug-06

Doda Kashmir Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot at andkilled two Special Police Officers(SPOs) in Doda on August 31. TheSPOs were identified as NareshKumar and Manohari Lal. No one hasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

31-Aug-06

Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped and later killedKamil Shateb, a former intelligenceofficer under Saddam Hussein.Attacks on members of Hussein'sformer regime are frequent in Iraq.

31-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A roadside bomb targeting policedetonated, wounding two policemenand three civilians in Baghdad.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

31-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives13 3 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a gas station in easternBaghdad, killing himself and twoother people, and wounding thirteen.The attack occurred as a policepatrol was in the area and severalpolice were thought to be injured inthe blast. Attacks on gas stationsare frequent in Iraq, as insurgents tryto disrupt one of the country's mostprofitable industries. Attacks onpolice are also common.Note, exacttarget is unknown.

31-Aug-06

Mosul Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Firearms0 4 Gunmen ambushed a police patrol inMosul, shot and killed four policeofficers, and then set their bodies onfire. Attacks on police are frequentin Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnah claimedresponsibility for attacking a policepatrol in east Mosul on this day. Thegroup stated that four police werekilled, however did not mentionburning their bodies.

31-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb detonated as aconvoy from the British embassypassed in the Mansour area ofBaghdad. The British embassystated that no one was hurt, howeverIraqi media stated that two people inthe area were injured in the blast.Attacks on foreign diplomats arefrequent in Iraq.

31-Aug-06

Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed WajihHunayfish, former commander of Al-Habbaniyah air base under SaddamHussein. Attacks on members ofHussein's former regime are frequentin Iraq.

31-Aug-06

Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 Militants attacked a communicationscenter in Fallujah with handgrenades. One of the attackers waskilled in the incident. Attacks ontelecommunication infrastructure arecommon in Iraq as insurgents try todisrupt the country's reconstruction.

31-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives9 2 A car bomb exploded near a policepatrol in eastern Baghdad, killing twopeople and wounding nine. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

31-Aug-06

MahaweelIraq Unknown Explosives7 0 A bomb at a wedding party inMahaweel exploded, wounding sevenpeople. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

31-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives8 0 A bomb exploded at a restaurant onPalestine Street, a main avenue ineastern Baghdad, wounding at leasteight people. The attack may havehad sectarian motivations.

31-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen attacked two members ofthe Oil Ministry's security service asthey drove in northeast Baghdad,killing one and wounding the other.Attacks on the oil industry, especiallyattacks on employees and oilinstallations, are frequent in Iraq asinsurgents try to disrupt one of thecountry's most profitable industries.

31-Aug-06

Hibhib Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 Gunmen attacked a police colonel inHibhib, east of Baqubah, killing thecolonel and one bodyguard, andwounding one other guard. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

31-Aug-06

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formerintelligence official from SaddamHussein's regime as he was walkingin an area 35 miles south ofBaghdad. Attacks on formermembers of the Baathist regime arefrequent in Iraq.

31-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives300 68 Militants attacked Shiiteneighborhoods in Baghdad with carbombs and mortar fire. Officialsreported that at least sevenexplosions occurred between 6:00and 6:30pm, killing upwards of 68people and injuring 300 others. Thedirector of the counterterrorism unitat Iraq's Interior Ministry stated thatmilitants targeted areas controlledby Shiite militias, in some casesrenting apartments and stores inbuildings where they planted remote-detonated explosives. Officialsstated that one attack targeted amedical center housing doctor'soffices in Sadr City's al-Hamzasquare. A car bomb also went off ata market and behind a telephoneexchange building.

31-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants attacked Shiiteneighborhoods in Baghdad with carbombs and mortar fire. Officialsreported that at least sevenexplosions occurred between 6:00and 6:30pm, killing upwards of 68people and injuring 300 others. Thedirector of the counterterrorism unitat Iraq's Interior Ministry stated thatmilitants targeted areas controlledby Shiite militias, in some casesrenting apartments and stores inbuildings where they planted remote-detonated explosives. One car bombwent off in a market. Officials alsostated that attacks targeted amedical center housing doctor'soffices in Sadr City's al-Hamzasquare and a telephone exchangebuilding. Note, casualties are for allattacks combined.

31-Aug-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants attacked Shiiteneighborhoods in Baghdad with carbombs and mortar fire. Officialsreported that at least sevenexplosions occurred between 6:00and 6:30pm, killing upwards of 68people and injuring 300 others. Thedirector of the counterterrorism unitat Iraq's Interior Ministry stated thatmilitants targeted areas controlledby Shiite militias, in some casesrenting apartments and stores inbuildings where they planted remote-detonated explosives. One bombwent off behind a telephoneexchange building. Officials alsostated that attacks targeted amedical center housing doctor'soffices in Sadr City's al-Hamzasquare and a market.Note, casualtiesare for all attacks combined.

31-Aug-06

NumaniyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen stormed the home of apolice officer in Numaniyah and killedhim. Attacks on police are frequentin Iraq.

31-Aug-06

Yala Thailand Ber Satu Remote-detonatedexplosive

23 1 (Coordinated Attack: 1st of 11 forMuang, 1 of 23 for Yala)Police believethat Muslim militants are responsiblefor a series of coordinated, smallbomb attacks against 23 commercialbanks across Yala province insouthern Thailand. The bombs wereplanted in ATM booths and weredetonated by remote timers within afive-minute span of time (11:30-11:35) late Thursday morning. At leastone person was killed by the series ofattacks and dozens were injured andtaken to local hospitals fortreatment. The militants disguisedthemselves as students in order toplant the bombs just a few minutesbefore the attacks transpired. Thebombs were hidden inside handbagsor within thick books that had thepages carved out. The bombingsforced the closure of all banks andmost schools throughout theprovince.There were eleven attacksalone in the Muang district of theprovincial capital of Yala city. Policearrested two Muslim youths thatwere identified by ATM securitycameras and confirmed that they aremembers of Bersatu – an ethnicMalay Muslim Extremist group thataims to carve an Islamic state fromportions of Southern Thailand,Malaysia, and Indonesia. The attackswere timed to coincide with the 27thanniversary of the founding of theorganization. The Thai governmentadmitted that it anticipated terroristattacks to celebrate the anniversary.

31-Aug-06


0 0 (Coordinated Attack: 2nd of 11 forMuang, 2 of 23 for Yala)Police believethat Muslim militants are responsiblefor a series of coordinated, smallbomb attacks against 23 commercialbanks across Yala province insouthern Thailand. The bombs wereplanted in ATM booths and weredetonated by remote timers within afive-minute span of time (11:30-11:35) late Thursday morning. At leastone person was killed by the series ofattacks and dozens were injured andtaken to local hospitals fortreatment. The militants disguisedthemselves as students in order toplant the bombs just a few minutesbefore the attacks transpired. Thebombs were hidden inside handbagsor within thick books that had thepages carved out. The bombingsforced the closure of all banks andmost schools throughout theprovince.There were eleven attacksalone in the Muang district of theprovincial capital of Yala city. Policearrested two Muslim youths thatwere identified by ATM securitycameras and confirmed that they aremembers of Bersatu – an ethnicMalay Muslim Extremist group thataims to carve an Islamic state fromportions of Southern Thailand,Malaysia, and Indonesia. The attackswere timed to coincide with the 27thanniversary of the founding of theorganization. The Thai governmentadmitted that it anticipated terroristattacks to celebrate the anniversary.

31-Aug-06


0 0 (Coordinated Attack: 3nd of 11 forMuang, 3 of 23 for Yala)Police believethat Muslim militants are responsiblefor a series of coordinated, smallbomb attacks against 23 commercialbanks across Yala province insouthern Thailand. The bombs wereplanted in ATM booths and weredetonated by remote timers within afive-minute span of time (11:30-11:35) late Thursday morning. At leastone person was killed by the series ofattacks and dozens were injured andtaken to local hospitals fortreatment. The militants disguisedthemselves as students in order toplant the bombs just a few minutesbefore the attacks transpired. Thebombs were hidden inside handbagsor within thick books that had thepages carved out. The bombingsforced the closure of all banks andmost schools throughout theprovince.There were eleven attacksalone in the Muang district of theprovincial capital of Yala city. Policearrested two Muslim youths thatwere identified by ATM securitycameras and confirmed that they aremembers of Bersatu – an ethnicMalay Muslim Extremist group thataims to carve an Islamic state fromportions of Southern Thailand,Malaysia, and Indonesia. The attackswere timed to coincide with the 27thanniversary of the founding of theorganization. The Thai governmentadmitted that it anticipated terroristattacks to celebrate the anniversary.

31-Aug-06


0 0 (Coordinated Attack: 4th of 11 forMuang, 4 of 23 for Yala)Police believethat Muslim militants are responsiblefor a series of coordinated, smallbomb attacks against 23 commercialbanks across Yala province insouthern Thailand. The bombs wereplanted in ATM booths and weredetonated by remote timers within afive-minute span of time (11:30-11:35) late Thursday morning. At leastone person was killed by the series ofattacks and dozens were injured andtaken to local hospitals fortreatment. The militants disguisedthemselves as students in order toplant the bombs just a few minutesbefore the attacks transpired. Thebombs were hidden inside handbagsor within thick books that had thepages carved out. The bombingsforced the closure of all banks andmost schools throughout theprovince.There were eleven attacksalone in the Muang district of theprovincial capital of Yala city. Policearrested two Muslim youths thatwere identified by ATM securitycameras and confirmed that they aremembers of Bersatu – an ethnicMalay Muslim Extremist group thataims to carve an Islamic state fromportions of Southern Thailand,Malaysia, and Indonesia. The attackswere timed to coincide with the 27thanniversary of the founding of theorganization. The Thai governmentadmitted that it anticipated terroristattacks to celebrate the anniversary.

31-Aug-06



31-Aug-06


0 0 (Coordinated Attack: 10th of 11 forMuang, 10 of 23 for Yala)Policebelieve that Muslim militants areresponsible for a series ofcoordinated, small bomb attacksagainst 23 commercial banks acrossYala province in southern Thailand.The bombs were planted in ATMbooths and were detonated byremote timers within a five-minutespan of time (11:30-11:35) lateThursday morning. At least oneperson was killed by the series ofattacks and dozens were injured andtaken to local hospitals fortreatment. The militants disguisedthemselves as students in order toplant the bombs just a few minutesbefore the attacks transpired. Thebombs were hidden inside handbagsor within thick books that had thepages carved out. The bombingsforced the closure of all banks andmost schools throughout theprovince.There were eleven attacksalone in the Muang district of theprovincial capital of Yala city. Policearrested two Muslim youths thatwere identified by ATM securitycameras and confirmed that they aremembers of Bersatu – an ethnicMalay Muslim Extremist group thataims to carve an Islamic state fromportions of Southern Thailand,Malaysia, and Indonesia. The attackswere timed to coincide with the 27thanniversary of the founding of theorganization. The Thai governmentadmitted that it anticipated terroristattacks to celebrate the anniversary.

31-Aug-06


0 0 (Coordinated Attack: 11 of 11 forMuang, 11 of 23 for Yala)Policebelieve that Muslim militants areresponsible for a series ofcoordinated, small bomb attacksagainst 23 commercial banks acrossYala province in southern Thailand.The bombs were planted in ATMbooths and were detonated byremote timers within a five-minutespan of time (11:30-11:35) lateThursday morning. At least oneperson was killed by the series ofattacks and dozens were injured andtaken to local hospitals fortreatment. The militants disguisedthemselves as students in order toplant the bombs just a few minutesbefore the attacks transpired. Thebombs were hidden inside handbagsor within thick books that had thepages carved out. The bombingsforced the closure of all banks andmost schools throughout theprovince.There were eleven attacksalone in the Muang district of theprovincial capital of Yala city. Policearrested two Muslim youths thatwere identified by ATM securitycameras and confirmed that they aremembers of Bersatu – an ethnicMalay Muslim Extremist group thataims to carve an Islamic state fromportions of Southern Thailand,Malaysia, and Indonesia. The attackswere timed to coincide with the 27thanniversary of the founding of theorganization. The Thai governmentadmitted that it anticipated terroristattacks to celebrate the anniversary.

31-Aug-06

Betong Thailand Ber Satu Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 (Coordinated Attack: 1 of 6 forBetong, 12 of 23 for Yala)Policebelieve that Muslim militants areresponsible for a series ofcoordinated, small bomb attacksagainst 23 commercial banks acrossYala province in southern Thailand.The bombs were planted in ATMbooths and were detonated byremote timers within a five-minutespan of time (11:30-11:35) lateThursday morning. At least oneperson was killed by the series ofattacks and dozens were injured andtaken to local hospitals fortreatment. The militants disguisedthemselves as students in order toplant the bombs just a few minutesbefore the attacks transpired. Thebombs were hidden inside handbagsor within thick books that had thepages carved out. The bombingsforced the closure of all banks andmost schools throughout theprovince.There were six attacks inthe town of Betong in the provinceof Yala. Police arrested two Muslimyouths that were identified by ATMsecurity cameras and confirmed thatthey are members of Bersatu – anethnic Malay Muslim Extremist groupthat aims to carve an Islamic statefrom portions of Southern Thailand,Malaysia, and Indonesia. The attackswere timed to coincide with the 27thanniversary of the founding of theorganization. The Thai governmentadmitted that it anticipated terroristattacks to celebrate the anniversary.

31-Aug-06



31-Aug-06

Yaha Thailand Ber Satu Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 (Coordinated Attack: 1 of 2 for Yaha,18 of 23 for Yala)Police believe thatMuslim militants are responsible for aseries of coordinated, small bombattacks against 23 commercial banksacross Yala province in southernThailand. The bombs were planted inATM booths and were detonated byremote timers within a five-minutespan of time (11:30-11:35) lateThursday morning. At least oneperson was killed by the series ofattacks and dozens were injured andtaken to local hospitals fortreatment. The militants disguisedthemselves as students in order toplant the bombs just a few minutesbefore the attacks transpired. Thebombs were hidden inside handbagsor within thick books that had thepages carved out. The bombingsforced the closure of all banks andmost schools throughout theprovince.There were two attackstotal in the town of Yaha in theprovince of Yala. Police arrested twoMuslim youths that were identified byATM security cameras and confirmedthat they are members of Bersatu –an ethnic Malay Muslim Extremistgroup that aims to carve an Islamicstate from portions of SouthernThailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia.The attacks were timed to coincidewith the 27th anniversary of thefounding of the organization. TheThai government admitted that itanticipated terrorist attacks tocelebrate the anniversary.

31-Aug-06

Yaha Thailand Ber Satu Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 (Coordinated Attack: 2 of 2 for Yaha,19 of 23 for Yala)Police believe thatMuslim militants are responsible for aseries of coordinated, small bombattacks against 23 commercial banksacross Yala province in southernThailand. The bombs were planted inATM booths and were detonated byremote timers within a five-minutespan of time (11:30-11:35) lateThursday morning. At least oneperson was killed by the series ofattacks and dozens were injured andtaken to local hospitals fortreatment. The militants disguisedthemselves as students in order toplant the bombs just a few minutesbefore the attacks transpired. Thebombs were hidden inside handbagsor within thick books that had thepages carved out. The bombingsforced the closure of all banks andmost schools throughout theprovince.There were two attackstotal in the town of Yaha in theprovince of Yala. Police arrested twoMuslim youths that were identified byATM security cameras and confirmedthat they are members of Bersatu –an ethnic Malay Muslim Extremistgroup that aims to carve an Islamicstate from portions of SouthernThailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia.The attacks were timed to coincidewith the 27th anniversary of thefounding of the organization. TheThai government admitted that itanticipated terrorist attacks tocelebrate the anniversary.

31-Aug-06

BannangSata

Thailand Ber Satu Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 (Coordinated Attack: 1 of 2 forBannang Sata, 20 of 23 for Yala)Police believe that Muslim militantsare responsible for a series ofcoordinated, small bomb attacksagainst 23 commercial banks acrossYala province in southern Thailand.The bombs were planted in ATMbooths and were detonated byremote timers within a five-minutespan of time (11:30-11:35) lateThursday morning. At least oneperson was killed by the series ofattacks and dozens were injured andtaken to local hospitals fortreatment. The militants disguisedthemselves as students in order toplant the bombs just a few minutesbefore the attacks transpired. Thebombs were hidden inside handbagsor within thick books that had thepages carved out. The bombingsforced the closure of all banks andmost schools throughout theprovince.There were two attackstotal in the town of Bannang Sata inthe province of Yala. Police arrestedtwo Muslim youths that wereidentified by ATM security camerasand confirmed that they aremembers of Bersatu – an ethnicMalay Muslim Extremist group thataims to carve an Islamic state fromportions of Southern Thailand,Malaysia, and Indonesia. The attackswere timed to coincide with the 27thanniversary of the founding of theorganization. The Thai governmentadmitted that it anticipated terroristattacks to celebrate the anniversary.

31-Aug-06

BannangSata

Thailand Ber Satu Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 (Coordinated Attack: 2 of 2 forBannang Sata, 21 of 23 for Yala)Police believe that Muslim militantsare responsible for a series ofcoordinated, small bomb attacksagainst 23 commercial banks acrossYala province in southern Thailand.The bombs were planted in ATMbooths and were detonated byremote timers within a five-minutespan of time (11:30-11:35) lateThursday morning. At least oneperson was killed by the series ofattacks and dozens were injured andtaken to local hospitals fortreatment. The militants disguisedthemselves as students in order toplant the bombs just a few minutesbefore the attacks transpired. Thebombs were hidden inside handbagsor within thick books that had thepages carved out. The bombingsforced the closure of all banks andmost schools throughout theprovince.There were two attackstotal in the town of Bannang Sata inthe province of Yala. Police arrestedtwo Muslim youths that wereidentified by ATM security camerasand confirmed that they aremembers of Bersatu – an ethnicMalay Muslim Extremist group thataims to carve an Islamic state fromportions of Southern Thailand,Malaysia, and Indonesia. The attackswere timed to coincide with the 27thanniversary of the founding of theorganization. The Thai governmentadmitted that it anticipated terroristattacks to celebrate the anniversary.

31-Aug-06

Raman Thailand Ber Satu Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 (Coordinated Attack: 1 of 2 forRaman, 22 of 23 for Yala)Policebelieve that Muslim militants areresponsible for a series ofcoordinated, small bomb attacksagainst 23 commercial banks acrossYala province in southern Thailand.The bombs were planted in ATMbooths and were detonated byremote timers within a five-minutespan of time (11:30-11:35) lateThursday morning. At least oneperson was killed by the series ofattacks and dozens were injured andtaken to local hospitals fortreatment. The militants disguisedthemselves as students in order toplant the bombs just a few minutesbefore the attacks transpired. Thebombs were hidden inside handbagsor within thick books that had thepages carved out. The bombingsforced the closure of all banks andmost schools throughout theprovince.There were two attackstotal in the town of Raman in theprovince of Yala. Police arrested twoMuslim youths that were identified byATM security cameras and confirmedthat they are members of Bersatu –an ethnic Malay Muslim Extremistgroup that aims to carve an Islamicstate from portions of SouthernThailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia.The attacks were timed to coincidewith the 27th anniversary of thefounding of the organization. TheThai government admitted that itanticipated terrorist attacks tocelebrate the anniversary.

31-Aug-06

Raman Thailand Ber Satu Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 (Coordinated Attack: 2 of 2 forRaman, 23 of 23 for Yala)Policebelieve that Muslim militants areresponsible for a series ofcoordinated, small bomb attacksagainst 23 commercial banks acrossYala province in southern Thailand.The bombs were planted in ATMbooths and were detonated byremote timers within a five-minutespan of time (11:30-11:35) lateThursday morning. At least oneperson was killed by the series ofattacks and dozens were injured andtaken to local hospitals fortreatment. The militants disguisedthemselves as students in order toplant the bombs just a few minutesbefore the attacks transpired. Thebombs were hidden inside handbagsor within thick books that had thepages carved out. The bombingsforced the closure of all banks andmost schools throughout theprovince.There were two attackstotal in the town of Raman in theprovince of Yala. Police arrested twoMuslim youths that were identified byATM security cameras and confirmedthat they are members of Bersatu –an ethnic Malay Muslim Extremistgroup that aims to carve an Islamicstate from portions of SouthernThailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia.The attacks were timed to coincidewith the 27th anniversary of thefounding of the organization. TheThai government admitted that itanticipated terrorist attacks tocelebrate the anniversary.

31-Aug-06

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) foundand safely detonated two explosivedevices placed along the electronicborder fence near central Gaza. Nocasualties were reported.

1-Sep-06 Nimroz AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 7 A police convoy was attacked byTaliban members on September 1 inNimroz. The convoy was traveling toDelaram. The security commanderof Khashrod District, identified asJoma God, was killed in the attackalong with three other police officers.Between six and eight police officerswere reported as kidnapped ormissing after the attack. ThreeTaliban members died also.

1-Sep-06 Greshk AfghanistanTaliban Unknown2 3 Three police officers were killed andtwo were injured from an attack inGreshk at the Sarband police post.Further information on the attack isnot yet available. The SecurityCommander of Helmand Provinceidentified the attackers as Talibanmembers.

1-Sep-06 Moqor AfghanistanTaliban Unknown2 1 The Moqor district chief, HajjiHabibollah Khan, was killed byTaliban members on September 1.The Afghan government reportedthat two of the chief's companionswere wounded. Information on theattack or how Khan was killed is notyet available. The Taliban issued astatement taking responsibility forthe killing and also saying that itkilled six of the chief's companions.

1-Sep-06 BaramullaKashmir Unknown Firearms0 1 Bashir Ahmad, a police headconstable, was shot at and killed byunidentified gunmen on September1. The incident occurred at IqbalMarket Sopore in Baramulla. No onehas claimed responsibility for theattack.

1-Sep-06 Senapati India Unknown Firearms0 0 A police patrol in Senapati cameunder fire from unidentified gunmenon September 1. No one was injuredin the attack.

1-Sep-06 ChurachandpurIndia Unknown Unknown0 0 A government official for the Manipurdistrict was kidnapped from his officein Churachandpur. The identities ofthe kidnappers are unknown. Thegovernment official is Kh. RaghumaniSingh.

1-Sep-06 KhasavyurtRussia Unknown Firearms1 0 Aliomar Khamzatov, the deputy headof the Novolakskiy District inDagestan, was injured when his carwas shot at with assault rifles whiledriving between Khasavyurt andNovolak. The attackers are surmisedto be Chechens.

1-Sep-06 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants detonated upwards of 50kilograms of TNT at the Shiite holyshrine of Imam Ibrahim Sameen,near the Iranian border. The blastdestroyed the shrine, but nocasualties were reported. Attacks onmosques and shrines are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

1-Sep-06 MussayibIraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants detonated a bomb along anoil pipeline in Musayyib, south ofBaghdad, causing a large fire andcutting supplies to a major electricitystation. Attacks on the oil industry,including infrastructure andpersonnel, are frequent in Iraq, asinsurgents try to disrupt one of thecountry's most profitable industries.

1-Sep-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin a town outside of Baghdad.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

1-Sep-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin a town outside of Baghdad.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

1-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 3 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in the Doura district ofsouthern Baghdad detonated, killingthree policemen. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

1-Sep-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Militants kidnapped and later killed aformer intelligence officer underSaddam Hussein. His body wasfound several days later. Attacks onmembers of the former Husseinregime are frequent in Iraq. Note,incident date is the date the bodywas found.

1-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Kirkuk detonated, seriouslywounding three policemen. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

1-Sep-06 Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Firearms0 14 Gunmen ambushed a bus carryingSouth Asian Shiite pilgrims to Karbalaand forced fourteen men, elevenPakistanis and three Indians, to exitthe vehicle. The women wereallowed to continue to Karbala. Thenext day the bodies of the men werefound in the desert between Anbarprovince and Karbala with singlegunshot wounds to the head.Attacks on religious pilgrims arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.On 25September, Ansar al-Sunnah issued aclaim of responsibility for ambushingvehicles transporting Shiites fromIndia and Pakistan in Anbar Province.The group stated that ten peoplewere killed a few days ago. Thegroup alleged that the victims hadcome to Iraq from Iran to carry out aspecial task. The claim explainedthat the perpetrators wanted to takethe victims to a different location,however were unable to because ofAmerican troops in the area. On 24December, Iraqi media reported thatauthorities in Karbala arrested twopolice elements suspected of beinginvolved in the attack.

1-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Militants kidnapped Sheikh JamalKhalifah, a member of the SunniAssociation of Scholars and imam ofthe al-Rifai mosque in westernBaghdad. His body was found in aBaghdad hospital four days later.The Sunni Association of MuslimScholars claimed that Khalifah hadbeen killed by an armed militia linkedto the government. Attacks onreligious officials are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations. Note, the weapon usedis unknown.

1-Sep-06 AshqelonIsrael PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, the armedwing of Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ),claimed responsibility for firing tworockets on the Israeli city ofAshqelon. The group stated that oneof the rockets was meant for amilitary post, and the other for apower generator. No casualties werereported. As an industrial city,Ashqelon is frequently targeted inrocket attacks.

2-Sep-06 Khak-eSafed

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 4 Taliban gunmen killed a policesecurity commander, his wife, andtwo police guards in Khak-e Safid inFarah Province on September 2. Thecommander, Samad Khan, was headof a security checkpoint in Bagh-ePol-E in Farah. The gunmen attackedhis vehicle as he was traveling homefrom vacation. A spokesman for theTaliban claimed responsibility for theattack.

2-Sep-06 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives1 0 An explosion at the Malik NawabShah music market injured oneperson on September 2. The bomb,described as homemade, alsodamaged shops in the market. Themarket is located 50 kilometerssouthwest of Peshawar in the DarraAdamkhel bazaar. No one claimedresponsibility for the incident. Themusic market, however, wastargeted four months ago by theTaliban, allegedly for selling musicdeemed un-Islamic.

2-Sep-06 Cachar India Unknown Explosives0 0 An attempt to bomb a power line ofthe Power Grid Corporation of Indiawas foiled when eight explosivedevices were found and defused bysecurity force officer on September2. The bombs were positioned to hitthe high voltage Haflong-Jiribampower line that runs near the borderbetween Assam and Manipurdistricts.

2-Sep-06 MahaweelIraq Unknown Explosives14 3 A car bomb left near a police stationin Mahaweel detonated, killing threepeople and wounding fourteenothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

2-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen shot and killed three trafficpolicemen at a bus terminal inBaqubah. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

2-Sep-06 MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Mahmudiyah detonated,wounding two policemen. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

2-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms8 2 Militants attacked an Iraqi securityfirm in Baghdad, killing two peopleand wounding eight others. Attackson private security firms are frequentin Iraq, as insurgents perceive themas collaborating with the governmentand American forces. They alsooften protect foreigners andbusiness.

2-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives21 2 A bomb detonated in centralBaghdad, killing two people andwounding twenty-one others.Attacks on crowded, public areas arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations. When policeand first responders arrived at thescene, a second bomb exploded,wounding three policemen.Coordinated follow on attacks thattarget emergency personnel arefrequently carried out by insurgents.

2-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 When police and first respondersarrived at the scene of a blast thatkilled two people in central Baghdad,a second bomb exploded, woundingthree policemen. Coordinated followon attacks that target emergencypersonnel are frequently carried outby insurgents.Ansar al-Sunnahclaimed responsibility for bombing abase used by the Mahdi Army, aShiite militia, and then targetingpolice who responded to the attackwith a second explosive. The groupstated that the attack occurred on 2September, however did not state inwhich city the attack was carried out.

2-Sep-06 Karbala Iraq Unknown Explosives8 3 Gunmen ambushed a bus carryingpilgrims to Shiite shrines in Karbalajust north of the city. Three peoplewere killed and eight wounded.Attacks on religious pilgrims arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

2-Sep-06 Sederot Israel Al-AqsaMartyrsBrigade

Explosives0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimedresponsibility for firing two rocketson the Israeli settlement of Sederot.No casualties were reported.Note,while the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade isoften linked to Fatah, the relationshipbetween the two groups is notalways clear.

3-Sep-06 Koe Safi AfghanistanTaliban Firearms2 2 Taliban gunmen attacked a policepatrol in Koe Safi, north of Kabul, onSeptember 3. The securitycommander of Koe Safi, Gul Zaman,died in the attack. Zaman'sbodyguard was also killed, and twopolice officers were reported injured.However, some media reports and astatement from the Taliban indicatedthat more police officers, as many as8, were killed in the attack.

3-Sep-06 Tarwa AfghanistanUnknown Unknown3 2 Two police officers were killed andthree other officers injured in anattack in Paktika province onSeptember 3. The attack took placein Tarwa District. There is noinformation yet on the type of attack,and no one has claimedresponsibility for the incident.

3-Sep-06 Quetta AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 An explosion on a pipeline south ofQuetta disrupted gas supplies in theareas of Mastung and Qalat inBalochistan on September 3. No onehas claimed responsibility for thebombing. The incident occurredduring a period of recent unrest andviolence following the death ofNawab Akbar Bugti, a tribal leader inBalochistan. Bugti was killed by amilitary air strike.

3-Sep-06 Quetta AfghanistanUnknown Explosives6 0 Six people were injured onSeptember 3 in Quetta whenunidentified people on a motorcyclethrew a grenade into a crown outsideof a store. The attack occurred onthe same day a gas pipeline wasblown up outside of Quetta. Thearea of Balochistan has seen anincrease in violence and unrest sincethe death of tribal leader NawabAkbar Bugti at the end of Augustfrom a government air strike.

3-Sep-06 ValaichchchenaiSriLanka


Explosives0 0 A police post in Valaichchenai wasattacked with a grenade thrown bysuspected Liberation Tigers of TamilEelam (LTTE) members onSeptember 3. No one was injured inthe attack.

3-Sep-06 Jijiga Ethiopia Unknown Explosives7 1 A grenade-like explosive was throwinto a bar in Jijiga, Ethiopia. Theblast killed the bar's owner andwounded seven other patrons. Theattack is believed to be linked to aseries of unexplained bombingsacross Ethiopia over the last coupleof months.No one claimedresponsibility for the attacks. Thegovernment believes Eritrea isbehinds the attacks though theEritrean government denies this.

3-Sep-06 Khalis Iraq Unknown Explosives19 4 A bomb exploded in a market shop inKhalis, killing four people andwounding nineteen others. Attackson public areas, particularly markets,are frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

3-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq MujahideenCouncil

Explosives3 3 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives near a police patrol in theal-Karamah area of Mosul, killinghimself and two policemen, andwounding three others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheMujahideen Shura Council claimedresponsibility for the attack, statingthat it occurred in the western part ofthe city.

3-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed SheikhMohammad Mahdi al-Jawadi, arepresentative of Shiite clericAyatollah Ali al-Sistani in Baghdad.Attacks on religious officials arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

3-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Militants kidnapped GhanimGhudayer, a popular Iraqi soccer starconsidered to be one of the bestplayers on Baghdad's Air Force Clubteam. Ghudayer was also a memberof Iraq's Olympic soccer team.Attacks on athletes are notuncommon in Iraq: insurgents havetargeted athletes and coachesthroughout the country. In July,Iraq's national soccer coach and hisassistant resigned after receivingdeath threats and gunmenkidnapped the chairman of Iraq'sNational Olympic Committee alongwith fifty other officials. Thechairman's whereabouts remainunknown.

3-Sep-06 Al-Anbar

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants attacked thecommunication department in the Al-Andalus area of Anbar province withrocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).The incident did not result in anycasualties. Attacks ontelecommunications infrastructureare frequent in Iraq, as insurgentsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

3-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq MujahideenCouncil

Explosives3 3 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in eastern Baghdad detonated,killing two policemen and a civilian,and wounding three other police.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Mujahideen Shura Councilclaimed that they detonated a soundbomb in Baghdad on this day toattract a police patrol to the scene.According to the statement, whenthe police arrived, the groupdetonated a second device, killingthree police.

3-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked a police patrol inBaqubah, killing two policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

3-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 A government official was killed byinsurgents as he traveled to work.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.Note, the tactic andweapon used are unknown.

3-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents detonated explosives at aShiite mosque in a town northeast ofBaqubah. No casualties werereported. Attacks on mosques andshrines are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations.Note, theattack occurred during the nightbetween 2 September and 3September.

3-Sep-06 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed MajorGeneral Mohammed al-Fadawi, acommander in Saddam Hussein'sRepublican Guard, as he was drivingeast of Ramadi. Attacks on membersof Hussein's former regime arefrequent in Iraq. Al-Fadawi is thethird former Baathist to be killed inthe past week.

3-Sep-06 Catak Turkey KurdishWorkersParty(PKK)


7 2 A remote-controlled explosive devicedetonated in an outdoor tea gardenin Catak, in Van province. The blastkilled two people, including onepolice officer and injured sevenothers. Authorities suspect theKurdish Workers' Party (PKK) of beingbehind the attack, though the grouphas not claimed responsibility.

3-Sep-06 Ya'abed Israel PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Firearms0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, the armedwing of Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ),claimed responsibility for openingfire on a vehicle belonging to anIsraeli settler in the town of Ya'abed,southwest of Jenin. The group statedthat the attack was in retaliation forIsrael's killing of Husam Jaradat, anAl-Quds Brigades leader. The extentof casualties was unknown, howevera source stated that ambulancesarrived at the scene and took thewounded to local hospitals.

3-Sep-06 KfarSa'ad


Explosives0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimedresponsibility for firing a rocket onthe Israeli kibbutz of Kfar Sa'ad. Nocasualties were reported.

4-Sep-06 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 A remote-controlled bomb was foundon a bus in Kabul on September 5.The bomb was found and defused onthe same day that a suicide attacktargeted a British soldier near Kabul.No one was injured.

4-Sep-06 Imphal India Unknown Explosives0 0 On September 4, a bomb was foundand prevented from exploding at theSingjamei Bazaar in Imphal. There iscurrently no information on whoplanted the bomb.

4-Sep-06 Sui Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A gas pipeline was blown up onSeptember 4 near Sui in Balochistan.The identities of those responsible forthe attack are unknown. The attackoccurred during a period of protestand violence in the Balochistanregion following the death of Balochtribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti by amilitary air strike at the end ofAugust.

4-Sep-06 MalgobeckRussia Unknown Firearms1 0 A driver of a police truck waswounded when an unknown attackershot at the truck which was drivingpast the Malgobekskiy Circle highwaypolice post.

4-Sep-06 MalgobeckRussia Unknown Explosives0 0 Unknown attackers threw a grenadeinto the courtyard of the house ofHussein Shadiye, imam of the localmosque. The house sustained somedamage but no one was injured.

4-Sep-06 Karbala Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen stormed two homes inKarbala, kidnapping AyatollahMahmoud al-Hassani, a controversialShiite cleric, and four of his aides.Attacks on religious figures arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

4-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 2 A car bomb detonated near a policepatrol in Baghdad, killing twopolicemen and seriously woundingfive civilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

4-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Baghdad detonated,wounding a policeman and a civilian.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

4-Sep-06 Taji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen in Taji shot and killed twobodyguards for a Sunni Arab memberof parliament. Attacks ongovernment officials and theirsecurity details are frequent in Iraq.

4-Sep-06 Amman Jordan Unknown Firearms6 1 Nabeel Ahmed Issa Jaourah, a fatherof five, attacked tourists at theRoman Amphitheater in Amman,killing a British man and woundingfive other western tourists. AJordanian tourist police officer wasalso injured. Jaourah was thenoverpowered and arrested bysecurity personnel. If convicted ofusing an unlicensed weapon thatresulted in the death of a civilianJaourah could face the death penalty.According to Jordanian authorities,investigations into the incidentreveal that Jaourah had no ties to aterrorist organization and that hisactions were to avenge the death ofhis two brothers who were killed inan Israeli air strike on Lebanon in1982. Individuals who know theaccused state that he waited until hischildren were adults to carry out theattack. Neighbors speculated thatimages from the Israel-Lebanon warand of wounded children in the GazaStrip may have hastened the attack.

4-Sep-06 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 0 A 5kg bomb hidden along theroadside near a bridge in TakbaiDistrict of Narathiwat provinceexploded as a teacher protection unitpassed by on Monday morning. Theexplosion left a one-meter-wide holein the road. One soldier was criticallyinjured and rushed to the hospital.The convey was in route to providesecurity for a local school when theattack occurred. A local Muslimmilitant group is believed to beresponsible for the attack.

5-Sep-06 QaraBagh

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 The Qarabagh district educationofficer was kidnapped on September5. The identities of the kidnappersare unknown and no one has claimedresponsibility.Update: The body ofthe education officer, identified asAbdol Alim, was found in Bagh Atardesert. The head of the QarabaghDistrict said that the Taliban wasresponsible for incident.

5-Sep-06 Kohima India Unknown Firearms0 1 A former member of the NagaNational Council (NNC) was shot atand killed by unidentified gunmen inKohima on September 5. Theshooting occurred near Ura AcademyHall. The NNC member wasidentified as Soloni Poumai. No onehas yet claimed responsibility for theattack.

5-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Police in the predominately Sunniarea of Adhamiya, Baghdad foundthe bodies of five people, all withgunshot wounds. The attack likelyhad sectarian motivations.

5-Sep-06 Samarra Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

5 0 A bomb exploded outside the homeof Sheikh Jasim Mumtaz, a triballeader in Samarra, wounding fivepeople. Sheikh Mumtaz was not hurt.Media reports stated that the devicewas detonated remotely. Attacks ontribal leaders are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.When police and first respondersarrived at the scene, a secondexplosive device detonated, killingthree people. Insurgents oftencoordinate follow-on attackstargeting emergency personnel.

5-Sep-06 Samarra Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 3 When police and first respondersarrived at the scene of an attackoutside the home of Sheikh JasimMumtaz, a tribal leader in Samarra, asecond bomb detonated, killing threepeople. Media reports stated thatthe device was detonated remotely.Insurgents often coordinate follow-onattacks targeting emergencypersonnel.

5-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen attacked a police patrol inthe al-Yarmouk area of westernBaghdad, killing one policeman andwounding several others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq. Note,exact injury figures were not given.

5-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 3 Militants fired a rocket-propelledgrenade (RPG) at a police patrol inBaqubah, killing three policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

5-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A roadside bomb targeting theconvoy of independent politicianTariq al-Mamouri detonated as al-Mamouri was returning home in theKarrada neighborhood of centralBaghdad. Al-Mamouri was notharmed, however the blast seriouslywounded one person. Al-Mamouri isthe head of the New Iraq Movementand was deputy head of the IraqiUmma party. Attacks on governmentleaders are frequent in Iraq.

5-Sep-06 SawaryahIraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Police found the bodies of fivepeople, all blindfolded, shot, andbearing signs of torture, in Sawaryah,south of Baghdad. The attack likelyhad sectarian motivations.

5-Sep-06 Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives6 3 Two roadside explosives targeting afuel tanker detonated in Samarra,killing three people and wounding sixothers. Attacks on the oil industry,including fuel tankers, are frequent inIraq, as insurgents try to disrupt oneof the country's most profitableindustries.

5-Sep-06 Latifiyah Iraq Unknown Firearms3 1 Gunmen in Latifiyah attacked Shiitepilgrims as they traveled to Karbala,killing one and wounding threeothers. Attacks on religious pilgrimsare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

5-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen attacked and killed threeShiite pilgrims in Baghdad as theywere traveling to Karbala for religiousceremonies. Attacks on religiouspilgrims are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

5-Sep-06 Kut Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Iraqi authorities thwarted an attackon the Al-Kut Gas plant. According tothe security director for the defenseof oil facilities, a gas cylindercontaining explosives was found tohave been delivered to the gas plantwith other cylinders. A securityofficial noticed that the cylinder'sweight was different from all theothers. Authorities stated that theyarrested the individual responsiblefor the attack.Note, incident date isdate that the attack was reported.

5-Sep-06 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped Haydar Hamzah,an Iraqi translator working for Danishtroops in Diwaniya. His body wasfound shot three days later outsidehis home. Attacks on those whowork with coalition forces,particularly translators, are frequentin Iraq.

5-Sep-06 Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 A low-intensity resonant bomb wasplaced in a garbage bin near a Justiceand Development Party (AKP) officein Izmir province. The device causedminor damages and there were noreported casualties.

5-Sep-06 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 On early Tuesday morning, a 61-year-old poultry farmer was shotdead and his house set on fire in thePanare district in the town of Pattani.The man's wife said that they weresleeping when several gunmenentered the home, opened fire at herhusband, and set the house ablaze.Police found a note at the crimescene that read: You killed ourinnocent people. We'll kill yourinnocent people too. These leafletsare typically found next to thevictims of shootings throughout thetroubled South. Police linked thisattack by Muslim militants to anothershooting and a bombing on the sameday.

5-Sep-06 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 On early Tuesday morning, a 57-year-old security official at a localshrine was critically injured fromgunshots that he suffered as he rodehis motorcycle to work in the Muangdistrict in Pattani. He was attackedby two armed militants as they droveby. Police linked this attack byMuslim militants to another shootingof a farmer and his wife as they liesleeping in their home Tuesdaymorning and a bombing later on thesame day.

6-Sep-06 Yaqobi AfghanistanTaliban Explosives5 3 A suicide attack killed an Afghangovernment statistics officer and aschool headmaster in Yaqobi onSeptember 6. The two victims,identified as Mahmud Khan and GolMuhammad, were traveling in a cabwhen a suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives while jumping over thevehicle. The head of Yaqobi, MirzaKahn Nimgaray, said that he was theintended target of the attack andthat the bomber misidentified thevehicle. A Taliban statementclaiming responsibility for the attackalso indicated that the group wastrying to target Nimgaray. Thebomber died in the attack and fiveother people were reported injured.

6-Sep-06 ValaichchchenaiSriLanka


Firearms0 1 Nallathambi Punarathnam, a memberof Eelam People's Democratic Party(EPDP), was shot at and killed bysuspected gunmen from theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE). The incident took place onSeptember 6 in Valaichchenai.

6-Sep-06 Mannar SriLanka


Firearms1 0 Suspected gunmen from theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) shot at a police officer fromthe Mannar Police station onSeptember 6. The officer, who wastraveling on Pallaimunnai road, wasinjured in the attack.

6-Sep-06 VavuniyaSriLanka


Explosives1 0 The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) was suspected to be behind agrenade thrown at police officers thatwere providing security at the SriLanka Monitoring Mission office inVavuniya. The incident occurred onSeptember 6. One police officer wasinjured in the attack.

6-Sep-06 DantewaraIndia CommunistParty ofIndia-Maoists

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0 3 Three men were found dead with slitthroats along the side of a road inDantewara on September 6. Themen were identified as tribesmenbelonging to Salwa Judum. Theywere among four people kidnappedby suspected members of theCommunist Party of India--Maoist(CPI-Maoist) the previous week.Since the creation of the group inJune 2005 as an opposition to Maoistoppression, members of Salwa Judumhave been targeted by CPI-Maoistand similar groups.

6-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Ahmed al-Mashhadani, the nephew of Sunnimember of parliament Mahmud al-Mashhadani. The boy was abductedfrom the Hurriyah neighborhood ofBaghdad. Attacks on governmentofficials and their families arefrequent in Iraq.

6-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives8 2 A bomb exploded in southwesternBaghdad near a funeral ceremony fora supporter of Shiite cleric Moqtadaal-Sadr, killing two people andwounding eight others. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

6-Sep-06 Buhruz Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Ala ShakirMahmud, the president of DiyalaUniversity, and his bodyguard anddriver in Buhruz. Attacks onprofessionals, including educators,are frequent in Iraq, as insurgents tryto disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

6-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Armed men attacked a truck carryingconcrete blocks that were to be usedon a bridge in southern Baqubah. Nocasualties were reported. Attacks ontrucks and convoys are frequent inIraq, as insurgents try to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

6-Sep-06 al-Bayya

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen killed an employee of theHealth Ministry in Al-Bayya. Theindividual also owned a pharmacy.Authorities disclosed that the victimhad received threats stating that hewould be killed if he did not leave hisposition at the Ministry.

6-Sep-06 al-Bayya

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked the Al-Fattahmosque in Al-Bayya. It was alsoreported that mortar shells fell in thearea. No casualties were reported.Attacks on mosques and shrines arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

6-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen attacked Shiite pilgrimstraveling to Karbala in a northeastneighborhood of Baghdad, killing oneand wounding two others. Attackson religious pilgrims are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

6-Sep-06 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A bomb targeting a police patrol inthe Al-Qiblah area west of Basradetonated, wounding five police.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

6-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives6 6 A car bomb targeting a police patrolwest of Mosul detonated, killing sixpolicemen and wounding six others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

6-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives38 8 A bomb exploded in the al-Qahirah(Cairo) section of northern Baghdad,killing eight people and woundingthirty-eight others. Attacks oncrowded, public spaces are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations. When police and firstresponders arrived at the scene, asecond bomb exploded, but did notresult in casualties. Insurgents oftencoordinate follow-on attacks thattarget emergency personnel.


Explosives0 0 When police and first respondersarrived at the scene of an explosionin northeast Baghdad that killedeight people, a second devicedetonated, but did not result incasualties. Insurgents oftencoordinate follow-on attacks thattarget emergency personnel.TheMujahideen Shura Council claimedresponsibility for detonating anexplosive device that targeted apolice patrol in Baghdad on this day.The group then stated that twoadditional police patrols respondedto the attack and that theydetonated a second device.According to the claim, everyone inthe first patrol was killed as were anumber of those who responded.

6-Sep-06 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 Gunmen in a vehicle attackedsecurity guards protecting oilinfrastructure north of Tikrit, killingtwo and wounding two others.Attacks on the oil industry, includingon its employees and installations,are frequent in Iraq, as insurgents tryto disrupt one of the country's mostprofitable industries.

6-Sep-06 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms2 0 Two local officials in southernThailand were shot by gunmen on amotorbike while their truck waited ata traffic intersection. The two officialswere members of the TambonBangpo Administrative Organizationin Muang District in NarathiwatProvince. Both of the men sustainedinjuries and were rushed to thehospital for treatment -- the vice-president of the administrativeorganization was among the twovictims. Police have not yetcompleted their investigation andthus gave no comment regardingpossible suspects or their motives.

7-Sep-06 Kupwara Kashmir Unknown Firearms0 1 A police officer was shot and killed inhis home in Kupwara on September7. The officer was identified asselection grade constable AbdulGaffar Mir. The gunmen have notbeen identified.

7-Sep-06 Kanker India Unknown Firearms0 0 Two police officers, Ajey Nareti andShiv Charan Markam, werekidnapped in Kanker on September7. The kidnappers were identified inreports only as Maoists. Themotivation for the kidnapping isunclear. The officers were collectingtheir salary before the incidentoccurred.

7-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 6 Two bombs detonated in a Baghdadmarket, killing six people, includingtwo policemen. Attacks on publicareas, particularly markets, arefrequent in Iraq.

7-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb detonated near Al-Mustansiriyah University in Baghdad,wounding two people. Attacks onprofessionals, including universityprofessors and students, are frequentin Iraq, as insurgents try to disruptthe country's reconstruction.

7-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A bomb detonated near a restaurantin Baghdad, killing one person.Attacks on public areas are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

7-Sep-06 Diyala Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded near a Shiite shrinein Diyala, destroying the structure.Attacks on mosques and shrines arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

7-Sep-06 BaladRuz

Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Gunmen set fire to twelve shops in aBalad Ruz market. No casualtieswere reported. Attacks on publicareas, particularly markets, arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

7-Sep-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formerlieutenant colonel in SaddamHussein's army. Attacks onmembers of Hussein's Baathistregime are frequent in Iraq.

7-Sep-06 Hawija Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen in Hawija shot and killed aformer leader of Saddam Hussein'sBaath party. Attacks on members ofHussein's former regime are frequentin Iraq.

7-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives39 13 A suicide car bomber crashed hisvehicle into a police fuel depot inBaghdad, killing himself and twelvepolicemen, and injuring thirty-nineothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The attack came onthe day that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and US commander GeneralGeorge Casey signed an accord thatwill begin transfering control of Iraq'sarmed forces to the Iraqigovernment. Insurgents targetedpolice in several bomb attacks inBaghdad alone on this day.

7-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives15 4 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police checkpoint inBaghdad, killing himself and threepolice officers, and wounding 15other people. The attack came on theday that Prime Minister Nuri al-Malikiand US commander General GeorgeCasey signed an accord that willbegin transferring control of Iraq'sarmed forces to the Iraqigovernment. Insurgents targetedpolice in several bomb attacks inBaghdad alone on this day.Note,details of this attack varied widely indifferent news sources.

7-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen stormed a police officer'shome in Kirkuk, killing a member ofhis family and wounding two others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

7-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives17 3 An explosive device targeting apolice patrol detonated near the al-Nida mosque in the predominatelyShiite al-Qahira (Cairo) area ofBaghdad. Three civilians were killedand seventeen were wounded. Theattack came on the day that PrimeMinister Nuri al-Maliki and UScommander General George Caseysigned an accord that will begintransferring control of Iraq's armedforces to the Iraqi government.Insurgents targeted police in severalbomb attacks in Baghdad alone onthis day.Note, some news sourcesstated that this was a suicide attack.

7-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms4 2 Gunmen attacked Shiite pilgrims inBaghdad as they crossed a bridge,killing two policemen and woundingfour civilians. Attacks on religiouspilgrims are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.The incident also comes on a day inwhich police were targeted innumerous attacks around thecountry.

7-Sep-06 Hay Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen in Hay, a townapproximately thirty miles south ofBaghdad, shot and killed apoliceman. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq. This attack comeson the same day that police weretargeted in numerous bombings andshootings across the country.

7-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol detonated in Kirkuk, woundingfour policemen. The attack came onthe day that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and US commander GeneralGeorge Casey signed an accord thatwill begin transferring control ofIraq's armed forces to the Iraqigovernment. Insurgents targetedpolice in bombing and shootingsaround the country on this day.


Explosives2 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in the Karrada district ofBaghdad detonated, killing onecivilian and wounding two others.The attack came on the day thatPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and UScommander General George Caseysigned an accord that will begintransferring control of Iraq's armedforces to the Iraqi government.Insurgents targeted police in severalbomb attacks in Baghdad alone onthis day.The Mujahideen ShuraCouncil claimed responsibility forseveral attacks on police in Baghdadon this day.

7-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol at the al-Qahtan intersection inwestern Baghdad detonated,wounding two policemen and twocivilians. The attack came on theday that Prime Minister Nuri al-Malikiand US commander General GeorgeCasey signed an accord that willbegin transferring control of Iraq'sarmed forces to the Iraqigovernment. Insurgents targetedpolice in several bomb attacks inBaghdad alone on this day.TheMujahideen Shura Council claimedresponsibility for several attacks onpolice patrols in Baghdad on this day.Ansar al-Sunnah also claimedresponsibility for an attack on policein west Baghdad on this day.

7-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 2 A bomb exploded in Al-Bayaa,southern Baghdad, exploded near aminibus, killing two people andwounding six others. Attacks ontransportation systems are frequentin Iraq. The attack came on anexceptionally violent day in whichPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and UScommander General George Caseysigned an accord that will begintransferring control of Iraq's armedforces to the Iraqi government.

8-Sep-06 Rakhni Pakistan Unknown Explosives17 6 A bomb exploded in Rakhni onSeptember 8, killing three peopleand injuring at least 14 others. Thebomb, which was detonated by atimer, was placed outside of ahospital in a trashcan next to a busstand. The explosion occurred aftera bus arrived at the stand. Theintended target of the attack isunclear and no one has claimedresponsibility. Rakhni is located inBalochistan, which has seen a seriesof bombings and other violence sincethe death of Baloch tribal leaderNawab Akbar Bugti at the end ofAugust from a military air strike.Anupdated report indicated that 6people were killed and 17 othersinjured from the attack. The bombwas described as being hooked up toa timer.

8-Sep-06 MalegaonIndia Unknown Explosives125 37 Explosions during a gathering at aMuslim burial ground near a mosquein Malegaon killed 37 people andinjured at least 125 others onSeptember 8. People were gatheredat the burial ground for a prayerservice honoring Shab-e-Barat, aMuslim day of prayer for the dead.Investigations indicate that threebombs exploded during the attack.No one has claimed responsibility forthe attack.

8-Sep-06 Hawija Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen in a vehicle shot and killedIbrahim al-Khalaf, leader of the SunniArab Bagara tribe, and wounded hisguard and a member of the citycouncil. Attacks on tribal leaders arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

8-Sep-06 MusayyibIraq Unknown Explosives22 3 Gunmen fired mortars along a routeused by Shiite pilgrims traveling toKarbala, killing three people andwounding twenty-two others, fourcritically. Many Shiites are travelingto Karbala to commemorate thebirthday of Imam al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, a 9th century religiousleader. Attacks on them have beenfrequent and have sectarianmotivations.

8-Sep-06 Haswa Iraq Unknown Explosives15 2 A bomb exploded in front of amosque in al-Haswa, south ofBaghdad, killing two people andwounding fifteen others. Attacks onmosques and shrines are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.


Explosives6 2 A car bomb in the Zayouna area ofBaghdad detonated near the convoyof Colonel Ali Mohammed, the chiefof police in Baghdad's Karradadistrict. One policeman and onecivilian were killed; six others,including four police, were wounded.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Mujahideen Shura Councilclaimed responsibility for the attack,however did not mention thepresence on Colonel Mohammed.

8-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Police BrigadierMuthir Kamel in northern Baghdad.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

9-Sep-06 Doda Kashmir Unknown Unknown1 1 A man named Fareed Ahmed (alsoknown as Khalid) was killed onSeptember 9 in Doda. Khalid wasidentified as a surrendered terrorist.His wife was injured in the attack.No one has claimed responsibility forthe incident.

9-Sep-06 Sariab Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Gas supply was cut off to Sariab,Quetta, and other areas inBalochistan when part of a gaspipeline near Tariq Hospital in Sariabwas blown up on September 9. Noone has claimed responsibility for theincident. Similar attacks have beenfrequent in Balochistan since thedeath of Baloch tribal leader NawabAkbar Bugti by a government airstrike at the end of August.

9-Sep-06 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 A Colombian aid worker and twoAfghan aid workers were kidnappedby unidentified gunmen aroundSeptember 9 while they weretraveling to Kabul from Behsud. Theworkers were associated with theMadeira Welfare NGO. No one hasyet claimed responsibility for theincident.


Explosives2 0 A bomb targeting a police patrol ineastern Baghdad detonated,wounding two policemen. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheMujahideen Shura Council claimedresponsibility for detonating anexplosive device near a police patrolon Palestine Street, a crowded areaof eastern Baghdad, on this day.

9-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives14 3 A roadside bomb detonated inKirkuk, killing three people andwounding fourteen others. As policeand first responders arrived at thescene, a second device exploded,killing one policeman and woundingtwo others. Insurgents oftencoordinate follow-on attacks to targetemergency personnel.

9-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 As police and first responders arrivedat the scene of an explosion in Kirkukthat killed three people, a seconddevice detonated, killing onepoliceman and wounding two others.Insurgents often coordinate follow-onattacks to target emergencypersonnel.


Firearms1 1 Gunmen shot and killed Abdel Karimal-Rubai of Al-Sabah, Iraq's state-runnewspaper, and seriously woundedhis driver as they were traveling towork in southern Baghdad. Al-Sabahreported that it had received an e-mail from the Mujahideen Council, agroup linked to al-Qaeda, threateningal-Rubai and his family. The e-mailstated that leaders of the group wereupset by al-Rubai's accusation thatthe Mujahideen Council wasresponsible for the August 27 attackon the newspaper that killed twopeople. Journalists and mediaassistants are frequently targeted inIraq.The Mujahideen Shura Councillater claimed responsibility for theattack.

9-Sep-06 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Police in Fallujah found the body of apoliceman who had been kidnappedearlier. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.Note, incident date isdate body was found.

9-Sep-06 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Armed militants destroyed the Al-Dulu'iyah tribal council'sheadquarters. No casualties werereported. Attacks on tribal leadersare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations. Some are alsotargeted for cooperating with thegovernment.

9-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen in Mosul shot and killed abarber. Attacks on barbers andbarbershops are frequent in Iraq asmilitants believe that shaving men'sbeards and giving western stylehaircuts violate Islamic law.

9-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 1 A car bomb targeting a police patroldetonated in the al-Qahirah (Cairo)area of northern Baghdad, killing apolice officer and wounding fourothers. Two civilians were alsoinjured. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

9-Sep-06 MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 6 Six bodies were found dumped inMahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, allwith gunshot wounds. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.


Explosives10 2 A suicide car bomber attempted todrive his vehicle into a police stationin the al-Qahira (Cairo) area ofnorthern Baghdad, but was fired onby police before he could reach thebuilding. The device detonatedprematurely, killing the bomber andone policeman. Ten others werewounded (the breakdown of policeand civilian injuries was not clear).Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Mujahideen Shura Councilclaimed responsibility for the attack,stating that the operation was part ofthe 'Revenge Campaign for the Bloodof Sheikh Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi.'


Explosives0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimedresponsibility for firing two rocketson the Israeli settlement of Sederot.No casualties were reported.Note,while the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade isoften linked to Fatah, the relationshipbetween the two groups is notalways clear.

10-Sep-06 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives18 0 A bomb on a bicycle exploded inQuetta on Prince Road outside of arestaurant on September 10.Approximately 18 people wereinjured in the attack. Both the targetand perpetrator are unknown. Noone has issued a statement claimingresponsibility for the incident. Theattack comes during a time ofviolence and protest in Balochistanwhere a Baloch tribal leader waskilled at the end of August by agovernment air strike.

10-Sep-06 Kalikot Nepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Firearms0 0 The vice-chairman for the Kalikotdistrict committee of the NepalWorkers and Peasants Party (NWPP)was kidnapped, along with threeother members of the party, onSeptember 10. The vice-chairmanwas identified as Ain Bahadur Shahi.A statement by the NWPP indicatedthat the Communist Party of Nepal--Maoists (CPN-M) was responsible forthe kidnapping.

10-Sep-06 Gardez AfghanistanTaliban Explosives6 4 The governor of Paktia province,Hakim Taniwal, was killed by asuicide bomber as he left his office inGardez. In addition to the bomber,two other people identified asTaniwal's bodyguard and driver werekilled by the explosion. The drivermay also have been Taniwal'snephew. As many as six people werewounded in the attack. Aspokesperson for the Taliban issueda statement claiming responsibilityfor the bombing and identifying thesuicide bomber as a resident ofPaktia.

10-Sep-06 ShelkovskayaRussia Unknown Firearms0 0 A police department in theShelkovskoi district was shot at threetimes with a shoulder-mountedgrenade launcher by unidentifiedattackers; no one was injured orkilled.

10-Sep-06 Balkh AfghanistanUnknown Firearms2 3 A police patrol was attacked byunidentified gunmen in Balkhprovince on September 10. Threepolice officers were killed and twowere injured in the attack.

10-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives15 3 A bomb exploded in centralBaghdad's Haraj market, killing threepeople and wounding fifteen others.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

10-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb detonated near apolice patrol in eastern Baghdad,wounding two policemen. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

10-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 Militants attacked a police patrol inthe al-Tahrir area of southernBaqubah, killing two policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.Note, the tactic and weaponused are unknown.

10-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen shot and killed policegeneral Majeed al-Mani along withtwo of his bodyguards in Baqubah.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

10-Sep-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen attempted to ambush thebodyguard of a police chief in Salah-al-Din province, north of Baghdad.The attack resulted in a gunfight inwhich four perpetrators were killed.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

10-Sep-06 Khalis Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Gunmen attacked a local municipalcouncil member in Khalis, woundinghim and his bodyguard. Attacks onlocal government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

10-Sep-06 al-Miqdadiyah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen attacked a police patrol inthe Al-Askari neighborhood of al-Miqdadiyah, killing one policeman.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

10-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives14 3 After a gun battle with insurgents inBaghdad, police found more than aton of explosives inside anelectronics company building. As theofficers were leaving, a suicide carbomber detonated his explosives,killing three people and woundingfourteen others, many of thempolice. Authorities state that AbuJaafer al-Libei, an al Qaeda leader,was in the area and narrowlyescaped before being captured.Theattack was later claimed by theMujahideen Council, an al Qaeda-affiliated group, stating that theincident was part of the 'RevengeCampaign for the Blood of SheikhAbu-Mus'ab al-Zarqawi.'

10-Sep-06 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen in Fallujah shot and killedBrigadier Ahmed Diraa, the chief oftraffic police in the city. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

10-Sep-06 TuzKhormato

Iraq Unknown Firearms1 4 Gunmen near Tuz Khormato attackedfive employees from Iraq's largestrefinery in Baiji as they drove, killingfour and wounding the fifth. Attackson the oil industry, including itsemployees, are frequent in Iraq, asinsurgents try to destabilize one ofthe country's most profitableindustries.

10-Sep-06 NativHa'asara


Explosives0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimedresponsibility for firing a rocket onthe Israeli settlement of NativHa'asara. No casualties werereported.

11-Sep-06 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Quetta, along with 15 other districtsin Balochistan, lost power after fourpower pylons were blown up onSeptember 11. The power pylonswere targeted near Aab-e-Gum,south of Quetta. No one claimedresponsibility for the attacks. Sincethe death of Baloch tribal leaderNawab Akbar Bugti by a governmentair strike at the end of August, theprovince of Balochistan has beenmarked by violence and protest.

11-Sep-06 Nashik India Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 A remote-controlled bomb wasdefused by police officers after beingfound in Nashik outside of theLifeline Hospital on September 11.No injuries were reported.

11-Sep-06 Hisarak AfghanistanUnknown Explosives10 7 The funeral ceremony of thegovernor of Paktia province, HakimTaniwal, was the target of a suicidebomber on September 11. At leastsix people died and 10 were injuredwhen the bomber blew himself up atthe funeral that was taking place inHisarak in Khost province. Thebomber died in the attack and wasidentified as between the ages of 16and 17. Taniwal had died the daybefore from a Taliban suicide attack.However, the Taliban issued astatement condemning the attack onthe funeral.

11-Sep-06 Bannu Pakistan Taliban Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded in a market inBannu on September 11. No onewas reported injured in the attack,but video shops were damaged. Theshops may have been the target ofthe attack as shop owners werepreviously threatened if theycontinued selling material consideredun-Islamic. The district police officerindicated that the Taliban wasresponsible for the bombing. Asecond bomb targeting video storesexploded in Bannu later on this day.Authorities believe that the Taliban isresponsible.

11-Sep-06 Bannu Pakistan Taliban Explosives0 0 Another bomb exploded in a marketin Bannu on September 11,damaging video shops. No one wasinjured in the blast. A similar attackoccurred on the same day in anotherBannu market. The district policeidentified the Taliban as being thelikely perpetrator of the attack. Thevideo shop owners had beenpreviously threatened over sellingmaterial deemed un-Islamic.

11-Sep-06 Mutur SriLanka

Unknown Firearms0 1 S. Ragunathan, an employee ofSeattle-based NGO World Concern,was shot and killed while riding amotorcycle in Mutur on September11. Those responsible for the killinghave not yet been identified. WorldConcern has been assisting displacedpeople in Mutur, which is under SriLankan army control.

11-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen killed a postal worker in thepredominately Shiite area of Bayaa insouthern Baghdad. Attacks on thosewho work for the government arefrequent in Iraq. The attack mayhave also had sectarian motivations.

11-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked a telephoneexchange center in central Baghdad,killing two people. Attacks ontelecommunication infrastructure isfrequent in Iraq, as insurgentsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

11-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Mosul detonated, woundingone civilian. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnahclaimed responsibility for detonatingan explosive near a police patrol inwestern Mosul on this day. TheMujahideen Shura Council alsoclaimed several attacks on policetargets in western Mosul on this day.

11-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives3 7 Armed militants attacked the ShiiteHuseiniyah mosque in Bani Saad, atown just south of Baqubah, killingseven people and wounding threeothers. The attack began when theperpetrators fired six mortars on themosque. They then fired rifles at thestructure before detonatingexplosives around it. Attacks onmosques and shrines are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

11-Sep-06 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen attacked the home of HasanRadhi al-Azzawi, a policeman in Kut,killing him. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

11-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 16 A suicide bomber boarded a bus fullof army recruits in Baghdad anddetonated his explosives, killing atleast sixteen people and woundingseven others. Attacks on militaryrecruits are frequent in Iraq.

11-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A bomb targeting an electricitysubstation exploded, wounding fivepeople. Attacks on utilityinstallations are frequent in Iraq, asinsurgents attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

11-Sep-06 Karbala Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed ColonelAbbas al-Nuaimi, a former Baathistofficial during Saddam Hussein'sregime, as he was being transferredfrom a prison near Karbala. Al-Nuaimi was on trial for crimes heallegedly committed during Hussein'srule. Attacks on former Baathits arefrequent in Iraq.

12-Sep-06 TrincomaleeSriLanka

Unknown Explosives6 0 A bomb wrapped as a parcelexploded in a market in Trincomaleeon September 12. Six people wereinjured in the attack. The bombexploded as a police vehicle droveby. Four of those injured were policeofficers. No one has claimedresponsibility for the attack, althoughthe Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) has been fighting there.

12-Sep-06 Stupelj Serbia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb went off near a house in thecentral Kosovo village of Stupeljwithout injury. The house belongedto Velimir Vlasic, a Serb returnee toKosovo, and is one of the housesbuilt as incentives to encourageSerbs to return.

12-Sep-06 BatticaloaSriLanka


Firearms0 2 Two suspected Liberation Tigers ofTamil Eelam (LTTE) gunmen shot atand injured two undercover policeofficers as they boarded a bus inBatticaloa on September 12.Update:The police officers died onSeptmeber 13 from their injuries.

12-Sep-06 Farah AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 A car transporting staff membersfrom the UN-Habitat non-governmental organization (NGO)was targeted by unidentified gunmenin Farah province on September 12.The driver of the car, YarMohammad, was killed by thegunmen. The two other people inthe car escaped unharmed. No onehas claimed responsibility for theattack.

12-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives24 4 A bomb exploded at a market inMiddadiyah, a town just outside ofBaqubah, killing four people andwounding 24 others. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

12-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 A bomb targeting a police patrol inBaghdad detonated, wounding fourpeople, including three police.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.Ansar al-Sunnah claimedresponsibility for detonatingexplosive devices near policevehicles in the al-Zayunah and al-Talibiyah districts of east Baghdad onthis day. The group stated that theblasts killed everyone inside. TheMujahideen Shura Council claimedresponsibility for an attack on apolice patrol in the al-Qahira districtof Baghdad on this day.

12-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Explosives9 1 A bomb targeting a police patrolexploded in central Baghdad, killingone policeman and wounding threeothers. Six civilians were alsoinjured. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnahclaimed responsibility for detonatingan explosive device near a policepatrol in the al-Sana'ah district ofcentral Baghdad on this day.

12-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed policebrigadier Ziad Ramzi in centralMosul. Ramzi was not in uniform atthe time of the attack. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

12-Sep-06 Diyala Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Hadi Anawial-Joubouri as he drove in Diyalaprovince, approximately 125 milesnortheast of Baghdad. Al-Joubouriwas a correspondent for al-IraqiyahTelevision and a representative ofthe Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.Attacks on journalists are frequent inIraq. Safa Isma'il Enad, a freelancephotographer for several Iraqipapers, was also killed in Iraq on thisday. Journalist Adel Karim al-Rubaiwas killed in Baghdad just three daysearlier.

12-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Safa Isma'ilEnad, a freelance photographer forseveral Iraqi papers, in a photo printshop in Baghdad. Two men enteredthe store and asked for Enad byname; when Enad responded, he wasshot. Enad had worked for the Tikrit-based al-Watan newspaper. Thepaper was affiliated with the US-funded Iraqi National Movementbefore it closed in July because offunding problems. Attacks onjournalists are frequent in Iraq. Alsoon this day, gunmen shot and killedHadi Anawi al-Joubouri, acorrespondent for al-IraqiyahTelevision and a representative ofthe Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, as hedrove in Diyala province,approximately 125 miles northeast ofBaghdad. Journalist Adel Karim al-Rubai was killed in Baghdad justthree days earlier.

12-Sep-06 MahmoudiyaIraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Police found the body of Captain UdaiAbdel-Rihda, an army official underSaddam Hussein, two days after hehad been kidnapped inMahmoudiyah. Attacks on formerBaathists are frequent in Iraq.

12-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A roadside bomb targeting Kassemal-Bayati, an ethnic Turkomenmember of Kirkuk's local council,exploded, wounding al-Bayati.Attacks on local government officialsare frequent in Iraq.

12-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen in the Bayaa district ofsouthern Baghdad shot and killed apoliceman as he left for work.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

12-Sep-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanas he left his home in the Hay-al-Jihad area of Wasit, western Iraq.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

12-Sep-06 DamascusSyria AbuMus'abal-ZarqawiBattalion

Explosives15 4 Gunmen in two vehicles attacked theUnited States Embassy in Damascus.Three perpetrators exited the firstvehicle and threw hand grenadesand fired automatic weapons at thecompound's gate and a Syrian guardpost. The second vehicle, a truckfilled with explosives, drove to adifferent gate, however the driverabandoned the vehicle after shootingbroke out between Syrian guards andthe three others perpetrators. Hewas shot by security forces andarrested before the explosives couldbe detonated. In total, threeperpetrators and a Syrian guard werekilled in the attack. Ten civilians,three Syrian guards, the driver of thetruck bomb, and a Chinese diplomatwatching the events from the roof ofthe nearby Chinese embassy werewounded. No Americans wereharmed in the attack. No groupclaimed responsibility for the attack,however some suspect Jund al-Sham,an al Qaeda offshoot.Syrianauthorities later revealed that thegroup had no organizational links tooutside organizations; however,much of the attack was planned inSaudi Arabia. Abdul-Raouf Saleh, thealleged leader of the cell, begansending money from Saudi Arabia in2004 to his brother, a cousin, andRamzi Attef al-Shibly so that theycould buy supplies for the attack.The weapons purchased werereportedly from Lebanon. Salehreturned on 7 July to assist withpreparations in Syria. The groupallegedly planned on distributing avideo of the attack, referring tothemselves as the Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Battalion.

12-Sep-06 DiyarbakirTurkey KurdistanFreedomHawks(TAK)


14 10 The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK)have claimed responsibility for aremote-detonated bomb blast inDiyarbakir's Baglar neighborhood.The device, which authorities believewas detonated by mobile phone, wasplaced near a bus stop in an arealargely populated by Kurdishmigrants. The blast killed tenpeople, including five children, andinjured fourteen others. On theirwebsite, the TAK threatened to turn,Turkey into hell.

12-Sep-06 Genc Turkey Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 A remote-detonated explosive deviceexploded on a railroad track in Genc,Bingol province, damaging three railcars loaded with coal. No furtherinformation is provided.



Explosives16 0 At least sixteen civilians were injuredwhen a grenade exploded at achicken market in Vavuniya onSeptember 13. A police official saidthat the Liberation Tigers of TamilEelam (LTTE) planned the attack,although no one has claimedresponsibility.

13-Sep-06 Farah AfghanistanTaliban Unknown11 8 A police convoy in Farah provincecame under attack by suspectedTaliban members on September 13.Four police officers were killed and11 were injured in the attack. Foursuspected Taliban members werealso killed.

13-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives7 1 After a roadside bomb detonated,clashes broke out between gunmenand police in Mosul, killing onecivilian and wounding seven otherpeople, including a policeman.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.Note, Ansar al-Sunnah claimedresponsibility for attacking a policeheadquarters in the Tall al-Rumandistrict of Mosul on this day, howeverit is unclear if these attacks are thesame. The Mujahideen Shura Councilalso claimed several attacks onpolice targets in Mosul on this day.

13-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms8 1 Gunmen opened fire on a bus nearMosul, killing one person andwounding eight others. Attacks ontransportation networks are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

13-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives62 19 A bomb exploded in a large squareused as a parking lot in Baghdad,killing nineteen people and woundingsixty-two others. The attack mayhave also targeted police, as thedevice detonated close to the mainheadquarters of Baghdad's trafficpolice department.


Explosives34 12 A bomb targeting a police patrol ineastern Baghdad detonated, killingtwelve people and wounding thirty-four. Reports state that the patrol,tasked to protect power installations,was passing a police station at thetime of the incident. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheMujahideen Shura Council claimedresponsibility for detonatingexplosives targeting two policepatrols in downtown Baghdad on thisday.

13-Sep-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen attempted to attack an oilpipeline that runs between Kirkukand Baghdad. A guard clashed withthe perpetrators, preventing theattack, however was wounded.Attacks on oil installations arefrequent in Iraq, as insurgents try todisrupt one of the country's mostprofitable industries.

13-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Militants kidnapped MothannaIbrahim, a journalist for the al-Arabiya news channel, in Mosul. Hewas allowed to make a phone call tohis family on 15 September, severaldays after being abducted, but thecall could not be traced. Hiswhereabouts are unknown. Attackson journalists and media assistantsare frequent in Iraq. Two otherjournalists and a freelancephotographer have been killed in Iraqsince 9 September. Note, incidentdate is approximate.

13-Sep-06 Konar AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 3 At least three police officers werekilled by an explosion that targetedtheir convoy traveling in Konarprovince on September 14. One ofthe officers was a border policecommander. A Taliban spokespersonclaimed responsibility for the attack.Some reports indicated that fourpolice officers had been killed.

13-Sep-06 NorthWaziristan

Pakistan Unknown Unknown0 0 A government official, AurangzebGandapur, was kidnapped from theMirali town of North Waziristan onSeptember 13. Gandapur is anofficial with the Rural DevelopmentDepartment and was inspecting aschool before he was kidnapped.

13-Sep-06 KfarAzza


Explosives0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimedresponsibility for firing a rocket onthe Israeli settlement of Kfar Azza.No casualties were reported.Note,while the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade isoften linked to Fatah, the relationshipbetween the two groups is notalways clear.

14-Sep-06 Nalchik Russia Unknown Firearms0 1 The car of Col. Mustafa Konakov,police chief of the Cherekskiy Districtof Kabarda-Balkaria, was shot atwhile he was driving to work on theroad from Nalchik to Gerpegezh.Konakov was seriously wounded anddied in the hospital.

14-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 6 Gunmen entered the home of aShiite family living in apredominately Sunni area of westernBaghdad and killed six people,including a three-month-old baby.The attack most likely had sectarianmotivations.

14-Sep-06 Al-Musayyib

Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Al-Musayyib detonated,wounding three policemen. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

14-Sep-06 Al-Nasiriyah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked a police patrol innorthern al-Nasiriyah. The clashlasted for upwards of two hours andtwo militants were killed. No policecasualties were reported. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

14-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives17 9 A car bomb parked near thegovernment's passport office incentral Baghdad detonated, killingnine people and wounding seventeenothers, including four policemen.Attacks on government targets arefrequent in Iraq. It is unclear if thetarget was the passport office or thenearby police patrol.

14-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives17 1 A car bomb parked near thegovernment customs department ineastern Baghdad detonated, killingone person and wounding seventeenothers. Attacks on governmenttargets are frequent in Iraq.

14-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked a police patrol incentral Baqubah, killing twopolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Armed men fired rocket-propelledgrenades (RPGs) at a police patrolcar in Baqubah, wounding twopolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives13 1 A car bomb targeting a police patrolin northern Baghdad detonated,killing one person and woundingthirteen others. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

14-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

26 9 A remote-detonated car bombexploded near a police patrol in theKarrada district of Baghdad, killingnine people and wounding twenty-sixothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint in the al-Tahrir area ofcentral Baqubah, killing twopolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Sep-06 Al-Amarah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Sa'd Ammar,a former member of the Baath Party,outside his home in Al-Amarah.Attacks on former members ofSaddam Hussein's regime arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Sep-06 Al-Amarah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed AhmadMahdi Wajid, a former member of theBaath Party, outside his home in Al-Amarah. Attacks on former membersof Saddam Hussein's regime arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 A gunman attacked a police officer inKirkuk as he was traveling to work,wounding him. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 A gunman fired on a vehicle carryingan official from the JapaneseEmbassy in Baghdad. No one waswounded in the attack. Attacks onforeign embassies and their staff arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Sep-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked Sheikh AbdullahKhalaf Ibrahim al-Uzzi, the leader ofthe Albu Muhammad tribe, and hisson, killing them both. The tribe al-Uzzi lead publicly called for SaddamHussein's release from prison.Attacks on tribal leaders are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

14-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq MujahideenCouncil

Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policelieutenant-colonel in Mosul. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.TheMujahideen Shura Council claimedshooting two police in eastern Mosulon this day.

14-Sep-06 Tal Afar Iraq MujahideenCouncil

Explosives2 2 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police checkpoint inTal Afar, killing himself and onepoliceman, and wounding two others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Mujahideen Shura Councilclaimed responsibility for carryingout a suicide attack against a policestation in Tal Afar on this day. It islikely that the two attacks were thesame.

14-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed ColonelMuthanna Ali Husayn, a seniorpoliceman, while he was in front ofhis home in southern Baghdad.Husayn was responsible formanaging the flow of traffic in andout of Baghdad's Green Zone, thearea of the capital housing the Iraqigovernment and foreign embassies.

14-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 7 Police found the bodies of sevenpeople, all bearing signs of torture,dumped in the al-Rasafah area ofBaghdad. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

14-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 13 Police found the bodies of thirteenpeople, all bearing signs of torture,dumped in the Al-Karkh area ofBaghdad. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

14-Sep-06 Farah AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 4 Four police officers were killed in anarmed attack by suspected Talibanmembers on September 14. Theofficers were traveling by taxi inFarah on their way home fromvacation when the gunmen attackedtheir vehicle. The officers were notin uniform.

14-Sep-06 Baskale Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 A fragmentation bomb detonatednear an officer lodging complex inBaskale, Van province. The blastshattered windows in nearby housesbut there were no reportedcasualties.

14-Sep-06 NahalOz

Israel PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, the armedwing of Palestine Islamic Jihad,claimed responsibility for firing tworockets on the Israeli settlement ofNahal Oz. Israeli radio reported thattwo rockets landed in open areas inthe western Negev on this day. Nocasualties were reported.


Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, the armedwing of Palestine Islamic Jihad,claimed responsibility for firing tworockets on the Israeli city ofAshqelon. Israeli radio reported thattwo rockets landed in open areas inthe western Negev on this day. Nocasualties were reported.

14-Sep-06 Sederot Israel PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, the armedwing of Palestine Islamic Jihad,claimed responsibility for firing arocket on the Israeli settlement ofSederot. Israeli radio reported thattwo rockets landed in open areas inthe western Negev on this day. Nocasualties were reported.

14-Sep-06 AshqelonIsrael Al-AqsaMartyrsBrigade

Explosives0 0 A unit of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigadeclaimed responsibility for firing arocket on the Israeli city of Ashqelon.Israeli radio reported that tworockets landed in open areas in thewestern Negev on this day. Nocasualties were reported.Note, theAl-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade is oftenlinked to Fatah, however therelationship between the two is notalways clear.

15-Sep-06 Pabna BangladeshPurboBanglarCommunistParty-Janajuddha

Unknown0 1 Badsha Mia, a local youth leader ofthe Jubo Dal youth group of theBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),was killed on 15 September bymembers of the Junajuddha Factionof the Purba Banglar CommunistParty (PBCP). Mia was killed in Pabnaafter leaving a meeting with thegovernment Industries Minister. Amember of Purba Banglar CommunistParty-Junajuddha said that the groupwas responsible for the attack.

15-Sep-06 KohestanAfghanistanUnknown Unknown0 1 A woman from the National SolidarityCouncil was found dead in a field inKohestan on September 15. Thewoman, identified as Qamar Gol, wasfound by her husband and hadinjuries to her head. Her arms werealso broken. No one has claimedresponsibility for the killing, althoughthe Kohband security commandersaid that it might have been done byenemies of the National SolidarityProject, which is sponsored by theRural Development Ministry.

15-Sep-06 Kaif Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked Taha Mahmoud,the mayor of Kaif, a town southwestof Kirkuk. It is unclear if Mahmoudwas harmed in the attack. Attackson government leaders are frequentin Iraq.

15-Sep-06 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives6 4 A bomb placed in a football (soccer)field in Fallujah exploded, killing fourpeople and wounding six others. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations. Insurgents havetargeted football fields in the past, asthey often attract large groups ofIraqis, particularly children.

15-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms5 1 A gunman perched at the top of anabandoned building in apredominately Sunni area of centralBaghdad opened fire on pedestrians,killing one person and wounding fiveothers. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

15-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed SkeikhMuhanad al-Gharairi, a spokesmanfor the Conference of People of Iraq,a Sunni Arab party. Al-Gharairi wastraveling from Baghdad to the townof Garma, where he was an imam ata mosque, when he was attacked.The attack may have also hadsectarian motivations.

15-Sep-06 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded near the convoy ofthe governor of Babil province. Thegovernor survived the attack,however no information on casualtieswas available.

15-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Amid al-Douri,the brother of Sabir al-Douri, from hishome in a predominately Shiitedistrict of Baghdad. Sabir al-Douriwas once Iraq's director of militaryintelligence and is now on trial forcommitting genocide against theKurds in 1980. Attacks on membersof the former Hussein regime arefrequent in Iraq.

15-Sep-06 Poonch Kashmir Unknown Explosives5 1 The house of Special Police OfficerMohammed Rafeeq in Poonch wastargeted by a grenade thrown by anunidentified person on September15. A child identified as Alaf Din waskilled in the blast and five membersof Rafeeq's family were injured.Rafeeq was formerly a member ofthe Hizb-ul-Mujahideen group beforehe defected in 2003.

15-Sep-06 Taloqan AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 Mawlawi Ahmadollah Ahmadi, headof the Takhar Provincial Council innorthern Afghanistan, was the targetof an attack by unidentified gunmenwho shot at the official's car inTaloqan on September 15. Ahmadi,however, was not in the car at thetime. No casualties were reported.

15-Sep-06 HamburgGermany Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group of unknown perpetrators setfire to a Turkish cultural center inHamburg, using fire bombs. The firedamaged the entrance and windowon the first floor of the building, butcaused no casualties. This attacktook place in the Hammerbrookdistrict of the city.

15-Sep-06 Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade fragmentation bomb,set by timer, was placed near thewall of a police post in Gaziantep,where it exploded. The blastdamaged two cars parked nearby,but caused no casualties.

15-Sep-06 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police suspect that Islamic insurgentsare responsible for the fatal shootingof Pous Wae-asae, an informantworking for the government'ssecurity apparatus. The victim wasalso a well-known volunteer for acharity that was founded to helpvictims of terrorist violence insouthern Thailand. He was shotnumerous times in his home inNarathiwat city.Police believe thatthis shooting is linked to the terroristcampaign in the south that hasclaimed over 1,700 lives in the lasttwo years.

15-Sep-06 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police believe that Muslim insurgentswere responsible for the murder of aformer village chief in the southernprovince of Narathiwat. The assailantshot the former official in front of theman's house and fled by motorcycleafter killing him. Muslim terrorists inthis troubled region have sustainedan ongoing insurgency in whichofficials, local community leaders,and Buddhist monks have beentargeted by gunmen on motorcycles.


Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, the armedwing of Palestine Islamic Jihad,claimed responsibility for firing arocket on the Israeli settlement ofSederot. Israeli radio reported thatone rocket landed in the Negev onthis day. No casualties werereported.



Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, the armedwing of Palestine Islamic Jihad,claimed responsibility for firing tworockets on the Israeli settlement ofNativ Ha'asara. Israeli radio reportedthat one rocket landed in the Negevon this day. No casualties werereported.

16-Sep-06 BarakaldoSpain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Several masked assailants attacked aservice bus in the Cruces quarter ofBarakaldo, forcing the driver out ofthe vehicle and setting it on fire. Theattack took place as the bus wasparked at a stop at the beginning ofits route. The assailants pouredpetrol over the vehicle and set italight, completely burning it out.This was one of three attacks on thisevening in the area. Authorities areconcerned about an increase of pro-Basque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA) street violence in the region.

16-Sep-06 Bilbao Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Two Molotov cocktails were thrownby unidentified perpetrators, into aEuskotren train carriage in theDeusto quarter of Bilbao. The attackcaused only minor damage to thetrain and was extinguished by theengine driver. This was one of threeattacks to take place in the region onthis evening, two targeted Spanishtransportation networks. Authoritiesare concerned with an increase ofpro-Basque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA) street violence in the month ofSeptember.

16-Sep-06 Jaffna SriLanka

Unknown Unknown2 1 A truck transporting employees ofthe Ceylon Electricity Board wasattacked by unidentified people nearthe Chunnakam power station inJaffna on September 16. One personwas killed and two others wereinjured in the attack.

16-Sep-06 Musayi AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 3 Three workers from a non-governmental organization (NGO)driving in a vehicle in Musayi werekilled by a remote-controlled bombon September 16. A fourth worker inthe vehicle was injured. The workerswere Afghan employees of the CCINGO. An Interior Ministry official saidthat the Taliban was responsible forthe attack.

16-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Mosul detonated, woundingthree policemen. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

16-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb targeting the convoy ofMohammed al-Dani, a Sunni memberof Parliament, detonated, lightlywounding two of al-Dani's guards.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

16-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 Gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint in Kirkuk. Two insurgentswere killed and two policemen werewounded in the gun battle. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

16-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives1 3 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Baqubah detonated, killingthree policemen and wounding oneother. Attacks on police are frequentin Iraq.

16-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives22 2 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives outside a police station inthe Doura district of southernBaghdad, killing himself and onecivilian and wounding twenty-twoother people. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

16-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed MohammedShihab al-Dulaimi, a Sunnibusinessman and the formerspokesman of a now defunct politicalcoalition. Attacks on governmentleaders are frequent in Iraq.

16-Sep-06 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives0 4 A suicide bomber on a motorcyclekilled himself and three policemenwhen he detonated his explosivesoutside a hospital in Ramadi. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

16-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Colonel IsaYusuf Sayil, an army officer underSaddam Hussein, while he was at agas station in northern Baghdad.Sayil's sister was killed last year bygunmen and his son wounded.Attacks on members of Hussein'sformer regime are frequent in Iraq.

16-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 An explosive device targeting apolice patrol detonated in centralBaghdad, wounding two policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

16-Sep-06 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Gunmen attacked an oil pipeline thatruns from Baiji to Baghdad. Nocasualties were reported. Attacks onoil installations are frequent in Iraq,as insurgents attempt to disrupt oneof the country's most profitableindustries.


2 2 A remote-detonated bomb explodedas police attempted to remove abody from a car in central Baghdad,killing two policemen and woundingtwo others. Insurgents often leavedead bodies in booby-trappedvehicles to attract police and othercivilians.

16-Sep-06 Tafalla Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group of masked perpetratorsattacked the courthouse building inTafalla, in Navarre province withincendiary devices. The attackcaused minor damages to thepremises. This was one of threeattacks perpetrated on this eveningin the region. Authorities areconcerned about an increase in pro-Basque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA) street violence in the month ofSeptember.

16-Sep-06 WestBank/Gaza

Al-AqsaMartyrsBrigade

Other 0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimedresponsibility for attacking an Israelisettler on the main street of a villagenear Ramallah in the West Bank. Thegroup stated that the victim wasintentionally run over with a vehicle.It was unclear if the victim survivedthe attack. Note, while the Al-AqsaMartyrs Brigade is often linked toFatah, the relationship between thetwo groups is not always clear.


Explosives0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimedresponsibility for firing three rocketson the Israeli settlement of Sederot.No casualties were reported. Note,while the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade isoften linked to Fatah, the relationshipbetween the two groups is notalways clear.

16-Sep-06 Hat Yai Thailand GerakanMujahidinPattani(GMP)


70 4 The main tourist hub of Thailand'sSouth, Hat Yai, fell victim to thegrowing Muslim insurgency onSaturday night as six bombsexploded across the city in crowdedcommercial areas. The first bombdetonated around 9pm and the otherfive quickly followed thereafter, eachabout five minutes apart. The firstexplosion occurred in front of a majordepartment store on Lop BuriRamate Road.Foreign tourists wereincluded among the dead andinjured. Police believe that theattacks were meant to protest astate-sponsored Peace Projectmeeting in Yala and to celebrate theanniversary of the founding of theGerakan Mujahidin Pattani terroristmovement.



0 0 The main tourist hub of Thailand'sSouth, Hat Yai, fell victim to thegrowing Muslim insurgency onSaturday night as six bombsexploded across the city in crowdedcommercial areas. The first bombdetonated around 9pm and the otherfive quickly followed thereafter, eachabout five minutes apart. The secondexplosion occurred in front of a majortourist hotel on Sanehanusorn Road.Foreign tourists were includedamong the dead and injured. Policebelieve that the attacks were meantto protest a state-sponsored PeaceProject meeting in Yala and tocelebrate the anniversary of thefounding of the Gerakan MujahidinPattani terrorist movement.



0 0 The main tourist hub of Thailand'sSouth, Hat Yai, fell victim to thegrowing Muslim insurgency onSaturday night as six bombsexploded across the city in crowdedcommercial areas. The first bombdetonated around 9pm and the otherfive quickly followed thereafter, eachabout five minutes apart. The thirdexplosion occurred in front of a pubthat foreign tourists frequent onThammanoonvithee Road.Foreigntourists were included among thedead and injured. Police believe thatthe attacks were meant to protest astate-sponsored Peace Projectmeeting in Yala and to celebrate theanniversary of the founding of theGerakan Mujahidin Pattani terroristmovement.



0 0 The main tourist hub of Thailand'sSouth, Hat Yai, fell victim to thegrowing Muslim insurgency onSaturday night as six bombsexploded across the city in crowdedcommercial areas. The first bombdetonated around 9pm and the otherfive quickly followed thereafter, eachabout five minutes apart. The fourthexplosion occurred in front of a busyshopping mall on Niphat Uthit Road.Foreign tourists were includedamong the dead and injured. Policebelieve that the attacks were meantto protest a state-sponsored PeaceProject meeting in Yala and tocelebrate the anniversary of thefounding of the Gerakan MujahidinPattani terrorist movement.



0 0 The main tourist hub of Thailand'sSouth, Hat Yai, fell victim to thegrowing Muslim insurgency onSaturday night as six bombsexploded across the city in crowdedcommercial areas. The first bombdetonated around 9pm and the otherfive quickly followed thereafter, eachabout five minutes apart. The fiifthexplosion occurred in the public toiletof a movie theater located in a majordepartment store on SripoovanartRoad.Foreign tourists were includedamong the dead and injured. Policebelieve that the attacks were meantto protest a state-sponsored PeaceProject meeting in Yala and tocelebrate the anniversary of thefounding of the Gerakan MujahidinPattani terrorist movement.



0 0 The main tourist hub of Thailand'sSouth, Hat Yai, fell victim to thegrowing Muslim insurgency onSaturday night as six bombsexploded across the city in crowdedcommercial areas. The first bombdetonated around 9pm and the otherfive quickly followed thereafter, eachabout five minutes apart. The sixthand final explosion of the nightoccurred in the same pub district --Thammanoonvithee Road -- as thethird explosion.Foreign tourists wereincluded among the dead andinjured. Police believe that theattacks were meant to protest astate-sponsored Peace Projectmeeting in Yala and to celebrate theanniversary of the founding of theGerakan Mujahidin Pattani terroristmovement.

17-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives8 2 A bomb detonated in a popular birdand animal market in centralBaghdad. Two people were killedand eight wounded in the blast.Attacks in crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq.

17-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives55 18 Four bombs targeting police, apolitical party, a tribal leader, and asecurity firm exploded in Kirkuk. Inthe first attack, a truck full ofexplosives detonated between theoffices of two Kurdish politicalparties, killing eighteen people andwounding fifty-five others. Attackson government targets are frequentin Iraq. It is unclear if the blasts werecoordinated.

17-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives3 2 Four bombs targeting police, politicalparty, a tribal leader, and a securityfirm exploded in Kirkuk. In thesecond attack, which occurred justminutes after the first, a car bombtargeting a private security firmdetonated, killing two people andwounding three others. Attacks onprivate security firms are frequent inIraq, as they are often hired toprotect foreigners or businessmen. Itis unclear if the attacks werecoordinated.

17-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 Four bombs targeting police, apolitical party, a tribal leader, and asecurity firm exploded in Kirkuk. Inthe third attack, a suicide car bomberdetonated his explosives near apolice checkpoint, killing himself, butnot causing any other injuries.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq. It is unclear if the attacks werecoordinated.

17-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives5 2 Four bombs targeting police, apolitical party, a tribal leader, and asecurity firm exploded in Kirkuk. Inthe fourth attack, a car bombexploded outside the home of SheikhWasfi al-Asi, a local leader who hadcalled for the government to releaseSaddam Hussein. Attacks on triballeaders and sheiks are frequent inIraq. This attack also may have hadsectarian motivations. It is unclear ifthe four attacks were coordinated.

17-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen stormed the Sayyed IdrisShiite mosque and shrine in the al-Karrada district of Baghdad andkidnapped several worshippers. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations.

17-Sep-06 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped LieutenantColonel Fawzi Abdul Karin al-Mousawi, the chief of Basra'scounterterrorism department, fromoutside his home. Police found hisbody the next day, handcuffed withseven bullet wounds. Attacks ongovernment officials are frequent inIraq.

17-Sep-06 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed AhmedRiyadh al-Karbouli, a televisionjournalist for a satellite channel runby the Iraqi Islamic Party. It wasreported that al-Karbouli hadreceived death threats for the pastfour months warning him to leave thestation and to stop his criticalreporting on the insurgency.Attacks on journalists are frequent inIraq. Since 9 September, three otherjournalists and a freelancephotographer who worked for Iraqinewspapers have been killed in Iraq.

17-Sep-06 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A roadside bomb targeting theconvoy of Ali al-Safi, a seniorrepresentative of Shiite cleric GrandAyatollah Ali al-Sistani, detonated,wounding one of al-Safi's guards anddamaging a vehicle. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

17-Sep-06 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 4 A series of bomb and mortar attackstargeted police in Fallujah, killingfour people. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.Note, it is unclear ifthis was one or multiple attacks. Nofurther information was provided.

17-Sep-06 Balad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb targeting an oil pipeline inBalad exploded, causing damage toit, but no injuries. Attacks on oilinstallations are frequent in Iraq, asinsurgents try to disrupt one of thecountry's most profitable industries.Ansar al-Sunnah claimedresponsibility for bombing guardposts along an oil pipeline near theKirkuk-Baiji road in the Al-Riyad areaon this day. However, the groupstated that the attack was carriedout with mortars. It is unclear if theclaim matches the attack reported.

17-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Mosul detonated, woundingone policeman. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

17-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in the Adhamiya district ofnorthern Baghdad detonated,wounding two policemen. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

17-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen in Mosul shot and killed thebody guard of former Minister ofIndustry and Minerals Osama al-Najafi. Attacks on governmentofficials and their security staff arefrequent in Iraq.

17-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed the man incharge of pilgrims' affairs in Mosul.The attack likely had sectarianmotivations. Shiite pilgrims travelingto Karbala during the month ofSeptember for religious ceremonieswere targeted throughout thecountry.

17-Sep-06 Taji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed twopolicemen in Taji. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

17-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives3 2 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Baqubah detonated, killingtwo policemen and wounding threeothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

17-Sep-06 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Sister Leonella, an Italian nun, wasshot three times in the back byIslamist fighters believed to beloosely aligned with the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC), the emerginggovernment of Somalia. The attackis believed to be revenge for thePope's controversial remarks onIslam.

17-Sep-06 Oslo Norway Unknown Firearms0 0 An armed man, driving a smallvehicle, opened fire on a Jewishsynagogue in Oslo. Authoritiesbelieve the assailant used anautomatic weapon and fired aroundsix shots at the building. No one wasin the synagogue at the time of theattack. A total of four men havebeen charged with involvement inthe attack. One man, a Norwegian-Turk, was released in earlyDecember 2006 after a courtdetermined that he was not a viablesuspect. One suspect, Arfan QadeerBhatti, is reported to have links toPakistan.

17-Sep-06 Bastia France Unknown Explosives0 0 A small explosive charge detonatedat an annex of the Bastia courthouse,on the island of Corsica. The blastcaused only minor damages andthere were no reported casualties.


Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, the armedwing of Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ),claimed responsibility for firing tworockets on the Israeli settlement ofSederot. No casualties werereported.

18-Sep-06 Gjiljan Serbia Unknown Explosives0 0 The car of Aferdita Syla, advisor toMinister of Local Government andDeputy Prime Minister Lutfi Haziri,was blown up in the courtyard of herhouse in the Dardania 2 quarter,damaging three other cars. Thisattack comes a day after InteriorMinister Fatmir Rexhepi's car wasblown up in Gjiljan.

18-Sep-06 Hibhib Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 Gunmen attacked a Shiite family asthey were leaving their home inHibhib, a town near Baqubah, killingtwo people and wounding two others.The family had received deaththreats and was fleeing to anotherlocation. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

18-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 8 Police found eight bodies, all bearingsigns of torture and gunshot wounds,dumped in the al-Yarmouk district ofwestern Baghdad. The attack likelyhad sectarian motivations.


Unknown0 0 Armed insurgents attacked severalSUVs in southern Baghdad. Militantsoften target SUVs as they are usedby security services and foreigncompanies. No injuries werereported.The Mujahideen ShuraCouncil claimed responsibility forattacking a convoy of SUV's in the al-Tarmiyah area of northern Baghdadon this day. The group stated thatthe vehicles were attacked withfirearms and explosives.

18-Sep-06 Hillah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen killed a former member ofSaddam Hussein's Baath Party inHillah. Attacks on former membersof Hussein's regime are frequent inIraq.

18-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Haydar al-Asadi, an Iraqi journalist,survived an attack in southernBaghdad. No further information wasavailable.Attacks on journalists arefrequent in Iraq. At least fourreporters and one freelancephotographer for several Iraqinewspapers have been killed inSeptember alone.

18-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Firearms0 4 Gunmen attacked police in Mosul,killing four policemen. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnah claimed responsibility forattacking a police control center inMosul on this day. The group statedthat six policemen were killed.

18-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms5 4 Gunmen attacked a Shiite family asthey were fleeing their home inBaqubah after receiving deaththreats. Four people were killed andfive wounded in the attack, whichlikely had sectarian motivations.

18-Sep-06 Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Explosives17 21 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives in a Tal Afar market,killing at least 21 people andwounding 17 others. The bombertargeted a group of people waitingfor their allotment of cooking fuel.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

18-Sep-06 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives26 4 Two suicide bombers detonated theirexplosives at a police station inRamadi, killing themselves and atleast two other policemen; 26 peoplewere wounded. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

18-Sep-06 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Explosives9 4 Three police officers were killed by asuicide car bomb in Kabul on Kabul-Jalalabad highway on September 18.Another police officer was injured inthe attack along with at least eightcivilians. The blast also damaged ashipping truck and another policevehicle. There is no information yeton who is responsible for theincident.

18-Sep-06 Herat AfghanistanUnknown Explosives18 11 A suicide bomber blew himself upoutside of the Great Mosque in Heraton September 18 as worshippers leftthe prayer service. At least 11 peoplewere killed and 18 others injured.The Herat security chief, GhulamSarwar Haidari, was killed in theattack along with the mullah of themosque. It is unclear whetherHaidari or the mosque was the targetof the attack. No one has yet beenidentified in connection with theincident.Update: On September 19,the Taliban issued a statementsaying that the group condemnedthe attack and was not responsiblefor the incident. In addition, somereports indicate that the Heratsecurity chief and the Great Mosquemullah were injured instead of killedby the blast.

18-Sep-06 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded in a parking lot inPeshawar on September 18. No onewas injured in the blast, althoughapproximately 30 vehicles weredamaged. The parking lot waslocated near the busy Sadr Bazaarmarket and the Gharbi Police Station.It is not clear if the bomb was meantto target the market or police.

18-Sep-06 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives5 0 Two police officers and three otherpeople were injured when a bombexploded in the Meezan Chowkmarket in Quetta on September 18.Local police officials said that asuspect had been arrested. Quetta isthe capital of Balochistan, which hasseen an increased level of violencesince the death of Baloch triballeader Nawab Akbar Bugti from agovernment air strike at the end ofAugust.

18-Sep-06 Baidoa Somalia Unknown Explosives18 11 President Yusuf of Somalia survivedan assassination attempt when sixsuicide bombers attacked his convoy.The attack left five members of thePresidents entourage dead as well asthe six attackers. Two men havebeen arrested for the attack but as ofyet their affiliation is unknown.Possible perpetrators include theUnion of Islamic Courts, the groupthat controls the majority of centraland south Somalia with the exceptionof Baidoa, the base for PresidentYusuf's UN-backed government. Al-Qaeda was indentified by PresidentYusuf as the culprit. Another theoryspeculates that Ethiopia carried outthe attack in order to establish apretext for a later invasion ofSomalia.

18-Sep-06 Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinian militants fired two rocketson Israel on the morning of 18September. No casualties werereported.


Explosives0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimedresponsibility for firing a rocket onthe Israeli settlement of Sederot lateon 18 September. No casualtieswere reported. Note, while the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade is often linkedto Fatah, the relationship betweenthe two groups is not always clear.

19-Sep-06 Renteria Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Two men entered the Euskotren trainstation in Renteria, forced thestation-master outside and then setfire to the premises. Theperpetrators doused a section of thestation with inflammable liquid andset it alight. Major damages werecaused by the fire. Police arrestedtwo men they believe to be theperpetrators.

19-Sep-06 Najaf Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed two formermembers of Saddam Hussein's BaathParty in Najaf. Attacks on formermembers of Hussein's regime arefrequent in Iraq.

19-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives25 2 A car bomb detonated near a gasstation in Baghdad, killing two peopleand wounding 25 others. Attacks ongas stations and the oil industry ingeneral are frequent in Iraq, asinsurgents try to disrupt one of thecountry's most profitable industries.Gas stations have also becomefrequent targets of insurgent attackbecause fuel shortages in Iraq havemade them places where manypeople congregate in long lines.

19-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms3 1 Gunmen attacked a police patrol inBaqubah, killing one policeman andwounding three others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

19-Sep-06 Udhaym Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen killed Faris Egab, the mayorof Udhaym, a town near Baqubah, ashe traveled to work. Attacks on localgovernment officials are frequent inIraq.

19-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked a former armyofficer of Saddam Hussein's Baathparty, killing him and his wife inBaqubah. Attacks on formermembers of the Hussein regime arefrequent in Iraq.

19-Sep-06 Sharqat Iraq Unknown Explosives50 21 After a car bomb detonated near anarmy base in Sharqat, a suicidebomber detonated his explosivesamong a crowd of people who hadgathered at the scene. 21 peoplewere killed and at least 50 werewounded in both attacks (individualcasualty numbers were notavailable). Insurgents oftencoordinate follow-on attacks thattarget first responders and civilians.

19-Sep-06 Bajaur Pakistan Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 0 A car carrying two female workersfrom the National Commission forHuman Development was targetedby a remote-controlled bomb inBajaur on September 19. The twowomen, the driver of the car, andanother person were injured in theexplosion. While no one has claimedresponsibility, the attack occurredafter a local religious group declaredthat non-governmental organizations(NGOs) should not employ women.


Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, the armedwing of Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ),claimed responsibility for firing tworockets on the Israeli settlement ofSederot. No casualties werereported.



Explosives0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimedresponsibility for firing a rocket onthe Israeli settlement of NativHa'asara. No casualties werereported. Note, while the Al-AqsaMartyrs Brigade is often linked toFatah, the relationship between thetwo groups is not always clear.

20-Sep-06 SouthWaziristan

Pakistan Unknown Firearms2 3 Unidentified gunmen attacked agovernment vehicle in SouthWaziristan on September 20. GulZada, a government official, waskilled along with two of hisassociates, who were identified asMinal Khan and Khizrulla. Two othergovernment officials were injured inthe attack. The gunmen were ridingin a car when they shot at thegovernment vehicle.

20-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives11 8 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police checkpoint inthe Doura district of southernBaghdad, killing himself and sevenpolicemen and wounding eightothers. Three civilians were alsowounded. The attack occurred nearan oil refinery. Attacks against policeare frequent in Iraq; insurgents alsofrequently target oil installations inIraq to disrupt on of the country'smost profitable industries.

20-Sep-06 Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives26 2 A suicide car bomber detonated hisvehicle outside the Samarra home ofKhalid al-Fulalli, a Sunni leader of theBazi tribe, killing himself and onechild and wounding twenty-six otherpeople. The tribe's leader, SheikhHikmat al-Mumtaz, was killed by anal-Qaeda affiliated group in 2004.

20-Sep-06 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen attacked a policeman inKut. His body was later foundbearing gunshot wounds and signs oftorture. Attacks against police arefrequent in Iraq.

20-Sep-06 Karbala Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed DhahirHabeeb, a former member of theBaath party, in Karbala. Attacks onmembers of Saddam Hussein'sformer regime are frequent in Iraq.

20-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Hamid FadilUlwan, a former Iraqi army officerunder Saddam Hussein, in Baqubah.Attacks on members of Hussein'sformer regime are frequent in Iraq.

20-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A bomb targeting a police patrolexploded in Baqubah, wounding twopolicemen and a civilian. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

20-Sep-06 Karbala Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 Gunmen attacked the vehicle ofHameed al-Hilaly, a member ofKarbala's governorate, wounding twoof his bodyguards and his son.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

20-Sep-06 al-Ghazaliyah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked Brigadier GeneralSa'd Abd-al-Latif, an army officerunder Saddam Hussein, in al-Ghazaliyah. Attacks on members ofHussein's former regime are frequentin Iraq.

20-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq MujahideenCouncil

Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policeofficer in Baqubah. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.The MujahideenShura Council claimed responsibilityfor firing on a police patrol in the al-Mafriq area of Baqubah on this day.

20-Sep-06 Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Explosives24 22 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives in a Tal Afar market,killing at least 22 people andwounding 24 others. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

20-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 A government official working withthe water authority in Kirkuk waskilled in an attack by insurgents.Attacks on local government officialsare frequent in Iraq.

20-Sep-06 Charikar AfghanistanUnknown Explosives18 5 A grenade exploded during awedding party outside of Charikar onSeptember 20. The explosion killedfive women and wounded 18 others.No one has claimed responsibility forthe attack, and further information isnot yet available.

20-Sep-06 Israel Unknown Explosives1 0 A rocket fired by Palestinian militantslanded in a Kibbutz in the westernNegev, wounding a 15-year-old boy.A second rocket landed in an openfield nearby.


Explosives0 0 A unit of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigadeclaimed responsibility for firing tworockets on the Israeli settlement ofSederot late 20 September. Nocasualties were reported. Note, whilethe Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade is oftenlinked to Fatah, the relationshipbetween the two groups is notalways clear.


Firearms0 3 Gunmen attacked a police patrol inBaqubah, killing three policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Mujahideen Shura Councilclaimed responsibility for firing onpolice in Baqubah on this day.

21-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 9 Men dressed in Iraqi Army uniformsbroke into a wedding party in eastBaghdad and kidnapped nine menfrom a Sunni tribe. Their bodies werefound the next day, blindfolded andbound. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

21-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 6 Insurgents attacked a police stationin a predominately Sunnineighborhood of west Baghdad,killing six policemen and woundingtwo others. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

21-Sep-06 Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 Police shot and killed a suicidebomber before he could detonate hisexplosives among a crowd of peoplewho had gathered after a katyusharocket fell in Tal Afar. Insurgentsoften coordinate follow-on attackstargeting first responders andcivilians.


Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked a police patrol inBaqubah, killing two policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Mujahideen Shura Councilclaimed responsibility for firing onpolice in Baqubah on this day.

21-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 3 A bomb exploded near a power gridin Baghdad, killing three policemenwho were guarding it; four otherswere wounded. Attacks on powerinstallations are frequent in Iraq, asinsurgents try to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

21-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 3 A roadside bomb detonated in thepredominately Shiite area of NewBaghdad, killing three people andwounding six others. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

21-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 Gunmen attacked police in Baghdad,wounding one policeman and twocivilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.


Explosives0 2 An explosive device targeting theconvoy of Raad Rasheed al-Timimi,the governor of Diyala province,detonated, killing a policeman and abodyguard. The governor was notharmed. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq. Note,the number of injuries was notavailable.The Mujahideen ShuraCouncil later claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

21-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives8 2 A car bomb detonated near anelectric company's office in apredominately Shiite area ofBaghdad, killing two people andwounding eight others. Attacks onutility targets are frequent in Iraq, asinsurgents try to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction. The attackmay have also had sectarianmotivations.

21-Sep-06 Khogiani AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 A bomb planted in a girl's school inKhogiani the night before exploded inthe morning on September 21.However, no one was injured by theblast. The school was the target of arocket strike the day before. No oneclaimed responsibility for the attack,although the security chief in thearea said that the Taliban wasinvolved.

21-Sep-06 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A police officer disrupted an attemptto bomb the office of AkhuwinderKor, a non-governmentalorganization (NGO), in Peshawar onSeptember 21. The officer fired atsuspects who were planting bombs ina lot next to the NGO's office. Thesuspects fled and were not identified.

21-Sep-06 Sha'arHanegev


Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, the armedwing of Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ),claimed responsibility for firing arocket on Sha'ar Hanegev. Nocasualties were reported.The Israelidaily Ha'aretz reported severalrocket attacks in Israel on this day.One rocket hit a classroom of SapirCollege, but did not result in anyinjuries. Two others caused propertydamage in another parts of theNegev.


Explosives0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimedresponsibility for firing two rocketson the Israeli settlement of Sederot.No casualties were reported. TheIsraeli daily Ha'aretz reported severalrocket attacks in Israel on this day.One rocket hit a classroom of SapirCollege, but did not result in anyinjuries. Two others caused propertydamage in another parts of theNegev. Note, while the Al-AqsaMartyrs Brigade is often linked toFatah, the relationship between thetwo groups is not always clear.

22-Sep-06 Latifiyah Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Latifiyah detonated, killingone civilian and wounding fivepeople, including two police. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

22-Sep-06 Al-Amarah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen attacked Sheikh Abd-al-Jabbar Ab'ub al-Muhammadawi, atribal leader, killing his wife. Al-Muhammadawi's condition was notreported. Attacks on tribal leadersare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

22-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives11 0 Two bombs detonated inpredominately Shiite areas ofsouthern Baghdad. The secondexploded near the AgricultureMinistry office in Zaafaraniyah,wounding eleven people. Theattacks likely had sectarianmotivations. It is unclear if theywere coordinated.

22-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 Two bombs detonated inpredominately Shiite areas ofsouthern Baghdad. The firstexploded in a market, wounding fivepeople. The attacks likely hadsectarian motivations. It is unclear ifthey were coordinated.

22-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 Insurgents detonated explosives atthe home of a policeman who hadbeen killed a week earlier. Theattack wounded five of thepoliceman's neighbors. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

22-Sep-06 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed NomassAtout, a former member of SaddamHussein's Baath Party, near his homein Diwaniya. Attacks on members ofHussein's former regime are frequentin Iraq.

22-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen attacked police in Kirkuk,killing one civilian and wounding twopolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

22-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 4 Approximately twenty gunmen in theHurriya neighborhood of Baghdadattacked several homes, settingupwards of fifteen on fire, and thenfired rocket-propelled grenades(RPGs) at the Sunni Bakara al-Rahman mosque. One other mosquemay have also been attacked. Themilitants then fired on soldiers whoresponded to the scene. Four peoplewere reportedly killed in the attack,which likely had sectarianmotivations. On 23 September, theSoldiers of the Prophet'sCompanions, a Sunni extremistgroup, claimed responsibility for anattack in Baghdad's Sadr City inretaliation for the attack on Hurriya.

22-Sep-06 Wana Pakistan Unknown Firearms0 1 Muhammad Bashir, the youngerbrother of a journalist who waskidnapped and killed recently, waskidnapped by unidentified gunmenon his way to school on September22. He was killed the same day.Bashir's older brother, Hayatullah,had been held captive for six monthsbefore being killed by his unidentifiedcaptors. The Tribal Union ofJournalists organized ademonstration to protest Bashir'sdeath.

22-Sep-06 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 19 A bus carrying Afghan constructionworkers was bombed as it traveled inKandahar on September 22. Afterthe explosion, unidentified gunmenshot at the vehicle. The attackresulted in the deaths of 19 workers.The construction company was notidentified in reports. While theInterior Ministry suggested that theTaliban was behind the attack, aTaliban spokesperson refuted thoseclaims.

23-Sep-06 Igdir Turkey KurdishWorkersParty(PKK)

Explosives17 0 The Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK)claimed responsibility for a truckbomb attack in Igdir, which injuredseventeen people. The blast tookplace near a police guest house andfour of the injured were policeofficers. Another four of the injuredwere professional soccer players, intown for a match. Igdir lies on thefar eastern border with Armenia, andthe PKK does not usually perpetrateattacks in this area.

23-Sep-06 Markina Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Three Molotov cocktails were thrownat a Justice of the Peace court inMarkina, Vizcaya province. Thedevices damaged the interior of thebuilding and to the entrance to thecourt. There has been an increase ofstreet violence all over the Basquecountry in the month of September,despite a ceasefire by the BasqueFatherland and Freedom (ETA).

23-Sep-06 Baiji Iraq Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 9 Militants pulled nine people out oftwo cars at a police checkpoint inBaiji, including some policemen, andbeheaded them. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

23-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Soldiersof theProphet'sCompanions

Explosives42 38 A bomb detonated in thepredominately Shiite area of SadrCity in Baghdad, killing 38 peopleand wounding 42 others. The attackoccurred as people crowded arounda truck dispensing kerosene. TheSoldiers of the Prophet's Companions(Jamaat Jund al-Sahaba), a Sunniextremist organization, claimedresponsibility for the attack, statingthat it was in retaliation for an attackon Sunni homes and mosques theday before that killed four people.

23-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 1 A bomb attached to a motorcycleoutside a restaurant in northeastBaghdad exploded, killing one personand wounding six others. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

23-Sep-06 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen in Tikrit shot and killedpolice Colonel Ismail Jihayan, thedeputy head of the Salahadeenprovince police headquarters.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

23-Sep-06 Najaf Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Fadhil AbuSeybi, a tribal leader and a memberof the Shiite Supreme Council for theIslamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), apolitical party. Attacks on triballeaders and members of thegovernment are frequent in Iraq.The attack may have also hadsectarian motivations.

23-Sep-06 Suwayra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Iraqi police found the bodies of fivepeople dumped in Sawayra, allbearing signs of torture and gunshotwounds. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

23-Sep-06 Samawa Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed an Iraqitranslator who was working with USforces in Samawa. Attacks on thosewho work with coalition forces,particularly translators, are frequentin Iraq.

23-Sep-06 Siraha Nepal Unknown Firearms2 4 A member of parliament, KrishnaCharan Shrestha, was killed by threeunidentified gunmen near his housein Siraha on September 13.Shrestha, a representative of theRastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) inthe House of Representatives, diedon the way to the hospital. Twogunmen were chased and killed bylocal people after the incident.During the retaliation, one local waskilled and two were injured. Thethird gunmen escaped. Although noone has claimed responsibility, thepolice suggested that Jantantrik TeraiMukti Morcha might be behind theattack. The group is a faction of theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoist.

23-Sep-06 DeraGhaziKhan

Pakistan Unknown Explosives20 2 Two people were killed and 20 othersinjured when a bomb attached to abicycle exploded at a crowded busterminal in Dera Ghazi Khan onSeptember 23. No one has claimedresponsibility for the attack andpolice at the time provided no furtherinformation.

23-Sep-06 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded on the natural gaspipeline on September 23, disruptinggas supply to homes around Quetta.No one was injured from the attack.

23-Sep-06 Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinian militants fired a rocket onIsrael. The device landed on a roadin the western Negev, causingdamage but no injuries.

23-Sep-06 Ciboure France Irrintzi Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The Basque group, Irrintzi, claimedresponsibility for setting a car on firein the town of Ciboure. The groupwrote in its claim its wish to firmlyoppose the French government'spolicy of scorn. This was one of fourattacks the group claimed itperpetrated between June andSeptember.

23-Sep-06 Pattani Thailand Unknown Explosives4 0 A powerful explosion shook Pattanion Saturday and injured at least fourpolice officers near the scene of theincident. The bombing occurred at11:30am in the vacinity of a gasstation in the provincial capital. Theexplosives were planted at a busstop near a shelter built forpassengers awaiting the bus. Policewere on guard as the Thai Prince wasscheduled to pass by the road laterin the afternoon. It was the firstattack by Muslim insurgents sincethe recent coup in Bangkok.

24-Sep-06 Huila Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Explosives0 0 Insurgents from the Fuerzas ArmadasRevolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)used an explosive device to damagean electricity pylon in Guasimillas,causing a temporary blackout inHuila.

24-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Mosul detonated, killing acivilian. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

24-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 5 Police found the bodies of five peopleblindfolded, bound, and bearing signsof torture in east Baghdad. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations.

24-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Mosul detonated, woundingtwo civilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

24-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 6 A car bomb targeting a police patrolnear the Health Ministry in Baghdadexploded, killing four policemen andtwo civilians. The attack woundedsix people, including four police.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.Earlier in the day, the HealthMinistry was hit by two mortars in anattack that seriously wounded threepeople. It is unclear if the incidentswere coordinated.

24-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Two mortars hit the Health Ministryin Baghdad, seriously woundingthree people. Attacks ongovernment buildings are frequent inIraq. Later the same day a policepatrol was attacked in the samearea. It is unclear if the incidentswere coordinated.


14 4 A car bomb exploded near a policepatrol guarding a Christian church incentral Baghdad, killing four civiliansand wounding fourteen other people,including four policemen. The devicewas detonated by a remote controlas worshippers attended Sundaymass. While attacks on Christiantargets are not common in Iraq,attacks on police are frequent.


Explosives10 2 A car bomb in central Baghdadexploded near a police patrol andhospital, killing two people andwounding at least ten. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheMujahideen Shura Council claimedresponsibility for detonating anexplosive device targeting two policepatrols in Baghdad on this day. Thegroup stated that every member ofthe first patrol was killed and thatmembers of the second patrol wereinjured.

24-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Two bombs exploded as the convoyof Ali al-Shammari, Iraq's Minister ofHealth, passed Qahtan Square in theAl-Yarmouk area of westernBaghdad. Al-Shammari was notharmed in the attack, howeveroverall casualty numbers were notgiven. Attacks on senior governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

24-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants fired a rocket-propelledgrenade (RPG) at the embassy of theUnited Arab Emirates in Baghdad.The explosive hit an externalconcrete block and did not result incasualties. Attacks on diplomatictargets, particularly embassiesrepresenting Arab or Muslimgovernments, are frequent in Iraq.

24-Sep-06 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen broke into the home ofNajim Abdulla Soud, the head ofFallujah's city council, killing him andhis 23-year-old son. Attacks on localgovernment officials are frequent inIraq.

24-Sep-06 DantewadaIndia CommunistParty ofIndia-Maoists

Firearms0 1 Santram Usedi, a Congress partyactivist, was shot and killed bysuspected members of theCommunist Party of India-Maoist(CPI-Maoist) on September 24. Theattack occurred in the Dantewadadistrict.

25-Sep-06 MusayyibIraq Unknown Unknown6 1 Militants attacked a police station inMusayyib, killing one policeman andwounding six others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.Note,media reports on this incident variedwidely. An Iraqi source stated thatthe station was attaked by a suicidecar bomber and that three peoplewere killed and ten wounded.

25-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A bomb placed underneath a civiliancar exploded in eastern Baghdad.When police arrived at the scene, asecond bomb detonated, woundingthree policemen. Insurgents oftencoordinate follow-up attacks thattarget emergency personnel and firstresponders. Note, the target of thefirst bomb attack is unclear.

25-Sep-06 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives7 8 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police checkpoint inRamadi, killing himself and sevenpolicemen; seven police werewounded. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

25-Sep-06 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 An unidentified gunman on amotorcycle shot and killed the headof Kandahar's women's affairsdepartment, Safia Amajan, as sheleft her house in a taxi. Amajan washead of the department since 2001and has been critical of the Taliban'srepression of women. The identity ofthe gunman remains unknown.

25-Sep-06 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Explosives6 1 A grenade was thrown at a policevehicle in Srinagar on September 25.A female police officer, GulshanAkhtar, was killed by the blast.Three other officers and threecivilians were injured. The policeofficers were from the Ram Baghwomen's police station. Theperpetrators of the attack have notbeen identified.

25-Sep-06 Doda Kashmir Unknown Explosives2 0 An improvised explosive device wentoff in a village in the Doda district onSeptember 25. Two people, a policeofficer and a civilian, were injured inthe blast. The exact target of theattack is unclear.

25-Sep-06 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 On late Monday night, SatapoArware, a village leader in the SungaiPadi district of Narithiwat, wasmurdered in his home by Musliminsurgents. Police suspect thatMuslim insurgents threw afirecracker at the man's door to drawhis attention and then opened firewith M-16 rifles when he opened thedoor.

25-Sep-06 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Muslim militants shot a 45-year-oldman to death as he was riding homeon a motorcycle in the Muang districtof Pattani. The man was shot twice inthe head with a pistol and diedinstantly at the scene. This is thelatest in a spree of drive-byshootings linked to the ongoingMuslim insurgency in Thailand'ssouthernmost province.

26-Sep-06 KislovodskRussia Unknown Firearms1 1 Unidentified men shot the imam ofthe Kislovodsk mosque in the hall ofhis apartment building on UlitsaChelyuskintseva. The suspects hadearlier been chased by the policeafter refusing to produceidentification and wounded an officerin a shootout that ensued.

26-Sep-06 Jurf al-Sakhar

Iraq Unknown Explosives12 3 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a new police station inJurf al-Sakhar, killing himself and twopolicemen and wounding four others.Eight US soldiers were slightly injuredin the attack. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

26-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 Gunmen opened fire on police from aSunni mosque in western Baghdad.Police commandos returned fire,killing two militants and woundingtwo others. They were also able torelease two people being held in themosque. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

26-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Nima al-Yaseen, the sister of Liqaa al-Yaseem, a Shiite member ofparliament. Attacks on governmentofficials and their families arefrequent in Iraq.

26-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Two bombs targeting the convoy ofYa'rob Nazem al-Abboudy, theMinister of Agriculture, exploded butwithout causing injuries. Attacks onsenior government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

26-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives21 3 Two bombs targeting police ineastern Baghdad detonated in quicksuccession, killing three civilians andwounding twenty-one others,including twelve policemen. Therewere also reports of mortar fire.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

26-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting police inBaqubah detonated, wounding twopolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

26-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Explosives1 0 A car bomb targeting a police patrolnear a church in Kirkuk exploded,wounding one policeman. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnah claimed responsibility fordetonating two car bombs targetingpolice in Kirkuk on this day.

26-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives6 1 A car bomb exploded near a fuelstation in Kirkuk, killing one civilianand wounding six others. One newsreport stated that two Peshmerga(Kurdish security forces) werewounded in the attack. Attacks ongas stations are frequent in Iraq, asinsurgents try to disrupt one of thecountry's most profitable industries.Insurgents have also begun to targetgas stations because they attractlarge crowds of people during timesof fuel shortages..

26-Sep-06 Suwayra Iraq Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 5 Police found the bodies of fivepeople, all beheaded, in Suwayra.The attack likely had sectarianmotivations.

26-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Explosives4 0 A bomb targeting police exploded insouthern Baghdad's Doura district,wounding four policemen. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq, formerly theMujahideen Shura Council, claimedresponsibility for detonating anexplosive device near a policevehicle in the al-Mansur area ofBaghdad on this day. The groupstated that all on board were killed.

26-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 Gunmen kidnapped the mayor of al-Zuhour district, Abdul Kareem al-Talgani. Three of al-Talgani's guardswere wounded in the attack. Attackson government officials are frequentin Iraq.

26-Sep-06 Al-Iskan Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A car bomb exploded at the entranceof the al Haseer market in al-Iskan,northeast of Kirkuk, wounding oneperson. Attacks on crowded, publicareas, particularly markets, arefrequent in Iraq.

26-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms10 0 Gunmen stormed the Sunni al-Ashraal-Mushara mosque in westernBaghdad and then attacked Sunnihomes in the area. At least tenpeople were wounded, including fourcivilians, a policeman, and fivemilitants. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

26-Sep-06 MahmoudiyaIraq Unknown Explosives11 7 A series of explosive devicestargeted a predominately Shiiteapartment building in Mahmoudiya,killing at least seven people andwounding eleven others. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

26-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Explosives3 1 A car bomb targeting a police patrolin Kirkuk detonated, killing onepoliceman and wounding threeothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnahclaimed responsibility for detonatingtwo car bomb targeting police patrolsin Kirkuk on this day.

26-Sep-06 Daksool Kashmir HizbulMujahideen(HM)

Explosives0 0 Police officers discovered animprovised explosive device inDaksool on September 25. Policedefused the device, which wasdescribed as being constructed from15 kilogram RDX and grenades. Thepolice said that the bomb wasplanted by three members of HizbulMujahideen (HM).

26-Sep-06 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Explosives4 0 Three teachers and one student wereinjured when a bomb exploded atKhost University on September 26.No one has claimed responsibility forthe attack.


Explosives1 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, the armedwing of Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ),claimed responsibility for firing tworockets on the Israeli settlement ofSederot. Israeli radio reported thatone rocket fell outside of a home andthe other on the city's main street. Ayoung woman was injured andseveral others suffered from shock.

27-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives15 5 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives outside the IraqiCommunist Party's headquarters inBaghdad, killing five people andwounding fifteen others. Attacks onpolitical parties are frequent in Iraq.

27-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives8 5 A car bomb detonated near a marketin the predominately Shiite district ofBayaa in southwest Baghdad, killingfive people and wounding eightothers. Attacks on crowded publicareas, particularly markets, arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

27-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 4 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Baqubah exploded, killingfour people (two police and twodetainees) and wounding twopolicemen. The patrol wastransferring detainees at the time ofthe attack. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

27-Sep-06 Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 Two bombs targeting police on aroad in the al-Sulaymaniyahgovernorate exploded, wounding onepoliceman. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

27-Sep-06 MussayabIraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting police inMussayab exploded, wounding threepolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

27-Sep-06 Balad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Gunmen kidnapped an employee at afuel station. Police found his body inthe Ishaqi river in Balad the next day.Attacks on the oil industry, includinggas stations and their employees, arefrequent in Iraq.

27-Sep-06 NumaniyahIraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A bomb exploded inside the home ofa policeman in Numaniyah. Theattack wounded a civilian who waspassing by at the time of theincident. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.


Explosives0 2 A bomb planted in a policeman's carexploded, killing the policeman and acivilian. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The MujahideenShura Council claimed responsibilityfor bombing at least two vehiclesused by police commandos inBaghdad on this day.

27-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives10 0 A car bomb exploded near theTurkomen Front Party headquartersin Kirkuk, wounding at least tenpeople. Attacks on political partiesare frequent in Iraq.

27-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed traffic policeCaptain Fathi Ahmed in Mosul.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

27-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms11 10 Gunmen attacked civilians going tothe Mashaada Sunni mosque in theHurriya district of northwest Baghdadfor Ramadan evening prayers. Tenpeople were killed and eleven werewounded. The attack likely hadsectarian motives.

27-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Three gunmen attacked a policepatrol in Baqubah, killing twoofficers. Other members of thepatrol then killed the perpetrators.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

27-Sep-06 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Firearms0 1 An unidentified gunman shot andkilled the Assistant Sub-Inspector ofPolice for Budgam District in Srinagaron September 27. The police official,Abdul Gani, was on a specialassignment in Srinagar from theBudgam.

27-Sep-06 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 The United States military reportedthat American troops shot and killeda man as he planted a bomb inRamadi. Authorities believe that theexplosive was meant to target anearby government center. No othercasualties were reported. Attacks ongovernment buildings and officialsare frequent in Iraq.

27-Sep-06 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Firearms0 1 An unidentified gunman shot andkilled a police constable, GhulamMohammad Malik, in Srinagar onSeptember 27.

27-Sep-06 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Explosives15 0 A grenade attack on a policeformation in Srinagar injured 13police officers and two civilians onSeptember 27. The attack occurredon the same day that two policeofficials were shot and killed inseparate incidents in Srinagar.

27-Sep-06 Doda Kashmir Unknown Explosives3 0 An improvised explosive device (IED)exploded in Doda, injuring two policeofficers and a civilian. The exacttarget of the attack was unclear.

27-Sep-06 AnantnagKashmir Unknown Explosives3 0 A grenade attack in the Anantnagdistrict injured two police officers anda civilian on September 27. Theexact target of the attack wasunclear.

27-Sep-06 Jhenidah BangladeshPurboBanglarCommunistParty(PBCP)

Unknown0 1 Suspected members of the PurboBanglar Communist Party (PBCP)attacked a member of the localgovernment from Daulatpur onSeptember 27. The governmentofficial, Alauddin Hossain Jhantu, waskilled when at least 20 suspectedPBCP members singled him out at amarket in Jhenidah. The attackersblocked the entrances to the market.No other casualties were reported.

27-Sep-06 Manipur India Unknown Unknown0 0 Five State Public Works Departmentofficials were kidnapped whiletraveling on a highway in Manipur onSeptember 27. The kidnappers havenot yet been identified.

27-Sep-06 Sederot Israel PopularResistanceCommittees

Explosives0 0 The Al-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades,the armed wing of the PopularResistance Committees, claimedresponsibility for firing two rocketson the Israeli settlement of Sederot.No casualties were reported.


Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, the armedwing of Palestine Islamic Jihad,claimed responsibility for firing arocket on the Israeli city of Ashqelon.No casualties were reported.

27-Sep-06 KamphaengPhet

Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 In the early morning hours onWednesday, unknown assailants setfire to five schools in three districtsacross the city of Kamphaeng Phet insouthern Thailand. No one wasinjured or killed, but damage wasestimated to total at least 1.6 millionThai Baht. Authorities are uncertainwhether the attacks were linked tothe ongoing insurgency or todisgruntled supporters of the PrimeMinister that was ousted in a recentcoup. The Ban Bueng Looknokschool in the Pran Kratai district wasthe first school that was set ablaze.



0 0 In the early morning hours onWednesday, unknown assailants setfire to five schools in three districtsacross the city of Kamphaeng Phet insouthern Thailand. No one wasinjured or killed, but damage wasestimated to total at least 1.6 millionThai Baht. Authorities are uncertainwhether the attacks were linked tothe ongoing insurgency or todisgruntled supporters of the PrimeMinister that was ousted in a recentcoup. The Chantima school in theLan Krabue district was the secondschool that was set ablaze.



0 0 In the early morning hours onWednesday, unknown assailants setfire to five schools in three districtsacross the city of Kamphaeng Phet insouthern Thailand. No one wasinjured or killed, but damage wasestimated to total at least 1.6 millionThai Baht. Authorities are uncertainwhether the attacks were linked tothe ongoing insurgency or todisgruntled supporters of the PrimeMinister that was ousted in a recentcoup. The Ban Chong Lom school inthe Lan Krabuei district was the thirdschool that was set ablaze.



0 0 In the early morning hours onWednesday, unknown assailants setfire to five schools in three districtsacross the city of Kamphaeng Phet insouthern Thailand. No one wasinjured or killed, but damage wasestimated to total at least 1.6 millionThai Baht. Authorities are uncertainwhether the attacks were linked tothe ongoing insurgency or todisgruntled supporters of the PrimeMinister that was ousted in a recentcoup. The Ban Pathua school in theSai Ngarm district was the fourthschool that was attacked, however,the assailants were apparentlyunsuccessful in setting it on fire.

27-Sep-06 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police believe that Muslim militantswere responsible for the shootingdeath of a school janitor riding on apublic bus on Wednesday morning inthe Mayo district of Pattani.Thevictim was in route to work andaccompanied by about ten otherpassangers on the bus. Theassailants boarded the bus at a stopfor a local market. About twokilometers later, the militants shotthe man in the head with a 9mmpistol while the bus was stopped.They then fled the scene on foot.

28-Sep-06 Arrasate Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Two Molotov cocktails were thrown atan office of the Socialist Party of theBasque Country (PSE-EE) in Arrasate,in Guipuzcoa province. The devicescaused some smoke damage to thepremises but there were no reportedinjuries.

28-Sep-06 BararganIran Unknown Explosives0 0 A gas pipeline that runs between Iranand Turkey was struck by anexplosive device in the Iranian city ofBaragan. A 60-70 meter section ofthe pipeline was destroyed by theblast, which authorities are blamingon Kurdish rebels. This samepipeline was struck on the Turkishside of the border on 18 August bythe Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

28-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 9 Iraqi soldiers found nine bodies leftinside a booby-trapped vehicle inwestern Baghdad. The attack likelyhad sectarian motivations.Insurgents also often leave bodies inbooby-trapped cars to attract police.There was no further information onthe armed vehicle.

28-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Explosives15 5 The Al-Battawin police station incentral Baghdad was attacked withmortars and a car bomb. Fivepeople, including a policeman, werekilled and another fifteen werewounded. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq, formerly the Mujahideen ShuraCouncil, claimed responsibility forattacking a police station in the al-Radwaniyah area of Baghdad on thisday. The group stated that light andmedium caliber weapons were used.

28-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A car bomb exploded insouthwestern Baghdad, woundingone policeman and a civilian.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

28-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in central Baghdad exploded,killing a civilian. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.


Explosives4 0 A car bomb exploded near a policepatrol in the Doura district ofsouthern Baghdad, wounding fourpolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The MujahideenShura Council claimed responsibilityfor bombing police commandovehicle in Doura on this day.

28-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in central Baghdad detonated,wounding three policemen. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

28-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded in a vegetablemarket in the al-Bayaa area ofBaghdad, damaging several vehiclesand stores but not causing anyinjuries. Attacks on crowded publicareas, particularly markets, arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

28-Sep-06 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Colonel KurjiIbrahim al-Subayhi, a pilot underSaddam Hussein, outside his home inFallujah. Attacks on former membersof Hussein's regime are frequent inIraq.

28-Sep-06 Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Roadside bombs targeting two fueltankers southwest of Samarraexploded, destroying the vehicles,but resulting in no casualties.Attacks on the oil industry arefrequent in Iraq, as insurgentsattempt to disrupt one of thecountry's most profitable industries.

28-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A roadside bomb targeting theconvoy of Usamah al-Nujayfi, amember of parliament for the IraqiNational List and a former minister,exploded. No injuries were reported.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.Iraq's JihadistLeagues claimed responsibility fordetonating an explosive thattargeted a sport utility vehiclebelonging to one of the leaders of thelower council of the [SupremeCouncil for the Islamic Revolution inIraq (SCIRI)]. It is unclear if theattack was the same as the attack onal-Nujayfi's convoy.

28-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A roadside bomb targeting theconvoy of police commanderBrigadier Serhat Qadir exploded nearKirkuk, wounding one of Qadir'sguards. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

28-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Mosul exploded, woundingtwo policemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

28-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives8 2 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police checkpointnear a US Army base at the Kirkukairport, killing himself and onepoliceman and wounding eightothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq. It is not clear if theUS army base was the target of theattack.

28-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives34 5 A car bomb exploded near arestaurant and passing police patrolon Sadoun Street in central Baghdad.As police and first responders arrivedat the scene, a second car bombexploded. A total of five people werekilled and thirty-four injured. Policewere among the casualties. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.Insurgents also often targetemergency personnel in coordinatedfollow-on attacks.

28-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 As police and first responders arrivedat the scene of a car bombing thattargeted a police patrol in centralBaghdad, a second car bombexploded. A total of five people werekilled and thirty-four injured in bothattacks. Police were among thecasualties. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq. Insurgents alsooften target emergency personnel incoordinated follow-on attacks.

28-Sep-06 Digboi India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives6 0 A bomb exploded in a crowdedmarket in Digboi on September 28,injuring at least six people. No onehas claimed responsibility for theincident, although the police saidthey suspect members of the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA) tobe behind the attack. This would bethe first attack by the ULFA since thegovernment ended a six-week trucewith the group this week.

28-Sep-06 Khar Pakistan Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Nawagai Tehsildar Yar MuhammadKhan, a senior official in the BajaurAgency area government, was thetarget of a roadside remote-controlled bomb on September 28.No one was injured, however, whenthe bomb exploded on his vehicle.Khan was traveling in Bajaur on hisway to Khar when the attackoccurred. Police arrested threepeople as suspects in the attack,although no one has claimedresponsibility. Bajaur Agency is partof Pakistan's Federally AdministratedTribal Areas (FATA) on the border ofPakistan and Afghanistan.

28-Sep-06 Kupwara Kashmir Unknown Firearms0 1 A female special police officer wasshot and killed by three unidentifiedgunmen in her home in Kupwara onSeptember 28. In 2004, her husband,who was also a police officer, wassimilarly killed by gunmen.

28-Sep-06 GhisonacciaFrance Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device, which includeda detonating mechanism, wasplanted outside the home of a Frenchgendarme in Ghisonaccia, on theisland of Corsica. The device failedto detonate and was found outsidethe door to the gendarme's home.No group has claimed responsibilityfor this attack.

28-Sep-06 Khogiani AfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 0 A police officer and an unidentifieddriver of a car were injured when abomb exploded in Khogiani onSeptember 28. The unidentifieddriver may have been driving avehicle for road construction work.Another source indicated thatanother police officer was injured inthe attack as well.


6 1 A teacher protection unit of the 39thTask Force suffered from a roadsidebomb attack around 9:30am onThursday as it was making itsmorning rounds to escort localteachers.The 10-kilogram bombexploded alongside a village road inSungai Padi district -- leaving a three-meter deep and four-meter wide holein the ground and overturning thesoldier's Humvee. The explosion sentshrapnel as far as 30 meters fromthe scene of the blast.

28-Sep-06 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police believe that Muslim militantsare responsible for the shootingdeath of a local man on Thursday.The man was shot in the head shortlyafter dropping a group of children offat school. Muslim militants in theThailand's southern provinces havebeen waging a campaign against thegovernment in which civilians areoften murdered at random to createfear and chaos in the local society.

29-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Dhi QarOrganization

Firearms2 1 Gunmen shot a vehicle carryingfamily members of Judge MohammedOreibi al-Khalifa as they drovethrough a predominately Sunnineighborhood of Baghdad. Al-Khalifa's brother-in-law, KadhimAbdul-Hussein, was killed in theattack; his sister and nephew werewounded. Al-Khalifa is the newpresiding judge in the genocide trialof Saddam Hussein; he took over lessthan one week ago after the formerjudge was dismissed for beingperceived as too lenient towardHussein. Three defense lawyerswere killed in Hussein's first trial.The attack may have had sectarianmotivations as al-Khalifa is Shiite.TheDhi Qar Organization, an affiliate ofthe military wing of the Baath party,claimed responsibility for the attackand stated that Judge al-Khalifa andanyone who offends Saddam Husseinwould be punished.

29-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 1 Two roadside bombs exploded nearthe National Theater in centralBaghdad, killing one person andwounding at least ten others.Attacks on crowded, public areas arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

29-Sep-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen in the Doura district ofsouthern Baghdad stopped thevehicle of Sheikh Turki Abduljabbaral-Tayef, chief of the Marsoumi tribe,and killed him. Two of al-Tayef'sbodyguards were seriously woundedin the attack. Attacks on triballeaders are frequent in Iraq, as manyinsurgents perceive them ascooperating with the government.They often also have sectarianmotivations.



Firearms3 1 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) shotand killed a police constable andwounded three other police officersin Vavuniya on September 29.

29-Sep-06 Tinsukia India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives8 0 A grenade attack by suspectedmembers of the United LiberationFront of Assam (ULFA) injured eightpeople in a shopping market inTinsukia on September 29.

29-Sep-06 DibrugarhIndia UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives0 0 Part of the Oil India Limited pipelinein Dibrugarh was blown up bysuspected members of the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA) onSeptember 29. No casualties werereported.

29-Sep-06 Zabol AfghanistanTaliban Unknown3 1 One police officer was killed andthree others injured when Talibanmembers attacked a police patrol inZabol on September 29. Aspokesperson for the Taliban claimedthat the attackers had actually killedseven police officers.

29-Sep-06 PhuentsholingBhutan Unknown Explosives0 0 Police found and removed a bombplanted outside a Pepsi factory inPhuentsholing. Phuentsholing islocated in southwest Bhutan. Thebomb was found on the same daythat police recovered another bombnear an office building.

29-Sep-06 PhuentsholingBhutan Unknown Explosives0 0 Police found and recovered a bombfrom an office building inPhuentsholing on September 29. Thebomb was found on the same daythat police recovered a bomb plantednear the Pepsi factory in the sametown.


1 0 Muslim militants are suspected in theexplosion of a homemade bomb neara tea shop adjacent to a clock towerthat marks the heart of the city ofNarathiwat. The explosion occurredat 7:30am, but only one person (apolice officer) suffered injuries. Policeindicated that the bomb weighedabout 7 kilograms and wasdetonated by mobile phone. It washidden in a roadside ditch in front ofthe tea shop.

30-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives10 0 A car bomb detonated outside thehome of a police officer in Kirkuk,wounding one policeman and ninecivilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

30-Sep-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives17 0 A car bomb exploded outside thehome of a police official in Kirkuk,wounding seventeen civilians. A carbomb exploded earlier in the dayoutside the home of anotherpoliceman in Kirkuk. It is unclear ifthe attacks were coordinated.

30-Sep-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Malik Jebbar,an Iraqi who worked as an interpreterfor US troops south of Baghdad.Attacks on Iraqis who work withcoalition forces, particularlytranslators, are frequent in Iraq.

30-Sep-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked a police patrolnortheast of Baqubah, killing twopolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

30-Sep-06 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanoutside his home north of Kut.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

30-Sep-06 Al-Amarah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped Colonel AdnanHusayn from his home near al-Amarah and later killed him. Husaynwas an army official under SaddamHussein. Attacks on members ofHussein's former regime are frequentin Iraq.

30-Sep-06 Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Explosives30 3 A suicide car bomber targeting policein Tal Afar detonated his explosivesnear a busy market, killing himselfand two civilians and wounding atleast thirty other people. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

30-Sep-06 TuzKhormato

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed MuhammadQasim, the mayor of Sulaiman Pek,as he ate breakfast in a restaurant inTuz Khormato. Attacks on localgovernment officials are frequent inIraq.

30-Sep-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped a policeman insouthern Mosul. His body was foundthe next day. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

30-Sep-06 Kabul AfghanistanTaliban Explosives42 12 A bomb exploded outside of theInterior Ministry building in Kabul onSeptember 30. The attack killed 12people and injured 42 others. TheInterior Ministry chief of security anda police officer were among thosekilled. The Taliban claimedresponsibility for the attack, althoughthe group denied that it was asuicide attack. The group'sstatement said that it had placed abomb outside the building instead.An Interior Ministry spokesperson,however denied this claim, and saidthat it was a suicide attack and thatthe police had tried to stop thesuicide bomber before he detonatedhis explosives.

30-Sep-06 Patna India Unknown Explosives0 0 Police removed four bombs from therailroad tracks at the Taregna stationnear Patna. The bombs weredescribed as crude devices tiedtogether with string.

30-Sep-06 MaywandAfghanistanUnknown Explosives4 0 A roadside bomb injured four policeofficers on patrol in a police vehiclein Maywand on September 30. Nofurther information is available onwho planted the device, although thepolice indicated that the bomb wasplaced recently.

30-Sep-06 Poso IndonesiaUnknown Explosives0 0 A low-grade bomb exploded outsidea Christian church in the religiouslydivided town of Poso in Indonesia'scentral Sulawesi province on the30th of September. No majordamage or fatalities were reported.The blast was one of two apparentlycoordinated attacks -- the second ofwhich occurred at a local market.Police did not specify suspects, butthey believe the attacks wereexpressions of protest and meant tostir social unrest following theexecution of three Christian men byfiring squad the week before. Themen were convicted on the charge ofinciting violence against Muslims.

30-Sep-06 Poso IndonesiaUnknown Explosives0 0 A low-grade bomb exploded outsidea traditional market in the religiouslydivided town of Poso in Indonesia'scentral Sulawesi province in the earlymorning hours of September 30th.No major damage or fatalities werereported. The blast was one of twoapparently coordinated attacks --the second of which occurred at alocal church. Police did not specifysuspects, but they believe theattacks were expressions of protestand meant to stir social unrestfollowing the execution of threeChristian men by firing squad theweek before. The men wereconvicted on the charge of incitingviolence against Muslims.


Explosives2 0 Palestinian militants fired a rocket onthe Israeli settlement of Sederot.The device hit a house, woundingtwo people. The Al-Quds Brigades,the armed wing of Palestine IslamicJihad (PIJ), later claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

1-Oct-06 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen in Diwaniya shot and killedSheikh Numan al-Nassri, the head ofa civilian organization that receivesfunding from the Supreme Councilfor the Islamic Revolution in Iraq(SCIRI), a Shiite political party. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations.

1-Oct-06 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives6 4 A car bomb exploded in a vegetablemarket in Fallujah, killing four peopleand wounding six others. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

1-Oct-06 Najaf Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Safaa al-Obaidi, the director of the mainteaching hospital in Najaf, outside hishome. Attacks on professionals arefrequent in Iraq, as insurgentsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

1-Oct-06 Suwayra Iraq Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 7 Authorities found the headlessbodies of seven people in Suwayra,south of Baghdad. The attack likelyhad sectarian motivations.

1-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 7 Gunmen kidnapped at least twenty-four workers from a meat packingfactory in Baghdad. The victimswere thought to be Shiite. Two menwho refused to enter the truck inwhich the victims were carried awaywere shot and wounded. Later, thebodies of seven of the kidnappedworkers were found in thepredominately Sunni Dora district ofBaghdad. Several newsorganizations reported that thebodies of the other victims werefound the day after the kidnapping,however the accuracy of thesereports is unclear. It was alsoreported that four workers were ableto escape. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.On 4 October,Iraqi authorities took a police brigadeof approximately 700 policemen outof service in an attempt to crackdown on links between police andsectarian militias. The brigade wasresponsible for the region ofBaghdad where the workers werekidnapped. The Interior Ministryspokesman stated that the brigadewas taken out of service because itdidn't respond quickly to thekidnapping.

1-Oct-06 Greshk AfghanistanTaliban Firearms2 2 Two police officers were killed andtwo were wounded when suspectedTaliban gunmen attacked a policepatrol in Greshk on October 1.

1-Oct-06 Jaffna SriLanka

Unknown Explosives0 0 The Jaffna offices of the InternationalCommittee of the Red Cross weredamaged by a grenade explosion onOctober 1. No one was injured in theattack.

1-Oct-06 Ampura India AllTripuraTigerForce(ATTF)

Firearms0 1 The wife of Swapan Debbarma waskilled at her home in Ampura bysuspected members of the All TripuraTiger Force (ATTF). SwapanDebbarma, who was not home at thetime of the attack, is a formermember of the ATTF. The policesuspected that the ATTF targetedDebbarma because of hiscooperation with the police.

1-Oct-06 France Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A small explosive device damaged apolice van, which was parked in agarage near the Ajaccio airport, onthe island of Corsica. A similardevice targeted a police vehicle inthe same garage in January 2006.No further information is available.

1-Oct-06 TribhuvanNagar

Nepal Unknown Unknown0 0 A group of Maoists kidnapped mayorBalibhadra Ranamagar of TribhuvanNagar on October 1. He wasreportedly kidnapped in retaliationfor running in elections in Januaryand for a shooting in February ofUmesh Chandra Thapa, a politicalactivist.

2-Oct-06 Amparai SriLanka


Firearms0 1 A police officer was shot and killed bysuspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Theofficer was on his way to work at apolice station in the Amparai district.

2-Oct-06 Khuzdar Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A police radio control room wasdamaged when a bomb explodednear a police station in Khuzdar in onOctober 2. No one has claimedresponsibility for the attack. Police,however, suspect that rebeltribesmen are responsible. Khuzdaris located in Balochistan Province,which has had an increase inbombings in recent months.

2-Oct-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint in Kirkuk, seriouslywounding two policemen. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

2-Oct-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms3 2 Gunmen attacked a police patrol insouthern Iraq, killing two policemenand wounding three others. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

2-Oct-06 Amiriyah Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Militants in Amiriyah, west ofBaghdad, set fire to the home of aShiite member of Parliament. No onewas injured in the attack, howeverthe home was destroyed. The officialblamed the incident on Baathists andother elements of Saddam Hussein'sformer regime. The attack may havealso had sectarian motivations.

2-Oct-06 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen in Basra shot and killed anIraqi intelligence officer. This wasthe second attack on an intelligenceofficer on this day. It is unclear if theattacks were coordinated.

2-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Colonel FarisKhalil, an intelligence officer, as hewas driving on a main road ineastern Baghdad. Gunmen in Basraalso shot and killed an Iraqiintelligence officer on this day. It isunclear if the attacks werecoordinated.

2-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives13 4 A bomb exploded in Baghdad's al-Nasir Square, killing four people andwounding thirteen others. Attacks oncrowded, public areas are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

2-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Mosul. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility forshooting several policemen in Mosulon this day.

2-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 2 A car bomb targeting a police patrolin a district of northern Baghdadkilled two people and wounded twoothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

2-Oct-06 Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen attacked a railway station inBaiji, killing one employee andwounding two others. Attacks ontransportation networks are frequentin Iraq.

2-Oct-06 Dour Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint in Dour, near Tikrit, killinga police officer and woundinganother. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

2-Oct-06 Dhemaji India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives20 1 Suspected members of the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA)threw a grenade at a police patrolnear a gathering of worshippers inDhemaji on October 2. Theworshippers were celebrating theHindu festival of Durga Puja. Thegrenade missed the police patrol andexploded near the worshippers,killing a boy and injuring 20 otherpeople. The attack occurred afterthe ULFA pulled out of peacenegotiations with the government onSeptember 27.

2-Oct-06 KfarAzza

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 An armed faction identifying itself asa group of mujahidin launched ahomemade projectile at the Israelitown of Kfar Azza as a response tothe Israeli assassination of BassamSalamah bin Hamad and HusamFayiz Ghayyad.

2-Oct-06 Shali ChechnyaUnknown Firearms1 0 Two police cars driving from Masker-Yurt in the Shali district to Tsotsin-Yurt in the Kurchaloi district wereshot at, wounding the driver of oneof the cars.

2-Oct-06 BanPayo

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Islamic militants are suspectedresponsible for shooting dead Masa-ingyapa Buta, a village head fromBan Payo. The attack occurred asthe victim sat in the front of hishome.

3-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives9 1 Two bombs detonated in quicksuccession in the predominatelyShiite al-Karrada district of Baghdad,killing one person and wounding nineothers, including three trafficpolicemen. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

3-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Gunmen attacked a family inBaqubah as they fled from theirhome. Four family members andtheir driver were killed. Attacks onprivate citizens leaving their homesafter receiving threats is frequent inIraq and have sectarian motivations.

3-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Unknown0 7 The bodies of seven people from aShiite family were found north ofBaqubah. The victims included afather, his three sons, and three oftheir family members. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

3-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 8 Gunmen shot and killed eight peoplein Baqubah. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

3-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 2 A remote-detonated bomb targetinga police patrol exploded in the al-Qahira neighborhood of Baghdad,killing two civilians and woundingtwo others. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

3-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives19 3 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives in an outdoor fish marketin the predominately Sunni district ofSadiyah, southwest Baghdad. Threepeople were killed and nineteenwounded in the blast. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq.

3-Oct-06 Al-Baghdadi

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 7 A roadside bomb targeting theconvoy of Brigadier Shaaban al-Obeidi, the police chief of Al-Baghdadi, a town between Ramadiand Haditha, exploded, killing sixpolicemen and seriously wounding al-Obeidi. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.Al-Obeidi later diedas a result of his injuries.

3-Oct-06 CharbolakAfghanistanUnknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A religious school in Charbolak wasdamaged when unidentified men setfire to the building. The school islocated near a mosque. Furtherinformation about the attack is notavailable.

3-Oct-06 Kohima India NationalSocialistCouncil ofKhaplang

Firearms0 1 A Nagaland police constable wasshot and killed by gunmen in Kohimaon October 3. The National SocialistCouncil of Nagaland - Isak-Muivah(NSCN-IM) issued a statementdenying responsibility for the attackand blamed instead the NationalSocialist Council of Nagaland -Khaplang (NSCN-K).

3-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Azad Mohammed Hussein, a Kurdishradio reporter, was kidnapped inBaghdad while traveling to theheadquarters of Dar al-Salam Radio.His body was identified at theBaghdad morgue on 10 October.Attacks on journalists are frequent inIraq.

3-Oct-06 Vedeno ChechnyaUnknown Firearms1 0 A police car driving through theVedeno district of Chechnya wasattacked by unknown persons withfirearms, wounding the driver.

3-Oct-06 Grozny ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 A cell phone base station owned byMobicom-Kavkaz, the operator of theMegafon network in the Caucasus,was blown up in Grozny. This attackfollows five previous attacks onMegafon base stations which alloccurred on August 6.

3-Oct-06 Than To Thailand Unknown Firearms2 0 Sriporn Sangkaharat, a police officerand teacher, was shot by militants asshe and her son rode on amotorcycle in Than To district. BothSriporn and her son were bothinjured by the gunfire, which wasshot from behind their vehicle.Drive-by shootings are frequent insouthern Thailand and are used byIslamic militants to inspire fearamong the general population.

4-Oct-06 Cali Colombia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb set off at 3:20am destroyedmore than 50 percent of the new CaliMass Transit station, which had notyet been inaugurated. Damagestotaled $400 million dollars. Theperpetrators used 75 grams ofammonal and a timer to target thebuilding, which was hoped by manyto become a city landmark. Policeare investigating whether the attackcan be attributed to FARC insurgents.

4-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb exploded near apolice patrol in Baghdad's WathiqSquare, wounding a policeman andone civilian. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The MujahideenShura Council claimed responsibilityfor attacking a police patrol with anexplosive device in Wathiq Square onthis day. The group claimed thatthey first detonated a bomb near acar belonging to a commander of theMahdi Army, a Shiite militia, toattract the police to the scene.

4-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Explosives2 2 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Baghdad exploded, killingtwo policemen and injuring twoothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnahclaimed responsibility for targeting apolice vehicle with explosives in theNew Baghdad area of the capital onthis day.

4-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives89 21 At least two explosive devicestargeting the convoy of IndustryMinister Fawzi al-Hariri detonated inthe Camp Sarah district of southernBaghdad. The blast killed eighteencivilians and three of Hariri's securityguards and wounded 89 otherpeople, including eleven securityguards and fifteen policemen. Haririwas not in the convoy at the time, asthe vehicles had only left to berefueled. It was reported that a carbomb exploded fifteen minutes afterthe attack on the same street,however no additional casualtieswere reported. It is unclear if thethird bombing was a coordinatedattack targeting first responders orjust a delayed explosion. Hariri wasthe assistant to Foreign MinisterHoshyar Zebari before beingappointed Ministry of Industry inPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki'sgovernment.

4-Oct-06 Siniya Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed an Iraqitranslator who worked with US forcesin Siniya, near Baiji. Attacks onthose who work with coalition forces,particularly translators, are frequentin Iraq.

4-Oct-06 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A suicide car bomber attempted todrive his vehicle into a policecheckpoint outside a police base inRamadi but was shot and killed byIraqi police before he could do so.The tanker truck exploded when itcrashed into concrete blocks, lightlywounding four policemen. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

4-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms5 2 Gunmen attacked a police patrol inBaqubah, killing two police officersand wounding five civilians. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

4-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms6 5 Gunmen attacked patrons of a caféin Zaafaraniya, a district on theoutskirts of southern Baghdad, killingfive people and wounding six others.The attack likely had sectarianmotivations.

4-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 7 The bodies of seven people werefound in a predominately Sunni areaof west Baghdad. Each bore gunshotwounds. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

4-Oct-06 al-Dawrah

Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A bomb exploded near the al-Sumoud gas station in Al-Dawrah,south of Baghdad, killing one personand wounding four others. Attackson gas stations in particular and theoil industry in general are frequent inIraq, as insurgents try to disrupt oneof the country's most profitableindustries.

4-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked a Turkish convoyof trucks returning to Turkey fromIraq. The gunmen forced the driversto exit their vehicles and place theirhands on their heads. They thenopened fire, killing two. At least oneman was able to escape. Attacks onconvoys of truck are frequent in Iraq,as insurgents try to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

4-Oct-06 RawalpindiPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A large bomb exploded in Ayub Parkin Rawalpindi on October 4. The parkis located near President Musharraf'sresidence and Army House, whichconsists of a group of buildingsbelonging to the Army. The target ofthe attack is unclear, although amilitary spokesperson said that thebomb was not targeting thePresident or Army House. Otherbombs that did not detonate werereportedly also found nearby in thepark.

4-Oct-06 WellawattaSriLanka

Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was found in a trash cannear a railroad track in Wellawatta onOctober 4. The bomb, described as a15 kilogram claymore device, wasdiffused by the police.

4-Oct-06 Srinagar Kashmir Al-Mansooran

Firearms4 0 Gunmen opened fire on theheadquarters of the Central ReservePolice Force (CRPF) in Srinagar onOctober 4. The CRPF building islocated near a market, and fourcivilians were injured in the attack.The gunmen were shooting from anearby hotel. The group Al-Mansooran issued a statementclaiming responsibility for the attackand said that the CRPF was theintended target.Later reportsindicated that as many as ten peoplewere killed in the gun battle thatoccurred between the gunmen andpolice after the gunmen opened fireon the CRPF building.

4-Oct-06 BalochistanPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A part of a gas pipeline inBalochistan near Mangli was blownup on October 4. No one was injuredby the blast and the perpetratorshave not been identified.

4-Oct-06 NativHa'asara

Israel PopularResistanceCommittees

Explosives0 0 The Al-Nasir Salah al-Din Brigades,the armed wing of the PopularResistance Committees, launched aNasir homemade projectile at theIsraeli town of Nativ Ha'asara.

4-Oct-06 Kefar'Azza

Israel Abu Bakral-SiddiqFundamentalistBrigades

Explosives0 0 The Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Brigades firedthree mortars at the settlement ofKefar Azza.

4-Oct-06 Sederot Israel Abu al-RishBrigades

Explosives0 0 The Ahmad Abu Ar-Rish, a militarywing of al-Fatah, launched twohomemade projectiles at the Israelitowns of Sederot and Ashkelon.Note, while the Abu al-Rish Brigadesis often linked to Fatah, therelationship between the two groupsis not always clear.

5-Oct-06 Farah AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 1 A car bomb exploded near a policepatrol in Farah Province on October5. Only the suicide bomber thatdetonated the bomb was killed in theincident. There were no injuries.

5-Oct-06 MaydansharAfghanistanUnknown Firearms2 0 The head judge of the primary courtin Maydan Wardag Province, SayedMohammad Ghani, was kidnapped byunidentified gunmen on October 5.Ghani was taken from his house inMaydanshar. His wife and son wereinjured in the attack.

5-Oct-06 MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Mahmudiyah exploded,wounding two policemen. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

5-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed MohammadRedha Mohammad, a member of theKurdistan Alliance, the secondlargest bloc in Iraq's NationalAssembly. Mohammad's driver wasalso killed in the attack. The men'sbodies, both with gunshots to thehead, were found by police near theoffices of the Sunni Endowment, agovernment body that administersSunni mosques. Mohammad wasnot traveling with his security detailat the time of the attack. It isspeculated that he was notconcerned about visiting the SunniEndowment alone because of hisIslamist credentials. While attackson government officials are frequentin Iraq, Mohammad was the firstParliament member of the currentgovernment to be killed. The attackmay have also had sectarianmotivations.

5-Oct-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb detonated near an oilstorage facility in central Kirkuk, butresulted in no casualties. Attacks onoil installations are frequent in Iraq,as insurgents try to destabilize one ofthe country's most profitableindustries.

5-Oct-06 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Fallujah. A civilian was also killedin the area, however it is unclear ifthe fatality was caused by the sameattack. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

5-Oct-06 Ukashat Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Police found five bodies, all bearingsigns of torture and gunshot wounds,in the small town of Ukashat. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations.

5-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 2 A bomb exploded in thepredominately Shiite Hurriyahneighborhood of Baghdad, killing twocivilians and wounding two others.The attack likely had sectarianmotivations.

5-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq MujahideenCouncil

Firearms1 1 Gunmen attacked police in Baqubah,killing one and wounding another.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Mujahideen Shura Councilclaimed responsibility for killing twopolice officers in Baqubah on thisday.

5-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives26 2 An explosive device detonatedamong day laborers waiting for workin Baghdad's Tayyaran Square, killingtwo people and wounding twenty-sixothers. This was the fourth bombingin Tayyaran Square this year. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations.

5-Oct-06 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives7 0 A bomb exploded at the LadyReading Hospital in Peshawar onOctober 5. The attack occurredoutside the main part of the hospitalin the cardiology and surgical area.Seven people were injured by theblast. No one has claimedresponsibility for the attack.

5-Oct-06 Tinsukia India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives7 0 Two suspected members of theUnited Liberation Front of Assam(ULFA) threw a grenade at a policeconvoy in front a police station inTinsukia on October 5. Three policeofficers and four civilians wereinjured by the blast. The attackerswere riding on motorcycles whenthey threw the grenade.

5-Oct-06 DibrugarhIndia UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives0 0 Suspected members of the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA)threw a hand grenade at a policestation in Dibrugarh on October 5.No one was injured by the blast. Theattack occurred at the same timethat suspected ULFA members onmotorcycles threw a grenade at apolice convoy in Tinsukia. Theattackers were also ridingmotorcycles in the Dibrugarhincident.

5-Oct-06 Sederot Israel Al-AqsaMartyrsBrigade

Explosives0 0 The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade fired twoAqsa rockets at Sederot area. The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade is oftenassociated with Fatah but therelationship is not always clear.

5-Oct-06 Sederot Israel PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, armed wing ofPalestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ), launchedtwo Quds rockets at Sederot inresponse to Israel's killing of Yasir al-Banna and Umar al-Zaqzuq.

5-Oct-06 Nablus WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms0 0 A number of armed men opened fireon the house of Hasan al-Titi, ajournalist for the al-Jazeera TVchannel. No casualties werereported in the attack.

6-Oct-06 Cordoba Colombia unknown Firearms0 1 The former mayor on San Bernardodel Viento was killed at his businessby five gunmen. The men later lostcontrol of the vehicle they weredriving and were captured by thepolice. Some sources say thatdemobilized paramilitaries could beresponsible for the murder.

6-Oct-06 Tulua Colombia unknown Firearms1 0 Mayoral candidate Arturo FrancoPatino was shot in the leg by twomen on a motorcycle. The shootingoccurred during the meeting of thesecurity council. Patino is acandidate for the AlternativeDemocratic Pole (PDA).

6-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Nasir Shamil,the former caption of the Iraqivolleyball team, in front of his jewelryshp in the Al-Mansur area of westBaghdad. Attacks on sports figuresare not uncommon in Iraq: membersof Iraq's soccer team and Olympiccommittee have recently beentargeted.

6-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb targeting first respondersexploded in northeast Baghdad tenminutes after another devicedetonated in the same area. Twofirefighters and an unspecifiednumber of civilians were injured inthe second explosion. The target ofthe first attack is unclear, howeverthe blast destroyed a powergenerator. Coordinated attacks thattarget police and first responders arefrequent in Iraq.

6-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 5 Police found the bodies of five men intheir 30s in a predominately Shiitearea of eastern Baghdad. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

6-Oct-06 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Explosives19 2 One police officer was killed when asuicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at the Khost SecurityCommand headquarters on October6. Eight other police officers and 11civilians were injured by theexplosion. The Taliban issued astatement claiming responsibility forthe attack.

6-Oct-06 NorthCacharHills

India BlackWidows

Firearms6 11 Suspected Black Widow gunmenopened fire on a group of NorthEastern Frontier (NF) Railwaysecurity and construction workers ata Railway construction site in NorthCachar Hills. Eleven people werekilled and six were injured in theattack. The Black Widow group isassociated with the Dima HalimDaogah (DHD) group and hastargeted railways in the past.

6-Oct-06 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Explosives7 1 A grenade exploded near a securitycheckpoint in Srinagar on October 6.One civilian was killed and sevenothers were injured. The attackoccurred near where gunmen fromthe Al-Mansooran group had shot atthe Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) headquarters on October 4.

6-Oct-06 Marib Yemen Unknown Explosives0 0 A strong explosion occurred in agovernment building in the Maribdistrict headquarters town of Marib.Police believed that the explosionwas caused by a hand grenade.


Explosives0 0 The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades firedtwo homemade projectiles at theIsraeli city of Sederot. The Brigadessaid that the shelling comes inresponse to a series ofassassinations. al-Aqsa MartyrsBrigade is often associated withFatah but the relationship is notalways clear.

6-Oct-06 Sederot Israel PopularFront fortheLiberationofPalestine(PFL

Explosives0 0 The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, thearmed wing of the Popular Front forthe Liberation of Palestine (PFLP),fired three mortars toward the Israelitown of Sederot, responding to theIsraeli invasion of Bayt Hanoun.

6-Oct-06 KfarAzza


Explosives0 0 The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade fired twohomemade projectiles at the Israelitown of Kfar Azza, east of Gaza City.al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade is oftenassociated with Fatah but therelationship is not always clear.

6-Oct-06 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Explosives6 1 An unidentified individual threw agrenade at a the General Bus Standin Srinagar on October 6. One personwas killed and six others were injuredby the explosion.

6-Oct-06 Rajouri Kashmir Unknown Firearms1 0 A police officer was injured whenunidentified gunmen opened fire on agroup of police officers in Rajouri onOctober 6.

6-Oct-06 PanichchankerniSriLanka


Explosives0 0 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) blew upthe Panichchankerni Bridge onOctober 6.

7-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 Gunmen attacked a Shiite bakery inthe Mansour district of Baghdad. Theattackers drove up to the bakery andfired multiple shots into the building,killing two employees and woundinga third person. Attacks on bakeriesare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations, as bakers aretraditionally poor Shiites.

7-Oct-06 Baaj Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen shot and killed a contractorand two employees in the small townof Baaj, west of Mosul. Attacks oncontractors and those whoparticipate in reconstruction effortsare frequent in Iraq.

7-Oct-06 Sinjar Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 Gunmen in Sinjar, close to the Syrianborder, killed two laborers andwounded two others. The victimswere minority Yezdis and worked fora contractor. Attacks on contractingfirms and their employees arefrequent in Iraq, as insurgents try todestabilize the country'sreconstruction. The attack may havealso had sectarian motivations.

7-Oct-06 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An unknown militant threw a handgrenade at the home of SheikhMaged al-Maamoury. No majordamage or injuries were reported.Sheikhs and other tribal leaders areoften targeted by insurgents becausemany are perceived as cooperatingwith the Iraqi government. Theattack may have also had sectarianmotivations.

7-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Police found the bodies of fivepeople, all bearing signs of tortureand gunshot wounds, in thepredominately Shiite neighborhoodof Sadr City in Baghdad. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

7-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Abdul HadiMuhiey, Imam of the ShiiteHusseiniyah Mosque in the Adildistrict of Baghdad. Attacks onreligious officials are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations.

7-Oct-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a prominentlawyer for the Kurdistan DemocraticParty outside his home in Mosul.Attacks on government officials andtheir staff are frequent in Iraq. Theattack may have also had sectarianmotivations.

7-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Abdul Sattar,the program director of Life for Reliefand Development, one of the largestAmerican Muslim charities, as he lefthis home in Baghdad. The gunmenstopped his vehicle and shot himmultiple times. Sattar managedhumanitarian projects for Life forRelief and Development in Iraq. Thegroup's Southfield, Michiganheadquarters was raided byU.S.federal agents in September 2006,however there is no indication thatthe raid and the attack on Sattarwere related. Attacks onhumanitarian and relief workers arefrequent in Iraq, as insurgents try todisrupt the country's reconstruction.

7-Oct-06 Jurf al-Sakhar

Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen attacked police as they triedto retrieve a body that had beendumped in Jurf al-Sakhar, woundingone policeman. Militants often attackpolice and emergency personnelwhile they respond to attacks.

7-Oct-06 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed a policemenand his son as they walked in aSamarra market. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

7-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq MujahideenCouncil

Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed policeColonel Thamir Selman, deputy chiefof the Interior Ministry internal affairsoffice. His body was found dumpedin Baghdad. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The MujahideenShura Council claimed responsibilityfor killing an intelligence element ofthe Interior Ministry in Baghdad onthis day.


Explosives0 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in the Doura district ofBaghdad detonated, killing onepoliceman. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq, formerly the Mujahideen ShuraCouncil, claimed responsibility theattack. The group stated that itoccurred in the al-Iskanneighborhood of Doura.

7-Oct-06 Baghlan AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 2 Two German journalists camping inthe northern Afghanistan province ofBaghlan were shot by unidentifiedgunmen on October 7. Thejournalists worked for the DeutscheWelle network and were on their wayto Bamiyan to report on historicalsites in the area.

7-Oct-06 Konar AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 0 Four Afghan workers from an Indianconstruction company werekidnapped in Konar by suspectedTaliban members on October 7. Theworkers, however, were released theafternoon of the same day,apparently after protests from thelocal community. Some reportsindicate that the workers areengineers for the constructioncompany, although the InteriorMinistry spokesperson said they areregular workers.

7-Oct-06 Ramban Kashmir Unknown Explosives2 1 A police vehicle was attacked by witha grenade in Ramban on October 7.A police officer was killed in theattack and two others were injured.The attackers, who remainedunidentified, also shot at the vehicleafter throwing the grenade.

7-Oct-06 Tank Pakistan Unknown Firearms0 1 A Shia tribal leader, Syed MqboolShah, was shot at and killed byunidentified gunmen in Tank onOctober 7. Tank is located in theNorth West Frontier Province (NWFP).



Firearms0 1 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) shotand killed a former member of theEelam People's Democratic Party(EPDP) in Jaffna on October 7.

7-Oct-06 Jhapa Nepal MadheshiLiberationFront(MLF)

Unknown0 0 The Secretary of the PathamariVillage Development Committee(VDC), Sumurdhin Haque, waskidnapped in Jhapa by suspectedmembers of the Madheshi LiberationFront (MLF). MLF is allied with theMaoist groups in Nepal.

7-Oct-06 DibrugarhIndia Unknown Explosives0 0 A police station in Dibrugarh was thetarget of a grenade attack onOctober 7. No one was injured bythe explosion. The police laterarrested two people in connectionwith the attack.

8-Oct-06 Rabia Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A roadside bomb killed Colonel YadyaHamid, the chief of police in Rabia, asmall town near the Syrian border.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

8-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants detonated explosives at thehome of police Captain Madin Isma'ilin the Al-Nur neighborhood of westMosul. Isma'il was killed by gunmenseveral months ago while on patrol inthe city. No casualties were reportedin the bombing. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

8-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in the Amel neighborhood ofwest Baghdad detonated, woundingone police officer. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

8-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq MujahideenCouncil

Explosives6 0 Two roadside bombs targeting apolice patrol in northeast Baghdadexploded, wounding six policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Mujahideen Shura Councilclaimed responsibility for a doublebombing targeting police in Baghdadon this day.

8-Oct-06 Haditha Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Gunmen shot and killed five peoplein Haditha, a small town near theSyrian border. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

8-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives9 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol near Tyran Square in centralBaghdad exploded, killing onecivilian and wounding five others.Four police were also wounded.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

8-Oct-06 PrunellideFiumorbu

France Unknown Explosives0 0 A 500-gram explosive chargedetonated outside the home of aretired gendarme, in Prunelli deFiumorbu, on the island of Corsica.The blast caused severe damage tothe premises, but no injuries.

8-Oct-06 Navarre Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Three incendiary devices wereplanted at the courts in the town ofNavarre. Only two of the devicesdetonated, causing limited damagesand no casualties. No furtherinformation is provided.

8-Oct-06 ShindandAfghanistanUnknown Explosives1 4 Unidentified gunmen shot at andkilled Abdol Basir, a tribal chief fromthe Orhin tribe, in a market inShindand on October 8. Three ofBasir's relatives were also killed inthe attack and his son, Naser Khan,was injured. Naser Khan released astatement saying that AmanollahKhan, a commander in Heart, wasresponsible. Tribal chiefs are oftentargeted for working with thegovernment.

8-Oct-06 BatticaloaSriLanka


Firearms0 1 A police officer was shot at inBatticaloa by suspected members ofthe Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) on October 8. The officer wasinjured and died the following day.

8-Oct-06 AnuradhapuraSriLanka


Explosives2 0 Two police officers were injured whensuspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) threw ahand grenade at a police post inAnuradhapura.

8-Oct-06 SivasagarIndia UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives1 0 A civilian was injured whensuspected members of the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA)threw a hand grenade at a policestation in Sivasagar. There were noother casualties, although the stationwas damaged. The attackersescaped on motorcycles, but werelater arrested.

8-Oct-06 Ampara SriLanka


Firearms0 1 An official with the PovertyAlleviation Program was shot at inAmpara by suspected members ofthe Liberation tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) on October 8. The official diedthe next day from his injuries.

8-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 The body of Amir Ayuub, a Syriac-Orthodox priest, was founddecapitated in Mosul. The priest hadbeen kidnapped several days earlier.Attached to his body was a notestating, this priest is the victim of adecision by the Vatican pope, inreference to the Pope's recentcontroversial remarks on Islam.Note, a Kurdish newspaper reportedthat the priest's name was AmirBehnam Hanna, however it is notuncommon for Iraqis to go bymultiple names and nicknames. Thesource incident date is approximate.

8-Oct-06 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Unknown4 4 Suspected Taliban memberskidnapped two Pakistani workersoutside of Kandahar on October 8.The workers were from a Pakistanicompany that was conducting a roadsurvey when the kidnappingoccurred. The attack resulted in theinjury of three police officers and onecivilian. Four suspected Talibanmembers were killed.

8-Oct-06 Eni-Kali ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 A polling station in the village of Eni-Kali (Kurchaloi district) was attackedusing grenade launchers, with threeor four grenades exploding near thebuilding; no injuries or deaths werereported. The attack comes inadvance of early elections to thePeople's Assembly of Chechnya in anumber of villages in the republic.

8-Oct-06 Kurchali ChechnyaUnknown Firearms0 0 A police checkpoint on the outskirtsof Kurchaloi, where a special purposepolice unit from the KhabarovskInterior Directorate was based, wasshot at by unidentified attackerswithout causing injury or death.

8-Oct-06 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A Muslim villager, who insurgentsaccused of being a militaryinformant, was shot and killed in Yalaprovince. Muslim residents who areseen as sympathetic to the Thaigovernment are often the victims ofinsurgent attack. This is one of fourarmed attacks in the region on thisday.

8-Oct-06 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A Muslim police officer was shot andkilled as he traveled to work inPattani province. This was one offour armed attacks in the southernprovinces on this day. These attackscome after Thailand's coup leaderagreed to hold talks with separatistsin the southern provinces. Drive-byshootings are frequent in southernThailand and are used by Islamicmilitants to inspire fear among thegeneral population.

8-Oct-06 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A Muslim rubber plantation workerwas shot and killed by suspectedinsurgents in Pattani province. Thiswas one of four shootings in thesouthern provinces on this day.Muslims seen as sympathetic to thegovernment are often targeted byinsurgents in this region. Drive-byshootings are also frequent insouthern Thailand and are used byIslamic militants to inspire terroramong the general population.

8-Oct-06 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A Buddhist villager was shot fourtimes and killed by men on amotorcycle, as he walked home inNarathiwat province. This attackcomes after Thailand's coup leaderagreed to hold talks with separatistinsurgents in the southern provinces.This was one of four armed attacks inthe region on this day. Drive-byshootings are frequent in southernThailand and are used by Islamicmilitants to inspire terror among thegeneral population.

9-Oct-06 Digboi India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives1 0 A civilian was injured when asuspected member of the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA)threw a grenade into a crowdedshopping area in Digboi. Theattacker was riding a bicycle.

9-Oct-06 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Fallujah. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

9-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Upwards of twenty-five gunmen,each wearing police uniforms, brokeinto the Baghdad home of Amir al-Hashemi, the brother of Iraq's SunniVice President, Tariq al-Hashemi, andkilled him. The perpetrators'uniforms allowed them to surpriseHashemi's guards. Theysubsequently entered the home andchased Hashemi onto his roof andthen onto a neighbor's roof beforeshooting him in the head. They thenkidnapped at least seven neighborswho witnessed the attack. Amir al-Hashemi served as an advisor to theMinister of Defense and hadcommanded Iraqi ground forcesunder a previous government. He isthe third sibling of Tariq al-Hashemito be killed since April.

9-Oct-06 Hillah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemannear Hillah, south of Baghdad.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

9-Oct-06 Hillah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A roadside bomb detonated near theheadquarters of a small politicalparty in Hillah, killing one person.Attacks on political party offices arefrequent in Iraq.

9-Oct-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed twopolicemen in Kirkuk. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

9-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives46 13 A car bomb placed in the Shalalmarket in the predominately ShiiteShaab district of northeast Baghdadexploded, killing thirteen people andwounding forty-six others. Thedevice detonated just as merchantsbegan to close their stores to breakthe Ramadan fast. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.


Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed two guardsat a municipal building in Baghdad.Attacks on government targets arefrequent in Iraq. The Islamic State ofIraq, formerly the Mujahideen ShuraCouncil, later claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

9-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed policeLieutenant Colonel Salih al-Karkhi inBaqubah. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

9-Oct-06 Khalis Iraq MujahideenCouncil

Explosives0 2 Gunmen shot and killed policeLieutenant Ahmed Taha and acolleague in Khalis. When a policepatrol arrived at the scene, aroadside bomb exploded, killing twopolicemen and wounding one other.Insurgents often coordinate attacksto target police and first responders.The Mujahideen Shura Councilclaimed responsibility for killing threepolicemen in Khalis on this day.

9-Oct-06 Khalis Iraq Unknown Explosives1 2 When a police patrol arrived at thescene of an attack on police in Khalis,a roadside bomb exploded, killingtwo policemen and wounding oneother. Insurgents often coordinateattacks to target police and firstresponders.

9-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed policeColonel Faleh al-Obeidi in Baqubah.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

9-Oct-06 Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Explosives11 2 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police checkpoint inTal Afar, killing himself and apoliceman, and wounding elevenother people. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

9-Oct-06 Iraq Unknown Explosives6 1 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police checkpointnear the Jordanian border, killinghimself and wounding six police.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

9-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped at least sixworshipers as they left a Sunnimosque in central Baghdad. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations.

9-Oct-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 The editor of the weekly magazineNabd al-Shabab was kidnapped as hetraveled to work. Attacks onjournalists are frequent in Iraq.

10-Oct-06 Jenin WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Authorities detained two Palestinianswho arrived at the Reihan crossingnear Jenin carrying two pipe bombs,each weighing approximately onekilogram. The Palestinians statedthat they intended to throw thebombs at the policemen manning thecheckpoint.

10-Oct-06 Netivot Israel PopularResistanceCommittees

Explosives0 0 The An-Nasir Salah al-Din Brigades,military wing of the PopularResistance Committees, lauched along range Nasser-3 missile towardthe Israeli town of Netivot (akaAzata).

10-Oct-06 Kabul AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

13 0 At least thirteen people werewounded when a remote-controlledbomb hit a bus carrying policeofficers in Kabul on October 10. Thebomb was attached to a bicycle. Atleast ten police officers were injured,along with at least three civilianswho were riding in a taxi nearby.The incident occurred during rushhour in the morning. A Talibanspokesperson issued a statementclaiming responsibility on behalf ofthe group.

10-Oct-06 Herat AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 3 Haji Gol, a former commander of theJamiat Eslami Party, was killed byunidentified gunmen on his way toHerat. Gol's daughter and anotherrelative were also killed in the attack.Gol was also reported to have been aformer chief of Saghar and Shahrakdistricts.

10-Oct-06 Pir Koh Pakistan BalochLiberationArmy

Explosives0 0 Members of the Baloch LiberationArmy blew up a gas pipeline and awater pipeline in Pir Koh on October10. Gas and water supplies weredisrupted in nearby areas. TheBaloch Liberation Army issued astatement claiming responsibility.



Firearms1 0 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) shot atand injured a police officer who wason a foot patrol in Jaffna on October10.

10-Oct-06 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Saddam Hussein's BaathParty in Diwaniya. Attacks onmembers of Hussein's former regimeare frequent in Iraq.

10-Oct-06 Dujail Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen opened fire on Iraqis as theyleft work at a US base in Dujail,killing at least one person. Attackson those who work with Americanand coalition forces are frequent inIraq.

10-Oct-06 Amara Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policeofficer in Amara. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

10-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 Two roadside bombs targeting policepatrols in Mosul exploded, woundingfive civilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.


Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policecaptain in Mosul. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.The Islamic Stateof Iraq claimed responsibility forkilling a police captain identified asAhmad and another policeman ineast Mosul on this day.

10-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 10 A bomb exploded outside a crowdedbakery in the predominately Sunnidistrict of Doura in Baghdad, killingten people and wounding four others.Attacks on bakeries are frequent inIraq and tend to have sectarianmotivations, as bakers aretraditionally Shiite. Some Islamicextremists also believe that it isinappropriate for men to makebread.


Explosives4 1 A bomb targeting a police patrolexploded in the predominately Sunnidistrict of Doura in Baghdad, killingone policeman and wounding fourothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnahclaimed responsibility for an attackon a police patrol in Doura on thisday.


Explosives4 6 As police responded to a report of abody left inside a car, the vehicleexploded, killing six policemen andwounding four others. Attacksagainst police are frequent in Iraq.Insurgents also often coordinateattacks to target first responders.TheIslamic State of Iraq, formerly theMujahideen Shura Council, claimedresponsibility for killing a member ofthe al-Mahdi Army, a Shiite militia,and then detonating an explosivedevice as police came to retrieve thebody.

10-Oct-06 MussayabIraq Unknown Explosives0 2 A roadside bomb targeting policedetonated in Mussayab, killing twopolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

10-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Two explosive devices targeting apolice station in Baghdad detonated,however did not result in anycasualties. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

10-Oct-06 GatinkalaChechnyaUnknown Firearms0 1 Dokka Dudayev, district police officerfrom the village of Khalkeloy in theShatoy district was found dead in thevillage of Gatinkala, also in Shatoydistrict, with four firearm wounds tothe body and head.

10-Oct-06 SungaiGolok

Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 0 A remote-controlled explosive devicedetonated near a market in SungaiGolok district, in Narathiwatprovince, injuring one monk. Thedevice was set off as ten monks andthree Thai soldiers were goingthrough the market on their morningalms rounds. Authorities believe thedevice was made of seven kilogramsof explosives in an iron box, and wasdetonated by mobile phone. Theinjured monk suffered shrapnelwounds. Drive-by shootings arefrequent in southern Thailand andare used by Islamic militants toinspire fear among the generalpopulation.

10-Oct-06 TacurongPhilippinesUnknown Explosives4 0 Four people were injured when anexplosive device, hidden inside abag, detonated in a busy market inTacurong City, on the island ofMindanao. Authorities are blamingthe attack on Muslim extremists andthink that it may have beenperpetrated in retaliation for amassive military offensive beinglaunched on the island of Jolo.

10-Oct-06 Makilala PhilippinesUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

29 6 Six people were killed and at leasttwenty-nine were injured when anexplosive device, made of an 81mmmortar shell, detonated during atown anniversary celebration inMakilala, on the island of Mindanao.The device was placed in a plasticbag and left among food stands nearthe city's town hall. It was thendetonated by mobile phone.Authorities are blaming the attack onMuslim separatists, perhaps fromJemaah Isamiyah (JI). They believethat this attack and others in thearea on this day are related to amajor military offensive beingmounted on Jolo island to capture JImembers.

11-Oct-06 BarakaldoSpain Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade explosive deviceexploded at the entrance to theBerakaldo station of the SpanishNational Railway Network (RENFE).The blast damaged the door of thestation and shattered nearbywindows. There were no reportedcasualties. This blast took placeafter a similar one at a naval buildingin San Sebastian.

11-Oct-06 Beirut Lebanon Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb targeting the Lebanesepolice exploded in the Verdun area ofWest Beirut. No injuries or propertydamage was reported. No group hasclaimed responsibility for the blast.

11-Oct-06 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 Two grenades were thrown at theIndian consulate in Kandahar by twosuspected Taliban members onmotorcycles. No one was injured inthe explosions.



Firearms0 1 A police officer was shot and killed bysuspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in acourt building in Jaffna.

11-Oct-06 Kushtia BangladeshPurboBanglarCommunistParty(PBCP)

Unknown0 3 Three members of the BangladeshNationalist Party (BNP) werekidnapped and killed by members ofthe Janajuddha faction of the PurboBanglar Communist Party (PBCP)group. The PBCP claimedresponsibility for the incident, sayingthat it was in retaliation for the killingof PBCP members.

11-Oct-06 IskandariyahIraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting theconvoy of Brigadier Qais al-Mamouri,the Babil chief of police, exploded,wounding Mamouri's driver and twobodyguards. Mamouri was notharmed in the blast. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

11-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 4 Gunmen broke into a family's homein the Doura district of Baghdad,killing four people and wounding twoothers. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

11-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 5 A roadside bomb detonated at a busyintersection in the predominatelyShiite district of Amil in southwestBaghdad. The blast killed five daylaborers and injured six others. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations.

11-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped the manager of apower generator company from hisoffice in the Karrada neighborhood ofBaghdad. Attacks on businessmenand energy infrastructure arefrequent in Iraq, as insurgentsattempt to destabilize the country'sreconstruction.

11-Oct-06 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 The director of the electricitydepartment in Salahuddin provincewas kidnapped as he traveled fromTikrit to Baghdad. Attacks ongovernment officials and on energytargets are frequent in Iraq.

11-Oct-06 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen attacked a police station inDiwaniya, killing a policeman. Tenprisoners were freed during theattack. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq. Note, it is unclear ifthe objective of the attack was tofree prisoners or target police.

11-Oct-06 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanas he stood outside his home inFallujah. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

11-Oct-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Kirkuk as he traveled to work.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.


Explosives22 2 A car bomb detonated near a policepatrol in the al-Ghadir neighborhoodof Baghdad, killing two civilians andwounding fourteen others. Eightpolicemen were wounded in theexplosion. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq, formerly the Mujahideen ShuraCouncil, claimed responsibility for theattack.


Explosives6 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Baghdad killed onepoliceman and wounded threeothers. Three civilians were alsoinjured. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq, formerly the Mujahideen ShuraCouncil, claimed responsibility fordetonating a car bomb near twopolice patrols in the al-Mustansariyaharea of Baghdad on this day. Thegroup stated that six police werekilled in the attack.

11-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives12 1 Two car bombs detonated in quicksuccession near the Ministry of Laborand Social Work in central Baghdad,killing one person and woundingtwelve others, including threepolicemen. Attacks on governmentbuildings and officials are frequent inIraq.

11-Oct-06 Suwayra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen in Suwayra shot and killedSheikh Raad Mutar Saleh, the leaderof the Sabean (also known asMandean) sect, a pre-Muslim Gnosticgroup with ties to Christianity andJudaism. Attacks on religious figuresare frequent in Iraq.

11-Oct-06 Grozny ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 The Chechen Ministry of Culture wasbombed, damaging three nearbycars and smashing windows in thebuilding, but injuring no one.

11-Oct-06 CotabatoPhilippinesUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 An explosive device, made of amortar shell and detonated bymobile phone, exploded outside theSouth Sea Mall in Cotabato, onMindanao island. The blast causedextensive damage to the buildingand to cars parked nearby, but therewere no reported casualties.Authorities are blaming this attackand two others on Mindanao islandon Muslim extremists. They believethe attacks may be retaliation for amajor military offensive aimed atcapturing Jamaah Islamiya (JI)members on the island of Jolo.

12-Oct-06 Kabylie Algeria Unknown Unknown0 1 A head of the regional council of TiziOuzou was killed while at a localrestaurant in Kabylie. The attackoccurred during a period ofintensifying tension between the Al-Qaeda-aligned Salafist Group for Calland Combat (GSPC) and the Algeriangovernment.

12-Oct-06 Cauca Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Firearms0 1 Insurgents from the Fuerzas ArmadasRevolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)attacked an ambulance andmurdered its driver in the Florenciamunicipality of Cauca. Four armedmen repeated shot at the vehicle,which was transporting two officialsfrom the San Pablo Hospital inNarino. Some accounts say theattack may have been directedagainst the mayor of San Pablo,Ricardo Gomez, who often travels ina similar-looking vehicle along theroad on which the ambulance wasshot.

12-Oct-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms4 1 Gunmen attacked a police patrol incentral Kirkuk, killing a policemanand wounding four others. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

12-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen shot and killed ColonelSubhi Muhammad Hasayn al-Mashhadani, a former pilot in theIraqi Army under Saddam Hussein,and his two sons in Mosul. Attackson members of Hussein's formerregime are frequent in Iraq.

12-Oct-06 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Sheikh Radhial-Assadi, a local head of a Shiiteassociation, west of Basra. Attackson religious officials are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

12-Oct-06 Balad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 17 Gunmen kidnapped seventeen Shiiteconstruction workers from Balad asthey left work. Bodies of fourteen ofthe victims were found in an orchardnear Dhuluiya the next day. Shortlyafter, three more bodies werediscovered. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

12-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A roadside bomb detonated in the al-Qahira (Cairo) neighborhood ofBaghdad. Some news agenciesreported that the attack took placenear a Shiite mosque, others statedthat the explosion occurred near agas station. No casualties werereported. Minutes after theexplosion, a second devicedetonated, wounding four peoplewho had gathered at the scene of thefirst bombing. Insurgents oftencoordinate bombings to target firstresponders.

12-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 Minutes after an explosion in the al-Qahira (Cairo) neighborhood ofBaghdad, a second devicedetonated, wounding four peoplewho had gathered at the scene of thefirst bombing. Insurgents oftencoordinate bombings to target firstresponders.The Islamic State of Iraq,formerly the Mujahideen ShuraCouncil, claimed responsibility forseveral attacks on police on this day,however the group did not mention acoordinated bombing.

12-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives11 5 A car bomb exploded in QurtubaSquare in central Baghdad. Minuteslater, a second bomb targeting policeand first responders detonated. Fivepeople, including a policeman, werekilled in both attacks, and elevenwere wounded. Insurgents oftencoordinate bombings to target firstresponders.

12-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A second bomb targeting police andfirst responders to an earlierbombing in central Baghdaddetonated. Five people, including apoliceman, were killed in bothattacks, and eleven were wounded.Insurgents often coordinatebombings to target first responders.The Islamic State of Iraq, formerlythe Mujahideen Shura Council,claimed responsibility for severalattacks on police on this day,however the group did not mention acoordinated bombing.


Unknown0 2 Two police were killed in Mosul.Details of the incident are unclear,however attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for killingseveral policemen in Mosul on thisday.


Explosives15 3 A bomb strapped to a motorcycledetonated as a police patrol passedin Baghdad, killing three people,including a policeman, and woundingfive police and ten civilians. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq, formerly theMujahideen Shura Council, claimedresponsibility for detonating anexplosive device near a police patrolin central Baghdad on this day. Thegroup stated that two policemenwere killed. They also claimedseveral other attacks in the city onthis day.

12-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 11 Gunmen in six vehicles stormed theAl Shabbiya Television station inBaghdad, killing eleven people,including its founder and director,Abdul Rahim Nasralla al-Shameri,and seriously wounding two others.The attack occurred at 7am as someemployees were still sleeping. Thestaff had been working to prepare forthe station's first broadcast on 14October. According to the New YorkTimes, it was the most deadly attackon members of the Iraqi news mediasince the 2003 invasion. Mr. al-Shameri, al-Shabbiya's director, wasthe leader of the Justice andDemocratic Development Party, asecular political party that failed towin any seats in last year'sparliamentary elections. Employeesof the station did not know of anythreats against al-Shameri or al-Shabbiya. Attacks on journalists arefrequent in Iraq. According to theCommittee to Protect Journalists, 80journalists, the majority Iraqi, and 29media assistants have been killed inIraq since March 2003.

12-Oct-06 Sederot Israel Hamas(IslamicResistanceMovement)

Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were launchedfrom northern Gaza at Sederot,falling outside the city limits andcausing no casualties or damage.The military wing of Hamas laterclaimed responsibility for the attack.


Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, militant wingof Islamic Jihad, targeted the Israelitown of Sederot with a rocket.


Israel PopularFront fortheLiberationofPalestine(PFL

Explosives0 0 The Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades,the armed wing of the Popular Frontfor the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP),shelled the settlement of NativHa'asara with a 120 millimetermortar.

12-Oct-06 Takhar AfghanistanUnknown Firearms1 0 Unidentified gunmen opened fire onthe vehicle of Takhar Provincedeputy governor Abdol WahidFaqirzada on October 12. Faqirzadawas not hurt in the attack, but hisbodyguard was injured.



Firearms0 4 Four people were killed on a road inJaffna by suspected gunmen from theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE). Three of the people wereidentified as members of the EelamPeople's Democratic Party (EPDP).

12-Oct-06 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded near a waterpumping station in Quetta onOctober 12. The blast damaged theouter wall of the station. No one wasinjured in the attack.

12-Oct-06 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded near the civilsecretariat office in Quetta onOctober 12. No one was injured inthe attack. The explosion occurredon the same evening that a bombtargeted a water pumping station inthe same city.

12-Oct-06 TrincomaleeSriLanka


Explosives2 0 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) injuredtwo police constables in a grenadeattack in Trincomalee on October 12.

12-Oct-06 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives1 0 A bomb exploded at a bus stop inPeshawar on October 12, injuring anAfghan fruit vendor namedRoohullah. The explosion occurredabout a half and hour before the endof Ramadan. The bomb wasdescribed as a low intensity device.

13-Oct-06 Cali Colombia unknown Firearms2 1 The municipal councilor of Yumbofrom 2000-2003, Angel Maria SalcedoMunoz, was shot and killed by twomen on a motorcycle. The murderoccurred in downtown Cali. Twobodyguards who tried to intervenewere also injured.

13-Oct-06 Hillah Iraq Unknown Explosives10 8 A bomb detonated inside a policestation in Hillah, killing thecommander of a special police force,his deputy, and six other people.Ten were wounded in the blast.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

13-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 8 Gunmen in two vehicles attacked agroup of Shiite women pickingvegetables in a field outsideBaghdad, killing six adults and twochildren. Two teenage girls werealso kidnapped. The attack was oneof the most violent incidentstargeting women and likely hadsectarian motivations.

13-Oct-06 Suwayra Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 The bodies of two guards whoprotected a sewage plant were foundin a market in Suwayra. Attacks onutility infrastructure and those whoprotect them are frequent in Iraq.The attack may also have hadsectarian motivations.

13-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Raed Qais al-Shammari, a broadcaster for IraqVoice radio, in front of his home inthe Doura district of Baghdad.Attacks on journalists are frequent inIraq.Note, other news reports statedthat al-Shammari was a technician atal-Iraqiya Television.

13-Oct-06 KarabulakRussia Unknown Firearms0 0 A cell phone transmitter tower ownedby the Megafon company was shot atusing automatic weapons inKarabulak, causing significantdamage, but virtually no disruption inservice. This is is one of two attackson Megafon towers in Karabulakbetween 12:30 AM and 1:00AM thatday and one of nine in all ofIngushetia.

13-Oct-06 KarabulakRussia Unknown Firearms0 0 A cell phone transmitter tower ownedby the Megafon company was shot atusing automatic weapons inKarabulak, causing significantdamage, but virtually no disruption inservice. This is is one of two attackson Megafon towers in Karabulakbetween 12:30 AM and 1:00AM thatday and one of nine in all ofIngushetia.

13-Oct-06 Nazran Russia Unknown Firearms0 0 A cell phone transmitter tower ownedby the Megafon company was shot atusing automatic weapons in Nazran,causing significant damage, butvirtually no disruption in service.This is is one of two attacks onMegafon towers in Nazran between12:30 AM and 1:00AM that day andone of nine in all of Ingushetia.

13-Oct-06 Nazran Russia Unknown Firearms0 0 A cell phone transmitter tower ownedby the Megafon company was shot atusing automatic weapons in Nazran,causing significant damage, butvirtually no disruption in service.This is is one of two attacks onMegafon towers in Nazran between12:30 AM and 1:00AM that day andone of nine in all of Ingushetia.

13-Oct-06 OrdzhonikidzevskayaRussia Unknown Firearms0 0 A cell phone transmitter tower ownedby the Megafon company was shot atusing automatic weapons in theOrdzhonikidzevskaya village, causingsignificant damage, but virtually nodisruption in service. This is is oneof two attacks on Megafon towers inOrdzhonikidzevskaya between 12:30AM and 1:00AM that day and one ofnine in all of Ingushetia.

13-Oct-06 OrdzhonikidzevskayaRussia Unknown Firearms0 0 A cell phone transmitter tower ownedby the Megafon company was shot atusing automatic weapons in theOrdzhonikidzevskaya village, causingsignificant damage, but virtually nodisruption in service. This is is oneof two attacks on Megafon towers inOrdzhonikidzevskaya between 12:30AM and 1:00AM that day and one ofnine in all of Ingushetia.

13-Oct-06 Yandare Russia Unknown Firearms0 0 A cell phone transmitter tower ownedby the Megafon company was shot atusing automatic weapons in Yandare,causing significant damage, butvirtually no disruption in service.This is is one of nine attacks onMegafon towers across Ingushetiabetween 12:30 AM and 1:00AM thatday.

13-Oct-06 Pliyevo Russia Unknown Firearms0 0 A cell phone transmitter tower ownedby the Megafon company was shot atusing automatic weapons in Pliyevo,causing significant damage, butvirtually no disruption in service.This is is one of nine attacks onMegafon towers across Ingushetiabetween 12:30 AM and 1:00AM thatday.

13-Oct-06 Surhahi Russia Unknown Firearms0 0 A cell phone transmitter tower ownedby the Megafon company was shot atusing automatic weapons in Surhahi,causing significant damage, butvirtually no disruption in service.This is is one of nine attacks onMegafon towers across Ingushetiabetween 12:30 AM and 1:00AM thatday.

14-Oct-06 Al-Qaim Iraq Unknown Explosives0 8 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives in a market in Al-Qa'im(western Iraq), killing eight people.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

14-Oct-06 Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms0 1 Gunmen attacked a police patrol,killing one policeman. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq, formerly theMujahideen Shura Council, claimedresponsibility for killing a policemanwith a sniper's bullet on this day.The group stated that the attackoccurred in Baghdad in al-A'zamiyahAntar Square.

14-Oct-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped a televisioncorrespondent, forcing him to leavehis vehicle and enter another.Attacks on journalists are frequent inIraq. According to the Committee toProtect Journalists, 85 journalists and35 media assistants have been killedin Iraq since March 2003.

14-Oct-06 MahmoudiyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen stormed the home of aShiite family in Mahmoudiya, killingfour people. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

14-Oct-06 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed MohammedMuhsin al-Marmadhi, a teacher, as heleft his home in Diwaniya. Attacks onteachers and other professionals arefrequent in Iraq, as insurgentsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction. The attack may alsohave had sectarian motivations.


Israel PopularFront fortheLiberationofPalestine(PFL

Explosives0 0 The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, themilitant wing of the Popular Front forthe Liberation of Palestine, launcheda mortar at the Israeli town of NativHa'asara.

14-Oct-06 Ofakim Israel Al-AqsaMartyrsBrigade

Explosives0 0 The al-Aqsa Brigades launched arocket at the Israeli settlement ofOfakim. Note, while the Al-AqsaMartyrs Brigade is often linked toFatah, the relationship between thetwo groups is not always clear.

14-Oct-06 LaghmanAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 1 A roadside bomb hit the convoy ofthe governor of Laghman province onOctober 14. The governor escapedthe attack unhurt, but anadministration official in the convoywas killed when unidentified gunmenopened fire on the vehicles after thebomb exploded.

14-Oct-06 Helmand AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 An Italian photojournalist waskidnapped by unidentified gunmenas he traveled in Helmand onOctober 14. It is unclear who isresponsible for the kidnapping. Atraveling companion of thephotojournalist said that the Talibanwas responsible. However, theTaliban issued a statement denyingthe claim.

14-Oct-06 Manipur India Unknown Explosives3 0 A police convoy in Manipur was thetarget of a bomb attack as it traveledalong the Imphal-Ukhrul road. Afterthe explosion, unidentified gunmenopened fired on the convoy. Twoofficers from the Central ReservePolice Force (CRPF) and a civilianwere injured.

14-Oct-06 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Salahudin Toja, a rubber worker, wasshot and killed by insurgents inNarathiwat province. After he waskilled, the militants hacked his facebeyond recognition. Insurgentviolence doesn't seem to bedeclining, despite the new Thaigovernment's decision to hold talkswith separatist insurgents in thesouthern provinces. Drive-byshootings are frequent in southernThailand and are used by Islamicmilitants to inspire fear among thegeneral population.

14-Oct-06 IndonesiaUnknown Explosives0 0 A low-intensity explosive devicedetonated at the Poso regent's office,causing no casualties. Authoritiesbelieve this attack may have beenperpetrated in order to triggerinstability after a week of calm in theregion.

15-Oct-06 Tal Afar Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Explosives0 5 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives near a group of policemenwalking in Tal Afar, killing himself,three police, and a civilian. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for the attack, statingthat thirteen police were killed andsixteen wounded.

15-Oct-06 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A bomb exploded in a Basra market,wounding three people. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

15-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Mosul. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility foropening fire on a police station inMosul on this day. The group statedthat three policemen were killed.Ansar al-Sunnah also claimedresponsibility for opening fire onpolice in Mosul on this day.

15-Oct-06 Suwayra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Suwayra. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

15-Oct-06 Balad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 31 Gunmen set up fake checkpointsthroughout the city of Balad andkilled at least thirty-one people. Theattack in was in retaliation for thekilling of fourteen Shiite workers.

15-Oct-06 Latifiyah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 8 Gunmen broke into the home of aShiite family in the predominatelyShiite town of Latifiyah, killing eightpeople. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

15-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms2 4 Gunmen stormed the home of afamily in Mosul, killing four peopleand seriously injuring two others.The attack likely had sectarianmotivations.

15-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb targeting a convoy ofvehicles from a private security firmexploded, wounding two Iraqicivilians. Attacks on private securityfirms are frequent in Iraq as theyoften protect foreign officials andIraqi leaders.


Explosives5 7 Two roadside bombs targeting theconvoy of Halah Shakir, theUndersecretary for Financial Affairsat the Interior Ministry, detonated,killing seven people, including two ofShakir's bodyguards, and woundingfive civilians. Shakir was in theconvoy at the time of the attack, butwas not hurt. The Islamic State ofIraq, formerly known as theMujahideen Shura Council, claimedresponsibility for the attack.

15-Oct-06 Kirkuk Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Explosives0 0 A bomb targeting a police patroldetonated in Kirkuk. Casualty figuresfor this attack were not given.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Islamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for targeting severalpolice patrols with explosives inKirkuk on this day.


Explosives0 3 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives outside a girl's school inKirkuk, killing himself and twostudents. The attack may have hadsectarian motivations.The IslamicState of Iraq claimed responsibilityfor a suicide bombing in Kirkuk onthis day. The group stated that theattack targeted Jassim al-Rafidhi, arelative of former Prime MinisterIbrahim Jafari. The claim ofresponsibility noted, during the blastof the booby-trapped car, a carcarrying female students of theTeachers College passed by,resulting in the injury of some of thestudents. The Apostates exploitedthe incident and alleged that thesuicide bombing targeted theTeachers College. But the distancebetween the demolished house andthe College contradicts that story.The group also claimed bombingpolice patrols that responded to thefirst blast. Note, because of the claimof responsibility, the target has beenchanged to government.

15-Oct-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives10 5 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives near a Facilities ProtectionService convoy in Kirkuk, killing fivepeople and wounding ten others.The Facilities Protection Serviceguards government institutions andinfrastructure. Attacks on the oilindustry are frequent in Iraq.

15-Oct-06 Khalis Iraq Unknown Explosives7 0 A bomb placed inside a Shiitemosque in Khalis detonated,wounding seven worshippers.Attacks on religious institutions arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

15-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Raad al-Hayali, the media director of theeducation department in Mosul.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

15-Oct-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives8 3 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives in a market in southernKirkuk, killing three people andwounding eight others. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

15-Oct-06 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Firearms2 1 Mohammad Yunos Hossayni, amember of the Kandahar provincialcouncil was shot and killed byunidentified gunmen on motorcycleson October 15. Hossayni was leavinghis house in Kandahar and was on hisway to the office when the attackoccurred. A bodyguard and driverwere injured in the incident. No onehas claimed responsibility for theattack.

15-Oct-06 Srinagar Kashmir Jaish-e-Mohammad(JeM)

Firearms1 1 A police office was killed and anotherwas wounded when unidentifiedgunmen opened fire on a policepatrol in the Lal Chowk shoppingarea in Srinagar. The group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) claimedresponsibility for the attack.

15-Oct-06 JalpaiguriIndia Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb exploded at a market inJalpaiguri on October 15. Reportsindicate that two people wereinjured. A second blast occurred at agovernment bank in Jalpaiguri on thisday.

15-Oct-06 JalpaiguriIndia Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb exploded near a branch ofthe State Bank of India in Jalpaigurion October 15. Two people wereinjured in the blast, which occurredabout 15 minutes after a bombexploded in a nearby market.

15-Oct-06 Giridih India CommunistParty ofIndia-Maoists

Explosives0 0 A bomb placed on a railroad track bysuspected members of theCommunist Party of India-Maoists(CPI-Maoists) in Giridih exploded,destroying about four meters ofrailroad track and interrupting trainschedules. No one was injured bythe blast. The attack may beassociated with a strike called by theMaoist group called theRevolutionary Democratic Front toprotest the arrest of three of itsmembers.

15-Oct-06 Hub Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb blew up a section of themain gas pipeline that supplies gasto Hub in Balochistan province. Noone was injured by the blast. Gassupplies were suspended to Hub andthe surrounding area.

15-Oct-06 SundargarhIndia CommunistParty ofIndia-Maoists

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 About fifty suspected members ofthe Communist Party of India-Maoist(CPI-Maoist) set three diesel trains onfire at a railway station inSundargarh.

15-Oct-06 PagadianPhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device, made of twomortar shells, was found and safelydefused in a public market inPagadian. The device was hiddeninside a bag and was found by agarbage collector in the morning.The bomb was set to explode in themiddle of the day, when the marketwould have been its most crowded.This attempted attack comes only afew days after a series of bombingsin Mindanao killed twelve people.

15-Oct-06 Joh IRong

Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Asanee Sani, who militants accuse ofbeing a police informer, was shot andkilled while he shopping at a freshmarket in Joh I Rong. One bystanderwas also hit by the gunfire andwounded in the shoulder. Drive-byshootings are frequent in southernThailand and are used by Islamicmilitants to inspire fear among thegeneral population.

15-Oct-06 Chanae Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Sabree Uma, a former employee ofthe Southern Border ProvincesPeace-Building Command, was shotand killed as he rode his motorcycleon an errand with his friend inChanae. The friend, MahamaGuedong, was injured by the gunfire.Police are blaming Muslim insurgentsfor this attack. Drive-by shootingsare frequent in southern Thailandand are used by Islamic militants toinspire fear among the generalpopulation.

15-Oct-06 Panare Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Bueraheng Bali, a defense volunteerin Pattani province, was shot in theeye as he was riding his motorbikehome from a local mosque. The shotdid not kill Bali, but severely injuredhim. Drive-by shootings are frequentin southern Thailand and are used byIslamic militants to inspire fearamong the general population.

16-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Other 0 5 The bodies of five constructionworkers were found in northernBaghdad. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations. The workersmay have also been targetedbecause insurgents believed thatthey worked on reconstructionprojects in the country.

16-Oct-06 Najaf Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A roadside bomb targeting theconvoy of Mohammad Daeekh, thehead of the police crime department,detonated, wounding one ofDaeekh's bodyguards. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

16-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives27 20 A suicide car bomber drove hisvehicle into a Shiite funeral tent,killing twenty people and woundingtwenty-seven others. The attackoccurred in the Ur neighborhood ofeastern Baghdad and likely hadsectarian motivations. Shortly after,a second explosive device targetingfirst responders detonated. Casualtynumbers for the second blast werenot provided. Insurgents oftencoordinate bombings to target policeand first responders.

16-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Shortly after a suicide car bomberdrove his vehicle into a Shiite funeraltent in Baghdad, a second explosivedevice targeting first respondersdetonated. Casualty numbers for thesecond blast were not provided.Insurgents often coordinatebombings to target police and firstresponders.

16-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Firearms2 0 Gunmen attacked a police patrol inMosul, wounding two policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.Ansar al-Sunnah claimedresponsibility for a sniper attack on apolice patrol in the Al-Bakr area ofMosul on this day. The groupclaimed that the attack killed apoliceman. They also claimed anattack on a group of police outsidethe al-Salam Hospital.

16-Oct-06 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 Insurgents fired rocket-propelledgrenades (RPGs) at a security vehiclebelonging to the British Consulate inBasra, wounding a foreign securityguard. Attacks on diplomatic targetsare frequent in Iraq.

16-Oct-06 Khalis Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen in Khalis shot and killed twobodyguards of former Iraqi PrimeMinister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. Attackson government officials and theirstaff are frequent in Iraq.

16-Oct-06 Khalis Iraq Unknown Firearms5 4 Gunmen opened fire in a Khalismarket, killing four shop owners andwounding five other people. Attackson crowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

16-Oct-06 Madaen Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanguarding electrical infrastructure inMadaen, south of Baghdad. Attackson police and on Iraq's energyinfrastructure are frequent.


Explosives4 1 An explosive device targeting apolice patrol in central Baghdaddetonated, killing one policeman andwounding four others. An hour later,a second bomb exploded in the samearea, wounding three policemen anda civilian. Insurgents oftencoordinate attacks that target firstresponders arriving at the scene ofan earlier attack. The Islamic Stateof Iraq, formerly the MujahideenShura Council, claimed responsibilityfor several attacks on police inBaghdad on this day, however didnot mention the coordinatedbombings.


Explosives4 0 An hour after a bomb targeting policeexploded in central Baghdad, asecond bomb detonated in the samearea, wounding three policemen anda civilian. Insurgents oftencoordinate attacks that target firstresponders arriving at the scene ofan earlier attack. The Islamic Stateof Iraq, formerly the MujahideenShura Council, claimed responsibilityfor several attacks on police inBaghdad on this day, however didnot mention the coordinatedbombings.

16-Oct-06 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Gunmen in Samarra shot woundedtwo nephews of Abdul Ghafour al-Samarrai, an official at the SunniEndowment. Attacks on religiousofficials and their families arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

16-Oct-06 Suwayra Iraq Unknown Explosives15 10 A car bomb detonated near a bank ina Suwayra market, killing ten peopleand wounding twenty others.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.


Firearms0 1 Gunmen stormed the Baghdad homeof Amad al-Faroon, the brother of thechief prosecutor trying SaddamHussein for genocide, and killed himin front of his wife. Attacks on judgesand their families are frequent inIraq; three weeks ago, the judge'sbrother-in-law was killed byinsurgents as he and his family drovein Baghdad.The Islamic State of Iraq,formerly known as the MujahideenShura Council, claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

16-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen attacked police nearBaqubah, killing four policemen andkidnapping three others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.


Explosives7 0 A car bomb targeting a police patrolin Baghdad exploded, woundingseven people, including severalpolice. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq, formerly the Mujahideen ShuraCouncil, claimed responsibility forseveral car bombings targetingpolice on this day. The group statedthat one was carried out in the al-Jadidah neighborhood of Baghdadand another on Muhammad al-Qasimroad.

16-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Baghdad detonated,wounding three policemen. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq. TheIslamic State of Iraq, formerly theMujahideen Shura Council, laterclaimed responsibility for the attack.Ansar al-Sunnah also claimedresponsibility for targeting policewith explosives in east Baghdad onthis day.

16-Oct-06 MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Gunmen attacked the home of aShiite family in Mahmudiyah, killingfive people. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

16-Oct-06 Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives1 0 Two Qassam rockets were launchedinto the western Negev; one landednear a house in Sederot and lightlyinjured one person.

16-Oct-06 KibbutzNir-Am

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was launched fromthe Gaza Strip at the Kibbutz Nir-Amin the western Negev, causing noinjuries.

16-Oct-06 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 1 A potential suicide bomber died inKabul when police shot at his car andexploded the bomb inside. Thepolice had stopped the bomber, butthe bomber had refused to get out ofthe car. The intended target of thesuicide attack was unclear.

16-Oct-06 Raman Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Hasun Yamalae, a village headman,and his co-worker, Euramae Lehmoh,were both shot and killed as theyreturned from shopping in Ramandistrict. The killing is beingattributed to Islamic separatists.

16-Oct-06 Rusoh Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Sopon Loysuwan and his wife WilaiLoysuwan were shot and killed bytwo gunmen, as they rode homefrom work in Rusoh, Narathiwatprovince. These killings are beingattributed to Islamic separatists.Drive-by shootings are frequent insouthern Thailand and are used byIslamic militants to inspire fearamong the general population.

16-Oct-06 Male Maldives Unknown Explosives3 0 An explosion occurred at the homeShaykh Mohamed Rasheed, the chiefjustice and president of the SupremeCouncil for Islamic Affairs, on October16. The blast caused the residenceto catch fire. Three people wereinjured in the incident. While thesource of the explosion is unclear,the attack was deliberate accordingto the Maldives Police Service.

16-Oct-06 BongaigaonIndia UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives0 1 A suspected member of the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA)died when a bomb he was carryingexploded on October 16 inBongaigaon. The suspected ULFAmember was trying to plant animprovised explosive device on therailroad tracks at the Bongaigaonrailway station.

16-Oct-06 BannangSata

Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Suan Maneebutr, a rubber tapper,and his wife, Amnuay Maneebutr,were attacked by unidentifiedgunmen as they were going homefrom the rubber plantation on amotorcycle in Bannang Sata, Yalaprovince. The wife, Amnuay waskilled, while Suan was criticallyinjured. The perpetrator fired hisweapon from a motorcycle alongsidethe couple. Drive-by shootings arefrequent in southern Thailand andare used by Islamic militants toinspire fear among the generalpopulation.


Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 An employee of the ProvincialElectricity Authority in Bannang Sata,Yala province, was shot dead byunidentified perpetrators. The attacktook place right after the employeeparked his car in front of his office.Drive-by shootings are frequent insouthern Thailand and are used byIslamic militants to inspire fearamong the general population.


Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Apichart Wong, a civilian, was shotand killed outside a local publichealth office in Bannang Sata, Yalaprovince. No further information isavailable. Drive-by shootings arefrequent in southern Thailand andare used by Islamic militants toinspire fear among the generalpopulation.

16-Oct-06 Yarang Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Thanong Chumanee, the deputymayor of a tambon administrativeorganization, was killed by two menon a motorcycle, as he drove to workin Yarang district. The assailantsfired four shots at Chumanee onlyabout 100 meters away from hisoffice. Drive-by shootings arefrequent in southern Thailand andare used by Islamic militants toinspire fear among the generalpopulation.

16-Oct-06 IndonesiaUnknown Firearms0 1 Reverend Irianto, the GeneralSecretary of the Central SulawesiChristian Protestant Church, was shotand killed by two masked men onJalan Wolter Monginsidi, in SouthPalu. Reverend Irianto was knownfor his close relationship with Islamicfigures in Palu and was involved inthe peace process in Poso.Authorities believe the attack wasperpetrated in order to cause unrestin the area.

17-Oct-06 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a femaledoctor in Basra. Attacks onprofessionals are frequent in Iraq, asinsurgents try to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

17-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen attacked a home belongingto the brother of Mosul's governor,killing a civilian and wounding apoliceman. Attacks on governmentofficials and their families arefrequent in Iraq.

17-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in eastern Baghdad detonated,wounding five civilians. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq, formerly theMujahideen Shura Council, claimedresponsibility for detonating twoexplosive devices targeting policepatrols near the al-Alawiyah policestation in al-Wathiq Square. Thegroup stated that twelve police werekilled. Ansar al-Sunnah also claimedtargeting police with two bombs eastof Baghdad on this day.

17-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives9 3 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives near a police patrol inBaghdad, killing himself and twopolicemen, and wounding five others.Four civilians were also wounded.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

17-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed FattahRashid al-Harki, a member of theNinawa Governorate Council andmember of the Patriotic Union ofKurdistan. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

17-Oct-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 Gunmen attacked a family as theyprepared to flee their home, killingtwo people and wounding two others.The attack likely had sectarianmotivations.

17-Oct-06 Hillah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen attacked an electricalfacility in Hillah, killing a technician.Attacks on energy infrastructure arefrequent in Iraq, as insurgentsattempt to destabilize the country'sreconstruction.

17-Oct-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Two suicide bombers detonated theirexplosives outside the policeacademy of Kirkuk, killingthemselves but causing no otherfatalities. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

17-Oct-06 BaladRuz

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Gunmen stormed the home of aShiite family in Balad Ruz, killing awoman and her four adult sons. Theattack most likely had sectarianmotivations.

17-Oct-06 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Gunmen in a car pulled alongside apolice vehicle in Fallujah and fired onit, killing the two policemen inside.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

17-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An attack on the Al-Latifiyah PropanePlant in southwest Baghdad wasprevented by officials who foundexplosives hidden under propanecylinders in a truck trying to enterthe facility. Attacks on Iraq's energyinfrastructure are frequent in Iraq, asinsurgents attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

17-Oct-06 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A car bomb exploded at a policecheckpoint in Tikrit, killing a policeofficer and wounding two others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

17-Oct-06 al-Dawrah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed BrigadierGeneral Salman al-Dulaymi, aranking Interior Ministry officer in al-Dawrah. When al-Dulaymi's son andtwo brothers went to the Baghdadmorgue to receive his body, gunmenopened fire, killing them. A fourthrelative was kidnapped.Attacks ongovernment officials and theirfamilies are frequent in Iraq.

17-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 When family members of BrigadierGeneral Salman al-Dulaymi, aranking Interior Ministry officer whowas killed by insurgents, went to theBaghdad morgue to receive his body,gunmen opened fire, killing threepeople. A fourth relative waskidnapped. Attacks on governmentofficials and their families arefrequent in Iraq.

17-Oct-06 KibbutzMafallesim


Explosives0 0 The al-Quds Brigades, militant wingof Islamic Jihad, launched two rocketsat the settlement of KibbutzMefallesim.


Explosives0 0 The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigadeslaunched two rockets at thesettlement of Sederot. The al-AqsaMartyrs Brigades are often affiliatedwith al-Fatah, but the association issometimes unclear.

17-Oct-06 AshqelonIsrael PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Explosives0 0 The al-Quds Brigades, militant wingof Islamic Jihad, fired two homemadeprojectiles at the Israeli town ofAshqelon.

17-Oct-06 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Unknown2 0 Shadi Khan, the chief of the NaishDistrict in Kandahar, was the targetof an attack in the city of Kandaharon October 18. The details of theattack were unclear, although Khanwas not hurt in the incident. Two ofKhan's bodyguards were injured,however. The gunmen were notidentified.

17-Oct-06 BatmalooKashmir Unknown Firearms0 1 Head constable Bikram Singh, whowas part of the escort party of theKashmiri Inspector General of Police,was killed by unidentified gunmennear the Punjab National Bank inBatmaloo on October 17.

17-Oct-06 Telbal Kashmir Unknown Firearms0 1 A police officer, Muhammad Dilawar,was shot at and killed on October 17by unidentified gunmen while he wasat a bus stop in Telbal.

18-Oct-06 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Fallujah. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

18-Oct-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Police found the body of a policeman,bearing gunshot wounds, betweenKarbala and Hilla. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq. Note, incidentdate is date body was found.

18-Oct-06 Suwayra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanas he left his home in Suwayra.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

18-Oct-06 Suwayra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Saddam Hussein's BaathParty in Suwayra. Attacks onmembers of Hussein's former regimeare frequent in Iraq.


Explosives0 0 A car bomb targeting a police patrolin central Baghdad exploded,resulting in an unknown number ofcasualties. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq, formerly the Mujahideen ShuraCouncil, claimed responsibility forseveral bombings targeting police inBaghdad on this day. The groupstated that one attack occurred onal-Nidal street in the al-Rasafahneighborhood of Baghdad, andanother in the Jisr Diyala section ofthe city.

18-Oct-06 Kissufim Israel PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Explosives0 0 The al-Quds Brigades, the militarywing of Islamic Jihad, launched twohomemade projectiles at theKissufim area.

18-Oct-06 JalalabadAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A man planting two bombs in amosque in Jalalabad was stopped bylocals in the area. The man,identified as Mohammad Akram, wasturned over to the police.

18-Oct-06 Argun AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 1 A suicide bomber blew himself up inhis car in Argun as he was beingchased by the police. The bomberwas killed in the blast and was theonly casualty. The bomber had beenunder police surveillance, although itwas unclear what the bomber'sintended target was. The police alsoarrested another person with remote-controlled bombs at the site of theexplosion.

18-Oct-06 Qala-eNaw

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 Two local government officials fromthe Badghis province were killedwhile traveling on a bus to Qala-eNaw. Gunmen stopped the bus andshot the two officials who wereidentified as Mohammad Osman,head of the Legal AffairsDepartment, and Mohayoddin, headof the Education Department. Noone has claimed responsibility for theincident, although the governor ofBadghis said the Taliban wasresponsible.

18-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped Abdul-MajidIsmail Khalil, a freelance journalistwho wrote for several Iraqinewspapers, from the Jamilaneighborhood of eastern Baghdad.His body was found thirteen dayslater. Attacks on journalists arefrequent in Iraq.

19-Oct-06 Cordoba Colombia Unknown Unknown0 0 A communications tower in valenciawas attacked and destroyed byunknown perpetrators. Coronel JavierFernandex Leal ruled out the FuerzasArmadas Revolucionarias deColombia (FARC) as directlyresponsible for the incident, butadded that other groups may havebeen responsible. Communicationswere not disrupted.

19-Oct-06 SantanderColombia Unknown Explosives0 0 A gas pipeline in rural Sabana deTorres in the Santander departmentof Colombia was attacked withexplosives by unknown perpetrators.The pipeline belonged to theTransoriente company.

19-Oct-06 LakhdariaAlgeria SalafistGroup forCall andCombat(GSPC)


0 0 Elements from the Salafist Group forCall and Combat (GSPC) are believedto be behind a double bombing.Both bombs were detonatedremotely. The first target was a fuelcistern belonging to the Frenchcompany Razel. The explosioncaused minimal damage.Anotherbomb targeted the Algerian Police asthey responded to the first explosion.

19-Oct-06 Khalis Iraq Unknown Explosives20 10 A roadside bomb detonated in a busymarket in Khalis just before Muslimswere to break their Ramadan fast,killing ten people and woundingtwenty others. Attacks on crowded,public areas, particularly markets,are frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.


Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Kirkuk detonated, woundingthree policemen. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.The Islamic Stateof Iraq claimed responsibility fortargeting police in Mosul withexplosives on this day.

19-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed policeColonel Basim Qasim in the Saydiyadistrict of southern Baghdad.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.


Explosives1 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Kirkuk detonated, woundinga civilian. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility fortargeting police in Mosul withexplosives on this day.

19-Oct-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 7 Police found the bodies of sevenpeople, including two in militaryuniforms, outside the city of Kut. Allbore signs of torture and gunshotwounds. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

19-Oct-06 MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Police found the bodies of fivepeople, all bearing gunshot wounds,in Mahmudiyah. The attack likelyhad sectarian motivations.

19-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms10 4 Gunmen attacked a police station inthe Doura neighborhood of Baghdad,killing four policemen and woundingten civilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.


Explosives25 12 A suicide bomber drove a fuel tankerinto a major police station in Mosul,killing twelve people, including twopolicemen, and wounding twenty-fiveothers. Many of the victims werecivilians waiting to purchase fuel at anearby gas station. The attackdamaged much of the police stationand destroyed as many as forty-twovehicles that were in line at the gasstation. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for theattack. The group stated that theytargeted the al-Thaqafah policestation.

19-Oct-06 Khalis Iraq Unknown Firearms4 4 Gunmen opened fire on a group oflaborers near Khalis, killing four andwounding four others. Attacks onday laborers are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

19-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives11 2 A bomb exploded in the Douradistrict of southern Baghdad, killingtwo civilians and wounding elevenothers. A second bomb targetingfirst responders detonated minuteslater, killing two policemen andwounding two others. Insurgentsoften coordinate attacks to targetcivilians and first responders whoarrive at the scene of an earlierattack.

19-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 2 A bomb targeting police respondingto a bombing in the Doura district ofsouthern Baghdad detonated, killingtwo policemen and wounding twoothers. Insurgents often coordinateattacks to target civilians and firstresponders who arrive at the sceneof an earlier attack.

19-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 A car bomb targeting a police patrolin the New Baghdad area of eastBaghdad exploded, killing a civilianand wounding three civilians and twopolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

19-Oct-06 MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Unknown1 4 Insurgents attacked a police stationin Mahmudiyah, killing fourpolicemen and wounding one. Theattack occurred as a car bombexploded in the city, killing twopeople and wounding eight others.The target of the bombing, however,was unknown as were the tactic andweapon used in the police attack.

19-Oct-06 Fadouel WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms1 0 Palestinian militants fired on anIsraeli man while he was driving tothe Israeli settlement of Fadouel inthe West Bank. The man wasmoderately injured.

19-Oct-06 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Explosives4 2 A suicide bomber blew himself upnear a group of border police officersoutside of the city of Khost. Onepolice officer was killed by the blastand four others were injured.

19-Oct-06 Colombo SriLanka

Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb that was planted along theside of a road in Colombo was foundand defused before it exploded.According to the police, the intendedtarget of the bomb was a seniorpolitician who was scheduled toattended an event associated with anearby Buddhist temple.

19-Oct-06 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives1 0 A police officer was injured in Quettaby an explosion caused by a handgrenade.

20-Oct-06 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked a police station inBasra, however were repelled bypolicemen. No casualties werereported. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

20-Oct-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Hasib Arif al-Ubaydi, a member of the committeethat drafted Iraq's constitution, whilehe was traveling on the Kirkuk-Tikrithighway. Attacks on governmentofficials and those who work withthem are frequent in Iraq.

20-Oct-06 Aziziyah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 9 Gunmen stormed the home of aShiite family in Aziziyah, southeast ofBaghdad, and killed nine people. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations.


Explosives1 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, the militarywing of Islamic Jihad, claimedresponsibility for firing more than 20homemade projectiles at Israelitargets. In Sederot, one of theQassam rockets landed in a garden,injuring one person.

20-Oct-06 Konar AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 8 A group of Afghan workers travelinghome in Konar province from at a U.S. military base were attacked byunidentified gunmen on October 20.Eight workers were killed in theattack and two were able to escape.A spokesperson for the InteriorMinistry suggested that the Talibanwas responsible for the attack.

20-Oct-06 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 1 A government official from theNational Security Directorate waskilled by a remote-controlled bombthat exploded as he was riding amotorcycle near Khost. The Talibanclaimed responsibility for the attack.

20-Oct-06 Thepha Thailand Unknown Explosives12 4 Four people were killed and twelveinjured when an explosive devicedetonated in a crowded tea house inThepha, Songkhla province. Initialreports indicated that two peoplewere killed, but the number wasincreased to four.

20-Oct-06 SungaiPadi

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A rubber tapper, who was riding totap rubber in Sungai Padi, Narathiwatprovince, was shot and killed byunidentified perpetrators. Thevictim's wife, who was riding withhim at the time of the attack wasunharmed. Drive-by shootings arefrequent in southern Thailand andare used by Islamic militants toinspire fear among the generalpopulation.

20-Oct-06 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A Muslim man was killed in a drive-byshooting in Narathiwat province latein the day. No further information isavailable. Drive-by shootings arefrequent in southern Thailand andare used by Islamic militants toinspire fear among the generalpopulation.

20-Oct-06 Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 A Buddhist man was shot and injuredby suspected militants who wereriding on a motorcycle. The attacktook place in Narathiwat province.Drive-by shootings are frequent insouthern Thailand and are used byIslamic militants to inspire fearamong the general population.

20-Oct-06 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A Muslim man was shot and killed ina drive-by shooting in Pattaniprovince. The man was killed as herode his motorcycle late in the day.Drive-by shootings are frequent insouthern Thailand and are used byIslamic militants to inspire fearamong the general population.

20-Oct-06 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives24 7 Seven people were killed and at least24 were injured when a bombexploded in a crowded marketplacein Peshawar on October 20. Many ofthe people in the market were buyinggifts for the Eid al-Fitr festival. Thebomb was described as a locally-made device and was placed under avendor's cart.

21-Oct-06 Ajaccio France Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A petrol bomb, made of a glass bottlecontaining petrol, was thrown at theBattesti gendarmerie barracks inAjaccio, on the island of Corsica. Thedevice did not explode and therewere no damages caused. This wasone of two petrol bombings in Ajaccioon this evening.

21-Oct-06 Ajaccio France Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device made of agypsum-filled training grenade wasthrown at the regional prefectureadministrative office in Ajaccio, onthe island of Corsica. The device wasthrown from the street and landed inthe parking lot, where it explodedagainst the external wall of thepremises. This was one of twoexplosive attacks in Ajaccio on thisevening.

21-Oct-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Kirkuk. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

21-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting policedetonated in a market, wounding twopolicemen and a civilian. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.


Explosives3 1 A car bomb targeting a police patrolin central Baghdad detonated, killingone civilian and wounding threeothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq. The Islamic State ofIraq, formerly the Mujahideen ShuraCouncil, claimed responsibility for theattack.

21-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives25 5 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives while on a public bus inBaghdad, killing himself and fourother passengers, and woundingtwenty-five. Attacks ontransportation networks are frequentin Iraq, however some media sourcesspeculated that the bomber was onhis way to carry out an attack on adifferent target when his explosivesdetonated prematurely.

21-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 A car bomb detonated near a marketin the al-Qahira (Cairo) neighborhoodof Baghdad, wounding four people.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

21-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb exploded in front of theOsama ibn Zayd mosque in southernBaghdad, wounding two people.Attacks on religious institutions arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

21-Oct-06 Hamzaal-Gharbi

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded in front of theHamza al-Gharbi office of theSupreme Council for the IslamicRevolution in Iraq (SCIRI), a Shiitepolitical party. Clashes then brokeout between members of the BadrCorps, the armed wing of SCIRI, andthe Mahdi Army, Shiite followers ofIraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Nocasualties were reported in thebombing, however fatalities werereported in the resulting gunfight. Itis unclear if the attack targeted SCIRIor its armed wing. Clashes betweenthe two groups have become morefrequent as tensions rise amongShiites in Iraq.

21-Oct-06 MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Explosives60 19 Explosives attached to bicyclesdetonated in a popular market inMahmudiyah shortly before mortarswere fired on the area. At leastnineteen people were killed in thecoordinated attack and upwards ofsixty more were wounded. Thebombing occurred just beforeMuslims were to break theirRamadan fast. Attacks on crowded,public areas, particularly markets,are frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

21-Oct-06 Sederot Israel al-Fatah Explosives0 0 The rocket unit of the Martyr SamiAbu-al-Ghul Brigades, military wingof Fatah, launched three rockets atSederot in response to Israeli attackson civilians and the shelling ofhouses. While the Sami Abu-al-GhulBrigades is often linked to Fatah, therelationship between the two groupsis not always clear.

21-Oct-06 Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Three Qasam rockets fired from theGaza Strip landed in open fields inthe western Negev.

21-Oct-06 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A Buddhist man was shot and killedin a drive-by shooting in Narathiwatprovince, as he rode his motorcycle.The perpetrators left a note on thevictim's body that read, This isrevenge after you killed our people.Drive-by shootings are frequent insouthern Thailand and are used byIslamic militants to inspire fearamong the general population.

21-Oct-06 Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 A Muslim man was killed and his wifeinjured when suspected militantsfired at them in Pattani province. Nofurther information is available.Drive-by shootings are frequent insouthern Thailand and are used byIslamic militants to inspire fearamong the general population.

21-Oct-06 Doda Kashmir Unknown Explosives0 1 A bomb exploded near a policestation in Doda on October 21. A boywas killed by the blast.

21-Oct-06 Darrang India Unknown Firearms5 1 A police officer was killed and twopolice were injured when unidentifiedgunmen opened fire on an ArunachalExpress train in Darrang on October21. Three civilian passengers werealso injured. The train was passingthrough Khoirabari town when theattack occurred. It is unclear if thepolice or the train was the target ofthe attack.

22-Oct-06 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Saddam Hussein's BaathParty in Kut. Attacks on members ofHussein's regime are frequent inIraq.

22-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen in the Amil neighborhood ofBaghdad shot and killed a barber.Attacks on barbers are frequent inIraq, as extremists believe thatshaving men's beards or givingwestern style haircuts violate Islamiclaw.

22-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Mosul. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

22-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed two streetcleaners in the Yarmoukneighborhood of western Baghdad.Attacks on street cleaners arefrequent in Iraq, as they aretraditionally Shiite. They also oftenfind and report bombs that arehidden in trash piles to police.

22-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Explosives3 0 A bomb targeting a police patrol ineastern Baghdad exploded,wounding three civilians. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic Army in Iraq claimedresponsibility for targeting policewith explosives east of Baghdad onthis day.

22-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives20 4 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives as he traveled downPalestine Street, a major commercialarea in eastern Baghdad, killinghimself and three others, andwounding twenty. Some mediasources reported that the perpetratorwas on his way to one of the city'slargest markets. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

22-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 3 A bomb left under a car parked neara crowded market in Baghdadexploded, killing three people andwounding six others. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

22-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 A bomb exploded in a market nearthe Al-Farasha bakery in easternBaghdad, wounding four people.Attacks on bakeries are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations, as bakers aretraditionally Shiite.

22-Oct-06 MuradiyaIraq Unknown Firearms25 15 Militants near Muradiya attacked aconvoy of buses carrying policerecruits home from an inductionceremony south of Baqubah.Perpetrators in five vehicles firstdetonated a roadside bomb to stopthe convoy and then attacked withfirearms, killing at least fifteen policeand wounding twenty-five others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

22-Oct-06 Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A bomb exploded at the main powerplant in Zummar, SinjarAdministrative region (northern Iraq),wounding three people. Attacks onutilities and energy infrastructure arefrequent in Iraq, as insurgentsattempt to destabilize the country'sreconstruction.

22-Oct-06 TulKarm

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms0 1 TULKARM. Unidentified gunmenkilled Ala Mubarak, a member of thePalestinian National Security force,setting off a small riot.

22-Oct-06 AshqelonIsrael Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket fired by militants inthe Gaza Strip landed near Ashqelon,causing no damage or injuries.

22-Oct-06 BaladRuz

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 4 Four policemen and an unknownnumber of civilians were killed in anattack in Balad Ruz. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

22-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Major Ra'idAli Ahmad, a member of theCitizenship Directorate north ofBaqubah. Attacks on localgovernment officials are frequent inIraq.

22-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 2 Militants set a market in Baqubah onfire, completely destroying 18 shops.Police responded to the attack andkilled two of the perpetrators,however the blaze did not result incasualties. Attacks on public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq.

22-Oct-06 Nalbari India Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was found on a railroad trackin Nalbari. The bomb, described as apowerful device, was defused by thepolice before a passenger train wasscheduled to pass by.

22-Oct-06 BahawalpurIndia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot at andkilled Syed Asif Ali Shah, a Shiitecleric, in Bahawalpur on October 22.

23-Oct-06 Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinian militants launchedQassam rockets at the Israeli city ofSederot, causing damage to severalvehicles.


Explosives4 2 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in western Baghdaddetonated, killing two policemen andwounding two others. Two civilianswere also injured. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnahclaimed responsibility for targeting apolice patrol with explosives in theBab al-Mu'azzam district of thecapital on this day.

23-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives13 1 A car bomb detonated in easternBaghdad's Beirut Square, killing onecivilian and wounding thirteenothers. Attacks on crowded, publicareas are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations.

23-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen shot and killed fourpolicemen who worked for theFacility Protection Services (FPS), thedivision of police that guards Iraq'sinfrastructure, in Baghdad. Attackson the oil industry are frequent inIraq.

23-Oct-06 Baiji Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 A policeman was killed in Baiji. Thetactic and weapon used are notknown. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.


Explosives13 3 An explosive device targeting apolice patrol detonated near theSheikh Abd-al-Qadir Al-Kilani Mosquein central Baghdad, killing twocivilians and a policeman, andwounding thirteen others, includingeight police. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility fordetonating a car bomb near police incentral Baghdad on this day.

23-Oct-06 Muang Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

12 1 One soldier was killed and abouttwelve others, including five monks,were injured when an explosivedevice detonated in downtownMuang, Narathiwat province. Thebomb, which was made of betweenfive and seven kilos of explosivesand detonated by mobile phone,blew up as a group of monks weredoing their morning alms round. Themonks were protected by militaryescorts at the time of the attack.The device was hidden in a trash bin.

23-Oct-06 BaramullaKashmir Unknown Explosives1 1 A bomb exploded at the JK CableNetwork Office in Baramulla onOctober 23. A civilian was killed anda fire service officer was injured bythe blast. The bomb was describedas an improvised explosive device.

23-Oct-06 ThungYangDaeng

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Boonya Nadae, a former employee ofthe Thai government, was shot andkilled by motorcycle gunmen whilehe was returning home from a localmarket. The attack took place inThung Yang Daeng, Pattani province.

24-Oct-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A roadside bomb targeting theconvoy of the deputy police chief inKirkuk exploded, wounding one ofthe deputy's security guards.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.This attack was quickly followedby an attack on a police station inKirkuk. It is unclear if the attackswere coordinated.

24-Oct-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 A bomb exploded outside a policestation in Kirkuk, wounding twopolice and two civilians. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.Just beforethe attack on the police station, aroadside bomb targeting the convoyof the deputy police chief in Kirkukexploded, wounding one of thedeputy's security guards. It isunclear if the attacks werecoordinated.

24-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 1 A bomb detonated inside an icecream shop in central Baghdad,killing one person and woundingseven others. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

24-Oct-06 Sopore Kashmir Unknown Explosives0 1 A bomb planted near a cabletelevision office in Sopore, Kashmir,exploded on October 24. While thebombers cleared the building beforethe explosion, a pedestrian was killedby the blast. The television officehad recently received threats of anattack for airing supposedly obsceneprograms.

24-Oct-06 Sui Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A seven foot section of a gas pipelinenear Sui in Balochistan wasdestroyed from a bomb explosion onOctober 24. The blast disrupted gassupplies to the area and created lowgas pressure in Sindh and Punjab.However, no one was injured in theattack.

24-Oct-06 AnantnagKashmir Unknown Firearms0 1 A member of the Congress partyidentified as Mohammad Afzal Beighwas shot at and killed by unidentifiedgunmen in Anantnag.

24-Oct-06 BaramullaKashmir Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot at andkilled the Head Constable of theSpecial Operation Group, MohammadHanief, in the town of Baramulla.

24-Oct-06 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded at night in thebackyard of house in theGovernment Employees' Colonyhousing complex in Quetta onOctober 24. There were no injures.

24-Oct-06 IndonesiaUnknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The Eklesia Church, an affiliate of theCentral Sulawesi Christian Church,was targeted in an arson attack inPoso. The assailants, who arrived onabout twenty motorbikes, threwMolotov cocktails and other explosivematerial at the church. There wereno reported casualties caused by theattack. Witnesses also reporthearing gunshots fired by theperpetrators during the incident.

25-Oct-06 Gaza WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Unknown0 0 The Spanish journalist EmilioFernandez Morenatti was kidnappedfor 15 hours by unidentifiedperpetrators after he left the housewhere he was staying in Gaza City.

25-Oct-06 Beirut Lebanon Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosion occurred near the homeof the Saudi envoy, Abd-al-AzizKhujahin, al-Ramlah al-Bayda area ofBeirtu. The exact type of explosivecharge was unknown, howeverauthorities state that it containedTNT. The explosion caused propertydamage, but no injuries.

25-Oct-06 Fariab AfghanistanUnknown Firearms1 1 Sayed Nur Mohammad Agha, amember of the Fariab ProvinceProvincial Council, was shot andkilled by unidentified gunmen inFariab on October 25. The attackerswere riding motorcycles when theyshot at Agha. Agha's bodyguard wasinjured in the attack.

25-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in the Camp Saraneighborhood of Baghdad detonated,wounding two policemen. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

25-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants fired several rockets onBaghdad's Green Zone, the highlysecured area of the capital thathouses the Iraqi government and theUS and British embassies. Nocasualties were reported, howeverwitnesses stated that the rockets fellwithin the Green Zone's boundaries.

25-Oct-06 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen in Diwaniya opened fire on apoliceman, wounding him. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

25-Oct-06 BaladRuz

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 6 An explosive device targeting a busin Balad Ruz detonated, killing sixpeople. Attacks on transportationnetworks are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

25-Oct-06 Husayba Iraq Unknown Explosives2 2 A car bomb exploded in a market inHusayba, a town on the Syrianborder, killing two people andwounding two others. Attacks onpublic areas, particularly markets arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

25-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 A policeman was killed in Baqubah.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

25-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 3 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police checkpoint inBaqubah, killing himself and twopolicemen, and injuring two civilians.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

25-Oct-06 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint in Diwaniya, woundingtwo policemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

25-Oct-06 Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped a policeman inBaiji. His body was found the nextday. Attacks on police are frequentin Iraq.

26-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms10 6 Gunmen attacked a special policeforce station near Baqubah, killingsix policemen and wounding tenothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

26-Oct-06 KhanBaniSaad

Iraq Unknown Firearms15 42 Militants in Khan Bani Saad, a townbetween Baqubah and Baghdad,ambushed police as they respondedto a claim from the Interior Ministrythat several kidnapped policemenwere in the area. When the forcearrived, they clashed with a well-armed Sunni insurgent force.Twenty-four policemen, including theKhan Bani Saad chief of police, andeighteen militants were killed in theattack; seven police and eightmilitants were wounded. Americanofficials believe that the attack mayhave been coordinated by an agentworking inside the government.According to the senior Americancommander in Diyala province, it wasa baited ambush. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

26-Oct-06 Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants detonated explosives at apolice station in eastern Samarra.No casualties were reported as theoffices had been evacuated severaldays before the attack. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

26-Oct-06 Al-Siniyah

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants detonated explosives at apolice station in al-Siniyah, north ofTikrit. No casualties were reportedas police had left the station shortlybefore the bombing occurred.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

26-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin southern Baqubah. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

26-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives1 2 A car bomb detonated at a policecheckpoint in western Baqubah,killing two policemen and woundingone other. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

26-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed IbrahimJasim, a member of the Al-QuyyarahMunicipal Council in Mosul. Attackson local government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

26-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen stormed the home of SaadShlash, a reporter for the Rayet al-Arab newspaper, killing him and hiswife. Attacks on journalists arefrequent in Iraq.

26-Oct-06 DeraBugti

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A gas pipeline in Dera Bugti wasdamaged when it was bombed onOctober 26. However, no one washurt by the blast.

26-Oct-06 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Firearms2 0 Two people were injured whenunidentified gunmen opened fire on aQuetta Express train heading towardRawalpindi on October 26. Rocketswere also launched at, but did nothit, the train. The attack occurred onthe second day of the Eid al-Fitrfestival.

26-Oct-06 BalochistanPakistan Unknown Firearms2 0 Two people were injured whenunidentified gunmen opened fire on aQuetta Express passenger train inBalochistan province. The train waspassing through Mashkaf town whenthe incident occurred. Two rocketswere also fired at the train, but theymissed their target.

26-Oct-06 Chor AiRong

Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Two gunmen opened fire on a crowdof people in Chor Ai Rong, Narathiwatprovince, who were walking to amosque. The attack killed one imamand wounded one villager. Theattackers hid along the road andambushed the victims as theypassed by. After firing theirweapons, the perpetrators scatteredmetal spikes on the road to preventpolice from reaching the scenequickly. Drive-by shootings arefrequent in southern Thailand andare used by Islamic militants toinspire fear among the generalpopulation.

27-Oct-06 SanSebastian

Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Four incendiary devices were thrownat the headquarters of the SocialistParty of the Basque Country (PSE-EE)on Prim Street in San Sebastian. Thedevices started a small fire, whichcaused damages to the door of theoffice. There were no reportedcasualties.

27-Oct-06 Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired fromthe Gaza Strip at the Israeli city ofSederot exploded in open fields.

27-Oct-06 AshqelonIsrael Hamas(IslamicResistanceMovement)

Explosives0 0 The Hamas-affiliated al-QassamBrigades fired a number of Qassamprojectiles at a power station nearAshqelon.

27-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 Police found the bodies of two policeofficers in Mosul. Two otherpolicemen in Mosul were also killedon this day in separate attacks.

27-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin the Karrama neighborhood ofMosul. A total of four policemenwere killed in Mosul on this day.

27-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin the Saddam neighborhood ofMosul. A total of four policemenwere killed in Mosul on this day.

27-Oct-06 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Fallujah detonated, killingone policeman and wounding threeothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

27-Oct-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants detonated explosives at thetomb of Sheikh Ismai'l south ofKirkuk, destroying the structure butnot resulting in any casualties.Attacks on religious shrines arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

27-Oct-06 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants detonated explosives at theSheikh Muhasn shrine along theKirkuk-Dubiz highway. No casualtieswere reported. Attacks on religiousshrines are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations. Note, theincident date is the date the articlewas published. The report statedthat the attack occurred 'last week.'

27-Oct-06 Khalis Iraq Unknown Firearms5 5 Gunmen opened fire on a commuterbus near Khalis, killing five peoplereturning from a burial in Sadr City, aShiite district of Baghdad. Fivepeople were wounded in theshooting. Attacks on transportationnetworks are frequent in Iraq,however this attack likely hadsectarian motivations as thepassengers were more than likelyShiites.Note, some media reportsstated that the attack occurred 28October.

27-Oct-06 UdhampurKashmir Unknown Explosives1 1 A grenade blast, intended for aGeneral Roads and Engineering Force(GREF) vehicle, killed a woman andinjured a child in Udhampur onOctober 27. The woman and childwere nearby when the grenademissed its target.

27-Oct-06 Assam India Unknown Explosives25 3 A bomb on a bicycle exploded inAssam in the town of Dhekaijuli onOctober 27. The blast killed threepeople and injured at least 25 others.It is unclear if the intended target ofthe bomb was the Dhekaijuli policestation, a nearby restaurant, or ashopping market. Conflicting reportsindicated that either the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA) orthe National Democratic Front ofBodoland (NDFB) was responsible forthe attack.

27-Oct-06 Nazran Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded on Mutaliyev streetnear the Ekazhevskiy crossroads,causing significant damage to anearby house but no injuries. Thebombing was likely an attempt onthe life of Ibragim Malsagov, PrimeMinister of Ingushetia, as hismotorcade usually drives by the spotat the time the explosion went off.

27-Oct-06 Thailand Unknown Firearms0 3 A Buddhist family, including a four-year-old girl, was shot to death in anambush as they returned to theirhome in Yala province. The attackcame just one hour before the newThai prime minister, SurayudChulanont was set to arrive in theregion to visit wounded Buddhistmonks and soldiers. Drive-byshootings are frequent in southernThailand and are used by Islamicmilitants to inspire fear among thegeneral population.

27-Oct-06 ZamboangaThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Abdulgafar Udin, a Muslim employeeat the air transportation office, wasshot at least thirteen times in thechest as he was walking to work inZamboanga. Drive-by shootings arefrequent in southern Thailand andare used by Islamic militants toinspire fear among the generalpopulation.

28-Oct-06 Sederot Israel Hamas(IslamicResistanceMovement)

Explosives0 0 The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades,affiliated with HAMAS, fired a volleyof Qassam rockets at Sederot.

28-Oct-06 IskandariyahIraq Unknown Explosives20 5 A bomb detonated near a residentialcomplex in Iskandariyah, killing fivepeople and wounding twenty others.The attack likely had sectarianmotivations.Note, some mediasources stated that the bombingoccurred at a market.

28-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a securitypatrol guarding an oil facility ineastern Baghdad detonated,wounding two guards. Attacks on oilinstallations and those who protectthem are frequent in Iraq, asinsurgents try to destabilize one ofthe country's most profitableindustries.

28-Oct-06 Hawija Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen stormed the home of FalihaAhmed Hassan, the head of awomen's rights group in Hawija (nearKirkuk), and killed her. As theperpetrators fled the scene, theyshot and killed a policeman. Attackson political activists are frequent inIraq.

28-Oct-06 Wihda Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a member ofSaddam Hussein's Baath Party in thetown of Wihda (also Wahdah), southof Kirkuk. Attacks on members ofHussein's former regime are frequentin Iraq.

28-Oct-06 MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Mahmudiyah detonated,killing one policeman and woundingthree others. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

28-Oct-06 Dujail Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A car bomb detonated near amunicipal building in Dujail,wounding five people, including apoliceman. Attacks on governmenttargets are frequent in Iraq.

28-Oct-06 NasiriyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen attacked an electricitypower unit in Nasiriyah, killing aNepalese private security guard.Attacks on Iraq's energyinfrastructure are frequent, asinsurgents attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.Note, thisattack is classified as domesticbecause the target was theelectricity power unit, not theNepalese guard.

28-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked a police vehicle inBaqubah, killing two policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

28-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 2 Authorities discovered thedecapitated bodies of two policemenin an industrial area west ofBaqubah. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.Note, the incidentdate listed is the date the bodieswere found. It is unclear when theattack occurred.

28-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen opened fire on a policemajor in Baqubah, wounding him.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

28-Oct-06 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed MaithamTaqi al-Asadi, a translator working forUS troops in Diwaniya. Attacks onthose who work with American andcoalition forces, particularlytranslators, are frequent in Iraq.

28-Oct-06 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemannear his home in a suburb of Kut.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

28-Oct-06 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms4 1 Gunmen stormed the home of asenior officer under Saddam Hussein,killing his son and wounding fourpeople, including the officer. Attackson members of Hussein's formerregime are frequent in Iraq.

28-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed one of PrimeMinister Nuri al-Maliki's bodyguardsas he drove in a government vehiclein Baghdad. Prime Minister Malikiwas not present at the time. Attackson government officials and theirsecurity staff are frequent in Iraq.

28-Oct-06 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives13 1 One person was killed and 13 otherswere injured after a bomb explodednear a police building and theInspector General's Office in Quetta.No one has claimed responsibility forthe attack.

28-Oct-06 UdhampurKashmir Unknown Explosives1 1 A grenade was thrown at a policevehicle in Udhampur on October 28.One civilian was killed and anotherwas injured by the explosion.

28-Oct-06 GuwahatiIndia UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives10 1 Two bombs simultaneously explodedin Guwahati during the worshipcelebrations of Chat Puja, a Hindufestival honoring the sun.Worshippers had gathered at theBrahmaputra river to pray when thebombs detonated. A boy was killedand at least ten people were injuredby the blast. The police indicatedthat the United Liberation Front ofAssam (ULFA) was responsible for theattack.

28-Oct-06 VavuniyaSriLanka


Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb exploded as a roadpatrol of police officers passed thedevice in the district of Vavuniya onOctober 28. Approximately threeofficers were reported injured.Members of the Liberation Tigers ofTamil Eelam (LTTE) are suspected tobe responsible for the attack.

28-Oct-06 BatticaloaSriLanka


Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb exploded inBatticaloa on October 28 targeting apolice Special Task Force truck.Three officers were injured by theblast. The bombing occurred threehours after a similar roadside bombtargeted a police patrol in Vavuniya.The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) are suspected to beresponsible for the attack.

28-Oct-06 Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 An elderly Muslim woman was killedand a second Muslim woman waswounded when gunmen opened fireon them as they left a mosque. Nofurther information is available.Drive-by shootings are frequent insouthern Thailand and are used byIslamic militants to inspire fearamong the general population.

29-Oct-06 Al-Shirqat

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in al-Shirqat detonated, killingone policeman. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

29-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Unknown0 4 An unknown assailant attacked apolice patrol in Baqubah, killing twopolicemen and a civilian. Theperpetrator was also killed in theincident. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.Note, it was unclearif the attack was a suicide attack.TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for a suicide attack inthe area on this day. The groupstated that the bomber targetedpolice in Diyala's al-Waqf district(Baqubah is the capital of Diyala).

29-Oct-06 Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives8 0 An explosive device detonated neara primary school in Samarra,wounding eight people. The attackmay have had sectarian motivations.

29-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked a police patrol inthe al-Qahira (Cairo) neighborhood ofBaghdad, killing two policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

29-Oct-06 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped a policeman inFallujah. His body was later foundbearing gunshot wounds. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.Note, theincident date listed is the date thepoliceman's body was found.

29-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed a formerarmy officer who worked underSaddam Hussein and his son inBaghdad. Attacks on members ofHussein's former regime are frequentin Iraq.

29-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Police found the body of a policemanin Mosul. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for killinga policeman in the Sumar district ofMosul on this day. Ansar al-Sunnahclaimed to have ambushed apoliceman in the Intisar district.

29-Oct-06 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 15 Gunmen stopped a minibus in Basracarrying police translators andtrainers traveling home from workand forced at least fifteen men, allthought to be Shiite, off the bus.Their bodies were later found inseveral locations. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq, however itappears that this particular incidenthad sectarian motivations.Note,some media sources reported thatseventeen people were killed in theattack.

29-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 Police found the bodies of NaqsheenMuhammad (Naqsheen HamaRashid), a broadcaster for agovernment-supported Kurdishtelevision program, and Anas Qasim,her driver, in Baghdad. Attacks onjournalists are frequent in Iraq. Note,the Associated Press reported thatthe journalist's name was SherinHamid. The Christian ScienceMonitor later reported that all of thecontacts in Naqsheen's cell phonereceived a text message statingToday Naqsheen, tomorrow you. TheMonitor added that militants oftensteal their victims' cell phones andsend messages to their colleagues.

29-Oct-06 Kirkuk Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting police inKirkuk detonated, seriously woundinga policeman and a civilian. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.Ansaral-Sunnah claimed responsibility fortargeting police with explosives onKirkuk on this day. The group statedthat the attack occurred on Baghdadroad.

29-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen opened fire on a convoy ofvehicles carrying Sunni pilgrims toMecca (Saudi Arabia) while they weretraveling near Baqubah, killing atleast one person. Attacks onreligious pilgrims are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations.

29-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed twopolicemen at an intersection inBaghdad. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility forshooting a policeman in theGhazaliyah neighborhood of Baghdadon this day.

29-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 3 A car bomb targeting a police patrolin northeast Baghdad exploded,killing three policemen. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.


Unknown Explosives1 0 Four grenades were thrown at thehome of S. Kishore, a Tamil NationalAlliance Member of Parliamentarian(MP). Kishore's home is located inVavuniya. A police officer who wasguarding the home was injured in theattack.



Explosives1 0 A police officer was injured when asuspected member of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) threw ahand grenade at a group of policeofficers at a roadblock in Vavuniya.

29-Oct-06 KathmanduNepal Unknown Unknown0 0 A member of the NC DemocraticParty, Prabin Khadka, was kidnappedby suspected Maoists in Kathmanduon October 29.

29-Oct-06 KrongPinang

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Asi Doropae, a cattle herder, wasshot and killed by two gunmen, as hewas riding home from work in KrongPinang. The victim's body was foundriddled with bullets. Drive-byshootings are frequent in southernThailand and are used by Islamicmilitants to inspire fear among thegeneral population.

30-Oct-06 Dergana Algeria SalafistGroup forCall andCombat(GSPC)

Explosives24 3 Three people were killed in nearsimultaneous attacks on policestations in Reghaia, 30km fromAlgiers, and Dergana, a suburb ofAlgiers. Three civilians were killedand another 24 were wounded whentwo truck bombs detonated tenminutes apart. The Salafist Group forCall and Combat (GSPC), whorecently joined the Al-Qaedamovement, is believed to beresponsible. The attack marks aclear escalation in the capacity of theGSPC.

30-Oct-06 BuenaventuraColombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Explosives0 0 Insurgents from the Fuerzas ArmadasRevolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)launched explosives at theAdministrative Deparment ofSecurity (DAS) building inBuenaventura. The bomb fell on thefloor without detonating and onlyminor damage occurred. This is thefifth attack of this nature on the DASbuilding this year.

30-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives38 12 Four car bombs exploded inBaghdad, killing at least twelvecivilians and wounding upwards ofthirty-eight others. The attackstargeted two Shiite neighborhoods, abureau de change, and a bus. It isunclear if the attacks werecoordinated, however they likely hadsectarian motivations.Note, casualtynumbers are for all the attackscombined.



30-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives50 31 An explosive device detonated on astreet corner in the predominatelyShiite neighborhood of Sadr City inBaghdad, killing thirty-one peopleand wounding at least fifty others.The victims were mostly day laborerswaiting for work. Iraqi authoritiesstated that the explosion was causedby a car bomb, however witnessessaid that the blast appeared to havebeen caused by a device hidden in abag left on the corner. Attacks oncrowded, public areas are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

30-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 A car bomb detonated near YarmoukHospital in Baghdad, killing oneperson and wounding five others.Authorities noted that some of thevictims of an earlier attack on daylaborers in Sadr City were taken toYarmouk Hospital, however, it isunknown if the bombings werecoordinated. Attacks on medicalprofessionals are frequent in Iraq.

30-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Raad Naemal-Jaheshi, the leader of anorganization of former Iraqiprisoners, in the predominately SunniDoura district of Baghdad. As al-Jaheshi was Shiite, the attack mayhave also had sectarian motivations.

30-Oct-06 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 6 A car bomb targeting police near theSyrian border killed six policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

30-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen opened fire on police inBaqubah, killing two policemen andtwo civilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

30-Oct-06 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen attacked a housing complexat Basra University, wounding asecurity guard. Attacks oneducational institutions in general,and on educators in particular, arefrequent in Iraq, as militants attemptto disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

30-Oct-06 Khalis Iraq Unknown Explosives3 2 A bomb exploded on a bus carryingworkers in Khalis, killing two peopleand wounding three others. Attackson transportation networks arefrequent in Iraq.

30-Oct-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Police found the body of a policemanin Mosul. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

30-Oct-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives19 4 A suicide bomber wearing a policeuniform detonated his explosives atpolice headquarters in Mosul, killinghimself, two policemen, and a three-year-old girl. Nineteen others,including ten police, were woundedin the bombing. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

30-Oct-06 Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked a police station inBaiji, killing two policemen anddestroying a police vehicle. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

30-Oct-06 Suwayra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 6 Police found the bodies of sixpolicemen, all bearing gunshotwounds and signs of torture, in ariver in Suwayra. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

30-Oct-06 MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 6 Police found the bodies of sixcivilians, each bearing gunshotwounds and signs of torture, inMahmudiyah. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

30-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Dr. Isam al-Rawi, the head of the Association ofUniversity Instructors and a leadingmember of the Muslim ScholarsAssociation. Attacks on professionalsare frequent in Iraq; this attack alsolikely had sectarian motivations.

30-Oct-06 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 3 Gunmen attacked a convoy of privatesecurity vehicles, killing threepeople, including an Iraqi girl.Attacks on private security vehiclesand personnel are frequent in Iraq,as many private security firmsprotect foreign and local officials.


30-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Militants kidnapped Eleni Sotiriou, aGreek citizen and vice president ofGreece's Heart Doctors aidorganization. Sotiriou was in Iraq todeliver medicine to a Baghdadhospital. Upon returning to her hotelshe was abducted. Attacks onhumanitarian organizations and theiremployees are frequent in Iraq. On 4November, Sotiriou was releasedunharmed. Some reports, however,stated that she escaped from hercaptors.

30-Oct-06 Reghaia Algeria SalafistGroup forCall andCombat(GSPC)

Explosives0 0 The Salafist Group for Call andCombat (GSPC) launched a doubleattack on police stations in Algeria.Terrorist elements first opened fireon a police station in Reghaia beforea truck bomb detonated at thestations. No one was injured in theattack at Reghaia; however,significant damage was done to thebuilding. Three people were killed inthe Dergana attack, a suburb ofAlgiers. The Salafist Group for Calland Combat (GSPC), who recentlyjoined the Al-Qaeda movement, isbelieved to be responsible.

30-Oct-06 ChamparanIndia CommunistParty ofIndia-Maoists

Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded at the office of theForest Department in WestChamparan district on October 30.However, no one was injured by theblast. Members of the CommunistParty of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)were suspected to be responsible forthe attack.

30-Oct-06 Muang Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Sulaimee Cheloh, an auditor at Yala'sCooperative office, was shot andkilled by two gunmen, as he wasriding his motorcycle in Muangdistrict.

30-Oct-06 Bacho Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 A five kilogram explosive devicedetonated near a school as a groupof security officials were patrollingthe area. There were no reportedcasualties.

31-Oct-06 Gaza WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Unknown0 0 A Spanish aid worker, Roberto Villa,the mission chief of the NGOCooperation for Peace Assembly waskidnapped and held for seven hoursbefore his release.



Explosives0 0 The Al-Quds Brigades, military wingof the Islamic Jihad, fired two Quds 2rockets at Nativ Ha'asara.

31-Oct-06 Andar AfghanistanTaliban Explosives1 2 A suicide bomber blew himself up inAndar on October 31, killing onepolice officer and injuring another.The attack occurred outside theAndar District government offices; itis unclear whether the offices or thepolice officers were the bomber'starget. The Taliban claimedresponsibility for the incident.

31-Oct-06 Cordoba Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Explosives4 30 At least 450 insurgents from theFuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias deColombia (FARC) attacked a policestation in Tierradentro in Cordoba,Colombia, killing seventeen policeofficers, and three cilivilians. Tenmembers of FARC were also killed.The insurgents used gas-cylinderbombs, rockets, 40-mm grenades,machine guns, figles and short-rangeweapons in the assault. PresidentUribe responded by offering 2 millionpesos to those assisting in capturingeach assailant.

31-Oct-06 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 2 A roadside bomb targeting policekilled one policeman and a civilianand wounded two civilians. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

31-Oct-06 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A car bomb detonated near a convoyfrom the British consulate in Basra,damaging a vehicle. Witnessesstated that three British citizens werekilled in the explosion, however theclaim could not be confirmed.

31-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A roadside bomb targeting police inBaqubah detonated, killing onepoliceman and wounding two others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

31-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms4 2 Gunmen opened fire on police inwestern Baqubah, killing onepoliceman and a young boy, andwounding four police. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

31-Oct-06 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed NasratHassan, a policeman, in Samarra.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

31-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a warrantofficer in eastern Baghdad. Attackson police personnel are frequent inIraq.

31-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Ali Abdul-Kadhim, a police commando unitcommander, in eastern Baghdad.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

31-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Police discovered the bodies of fourmen and one woman, all bound andbearing gunshot wounds, in easternBaghdad. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

31-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 3 A bomb detonated in thepredominately Shiite district of SadrCity in Baghdad, killing three peopleand wounding five others. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations.Note, one media sourcereported that the bomb explodedoutside a family court; others statedthat the explosion occurred outside apopular restaurant.


Explosives3 1 A bomb targeting a police patroldetonated in the New Baghdad areaof the capital, killing one policemanand wounding three others. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for detonatingexplosives against a police patrol inBaghdad on this day.

31-Oct-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 8 Police found the bodies of eightcivilians, all bound and bearinggunshot wounds, in Baqubah. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations.

31-Oct-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen stopped at least fourteenvehicles and minibuses on a highwaynorth of Baghdad, separating theSunnis from the Shiites. Theperpetrators then kidnapped morethan forty Shiites. The victims'whereabouts are currently unknown.

31-Oct-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives19 23 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives at a wedding party inBaghdad, killing at least twenty-threepeople and wounding nineteenothers. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

31-Oct-06 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Sadoon Hassanal-Azawi, a senior judge in Tikrit,from his home in Samarra. Attackson judges are frequent in Iraq, asmany insurgents see them ascollaborating with the government.

31-Oct-06 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed HaidarMuhsin, a translator for US forces, infront of his home in Diwaniya.Attacks on those who work withcoalition forces, particularlytranslators, are frequent in Iraq.

31-Oct-06 MakhachkalaRussia Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified attackers usingautomatic weapons shot at the car ofShamil Chartayev, a member of theDagestani Parliament, as he wasdriving on the road from the Kaspiyhealth spa to the Kavkaz federalhighway in Dagestan'sKarabudakhkentskiy district. Therewere no injuries.

31-Oct-06 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 A bomb exploded at a teashop near amajor market in the Muang districton Tuesday, in what appears to beanother attack by the ongoingMuslim insurgency in Thailand'ssouthernmost provinces. Hidden inan icebox, the bomb weighed 5-kilograms and destroyed the entirebuilding that housed the teashop.There were no deaths, but threecustomers were severely injured.

1-Nov-06 Belfast NorthernIreland

Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Dissident Republicans are beingblamed for a series of firebombattacks on local retail stores onBoucher Road in Belfast. The attacktargeted a Homebase DIY store, aReid's Furniture store, and Smyth'sToy store. Fire crews were called tothe scene and it took over seventyofficers to extinguish the blaze. Oneperson was arrested in connectionwith the attack. DissidentRepublicans have stepped up attacksrecently in response to the upcomingNovember 24th deadline foragreement on devolution atStormont.

1-Nov-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Mosul detonated, woundingtwo policeman. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

1-Nov-06 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives3 7 Two suicide bombers attacked policepositions north of Ramadi, killingthemselves and five policemen, andwounding three other police. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq. Note,it is unclear if the incident was oneattack perpetrated by two bombersor two separate attacks.

1-Nov-06 Amarah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Aqeel FakhirKhalaf, a teacher at RasoolIntermediate School in Amarah.Attacks on professionals, particularlyteachers, engineers, and doctors, arefrequent in Iraq.

1-Nov-06 Rahsad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Militants kidnapped police MajorMohannad Saqiq Abbas while he wasvisiting relatives in Rahsad (250kilometers north of Baghdad).Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

1-Nov-06 Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 An explosive device targeting apolice vehicle detonated on thehighway to al-Dawrah, killing onepoliceman and wounding two others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

1-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed IzzaddinAbbas, a policeman, as he rode onhis motorcycle in central Baghdad.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Islamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for killing a policemannear al-Dakhiliyah Bridge in Baghdadon this day.

1-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 2 A bomb placed in the trunk of a taxiexploded at the Shurjah market inBaghdad, killing two people andwounding ten others. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.


Explosives9 6 A car bomb targeting a police patroldetonated in central Baghdad's Uqbabin Nafie Square, killing onepoliceman and five civilians, andwounding nine others, including twopolice. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility fordetonating a car bomb as a policepatrol passed in Baghdad on thisday.

1-Nov-06 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting theconvoy of the security advisor to thegovernor of Sallaheddine provincedetonated, wounding two of theadvisor's guards. Attacks ongovernment officials and their staffare frequent in Iraq.


Firearms3 0 Gunmen attacked the convoy ofHazim al-Hemedawi, the leader ofthe Iraqi National Party (a small,little-known political party) inBaghdad. The attack wounded al-Hemedawi and two of his guards.Attacks on political leaders arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed killing two high-rankingofficials in the Green Zone as theytraveled in Baghdad's al-Kam regionon this day. The group did not namethe officials.

1-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 2 A bomb exploded on board a bus insouthwest Baghdad, killing twopeople and wounding four others.Attacks on Iraq's transportationnetworks are frequent and oftenhave sectarian motivations.

1-Nov-06 Mosul Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed apolicewoman in Mosul. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for killing two police inMosul on this day.

1-Nov-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 The body of a police officer wasfound in Mosul. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

1-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped police ColonelKhalid Ibrahim in northern Baghdad.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

1-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 3 A bomb exploded on the Al-Jumhuriyah Bridge in centralBaghdad, killing three people andwounding three others. The devicereportedly targeted sport utilityvehicles often used by police andprivate security companies. It waslater discovered, however, that JudgeNa'im al-Uqayli, the president of theal-Karkh Criminal Court, was killed inthe bombing. It is unclear if theattack targeted al-Uqayli specificallyor the police-like vehicles he wastraveling in. Attacks against policeand judges are frequent in Iraq.

1-Nov-06 UdhampurKashmir Unknown Unknown1 1 A police officer was kidnapped alongwith two students in Udhampur onNovember 1. The officer and one ofthe students were rescued by thepolice the next day. The otherstudent was killed by the kidnappers.

2-Nov-06 FusagasugaColombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Explosives5 3 An explosion occured around 6pm ina jeep reversing out of a parking spotin Fusagasuga, leaving three deadand five injured. LocalCundinamarca Police CommanderWilson Laverde believes explosives inthe vehicle were accidentlydetonated ahead of time. Theintended target was believed to bethe police station.

2-Nov-06 Udaim Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Gunmen erected fake checkpoints inUdaim (north of Baqubah) and thenkilled five people in fuel trucks.Attacks on Iraq's oil industry andthose who support it are frequent.

2-Nov-06 Hillah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen stormed the home of HamidNaama, a member of the IslamicParty and legal advisor to the SunniEndowment, killing Naama and hisyoung daughter. Attacks ongovernment officials and their staffare frequent in Iraq.

2-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 3 Gunmen attacked a police patrol ineastern Baghdad, killing three policeand wounding two others. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

2-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives22 1 A bomb exploded in a popular meatmarket in the al-Jadidahneighborhood of Baghdad, killing oneperson and wounding twenty-twoothers.

2-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen shot and killed JasimMuhammad al-Dhahabi, the dean ofBaghdad University's Faculty ofAdministration and Economy, and hiswife and son. Attacks onprofessionals are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

2-Nov-06 MahmoudiyaIraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A car bomb exploded in a meatmarket in Mahmoudiya, killing oneperson and wounding four others.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

2-Nov-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 A sniper shot and wounded apoliceman near Kirkuk's policeheadquarters. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

2-Nov-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed SarkotHikmat Shawkat, a policeman whoprotected oil facilities in Kirkuk.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

2-Nov-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 Gunmen attacked a police patrol inBaqubah, killing two policemen andwounding two others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

2-Nov-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed Tariq AbidAli, a judge of Baqubah's criminalcourt, and his son as they left theirhome. Attacks on judges arefrequent in Iraq, as militants seethem as collaborating with thegovernment.

2-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives45 7 A bomb attached to a motorcycleexploded in a market in Sadr City, apredominately Shiite area ofBaghdad, killing seven people andwounding forty-five others. Attackson crowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

2-Nov-06 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen shot and killed an off-dutypoliceman in Fallujah. Americantroops then shot and killed threeperpetrators. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

2-Nov-06 Wihda Iraq Unknown Firearms2 3 Gunmen attacked a wedding party inWihda, south of Baghdad, killingthree people and wounding twoothers. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

2-Nov-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a preacherat the Sunni Al-Hajah SabriyahMosque in Kirkuk. Attacks onreligious officials are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations.

2-Nov-06 BaramullaKashmir Harkat ul-Mujahedin

Firearms0 1 Gunmen from Harkat ul-Mujahedin(HuM) shot and killed a formerSpecial Police Officer, PuneetpalSingh, in Baramulla. HuM accusedSingh of still working with a policespecial operations group, althoughthe Baramulla police denied thisclaim.

2-Nov-06 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 3 A time bomb in a vehiclemalfunctioned and exploded in frontof the Inspector General's office inQuetta. Two police officers and onecivilian were killed. The bombexploded early as it was on its way toan unknown location.

2-Nov-06 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb attached to a bicycle andmade from 18 kilograms ofexplosives was found and defused bythe police in front of a hotel inQuetta.

2-Nov-06 RautahatNepal JanatantrikTeraiMuktiMorcha(JTMM)

Explosives1 0 A bomb exploded at the RautahatDistrict Land Reform Office onNovember 2. Madan Krishna Upreti,the chief of the office, was injured inthe attack. The Maoist group,Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha(JTMM) claimed responsibility for theincident.

2-Nov-06 BanisalanPhilippinesMoroIslamicLiberationFront(MILF)

Firearms5 3 Police on the island of Mindanaoreport that Islamic militants openedfire on a crowd of civilians near atown hall in the town of Banisalan onThursday. Three people are reporteddead and five other sustainedinjuries.However, the local armycommander Brigadier GeneralNehemias Pajarito told reporters thatthe assailants were still unidentified.A spokesperson for the Moro IslamicLiberation Front denied that hisgroup was responsible for the attackand claimed instead that it wasconnected to a family feud and localpolitics.

3-Nov-06 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Police found the body of NajdatQasim al-Salihi, a member of theBoard of Trustees of the Iraqi HigherEducation Ministry and ScientificResearch. Al-Salihi and his driverhad been kidnapped a month earlier.His family reported paying a largeransom for his release. Note, theincident date listed is the date al-Salihi's body was found.

3-Nov-06 NumaniyahIraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint in Numaniyah. Policewere able to repel the attack,wounding two of the perpetratorsand arresting a third. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

3-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in the Doura neighborhood ofBaghdad detonated, wounding threecivilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

3-Nov-06 Madaen Iraq Unknown Explosives0 4 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Madaen (south of Baghdad)killed four policemen. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

3-Nov-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed SheikhNahhab Umran, a tribal chief of theAl-Sirwan tribe. Attacks on triballeaders are frequent in Iraq. Theattack may have also had sectarianmotivations.

3-Nov-06 Najaf Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed the guard ofthe Shahid al-Mihrab Shrine in Najaf.Attacks on religious institutions arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

3-Nov-06 ManathiraIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a bodyguardof Sadiq al-Hakim, a Shiite cleric, inthe town of Manathira (near Najaf).Attacks on religious figures and theirsecurity staff are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

3-Nov-06 Kifl Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a Shiitesheikh as he left his home in Kifl.Attacks on religious and triballeaders are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations.

3-Nov-06 Zab Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a gas stationemployee in Zab (south of Kirkuk).Attacks on oil infrastructure ingeneral and on gas stations and theiremployees in particular are frequentin Iraq, as insurgents attempt todisrupt one of the country's mostprofitable industries.

3-Nov-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in central Kirkuk wounded twopolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

3-Nov-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Ahmed al-Rashid, a correspondent for al-Sharqiya Television, in thepredominately Sunni Adamiyaneighborhood of Baghdad. Thestation reported that al-Rashid wasthe third employee to be killed sinceMarch 2003.

3-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 6 Four gunmen attacked a mosque inthe Hurriyah neighborhood ofBaghdad. An army platoonresponded to the attack, killing theperpetrators. Two civilians were alsokilled and an unspecified numberwounded. Attacks on religiousinstitutions are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

3-Nov-06 Udaim Iraq Unknown Explosives2 5 Several explosives targeting aconvoy of President Jalal Talabani'sguards detonated along theBaghdad-Kirkuk highway, killing fiveguards and wounding two others. Itis unclear if the attack was anassassination attempt, as PresidentTalabani was on a state visit toFrance at the time.

3-Nov-06 SherGarhi

Kashmir Unknown Explosives0 0 An improvised explosive device (IED)was found near the Sher Garhi policestation. The device was destroyedby the police.

3-Nov-06 Imphal India People'sUnitedLiberationFront(PULF)

Firearms0 1 Suspected gunmen from the People'sUnited Liberation Front (PULF) shotand killed Mohammed AmutombiGogimayum, a member of theNationalist Congress Party, in ImphalWest on November 3.

3-Nov-06 NorthWaziristan

Pakistan Taliban Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Suspected members of the Talibanbeheaded Maulvi Salahuddin, anIslamic cleric, and left his body with anote claiming that Salahuddin was aspy for the United States.

3-Nov-06 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Muslim insurgents murdered asecurity official for a local school inthe Muang district of Pattani in adrive-by shooting on Friday. The 45-year-old security official was shottwice in front of his home as he waswalking to his motorcycle to drive towork.Muslim insurgents in Thailand'ssouth continue to target civilians,police, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in their campaignto destabilize society and gainindependence from Thailand.

3-Nov-06 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 On Friday a school bus driver wascritically injured in a drive-byshooting by Muslim insurgents. Thetwo assailants were riding on amotorcycle. They fired four rounds atthe driver of a bus, which wascarrying 21 kindergarten students.Muslim insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians, police,educators, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in their campaignto destabilize society and gainindependence from Thailand.

3-Nov-06 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Insurgents are believed to beresponsible for the shooting death ofa 50-year-old Muslim on Friday in theBannang Sata district of Yala. Theman was murdered with an assaultrifle as he was resting in front of hishouse after attending prayers at alocal mosque.Muslim insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, police, educators, as well asreligious and community leaders intheir campaign to destabilize societyand gain independence fromThailand.

4-Nov-06 Bilbao Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Several unidentified individuals threwMolotov cocktails at the SocialistParty center in the Txurdinagaquarter of Bilbao. The blasts causedslight smoke damage to the wall ofthe premises, but there were noreported casualties.

4-Nov-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 A sniper shot and wounded apoliceman in Kirkuk as policeattempted to defuse a roadsidebomb. Attacks on police are frequentin Iraq.

4-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen stormed the home ofDhiya'a al-Din Mehdi Hussein, acriminal law professor atMustansriyah University, andkidnapped him. Attacks onprofessionals, particularly professors,are frequent in Iraq. This attack mayhave also had sectarian motivations.

4-Nov-06 Suwayra Iraq Unknown Explosives7 0 A bomb attached to a motorcycledetonated in a vegetable market inSuwayra, wounding seven people.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

4-Nov-06 YussifiyahIraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Gunmen in Yussifiyah (south ofBaghdad) attacked the vehicle of twoguards for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, wounding them. PrimeMinister Maliki was not present at thetime. Attacks on governmentofficials and their security staff arefrequent in Iraq.

4-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 2 A car bomb detonated near Sadr Cityin Baghdad, killing two people andwounding five others. Attacks inSadr City, a predominately Shiiteneighborhood of Baghdad, arefrequent and often have sectarianmotivations. This was one of only afew attacks in Iraq on this day, asmany cities around the country werelocked down in anticipation of averdict in the trial against formerPresident Saddam Hussein.

4-Nov-06 SouthWaziristan

Pakistan Unknown Firearms0 1 A member of a governmentcommittee that is responsible for theexpulsion of foreigners fromAfghanistan that are pro-Taliban wasshot and killed by unidentifiedgunmen in South Waziristan.

4-Nov-06 NorthWaziristan

Pakistan Unknown Firearms0 3 Three tribal members were shot andkilled by unidentified gunmen inNorth Waziristan.

4-Nov-06 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives6 0 (1 of 2 coordinated bombing)Musliminsurgents detonated two bombs atkaraoke clubs in the Tak Bai districtof Narathiwat on Saturday night.Disguised as customers, the bombersentered the karoake clubs earlier inthe night and hid the bombs. Localpolice were known to frequent theclubs and witnesses believe that theinsurgents were targeting the police.The two clubs were located onlyabout 450 meters apart.In total, sixpeople, including two police officers,were seriously injured by the blasts.

4-Nov-06 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives0 0 (2 of 2 coordinated bombing)Musliminsurgents detonated two bombs atkaraoke clubs in the Tak Bai districtof Narathiwat on Saturday night.Disguised as customers, the bombersentered the karoake clubs earlier inthe night and hid the bombs. Localpolice were known to frequent theclubs and witnesses believe that theinsurgents were targeting the police.The two clubs were located onlyabout 450 meters apart.In total, sixpeople, including two police officers,were seriously injured by the blasts.Muslim insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians, police,educators, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in their campaignto destabilize society and gainindependence from Thailand.

4-Nov-06 Tulunan PhilippinesUnknown Firearms0 0 According to a report from thePhilippine government, two humanrights workers were abducted byunidentified gunmen wearingcamouflage in the southern town ofTulunan on Saturday. The two youngwomen worked for a NGO known asthe Disaster Response Center basedin the southern city of Davao. Theywere investigating actions taken bythe government troops in a recentconflict with the communist NewPeople's Army. Thus far, no grouphas claimed responsibility for thekidnapping.

5-Nov-06 Hawija Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A bomb targeting a police patrol inHawija exploded, wounding twopolicemen and three civilians.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.This was one of only severalattacks in Iraq on this day, as severalcities around the country werelocked down in anticipation of a courtverdict against former PresidentSaddam Hussein.

5-Nov-06 GuwahatiIndia UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives25 13 A bomb exploded at a shopping areacalled Fancy Bazaar in Guwahati onNovember 5. At least 13 peoplewere killed and 25 others injured bythe blast. The bombing occurredsimultaneously with an explosionoutside of Guwahati. Police reportssuspected the United LiberationFront of Assam (ULFA) to beresponsible for both attacks.

5-Nov-06 GuwahatiIndia UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives3 0 At least three people were injuredwhen a bomb exploded just outsideGuwahati on November 5. Theexplosion was timed to occur at thesame time that a bomb killed at least13 people at Fancy Bazaar in thesame city. The police suspect theUnited Liberation Front of Assam(ULFA) to be responsible for the dualattacks.

5-Nov-06 WaziristanPakistan Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen kidnapped alocal administration official from apassenger van in Waziristan onNovember 5.

5-Nov-06 Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Four Qassam rockets were fired atSederot from the northern GazaStrip, with one landing near anoutdoor market.

5-Nov-06 YadMordechai

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired a Qassam rocket atthe Kibbutz Yad Mordechai. Noinjuries were reported.

6-Nov-06 Rome Italy Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device, which wasdetonated by telephone cable,exploded outside the offices of thefar-right wing group, Forza Nuovanear the center of Rome. The blastdamaged the building and vehiclesthat were parked nearby but therewere no reported casualties.

6-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked the Al-Fadimosque in Baghdad. Two otherSunni mosques were attacked inBaghdad on this day; it is unclear ifthe incidents were coordinated. Theperpetrators clashed with themosque's guards, however casualtynumbers were not reported.Attackson religious institutions are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.This was one of onlyseveral attacks in Iraq on this day, asseveral cities around the countrywere locked down after a Baghdadcourt sentenced former PresidentSaddam Hussein to death.

6-Nov-06 MahaweelIraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked a police station inMahaweel. Police responded andkilled two of the perpetrators. Nopolice casualties were reported.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq, however, this was one of onlyseveral attacks in Iraq on this day, asseveral cities around the countrywere locked down after a Baghdadcourt sentenced former PresidentSaddam Hussein to death.

6-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked the Sunni Al-Kubaysi mosque in Baghdad. Twoother Sunni mosques were attackedin Baghdad on this day; it is unclearif the incidents were coordinated.The perpetrators clashed with themosque's guards, however casualtynumbers were not reported. Attackson religious institutions are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.This was one of onlyseveral attacks in Iraq on this day, asseveral cities around the countrywere locked down after a Baghdadcourt sentenced former PresidentSaddam Hussein to death.

6-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked the Sunni Al-Muhajirin mosque in Baghdad. Twoother Sunni mosques were attackedin Baghdad on this day; it is unclearif the incidents were coordinated.The perpetrators clashed with themosque's guards, however casualtynumbers were not reported. Attackson religious institutions are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.This was one of onlyseveral attacks in Iraq on this day, asseveral cities around the countrywere locked down after a Baghdadcourt sentenced former PresidentSaddam Hussein to death.

6-Nov-06 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 3 Militants attempted to detonate abomb at the Rashan Mosque innorthern Iraq, however the deviceexploded early, killing three of theperpetrators. Attacks on religiousinstitutions are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.This was one of only several attacksin Iraq on this day, as several citiesaround the country were lockeddown after a Baghdad courtsentenced former President SaddamHussein to death.

6-Nov-06 Zormat AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 Five people associated with theInternational Organization forMigration (IOM), a non-governmentalorganization, were kidnapped byunidentified gunmen in Zormat onNovember 6. Two of the IOM workersare Afghan engineers and the restare foreigners. The group wastraveling in Zormat to conduct aconstruction survey for a schoolwhen they were kidnapped. Three ofthe workers were released onNovember 7, however the status ofthe remaining two is unknown.

6-Nov-06 HandwaraKashmir Unknown Firearms1 0 A police officer was injured whenshot at by unidentified gunmen nearHandwara.

7-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives25 21 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives inside a café in thepredominately Shiite Greyat districtof Baghdad, killing seventeen peopleand wounding twenty others. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations.

7-Nov-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Kirkuk. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

7-Nov-06 Samawa Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policelieutenant colonel outside his homein Samawa. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

7-Nov-06 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Explosives3 1 Badi Ul Zaman, the district chief ofTanai, was wounded as he traveledhome from his office when a suicidebomber blew himself up near thedistrict chief's car. The driver of thecar and Zaman's bodyguard werealso injured by the explosion.

7-Nov-06 BatticaloaSriLanka

Unknown Explosives8 0 Eight people were injured when agroup of unidentified men in a vanthrew bombs at an office associatedwith the Baduriya mosque inBatticaloa.

7-Nov-06 Kupwara Kashmir Unknown Unknown0 1 Militants killed a police constable athis home in Kupwara.

7-Nov-06 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Explosives4 0 Two police officers and two civilianswere injured when a hand grenadewas thrown at a Central ReservePolice Force (CRPF) camp in Srinagar.

7-Nov-06 AshqelonIsrael Unknown Explosives0 0 Four Qassam rockets were launchedfrom the Gaza Strip toward Ashqelon.No injuries were reported.

7-Nov-06 Yala Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Police blamed Muslim militants for anarson attack against a school in theBannang Sata district around two inthe morning on Tuesday. There wereno causalities, but the cafeteriabuilding was burnt to the ground.

7-Nov-06 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 42-year-oldMuslim man was shot dead bymilitants in a drive-by shooting onlate Tuesday. Muslim insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, police, educators, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings. The violence iscentral to their campaign todestabilize society and gainindependence from Thailand. Thislatest insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

7-Nov-06 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 47-year-old maleBuddhist teacher was murdered onTuesday by Muslim insurgents as hewas driving a motorcycle in broaddaylight.Muslim insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, police, educators, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings. The violence iscentral to their campaign todestabilize society and gainindependence from Thailand. Thislatest insurgency has been underwaysince January 2004.

7-Nov-06 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 43-year-oldBuddhist man was fatally shot byMuslim insurgents as he commutedto work on Tuesday morning inPattani.Muslim insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, police, educators, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings. The violence iscentral to their campaign todestabilize society and gainindependence from Thailand. Thislatest insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

7-Nov-06 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 36-year-oldMuslim man who worked as a schooljanitor was shot dead by twosuspected militants as he drove towork on Tuesday morning inNarathiwat. Muslim insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, police, educators, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings. The violence iscentral to their campaign todestabilize society and gainindependence from Thailand. Thislatest insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

7-Nov-06 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Police reported a failed attack onTuesday in the southern Thaiprovince of Narathiwat.Islamicinsurgents hid a 5 kilogramhomemade bomb in a motorcycleand attempted to detonate it when atrain arrived to receive passengers ata train station in the Joh Irongdistrict. A unit of soldiers uncoveredthe bomb in the motorcycle anddiscovered that the mobile phoneattached to the bomb indicated thata call had been made but failed totrigger the device.

8-Nov-06 T'kout Algeria SalafistGroup forCall andCombat(GSPC)


0 1 Members of the Salafist Group forCall and Combat (GSPC) beheadedan elderly Sheppard in T'kout, whichis located 80 km south of Batna. TheGSPC targeted the Sheppard becausehe earlier reported to the police thatthe GSPC confiscated one of hisanimals.

8-Nov-06 MuqdadiyaIraq Unknown Explosives6 4 A car bomb detonated in a busymarket in Muqdadiya, killing fourpeople and wounding six others.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

8-Nov-06 Samawa Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 An explosive device targeting apolice patrol detonated in Samawa,wounding four policemen. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

8-Nov-06 Khalis Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 Two policemen were killed innortheast Khalis. The tactic andweapon used are unknown. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

8-Nov-06 Hillah Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Sunni extremists destroyed twoShiite shrines in Hillah. Attacks onreligious shrines are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations. No casualties werereported.

8-Nov-06 Hillah Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Sunni extremists destroyed twoShiite shrines in Hillah. Attacks onreligious shrines are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations. No casualties werereported.

8-Nov-06 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives12 2 A bomb exploded outside a girls'school in Fallujah, killing twostudents and wounding twelveothers. Attacks on educationalinstitutions in general and educatorsin particular are frequent in Iraq.

8-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms4 1 Gunmen attacked a Shiite-ownedbakery in a predominately Sunni areaof western Baghdad, killing oneperson and wounding four others.Attacks on bakeries are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations, as bakers aretraditionally poor Shiites.

8-Nov-06 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 U.S. troops stormed a building inMuqdadiya and found a policemanblindfolded and shackled. Thepoliceman stated that he and twocolleagues had been kidnapped daysearlier, but that they had beenreleased after their families paid aransom. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq. Note, the incidentdate listed is the date the policemanwas found.

8-Nov-06 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policeofficer in Tikrit. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

8-Nov-06 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed two policelieutenants in Tikrit. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

8-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 3 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police checkpoint onPalestine Street in Baghdad, killinghimself and two policemen andwounding two others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

8-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 1 A car bomb detonated near the Nidamosque in Adhamiyah, apredominately Sunni area northeaston Baghdad, killing one person andwounding six others. Attacks onreligious institutions are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

8-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 A car bomb exploded near a policepatrol in the Baladiyat neighborhoodof eastern Baghdad, wounding fourpolice. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

8-Nov-06 MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Explosives28 6 A car bomb exploded in a popularmarket in Mahmudiyah, killing sixpeople and wounding twenty-eightothers. Attacks on crowded, publicareas, particularly markets, arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

8-Nov-06 MuqdadiyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen shot and killed fourrelatives, among them two policeofficers, in a village near Muqdadiya.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

8-Nov-06 Baiji Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Explosives3 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Baiji detonated, killing onepoliceman and wounding threeothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility fordetonating explosives targetingpolice in Baiji on this day.

8-Nov-06 Kut Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Kut wounded four membersof a police rapid reaction force.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

8-Nov-06 AwantiporaKashmir HizbulMujahideen(HM)

Explosives1 0 One person was injured when animprovised explosive device (IED)exploded on the railroad tracks inAwantipore on the day that the firstrail coach train was to travel inKashmir. The group HizbulMujahideen (HM) claimedresponsibility for the event, althoughit said that the IED attack resulted inthe death of soldiers.

8-Nov-06 Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives1 0 Palestinians fired two Qassamrockets from the Gaza Strip atSederot. One woman sustained lightshrapnel wounds. There were noreports of damage.

8-Nov-06 VavuniyaSriLanka


Explosives2 1 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) threw ahand grenade and shot at policeofficers at a police station inVavuniya. One officer was killed andtwo were injured.

8-Nov-06 Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinian militants fired fourQassam rockets from the Gaza Striptoward the Negev. No injuries ordamage were reported.

9-Nov-06 Amara Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Saddam Hussein'sFedayeen paramilitary force inAmara. Attacks on members ofHussein's former regime are frequentin Iraq.

9-Nov-06 MuqdadiyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen stormed a primary school inMuqdadiya just as classes werebeginning, killing a policeman, schoolguard, and a student. Attacks oneducational institutions are frequentin Iraq as insurgents attempt todisrupt the country's reconstruction.

9-Nov-06 Basra Iraq Unknown Unknown2 0 Militants attacked a policeman andhis guard in Basra, wounding themboth. Attacks on police are frequentin Iraq.

9-Nov-06 Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol near a Tal Afar marketdetonated, killing one policeman andwounding two civilians. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

9-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives18 3 An explosive device detonated ineastern Baghdad, killing three peopleand wounding eighteen others. Iraqimedia stated that the explosion wascaused by a suicide bombertargeting a group of civilians whohad gathered after a mortar attack inthe area. Other sources, however,stated that the attack was from a carbomb targeting a market. Attacks oncrowded, public areas are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

9-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives27 7 A car bomb detonated in the al-Qahira (Cairo) neighborhood ofnorthern Baghdad, killing sevenpeople and wounding twenty-sevenothers. The Associated Pressreported that the attack targetedpatrons of a commercial district,however another report stated thatthe bombing took place outside apassport office. Attacks on crowded,public areas are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

9-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives27 9 A suicide car bomber crashed hisvehicle into a group of people at aspare parts market in the Karradahdistrict of downtown Baghdad, killingnine people and wounding twenty-seven others. Attacks on crowded,public areas, particularly markets,are frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

9-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 An explosive device detonated nearthe Khandaq school in the Jadidahneighborhood of southeasternBaghdad, wounding four people.Attacks on educational institutionsare frequent in Iraq as insurgentsattempt to destabilize the country'sreconstruction.

9-Nov-06 Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 An explosive device targeting apolice patrol in Samarra detonated,wounding three policemen. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

9-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed a policecolonel and his driver as theytraveled on a highway in easternBaghdad. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

9-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives19 3 A bomb placed in the Haraj market inBaghdad's al-Bab al-Sharqi districtexploded, killing three people andwounding nineteen others. Attackson crowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

9-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policelieutenant colonel in centralBaghdad. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

9-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Gunmen kidnapped five day laborersfrom a site in Baghdad where theywait for work. Their bodies werelater found in the Doura district ofthe capital. Attacks on day laborerswere frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations as many areShiite.

9-Nov-06 Mosul Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Mosul. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for severalattacks on police in Mosul on thisday.

9-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Explosives4 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in central Baghdad detonated,wounding four people. The attackoccurred near a petrol station.Attacks on police, as well as gasstations, are frequent in Iraq.Ansaral-Sunnah claimed responsibility fortwo bombings that targeted police inBaghdad on this day.

9-Nov-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 5 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives near a mosque in the AbuGhraib district of Baghdad, killing fivepeople and wounding six others.Attacks on religious institutions arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

9-Nov-06 Sederot Israel PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Explosives0 0 Three Qassam rockets were fired intothe western Negev, with one hittingnear Sederot. The al-Quds Brigadesclaimed responsibility for the attacksas a preliminary response to Israeliactions in Bayt Hanun and Yamun inJenin.

9-Nov-06 Sederot Israel PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Explosives2 0 Two people were lightly injured whentwo Qassam rockets struck centralSederot. The al-Quds Brigades, thearmed wing of Palestine Islamic Jihad(PIJ), claimed responsibility for theattack.

9-Nov-06 Burlada Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 An office of the Spanish SocialistWorkers' Party (PSN-PSOE) wastargeted by unidentified assailants inBurlada, in Navarre province.Between one and three Molotovcocktails were thrown at the offices.The devices were similar to onesused later in the morning in Estella.Police believe the two attacks to beconnected.

9-Nov-06 KhammamIndia CommunistParty ofIndia-Maoists

Firearms0 1 A Congress party leader,Sreemanthula Seetarama, was shotand killed outside of his house inKhammam by suspected members ofthe Communist Party of India-Maoist(CPI-Maoist).

9-Nov-06 Yala Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 (1st of 8 coordinated bombingattacks)Police report that Islamicmilitants carried out a near-simultaneous bombing of six carshowrooms and two motorcycleshowrooms in Yala on Thursday justbefore noon. The bombs were placedin exhibition vehicles in showroomsthroughout the Muang district,including those of Isuzu, Nissan,Ford, and Mazda.The first explosionoccurred at a Isuzu showroom. Threecustomers were injured and a truckwas destroyed.Muslim insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, police, educators, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings and a bombingcampaign. The violence is central totheir campaign to destabilize societyand gain independence fromThailand. This latest insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.


1 0 (2 of 8 coordinated bombing attacks)Police report that Islamic militantscarried out a near-simultaneousbombing of six car showrooms andtwo motorcycle showrooms in Yalaon Thursday just before noon. Thebombs were placed in exhibitionvehicles in showrooms throughoutthe Muang district, including those ofIsuzu, Nissan, Ford, and Mazda.Thesecond explosion occurred at aHonda motorcycle showroom, whichseriously injured one woman. Staff atthe Honda showroom reportreceiving a phone call about fiveminutes before the attack that tippedthem off.Muslim insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, police, educators, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings and a bombingcampaign. The violence is central totheir campaign to destabilize societyand gain independence fromThailand. This latest insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.


9 0 (3 of 8 coordinated bombing attacks)Police report that Islamic militantscarried out a near-simultaneousbombing of six car showrooms andtwo motorcycle showrooms in Yalaon Thursday just before noon. Thebombs were placed in exhibitionvehicles in showrooms throughoutthe Muang district, including those ofIsuzu, Nissan, Ford, and Mazda, andtriggered remotely by mobile phone.Four people were injured in two ofthe blasts, while nine were injured inthe other six.A closed-caption TV inthe Ford showroom captured imagesof two Muslim teenagers coming intothe showroom that morning with abad and leaving shortly thereafterempty-handed.Muslim insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, police, educators, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings and a bombingcampaign. The violence is central totheir campaign to destabilize societyand gain independence fromThailand. This latest insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.


0 0 (4 of 8 coordinated bombing attacks)Police report that Islamic militantscarried out a near-simultaneousbombing of six car showrooms andtwo motorcycle showrooms in Yalaon Thursday just before noon. Thebombs were placed in exhibitionvehicles in showrooms throughoutthe Muang district, including those ofIsuzu, Nissan, Ford, and Mazda, andtriggered remotely by mobile phone.Muslim insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians, police,educators, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in drive-byshootings and a bombing campaign.The violence is central to theircampaign to destabilize society andgain independence from Thailand.This latest insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.


0 0 (5 of 8 coordinated bombing attacks)Police report that Islamic militantscarried out a near-simultaneousbombing of six car showrooms andtwo motorcycle showrooms in Yalaon Thursday just before noon. Thebombs were placed in exhibitionvehicles in showrooms throughoutthe Muang district, including those ofIsuzu, Nissan, Ford, and Mazda, andwere triggered remotely by mobilephone. Muslim insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, police, educators, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings and a bombingcampaign. The violence is central totheir campaign to destabilize societyand gain independence fromThailand. This latest insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.


0 0 (6 of 8 coordinated bombing attacks)Police report that Islamic militantscarried out a near-simultaneousbombing of six car showrooms andtwo motorcycle showrooms in Yalaon Thursday just before noon. Thebombs were placed in exhibitionvehicles in showrooms throughoutthe Muang district, including those ofIsuzu, Nissan, Ford, and Mazda, andwere triggered remotely by mobilephone.Muslim insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, police, educators, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings and a bombingcampaign. The violence is central totheir campaign to destabilize societyand gain independence fromThailand. This latest insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.


0 0 (7 of 8 coordinated bombing attacks)Police report that Islamic militantscarried out a near-simultaneousbombing of six car showrooms andtwo motorcycle showrooms in Yalaon Thursday just before noon. Thebombs were placed in exhibitionvehicles in showrooms throughoutthe Muang district, including those ofIsuzu, Nissan, Ford, and Mazda, andwere triggered remotely by mobilephone.Muslim insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, police, educators, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings and a bombingcampaign. The violence is central totheir campaign to destabilize societyand gain independence fromThailand. This latest insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.


0 0 (8 of 8 coordinated bombing attacks)Police report that Islamic militantscarried out a near-simultaneousbombing of six car showrooms andtwo motorcycle showrooms in Yalaon Thursday just before noon. Thebombs were placed in exhibitionvehicles in showrooms throughoutthe Muang district, including those ofIsuzu, Nissan, Ford, and Mazda, andwere remotely detonated by mobilephone.Muslim insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, police, educators, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings and a bombingcampaign. The violence is central totheir campaign to destabilize societyand gain independence fromThailand. This latest insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

9-Nov-06 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 49-year-oldBuddhist man was fatally shot onThursday morning by Muslimmilitants as he rode his motorcycle towork.Muslim insurgents in Thailand'ssouth continue to target civilians,police, educators, as well as religiousand community leaders in drive-byshootings and a bombing campaign.The violence is central to theircampaign to destabilize society andgain independence from Thailand.This latest insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

10-Nov-06

YussifiyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 14 Gunmen stormed two homes inKwerisha village, near Yussifiyah, andabducted fourteen people. Theirbodies were later found dumped in afield. The attack likely had sectarianmotivations.

10-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device targeting apolice patrol in Baghdad detonated,but did not result in casualties.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

10-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen abducted the director of Al-Sulaykh police station in Baghdad ashe was on patrol. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

10-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A gunman attacked a policeman inBaqubah, but was shot and killedbefore he could cause any harm.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

10-Nov-06

DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a member ofSaddam Hussein's Baath party inDiwaniya. Attacks on members ofHussein's former regime are frequentin Iraq.

10-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Armed men kidnapped a policelieutenant colonel in northernBaghdad. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

10-Nov-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Mala Akram,a member of the Mosul FatwaCommittee of the Executive Office onthe Kurdistan Religious ScholarsUnion. Attacks on religious figuresare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

10-Nov-06

Pulwama Kashmir HizbulMujahideen(HM)

Explosives50 5 A man, identified as Nabi, threw agrenade outside of a mosque inPulwama, targeting Mualana AbdulRashid Dawoodi, a religious leader ofthe Barelvi sect. Five people werekilled and at least 50 were injured bythe explosion. Dawoodi was amongthe injured. The attacker wasidentified after he was captured bythe police. Nabi claims that hecarried out the attack on orders fromthe group Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).However, HM has issued a statementdenying that it ordered the attack.

10-Nov-06

Assam India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives5 2 A police officer and a civilian werekilled when an improvised explosivedevice (IED) exploded near twoCentral Reserve Police Force (CRPF)patrol vehicles. The blast alsoinjured five other people. The UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA)claimed responsibility for theincident.

10-Nov-06


Explosives1 0 A police guard was injured whensuspected members of the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA)threw a grenade at the house of theNagaon Superintendent of Police.The superintendent was not injured,however.

10-Nov-06


Explosives0 0 Suspected members of the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA)threw a grenade at a police postlocated at the Assam border withArunachal. No one was injured,however.

10-Nov-06

Wana Pakistan Unknown Explosives4 9 An improvised explosive device (IED)that was placed along a road nearWana exploded as a vehicle carryingan opponent of the Taliban drove by.Nine people were killed by the blast,including Malik Khajan, who wasidentified as being pro-governmentand in opposition to the Taliban. Atleast four others were injured.

10-Nov-06

Razmak Pakistan Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen opened fire ona pro-government tribal elder, MalikKhan Asghar, as he was traveling toRazmak by car. No one was injuredin the attack, however.

10-Nov-06

Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket fired from the GazaStrip landed in the western Negev.

10-Nov-06

Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets landed in openareas of the western Negev, causingno casualties or damage.

10-Nov-06

Bilbao Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Two radical youths were arrestedafter attacking police officers inBilbao. The two perpetratorssprayed two officers with petrol andaerosol before attempting to setthem on fire. As they were escaping,the assailants threw a Molotovcocktail at a police patrol car. Boththe assailants were arrested. Thisattack came right after ademonstration organized by aBasque separatist youth organizationin Bilbao.

10-Nov-06

Estella Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Six Molotov cocktails were thrown atthe courts in the town of Estella,though they did not explode. Theonly damages caused were petrolstains left on the building's wall.These devices were similar to thoseused in Burlada earlier in theevening.

10-Nov-06

Kharan Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded outside of theoffice of a government official inKharan on November 10. However,no one was injured by the blast. Thegovernment official was notidentified.

11-Nov-06

Kirkuk Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Explosives4 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Kirkuk detonated, woundingfour policemen. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnahclaimed responsibility for targeting apolice patrol in Kirkuk with explosiveson this day. The group claimed thatthree police were killed.

11-Nov-06

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 10 Armed militants set up fakecheckpoints along a highway south ofBaghdad and stopped severalminivans transporting passengers.At least ten people were killed andan unknown number were abducted.News organizations varied in theirreporting of the kidnapped travelers:some stated that upwards of fifty-eight people were abducted, whileothers said the number was onlythirteen. The attack occurred in apredominately Sunni area along thehighway that leads from Baghdad toNajaf, the site of the holiest Shiiteshrine in Iraq. Shiite travelers havebeen targeted by Sunni extremists inthis region in the past.

11-Nov-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Kirkuk detonated, woundingthree civilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

11-Nov-06

ZaghinyaIraq IslamicState ofIraq

Explosives0 3 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police station inZaghinya, north of Baqubah, killinghimself and two other people.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Islamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for the attack.

11-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed an Iraqiintelligence officer as he drove hiscar in southwest Baghdad. Attackson government officials are frequentin Iraq.

11-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives38 8 Two bombs hidden under parked carsexploded in Hafidh al-Qadhi Squarein downtown Baghdad, killing eightpeople and wounding thirty-eightothers. The explosions occurred neara central market. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq.

11-Nov-06

Tinsukia India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives0 0 A bomb explosion destroyed part of agas pipeline in Tinsukia owned by theOil India Limited (OIL) company. Noone was injured in the attack.Members of the United LiberationFront of Assam (ULFA) are suspectedto be responsible for the bombing.

11-Nov-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Two Thai policemen patrolling onmotorcycles near the border withMalaysia in Yala province were shotdead by Islamic insurgents onSaturday. The assailants mutilatedthe officers' bodies by smashingtheir heads with large knives andstole their guns before fleeing thescene.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, police, educators, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings and bombings.The violence is central to theircampaign to destabilize society andgain independence from Thailand.This latest insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

11-Nov-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 On Saturday, police reported that a59-year-old Muslim village chief wasshot dead in a drive-by shooting nearhis house by Islamic insurgents.These insurgents frequentlyassassinate local community leadersthat support the Thai centralgovernment.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, police, educators, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings and bombings.The violence is central to theircampaign to destabilize society andgain independence from Thailand.This latest insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

11-Nov-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Islamic militants opened fire on alocal teahouse around midnight onSaturday killing one 33-year-oldMuslim man and injuring his 23-year-old brother. The militants drove bythe teashop on motorcycles andopened fire at the six men inside.They also tossed a grenade at theshop before fleeing the scene.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians, police,educators, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in drive-byshootings and bombings. Theviolence is central to their campaignto destabilize society and gainindependence from Thailand. Thelatest insurgency has been underwaysince January 2004.

12-Nov-06

Kirkuk Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed the directorof the main electricity power stationin Kirkuk. Attacks on utilityinstallations and their employees arefrequent in Iraq as insurgentsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.Ansar al-Sunnahclaimed responsibility for the attack.The group named the victim asAbdullah Hamzah.

12-Nov-06

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policeconvoy wounded police colonelAbbas al-Dulaimi, the head of the US-Iraqi Joint Coordination Center inTikrit. Attacks on police are frequentin Iraq.

12-Nov-06

YussifiyahIraq Unknown Explosives15 3 A car bomb exploded near a primaryschool in Yussifiyah, killing threepeople and wounding fifteen others,including students. Iraqi mediasources, however, reported that theschool was closed at the time of theattack. Attacks on educationalinstitutions are frequent in Iraq asinsurgents attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

12-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Explosives58 35 Two suicide bombers simultaneouslydetonated their explosives amongpolice recruits outside a policestation near Nissur Square in westernBaghdad, killing thirty-five peopleand wounding fifty-eight others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq, yet this incident may have alsohad sectarian motivations, as policerecruits tend to be Shiite.The IslamicState of Iraq claimed responsibilityfor a suicide attack in Baghdad on anunholy crowd or volunteers fromagencies of apostasy of the Safawi[in reference to Iran] government.The claim only mentioned onesuicide bomber. It is unclear if thestatement refers to the attack onpolice recruits.

12-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Gunmen opened fire on a vehiclecarrying police Brigadier GeneralAbd-al-Muttalib Hassan Abbood, thedirector of Baghdad's traffic policedirectorate, lightly wounding him andhis driver. The Associated Pressreported that Abbood is responsiblefor a department that registersvehicles that is widely considered tobe corrupt.

12-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Explosives7 3 An explosive device detonated nearTaiyran Square in Baghdad's Fanarahneighborhood. Several minuteslater, as onlookers and police arrivedat the scene, a second deviceexploded. Three people were killed,including a policeman, and sevenwounded, two police among them.Coordinated attacks that targetpolice and first responders arefrequent in Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnahclaimed responsibility for acoordinated attack targeting police inBaghdad on this day.

12-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 2 A car bomb exploded inside apopular market in Baghdad'sKarradah district, killing two peopleand wounding seven others. Attackson crowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq.

12-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen stormed a gas station inBaghdad and kidnapped eighteenmen. They then killed four of themand released the other fourteen.Attacks on the oil industry in generaland gas stations in particular arefrequent in Iraq, however this attackalso likely had sectarian motivations.

12-Nov-06

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Police found the body of Awwad al-Shimmary, the leader of a policeforce tasked with protecting a powerfacility, along the Kut-Baghdadhighway. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

12-Nov-06

Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets struck thewestern Negev, landing in openareas.

12-Nov-06

Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinian militants launched aQassam rocket at a residentialneighborhood in Sederot.

12-Nov-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Police report that a 52-year-oldBuddhist man was shot dead and hiswife was critically injured in a drive-by shooting committed by Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southernprovince of Narathiwat. The attackoccurred around noon as the couplewere riding their motorcycle. Theman was hit with three rounds froman 11 mm pistol and died at thescene.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, police, educators, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings and bombings.The violence is central to theircampaign to destabilize society andgain independence from Thailand.The latest insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

12-Nov-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 33-year-oldtimber worker was murdered byIslamic insurgents in his home in Yalalate Sunday night. The authoritiesbelieve that he was killed in order toprevent him from sharing informationabout the insurgency with the police.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

13-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A car bomb exploded near theIranian embassy and the GreenZone, the heavily fortified area ofBaghdad that houses the Iraqigovernment and the US and Britishembassies, wounding one civilianand damaging nearby vehicles. Theattack may have had sectarianmotivations.

13-Nov-06


Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed Kamil Salihal-Shaykhil, the director of the publictraffic directorate's auditingdepartment, and his driver as theydrove in the Al-Waziriyahneighborhood of Baghdad. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for killing two policeofficers in Baghdad on this day.

13-Nov-06

Mosul Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms1 1 Gunmen shot and killed Mohammedal-Ban, a cameraman for Al-Sharqiyah, an Iraqi satellite televisionstation, as he left his home in Mosul.The attack wounded al-Ban's wife.Al-Ban was the second Al-Sharqiyahemployee to be killed in recentweeks.The Islamic State of Iraqclaimed responsibility for the attack,stating that al-Ban publishednewspapers for the Kurdish party andoccupation forces in Mosul.

13-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives18 20 An explosive device detonated on aminibus traveling through apredominately Shiite neighborhoodof Baghdad, killing at least elevenpeople and wounding eighteenothers. The bomb exploded just afterthe bus passed through a busyintersection. Attacks ontransportation networks are frequentin Iraq and many times havesectarian motivations.Note, severalnews organizations reported that theblast was caused by a suicidebomber, however this could not beconfirmed. Casualty numbers alsovaried.

13-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen opened fire on one of VicePresident Adel al-Mahdi's bodyguardsas he traveled in west Baghdad. Theattack killed the guard and woundedtwo other people. Attacks ongovernment officials and members oftheir staff are frequent in Iraq.

13-Nov-06


Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policeofficer in Mosul. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.The Islamic Stateof Iraq claimed responsibility forkilling several police in Mosul on thisday.

13-Nov-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Unknown0 4 Militants killed four male primaryschool teachers as they drove inKirkuk. Attacks on educationalinstitutions and educators arefrequent in Iraq as insurgentsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

13-Nov-06

Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policeofficer outside his home in Kut.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

13-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Gunmen shot and killed fiveemployees of Iraq's state-owned oilcompany in Baghdad. Attacks on theoil industry and its employees arefrequent in Iraq as insurgentsattempt to disrupt one of thecountry's most profitable industries.

13-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen stormed the home of policeMajor Maher Moussa, the commanderof the Rashad police station inBaghdad, and kidnapped him.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

13-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped police MajorMuhammad Salim from centralBaghdad and killed him. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

13-Nov-06

WaziriyahIraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen shot and killed AssimMahmoud Abbas, a council memberin Diyala province. One of Abbas'fellow council members waswounded in the attack. Attacks ongovernment officials are frequent inIraq.

13-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Namis Karim,a Sunni sheikh, as he traveled to amosque in Baqubah. Attacks onreligious leaders are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations.

13-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint in Baqubah, killing apoliceman and wounding two others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

13-Nov-06

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Militants attacked and destroyed theoffice of the Iraqi Consensus Front inthe Al Aazamiya region of Iraq.Attacks on government buildings andpolitical parties are frequent in Iraq.

13-Nov-06

Bak AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot at andkilled a government investigator ashe was driving in his car in Bak onNovember 13. The investigator wasidentified as Mr. Golbaz.

13-Nov-06

Gorbaz AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 Three security guards with a roadconstruction company werekidnapped by unidentified gunmenfrom the company's headquarters onNovember 13.

13-Nov-06

Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives15 2 Two people were killed and 15 othersinjured when a bomb attached to abicycle exploded in Quetta.

13-Nov-06

Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were launchedat Sederot, landing outside the city.

13-Nov-06

ZumarragaSpain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unknown assailants attempted to setfire to a Socialist Party of the BasqueCountry (PSE-EE) social center inZumarraga, in Guipuzcoa province.The perpetrators used flammableliquid to light the front door of thecenter. Damages were caused to thedoor, but there were no reportedcasualties.

13-Nov-06

GuwahatiIndia UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives3 0 Suspected members of the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA)threw a grenade at the home of theSuperintendent of Police in Guwahati.One police officer and two civilianswere injured.

13-Nov-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms2 0 Police report that a 39-year-oldvillager and his 9-year-old daughterwere wounded in a drive-by shootingthat occurred in front of a publichealth clinic in the Than district ofYala on Monday. Islamic insurgentsare believed to be responsible for theattack.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

13-Nov-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms2 0 Police report that a 39-year-oldvillager and his 9-year-old daughterwere wounded in a drive-by shootingthat occurred in front of a publichealth clinic in the Than district ofYala city on Monday. Islamicinsurgents are believed to beresponsible for the attack.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

13-Nov-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 27-year-oldrubber planter was murdered by twosuspected Islamic insurgents in adrive-by shooting during his drivehome on Monday afternoon.Theshooting occurred in the Rusodistrict. The victim was hit with fiverounds from a 9 mm pistol and diedlater at the hospital.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

14-Nov-06

FakhmayaIraq Unknown Firearms0 7 Gunmen ambushed a passenger busnear Fakhmaya, a town east ofBaghdad near the Iranian border,killing seven people. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

14-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policelieutenant outside his home inBaqubah. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for killinga police officer, identified as Nabil, inthe New Baqubah area.

14-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms1 3 Gunmen attacked a police patrol inBaqubah, killing three policemen andwounding one. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed one offormer Prime Minister Iyad Allawi'sbodyguards as he returned to hishome in west Baghdad. Attacks ongovernment officials and their staffare frequent in Iraq.

14-Nov-06

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives10 0 A car bomb exploded in central Tikrit,wounding three policemen and sevencivilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Nov-06

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives6 1 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives near police in Tikrit, killinghimself and wounding threepolicemen and three civilians.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

14-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives21 2 A car bomb detonated in Sadr City, aShiite district of Baghdad, killing atleast two people and woundingtwenty-one others. The attack likelyhad sectarian motivations.Note,other media sources reported that asmany as twenty-one people werekilled and twenty-five injured in theattack.

14-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 2 A bomb detonated inside a Baghdadbus station, killing two people andwounding ten others. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

14-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives25 10 A bomb exploded in central Baghdadnear the Shurja market, killing tenpeople and wounding twenty-fiveothers. Attacks on crowded, publicareas, particularly markets, arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

14-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen wearing police uniformsstormed the Ministry of HigherEducation in Baghdad and kidnappedas many as 150 people, includingemployees, visitors, and the deputygeneral director. The perpetratorsarrived in upwards of thirty sportutility vehicles after clearing thearea, stating that they wereproviding security for a visit by the U.S. Ambassador. They then enteredthe building, separated the men fromthe women, and then led the menaway in handcuffs. Estimates of thenumber of victims varied greatly.The U.S. military reported that onlyfifty-five people were abducted,however others put the numbermuch higher. It was also reportedthat the victims were not from asingle sect, as they often are insectarian attacks. The AssociatedPress speculated that the attack wascarried out in response to thekidnapping of fifty Shiites travelingon minibuses near Latifiyah on 11November. Authorities laterarrested the police chief of Karradadistrict and five other senior officers.Five subordinates were also arrestedin connection with the kidnapping.Iraqi state media reported on 14November that most of the victimshad been released unharmed.However, it appeared that theseclaims were false. Two days afterthe attack, Abed Theyab, the Ministerof Higher Education, stated thateighty people were still being held.On 23 November, Iraqi mediareported that Abd-al-SalamSuwaydan Ghafur al-Mashhadani, anofficial responsible for scholarships atthe Ministry who was among thosekidnapped on 14 November, wasfound dead.On 6 December,authorities stated that fifty-sixpeople were still missing after theattack. However, an anonymousofficial stated on 19 December thatas many as sixty-five victims wereunaccounted for. DPA also reportedthat some of the hostages' bodieshad been found bearing signs oftorture. Several of the victims'families announced that they wouldstage a protest in front of theministry until their loved ones werefound.

14-Nov-06

Atrai BangladeshUnknown Explosives10 0 A bomb exploded in a mosque inAtrai on November 14. At least 10people were injured by the blast.

14-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 3 A car bomb exploded outside arestaurant in west Baghdad, killingthree people and wounding sevenothers. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

14-Nov-06

Kut Iraq Unknown Unknown0 3 Militants killed three policemen inKut. Attacks on police are frequentin Iraq.

14-Nov-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Kirkuk detonated, killing oneperson and wounding four others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

14-Nov-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen shot and killed a barber andwounded two of his customers inKirkuk. Attacks on barbers arefrequent in Iraq as extremists believethat shaving men's beards and givingwestern haircuts violate Islamic law.

14-Nov-06

Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Unknown7 2 Militants attacked a police patrol in avillage north of Baghdad, killing twopolice and wounding seven others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Islamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for detonatingexplosives that targeted police in theal-Talibiyah area of Baghdadprovince on this day.

14-Nov-06

Ninawa Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen shot and killed three officersof the State Buildings Protectionforce in Ninawa province. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

14-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint in southern Baqubah,killing one policeman and woundinganother. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Nov-06

Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired at aNegev kibbutz, cuasing heavydamage to a local factory but noinjuries.

14-Nov-06

AshqelonIsrael Al-AqsaMartyrsBrigade

Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was launched atopen fields in the southern part ofAshqelon. No injuries or damage wasreported. The al-Aqsa MartyrsBrigade claimed responsibility. Theal-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade is oftenassociated with Fatah, but therelationship is not always clear.

14-Nov-06

Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Three rockets landed in Sederot,causing some damage to property,but no injuries.

14-Nov-06

ImphalWest

India People'sRevolutionaryParty ofKangleipak

Explosives0 0 A hand grenade blew up in the houseof Manipur's Chief Minister in ImphalWest, although there were noinjuries. The People's RevolutionaryParty of Kangleipak (PREPAK)claimed responsibility for the attack.

14-Nov-06

Srinagar Kashmir Jamiat ul-Mujahedin(JuM)

Explosives15 0 The Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) camp in Srinagar was hit withgrenades and a car bomb onNovember 14. At least 15 peoplewere injured by the explosions,including four CRPF officials, twopolice officers, and nine civilians.Jamiat-ul-Mujahedin (JuM) claimedresponsibility for the attack.

14-Nov-06

BaramullaKashmir HizbulMujahideen(HM)

Explosives11 0 Eleven people were injured when animprovised explosive deviceexploded at a bus stand inBaramulla. Those injured includedthree military officers and eightcivilians. It was unclear if the officerswere the intended target of theattack. Hizbul Mujahideen (HM)claimed responsibility for theincident.

14-Nov-06

Sibsagar India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives0 0 Suspected members of the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA)detonated an improvised explosivedevice at a crude oil pipeline inSibsagar owned by the Oil IndiaLimited (OIL) company. No one wasinjured by the explosion.

14-Nov-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Police report that a 53-year-oldMuslim religious teacher was killedby Islamic insurgents in a drive-byshooting late Tuesday afternoon. Theman's 9-year-old nephew was alsowounded in the attack.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

15-Nov-06


Firearms3 2 Armed men attacked a vehiclecarrying construction workers inMosul, killing two and woundingthree others. Attacks onconstruction workers are frequent inIraq as insurgents attempt to disruptthe country's reconstruction.TheIslamic State of Iraq claimed anattack on collaborators and spiesworking for the benefit of thecrusader army in west Mosul on thisday. It is unclear if this refers to theattack on the construction workers,however construction workers areoften targeted for working on US-sponsored projects.

15-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen fired on the vehicle ofSallamah al-Khafaji, an advisor at thePrime Minister's office, as he traveledin western Baghdad, killing a civilianand wounding one of al-Khafaji'sguards. Attacks on governmentofficials and members of their staffare frequent in Iraq.

15-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives15 3 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a funeral procession insouthern Baghdad, killing threepeople and wounding fifteen others.The attack likely had sectarianmotivations.

15-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Lama Riyad,a journalist for the al-Dustournewspaper, in Baqubah. Riyad hadreported that she received deaththreats warning her to stop working.Gunmen shot and killed anotherjournalist in Mosul on this day. FadiaTai, an editor for al-Masar magazine,was killed along with her driver.

15-Nov-06


Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed Fadia Tai, aneditor for al-Masar, a weeklynewspaper, and her driver as she lefther home in western Mosul. Gunmenshot and killed another journalist inBaqubah on this day. Lama Riyad, ajournalist for the al-Dustournewspaper, was attacked afterreceiving death threats warning herto stop working.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for theattack, stating that al-Masar is knownfor its collaboration with theCrusaders. It should be noted thatthe group reported that the attackoccurred on 14 November.

15-Nov-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a trafficpoliceman in Kirkuk. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

15-Nov-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device targeting theconvoy of Abd-al-Rahman Mustafa,the governor of Kirkuk, detonated,however did not cause injury ordamage. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

15-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives33 11 A car bomb detonated at a fuelstation in central Baghdad, killingeleven people and wounding thirty-three others. The explosion occurredclose to the Interior Ministry, afrequent target of attacks itself.Attacks on the oil industry and gasstations are frequent in Iraq asinsurgents attempt to disrupt one ofthe country's most profitableindustries.

15-Nov-06

GolbaharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 1 A suicide bomber died when hedetonated his explosives to evadecapture by the police in Golbahar inParwan Province. The bomber'sintended target is unknown.

15-Nov-06

Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives1 1 An Israeli woman was killed and aman seriously wounded in a Qassamrocket attack on Sederot.Palestinians fired seven rockets inthe attack.

15-Nov-06

Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Four Qassam rockets were launchedat an area north of Sederot. Noinjuries were reported.

15-Nov-06

AshqelonIsrael Unknown Explosives0 0 Five rockets landed in open territorynear Ashqelon, damaging onebuilding and a number of cars, butcausing no injuries.

15-Nov-06

Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives4 0 A Qassam rocket attack on Sederotseriously injured a 17 year-oldresident and lightly wounded threeothers.

15-Nov-06

Hub Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Four pylons of high-powertransmission lines were bombed inHub, disrupting the power supply tothe town of Jamshoro. The bombswere described as powerful timedevices. No one was injured in theincident.

15-Nov-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Police report that suspected Islamicmilitants shot and killed a localgovernment official as he was ridinghis motorcycle with his 5-year-olddaughter. The official's daughtersustained injuries, but was not killed.The official was a Muslim. Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

15-Nov-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Over 40 schools in southern Thailandclosed on Thursday after a 33-year-old assistant school principal wasmurdered in a drive-by shooting asshe left the school on Wednesdayafternoon. The attack occurred in theRuso district of Narathiwat. Islamicinsurgents, who are increasinglytargeting schools and educators, arebelieved responsible for the attack.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

16-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A car bomb detonated near a gasstation on Palestine Street innortheast Baghdad, killing oneperson and wounding four others.Attacks on the oil industry and gasstations are frequent in Iraq asinsurgents attempt to destabilize oneof the country's most profitableindustries.

16-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 A bomb attached to a bicycledetonated at a gas station in the al-Amil neighborhood of Baghdad,killing one person and woundinganother. Attacks on oil installationsand gas stations are frequent in Iraqas insurgents attempt to disrupt oneof the country's most profitableindustries.

16-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A roadside bomb detonated nearBaghdad's al-Shurjah market, killingone person and wounding threeothers. Attacks on crowded, publicareas, particularly markets, arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

16-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen killed a policeman inBaghdad. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

16-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Baghdad detonated, killingone policeman and woundinganother. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnahclaimed responsibility for detonatingexplosives that targeted police nearal-Andalus Square in Baghdad'sKarradah district on this day. TheIslamic State of Iraq also claimedresponsibility for a similar attack.

16-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 9 Gunmen stormed a bakery inBaghdad, killing nine people andwounding two others. Attacks onbakeries are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations asbakers are traditionally Shiite.

16-Nov-06


Firearms4 1 Gunmen attacked the convoy ofDurayd Kashmulah, the governor ofMosul, killing one of his guards andwounding four others. Attacks onsenior government officials arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for firingon the governor's security detail onthis day. The group stated that fiveguards were killed.

16-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 2 A car bomb detonated near a courton Palestine Street, killing two peopleand wounding five others. Attackson courts and government buildingsare frequent in Iraq.

16-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen hijacked six microbuses inthe predominately Shiite district ofal-Kazimiya in west Baghdad andkidnapped the passengers. Newssources estimated that upwards ofsixty people had been abducted aseach vehicle could carry elevenpassengers. Iraq television reportedfinding dozens of bodies shortly afterthe attack, however it is unclear ifthey were of those who had beenkidnapped. Attacks ontransportation networks are frequentin Iraq and many times havesectarian motivations.

16-Nov-06

CopenhagenDenmark Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 An unknown assailant perpetrated anarson attack against an Islamiccultural center in Copenhagen. Theperpetrator set fire to a garbage bag,which was placed near the front doorto the center. The fire extinguisheditself, causing only minor damagesand no casualties. Graffiti that waspainted at the scene read, Mullahterror and Islam terror.

16-Nov-06

Mach Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded on a railroad trackbetween Mach and Hirak, disruptingrail transportation. No one wasinjured, however.

16-Nov-06

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen wearing Iraqi policeuniforms ambushed a convoy andkidnapped five security contractors,four Americans and an Austrian. Themen work for the Crescent SecurityGroup, a firm based in Kuwait. Theattack occurred on a highway nearSafwan, a predominately Sunni cityin the majority-Shiite south.The dayafter the attack, media sourcesreported that several of the hostageshad been found and that at least onehad been killed. These reports laterturned out to be false.On 19 and 20November, British and Iraqi forcesraided homes in Zubair, apredominately Sunni areaapproximately twenty miles south ofBasra, and arrested four peoplesuspected of being involved in theabduction. In late December, a videoof the men was shown to HannahAllam, a reporter for McClatchyNewspapers. A presumed secondvideo showed all five men, howeverappeared to have been tapedseparately and then edited, leadingsome to speculate that the men maybe in different locations. Thehostages state the date as 21 and 22December and identify themselvesas Americans John Young, Jonathan(Jon) Cote, Josh Munz, Paul Reuben,and Austrian Bert Nussbaumer. JohnCote stated, I can't be released untilthe prisoners from the American jailsand the British jails are released.The video showed a title reading, theNational Islamic Resistance in Iraq.The Furkan Brigades. The captivityoperation was done in the Safwandistrict in Basra. It is unclear if theFurkan Brigades, a previouslyunknown group, is claimingresponsibility for the attack.

16-Nov-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Police report that a man was shotdead and his wife injured in a drive-by shooting as they rode theirmotorcycle in the Nong Chik districtof Pattani on Thursday morning.Islamic insurgents are believed to beresponsible for the attack.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

17-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed LieutenantColonel Sattar Jabar, the chief policespokesman in Baqubah. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

17-Nov-06

Ishaqi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Asif al-Khazraji, a Shiite tribal leader, nearIshaqi as he was traveling to hishome in Dujail. Attacks on triballeaders are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations.

17-Nov-06


Firearms4 1 Armed men attacked a police patrolnear Al-Tahrir Square in northeasternMosul, killing one policeman andwounding four others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for a number of attackson police in Mosul on this day,including one in al-Tahrir. Ansar al-Sunnah also claimed attacks onpolice in Mosul on this day, howevernone specifically in al-Tahrir.

17-Nov-06


Explosives2 0 An explosive device targeting apolice patrol south of Baghdaddetonated, wounding two policeman.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Islamic Army in Iraq claimedresponsibility for targeting InteriorMinistry Commandoes (oftenreported in the media as police) withexplosives on this day.

17-Nov-06

Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 8 Gunmen attacked homes belongingto members of the Al-Busudah tribein Al-Sajjariyah, a village nearRamadi. Eight people were killed inthe attack; it is unclear, however,how many perpetrators were killed.The militants opened fire on theresidences with machine guns androcket-propelled grenades (RPGs)after the tribe joined the Brigade ofthe Salvation of Anbar, a group oftribes in the province that openlyworks to combat terrorism and al-Qaeda's influence.

17-Nov-06

Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Armed militants shot and killed Omaral-Falahi, a mosque preacher, inFallujah. Attacks on religious officialsare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations. Insurgentshave targeted preachers in Fallujahrecently because many have openlycalled for calm and unity.

17-Nov-06

Mannar SriLanka


Firearms1 0 Suspected gunmen from theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) opened fire on a police bunkerin Mannar, injuring one police officer.

17-Nov-06

ImphalEast

India Unknown Explosives0 0 A hand grenade was thrown into thehome of a constituency legislator forthe Wangkhei Assembly in ImphalEast, although no injuries werereported.

17-Nov-06

PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives2 1 Two police officers were injured whena suicide bomber blew himself upnext to a police van in Peshawar.The bomber was identified asNadeem Khan from Pishtakhara, avillage outside of Peshawar. It isunclear whether Khan was affiliatedwith a specific group.

17-Nov-06

Lahore Pakistan Unknown Explosives20 0 A bomb weighing one kilogramexploded in a trashcan at a bus standin Lahore, injuring at least 20 people.The incident occurred one day beforePakistan's President PervezMusharraf planned to visit Lahore.

17-Nov-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

19 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentscarried out a bomb attack against acoffee shop on Friday morning in thedowntown district of Narathiwat. Twobombs were detonated remotely bymobile phone at a time when thecoffee shop was full of patrons. Oneperson was killed and nineteen weretaken to the hospital with variousinjuries.The blasts occurred themorning after the new Prime MinisterSurayud Chulanont visited thetroubled region. An hour prior to theattack on the coffee shop, a unit ofsoldiers on patrol in the city sufferedinjuries from a roadside bomb attack.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

18-Nov-06

Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed SultanSalman, a tribal leader, in a town justsouth of Kut. Attacks on triballeaders are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations.

18-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown10 5 Militants attacked a police patrol ineastern Baghdad, killing five civiliansand wounding ten others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

18-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 An explosive device detonated neara passport office in Baghdad, killingone person and wounding threeothers. The attack occurred close tothe Green Zone, the heavily fortifiedarea of the capital that houses theIraqi government and the US andBritish embassies.

18-Nov-06

Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen opened fire on merchantsselling alcohol in Kut, wounding anine-year-old boy who was passingby. Attacks on those who sell alcoholare frequent in Iraq as someextremists believe that consumingalcohol violates Islamic law.

18-Nov-06

Latifiyah Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen opened fire on a policepatrol near Latifiyah, killing a civilianand wounding two policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

18-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants fired at least three mortarson the Green Zone, the heavilyfortified area of Baghdad that housesthe Iraqi government and the US andBritish embassies. No casualties ordamage were reported.

18-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked the home ofRashad Mandan, the former Ministerof Science and Technology, in theZayunah neighborhood of easternBaghdad. Reuters reported thatmilitants attacked the home of Ra'idFahmi, the current Minister, howeverin a statement to Iraqi media, Fahmiclarified the report. Reutersoriginally stated that one guard waskilled and another wounded in theshooting, however this could not beconfirmed.

18-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed Ali al-Athad,a senior member of the SupremeCouncil for the Islamic Revolution inIraq's (SCIRI) political bureau, and hiswife as they drove in west Baghdad.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq. The attack mayhave also had sectarian motivations,as SCIRI is a Shiite party.

18-Nov-06


Firearms0 2 Gunmen opened fire on a policepatrol in northern Baqubah, killingtwo policemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for killingseveral policemen in Baqubah on thisday.

18-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed twopolicemen in the Al-Mu'alliminneighborhood of western Baqubah.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

18-Nov-06

Khalis Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen shot and wounded a trafficpoliceman in Khalis. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.Note, Iraqimedia reported that two civilianswere killed on Khalis, however it isunclear if they were killed in theattack on the policeman.

18-Nov-06

Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Militants kidnapped three physiciansfrom a village north of Basra as theywere traveling back from Baghdadafter applying for postgraduateprograms. The next day, police wereable to locate the physicians andrelease them. An undisclosednumber of individuals suspected ofcarrying out the attack were takeninto custody. Attacks onprofessionals, particularly doctors,engineers, and educators, arefrequent in Iraq as insurgentsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

18-Nov-06

Haditha Iraq Unknown Explosives1 2 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police checkpoint inHaditha, killing himself and apoliceman, and wounding another.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

18-Nov-06

Coti-Chiavari

France CorsicanNationalLiberationFront(FLNC)

Explosives0 0 A house owned by residents ofmainland France was destroyed byan explosive charge in Coti-Chiavari,on the island of Corsica. The homewas unoccupied at the time of theattack and there were no reportedinjuries. At the scene of thebombing, police found inscriptionsreading, In memory of Jean-BaptisteAcquaviva and FLNC (CorsicanNational Liberation Front).

18-Nov-06

PodgornoyeChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 An improvised explosive device (IED)was set off at an oil well outside ofGrozny near the community ofPodgornoye (Sobachevka), starting afire at the well. This attack occurredthe same day as another explosion atan oil well in Pobedinskoye, also nearGrozny, with another IED beingprevented from exploding at anotheroil well nearby. UnidentifiedChechen rebels claimedresponsibility for the attacks on theTbilisi Chechenpress website.

18-Nov-06

PobedinskoyeChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 0 An improvised explosive device (IED)was set off at an oil well outside ofGrozny near the community ofPobedinskoye. This attack occurredthe same day as another explosion atan oil well in Podgornoye(Sobachevka), also near Grozny, withanother IED being prevented fromexploding at another oil well nearby.Unidentified Chechen rebels claimedresponsibility for the attacks on theTbilisi Chechenpress website. Kh.Andiyev, age 30, was arrested forplanting the two bombs inPobedinskoye.

19-Nov-06

cali Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Explosives1 2 Two bombs were detonated at apolice Immediate Attention Center(CAI) in the Bellavista neighborhoodof Cali, killing two and leaving onewounded. The Fuerzas ArmadasRevolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)are suspected to be behind theattack.

19-Nov-06


Firearms1 0 Armed militants attacked a policecheckpoint in Baqubah, wounding apoliceman. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed several attacks againstpolice in and around Baqubah on thisday.

19-Nov-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives17 3 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a Kurdish funeral inKirkuk, killing three people andwounding seventeen others. Thefuneral was for a Kurdish man whohad been shot the day before. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations.

19-Nov-06

Hillah Iraq Unknown Explosives44 22 A suicide bomber lured a group ofday laborers in Hillah to his vehiclewith promises of work and thendetonated his explosives, killingtwenty-two people and woundingforty-four others. Attacks on daylaborers, who tend to be poor Shiites,are frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations. Police laterdisclosed that the suicide bomberwas Syrian. Three men suspected ofplanning the attack, two Egyptiansand an Iraqi, were also arrested.

19-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen wearing police uniforms anddriving in seven vehicles kidnappedAmmar al-Saffar, the Shiite deputyMinister of Health, from his home innorthern Baghdad. Al-Saffar isthought to be the most seniorgovernment official abducted in Iraqsince the American invasion in 2003.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

19-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives51 11 Two explosives detonated in quicksuccession at a bus station in thepredominately Shiite Mashtalneighborhood of southeasternBaghdad, killing eleven people andwounding fifty-one others. Attackson transportation networks andcrowded, public areas are frequent inIraq. This attack likely had sectarianmotivations.

19-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 3 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in eastern Baghdad detonated,killing three civilians and woundingthree police. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

19-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed YassinIbrahim, a police colonel, and hisguard in eastern Baghdad. The menthen kidnapped Ibrahim's driver.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

19-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Mudhafer al-Ubaidi, a judge who works at theSecretariat General of the PrimeMinistry, in western Baghdad.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

19-Nov-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Militants shot and killed LieutenantColonel Mohammed Ganim of theFacilities Protection Services (FPS),the unit tasked with protecting Iraqiinfrastructure, and his driver inMosul. Attacks on the oil industryare frequent in Iraq.

19-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms2 8 Gunmen opened fire on a minibuscarrying farm workers near thevillage of Sadiya al-Jabal, east ofBaqubah, killing eight people andwounding two others. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

19-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 14 Gunmen kidnapped fourteen Sunnimen from their homes in Baghdad.The next morning, police found theirbodies dumped in Baghdad. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations.

19-Nov-06

Ishaqi Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms0 3 Gunmen shot and killed a policecolonel and his two brothers inIshaqi. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for theattack. The group named the victimsas Hamid Musharif Mujabal al-Qisi,lieutenant colonel and commander ofthe al-Farhaniyah police station;Ahmad Musharif Mujabal al-Qisi, amajor in the al-Ishaqi directorate;and Zafir Musharif Mujabal al-Qisi, apoliceman at the al-Farhaniyahstation.

19-Nov-06

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Gunmen kidnapped five people asthey traveled on the highway fromDujail to Baghdad. Police found theirbodies the next day. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

19-Nov-06

Greshk AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 Two reserve police officers werekilled when Taliban gunmen openedfire on them in Greshk.

19-Nov-06

Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives1 0 Four rockets landed in Sederot,injuring a taxi driver from Beersheba.

19-Nov-06

Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets landed in anindustrial area of the Negev,damaging some buildings.

19-Nov-06

NorthWaziristan

Pakistan Unknown Unknown0 1 Maulvi Mohammad Hashim, a clericfrom a village called Musaki, waskidnapped and killed in NorthWaziristan. The cleric's body wasfound with a note accusing the clericof spying for the United States.

19-Nov-06

BishnupurIndia People'sLiberationArmy(PLA)

Unknown6 0 Members of the People's LiberationArmy (PLA) attacked a convoy of theCentral Reserve Police Force (CRPF)in Bishnupur, injuring six CRPFofficials. The attackers fled and thePLA later issued a statement claimingresponsibility.

19-Nov-06

Srinagar Kashmir Jamiat ul-Mujahedin(JuM)

Explosives3 0 Members of Jamiat-ul-Mujahedin(JuM) threw a grenade at a policeconvoy of the Central Reserve PoliceForce (CRPF). Two CRPF officials andone civilian were injured. JuM laterclaimed responsibility for the attack.

19-Nov-06

KurchaloiVillage

ChechnyaUnknown Firearms0 3 A police car carrying a policeman andtwo civilians (a man and a woman)was shot at using assault rifles,killing all three. The culprits escapedafter stealing a handgun from thecar.

19-Nov-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 68-year-oldmotorcycle repair shop owner wasmurdered in front of his store in Yalaon Sunday in a drive-by shooting.Islamic insurgents shot the Buddhistman five times in the head and thetorso.Islamic insurgents in Thailand'ssouth continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

19-Nov-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 53-year-oldBuddhist taxi driver was shot dead ina drive-by shooting in Pattani onSunday. The man was standing nearhis car at a food market when theassailants drove by on a motorcycleand shot him.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

19-Nov-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 3 Police report that Islamic insurgentsmurdered a local government officialand two of his friends in a drive-byshooting on late Sunday evening inNarathiwat. Abdullorhim Awaebuesa,an official at the Bangosato TambonAdministrative Organization, wasshot and killed along with two othervillagers as they sat in front of theofficial's home on Sunday night. Twoassailants in a pick-up truck fired atthe victims from the vehicle and fledthe scene immediately.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

20-Nov-06

Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives6 2 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police checkpoint inRamadi, killing a policeman, andwounding six other people, includingfour police. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

20-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed WalidHassan, a popular Iraqi actor, as hedrove through Baghdad. Hassan wasa personality on a comedy series andoften made fun of such groups asAmerican forces, Sunni insurgents,Shiite militias, and the government.Insurgents often target popularfigures in Iraq, including sports starsand television personalities.

20-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a FacilitiesProtection Service (FPS) police officerand his driver in Baqubah. The FPS isthe special unit tasked withprotecting Iraq's infrastructure.Attacks on the oil industry arefrequent in Iraq.

20-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 3 An explosive device detonated atBaghdad's second largest wholesalemarket, killing three people andwounding five others. Attacks oncrowded, pubic areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

20-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting theconvoy of Minister of StateMohammed Abbas Auraibi detonatedin east Baghdad, wounding two ofAuraibi's guards. Attacks ongovernment officials are frequent inIraq.

20-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen opened fire on the convoyof Hakim al-Zamily, a deputy Ministerof Health, as he traveled indowntown Baghdad. Al-Zamily wasnot hurt, however two of his guardswere killed. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq. On 19November, militants kidnappedAmmar al-Saffar, another deputyMinister of Health. The HealthMinistry is often targeted because itis predominately Shiite and is closelyaligned to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

20-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 An explosive device detonatedoutside a Baghdad restaurantfrequented by police, killing a civilianand wounding four policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

20-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms3 1 Gunmen opened fire on a policepatrol in Baqubah, killing apoliceman and wounding threecivilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

20-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a seniorpoliceman outside his home inBaqubah. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

20-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in central Baghdad detonated,wounding two civilians. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

20-Nov-06

Hillah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Fulayeh al-Ghurabi, a Shiite professor at BabilUniversity, in Hillah. Two otherprofessors were killed in Iraq on thisday. Attacks on professionals,particularly educators, are frequentin Iraq.

20-Nov-06

Kanaan Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded outside themunicipal council building in Kanaan,southeast of Baqubah, causingdamage but no injuries. Attacks ongovernment buildings are frequent inIraq.

20-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Militants evacuated employees fromAl-Razi Hospital in southern Baqubahand then set the building on fire.Attacks on professionals andhospitals are frequent in Iraq.

20-Nov-06

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Dr. Ali al-Jarari, a professor at Babil University,as he drove on the Baghdad-Hillahighway. Two other professors werealso killed in Iraq on this day. Attackson professionals, particularlyeducators, are frequent in Iraq.

20-Nov-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Ahmad al-Tai, the head of clinical science atthe faculty of nursing at MosulUniversity. Two other professorswere also killed in Iraq on this day.Attacks on professionals, particularlyeducators, are frequent in Iraq.

20-Nov-06

Karbala Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen in Karbala kidnapped policeMajor Basim Hasan al-Hasnawi. Twodays later police found his bodybearing with gunshot wounds to thehead. Attacks on police are frequentin Iraq.

20-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen kidnapped Izz-al-Din al-Rawi, the dean of the Oil TrainingInstitute in Baghdad, and his driver.Police found their bodies two dayslater. Attacks on the oil industry arefrequent in Iraq as insurgentsattempt to disrupt one of thecountry's most profitable industries.

20-Nov-06

WestBengal

India KamatapurLiberationOrganization

Explosives60 10 Ten people were killed onboard apassenger train traveling in WestBengal when a bomb that was hiddenin the train exploded. At least 60people were injured. No one hasclaimed responsibility for theincident, although the police wereinvestigating the KamatapurLiberation Organization, which hasties to the United Liberation Front ofAssam (ULFA).

20-Nov-06


12 2 Police believe that Islamic insurgentsare responsible for a bomb that wentoff on Monday morning at the SungaiKolok market in Narathiwat -- a busy,crowded market located at a mainborder crossing with Malaysia.Policebelieve that the insurgents may havebeen targeting a military unit knownto patrol the area, but the remotedetonated bomb killed two civiliansand injured over a dozen others.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

21-Nov-06

Hibhib Iraq Unknown Firearms4 1 Militants attacked Ali al-Shimari, themayor of Hibhib, killing him andwounding four of his guards. Attackson government officials are frequentin Iraq.

21-Nov-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in east Mosul detonated, killingone policeman. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

21-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives15 1 A bomb exploded on a minibus ineast Baghdad, killing one person andwounding fifteen others. Attacks ontransportation networks are frequentin Iraq.

21-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed the deputygeneral manager of the HealthMinistry in east Baghdad. Attacks ongovernment officials are frequent inIraq. This Health Ministry inparticular is often targeted as it isclosely aligned with Shiite clericMoqtada al-Sadr.

21-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 7 Gunmen opened fire on a minibuscarrying students home from school,killing seven. Attacks on educationalinstitutions in general, and studentsand teachers in particular, arefrequent in Iraq.

21-Nov-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Armed men shot and killed aprofessor at Mosul University in theal-Zuhour neighborhood of the city.Attacks on professionals, particularlyeducators, are frequent in Iraq asinsurgents attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

21-Nov-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed HusaynQadir Umar, the dean of the facultyof education at Kirkuk University.Attacks on professionals, particularlyeducators, are frequent in Iraq asinsurgents attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

21-Nov-06


Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policelieutenant colonel as he drove hisprivate vehicle east of Mosul.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Islamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for killing a policelieutenant in Mosul on this day. Thegroup stated that the policemanworked for the Tal Afar precinct.

21-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives9 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in east Baghdad detonated,wounding seven civilians and twopolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

21-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 1 A car bomb detonated near a policepatrol in Baghdad, killing one civilianand wounding two policemen andfour civilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

21-Nov-06

Hawija Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanas he traveled to work in Hawija.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

21-Nov-06

Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Police found and defused a bombthat had been placed under an oilpipeline near Basra. Attacks on oilinstallations are frequent in Iraq asinsurgents attempt to disrupt one ofthe country's most profitableindustries.

21-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 0 An explosive device detonated insidean armored car used by Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, the Iraqi speaker ofparliament, as his convoyapproached the building whereparliament meets. Al-Mashhadaniwas not hurt, as the car in which thebomb was planted was used as adecoy. The blast, however, woundedthe American security guard who wasdriving it. It is thought that only partof the bomb, which authorities statedwas detonated remotely, explodedproperly. Police detected explosivesin a second vehicle and were able todetonate them without incident. Theattack was one of the most serious tohave occurred inside the GreenZone, the heavily fortified area of thecapital that houses the Iraqigovernment and the US and Britishembassies. Authorities areconducting an investigation into howthe explosives were brought into theGreen Zone and how they wereplanted inside the speaker's vehicle.

21-Nov-06

IskandariyahIraq Unknown Explosives1 7 A roadside bomb targeting a FacilityProtection Services (FPS) patroldetonated, killing seven of itsmembers and wounding another.The FPS is the unit tasked withprotecting Iraq's infrastructure.Attacks on the oil industry arefrequent in Iraq.

21-Nov-06

KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 The husband of a member of theKandahar provincial council waskilled by unidentified gunmen as hegot out of his car in Kandahar onNovember 21. The victim, identifiedas Naser Khan, was married tocouncil member Zarghuna Kakar.

21-Nov-06

Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives1 1 A Qassam attack on Sederot resultedin the the injury of a man and awoman. The man died of his woundsthe next day.

21-Nov-06

Beirut Lebanon Strugglersfor theUnity andFreedomofGreaterSy

Firearms0 2 Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre al-Jumayyil was gunned down in aBeirut suburb. The minister wasdriving his car when another vehiclerammed into the front. Gunmenstepped out of the vehicle and shothim point blank in the head, alsokilling his bodyguard, Samir Shartuni.Minister al-Jumayyil was a Christian,anti-Syrian politician who supportedthe Syrian withdrawal from Lebanonafter the assassination of formerprime minister Rafiq Hariri. Theattack was claimed by the Strugglersfor the Unity and Freedom of GreaterSyria.

22-Nov-06

Karbala Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Armed men shot and seriouslywounded Ahmed al-Allawi, a triballeader, in Karbala. Attacks on triballeaders are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations.

22-Nov-06


Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Mosul detonated, woundingthree policemen. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.The Islamic Stateof Iraq claimed attacking a policepatrol in Mosul with firearms andmissiles on this day.

22-Nov-06

Duluiyah Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 An explosive device targetingconstruction workers in Duluiyah,north of Baghdad, detonated,wounding five. Attacks onconstruction workers are frequent inIraq as insurgents attempt to disruptthe country's reconstruction.

22-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen opened fire on a policepatrol in Baqubah, killing threepolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

22-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Ra'ad JafarHamadi, a journalist for the al-Sabahnewspaper, in the al-Washashneighborhood of western Baghdad.Al-Sabah is funded by the UnitedStates and Iraqi governments andhas been targeted by militants atleast twice in large attacks this year.

22-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen opened fire on a vehiclecarrying two bodyguards ofMahmoud al-Mashhadani, thespeaker of Iraq's parliament, killingAhmed Mahmoud Hussein andwounding Husam Mahmoud Abdul-Razaq. On 21 November militantsremotely detonated an explosivedevice that had been placed insideone of the cars in al-Mashhadani'sconvoy. The attack was the mostserious to have been carried outsidethe Green Zone, the heavily fortifiedarea of the capital that houses theIraqi government and the US andBritish embassies.

22-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two roadside bombs targeting policedetonated while they attempted torecover the bodies of three peoplethat had been dumped on HaifaStreet in central Baghdad. Theexplosion wounded two policemen.Militants often ambush police orfamily members when they come toretrieve dead bodies.

22-Nov-06

Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Fallujah. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

22-Nov-06

Kut Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 The bodies of two policemen werefound in Kut. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

22-Nov-06

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 3 A suicide car bomber drove hisvehicle into a police checkpoint inAnbar province near the Syrianborder, killing himself and twopolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

22-Nov-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen opened fire on a policemanoutside his home in Mosul, killinghim. Attacks on police are frequentin Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnah claimedresponsibility for shooting apoliceman in west Mosul on this day.

22-Nov-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemannear his home in eastern Mosul.Militants killed another policeman ina different part of the city on thisday.

22-Nov-06

Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemansoutheast of Kut. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

22-Nov-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed YashuaMageed Hedaya, a Christianpolitician and the leader of theAssyrian movement, as he left theparty's headquarters in Mosul.Attacks on government officials andpoliticians are frequent in Iraq.

22-Nov-06

HaqlaniyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 11 A US military patrol found the bodiesof eleven people, ten men and achild, all bearing gunshot wounds.The bodies were dumped west ofHaqlaniyah and a van destroyed byfire was found nearby. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

22-Nov-06

Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinian militants launched twoQassam rockets from the Gaza Striptoward the western Negev. Noinjuries or damage were reported.

22-Nov-06

Negev Israel Hamas(IslamicResistanceMovement)

Explosives0 0 Three rockets were fired into thewestern Negev. The attack wasclaimed by the Izz-al-Din al-QassamBrigades, the armed wing of Hamas.

22-Nov-06

Keikhu India Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded at the building of agovernment engineer in Keikhu. Noone was injured in the attack,although two vehicles weredamaged.

22-Nov-06

Barkhan Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A power pylon was blown up outsideof Barkhan, disrupting power supplyto the area and to the Kohlu district.However, no one was injured.

22-Nov-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentswere behind a bombing and arsonattack against a school inNarathawat late Wednesday night.Itappears that the insurgents bombedthe school and later set it ablaze. Noone was in the building at the timeand no casualties were reported. Asecond bomb that failed to detonatewas later discovered by police.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

22-Nov-06

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinian militants launched aQassam rocket from the Gaza Striptoward Israel, but the rocket landedin an open field north of Gaza. Noinjuries or damage were reported.

22-Nov-06

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinian militants launched aQassam rocket from the Gaza Striptoward Israel. The bomb landed nearthe security fence on the Israeli side.No injuries or damage were reported.

23-Nov-06


Explosives4 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in the Bayaa district ofsouthwestern Baghdad detonated,wounding four police commandos.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Islamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for bombing severalpolice patrols in Baghdad on this day.

23-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms7 0 Upwards of thirty militants launcheda coordinated attack on the HealthMinistry in Baghdad, wounding atleast seven guards. The attackbegan around 12pm when threemortars were launched at thebuilding and gunmen stationed onupper floors of nearby offices openedfire. The perpetrators fled whenAmerican and Iraqi forces arrivedapproximately two hours later. Thiswas the third attack on the HealthMinistry and its employees in recentdays. Government institutions arefrequently targeted in terroristattacks, however the Health Ministryis specifically targeted by Sunniextremists as its leadership is closelyaligned with Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. After the attack, five carbombs detonated in Sadr City, apredominately Shiite area ofBaghdad less than a mile from theHealth Ministry, killing 215 people.The coordinated bombing was thedeadliest single attack in Iraq sincethe American invasion in 2003.

23-Nov-06

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen opened fire on a policepatrol in Tikrit, killing one policemanand wounding another. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

23-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Najim AbdulRadha al-Kanani, a pilot in the formerIraqi army and the Secretary Generalof a monarchist political party. Hisbody was found dumped behind arestaurant in Baghdad. Attacks onmembers of Saddam Hussein'sformer regime are frequent in Iraq.

23-Nov-06

Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Dr. Zayd al-Anifrom his clinic in the Jumhuriyahneighborhood of Fallujah. Attacks onprofessionals, particularly doctors,are frequent in Iraq as insurgentsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

23-Nov-06

Amara Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Armed militants attacked anddestroyed the Hitin policedepartment in Amara. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

23-Nov-06


Explosives4 0 An explosive device targeting apolice patrol in northeast Baghdaddetonated, wounding two police andtwo civilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.Note, Reutersreported that the device was aroadside bomb, however, Iraqi mediastated that it explosion was causedby a suicide car bomber.The IslamicState of Iraq claimed responsibilityfor bombing a police patrol onPalestine Street in Baghdad on thisday.

23-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives257 215 In the most deadly single attack inIraq since the American invasion in2003, militants detonated at leastfive car bombs and launched severalmortars on Sadr City, thepredominately Shiite area ofBaghdad, killing at least 215 peopleand wounding upwards of 257others. The attack began atapproximately 3pm, just after thirtygunmen launched a coordinatedattack on the Health Ministryapproximately one mile away. TheMinistry is often targeted by Sunniextremists because of its ties toShiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.Newsreports state that the car bombswere each packed with up to 1,000pounds of explosives. They explodedat short intervals, killing residents aswell as shoppers at the Jamila and al-Hay markets. A sixth car bomb wasfound and defused before it coulddetonate. The BBC reported that atleast three of the car bombs werethought to have been detonated bysuicide bombers, yet this could notbe confirmed.Following the attack,the Iraqi government closed thecountry's main airports and enforcedan indefinite curfew in Baghdad.Shiite militants responded to theviolence by firing mortars atpredominately Sunni neighborhoodsand mosques. One person wasreported dead and fourteen woundedin one of the reprisal attacks. It issignificant to note that the attackwas carried out on the seventhanniversary (according to the Islamiclunar calendar) of the killing of GrandAyatollah Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr,a prominent Shiite cleric andMoqtada al-Sadr's father. Manybelieve that his murder was orderedby Saddam Hussein.

23-Nov-06

Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed twopolicemen in Kut. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

23-Nov-06


Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed policeCaptain Yaseen Abed near his homein east Mosul. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility forshooting a police officer in the al-Zuhur neighborhood of west Mosulon this day.

23-Nov-06

ZerbatiyahIraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Militants attacked a policecheckpoint in Zerbatiyah, east of Kut,killing police officer Asaad Ahmed.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

23-Nov-06

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Asim AbdulAziz, a policeman, in a districtsoutheast of Kut. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

23-Nov-06

Suwayra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 3 A suicide car bomber drove hisvehicle into a police checkpoint nearthe Syrian border, killing himself andtwo policemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

23-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen opened fire on a policepatrol in Baqubah, killing fourpolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

23-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 7 A roadside bomb targeting anighttime security patrol detonated,killing seven guards. Attacks onprivate security firms are frequent inIraq as they often protect local andforeign officials.

23-Nov-06

IskandariyahIraq Unknown Explosives1 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Iskandariyah detonated,killing one policeman and woundinganother. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

23-Nov-06

IskandariyahIraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen opened fire on a policecheckpoint in Iskandariyah, killing acivilian and wounding a policeman.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

23-Nov-06

GuwahatiIndia Unknown Explosives10 2 A bomb exploded in a crowdedparking lot at a railway station inGuwahati. Two people were killedand ten were injured in the blast.

23-Nov-06

Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Two rockets fired from the Gaza Striplanded in the Negev, damaging abuilding.

23-Nov-06

Sederot Israel Hamas(IslamicResistanceMovement)

Explosives0 0 Three Qassam rockets were launchedfrom the northern Gaza Strip towardsSederot. The al-Qassam Brigades,military wing of HAMAS, claimed theattack.

23-Nov-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 40-year-oldteacher at the Ban Don Rak school inthe Nong Chik district of Pattani wasgunned down by Islamic insurgentsin a drive-by shooting on Thursday.This incident along with the killing ofa school principal the following dayhas prompted the government tostep up security for teachers in thearea.Islamic insurgents in Thailand'ssouth continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

24-Nov-06

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen ambushed the vehicle ofFarhan Mahmud, the head of the Fiqh(Islamic jurisprudence) Departmentof the Shari'ah (Islamic law) facultyat the University of Tikrit, andkidnapped him. Attacks onprofessionals, particularly educators,are frequent in Iraq.

24-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants fired explosives at theminaret of a large Shiite mosque inBaqubah, destroying it. The attackcame a day after five car bombsdetonated in a Shiite district ofBaghdad, killing 215 people.

24-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen opened fire on the policeheadquarters in Baqubah. Noinjuries were reported. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

24-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen opened fire on theprovincial government center inBaqubah, however no injuries werereported. Attacks on governmenttargets are frequent in Iraq.

24-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen opened fire on a Sunnimosque in Baqubah. The mosque'sguards returned fire, however noinjuries were reported. The attackcomes a day after five car bombsdetonated in a Shiite district ofBaghdad, killing 215 people.

24-Nov-06

Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Explosives43 23 A bomb exploded outside a cardealership just as a suicide bomberdetonated his explosives at the samesite. The attack killed twenty-threepeople and wounded forty-threeothers. Attacks on crowded areasare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.Note, Iraqimedia reported that both explosionswere caused by suicide bombers.

24-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Militants attacked a Sunni mosque inBaghdad. The attack came a dayafter five car bombs detonated in aShiite district of Baghdad, killing 215people.

24-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Militants attacked a Sunni mosque inthe Amil neighborhood of Baghdad,killing two guards. The attack camea day after five car bombs detonatedin a Shiite district of Baghdad, killing215 people.

24-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Militants attacked the Sunni Al-Alqa'qa mosque in the Hurriyahneighborhood of Baghdad. Theattack came a day after five carbombs detonated in a Shiite districtof Baghdad, killing 215 people.

24-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Militants attacked the Sunni AhbabAllah mosque in the Hurriyahneighborhood of Baghdad. Theattack came a day after five carbombs detonated in a Shiite districtof Baghdad, killing 215 people.

24-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Militants set fire to the Sunni NidaAllah mosque in the Hurriyahneighborhood of Baghdad and thenprevented firemen from putting outthe blaze. The attack came a dayafter five car bombs detonated in aShiite district of Baghdad, killing 215people.

24-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Militants attacked a Sunni mosque inBaghdad. The attack came a dayafter five car bombs detonated in aShiite district of Baghdad, killing 215people.

24-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 6 Shiite militants attacked the SunniMusftafa mosque in Baghdad withautomatic rifles and rocket-propelledgrenades (RPGs). They then stormedthe shrine, removed six men, dousedthem in kerosene, and then set themon fire. The attack came just oneday after five car bombs detonatedin a Shiite district of Baghdad, killing215 people.Note, the United Statesmilitary stated that it was unable toconfirm this incident. The AssociatedPress, however, took video footage ofthe mosque that showed the frontdoor blown away and what appearedto be fire damage. On 25 Novemberthe US military stated that the Iraqiarmy found one mosque that hadbeen burned in Baghdad.

24-Nov-06

BaladRuz

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 21 Gunmen kidnapped twenty-oneShiite farmers from two extendedfamilies in Balad Ruz, a village inDiyala province. The next day policefound their bodies, all bearinggunshot wounds. The attack likelyhad sectarian motivations and comesa day after five car bombs detonatedin a Shiite district of Baghdad, killing215 people.

24-Nov-06

Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinian militants fired fiveQassam rockets at the westernNegev. No casualties were reported.

24-Nov-06

Vitoria Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Five incendiary devices wherethrown at the office of thegovernment of the subdelegate inVitoria, in Alava province. Three ofthe devices hit the office, causingminor damages, one hit a lamppostand one landed on the ground. Fliersfound at the scene of the attackread, as repression is not the way.

24-Nov-06

AndhraPradesh

India CommunistParty ofIndia-Maoists

Firearms0 1 Rami Reddy, president of the rulingCongress party Bollapalle MandalPraja Parishad in Andhra Pradesh,was shot and killed in his home bysuspected members of theCommunist Party of India-Maoist(CPI-Maoist). Reddy had receivedprevious threat warnings from CPI-Maoist.

24-Nov-06

Latehar India CommunistParty ofIndia-Maoists

Explosives0 0 A school building in Latehar wasblown up by suspected members ofthe Communist Party of India-Maoist(CPI-Maoist). No one was reportedinjured.

24-Nov-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 51-year-olddirector of a community school inPattani was shot while driving homefrom work and burned alive inside hiscar by Islamic insurgents. Police saidthat the director of the Bang KaoSchool was the victim of a drive-byshooting. His car then crashed into aroadside ditch where insurgentsproceeded to set his car on fire. All322 schools in Pattani have closedindefinitely as a result of the attack.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

25-Nov-06


Firearms1 1 Gunmen opened fire on police inMosul, killing one and woundinganother. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed shooting several policeofficers in east Mosul on this day.

25-Nov-06

IskandariyahIraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint in Iskandariyah, killing acivilian and wounding a policeman.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

25-Nov-06

IskandariyahIraq Unknown Explosives1 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Iskandariyah detonated,killing one policeman and woundinganother. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

25-Nov-06

Buhruz Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked the main policestation in Buhruz, a predominatelySunni village south of Baqubah, witharms fire, mortars, and rocket-propelled grenades. No casualtieswere reported. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

25-Nov-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Kirkuk detonated, woundingfour policemen. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

25-Nov-06

MahaweelIraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen ambushed a vehiclecarrying two members of the towncouncil in Mahaweel, dragged themfrom it, and then shot them. Attackson local government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

25-Nov-06


Explosives0 0 Palestinian militants fired a Qassamrocket at Sederot, lightly damaging abuilding. The al-Quds Brigades, thearmed wing of Palestine Islamic Jihad(PIJ), claimed responsibility for theattack.

25-Nov-06

Moscow Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded in a residence hallat Moscow State University whichwas equal to 500-1,000 grams ofTNT. Police arrested two men andbelieve that those responsiblebelonged to the same right-wingnationalist group responsible for thebombing of the Moscow market inAugust.

25-Nov-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

5 0 Police report that four men and onewoman were severely injured onFriday afternoon in a bomb attackcarried out by Islamic insurgents. Thebomb went off at a grocery store inthe Yaha district of Yala city around2pm. The bomb was hidden under astall near the front of the shop at theopening of a lane that leads to aBuddhist temple. Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

25-Nov-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentswere responsible for an arson attackagainst an office of the ProvincialElectricity Authority that occurred inthe early morning hours on Saturday.Ten hooded insurgents stormed theoffice in the Bannang Sata districtaround 3am and detained thesecurity guard while they destroyedthe closed-circuit-camera controlroom and set fire to the entirebuilding. In addition, they set fire tomotorcycle tires that were used todestroy five cranes and trucks on thepremises. There were no causalities,but the attack caused an estimatedloss of 15 million Baht (US$460,000).Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

25-Nov-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentscarried out an arson attack againstan elementary school in Narathiwatin the early morning hours onSaturday. Insurgents set fire to a 10-year-old building that housed fiveclassrooms used by 261 elementaryschool students. The building wasvacant at the time of the attack andthus there were no causalities toreport.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

26-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Armed militants attacked anundisclosed number of Sunnimosques in west Baghdad. Nocasualties were reported. Theattacks come just days after five carbombs exploded in a Shiite district ofBaghdad, killing 215 people.

26-Nov-06

Wajeiya Iraq Unknown Firearms3 1 Gunmen opened fire on Amir Shakir,a local council official, killing him andwounding three other people.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

26-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen opened fire on the convoyof Adnan al-Dulaimi, the leader of apowerful Sunni parliamentary bloc.Al-Dulaimi's guards returned fire andthe perpetrators fled without causinginjury. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

26-Nov-06

Haswa Iraq Unknown Explosives23 5 A car bomb detonated at a policecheckpoint near a market in Haswa,south of Baghdad, killing a policemanand four civilians and woundingtwenty-three other people. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

26-Nov-06

IskandariyahIraq Unknown Explosives26 8 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police checkpoint inIskandariyah, killing eight people andwounding twenty-six others. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

26-Nov-06

Dujail Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint near Dujail, north ofBaghdad, and kidnapped eightpolicemen. A policeman wounded inthe attack was able to escape. Whena police patrol arrived at the scenethey were ambushed by the armedmen. A policeman was killed andanother wounded in the follow-onattack. Militants often coordinateattacks to target police and firstresponders.

26-Nov-06

Dujail Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Militants ambushed a police patrolresponding to an attack onpolicemen in Dujail, killing onepoliceman and wounding another.Gunmen first attacked a policecheckpoint and kidnapped eightpolicemen. A policeman wounded inthe attack was able to escape.Militants often coordinate follow-onattacks to target police and firstresponders.

26-Nov-06

PointPedro

SriLanka


Firearms0 1 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) shotand killed KanapathypillaiShanmuganathan, a retired villageleader, in Point Pedro on November26. Shanmuganathan was travelinghome for lunch when he was killed.

26-Nov-06

Paktika AfghanistanTaliban Explosives25 15 Fifteen people were killed and 25others injured when a suicidebomber blew himself up in arestaurant in Paktika province onNovember 26. The Taliban claimedresponsibility for the attack.

26-Nov-06

Konar AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 4 Four locals who worked at a U.S.base were kidnapped by Talibanmembers on November 25 as theyleft work. The Taliban declared thatthe workers were spying for theUnited States and killed them thenext day.

26-Nov-06

Sederot Israel Hamas(IslamicResistanceMovement)

Explosives0 0 Five Qassam rockets were fired atSederot after a cease fire betweenIsraelis and Palestinians went intoeffect. The military wings of Hamasand Palestine Islamic Jihad tookresponsibility for the attacks. Therewere no reports of injuries ordamage.

26-Nov-06

NorthernProvince

SriLanka


Unknown0 1 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers for Tamil Eelam (LTTE) killedan affiliate of the Eelam People'sDemocratic Party in the NorthernProvince. The victim was identifiedas Shankarpilla Senasaran.

26-Nov-06

MalgobeckRussia Unknown Explosives0 0 A member of armed resistance inIngushetia attempted to throw agrenade at police officers, which didnot explode. The man was shot andkilled by the officers while in the act.

26-Nov-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Police report that a man and womanwere murdered in a drive-by shootingon Sunday while riding theirmotorcycle to the rubber plantationwhere they worked. The attackagainst the couple occurred in theKhok Pho district of Pattani andIslamic militants are believed to beresponsible.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

26-Nov-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic militantsgunned down a 47-year-old man onSunday in a drive-by shooting in theMuang district of Narathiwat. Theman was an employee of the statehighway department. Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

27-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Militants kidnapped police captainAbdul-Qadir Abbas outside Baghdad'sSheikh Zayid hospital. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

27-Nov-06

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Militants killed Aouf al-Khishali, theformer mayor of Buhriz, as he left hishome north of Baghdad. Attacks ongovernment officials are frequent inIraq.

27-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms3 6 Gunmen opened fire on a crowdedstreet in central Baghdad, killing sixpeople and wounding three others.Attacks on crowded, public areas arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

27-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen attacked a municipalbuilding in Baghdad, killing a guardand kidnapping three other people.Attacks on government buildings arefrequent in Iraq.

27-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Authorities found the bodies of fivepeople, each bearing gunshotwounds and signs of torture, dumpedjust north of Baghdad. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

27-Nov-06


Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanand his mother as they traveled tothe home of the man's fiancé inMosul; it was the couple's weddingday. Attacks on policeman arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for killingseveral policemen in Mosul on thisday.

27-Nov-06


Firearms4 1 Gunmen opened fire on a policecheckpoint in Baghdad, killing onepoliceman and wounding four others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Islamic Army in Iraq claimedresponsibility for firing on a police inthe Yarmouk neighborhood ofBaghdad on this day.

27-Nov-06


Firearms1 1 Gunmen opened fire on a policepatrol in west Baghdad, killing aspecial forces policeman andwounding another. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.The Islamic Stateof Iraq claimed responsibility forkilling two Interior MinistryCommandoes (often reported in themedia as police) in the Ghazaliyahneighborhood of west Baghdad onthis day.

27-Nov-06

MuqdadiyaIraq Unknown Explosives35 5 Gunmen stormed a cell phone storein Muqdadiya, killed its owner, andthen placed a bomb inside the store.As civilians began to crowd aroundthe scene of the shooting, the deviceexploded, killing four more peopleand wounding at least thirty-five.Militants often coordinate bombingsto target police and first rerpondersarriving at the scene of an earlierattack.

27-Nov-06

PeshawarPakistan Unknown Unknown0 0 Two employees of the UnitedNation's High Commissioner forRefugees (UNHCR) office in Peshawarwere kidnapped as they returnedhome for a refugee camp in Matanion November 27. The employeeswere identified as Sohail Bukhari andGhayasuddin, both residents ofPeshawar.

27-Nov-06

Negev Israel PopularResistanceCommittees

Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired fromnorthern Gaza into the westernNegev. No casualties or damagewere reported. The attack wasclaimed by the Popular ResistanceCommittees.

27-Nov-06

MorigaonIndia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was found in a railroadstation in Morigaon. The device wasremoved before it exploded.

28-Nov-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Mosul exploded, woundingtwo policemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility forambushing a police patrol in eastMosul on this day.

28-Nov-06

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 5 Authorities found the bodies of fivepeople dumped along a highwaybetween Baghdad and Baqubah. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations.

28-Nov-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives17 2 A suicide bomber approached theconvoy of Governor Abdul RahmanMustafa as it traveled through Kirkuk,and detonated his explosives afterattempting to enter the vehicle,killing himself and a civilian andwounding seventeen others. Thegovernor was not harmed in theexplosion. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

28-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 4 A car bomb exploded among familieswaiting outside the morgue ofYarmouk Hospital in Baghdad. Aspolice and first responders arrived atthe scene, a second explosivedetonated. Both attacks killed a totalof four people, including a policeman,and wounded seven other people.Insurgents often coordinatebombings to target police whorespond to prior attacks.

28-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Shortly after a car bomb explodedamong families waiting outside themorgue of Yarmouk Hospital inBaghdad, a second explosivetargeting police and first respondersdetonated. Both attacks killed a totalof four people, including a policeman,and wounded seven civilians.Insurgents often coordinatebombings to target police whorespond to prior attacks.

28-Nov-06

DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Militants kidnapped a primary schoolteacher from his home in Diwaniya.The next day police found the man'sbody. Attacks on professionals,particularly educators, are frequentin Iraq as insurgents attempt todisrupt the country's reconstruction.

28-Nov-06

Herat AfghanistanUnknown Explosives3 2 A police officer was killed when asuicide car bomber crashed hisvehicle into a police car in Herat.The blast killed the bomber andinjured three civilians. The policeofficer was chasing the bomber whenthe attack occurred, suggesting thatthe police may not have been thebomber's intended target.

28-Nov-06

Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets were fired atSederot from the Gaza Strip.

28-Nov-06

KhasavyurtRussia Unknown Explosives0 1 The car of Abubakar Sultanmuratov,a recently amnesited militant, wasbombed on the Khasavyurt-Babayurtroad near Khasavyurt, killing him onthe spot. The bomb contained theequivalent of 600g of TNT; ahandgun and rifle cartridges werefound at the site of the explosion.

28-Nov-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Police report that a Buddhist couplein Yala city fell victim to a drive-byshooting as they drove theirmotorcycle home on Tuesday. Thecouple died instantly at the scenefrom the bullet wounds. Islamicmilitants are believed to beresponsible for the attack.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

28-Nov-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a Buddhist villagerwas gunned down by Islamicinsurgents in a drive-by shooting onTuesday. The shooting left the mandead. It was one of several similarincidents that occurred on Tuesday inYala.Islamic insurgents in Thailand'ssouth continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

28-Nov-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Police report that a Muslim man andhis 10-year-old son were shot at byIslamic insurgents in a drive-byshooting on Tuesday in Yala city. TheMuslim man serves as an assistant toa village leader. He was seriouslyinjured, but his child was spared frominjury. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

29-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 2 A suicide car bomber drove hisvehicle into a police patrol, killinghimself and one policeman, andwounding three policeman and fourcivilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

29-Nov-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 An explosive device detonated nearthe convoy of Ahmad Khalaf, theassistant undersecretary of theInterior Ministry, while he was visitingrelatives in Kirkuk, however did notresult in any casualties or damage.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

29-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen stormed the Office ofPensions in west Baghdad, killingfour guards. Attacks on governmentbuildings are frequent in Iraq.

29-Nov-06

MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Unknown0 3 Authorities found the bodies of threepolicemen in Mahmudiyah. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

29-Nov-06

Hay Iraq Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Militants stabbed a Kurdish schoolguard to death in Hay, south of Kut.Attacks on educational institutionsand their staff are frequent in Iraq.

29-Nov-06

Fallujah Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms4 1 Gunmen opened fire on police inFallujah, killing one and woundinganother. Three civilians were alsowounded. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for theattack.

29-Nov-06

Duluiyah Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 Militants attacked a policecheckpoint in Duluiyah, north ofBaghdad, killing two policemen andwounding two others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

29-Nov-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed aninterpreter working for Americantroops in west Kirkuk. Attacks onthose who work with coalition forces,particularly translators, are frequentin Iraq.

29-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Gunmen attacked the policeheadquarters in downtown Baqubah,however were repelled when policereturned fire and killed five of theperpetrators. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

29-Nov-06


Firearms0 0 Gunmen opened fire on the Ministryof Health in Baghdad after threemortars landed nearby, however nocasualties were reported. Attacks ongovernment buildings are frequent inIraq, however the Health Ministry istargeted specifically because it isclosely aligned with Shiite clericMoqtada al-Sadr.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for theattack, stating that the Ministry isone of the biggest dens of the al-Mahdi Army, al-Sadr's Shiite militia.

29-Nov-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives20 2 Police fired on a man driving avehicle packed with explosives as heapproached a police checkpoint inMosul. The gunfire detonated thebombs, killing the driver and oneother civilian and wounding twentyothers. It is unclear if the manplanned on targeting the checkpointor if it was meant to be a suicideattack.

29-Nov-06


Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol near Baghdad's Ouqba binNafie square detonated, woundingthree policemen. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.The Islamic Stateof Iraq claimed responsibility for theattack.

29-Nov-06


Explosives7 2 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol near a major bus station inBaghdad's al-Nahdha area exploded,killing two people and woundingseven others, including twopolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.Note, news reportsdiffered as to the identities of thetwo fatalities: some reported theywere both policemen, while othersstated they were civilians.The IslamicState of Iraq claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

29-Nov-06


Explosives4 1 A car bomb targeting police onNidhal Street in downtown Baghdadexploded, killing one policeman andwounding four other people,including two police. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq. Note,Reuters reported that the attack wascarried out by a suicide bomber,however this could not be confirmed.The Islamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for the attack, statingthat a car bomb was detonated as aGMC vehicle carrying interiorministry commandos passed.

29-Nov-06

Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives4 5 Armed men stormed the al-Qalaapolice station in Samarra at the sametime as a suicide bomber drove hisvehicle into the building. Policeattempted to interrupt the attack byshooting the driver, however he wasable to detonate his explosives,killing himself and four policemenand wounding four other police.

29-Nov-06

Jurf al-Sakhar

Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Explosives3 3 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Jurf al-Sakhar, south ofBaghdad, exploded, killing threepolicemen and wounding threeothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for theattack.

29-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policecolonel in Baghdad. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

29-Nov-06

Basra Iraq Unknown Unknown0 8 Gunmen ambushed a vehiclecarrying Nasser al-Qatrani, thedeputy manager of the SunniEndowment in Basra, three of hisguards, and four members of theFacilty Protection Services (FPS). Thenext day police found their bodies inBasra.

29-Nov-06

Purulia India CommunistParty ofIndia-Maoists

Firearms5 0 Five police officers were injured whensuspected members of theCommunist Party of India-Maoist(CPI-Maoist) shot at a police patrolparty in Purulia on November 29.

29-Nov-06

Gaza WestBank/Gaza

IslamicSwords ofTruth

Explosives0 0 An explosive charge was detonatedin front of a record store in Rafah.The Islamic Swords of Truth, a Salafigroup in the Palestinian territories,claimed responsibility. This group hasattacked music stores and internetcafes as being un-Islamic.

29-Nov-06

Gaza WestBank/Gaza

IslamicSwords ofTruth

Explosives0 0 The Islamic Swords of Truth, a Salafimilitant organization operating inGaza, claimed responsibility forbombing the Coffee Net internet caféeast of Gaza City. The store and itsequipment sustained seriousdamage, but no injuries werereported. The Islamic Swords ofTruth have claimed responsibility forattacks on establishments it views asun-Islamic.

30-Nov-06

Latifiyah Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A roadside bomb detonated as aminibus passed in Latifiyah, killingone person and wounding fourothers. Attacks on transportationnetworks are frequent in Iraq.

30-Nov-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 14 Militants kidnapped fourteen laborersfrom a farm northwest of Mosul.Their bodies were found the nextday. The attack likely had sectarianmotivations.

30-Nov-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped Hidaib Majhoul, amember of the national Iraqi footballassociation, from his home inBaghdad. His body was foundseveral days later with gunshotwounds. Attacks on sports stars andother public figures are frequent inIraq.

30-Nov-06

Jurf al-Sakhar

Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Jurf al-Sakhar detonated,killing one civilian and woundingthree others. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

30-Nov-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device targeting policein Kirkuk wounded a number ofcivilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

30-Nov-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed ShukurHasan, the head of the local council,outside his home in the Dubz districtof Kirkuk. Attacks on localgovernment officials are frequent inIraq.

30-Nov-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded near the Diyalasports field in Baqubah, however didnot result in casualties. Insurgentsoften target public areas, such assoccer fields, where peoplecongregate.

30-Nov-06

Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 7 Gunmen shot and killed Nasir al-Qartani, the assistant to the directorof the Sunni Waqf (religiousendowment) office, and six of hisguards in Basra. Attacks on religiousofficials and their staff are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

30-Nov-06

BalochistanPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 At least five bombs exploded along amajor pipeline supplying gas to apurification plant in Balochistan.There were no injuries, however.

30-Nov-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Police report that Islamic militantskilled a 40-year-old worker from thegovernment's Southern BorderProvinces Peace-Building Command(SBPPC) and his 29-year-oldcolleague in a drive-by shooting onThursday in the Yaha district of Yalacity.The victims were attacked by afour men in a pick-up truck whileriding a motorcycle home from theYaha SBPPC district office.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target governmentofficials, civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders with drive-byshootings and bomb attacks todestabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

30-Nov-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms3 0 Police report that two Islamicmilitants on a motorcycle opened fireon a family in front of their shophouse in Narathiwat on Thursday. An85-year-old man, his 60-year-olddaughter, and 26-year-oldgranddaughter were criticallywounded in the attack and are beingtreated at the local hospital. Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

30-Nov-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Police report that a 29-year-oldMuslim man and his 43-year-oldBuddhist friend were killed by Islamicinsurgents in a drive-by shooting inYala city on Thursday. Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

30-Nov-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms2 1 Police report that a 48-year-oldBuddhist man died and two otherswere seriously injured when Islamicmilitants opened fire on them in adrive-by shooting in Pattani onThursday.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

30-Nov-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms2 1 Police report that a Buddhist shopowner died from wounds sufferedwhen Islamic militants opened fire onhis grocery store in Narathiwat onThursday. After the man was dead,militants detonated a bomb hiddennear the shop that critically injuredtwo others. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

30-Nov-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 44-year-old manwas murdered by suspected Islamicmilitants in a drive-by shooting inNarathiwat on Thursday. The manwas working on his farm at the timeof the attack. Four others wereinjured in separate attacks across theprovince the same day.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

1-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives22 3 A car bomb exploded at a pet marketin central Baghdad, killing threepeople and wounding twenty-twoothers. Attacks on crowded, publicareas, particularly markets, arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

1-Dec-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Militants kidnapped a policeman inKirkuk. Police later found his bodyburied inside a home and arrestedtwo suspects. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

1-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Gunmen armed with rocket-propelledgrenades (RPGs) attacked the SunniAl-Quds mosque in west Baghdad.The grenades started a fire inside thebuilding, however no casualties werereported. The perpetrators fled thescene after neighbors opened fire onthem. Attacks on mosques arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

1-Dec-06 Negev Israel Al-AqsaMartyrsBrigade

Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired from theGaza Strip into the western Negev.The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimedresponsibility.

1-Dec-06 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives0 1 The United States consulate inPeshawar was the potential target ofa bomb that exploded in a nearbyresidential community. The blastkilled one person. The bomb wasattached to a motorcycle and,according to the police, may havegone off prematurely.

1-Dec-06 Colombo SriLanka


Explosives14 1 At least 14 people were injured whena suspected member of theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) blew himself up in a vehicle inColombo on December 1. Theexplosion occurred near a convoy ofthe Defense Secretary, GotabhyaRajapakse, the suspected target ofthe attack.

1-Dec-06 GudermesChechnyaUnknown Firearms2 0 A police convoy driving nearGudermes was shot at by unknownpersons, injuring two officers fromKhabarovsk who had come toChechnya to supplement policeforces in the republic.

1-Dec-06 Grozny ChechnyaUnknown Firearms1 0 A convoy of police officers fromKhakasiya was shot at in Grozny,injuring the deputy commander ofthe division.

1-Dec-06 Pattani Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsare responsible for an arson attackagainst a teachers' dormitory at aschool in Pattani late Friday night.The dormitory was destroyed, butthere were no casualties reported.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

1-Dec-06 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Police report that a school building inNarathiwat was burnt to the groundby Islamic insurgents late Fridaynight. The arson attack occurred atthe Ban Yaleboh School in theTambon Ruesoh district ofNarathiwat around 11pm. Firefightersreportedly refused to answer a call tothe village as it is known to becontrolled by Islamic insurgents.There were no casualties reported.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.


0 0 Police report that Islamic militantsset fire to a train station owned bythe State Railway Authority ofThailand in the Ban Salobukeh villagein Narathiwat. The attack occurredin the early morning hours on Fridayat nearly the same time as a similararson attack at a nearby school.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

2-Dec-06 Khalis Iraq Unknown Firearms3 2 Gunmen attacked a Shiite funeralprocession near Khalis, killing twopeople and wounding three others.The attack likely had sectarianmotivations.

2-Dec-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting police inMosul exploded, wounding threepolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility fordetonating an explosive devicetargeting police in east Mosul on thisday. Ansar al-Sunnah also claimedresponsibility for bombing police inMosul on this day.

2-Dec-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Militants killed a contractor in Mosul.Attacks on contractors are frequentin Iraq as militants attempt to disruptthe country's reconstruction.

2-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed policeCaptain Hayder Mousa in the newBaghdad area of the capital. Attackson police are frequent.

2-Dec-06 YussifiyahIraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Explosives6 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Yussifiyah detonated, killingone policeman and wounding sixothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic Army inIraq claimed responsibility fordetonating an explosive targetingInterior Ministry Commandoes (oftenreported as police in the media) inYussifiyah on this day.

2-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Firearms3 1 Gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint outside the main gate ofYarmouk hospital in Baghdad, killingone policeman and wounding threeothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq. Attacks on hospitalsand medical personnel are alsocommon as militants attempt todisrupt the country's reconstruction.On 28 November two car bombsexploded near the hospital, killingfour people.The Islamic Army in Iraqclaimed responsibility for attacking apolice patrol in the Yarmouk area ofBaghdad on this day.

2-Dec-06 Gamra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 6 Gunmen in two vehicles opened fireon a crowd of people in Gamra, atown just east of Fallujah, killing sixpeople. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.

2-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives121 68 Three car bombs detonatedsimultaneously in a market in thepredominately Shiite al-Sadriyahdistrict of Baghdad, killing sixty-eightpeople and wounding 121 others.The attack occurred as people wereshopping for food before a curfewwent into effect at 5pm. Some newsagencies reported that one of the carbombs targeted an army patrol.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

2-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen opened fire on the convoyof Salam Zikim Zubaie, the SunniDeputy Prime Minister, wounding oneof his bodyguards. Attacks ongovernment officials are frequent inIraq.

2-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a Mandaeanofficial in northern Baghdad. TheMandaeans are a pre-Islamic Gnosticgroup. The attack may have hadsectarian motivations.

2-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen ambushed Haithem Yassin,a Shiite advisor to the Minister ofElectricity, as he drove in northeastBaghdad, kidnapping him, his driver,and two bodyguards. Attacks ongovernment officials and their staffare frequent in Iraq.

2-Dec-06 Bokaro India Unknown Explosives3 14 An improvised explosive device (IED)planted in a milk can along the sideof the road in Bokaro exploded astwo police vehicles passed by.Fourteen police officers were killedand three others injured by the blast.The emplacers of the device aresuspected to have Maoistconnections.

2-Dec-06 Naushki Pakistan Unknown Explosives3 1 A bomb planted under a electricitytransformer in Naushki exploded onDecember 2, killing one person andinjuring three others.

2-Dec-06 MakhachkalaRussia Unknown Firearms2 0 The car of MagomedtagirMagomedaliyev, the head ofDagestan's Untskulskiy District, wasshot at as he weas driving nearMahachkala early in the morning.Magomedaliyev and his brother, whowas also in the car, were both injuredbut the injuries were not lifethreatening.

2-Dec-06 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 34-year-old manwas shot dead by Islamic militants ina drive-by shooting on Saturday inYala city. The man was on route towork early Saturday morning wheninsurgents opened fire on him. Hedied at the scene.Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

2-Dec-06 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms3 0 Police report that a 55-year-oldvillage chief and his 10-year-old sonwere injured in a drive-by shootingon Saturday in the Rangae district ofNarathiwat. The man and his sonsurvived the attack because thevillage chief shot back at the twogunmen. The assailants fled thescene after one of them sustained aninjury to the stomach. The gunmenrode together on a motorcycle andthey were carrying an AK47 assaultrifle. Islamic insurgents in Thailand'ssouth continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

3-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 3 A car bomb parked at a busyintersection and outside a bakeryexploded, killing three people andwounding ten others. Attacks onbakeries are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations asbakers are traditionally Shiite.

3-Dec-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives4 2 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives near a police patrol inMosul, killing two people andwounding four others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

3-Dec-06 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 4 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives near the convoy ofColonel Fula Uthman, the policedirector of the Lilyan district ofKirkuk, killing himself and threepolicemen and wounding two others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

3-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 The body of Abd-al-Karim al-Ubaydi,a member of the National AccordMovement, was found bearing signsof torture in Baghdad. Attacks ongovernment officials and members ofpolitical parties are frequent in Iraq.Note, the date of al-Ubaydi's deathwas not reported.

3-Dec-06 Najaf Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Taha Yassin,a Shiite Imam with ties to Shiitecleric Moqtada al-Sadr, after he saidevening prayers in Najaf. Attacks onreligious officials are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations.

3-Dec-06 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Ramadi. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

3-Dec-06 Negev Israel Al-AqsaMartyrsBrigade

Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired a rocket intosouthern Israel, where it fell in anuninhabited region of the Negevdesert. The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigadesclaimed responsibility for the attack.

3-Dec-06 Bannu Pakistan Unknown Explosives1 1 A suicide bomber, suspected to befrom Uzbekistan, blew himself upafter he was approached by policeofficers at a checkpoint in Bannu.One police officer was killed andanother was injured by the blast.

3-Dec-06 Gool Kashmir Unknown Explosives0 0 A grenade thrown by an unidentifiedperson was probably intended for theconvoy carrying Tariq Hamid Qarra,the Finance, Law and ParliamentaryAffairs Minister. The grenade wasthrown minutes before the convoypassed, however, and no one wasinjured.

3-Dec-06 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 34-year-old truckdriver was killed by Islamicinsurgents in a drive-by shooting onSunday in the Yaha district of Yalacity. His wife who was riding with himon a motorcycle survived the attack.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

3-Dec-06 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Police report that two women--a 35-year-old school superintendent andher 70-year-old mother --were shotdead on Sunday by Islamic militantsin a small grocery store that thefamily owned in the Rusoh district ofNarathiwat. An unidentified assailantkilled the two women with a 11mmhandgun. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

3-Dec-06 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 59-year-old mandied on Sunday after being shot inthe head by Islamic militants in adrive-by shooting in the Panaredistrict of Pattani. The assailantsdoused the victim's body withgasoline but they were unable to sethim on fire before fleeing the sceneas neighbors began to scream forhelp. Islamic insurgents in Thailand'ssouth continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

3-Dec-06 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Police report that Islamic militantsmurdered a senior sergeant in thepolice force and a security volunteeraround 8am on Sunday morning asthey had tea at a shop near thepolice station in the Krong Piangdistrict of Yala city. Eyewitnessesindicated that six militants wereinvolved in the attack and that threeof the gunman actually entered theshop and pretended to be customers.The three assailants that remainedoutside shot the police sergeant andvolunteer in the head as they got upto leave the shop.Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

4-Dec-06 Yathrib Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Armed militants kidnapped the Imamof a Sunni mosque in Yathrib.Attacks on religious figures arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

4-Dec-06 Mosul Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms0 4 Gunmen shot and killed fourpolicemen in Mosul. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for shooting police inwest Mosul on this day.

4-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Nabil Ibrahimal-Dulaim, a news editor at a privateradio station that broadcasts newsand educational programming, as hetraveled to work in Baghdad. Attackson journalists and media assistantsare frequent in Iraq. ReportersWithout Borders, an advocacy group,stated that al-Dulaim was the 93rdjournalist killed in Iraq since theAmerican invasion in 2003.

4-Dec-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen shot and killed threegovernment agricultural engineers asthey drove to work in Baqubah.Attacks on government employees,and engineers in particular, arefrequent in Iraq.

4-Dec-06 Khalis Iraq Unknown Firearms8 1 Gunmen attacked a minibus travelingnorth of Khalis, killing one personand wounding eight others. Thevehicle was carrying farm workers.The attack may have had sectarianmotivations.

4-Dec-06 GazaStrip

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket fired at Israellanded in Palestinian territory. Noinjuries were reported.

4-Dec-06 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a worker at arubber plantation was killed in adrive-by shooting around 6am onMonday morning. The shootingoccurred while the victim wasworking at the plantation in the SiSakhon district of Narathiwat.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

4-Dec-06 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Police report that Islamic militantsshot and killed a 32-year-old Muslimman in Yala on Monday. Policeindicated that there is evidence thatthe insurgents targeted the victimbecause they believed he was agovernment informant. The victim's3-year-old daughter was also injuredin the attack. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

5-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 2 A car bomb went off near a market inthe predominately Shiite Amil districtof Baghdad, killing two people andwounding seven others. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

5-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A sniper shot and killed a policemanin central Baghdad. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

5-Dec-06 Khalis Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen opened fire on a minibus inKhalis, killing three people. Thevehicle was carrying laborers. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations.

5-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives12 8 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police training centerin the Sulaykh district of northernBaghdad, killing himself and sevenpolice cadets and wounding twelveothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

5-Dec-06 MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A car bomb detonated in a vegetablemarket in Mahmudiyah, killing oneperson and wounding two others.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

5-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives25 16 Three car bombs detonated in quicksuccession outside a gas station inthe Bayaa neighborhood ofsouthwest Baghdad, killing sixteenpeople and wounding twenty-fiveothers. Attacks on gas stations arefrequent in Iraq as they often havelong lines of patrons waiting topurchase fuel. Attacks on the oilindustry are also common.

5-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms7 15 Armed militants ambushed a minibuscarrying employees of the ShiiteEndowment, an organization thatcares for Shiite mosques, when theydetonated a car bomb as the vehiclepassed in Baghdad. The gunmenthen opened fire on the employees,killing fifteen and wounding seven.Attacks on religious institutions andtheir staff are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

5-Dec-06 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Armed militants attacked a policestation in Ramadi. No casualtieswere reported, however the attack,along with an attack on thegovernor's residence, sparked a two-hour battle that resulted in the deathof sixty-three insurgents.

5-Dec-06 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Armed militants attacked thegovernor's residence in Ramadi. Nocasualties were reported, howeverthe attack, along with an attack on apolice station, sparked a two-hourbattle that resulted in the death ofsixty-three insurgents.

5-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed an armyofficer who worked under SaddamHussein in west Baghdad. Attacks onmembers of Hussein's former regimeare frequent in Iraq.

5-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Ahmad al-Falah, the deputy chief of the IraqiIslamic Party's office in al-Karkh al-Shamali, as he left his home in theAmiriyah area of Baghdad. Attackson those who work for or with thegovernment are frequent in Iraq.

5-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed IdrisMuhammad, a member of the Baathparty, in a district of north Baghdad.Attacks on members of SaddamHussein's former regime are frequentin Iraq.

5-Dec-06 Azpeitia Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A bus, which belongs to the traincompany Euskotren, was set on fireby radicals in the town of Azpeitia, inGuipuzcoa province. Theperpetrators doused the bus withflammable liquid before setting italight. The bus was completelydestroyed by the attack but therewere no reported casualties.

5-Dec-06 Sanaa Yemen Unknown Firearms1 0 A gunman opened fire on the USEmbassy in Sana'a. The embassyguards returned fire, wounding andthen arresting the perpetrator.There may be a connection betweenthis attack and the trial of 22suspects with alleged links to al-Qa'ida.

5-Dec-06 KarbiAnglong

India Unknown Explosives0 0 A section of railroad track was blownup in Karbi Anglong on December 5.The attack disrupted railroadtransportation communications,although it missed an incoming trainby minutes.

5-Dec-06 Yala Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

18 2 Police report that Islamic insurgentswere responsible for a bomb attackagainst a busy roadside market inthe Muang district of Yala city earlyTuesday morning. The bombdetonated around 7:50am asshoppers were busily purchasingfood at nearby food stalls. Theexplosion killed two people, injured18, and damaged seven motorcycles.A senior police officer was among thewounded. The assailants left thebomb in a plastic bag filled withvegetables.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

6-Dec-06 Hawija Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen opened fire on a policepatrol in Hawija, killing onepoliceman and wounding two others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

6-Dec-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen shot and seriously woundeda university professor in Mosul.Attacks on professionals, particularlyprofessors, engineers, and doctorsare frequent in Iraq as militantsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

6-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen opened fire on the vehicleof Brigadier Muhssin Qassim al-Yassiri, the head of security at theMinistry of Education, as he traveledin west Baghdad. The attack killedal-Yassiri's driver. Note, mediareports of the attack variedsignificantly: one stated that al-Yassiri was not harmed, anotherreported that he was injured, and athird stated that he was killed.

6-Dec-06 IskandariyahIraq Unknown Explosives11 4 A bomb exploded inside a shop inIskandariyah, killing four people andwounding eleven others. Theincident took place near a bus stationand likely had sectarian motivations.

6-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives15 3 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives inside a bus in Sadr City, aShiite district of Baghdad, killinghimself and two people andwounding fifteen others. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations.

6-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed the directorof a primary school in a Sunnineighborhood of west Baghdad.Attacks on educators are frequent inIraq as militants attempt to disruptthe country's reconstruction.

6-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed an Iraqi armygeneral who served under SaddamHussein. Attacks on members ofHussein's former regime are frequentin Iraq.

6-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in east Baghdad detonated,however did not result in casualties.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

6-Dec-06 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants detonated explosives alonga pipeline that carries oil betweenrefineries in Kirkuk and Baiji. Theexplosion started a fire, however itwas contained. Attacks on oilinstallations are frequent in Iraq asmilitants attempt to disrupt one ofthe country's most profitableindustries.

6-Dec-06 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives4 3 A car bomb exploded outside thegate of Khalis hospital in Baqubah,killing three people and woundingfour others. After the explosion,gunmen drove by the scene andopened fire. Attacks on hospitalsand medical personnel are frequentin Iraq as militants attempt to disruptthe country's reconstruction.

6-Dec-06 Paktika AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 0 The District Chief of Barmal,Mohammad Mubeen, was shot at bysuspected Taliban gunmen inPaktika. No one was injured,however.

6-Dec-06 Zurmat AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 Two health workers from the Ibn Sinanon-governmental organization(NGO) were kidnapped byunidentified gunmen in Zurmat.

6-Dec-06 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Explosives4 8 A suicide bomber blew himself upoutside of the office of US Protectionand Investigations (USPI), anAmerican security firm in Kandahar.Five Afghans and three foreignnationals were killed and at least fourothers were reported injured. TheTaliban claimed responsibility for theattack.

6-Dec-06 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Explosives13 0 Three police officers and ten civilianswere injured when a grenade wasthrown at a Central Reserve PoliceForce (CRPF) bunker in Srinagar.

6-Dec-06 Gool Kashmir Unknown Explosives0 0 A grenade was thrown at a policestation in Gool on December 6.There were no injuries, however.

6-Dec-06 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms1 2 Police report that two villagers werekilled and one injured in a drive-byshooting attack in front of a school inthe Bannang Sata District of Yala cityon Wednesday morning. Theassailants were believed to beIslamic insurgents.Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

7-Dec-06 Tumaco Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Other 0 0 Insurgents from the Fuerzas ArmadasRevolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)knocked down electrical pylons inTumaco, resulting in a power outagein five municipalities of Narino andleaving around 200,000 residentswithout power.

7-Dec-06 BuenaventuraColombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Explosives3 1 A small explosive device detonatedaround 6 in the morning as a buspassed in the street. One personaboard the bus was killed, and threeothers were injured. The incident isattributed to the Fuerzas ArmadasRevolucionarias de Colombia (FARC).

7-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A car bomb parked near a gas stationin the Karrada district of Baghdadexploded, killing one person andwounding two others. Attacks on gasstations and the oil industry arefrequent in Iraq.

7-Dec-06 Diyala Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 A roadside bomb targeting police inDiyala province detonated, killingone policeman and woundinganother. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

7-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed professor al-Harith Abdul-Hamid, the director ofBaghdad University's Psychologicaland Educational Research Center.Attacks on professors are frequent inIraq as militants attempt to disruptthe country's reconstruction.On 4December Ansar al-Sunnah issued avideo calling on Sunni students andprofessors to suspend all academicactivities at Baghdad universities.The video denounced killings bydeath squads and asked those of allsects to abide by the decision. Thereis no indication that the group wasinvolved in this attack, however.

7-Dec-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed MohammedHaidar Sulaiman, a professor at asports education college, as he drovein east Mosul. Attacks on educatorsare frequent in Iraq as militantsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

7-Dec-06 Fallujah Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Explosives1 2 A car bomb targeting police inFallujah killed two policeman andwounded a third. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.The Islamic Stateof Iraq claimed responsibility for theattack.

7-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen opened fire on a vehiclecarrying police Colonel Basim MudimAbdullah, killing him and two of hisguards as they drove in eastBaghdad. The men were reportedlywearing civilian clothes and driving ina private vehicle. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

7-Dec-06 QadisiyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed AlwanQasim, a member of the Baath party,in Qadisiyah governorate, southernIraq. Attacks on members ofSaddam Hussein's former regime arefrequent in Iraq.

7-Dec-06 Herat AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 Members of the Taliban shot andkilled Abdul Zahir, the chief of GulranDistrict, while he was traveling in hiscar to Herat. The Taliban later issueda statement claiming responsibilityfor the attack.

7-Dec-06 Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired a Qassam rocketfrom the northern Gaza strip towardIsrael. No injuries or damage werereported.

7-Dec-06 NigerDelta

Nigeria Movementfor theEmancipationof theNigerDelta (

Firearms4 0 The Movement for the Emancipationof the Niger Delta (MEND) kidnappedfour employees of Agip in the NigerDelta, three Italian men and oneLebanese man. On January 17 thegroup released one of the Italian menin an act of goodwill. In return forthe release of the remaininghostages MEND demanded therelease of four political prisoners,including Mujahid Asari, a formerNiger Delta militant, and DiepreyeAlamieyeseigha, the former governorof the Bayelsa State. The threecaptives have been held for over twomonths marking the longest periodwhich MEND has held hostages.Securing the release of the threehostages in near term appearsunlikely. According to the MEND'sspokesmen We [MEND] are taking acue from groups like FARC(Columbian guerrillas) which keepshostages for years. We are preparedto keep them for as long as we findthem useful and after that, whoknows?On March 15, 2007 the finaltwo Italian hostages were releasedunharmed by MEND; the Lebanesehostage had escaped custody at anearlier date.


0 0 Thailand's Interior Minister AreeWong-araya reported on Thursdaythat Islamic militants wereresponsible for an arson attackagainst a public school in Narathiwatthat occurred early Thursdaymorning. No casualties werereported.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

7-Dec-06 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsdetonated a bomb in front of asecondary school early Mondaymorning in the Waeng district ofNarathiwat. In total, four people wereinjured with two students sustainingsevere injuries. The bomb explodedaround 7am as students werearriving for school. It was hidden inbushes in front of the school.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

7-Dec-06 Yala Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsset fire to the Kuruchon PhattanaSchool in Yala city Thursday eveningdestroying classrooms used byalmost 500 students. The schoolprincipal told police that the attackoccurred around 7pm when thesecurity guards took a break toattend prayers at the local mosque.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

8-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 Militants killed Brigadier GeneralHumam Nuri, the head of customs inNajaf, and his brother in Baghdad.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

8-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms3 1 Gunmen opened fire on a crowd ofpeople in the Amil neighborhood ofsouthwest Baghdad, killing oneperson and wounding three others.Attacks on crowded, public areas arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

8-Dec-06 al-Nahrawan

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped five truck driversand their vehicles near al-Nahrawan,southeast of Baghdad. Attacks ontruck drivers are frequent in Iraq asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

8-Dec-06 Hawija Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen opened fire on police inHawija, west of Kirkuk, killing onepoliceman and wounding another.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

8-Dec-06 Karmah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A sniper shot and killed aninterpreter who worked with UStroops in Karmah, west of Baghdad.Attacks on those who work withcoalition forces, particularlytranslators, are frequent in Iraq.

8-Dec-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants detonated explosives at thesite where a school was beingconstructed in the Yarmoukneighborhood of Mosul. Nocasualties were reported in thebombing. Attacks on schools andeducators are frequent in Iraq asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

8-Dec-06 DibrugarhIndia UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives0 5 Four police officers were killed whenan improvised explosive device (IED)exploded on a passing police convoyin Dibrugarh on December 8. Thecivilian driver of the police vehiclewas also killed. The UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA)claimed responsibility for the attack,indicating that it was in retaliation forthe recent killings of three ULFAmembers by the police.

8-Dec-06 BalochistanPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A gas pipeline was blown up inBalochistan on December 8,damaging two feet of the pipelineand disrupting gas supplies toMastung and the surrounding area.No injuries were reported.

8-Dec-06 MuslimBagh

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded at a governmenthouse in Muslim Bagh in theBalochistan province on December 8.However, no one was injured.

8-Dec-06 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentskilled a 25-year-old worker at a localrubber plantation in a drive-byshooting on Friday. The assailantsfired twice at the man as he drovehis motorcycle home from a teashopin the Chanae district of Narathiwat.Police found the victim's body around10:30 in the morning.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

9-Dec-06 Rashad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A roadside bomb targeting police inRashad, southwest of Mosul,detonated, wounding a policeman.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

9-Dec-06 Karbala Iraq Unknown Explosives44 6 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives outside the Shiite al-Abbas shrine in Karbala, killinghimself and five other people andwounding forty-four others. Theattack did not damage the building,however cars parked along a nearbystreet were damaged by the blast.The shrine houses the remains ofImam al-Abbas, a Shiite leader andthe son of the founder of Shiite Islam.Karbala is considered by Shiites to bethe second holiest city in Iraq afterNajaf. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.The governorof Karbala, Aqil al-Khaz'ali, stated inan interview that authoritiescaptured a suspect in the bombing.

9-Dec-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives3 3 A car bomb exploded in YarmoukSquare in Mosul, killing three peopleand wounding three others. Attackson crowded, public areas arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

9-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Yussif Farajal-Shimari, the headmaster of aprimary school, in the Doura districtof Baghdad. Attacks on educatorsare frequent in Iraq as militantsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

9-Dec-06 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Hussein Rasheedal-Tikriti, a popular televisiondirector, from a town north ofBaghdad. Attacks on public figures,such as television personalities andsports stars, are frequent in Iraq.The attack may have also hadsectarian motivations.

9-Dec-06 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 Militants killed two policemen inMosul. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility foropening fire on police in west Mosulon this day. Ansar al-Sunnah alsoclaimed an attack on police on thisday.

9-Dec-06 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Police report that a 51-year-oldwoman was killed and her 51-year-old husband was severely injured in adrive-by shooting in the Khok Phodistrict of Pattani around 9pmSaturday. The victims were shot byIslamic insurgents as they rode theirmotorcycle home.Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

10-Dec-06

Algiers Algeria SalafistGroup forCall andCombat(GSPC)

Explosives9 1 A roadside bomb exploded next to abus carrying expatriate westernworkers. The bomb killed the driver,an Algerian, and wounded nineothers. Among the wounded were anAmerican, a Canadian, a Lebanese,and three Britons. The bombing tookplace in an upscale suburb of Algiers,located 6 miles outside the city.There were unconfirmed reports ofgunfire following the explosion. Nogroup claimed responsibility for theattack; however the likelyperpetrator is the Salafist Group forCall and Combat, who wereresponsible for an attack 6 weeksago in the capital.

10-Dec-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a fifteen-year-old bakery employee in Kirkuk.Attacks on bakeries are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations as bakers aretraditionally Shiite.

10-Dec-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A car bomb targeting Diyalagovernor Ra'id Mulla Jawad explodedin northern Baqubah, however didnot result in casualties. Attacks ongovernment officials are frequent inIraq.

10-Dec-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a barber inKirkuk. Attacks on barbers arefrequent in Iraq as extremists believethat shaving men's beards and givingwestern-style haircuts violate Islamiclaw.

10-Dec-06

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a man whoworked as a security guard at ahospital in Tikrit. Attacks onhospitals and their staff are frequentin Iraq as insurgents attempt todisrupt the country's reconstruction.

10-Dec-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Baqubah. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

10-Dec-06

Rabia Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A suicide car bomber drove hisvehicle into a parking lot for fueltrucks, killing himself and settingfour trucks on fire. Attacks on oiltargets are frequent in Iraq asmilitants attempt to disrupt one ofthe country's most profitableindustries.Note, Iraqi media reportedthat the attack took place near aborder crossing.

10-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed army ColonelYaarub Khazaal, one of AhmedChalabi's bodyguards, in westernBaghdad. Chalabi is the head of thede-Baathification committee andformer Deputy Prime Minister.Attacks on government officials andtheir staff are frequent in Iraq.

10-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Gunmen stormed the home of aShiite family in the Jihadneighborhood of southwest Baghdadand killed five brothers, one of thema policeman. It is unclear if thepoliceman was the target of theattack or if it had sectarianmotivations, as four members ofanother Shiite family in the areawere also killed the same night.

10-Dec-06

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Militants kidnapped four SouthAfricans and five Iraqis at acheckpoint north of Baghdad. TheSouth Africans were employees ofSafe Net Security Services, acontractor that works with the USDepartment of Defense. The fiveIraqis were released the same day.Attacks on security contractors arefrequent in Iraq as they often protectlocal and foreign officials.On 13December, the South African Ministryof Foreign Affairs reported that thefour victims were alive and thatcontact had been established withthe perpetrators, however authoritiesdid not disclose the identity of thekidnappers. As many as 2,000 SouthAfricans are believed to be workingin Iraq.

10-Dec-06

Asaba Nigeria Unknown Explosives0 1 A bomb exploded in the People'sDemocratic Party (PDP) secretariat,killing one police officer. Theincident occurred 24 hours after thegubernatorial primaries held in Asabawhich is located Nigeria's DeltaState.

10-Dec-06

Furiani France Unknown Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded near a riotpolice barracks in Furiani, on theisland of Corsica. The blast causedextensive damages, but there wereno reported casualties. No group hasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

10-Dec-06

Nagpur India People'sWarGroup(PWG)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The engine of a Central Railway trainnear Nagpur was set on fire bysuspected members of the People'sWar Group (PWG). No one wasinjured. PWG propaganda pamphletswere left behind by the attackers.

10-Dec-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms2 1 Police report that a 48-year-old manwas killed and his son and wifeinjured in a drive-by shooting in theSan Buri district of Pattani onSunday. The three victims wereambushed at a coconut plantationaround 3am on Sunday as they werein route to collect latex. Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

10-Dec-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Police report that a 23-year-old manand his 22-year-old brother weremurdered on Sunday in a drive-byshooting in the Than To district ofYala city. The two young men wereriding a motorcycle to the market tosell sheets of latex when they wereattacked by Islamic militants.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

11-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen shot and wounded OmarMohammed, a correspondent for Al-Hurrah Television, as he left work inBaghdad. Mohammed reported thatgunmen fired fifteen shots, one ofwhich hit him in the leg. This is thesecond attack Mohammed hassurvived. Attacks on journalists arefrequent in Iraq.

11-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped five civil servantswho work for a contracting companyin central Baghdad. Attacks oncontracting firms and theiremployees are frequent in Iraq, asmany work on development andreconstruction projects, while othersprovide security to local and foreignleaders.

11-Dec-06

Latifiyah Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A fire broke out at an oil storagefacility in Latifiyah, south ofBaghdad. Authorities believe thatthe incident was carried out bymilitants. Attacks on oilinfrastructure are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt one ofthe country's most profitableindustries. Firefighters wereeventually able to put out the blazewithout casualties.

11-Dec-06

Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Firearms0 2 The Associated Press reported thattwo policemen were shot and killedoutside of Baghdad. It is unclear ifthe incidents were separate. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic Army in Iraq claimedresponsibility for attacking a policepost in al-Sayidiyah, south ofBaghdad, on this day. The groupstated that two police were killed andtwo wounded.

11-Dec-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Mosul. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

11-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A bomb exploded in centralBaghdad's Shurjah market, woundingone person. Attacks on public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

11-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 2 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at an abandoned homebeing used by policemen in theDoura district of southern Baghdad,killing himself and a policeman, andwounding five other police. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

11-Dec-06

Dujail Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped five teachers asthey traveled to the Bani-Tamimelementary school in eastern Dujail.Attacks on schools and teachers arefrequent in Iraq, as militants attemptto disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

11-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 0 A roadside bomb exploded nearMustasiriyah University in eastBaghdad, wounding seven people.Attacks on educational institutionsare frequent in Iraq, as militantsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.On 4 December Ansaral-Sunnah issued a video calling onSunni students and professors tosuspend all academic activities atBaghdad universities. The videodenounced killings by death squadsand asked those of all sects to abideby the decision. There is noindication that the group wasinvolved in this attack, however.

11-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A car bomb exploded near al-Maamoun College in west Baghdad,killing a student and wounding twoothers. Two policemen were alsowounded in the blast. Attacks oneducational institutions are frequentin Iraq, as militants attempt todisrupt the country's reconstruction.Attacks on police are also common.On 4 December Ansar al-Sunnahissued a video calling on Sunnistudents and professors to suspendall academic activities at Baghdaduniversities. The video denouncedkillings by death squads and askedthose of all sects to abide by thedecision. There is no indication thatthe group was involved in this attack,however.

11-Dec-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 (1 of 2 Coordinated Arson Attacks)Police report that Islamic insurgentscarried out an arson attack againstthe Ban Sae Mo school in the Sai Buridistrict of Pattani around 1am onMonday morning. A one-storybuilding that housed five classroomswas burned to the ground. Policebelieve this was one of twocoordinated attacks that occurred inthe same district.Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

11-Dec-06


0 0 (2 of 2 coordinated arson attacks)Police report that Islamic insurgentswere responsible for an arson attackagainst the Laham Mitham school inthe San Buri district of Pattani in theearly morning hours on Monday.Local residents quickly noticed thefire and managed to extinguish itbefore extensive damage was done.This attack is believed to be linked toanother arson attack against a schoolthat occurred in the same district onthe same night. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

11-Dec-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Four Islamic insurgents chased andkilled a police officer early Mondaymorning in Yala city as he drovehome after completing his shift. Thegunmen shot the officer in the headand stole his handgun before fleeingthe scene.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

11-Dec-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Police report that a legal assistantwas critically wounded in a drive-byshooting in the Rangae district ofNarathiwat on Monday. Two gunmenriding motorcycles pulled in front ofthe victim's home and shot him as hewas sitting with his wife in front ofthe house.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

11-Dec-06


0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsset fire to a office for defensevolunteers just before dawn Mondaymorning in the Khok Pho district ofPattani. No injuries were reported,but the office was partiallydestroyed. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

12-Dec-06

Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Explosives8 9 A suicide bomber blew himself up inthe office of the governor ofHelmand, killing eight people andinjuring eight others. The Talibanclaimed responsibility and indicatedthat the governor, who was in hisoffice but unharmed, was thebomber's intended target. Thosekilled by the explosion included thathead of Washir District, five policeofficers, and two civilians.

12-Dec-06

Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Two rockets were fired at Israel fromthe Gaza Strip. No injuries werereported.

12-Dec-06

Sha'arHanegev

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Three rockets fired from the GazaStrip fell in open areas of the Sha'arHanegev region, causing no injuriesor damage.

12-Dec-06

Dhaka BangladeshUnknown Explosives0 0 The Bangladesh Rapid ActionBattalion (RAB) found and defusedeight bombs that had been plantedwhere a political rally program forthe Awami League was scheduled tobegin the same day. The bombswere found after four bombsexploded nearby.

12-Dec-06

Dhaka BangladeshUnknown Explosives5 0 Five people were injured when fourbombs exploded at an Awami Leaguepolitical rally in Dhaka on December12. In another incident, the policefound and defused eight additionalbombs in a nearby area wherefurther Awami League events werescheduled.

12-Dec-06


Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed AswanAhmed Lutfallah, a cameraman forthe Associated Press, as he coveredclashes for AP in Mosul. Lutfallahwas waiting for his car to be repairedin east Mosul when insurgents beganfighting nearby. He began filming,but was approached by gunmen whoshot him to death. Attacks onjournalists are frequent in Iraq.Lutfallah was the third AP staffer tobe killed in Iraq since the Americaninvasion in 2003.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for theattack.

12-Dec-06

Hawija Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed twopolicemen near Hawija. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

12-Dec-06

Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Authorities found a bomb placedoutside the Al-Askariya mosque inSamarra, one of the holiest shrines inShiite Islam. The device detonatedas it was being defused, however nocasualties were reported and onlyminor damage was done. The al-Askariya mosque was bombed on 22February in an attack that destroyedthe structure's golden dome and setoff a wave of sectarian attacks acrossthe country.

12-Dec-06

RadwaniyaIraq IslamicState ofIraq

Explosives8 2 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police checkpoint inRadwaniya, southern Baghdad, killinghimself and another person andwounding eight. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.The Islamic Stateof Iraq claimed responsibility for theattack.

12-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives236 70 A car bomb carrying upwards of 440pounds of explosives detonatedamong day laborers in Baghdad'sTayaran Square, killing at leastseventy people and wounding 236others. A man drove up to the areain a Kia truck and reportedlyshouted, I need laborers to unload.As men gathered around, the vehicleexploded. Initial reports indicatedthat there may have been a secondcoordinated attack, however policestated that there was only oneexplosion. Attacks on crowded,public areas are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.According to Deutsche Presse-Agentur, a German media source,eight similar attacks targeting daylaborers have occurred since theAmerican invasion in 2003.Approximately ninety minutes afterthe attack, a second bomb explodednear an Iraqi police patrol in thearea. Militants often coordinatebombings to target police and firstresponders.

12-Dec-06


Explosives0 0 Approximately ninety minutes afteran attack on day laborers killedseventy people, a second bombexploded near an Iraqi police patrolin the area. No injuries werereported. Militants often coordinatebombings to target police and firstresponders.The Islamic State of Iraqclaimed responsibility for targetingpolice commandos with explosiveson al-Sina'ah (Industrial) Street inBaghdad, however did not mentionthe earlier bombing.

12-Dec-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic militantsgunned down a retired doctor onTuesday in Pattani. The victim wasshot in the back as he was driving hismotorcycle to the hospital. Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

12-Dec-06

SongkhlaThailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Police report that an Islamicinsurgent shot a male teacher onTuesday morning as the victim wasin route to school in the Chanadistrict of Songkhla. The victim wasrushed to the hospital. His conditionis unknown. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

13-Dec-06

Jurf al-Sakhar

Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A roadside bomb detonated outsidethe Jurf al-Sakhar city councilbuilding, killing one person andwounding three others. Attacks ongovernment buildings are frequent inIraq.

13-Dec-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives13 11 Two suicide car bombers crashedtheir vehicles into security guardswho protect oil facilities in Kirkuk,killing themselves and nine otherpeople, and wounding thirteen.Attacks on oil installations arefrequent in Iraq, as insurgentsattempt to disrupt one of thecountry's most profitable industries.

13-Dec-06

MusayyibIraq Unknown Explosives1 1 Three roadside bombs targeting apolice patrol in Musayyib detonated,killing a civilian and woundinganother. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

13-Dec-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Kirkuk killed one policemanand wounded three others. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

13-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 5 Two explosive devices detonatednear a crowded market and a Sunnimosque in Baghdad, killing fivepeople and wounding ten others.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

13-Dec-06

Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Two suicide bombers, one driving acar and another wearing a belt ofexplosives, attempted to detonatetheir devices at a police checkpointin Tal Afar but were shot and killedby police after arousing suspicion.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

13-Dec-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants detonated explosives at aShiite shrine in Baqubah. Theincident did not result in casualtiesas the shrine was empty at the timeof the bombing. Attacks on religiousinstitutions are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

13-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped an advisor to theMinistry of Transportation inBaghdad. Attacks on governmentofficials and their staff are frequentin Iraq.

13-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives27 11 A car bomb detonated in theKamaliyah district of Baghdad, killingeleven people and wounding twenty-seven others. The explosionoccurred near a Shiite mosque, amarket, and day laborers waiting forwork. Attacks on crowded, publicareas are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations.

13-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A car bomb detonated near al-Yarmouk hospital in west Baghdad,wounding two people. Attacks onhospitals and medical professionalsare frequent in Iraq. Militants alsooften target families waiting outsidehospital buildings.

13-Dec-06

Mastung Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Gas supply was disrupted nearMastung in Balochistan when a bombexploded on a main pipeline. Noinjuries were reported. A similarincident occurred on December 8,also disrupting the gas supply toMastung.

13-Dec-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed a 55-year-old man ina drive-by shooting in Yala city as herode his motorcycle to work onWednesday morning.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

13-Dec-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed a man in front of hishome on Wednesday morning in Yalacity. The attack occurred onlyminutes after a drive-by shooting ofanother man in the same district.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders withdrive-by shootings and bomb attacksto destabilize society and achieveindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

13-Dec-06


1 0 (1 of 3 coordinated bombings at amarket)Police report that Islamicinsurgents carried out a series ofthree bomb attacks at a market inthe Rangae district of Narathiwat onWednesday morning. The first bombwent off at a clothes shop locatedinside the market. Only one person, a65-year-old woman, was reportedlyinjured.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

13-Dec-06


0 0 (2 of 3 coordinated bombings at amarket)Police report that Islamicinsurgents carried out a series ofthree bomb attacks at a market inthe Rangae district of Narathiwat onWednesday morning. The secondbomb went off at an office supplyshop located inside the market. Onlyone person, a 65-year-old woman,was reportedly injured.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

13-Dec-06


0 0 (3 of 3 coordinated bombings at amarket)Police report that Islamicinsurgents carried out a series ofthree bomb attacks at a market inthe Rangae district of Narathiwat onWednesday morning. The third bombwent off at a motorcycle repair shoplocated inside the market. Only oneperson, a 65-year-old woman, wasreportedly injured.Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

14-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 2 Police received a tip that as many asten car bombs had been placed inSadr City, a Shiite district of Baghdadthat is often targeted in sectarianattacks. Upon investigation, policefound two booby trapped vehicles.One was safely defused, however theother exploded, killing two police andwounding four civilians.

14-Dec-06


Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policeofficer in Mosul. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.The Islamic Stateof Iraq claimed responsibility forshooting a policeman in the Algerianeighborhood of west Mosul on thisday.

14-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen opened fire on the convoyof Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi asit drove in west Baghdad, howeverno casualties were reported. Attackson government officials are frequentin Iraq.

14-Dec-06

Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives1 2 A roadside bomb targeting a jointInterior Ministry-police patrol inSamarra detonated, killing twocommandoes and wounding onepoliceman. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Dec-06

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Militants kidnapped four Iraqis whoworked at a US military base 120miles south of Baghdad. Attacks onthose who work with coalition forcesare frequent in Iraq.

14-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives9 2 A suicide car bomber crashed hisvehicle into a police checkpoint inthe al-Jami'ah neighborhood of westBaghdad, killing two people andwounding nine others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

14-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen stormed a boys' school inthe Alam neighborhood of southwestBaghdad, killing a Shiite guard.Attacks on educational institutionsare frequent in Iraq, as insurgentsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

14-Dec-06

Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket fired from the GazaStrip struck the western Negev,damaging property in a local kibbutz.

14-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 3 Militants fired rockets on a powerstation in northern Baghdad, killingthree members of the electricityprotection force. Attacks on Iraq'senergy infrastructure are frequent.

14-Dec-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms1 2 Police report that Islamic insurgentsattacked the Office of the TambonKrong Pinang AdministrativeOrganization in Yala city around 10:30 on Thursday morning. Thegunmen opened fire on the office,killing two officials -- both of whomwere civil engineers -- and severelyinjuring another. Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders with drive-by shootings andbomb attacks to destabilize societyand achieve independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

15-Dec-06

DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed an Iraqiintelligence officer and a guard whoworked at an oil facility in the sameattack. It is unclear which individualwas the principal target, as attackson both government officials and oilinstallations are frequent in Iraq.

15-Dec-06

Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen shot and killed Muhsin al-Kanan, a Shiite tribal sheikh andmember of the Basra provisionalcouncil, along with two of his guards.Al-Kanan also worked closely withBritish troops in the region. Attackson tribal sheikhs are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations. Many are also targetedfor collaborating with thegovernment or coalition forces.

15-Dec-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A bomb targeting police in Mosuldetonated, wounding one policeman.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.Note, another media sourcereported that the policeman waskilled in the attack.

15-Dec-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A bomb exploded near a police patrolin Mosul, wounding a policeman anddamaging a patrol vehicle. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

15-Dec-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Mosul. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

15-Dec-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 An explosive device targeting policein Kirkuk detonated, wounding twopolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

15-Dec-06

Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a member ofSaddam Hussein's Baath party inBasra. This was one of three attackson Baath party members in Basra onthis day.

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15-Dec-06

Baqubah Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Firearms0 2 Gunmen opened fire on a policecheckpoint in Baqubah, killing twopolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnahclaimed responsibility for killing apoliceman in Diyala province on thisday.

15-Dec-06

BerriozarSpain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Four incendiary devices were thrownat the justice of the peace offices inBerriozar. The blasts caused slightdamages to the front of the offices.No further information is available.

15-Dec-06

Zahedan Iran Unknown Explosives0 1 A car bomb went off in front of thegovernor-general's office of theSistan-Baluchistan province insoutheastern Iran. The bomb killedthe only occupant of the vehicle.This was one of two bombings inZahedan on this day.

15-Dec-06

Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets from the GazaStrip landed near Sederot. Noinjuries were reported.

15-Dec-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 46-year-oldformer village leader was murderedby Islamic insurgents in a drive-byshooting on Friday in the Sungai Padidistrict of Narathiwat. The victim wasriding his motorcycle when theassailants attacked him. Police foundthe victim's body on the side of theroad with multiple gunshot wounds.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

15-Dec-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Police report that a 30-year-old manwas attacked by Islamic insurgentson Friday morning as he rode hismotorcycle on a rural road in theKhok Pho district of Pattani. Thevictim suffered gunshot wounds tohis torso and shoulder and wasrushed to the hospital for treatment.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

15-Dec-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms3 1 Police report that a 16-year-old boywas murdered by Islamic insurgentsin a drive-by shooting late Friday inYala. The victim was shot whileinside his house; three Muslimneighbors were also injured bygunfire. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

15-Dec-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentskilled a 39-year-old Muslim man in adrive-by shooting in Yala on Friday.The victim worked as a rubbertrader.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

15-Dec-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Police found the dead bodies of ayoung couple in an abandoned car inNarathiwat on Friday. The victimshad been shot in what appears tohave been a drive-by shootingcommitted by Islamic insurgents.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

15-Dec-06

Zahedan Iran Unknown Explosives1 0 A bomb exploded in the Sistan-Baluchistan province of southeasternIran. The explosion occurred nearZahedan University; the bomb wasplaced in a trash can and injured apasserby. It is unclear if the schoolwas the target of the bombing. Thiswas one of two attacks in Zahedanon this day.

16-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped Mahoud AhmedFulayih, the coach of Iraq's Olympiccycling team, from his home inBaghdad. Two days later, Fulayih'sbody was identified at Baghdad'smorgue. He was abducted afterreturning with the team from theAsian Games in Doha. Attacks onsports stars and public figures arefrequent in Iraq.

16-Dec-06

Zuhra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed Sattar al-Khadran, a tribal sheikh and theleader of the Bayati tribe, in Zuhra, avillage north of Baqubah. The attackalso killed one of al-Khadran'scompanions. Attacks on triballeaders are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations.

16-Dec-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms2 2 Police report that Islamic militantsattacked the home of a Muslimvillage leader late Saturday night inPattani. The village chief and hisneighbor were both wounded by thegunfire. Police arrived quickly to thescene where they engaged themilitants in a 15-minute gunfight.Two of the militants, both in theirthirties, were killed in the exchange.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

16-Dec-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms2 1 Police report that a 52-year-oldBuddhist man was murdered byIslamic militants in a drive-byshooting in Pattani on Saturday. Theman was working in a rice paddy atthe time of the attack. Two of hisfriends were also critically wounded.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

17-Dec-06

Bilbao Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group of hooded radicals set fire toa bus, using flammable liquid andMolotov cocktails, in the city ofBilbao. The perpetrators stopped thebus at the end of its route, forced thedrivers and passengers off, sprinkledit with petrol and threw the devicesinside. The bus was completelyburned out.

17-Dec-06

Arauca Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Explosives0 0 The 30th Capitan Nelson DarioBedoya Counterinsurgency Battalionlocated and destroyed a van loadedwith explosives by the RevolutionaryArmed Forces of Colombia (FARC) inSanta Clara, Arauquita. It wasbelieved the van was to bedetonated near a Public Forcecheckpoint.

17-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen ambushed four Sunnimembers of the Adhamiya municipalcouncil in east Baghdad. Themilitants kidnapped three of theofficials and killed the fourth.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq, however thisincident may have also had sectarianmotivations.

17-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attempted to storm theDentistry Faculty of a university incentral Baghdad but were preventedby guards. Attacks on educationalinstitutions are frequent in Iraq.On 4December Ansar al-Sunnah issued avideo calling on Sunni students andprofessors to suspend all academicactivities at Baghdad universities.The video denounced killings bydeath squads and asked those of allsects to abide by the decision. Thereis no indication that the group wasinvolved in this attack, however.

17-Dec-06

Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants threw a hand grenade atthe home of Ghazi al-Sammari, amember of the Basra GovernorateCouncil, causing damage but noinjuries. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

17-Dec-06


Unknown0 2 Militants killed two policemen inBaghdad. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic Army inIraq claimed responsibility foropening fire on police in centralBaghdad's al-Waziriyah district onthis day. The group stated that twopolicemen were killed.

17-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 4 Police found the bodies of four Sunnitribal leaders who had recently metwith an Iraqi battalion commander todiscuss security. Attacks on triballeaders, specifically those whocollaborate with the government, arefrequent in Iraq.

17-Dec-06

Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen opened fire on the vehicleof police First Lieutenant Zahir al-Darraji in Kut, killing him andwounding the driver and al-Darraji'sfather. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

17-Dec-06

IskandariyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Isma'il al-Khanfashi, the vice president of anIraqi non-governmental organization(NGO), in Iskandariyah. Attacks onNGOs are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

17-Dec-06

IskandariyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen in Iskandariyah shot andkilled a Sunni sheikh who was aleading member of the MuslimScholars Association as he returnedfrom a meeting with an aide to PrimeMinister Nuri al-Maliki. Attacks onreligious officials are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations.

17-Dec-06

MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A car bomb detonated inMahmudiyah near a bus station anda crowded market, killing one personand wounding two others. Attackson crowded, public areas arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

17-Dec-06

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants detonated a bomb outside amedical facility in western Iraq. ARed Crescent flag was flying outsidethe building, however a spokesmanfor the organization said that theclinic was not related to the aidgroup. The attack occurred the sameday that militants kidnapped thirtyemployees of a Red Crescent officein Baghdad. It is unclear if theattacks were related.

17-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen wearing Interior Ministryuniforms and driving as many as tenpickup trucks stormed the Baghdadoffice of the Red Crescent, an aidgroup, and kidnapped as many asthirty men. Three security guardsworking at the Dutch embassynearby were also abducted. Later inthe day, six elderly men werereleased. By 18 December, fourteenof the thirty men had been released.The victims reported that they hadbeen kept blindfolded and were notcertain where they had been held.On 19 December, authoritiesreported that only four employeesremained in custody, however RedCrescent officials stated that theiroffices would remain closed. Attackson aid groups and medicalprofessionals are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

18-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen opened fire on femalestaffers at the Ministry of Educationin the Amil neighborhood ofsouthwest Baghdad, killing one andwounding two others. Attacks ongovernment targets are frequent inIraq.

18-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A sniper shot and killed a guard atthe University of Technology inBaghdad. Attacks on educationalinstitutions are frequent in Iraq.On 4December Ansar al-Sunnah issued avideo calling on Sunni students andprofessors to suspend all academicactivities at Baghdad universities.The video denounced killings bydeath squads and asked those of allsects to abide by the decision. Thereis no indication that the group wasinvolved in this attack, however.

18-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A bomb planted in a vehicle carryingofficials from the Ministry ofElectricity detonated, killing thedriver and wounding two otherpeople. Attacks on governmentofficials and their staff area frequentin Iraq.

18-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in central Baghdad detonated,wounding three policemen. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

18-Dec-06

Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen stormed the home of policeCaptain Nihad Khalid, the head ofemergency police in Samarra, andkidnapped him. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

18-Dec-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policecommissioner in Kirkuk. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

18-Dec-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Khayr-al-Dinal-Dabbagh, a member of the Ninawagovernorate council, outside hishome in Mosul. Attacks ongovernment officials are frequent inIraq.

18-Dec-06

Dour Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped three truckdrivers in Dour and then set theirvehicles on fire. Attacks on truckdrivers are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

18-Dec-06

Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol on the road between TuzKhurmato and Kirkuk detonated,wounding two policemen. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

18-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 0 A car bomb detonated at a vegetablemarket in the Doura neighborhood ofBaghdad, wounding seven people.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

18-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives19 5 A car bomb detonated outside theentrance to a wholesale vegetablemarket in the Saydiya district ofsouthern Baghdad, killing five peopleand wounding nineteen others.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

18-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped and later killedZuhir Muhammad Rashid, a popularcomedian who appeared on theseries Caricature, in the al-Baladiyatarea of east Baghdad. Walid HassanJa'az, one of Rashid's colleagues onCaricature, was killed in Baghdad on20 November. Attacks on publicfigures are frequent in Iraq.

18-Dec-06

PortHartcourt


Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded in the car parkof Royal Dutch Shell's residentialcompound in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.The blast caused damage but noinjuries. The Movement for theEmancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) claimed responsibility.Theblast was part of a coordinatedattack that also hit the Compound ofAgip, an Italian oil company.

18-Dec-06

PortHartcourt


Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded along theperimeter wall of a residentialcompound used by Italian OilCompany Agip. The blast causeddamage but no injuries werereported. The attack was claimed bythe Movement for the Emancipationof the Niger Delta (MEND).MEND alsolaunched a coordinated attack thatalso struck the Royal Dutch ShellCompound.

18-Dec-06

Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 0 Five engineers from the RuralDevelopment Ministry werekidnapped by members of theTaliban in Ghazni Province. TheTaliban issued a statement indicatingthat the engineers were being heldunharmed. The motivation for thekidnapping is unclear.

18-Dec-06

Khost AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 A remote-controlled bomb explodednear a police vehicle outside ofKhost. No one was injured and thevehicle was not damaged.

18-Dec-06

Yemen Unknown Firearms1 0 Abdullah bin Naji al-Shaef, a Yemenipolitician, was attacked by armedgunmen in northeastern Yemen. Theattack occurred one day before aYemeni election and injured al-Shaef.

18-Dec-06

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket landed in a kibbutzin southern Israel. No injuries werereported.

18-Dec-06

KarbiAnglong

India Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was found in a railroadstation in Karbi Anglong onDecember 18. The device wasdefused by security forces and noone was injured.

18-Dec-06


0 0 (4 of 13 coordinated arson attacks)Police report that Islamic militantsset fire to 13 public schoolsthroughout the Khok Po and Yarangdistrict of Pattani on Monday night.Most of the buildings wereundamaged as local villagers wereable to extinguish the fires at 11 ofthe 13 schools.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

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0 0 (6 of 13 coordinated arson attacks)Police report that Islamic militantsset fire to 13 public schoolsthroughout the Khok Po and Yarangdistricts of Pattani on Monday night.Most of the buildings wereundamaged as local villagers wereable to extinguish the fires at 11 ofthe 13 schools.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

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19-Dec-06

DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemajor outside his home in Diwaniya.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

19-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Baghdad's Yarmouk districtdetonated, wounding four civiliansand damaging several vehicles.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

19-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives9 2 A roadside bomb detonated near anelectricity plant in southern Baghdad,killing two civilians and woundingnine others. Attacks on energyinfrastructure are frequent in Iraq, asinsurgents attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

19-Dec-06

Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed JumhuriyahUbayd, a former member of SaddamHussein's Baath party, outside herhome in Kut. Attacks on members ofHussein's former regime are frequentin Iraq.

19-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A man claiming to have beenkidnapped by insurgents drove up toa police checkpoint in the al-Amariyadistrict of Baghdad and exited hisvehicle, stating that he believed thecar he was driving containedexplosives. Police noticed asuspicious bag in the trunk andcleared the area before the devicedetonated. No injuries were caused.The man told police that militantsforced him to drive to that particularcheckpoint. Incidents of militantgroups kidnapping civilians to carryout suicide attacks unknowingly havebeen reported in the past. The manwas detained for questioning.

19-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Dr. Omar al-Jubouri from the al-Alwiyah maternalhospital in central Baghdad. Attackson medical professionals arefrequent in Iraq, as militants attemptto disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

19-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A car bomb detonated in a popularmarket in the Zaafaraniya district ofsouthern Baghdad, killing one personand wounding three others. Attackson crowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

19-Dec-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives7 0 A roadside bomb targeting theconvoy of police Lieutenant ColonelKamil Ahmed detonated, woundingseven police. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

19-Dec-06

Untsukul Russia Unknown Explosives0 1 The car of Magomed Ibragimov, headof a Dagestani district educationdirectorate, was blown up in thevillage of Untsukul near Makhachkalaand close to the Chechen border,killing him on the spot.

19-Dec-06


0 0 Police report that Islamic militantsset fire to the Baan Tupa primaryschool in the Kokphoe district ofPattani around 3am on Tuesday.Firefighters tried to extinguish theflames, but were unable to do sobefore it destroyed the interior of thebuilding. No casualties werereported.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

19-Dec-06


0 0 Police report that Islamic militantstorched a secondary school in theKokphoe district of Pattani onTuesday morning. It was the secondarson attack of the night against aschool in the Kokphoe district.Islamic insurgents ambushed policeas they rushed to the scene of thecrime, exchanging several rounds ofgunfire. The school had burnt to theground by the time police were ableto fight off the militants.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

19-Dec-06


0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentscarried out another arson attackagainst a school in Thailand's Yalaprovince late Tuesday night. Themilitants destroyed a building at akindergarten school in the Yahadistrict of Yala city, dousing thebuilding with gasoline before settingit on fire. No causalities werereported.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

19-Dec-06


0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsset fire to a government-ownedpublic health office in the Yahadistrict of Yala city late Tuesdaynight. The militants doused the officewith gasoline before setting it on fire.The building was completelydestroyed by the blaze. This was thesecond arson attack that occurred,almost simultaneously, in the Yahadistrict on Tuesday night.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

20-Dec-06

Greece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A series of seven incendiary bombattacks took place in Athens andThessaloniki, targeting bankbranches. All seven attacks tookplace within a two-hour time periodand police believe they were inresponse to a statement by PublicOrder Minister Viron Polidhoras,which called on the anti-establishment community to stopplaying with fire. The first attacktook place a little after midnight inthe Ilion area, and targeted anEgnatia Bank. The perpetratorsbroke the glass of the bank with arock and threw the explosive deviceinto the building.

20-Dec-06

Greece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A series of seven incendiary bombattacks took place in Athens andThessaloniki, targeting bankbranches. All seven attacks tookplace within a two-hour time periodand police believe they were inresponse to a statement by PublicOrder Minister Viron Polidhoras,which called on the anti-establishment community to stopplaying with fire. The second blasttook place around 1:00am onAthinon Avenue in the Peristeri area.The perpetrators used a rock tobreak the front window of a Eurobankbranch and threw the incendiarydevice into the bank.

20-Dec-06

Athens Greece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A series of seven incendiary bombattacks took place in Athens andThessaloniki, targeting bankbranches. All seven attacks tookplace within a two-hour time periodand police believe they were inresponse to a statement by PublicOrder Minister Viron Polidhoras,which called on the anti-establishment community to stopplaying with fire. The third attacktook place at about 1:30am inAthens, and also targeted aEurobank branch. This device, madeof a small gas canister and acontainer with flammable liquid, wasplaced outside the bank.

20-Dec-06


0 0 A series of seven incendiary bombattacks took place in Athens andThessaloniki, targeting bankbranches. All seven attacks tookplace within a two-hour time periodand police believe they were inresponse to a statement by PublicOrder Minister Viron Polidhoras,which called on the anti-establishment community to stopplaying with fire. The fourth blastoccurred at a Commercial Bankbranch at the crossroads of Singrosand Areopayitou Streets in Athens.This attack took place approximatelytwo minutes after the third blast.

20-Dec-06


0 0 A series of seven incendiary bombattacks took place in Athens andThessaloniki, targeting bankbranches. All seven attacks tookplace within a two-hour time periodand police believe they were inresponse to a statement by PublicOrder Minister Viron Polidhoras,which called on the anti-establishment community to stopplaying with fire. The fifth blast tookplace at about 1:39am on KifisiasAvenue and targeted an Aspis Bank.The device was made of a small gascanister, like the others.

20-Dec-06

Pireaus Greece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A series of seven incendiary bombattacks took place in Athens andThessaloniki, targeting bankbranches. All seven attacks tookplace within a two-hour time periodand police believe they were inresponse to a statement by PublicOrder Minister Viron Polidhoras,which called on the anti-establishment community to stopplaying with fire. The sixth attacktargeted a National Bank of Greecebranch in Pireaus. This blast tookplace around 1:40am.

20-Dec-06


0 0 A series of seven incendiary bombattacks took place in Athens andThessaloniki, targeting bankbranches. All seven attacks tookplace within a two-hour time periodand police believe they were inresponse to a statement by PublicOrder Minister Viron Polidhoras,which called on the anti-establishment community to stopplaying with fire. The seventh andfinal blast took place at 1:41am atanother Eurobank branch in thePankrati neighborhood in Athens.

20-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives8 4 A car bomb exploded in the parkinglot of an Interior Ministry building inthe Adhamiya neighborhood ofnorthern Baghdad. The attacktargeted an office that issuespassports and identity cards, andkilled four people and wounded eightothers. Attacks on governmentbuildings are frequent in Iraq.

20-Dec-06

IskandariyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Isma'ilHusayn Ahmad, the preacher atUmar al-Faruq mosque inIskandariyah and a member of theAssociation of Muslims Scholars.Attacks on religious officials arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

20-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A car bomb targeting police in the al-Bayya neighborhood of westBaghdad detonated, wounding anumber of citizens. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

20-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen shot and killed MuntatharMohammed Mehdi, the assistantdean of the al-Mushtanriya Universitylaw school, along with his brotherand cousin as they drove in thepredominately Sunni Adhamiyahdistrict of Baghdad. Attacks oneducators are frequent in Iraq,however this incident may have hadsectarian motivations; Mehdi was amember of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's political movement.On 4December Ansar al-Sunnah issued avideo calling on Sunni students andprofessors to suspend all academicactivities at Baghdad universities.The video denounced killings bydeath squads and asked those of allsects to abide by the decision. Thereis no indication that the group wasinvolved in this attack, however.

20-Dec-06


Explosives24 11 A suicide car bomber crashed hisvehicle into a police checkpoint inBaghdad, killing eleven people,including four police, and woundingsix police and eighteen civilians. Theattack took place near BaghdadUniversity and a group of pilgrimswho were preparing to travel toMecca. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for asuicide bombing at a gathering ofpolice commandos in the al-Jadiriyahdistrict of Baghdad province on thisday.

20-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms7 1 Gunmen opened fire on civiliansinside a bus station reportedlypopular with students, killing oneperson and wounding seven others.Attacks on transportation systems aswell attacks on schools and theirstudents are frequent in Iraq.

20-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a teacher ina predominately Shiite neighborhoodof east Baghdad. The teacher'sbrother, a famous actor, was killedby gunmen the day before. It isunclear if the attacks were related.

20-Dec-06

Amara Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Amara. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

20-Dec-06

Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives14 0 A bomb attached to a bicycleexploded near a police station inQuetta, injuring as many as 14people. The blast also occurred neara busy market and a hotel. No onehas claimed responsibility for theincident.

20-Dec-06

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians launched a Qassamrocket from northern Gaza at Israel.The rocket landed in an open areanear a kibbutz.

20-Dec-06

Cachar India Unknown Unknown0 0 Banwarilal Sharma, a supervisor ofthe railroad construction company R.K Godhara, was kidnapped from aconstruction site in Cachar onDecember 20. Sharma was rescuedon December 23. His kidnapperswere suspected to also be fromCachar, although it is unclearwhether they associated with aspecific group.

20-Dec-06

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen shot and killed policeLieutenant Colonel Ahmed Saleh ashe walked in a market in Tikrit.Another officer with him waswounded. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

20-Dec-06

Iraq Unknown Firearms10 5 Gunmen opened fire on policeprotecting pilgrims traveling in Iraq,killing five and wounding tenpilgrims. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq, however thisincident likely had sectarianmotivations.

20-Dec-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed a 33-year-old man inNarathiwat on Wednesday. The manwas formerly a village defensevolunteer. Militants set his body onfire before fleeing the scene andplaced road spikes on the road toprevent police from accessing thescene of the crime.Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

20-Dec-06


1 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsdetonated a roadside bomb in theTambon Paluru district of Narathiwaton Wednesday that injured oneBorder Patrol Police officer. Thevictim was a member of an eight-man security team assigned to thearea to protect teachers at a nearbyschool.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

21-Dec-06

SanSebastian


0 0 A group of unidentified perpetratorsfirebombed a bus in the Basque cityof San Sebastian. The devicesstarted a fire, which gutted the bus.No further information is available.

21-Dec-06

Cali Colombia RevolutionaryArmedForces ofColombia(FARC)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A bus was torched by two insurgentsfrom the Revolutionary Armed Forcesof Colombia (FARC) at 5am in theBtisas de Los Alamos neighborhoodof Cali. The bus driver, CarlosAlberto Maya, was told by two armedmen that his vehicle would betorched and was ordered to exit thevehicle.

21-Dec-06

Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired from theGaza Strip, landing outside Sederot.No injuries were reported.

21-Dec-06

BaytHanun

WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives3 0 Two Qassam rockets fired byPalestinian militants at Israel landedin the Gaza Strip, striking a house inBayt Hanun. The owner of the housewas lightly hurt and consequentlyhad a miscarriage. Her two childrenwere also lightly injured.

21-Dec-06


Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired three Qassamrockets from the Gaza Strip towardSederot. There were no casualitiesor damage reported. PalestineIslamic Jihad claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

21-Dec-06


Explosives20 0 At least 20 people were injured whenan improvised explosive device (IED)that was placed in a bicycle explodedin a busy area of Guwahati onDecember 21. Members of theUnited Liberation Front of Assam(ULFA) were suspected to beresponsible for the attack.

21-Dec-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting theconvoy of police Colonel AdnanMohammed wounded two policemenin Kirkuk. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

21-Dec-06


Explosives15 16 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police academy incentral Baghdad, killing himself,three police officers, and twelvepolice recruits. Another fifteenpeople were wounded. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for the attack.

21-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Mitashar al-Sudani, a popular actor andcomedian, as he drove in Baghdad.Attacks on public figures, such astelevision personalities and sportsstars, are frequent in Iraq.

21-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a teacher asshe left a girls high school inBaghdad. Attacks on educationalinstitutions are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

21-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policeintelligence officer in west Baghdad.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

21-Dec-06

Diyala Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen stormed a pharmacy inDiyala and killed the pharmacist andhis brother. Attacks on medicalprofessionals are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

21-Dec-06

Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A car bomb exploded at a checkpointrun by the Oil Facilities ProtectionForce in Baiji, killing one person andwounding three others. Attacks onthe oil industry are frequent in Iraq.

21-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 3 Two roadside bombs targeting apolice patrol in northern Baghdadkilled three people and woundedseven others. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

21-Dec-06

Karbala Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Militants killed a member of SaddamHussein's former Baath Party inKarbala. Attacks on members ofHussein's former regime are frequentin Iraq.

21-Dec-06

Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 An explosive device targeting apolice patrol east of Samarra killedtwo policemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

21-Dec-06

DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped Hussein JabrHadwan, a military intelligenceofficer and former bodyguard tointerim Defense Minister Hazem al-Shaalan. Attacks governmentofficials and their security staff arefrequent in Iraq.

21-Dec-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Police report that Islamic militantsopened fire on a group of seventeachers as they traveled bymotorcycle to school on Thursdaymorning in the Yaring district ofPattani. Two of the teachers werecritically wounded in the shooting.One of the victims, 34-year-oldChutima Rattanasamnieng, died fromheart failure late Thursday night atthe hospital. She was the 61stteacher killed in the most recentinsurgency.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

21-Dec-06

Sufa Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired a Qassam rocketfrom the Gaza Strip toward the Sufacrossing. No casualties or damagewere reported.

22-Dec-06

Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Explosives8 1 A suicide bomber blew himself up inKabul near the car of Pacha KhanZadran, a Member of Parliament inthe lower house of the Afghangovernment. The bomber died andeight people were injured, includingthree members of the Zadran'sfamily. Zadran was not in the car atthe time of the attack.

22-Dec-06

Tirin Kot AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 5 A roadside bomb killed five Afghanpolice officers on a patrol outside ofTirin Kot on December 22. TheTaliban claimed responsibility for theattack.

22-Dec-06

Negev Israel Al-AqsaMartyrsBrigade

Explosives0 0 Three Qassam rockets were fired intothe western Negev from the GazaStrip. One rocket caused damage toa bank, and an additional buildingwas damaged by another rocket. Nocasualties were reported. The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimedresponsibility for the attack.

22-Dec-06

Colombo SriLanka


Unknown0 0 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) hijackeda Jordanian ship off the coast of SriLanka. The ship, which has a crew of25 people and was transporting rice,was owned by the International AlSalam Company for Trade andTransport. The crew was released bythe LTTE the next day.

22-Dec-06

NorthWaziristan

Pakistan Unknown Firearms2 1 A government vehicle came underattack in North Waziristan whenunidentified gunmen opened fire onit. A tribal police officer was killedand two other officers were injured.It is unclear if the officers were in thevehicle or stationed at a nearbycheck point. The vehicle wassupposedly transporting an assistantgovernment official, althoughconflicting reports indicate that theofficial may not have been in thevehicle at the time of the attack.

22-Dec-06

Kamrup India Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded under anArunachal Express train in Kamrupon December 22. Following theexplosion, unidentified gunmenopened fire on the train. No one wasinjured, although the attackdamaged ten coaches and part of therailroad track.

22-Dec-06

Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was thrown at a hotel inQuetta on December 22, although noone was injured in the explosion.

22-Dec-06

Udalguri India NationalDemocraticFront ofBodoland(NDFB)

Unknown0 0 Suspected members of the NationalDemocratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)kidnapped a junior engineer with thegovernment Border RoadsOrganization (BRO) in Udalguri onDecember 22. The engineer wasidentified as M. Ganeshan.

22-Dec-06

Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 A roadside bomb targeting police incentral Samarra killed twopolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

22-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Militants kidnapped Emad al-Shamari, a Sunni imam, fromBaghdad's al-Bunouk neighborhood.Attacks on religious officials arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

22-Dec-06

Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives4 2 A car bomb detonated outside thehome of Ahmed al-Yaseen, killing himand his wife, and wounding their fourchildren. Al-Yaseen is the brother ofAbdel Kareem al-Yaseen, a memberof the Sunni Accordance Front inIraq's parliament. Ahmed al-Yaseenwas also reported as being amember of Samarra's city council.Attacks on government officials andtheir families are frequent in Iraq.

22-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Baghdad wounded twopolicemen and four civilians. Theattack occurred near the NationalTheater in the Karradah district ofthe capital. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

22-Dec-06

Suwayra Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A bomb detonated in a vegetablemarket in Suwayra, south ofBaghdad, wounding five people.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

22-Dec-06

Duluiyah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 An explosive device targeting policein Duluiyah, north of Baghdad,wounded two policemen. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

23-Dec-06

PortHartcourt


Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded outside theoffice of the River State Governor,Peter Odili. The blast damaged theoutside of the compound but causedno injuries. The Movement for theEmancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) claimed responsibility for theattack.

23-Dec-06

MehtarlamAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was found and defused bythe police outside of the home of thegovernor of Laghman Province. Noone was injured.

23-Dec-06


23-Dec-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed WathaahAbid-Rabbuh, a tribal leader of thepredominately Sunni Jobour tribe.Attacks on tribal leaders are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

23-Dec-06

DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a member ofthe facilities protection force, thebody tasked with policing Iraq'sinfrastructure. Attacks on the oilindustry are frequent in Iraq.

23-Dec-06

DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Saddam Hussein's Baathparty in Diwaniya. Attacks on formermembers of Hussein's regime arefrequent in Iraq.

23-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Militants killed Muhammad HusaynRa'uf, the founder of the ArabNationalist Democratic Movement.Attacks on politicians are frequent inIraq.

23-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device targeting apolice patrol in the Yarmoukneighborhood of Baghdad detonated,however did not result in casualties.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

24-Dec-06


Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket fired from the GazaStrip hit a nursery school in Sederot.No injuries or damage were reported.The Palestine Islamic Jihad claimedresponsibility for the attack.

24-Dec-06

DeraBugti

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Gas supply to Dera Bugti and thesurrounding area was disrupted aftera bomb exploded part of a gaspipeline. No injuries were reported,however.

24-Dec-06

DeraBugti

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Electricity supply was disrupted inDera Bugti when bombs exploded attwo electricity towers. No injurieswere reported. The attack occurredon the same day that a gas pipelinewas blown up in Dera Bugti.

24-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 The office of Vice President Adil Abd-al-Mahdi reported that al-Mahdi'spersonal bodyguard was killed nearthe Vice President's residence by aforeign assailant. Attacks ongovernment officials and theirsecurity staff are frequent in Iraq.

24-Dec-06

Tal Afar Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting police inTal Afar wounded two policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq. The Islamic State of Iraq laterclaimed responsibility for an attackthey said targeted the Tal Afar policecenter director. The group statedthat the bombing wounded thedirector and killed three of hisguards.

24-Dec-06

MuqdadiyaIraq Unknown Explosives30 8 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police station inMuqdadiya, killing himself and sevenpolicemen, and wounding upwards ofthirty other people. The blast alsodestroyed much of the building.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

24-Dec-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives17 1 A bomb detonated in a market inBaqubah, killing one person andwounding seventeen others. Attackson crowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

24-Dec-06

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 Gunmen opened fire on a policecheckpoint in Baqubah, killing twopolicemen and wounding a third.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

24-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Qassim Saleh, adoctor, in central Baghdad. Attackson professionals, particularly doctors,are frequent in Iraq, as militantsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction. Gunmen alsokidnapped a doctor from the HealthMinistry on this day.

24-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped MohammedQassim Mahmoud, a doctor whoworks at the Health Ministry, as hedrove in east Baghdad. Attacks onprofessionals, particularly doctors,are frequent in Iraq, as militantsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction. The attack may havealso had sectarian motivations, asthe Health Ministry is closely linkedwith Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.Gunmen also kidnapped a doctor incentral Baghdad on this day.

24-Dec-06

Jurf al-Sakhar

Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 Gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint in Jurf al-Sakhar, south ofBaghdad, wounding three policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

24-Dec-06


0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsset fire to the Banphabon publicschool in the Khok Pho district ofPattani on Sunday night. The schoolis now closed after two buildingswere severely damaged by the fire.Insurgents placed road spikes on theroad leading to the school to impedethe arrival of firefighters. Thismarked the 16th arson attackagainst schools in the month ofDecember. No casualties werereported.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

25-Dec-06

DarraAdamkhel

Pakistan Taliban Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded at a girls' school inDarra Adamkhel, although no onewas injured. The attack came afterschools in the area received lettersthreatening the schools if theyallowed girls to continue witheducation. Members of the localTaliban are suspected to beresponsible for the incident.

25-Dec-06

AshqelonIsrael Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket fired from the GazaStrip landed in an industrial area ofAshqelon and hit a strategic facility.

25-Dec-06

Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets landed in theNegev's Eshkol Regional Council.

25-Dec-06

Mannar SriLanka


Explosives3 1 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) threw abomb at a group of police officersguarding a church in Mannar duringChristmas day services. One officerwas killed and three were injured bythe blast.

25-Dec-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 3 The bodies of three policemen werefound in Mosul. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

25-Dec-06

Ramadi Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Explosives2 4 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police checkpointnear the main entrance to AnbarUniversity in Ramadi, killing himselfand three policemen, and woundingtwo students. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq. Attacks oneducational institutions are alsocommon, as militants attempt todisrupt the country's reconstruction.The Islamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for the attack.

25-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives20 3 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives on a crowded bus in thepredominately Shiite Talibiya districtof northeast Baghdad, killing threepeople and wounding twenty others.Attacks on transportation networksare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

25-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives11 9 A car bomb detonated near an open-air market in the New Baghdadneighborhood of the capital, killingnine people and wounding elevenothers. The area is reportedlypopular with shoppers and daylaborers. Attacks on crowded, publicareas, particularly markets, arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

25-Dec-06

Diyala Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen attacked a police patrol inDiyala, however police were able torepel the attack, killing fourperpetrators. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

25-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint in southern Baghdad.Casualties were reported, howeverspecific numbers for this attack werenot given.

25-Dec-06

MahaweelIraq Unknown Firearms3 3 Gunmen shot and killed a policelieutenant colonel and twopolicemen, and wounded three otherpolice in Mahaweel. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

25-Dec-06

Maysan Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Saddam Hussein's Baathparty who worked at the MaysanGovernorate civil administration.The attack was reported to be part ofa campaign targeting members ofHussein's former regime who wereallowed to return to governmentservice.

25-Dec-06

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed an Iraqitranslator working with US forces.Attacks on those who work withcoalition troops, particularlytranslators, are frequent in Iraq.

25-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Militants kidnapped Sheikh TahaYasin Rajab al-Ani, the imam of theAl-Samarra'i mosque, from his homein Baghdad. His body was found twoweeks later showing signs of torture.Attacks on religious figures arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

25-Dec-06

Riyadh Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Police found the body of a policemanbearing gunshot wounds and signs oftorture in Riyadh, southwest ofKirkuk. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

25-Dec-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsgunned down a Buddhist civilian in adrive-by shooting in the Nong Chikdistrict of Pattani on Mondaymorning. The victim, SomjitBooranathorn, died at the scene.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

26-Dec-06

HamburgGermany Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A private car was set on fire outsidethe home of Thomas Mirow, a SocialDemocratic Party (SDP) member inHamburg. The flames causeddamages to the windows and thefront of the home, but there were noreported casualties. An anonymousgroup claimed responsibility for theattack and called for further violentaction in the run-up to the G8summit meeting in Germany in June.

26-Dec-06

Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Kut. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

26-Dec-06

PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives2 1 One person was killed and two othersinjured when a bomb exploded in acar parked in the parking lot outsideof the Peshawar airport on December26. No one has claimedresponsibility for the incident.

26-Dec-06

Sha'arHanegev


Explosives0 0 Palestinians launched a Qassamrocket toward the Sha'ar Hanegevregion. Palestine Islamic Jihad tookresponsibility for the action.

26-Dec-06

ImphalWest

India Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was found near the MisaoGas Agency in Imphal West. Securityforces removed the device. Noinjuries were reported.

26-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Muhanad AhmedSaleh, a government official anddirector of the Baghdad InternationalFair. Attacks on government officialsare frequent in Iraq.

26-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A roadside bomb detonated near aSunni shrine in east Baghdad. Noinjuries were reported. When policeresponded to the attack, twoadditional devices exploded, killing apolice officer and wounding nineothers. Militants often coordinateattacks to target police and firstresponders.

26-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives9 1 As police responded to a bombing ata Sunni shrine in east Baghdad, twoadditional devices exploded, killing apolice officer and wounding nineothers. Militants often coordinateattacks to target police and firstresponders.

26-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives15 5 A roadside bomb detonated at amarket in central Baghdad, killingfive people and wounding fifteenothers. Attacks on crowded, publicareas, particularly markets, arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

26-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives35 17 A bomb exploded outside the AbuHanifa mosque in Baghdad, killingseventeen people and woundingthirty-five others. The attackoccurred in a busy square wheremerchants were selling food andclothing and did not damage theshrine. The mosque is consideredthe most holy Sunni shrine inBaghdad. Attacks on religiousinstitutions are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

26-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives54 26 Three car bombs detonated in quicksuccession in a commercial district ofBaghdad, killing twenty-six peopleand wounding fifty-four others. Theattack occurred as shoppersprepared for the upcoming Eid Atharholiday. Attacks on crowded, publicareas are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations.

26-Dec-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Gunmen shot and wounded twopolicemen in a town near Kirkuk.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

26-Dec-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives6 3 A bomb exploded near a primaryschool in Kirkuk, killing three peopleand wounding six others. Attacks oneducational institutions are frequentin Iraq, as militants attempt todisrupt the country's reconstruction.

26-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed MajorGeneral Imad Muhsen Jaafar, thedirector general at the InteriorMinistry. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

26-Dec-06

Baiji Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Explosives5 0 A car bomb detonated outside the al-Ta'mim police station in Baiji,wounding a policeman and fourcivilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for anattack on the police station in al-Ta'mim district on this day, howeverstated that it was carried out withlight and medium range weapons.

26-Dec-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives3 2 A bomb exploded near the Universityof Kirkuk, killing two people andwounding three others. Attacks oneducational institutions are frequentin Iraq, as militants attempt todisrupt the country's reconstruction.

26-Dec-06

Amarah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Majid Abd-al-Wahhab, a traffic policeman, inAmarah. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

26-Dec-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Mosul wounded fourcivilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

26-Dec-06

CherkesskRussia Unknown Explosives0 0 After a series of special policeoperations to root out militants froman apartment complex in Cherkessk,unidentified people threw a bombunder the police truck guarding theapartment block. None of thepolicemen were injured in theexplosion.

26-Dec-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 3 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed three Buddhistcivilians in a drive-by shooting onTuesday in the Cha Nae district ofNarathiwat. The attack occurredaround noon on Tuesday. All threevictims died at the scene.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

27-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Gunmen opened fire on a buscarrying employees of the Ministry ofHigher Education as it drove in westBaghdad, wounding two people.Attacks on government targets arefrequent in Iraq.

27-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol wounded three policemen andtwo civilians in the Camp Saraneighborhood of east Baghdad.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

27-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 8 A car bomb exploded outside arestaurant in the predominatelyShiite Talbia neighborhood ofBaghdad, killing eight people andwounding ten others. Attacks oncrowded, public areas are frequent inIraq. The attack may have also hadsectarian motivations.

27-Dec-06

al-Husseiniya

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed the mayor ofal-Husseiniya, a town in southernKarbala province, as he drove towork. The mayor's aide was alsokilled. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

27-Dec-06

WaziriyahIraq Unknown Firearms3 0 Gunmen opened fire on a vehiclecarrying Hani Musa Badr, the generaldirector of the Iraqi Medical City, ashe traveled in Waziriyah. Badr wasnot harmed, however three of hisguards were wounded. Attacks onprofessionals, particularly doctors,are frequent in Iraq, as militantsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

27-Dec-06

Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired into thewestern Negev, causing no damageor injuries.

27-Dec-06

Sha'arHanegev


Explosives0 0 Palestinians launched a Qassamrocket at Israel. No injuries ordamage were reported. PalestineIslamic Jihad took responsibility forthe attack.

27-Dec-06

VavuniyaSriLanka


Explosives0 1 A police officer was killed by aroadside bomb while on patrol inVavuniya on December 27. Thebomb was placed by suspectedmembers of the Liberation Tigers ofTamil Eelam (LTTE).

27-Dec-06

SriLanka


Explosives0 1 One police officer was killed when aroadside bomb planted by suspectedmembers of the Liberation Tigers ofTamil Eelam (LTTE) exploded as apolice patrol passed through a park.

27-Dec-06

VeppamkulamSriLanka


Explosives0 0 A hand grenade was thrown at apolice patrol in Veppamkulam bysuspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Noinjures were reported, however.

27-Dec-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Police found the body of a policemanin Kirkuk who had been kidnapped.The body bore signs of torture andgunshot wounds. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.Note, theincident date listed is the date thebody was found.

27-Dec-06

Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms5 0 Gunmen attacked the home of apolice officer in Ramadi, shootinghim and a woman. Two children andanother adult were wounded. It isunclear if the policeman and thewoman were killed in the attack.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

27-Dec-06

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed a 47-year-old Muslimvolunteer security guard in a drive-byshooting as he sat at a teashop inPattani on Wednesday morning.Another man was also injured in theattack and rushed to the hospital.The Muslim man, identified asYeepheng Porlor, worked as asecurity guard at the vice-governor'sresidence.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

28-Dec-06


Firearms2 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policecaptain and wounded two otherpolice in Baqubah. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.The Islamic Stateof Iraq claimed responsibility forseveral armed attacks on police inBaqubah on this day.

28-Dec-06

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniformsshot and killed a policeman andseriously wounded another in Kirkuk.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

28-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives35 7 Two bombs detonated in quicksuccession in a Baghdad market,killing seven people and woundingupwards of thirty-five others.Witnesses stated that the bombswere placed inside wooden carts thattwo men left at the entrance to themarket at 10:30am, just before theydetonated. Attacks on crowded,public areas, particularly markets,are frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

28-Dec-06

OkmeydaniTurkey Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group of about twenty assailantsset fire to a Istanbul Electricity, Tramand Tunnel General Directorate busin Okmeydani. The group hadstopped traffic with Molotovcocktails, forced the passengers offthe bus and set it on fire. There wereno reported injuries caused. Thegroup perpetrated the attack insupport of Kurdistan Workers' Party(PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, who isin Turkish prison. They chantedslogans like We are together withyou in War and Peace.

28-Dec-06


Explosives0 0 Palestinians launched two Qassamrockets toward Sederot, causing noinjuries or damage. Palestine IslamicJihad claimed responsibility for theattack.

28-Dec-06


Explosives0 0 An improvised explosive device (IED)was found and defused by an Armyunit on a bus traveling to Guwahation December 28. The Army hadincreased security in the area actingon intelligence indicating that UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA) wasplanning to attack top governmentleaders.

28-Dec-06

Bijapur India Unknown Firearms4 0 Unidentified gunmen opened fire ona private bus transporting officersfrom the Central Reserve PoliceForce (CRPF) near Bijapur. Fourofficers were injured in the attack.

28-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives35 10 A bomb exploded at a fuel stationnear the al-Shaab stadium in centralBaghdad, killing ten people andwounding thirty-five others. Attackson gas stations are frequent in Iraq,as insurgents attempt to disrupt oneof the country's most profitableindustries. Gas stations are alsocommon targets because theyattract large numbers of people whowait in long lines.

28-Dec-06


Explosives19 2 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at the KurdistanDemocratic Party's offices in Mosul,killing two people and woundingnineteen others. Attacks on politicalparties are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for the attack, statingthat the building was completelydestroyed and that [no] less thantwenty-five senior officials andofficers were killed.

28-Dec-06

Kut Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 A roadside bomb targeting policenear Kut killed two policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

28-Dec-06

Salahal-Din

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 3 Militants attacked a policecheckpoint in Salah al-Din province,killing three policemen. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

28-Dec-06

Hawija Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting police inHawija wounded three policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

28-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 2 An explosive device targeting policein west Baghdad killed two civiliansand wounded four others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

28-Dec-06

TacurongPhilippinesAbuSayyafGroup(ASG)


3 0 Police report that three peoplesuffered injuries when a bombexploded in a crowded departmentstore in the city of Tacurong, justsouth of Cotabato City, on Thursday.Eyewitness saw a man leave a bagwith the bomb hidden inside at theKim San Plaza department store.Authorities were investigating theattack and indicated that it could bethe work of Abu Sayyaf. The militaryreported that it had prevented twobomb attacks by Abu Sayyaf in twonearby towns last week.

28-Dec-06

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Islamic insurgents shot and killed avolunteer security guard inNarathiwat on Thursday. The victimwas ambushed by a group ofmilitants on motorcycles. He wasshot several times and died at thescene.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

28-Dec-06


0 0 Police report that a villager in theThan To district of Yala city had hishouse burned to the ground byIslamic insurgents on Thursday night.No injuries were reported.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

29-Dec-06

Estella Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Molotov cocktails were thrown at abuilding that houses offices of theGeneral Workers' Union (UGT) andthe Spanish Socialist Workers' Party(PSOE), in the town of Estella, inNavarre province. The attack causedslight damages to the premises.

29-Dec-06

Khost AfghanistanUnknown Explosives4 1 A roadside bomb targeted a policevehicle in Khost on December 29.The explosion killed a nearby civilian.Two police officers and two civilianswere also injured.

29-Dec-06

Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians in northern Gaza fired aQassam rocket toward the westernNegev. No injuries were reported.

29-Dec-06

Sha'arHanegev

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired towardSha'ar Hanegev in the westernNegev. No injuries were reported.

29-Dec-06

Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket landed near thewestern Negev community ofSederot, causing no injuries ordamage.

29-Dec-06

NawalparasiNepal Unknown Fire orFirebomb

5 0 A recently established police office inNawalparasi was attack by a group ofunidentified people with suspectedMaoist links on December 29. Theattackers burned the police officeand injured five officers.

29-Dec-06

Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A hand grenade was thrown into apolice station's servants' quarters inQuetta. No injuries were reported.

29-Dec-06

Jurf al-Sakhar

Iraq Unknown Firearms7 2 Gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint in Jurf al-Sakhar, killingtwo people and wounding seven.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.Note, it is unclear if thecasualties were police or civilians.

29-Dec-06

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed twoemployees of a state petroleumcompany in Mosul. Attacks on the oilinstallations and their employees arefrequent in Iraq, as militants attemptto disrupt one of the country's mostprofitable industries.

29-Dec-06

MusayyibIraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Militants killed a police officer inMusayyib. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

29-Dec-06

Khalis Iraq Unknown Explosives15 10 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives near the home of SheikhKadhim Hameed Qassim, the sheikhof a Shiite mosque in Khalis, killinghimself, Qassim, Qassim's brother,and seven others. Fifteen peoplewere wounded in the attack. Qassimand his family were returning fromFriday prayers. Attacks on religiousfigures are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations.

29-Dec-06

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed two teachers in adrive-by shooting Friday morning asthey commuted to school. The 59-year-old director of the Ban BadoSchool was among the victims. Afterthe shooting, the perpetratorsdragged the victims out of their truckinto the middle of the road wherethey were soaked with gasoline andburned alive. Insurgents placedspikes on the road near the scene ofthe attack to impede the arrival of arescue squad. The gruesome attackoccurred just 200 meters from theschool.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

30-Dec-06

Madrid Spain BasqueFatherlandandFreedom(ETA)

Explosives26 2 A large van bomb detonated in aparking garage at the Madrid Airport,killing two people and injuringtwenty-six others. A callerrepresenting the Basque Fatherlandand Freedom (ETA) warned of thedevice prior to its detonation. Thetwo men killed were both Ecuadorianimmigrants who were sleeping invehicles in the garage. This is ETA'smost deadly bombing since May2003. On 9 January 2007, ETAclaimed responsibility for the attack,but stated that it did not end theirpermanent ceasefire, which wasdeclared in March 2006. The Spanishgovernment has refused to return tonegotiations with the ETA politicalwing in the wake of this bombing.

30-Dec-06

Pampore Kashmir Unknown Firearms4 2 Two people were killed and four wereinjured when unidentified gunmenopened fire on a crowded market inPampore. The target of the attackwas a police party that was patrollingthe market. The police station houseofficer, Manzoor Ahmed, was killed inthe incident and had survived twoprevious attacks.

30-Dec-06

Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Explosives8 5 A suicide bomber targeting police inTal Afar killed five people andwounded four police officers and fourcivilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

30-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped Ahmed Hadi Naji,an Associated Press staff member,after he left his home in southwestBaghdad. His wife reported himmissing when he did not return homefrom work on 30 December. Six dayslater, his body, bearing a gunshotwound to the head, was identified ina morgue. Naji worked as amessenger and a cameraman for AP.He was the fourth AP staffer the bekilled in Iraq since the Americaninvasion in 2003.

30-Dec-06

Kufa Iraq Unknown Explosives38 35 A car bomb exploded in a fish marketin Kufa crowded with peopleshopping for the Eid al-Adha holiday,killing thirty-four people andwounding thirty-eight others. Afterthe attack, an angry mob attackedand killed a man suspected ofparking the vehicle. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.Theattack occurred on the day thatformer Iraqi President SaddamHussein was executed for hisinvolvement in the 1982 massacre of148 Shiite men and boys in Dujail.

30-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A bomb targeting police in Baghdadkilled a civilian and wounded twopolicemen and two civilians. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.Theattack occurred on the day thatformer Iraqi President SaddamHussein was executed for hisinvolvement in the 1982 massacre of148 Shiite men and boys in Dujail.

30-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives77 36 Three car bombs placed in a marketin the Hurriyah neighborhood ofBaghdad detonated in quicksuccession, killing thirty-six peopleand wounding seventy-seven others.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations. The attack occurred onthe day that former Iraqi PresidentSaddam Hussein was executed forhis involvement in the 1982massacre of 148 Shiite men and boysin Dujail.

30-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives8 2 A car bomb exploded outside Iskanchildren's hospital in Baghdad, killingtwo people and wounding eightothers. Attacks on hospitals andmedical professionals are frequent inIraq, as militants attempt to disruptthe country's reconstruction.Theattack occurred on the day thatformer Iraqi President SaddamHussein was executed for hisinvolvement in the 1982 massacre of148 Shiite men and boys in Dujail.

30-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives8 2 A car bomb exploded outside a Sunnimosque in the Adhamiya district ofnorthern Baghdad, killing two peopleand wounding eight others. Attackson religious institutions are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations. The attack occurred onthe day that former Iraqi PresidentSaddam Hussein was executed forhis involvement in the 1982massacre of 148 Shiite men and boysin Dujail.

31-Dec-06

Alisher AfghanistanUnknown Explosives3 1 A roadside bomb killed a policeofficer on patrol in a vehicle inAlisher. Three civilians were injuredby the explosion.

31-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A car bomb detonated outside amarket in west Baghdad, killing oneperson and wounding four others.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

31-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 1 A car bomb detonated outside theSunni Khashab mosque in northwestBaghdad, killing one person andwounding six others. Three carbombs killed over seventy people inthe same area the day before.Attacks on religious institutions arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

31-Dec-06

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Other 0 1 Militants kidnapped Sheikh HamidMohammed al-Suhail, a tribal leader.Three days after his abduction, al-Suhail's body was found in Baghdadwrapped in a blanket and bearingsigns of torture. His family reportedthat the kidnappers had demanded aransom that they could not pay.Kidnappings carried out for ransomare common in Iraq, however Al-Suhail was more than likely targetedbecause he had spoken out againstsectarian violence and had recentlyattended a reconciliation conferencein Cairo.

31-Dec-06

Nazran Russia Unknown Firearms0 0 In the hours immediately precedingNew Year's, a cellular phonetransmitter was shot at withautomatic weapons. No one wasinjured and the station did notreceive anything in the way ofsignificant damage. This attackprecedes one on a transmitter in thevillage of Pliyevo (near Nazran) whichoccurred just hours later.

31-Dec-06

Bangkok Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

17 0 (1 of 8 coordinated bombing attacks)Police report that three people werekilled and 30 others injured in aseries of bomb attacks acrossBangkok on New Years Eve. Nineforeigners were among the injured. Aseries of six blasts occurred between5:30pm and 7:00 pm and thenanother two blasts occurred justbefore midnight. The first explosionoccurred when a bomb hidden in agarbage bin went off at a bus stop infront of the Phonglik Restaurant nearthe Victory Monument. Seventeenpeople were injured by the first blast.Thailand's Prime Minister ruled outthe possibility that Islamic insurgentsin the South were responsible for theattacks, citing instead supporters ofthe former Prime Minister Thaskinwho was ousted by a military coup inOctober.

31-Dec-06


5 0 (2 of 8 coordinated bombing attacks)Police report that three people werekilled and 30 others injured in aseries of bomb attacks acrossBangkok on New Years Eve. Nineforeigners were among the injured. Aseries of six blasts occurred between5:30pm and 7:00 pm and then anadditional two blasts occurred justbefore midnight. The secondexplosion occurred when a bombhidden in a garbage bin exploded atthe Chaopho Sua Shrine inside theKhlong Toei market. Five peoplewere injured by the second blast.Thailand's Prime Minister ruled outthe possibility that Islamic insurgentsin the South were responsible for theattacks, citing instead supporters ofthe former Prime Minister Thaskinwho was ousted by a military coup inOctober.

31-Dec-06


2 0 (3 of 8 coordinated bombing attacks)Police report that three people werekilled and 30 others injured in aseries of bomb attacks acrossBangkok on New Years Eve. Nineforeigners were among the injured. Aseries of six blasts occurred between5:30pm and 7:00 pm and then anadditional two blasts occurred justbefore midnight. The third explosion,apparently caused by a handgrenade, occurred near the trafficpolice post at the Saphan Khwaiintersection. Two people werereportedly injured by the third blast.Thailand's Prime Minister ruled outthe possibility that Islamic insurgentsin the South were responsible for theattacks, citing instead supporters ofthe former Prime Minister Thaskinwho was ousted by a military coup inOctober.

31-Dec-06


0 0 (4 of 8 coordinated bombing attacks)Police report that a total of threepeople were killed and 30 othersinjured in a series of bomb attacksacross Bangkok on New Years Eve.Nine foreigners were among theinjured. A series of six blastsoccurred between 5:30pm and 7:00pm and then an additional two blastsoccurred just before midnight. Thefourth explosion occurred near thetraffic police post at the junction ofSukhumwit 62. No one was injured atthis location.Thailand's PrimeMinister ruled out the possibility thatIslamic insurgents in the South wereresponsible for the attacks, citinginstead supporters of the formerPrime Minister Thaskin who wasousted by a military coup in October.

31-Dec-06


0 0 (5 of 8 coordinated bombing attacks)Police report that three people werekilled and 30 others injured in aseries of bomb attacks acrossBangkok on New Years Eve. Nineforeigners were among the injured. Aseries of six blasts occurred between5:30pm and 7:00 pm and then anadditional two blasts occurred justbefore midnight. The fifth explosionoccurred near the traffic police postat Khaerai intersection in Nonthaburi.No one was reported injured at thissite.Thailand's Prime Minister ruledout the possibility that Islamicinsurgents in the South wereresponsible for the attacks, citinginstead supporters of the formerPrime Minister Thaskin who wasousted by a military coup in October.

31-Dec-06


0 0 (6 of 8 coordinated bombing attacks)Police report that three people werekilled and 30 others injured in aseries of bomb attacks acrossBangkok on New Years Eve. Nineforeigners were among the injured. Aseries of six blasts occurred between5:30pm and 7:00 pm and then anadditional two blasts occurred justbefore midnight. The sixth explosionoccurred when a bomb hidden in agarbage bin exploded in the parkinglot in front of the Seacon Squareshopping center. No injuries wereimmediately reported from this site.Thailand's Prime Minister ruled outthe possibility that Islamic insurgentsin the South were responsible for theattacks, citing instead supporters ofthe former Prime Minister Thaskinwho was ousted by a military coup inOctober.

31-Dec-06


7 0 (7 of 8 coordinated bombing attacks)Police report that three people werekilled and 30 others injured in aseries of bomb attacks acrossBangkok on New Years Eve. Nineforeigners were among the injured. Aseries of six blasts occurred between5:30pm and 7:00 pm and then anadditional two blasts occurred justbefore midnight. The seventhexplosion occurred near midnightwhen a bomb exploded in atelephone booth directly across fromthe Central World plaza. Sixforeigners and one Thai person wereinjured in the seventh blast of thenight. Thailand's Prime Minister ruledout the possibility that Islamicinsurgents in the South wereresponsible for the attacks, citinginstead supporters of the formerPrime Minister Thaskin who wasousted by a military coup in October.

31-Dec-06


0 0 (8 of 8 coordinated bombing attacks)Police report that three people werekilled and 30 others injured in aseries of bomb attacks acrossBangkok on New Years Eve. Nineforeigners were among the injured. Aseries of six blasts occurred between5:30pm and 7:00 pm and then anadditional two blasts occurred justbefore midnight. The eighth and finalexplosion of the night occurred whena bomb exploded on a pier situatedon a canal alongside a busy plaza. Noinjuries, however, were immediatelyreported from the eighth blast site.Thailand's Prime Minister ruled outthe possibility that Islamic insurgentsin the South were responsible for theattacks, citing instead supporters ofthe former Prime Minister Thaskinwho was ousted by a military coup inOctober.

1-Jan-07 Khak-eSafed

AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 1 The Khak-e Safed district police chiefwas kidnapped and then killed bymembers of the Taliban during aTaliban-led attack in the center ofthe district. The Taliban laterclaimed responsibility for thekidnapping.

1-Jan-07 Khak-eSafed

AfghanistanUnknown Unknown0 1 A police officer from the Khak-eSafed district was kidnapped in thedistrict by unidentified kidnappersand later killed by his captors. Theattack occurred around the sametime that the police chief of the samedistrict was kidnapped and killed bymembers of the Taliban.

1-Jan-07 DeraBugti

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Power supply was disrupted in DeraBugti when a bomb exploded at twoelectricity pylons. No injuries werereported, however.

1-Jan-07 DeraBugti

Pakistan BalochLiberationArmy

Explosives0 0 The leader of the Baloch LiberationArmy claimed responsibility forblowing up a gas pipeline in DeraBugti on January 1. The attackoccurred on the same day that theBaloch Liberation Army blew up twopower pylons in the same area.There were no reports of injuries,however.

1-Jan-07 DeraBugti

Pakistan BalochLiberationArmy

Explosives0 0 The Baloch Liberation Army claimedresponsibility for blowing up twopower pylons in Dera Bugti. Theincident occurred on the same daythat the group blew up a gas pipelinein the same area. No injuries werereported.

1-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed an Iraqiemployee at the Algerian Embassy inBaghdad. Attacks on Iraqis who workwith foreign embassies, particularlythose from Arab and Muslim states,are frequent in Iraq.

1-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed IbrahimAbdullah, the coach of Iraq'swheelchair basketball team, in westBaghdad. Attacks on public figuressuch as athletes and coaches arefrequent in Iraq.

1-Jan-07 Kut Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonatedoutside the home of Hassan al-Hudayli, the deputy chairman of theAl-Aziziyah Municipal Council in Kut.No damage or casualties werereported. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

1-Jan-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen shot and killed Ali MajeedSalbokh, a member of the Diyalaprovincial council, and three of hisassistants. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

1-Jan-07 Pliyevo Russia Unknown Firearms0 0 In the hours immediately precedingNew Year's, a cellular phonetransmitter was shot at withautomatic weapons. No one wasinjured and the station did notreceive anything in the way ofsignificant damage. This attackfollows an attack on a transmitter inNazran which occurred just hoursbefore.

1-Jan-07 Gaza WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen kidnappedPeruvian AFP photographer JaimeRazuri in central Gaza, forcing thejournalist from his car and drivinghim to an unknown location. Thekidnapping occurred near the Ni'mahBuilding, where the AFP office islocated.

1-Jan-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot dead a 46-year-old villagedefense volunteer in the Sungai Padidistrict of Narathiwat in the earlyhours of the new year. The 46-year-old victim was attacked around 6:30am when he arrived home fromworking the night shift as a volunteersecurity guard. Three gunmen hid innearby shrubbery fled the sceneafter shooting the victim.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

2-Jan-07 Abadino Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Molotov cocktails were thrown at ahotel in Abadino, causing slightdamage to the building, but noreported casualties. This attackcomes only three days after a majorbombing at the Madrid airport endeda Basque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA) ceasefire.

2-Jan-07 Yarumal Colombia FuerzasArmadasRevolucionariasdeColombia(FARC)

Firearms0 5 Five people were shot and killed bymembers of the Fuerzas ArmadasRevolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)in Yarumal, Antioquia. Those killedincluded the president and vice-president of the Communal ActionJunta. Jair Jimenez, the governmentsecretary in charge of Antioquiaaffirmed that the killings werecommitted by the 36th Front ofFARC, citing possible motives as drugcommercialization or assistance tothe military on the part of thoseassassinated.

2-Jan-07 ImphalEast

India Unknown Firearms0 1 The president of the Meitei NationalFront, Chingsubam Akaba, was shotand killed by unidentified gunmenoutside of his house in Imphal East.Akaba was also the creator of therecently revived Manipur PeoplesParty (MPP). No one has claimedresponsibility for the attack.

2-Jan-07 MuqdadiyaIraq Unknown Firearms3 0 Gunmen opened fire on a policepatrol in Muqdadiya, wounding threepolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

2-Jan-07 Sha'arHanegev

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinian gunmen fired a rocketfrom the northern Gaza Strip towardthe Sha'ar Hanegev kibbutz. Noinjuries or damage was reported.

2-Jan-07 BethelemWestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians hurled a Molotov cocktailat an Israeli car driving west ofBethlehem. No injuries or damagewas reported.

2-Jan-07 AshqelonIsrael Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired a rocket towardAshqelon, but it fell short and landednear the Israeli border. No injuries ordamage was reported.

2-Jan-07 Karni WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Explosives1 0 Palestinians fired mortar shells at theKarni crossing. One person waslightly wounded and a truck wasdamaged.

2-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentshave murdered a public waterworksofficial in a drive-by shooting in theBannang Sata district of Yalaprovince. The 34-year-old man wasshot in the head, neck, and torso byfour gunmen riding two motorcyclesas he drove to work on Tuesdaymorning.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

2-Jan-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 38-year-oldvillage leader was murdered byIslamic insurgents in a drive-byshooting in the Panare district ofPattani on Tuesday morning. Thevictim was attacked by gunmen ashe left a teashop with a friend.Apparently, he had survived anotherattack earlier the same morning.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

2-Jan-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a well-known localMuslim leader was murdered byIslamic insurgents in a drive-byshooting in Narathiwat late Tuesday.The 55-year-old Muslim leader wasattacked on a religious holiday as heleft a cemetery where he had beenpraying. The victim had taken astrong public stance against Islamicextremism. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

3-Jan-07 RisaraldaColombia FuerzasArmadasRevolucionariasdeColombia(FARC)

Explosives0 0 Explosives were discovered plantedat the base of two electrical towers inRegarderos (Risaralda). Theexplosives were planted by theAurelio Rodrigues Front of theFuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias deColombia (FARC), and discovered bytroops and detectives from theAdministrative Department ofSecurity (DAS), who deactivatedthem.

3-Jan-07 DeraBugti

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Gas supply was suspended in areasof Dera Bugti when a bomb explodedon a pipeline in the Loti gas field onJanuary 3. No injures were reported,however.

3-Jan-07 Hillah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed two formermembers of Saddam Hussein's Baathparty in Hillah. Attacks on membersof Hussein's former regime arefrequent in Iraq.

3-Jan-07 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped the manager ofthe electricity directorate in Samarrafrom his home. Attacks on Iraq'senergy infrastructure are frequent,as militants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

3-Jan-07 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policeofficer as he left his home inSamarra. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

3-Jan-07 StanovceSerbia Unknown Firearms0 1 Avni Kasumi, a policeman with theKosovo Police Service, was shot andkilled while driving on the Pristina-Kosovska Mitrovica road between theBabin Most and Stanovce villages.

3-Jan-07 Erez Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired a Qassam rocketfrom the Gaza Strip toward the Erezcrossing. No injuries or damagewere reported.

3-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Police report that two Muslim menwere shot dead by Islamic insurgentsaround mid-day on Wednesday inYala province. The incident conformsto a common pattern of drive-byshootings committed by Islamicgunmen on motorcycles.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

4-Jan-07 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedSyed Ali Imam Jaffari, a Shia leader ofthe Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafria(TNFJ) group, in Peshawar on January4. TNFJ is an organization forPakistani Shias. Jaffari was also acaretaker of the Imam Bargah AliImam. No one has claimedresponsibility for the attack.

4-Jan-07 UnknownSriLanka


Firearms2 0 Two police officers were injured whensuspected gunmen from theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) opened fire on police officersstationed at the government'sForward Defense Line.

4-Jan-07 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen set up a fake checkpointalong the main road between Karbalaand Najaf and then shot and killedAkrem al-Zubaidi, a member of theKarbala city council, and three of hisguards. Iraqi media reported that al-Zubaidi was also Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's representative on thecouncil. Al-Sistani is Iraq's mostinfluential Shiite cleric. Attacks ongovernment officials and religiousleaders are frequent in Iraq.

4-Jan-07 Hillah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants fired several mortars on theUS consulate in Hillah. No damageor casualties were reported.

4-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Mosul. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility forattacking a police patrol in Mosulwith light and medium weapons onthis day.

4-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives25 13 Two explosive devices detonatednear the Abu Jaafar al-Mansor fuelstation in the Mansour neighborhoodof west Baghdad, killing thirteenpeople and wounding twenty-fiveothers. Attacks on gas stations arefrequent in Iraq, as militants attemptto disrupt the oil industry. Attacksare also common because gasstations often have long lines ofpatrons waiting to purchase fuel.

4-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Authorities found the body of apoliceman in Mosul. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

4-Jan-07 Ninawa Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed BrigadierMuzahim Yunus Husayn, the head ofNinawa province's petroldepartment. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq, howevermilitants often target the country'senergy infrastructure to disruptprofitable industries.

4-Jan-07 Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 Militants killed two policemen in TalAfar. It is not clear if the incidentswere separate. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

4-Jan-07 MuqdadiyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen opened fire on Amir al-Khayzaran, a member of the IraqiCouncil of Representatives from theTawafuq Front, killing three of hisbodyguards in Muqdadiya. Al-Khayzaran was not injured in theincident. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

4-Jan-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Police report that one young manwas killed and another injured in adrive-by shooting in the Rusohdistrict of Narathiwat on Thursday.Police believe that two Islamicinsurgents are responsible for thedeath of the 19-year-old victim.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

4-Jan-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsset fire to a building housing achildren's development center and aTambon-level government office inPattani on Thursday afternoon. Thefire destroyed the entire one-storybuilding. No causalities have beenreported as of yet. Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

5-Jan-07 GampahaSriLanka

Unknown Explosives63 6 A bomb exploded on a bus travelingin Gampaha, killing six passengersand injuring 63 others. The bus washeading to Giriulla. The LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) weresuspected to be responsible for theattack, although the group issued astatement denying its involvement.

5-Jan-07 VavuniyaSriLanka


Explosives1 1 One police officer was killed andanother injured when suspectedmembers of the Liberation Tigers ofTamil Eelam (LTTE) threw a handgrenade at a police post in Vavuniya.

5-Jan-07 DeraBugti

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Gas supply was disrupted when a gaspipeline was blown up in the PPL GasField in Dera Bugti on January 5.There were no injuries, however.Bombings that target gas pipelinesand power pylons have beenfrequent recently in BalochistanProvince.

5-Jan-07 IskandariyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Saddam Hussein's Baathparty and his son in Iskandariyah.Attacks on members of Hussein'sformer regime are frequent in Iraq.

5-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formerArmy colonel under Saddam Hussein.Attacks on members of Hussein'sformer regime are frequent in Iraq.

5-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Kirkuk seriously woundedtwo policemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

5-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq IslamicArmy inIraq

Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin the Adel neighborhood of westernBaghdad. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic Army inIraq claimed responsibility foropening fire on police near al-Sarafiyah bridge in Baghdad on thisday.

5-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed the driver ofthe Minister of Agriculture in theDoura district of southern Baghdad.Attacks on government officials andtheir staff are frequent in Iraq.

5-Jan-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen abducted a US civiliancontractor and two Iraqi interpretersfrom a road near Basra. The bodiesof the two translators were found thenext day, however there was noadditional information on the fate ofthe American. Attacks oncontractors and those who work withthem are frequent in Iraq.

5-Jan-07 Sederot Israel PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Explosives0 0 The al-Quds Brigades, PalestineIslamic Jihad's military wing, claimedresponsibility for firing a rocket fromthe Gaza Strip that landed in an openarea near Sederot, causing nodamage or injuries.


Explosives1 0 The Palestine Islamic Jihad claimedresponsibility for firing a rocket fromthe Gaza Strip that landed inSederot, causing damage to severalhouses. A woman fainted andreceived medical treatment.



Explosives0 0 A rocket fired by Palestinians fromthe Gaza Strip fell harmlessly near akibbutz in the Sha'ar HanegevRegional Council area. PalestineIslamic Jihad claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

5-Jan-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsset fire to a school in Sungai Padidistrict of Narathiwat on Thursdaythat caused at least 1.7 million bahtin damage. The arsonists set fire tothe Ban Ku Wa school usingflammable oil and by shooting at acooking gas container. They alsodetonated a bomb in front of theschool, which was hidden in a streetsewer. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in drive-by shootings, arson,and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

5-Jan-07 CotabatoPhilippinesMoroIslamicLiberationFront(MILF)

Explosives3 0 Police report that three people werecritically injured in a bomb attackagainst a fast-food chain in the cityof Cotabato on Friday. The explosionwas caused by two improvisedexplosive devices made from a 60millimeter mortar shell that went offduring the busy lunch hour. Twoother explosives that failed todetonate were later found at thescene. Three people were injured inthe attack and two cars wereseriously damaged along withrestaurant property. Police said thatintelligence reports indicated thattwo leaders of the Moro IslamicLiberation Front had committed theattacks in the name of JemaahIslamiyah.

6-Jan-07 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Saddam Hussein's Baathparty in Diwaniya. Attacks on formermembers of Hussein's regime arefrequent in Iraq.

6-Jan-07 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Diwaniya. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

6-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a Kurdishlaborer working on a governmentconstruction project in Mosul.Attacks on contractors and thosewho work with the government arefrequent in Iraq, as militants attemptto disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

6-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A bomb targeting the convoy ofGeneral Ali al-Yassiri, the head ofBaghdad's emergency police, killed acivilian and wounded two policemenand a civilian. Al-Yassiri was notharmed in the blast. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

6-Jan-07 Najaf Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Safa Abd-al-Wahab, a former member of SaddamHussein's Baath party, in Najaf.Attacks on members of Hussein'sformer regime are frequent in Iraq.

6-Jan-07 Kifl Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Saddam Hussein's Baathparty in Kifl, a small town south ofBaghdad. Attacks on members ofHussein's former regime are frequentin Iraq.

6-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device targeting apolice patrol in Kirkuk detonated,however no casualties were reported.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

6-Jan-07 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Samarra. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

6-Jan-07 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen on motorcyclesshot and killed Mir Salam Mangal, theKhost Security Command's chiefinterrogator. The incident took placein Khost while Mangal was on his wayto the office on a motorcycle onJanuary 6.

6-Jan-07 AmbalangodaSriLanka

Unknown Explosives40 15 A female suicide bomber blew herselfup on a bus that was traveling nearAmbalangoda in southern Sri Lanka.The blast killed 15 people and injured40 others. The bus, which wascarrying 60 passengers, wastraveling between Colombo andMatara. Government officials blamedthe Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE), although the LTTE issued astatement denying its involvement inthe attack. The incident occurredone day after a similar attack on abus near Colombo.

6-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 3 A bomb placed at a fuel station in theDoura district of Baghdad killed threepeople and wounded four others.Attacks on gas stations are frequentin Iraq, as militants attempt todisrupt one of the country's mostprofitable industries. Gas stationsare also often targeted because theyhave long lines of patrons waiting topurchase fuel.

6-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 7 Authorities found the bodies of sevenfamily members of a Sunni policechief working in southern Baghdad.The victims were among 65 otherbodies that had been dumped near acemetary in central Baghdad.Attacks on police and their familiesare frequent in Iraq, however thisincident may have also had sectarianmotivations.

6-Jan-07 BaramullaKashmir Unknown Firearms0 1 Ghulam Hussain Bhat, a leader of thePeople's Democratic Party and acontractor, was shot and killed byunidentified gunmen in Baramulla.

6-Jan-07 Assam India KarbiLongriNationalLiberationFront(KLNLF)

Explosives8 8 Eight polling officials were killed andeight others injured when animprovised explosive deviceexploded on a polling party travelingin Assam at the end of an electionday for the Karbi AnglongAutonomous Council. After theexplosion, the party was attacked bygunmen suspected to be from theKarbi Longri National Liberation Front(KLNLF).

6-Jan-07 Najaf Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Saddam Hussein's BaathParty in Najaf. This was one of twoattacks on members of Hussein'sformer regime in Najaf on this day.

6-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants fired at least three mortarrounds on the Green Zone inBaghdad, the heavily fortified area ofthe capital that houses the Iraqigovernment and the US and Britishembassies. No damage or casualtieswere reported.

6-Jan-07 Diyala Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Husayn al-Nidawi, the chief of the al-Nida tribe,as he left a mosque in a Diyalavillage. Attacks on tribal leaders arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations. Many are alsotargeted because they are perceivedto support the government.

6-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 An explosive device targeting apolice patrol in eastern Baghdadwounded three policemen and acivilian. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

6-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Baghdad. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for atleast two armed attacks on police inBaghdad on this day.

6-Jan-07 AndhraPradesh


Explosives0 0 A coffee processing unit in the townof Pedavalasa in Andhra Pradesh wasbombed by suspected members ofthe Communist Party of India-Maoist(CPI-Maoist) on January 6. The attackoccurred an hour after a similarcoffee plant was bombed in anothertown in Andhra Pradesh. The attackwas reportedly in protest of thekilling of top CPI-Maoist leaders onDecember 27 in the area.



Explosives4 0 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) threw agrenade at a police roadblock inVavuniya on January 6. Four policeofficers were injured in the attack.

6-Jan-07 Kushtia BangladeshUnknown Unknown0 2 Afaz Uddin, a member of theBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)and Abu Daud, a member of theJamaat-e-Islami party, were killed inKushtia on January 6. Members ofthe Janajuddha faction of the PurboBanglar Communist Party (PBCP) aresuspected of carrying out the attack,however their involvement remainsuncertain.

6-Jan-07 AndhraPradesh


Explosives0 0 A coffee processing unit in the townof Teegalabanda in Andhra Pradeshwas bombed by suspected membersof the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) on January 6,supposedly in retaliation of the killingof top CPI-Maoist leaders in the areaon December 27. No one was injuredin the attack, however. Anothercoffee processing unit in AndhraPradesh was also bombed an hourlater. From both sites, the attackerstook away a total of about 350 bagsof coffee beans.

6-Jan-07 BatticaloaSriLanka


Firearms3 0 Suspected gunmen from theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) opened fire on a police vehicletraveling in Batticaloa. Three policeofficers were injured in the attack.



Explosives1 0 One police officer was injured whensuspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) threw ahand grenade at a police roadblockin Vavuniya.

6-Jan-07 PoonthottamSriLanka


Firearms1 0 Suspected gunmen from theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) opened fire at on-duty policeofficers at a camp for internallydisplaced persons in Poonthottam.One police officer was injured in theattack.

7-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 A roadside bomb targeting Habib al-Shimiri, a senior official at theMinistry of Education, killed two of al-Shimiri's guards. Al-Shimiri,however, was not hurt in the blast.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

7-Jan-07 Hillah Iraq Unknown Explosives11 2 A car bomb placed in a Hillah marketkilled two people and woundedeleven others. Attacks on crowded,public areas, particularly markets,are frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

7-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 2 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol near the University ofTechnology in Baghdad killed twocivilians and wounded a third.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

7-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen opened fire on guards at theMinistry of Finance, killing one andwounding two others. Attacks ongovernment targets are frequent inIraq.

7-Jan-07 Nade-eAli

AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedthe principal of Chanjir School inNade-e Ali on January 7. No one hasclaimed responsibility for the killing.

7-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Dr. AnmarAhmad, the assistant manager of al-Yarmouk hospital in Baghdad, as hedrove in the al-Iskan neighborhood ofthe capital. Attacks on medicalprofessionals are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

7-Jan-07 Hillah Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen opened fire on the convoyof Abd-al-Razzaq Mahdi al-Nasrawi, amember of the Babil GovernorateCouncil, as he drove in Hillah. Al-Nasrawi was wounded in theshooting. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

7-Jan-07 MahaweelIraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed a Shiitecleric and his son as they went to ashrine in Mahaweel. Attacks onreligious officials are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations.

7-Jan-07 NasirabadPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A section of railroad track inNasirabad was blown up, suspendingrailway service in the area. No onewas injured, however, and no oneclaimed responsibility for the attack.

7-Jan-07 Jaffna SriLanka


Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) set fireto a school bus in Jaffna on January 7.No injuries were reported, however.

8-Jan-07 Caqueta Colombia FuerzasArmadasRevolucionariasdeColombia(FARC)

Firearms0 2 A San Vicente de Caguancouncilwoman, Gloria Polania Tellez,was murdered by gunmen from theFuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias deColombia (FARC). Her bodyguardwas also murdered. Polania Tellezhad received a number of threatsfrom members of FARC in the weeksprior to the attack.

8-Jan-07 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives3 3 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police checkpoint inRamadi, killing himself and twopolicemen, and wounding three otherpolice. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

8-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a guard forthe Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ineast Mosul. Attacks on governmentofficials and their staff are frequentin Iraq.

8-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Janan Jabero,an engineer who worked for theUnited Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) on school rehabilitationprograms, as he drove in Baghdad.Attacks on non-governmentalorganizations and humanitarianworkers are frequent in Iraq.

8-Jan-07 Al-Zafaraniyah

Iraq Unknown Explosives1 3 A bomb hidden under a car explodedin a market in al-Zafaraniyah, southof Baghdad, killing three people andwounding a fourth. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

8-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Baghdad killed a policemanand wounded one policeman and onecivilian. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

8-Jan-07 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Naji HusseinJubara, the head of the Council ofChieftains in Salah al-Dingovernorate. Jubara is also thebrother of the deputy governor of theprovince. Attacks on tribal leadersand government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

8-Jan-07 Kamrup India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives7 0 Two bombs attached to bicyclesexploded 15 minutes apart in theSatgaon market in Kamrup onJanuary 8. Seven people wereinjured by the blast. The UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA) issuspected to be responsible for theattack.

8-Jan-07 Hawija Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen wearing Iraq army uniformskidnapped three Iraqi contractorsfrom their homes in Hawija, west ofKirkuk. The men all worked with theU.S. army. Attacks on those whowork with coalition forces arefrequent in Iraq.

8-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A bomb targeting pilgrims returningto Iraq from Saudi Arabia explodedsouth of Baghdad, wounding threepeople. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations.



Explosives0 0 Palestinians in north Gaza fired arocket that landed near Sha'arHanegev, causing no injuries ordamage. Palestine Islamic Jihadclaimed responsibility for the attack.

9-Jan-07 Nazran Russia Unknown Firearms0 2 Two people travelling in a carthrough Nazran fired at police anddrove away. When they werestopped in the village of VerekhniyeAchaluki in Malgobek District, theyblew themselves up using a grenade,a number of arms and ammunitionbeing found in their car after theexplosion.

9-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen in Mosul kidnapped AbdulGhafour al-Jouburi, the head ofnorthern Iraq's customs department.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

9-Jan-07 Amarah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed HatimGhadban, a former member ofSaddam Hussein's Baath party, inAmarah. Attacks on members ofHussein's former regime are frequentin Iraq.


Explosives1 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Baghdad wounded onepoliceman. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility fortargeting police in central Baghdadprovince with explosives on this day.

9-Jan-07 Dispur India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives2 0 Two police officers were injured whena bomb exploded at the entrance ofthe Dispur police station. The bombwas planted on a motorcycle bysuspected members of the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA).Attacks attributed to the ULFA,particularly those targeting peoplenot from Assam, have increasedrecently.

10-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb injured the son of apolice colonel and two of hiscompanions in Kirkuk. Attacks onpolice and their families are frequentin Iraq.

10-Jan-07 Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Explosives10 5 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives among a group of peopleoutside a police station in Tal Afar,killing himself and four civilians andwounding ten others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.Note,some media sources reported thatthe attack took place at a market.

10-Jan-07 MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Explosives2 2 A bomb exploded at a fuel station inMahmudiya, killing two people andwounding two others. Attacks on gasstations are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt one ofthe country's most profitableindustries. Attacks on petrol stationsare also frequent because it iscommon for there to be long lines ofpatrons.

10-Jan-07 Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Explosives4 2 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives near the mayor of TalAfar's convoy. The mayor survived,however the bomber and a childwere killed and four civilians werewounded. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

10-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 An explosive device wounded atraffic policeman in the Karradahneighborhood of central Baghdad.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

10-Jan-07 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed two workersfixing a water pipe south of Baghdad.The pipeline had been attacked bymilitants just a month earlier.Attacks on utility targets are frequentin Iraq, as militants attempt todisrupt the country's reconstruction.Note, some reports stated that abomb detonated at the pipeline andthat water to Sadr City, apredominately Shiite area of theBaghdad, was affected.

10-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded outside agovernment building in Kirkuk,damaging several cars and shops,however not resulting in casualties.Attacks on government targets arefrequent in Iraq.

10-Jan-07 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded under the oilpipeline that carries fuel from Kirkukto a refinery in Baiji, starting a largefire but not resulting in anycasualties. Attacks on oil pipelinesare frequent in Iraq, as militantsattempt to disrupt one of thecountry's most profitable industries.

10-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A car bomb exploded outside alDulaimy gas station in southernBaghdad, killing a civilian andwounding three others. The blastdestroyed the gas station. Attackson the oil industry are frequent inIraq, as militants attempt to disruptone of the country's most profitableindustries; gas stations are also oftentargeted because they attract longlines of patrons waiting to purchasefuel.

10-Jan-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Police report that a teacher wasmurdered by Islamic insurgents onroute to school on Wednesdaymorning in Pattani province. Thevictim taught at the Toh Balae Schoolin the Kapho district of Pattani. Shewas shot in the forehead byinsurgents while riding in a pick-uptruck with two other teachers. Policebelieve that insurgents may havetargeted her specifically, as she isthe niece of a well-known exiledMuslim leader. Another passengeralso suffered injuries to his neck.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders indrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

10-Jan-07 GeneralSantosCity

PhilippinesUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

20 6 Police report that an improvisedbomb detonated in front of a popularstore that sold lottery tickets inGeneral Santos City around 6:00Wednesday night. The blast was thefirst of three that occurred on theeve of an ASEAN summit of leadersfrom 16 nations. The explosiondestroyed the store and causednumerous casualties. Three peopledied immediately while two othersquickly died from the wounds theysuffered. Another person died uponarrival at the hospital and at least 20people were critically injured. Policehad not yet identified any suspects,but Jemaah Islamiyah is known to beactive in the area.

10-Jan-07 KidapawanCity

PhilippinesUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 0 Police report that an improvisedbomb detonated in front of a policestation around 8:45 Wednesday nightin Kidapawan City on the island ofMindanao. The blast was the secondof three that occurred on the islandon the eve of an ASEAN summit ofleaders from 16 nations. Twocivilians were injured in the attack asthey walked past the station whenthe explosion occurred. Police havenot yet named suspects in theattack, but it appeared to be linkedto an earlier attack the same eveningin General Santos City. It is believedto be the handiwork of JemaahIslamiyah.

10-Jan-07 CotabatoPhilippinesUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

5 1 Police report that an improvisedbomb detonated in a dumpster in amajor thoroughfare in Cotabato Cityaround half past ten on Wednesdaynight. The blast was the final of threethat occurred on the island ofMindanao on the eve of an ASEANsummit of leaders from 16 nations.One person was killed in thedumpster blast and five others wereseriously injured. Police have not yetidentified any suspects, but theybelieve that the three attacks werelinked. Many believe that JemaahIslamiyah is likely responsible for theattacks.

11-Jan-07 Athens Greece RevolutionaryAction ofLiberation

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group calling itself theRevolutionary Action of Liberationclaimed responsibility for animprovised gas canister explosivedevice that was placed outside NewDemocracy (ND) Party offices inAthens. The blast caused damagesto the office and to cars parkednearby, but there were no reportedcasualties. The same group claimedresponsibility on another attack onthis evening against a traffic camerain the city.

11-Jan-07 Athens Greece RevolutionaryAction ofLiberation

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group calling itself RevolutionaryAction of Liberation claimedresponsibility for setting fire to aEnvironment, Town Planning, andPublic Works Ministry camera inAthens. The assailants attempted toset the camera on fire usinginflammable liquid. There were nodamages caused. This same groupalso claimed responsibility for abomb attack on New DemocracyParty offices on the same night.

11-Jan-07 Berango Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group of unidentified perpetratorsthrew a Molotov cocktail at theBerango town hall. The building alsohouses the offices of the local policeforces. There were no materialdamages caused and no reports ofcasualties.

11-Jan-07 Tafalla Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Four Molotov cocktails were thrownat the Navarre Socialist Party (PSN)headquarters in Tafalla. The blastsresulted in minor damages but noinjuries were reported.

11-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Gunmen opened fire on a vehiclecarrying five off-duty policemen ineast Baghdad, killing them. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

11-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded at the constructionsite of a Shiite mosque in Kirkuk,damaging the structure but notresulting in casualties. Attacks onreligious shrines are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations.

11-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown2 0 Militants attacked a Sunni mosque inBaghdad, wounding two guards.Attacks on religious shrines arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

11-Jan-07 SorkhorodAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A recently built police checkpointbuilding was blown up in Sorkhorod.No one claimed responsibility for theattack and no one was injuredbecause the building had not yetbeen occupied.



Firearms1 1 Suspected gunmen from theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) opened fire on a police post inVavuniya on January 11. One policeofficer was killed and another injuredin the attack.

11-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 47-year-oldteacher was found murdered in histruck in the Raman district of Yala onThursday afternoon. He was shot byIslamic insurgents along the side ofthe road when he slowed down hiscar in response to what he was led tobelieve was a group of motorists indistress. This was the second killingof a teacher in Thailand's deep Souththis week. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

12-Jan-07 Athens Greece RevolutionaryStruggle

Explosives0 0 An anti-tank missile was fired at theU.S. Embassy in Athens, smashingthe glass front of the building anddamaging a restroom near the U.S.Ambassador's office. There were nocasualties caused by the attack.Revolutionary Struggle placed atleast two phone calls after the attackto claim the blast. RevolutionaryStruggle is Marxist extremist groupwith anti-American sentiments.

12-Jan-07 Turbo Colombia Unknown Firearms0 1 Armed gunmen shot and killedOrlando Enrique Gomez, a memberof the board of the Association ofDemobilized Fighters of Uraba.Enrique Gomex was a formermunicipal councilor.

12-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Khudr Younisal-Obaidi, a journalist for the al-Diwan newspaper, as he walked inMosul. Attacks on journalists andmedia assistants are frequent in Iraq.

12-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Dr. KamilAbd-al-Husayn, the assistant dean ofthe college of law in Mosul. Attackson educational institutions arefrequent in Iraq, as militants attemptto disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

12-Jan-07 Al-Ba'aj Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed AbdullahFahd al-Ajrash, a former districtofficer in al-Ba'aj, near Mosul.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

12-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped four Turkishtruck drivers in Mosul. Attacks ontruck drivers are frequent in Iraq asthey often transport materials usedin reconstruction projects.

12-Jan-07 Logar Afghanistanunknown Explosives2 1 A suicide bomber blew himself up ina minivan as a vehicle reportedlycarrying a group of foreign nationalspassed by. The attack occurred inLogar outside of Kabul. Two foreignnationals were injured, one of thempossibly an American. A localnational was also injured.

12-Jan-07 Jaffna SriLanka

Unknown Unknown0 1 Vellayan Premachandran, agovernment official from the villageof Thondamanaru was killed in Jaffnaon January 12. His attackers werenot identified.

12-Jan-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that an assistant villagehead in Narathiwat was ambushedand murdered by Islamic insurgentsin the early hours of Friday morning.The 38-year-old victim served in thepost in the Ban Jurae village in theSungai Padi district. The assailantsshot the victim four times with an M-16 assault rifle as he walked homefrom working the night shift.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

13-Jan-07 Cauca Colombia unknown Explosives0 0 Five municipalities were left withoutpower after a high-voltage tower wasblown up in Morales by anunidentified group.

13-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms3 2 Gunmen opened fire on a group ofengineers and construction workersin Kirkuk, killing two and woundingthree others. Attacks on those whoparticipate in development projectsare frequent in Iraq.

13-Jan-07 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed YunusWihayyib, and imam at the al-Hassunmosque in Samarra. Attacks onreligious leaders are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations.

13-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded at the constructionsite of a Shiite mosque in Kirkuk,destroying the shrine but notresulting in casualties. Attacks onreligious institutions are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

13-Jan-07 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanas he was on his way home in Kut.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

13-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen kidnapped and later killed adriver and a guard for the state-runAl-Sabah newspaper. Severalsources reported that the two menwere brothers. Attacks on journalistsand media assistants are frequent inIraq.

13-Jan-07 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Samarra. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

13-Jan-07 Taloqan AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 The Bangladesh Rural AdvancementCommittee (BRAC) office in Taloqanwas the target of a bomb attack onJanuary 13. No one was injured bythe explosion, although sections ofthe office and a nearby mosque weredamaged. BRAC is a non-governmental organization that hasbeen working to train women in thearea for jobs, particularly focusing onincreasing literacy.

13-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsmurdered a local firefighter while hewas planting trees in a small park inthe center of the Bannang Satadistrict of Yala on Saturday morning.The 37-year-old victim was gunneddown as two men sped by on amotorcycle. He was shot eight timeswith a 9mm pistol.Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

13-Jan-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic militantsgunned down a police officer in SaiBuru district of Pattani on Saturday ina drive-by shooting. The body of the47-year-old police sergeant wasfound along the side of a road. Hehad been shot in the head with a .38-calibre handgun as he commutedfrom his home to the police station.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

14-Jan-07 Chita Russia Unknown Explosives1 1 An F-1 grenade was thrown at twoChinese citizens in the City of Chitain Siberia, both of whom werebusinessmen. One of the two waskilled and the other was seriouslyinjured; the attack occurred near 44Argunskaya Street.

14-Jan-07 Faryab AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded in front of theoffice of the police chief in Faryabprovince on January 14. There wereno injuries, however.

14-Jan-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 Gunmen opened fire on police inBasra, killing two policemen andwounding a police major. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.


Explosives6 1 A roadside bomb targeting police inBaghdad killed a civilian andwounded six others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic Army in Iraq claimedresponsibility for targeting policewith explosives in the al-Jihad districtof the capital on this day. The groupstated that everyone in the policevehicle was killed.

14-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed KhaledAbdul-Hadi al-Ghawas, a seniorofficial from the Sunni Waqf (religiousendowment) department. Attacks onreligious figures are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations.

14-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A roadside bomb targeting a memberof the Patriotic Union of Kurdistanexploded, but did not result incasualties. Attacks on governmentofficials and members of politicalparties are frequent in Iraq.

14-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a dentist inMosul. Attacks on medicalprofessionals are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

14-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formerlieutenant colonel under SaddamHussein in Mosul. Attacks on formermembers of Hussein's regime arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Jan-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Unknown1 0 Militants attacked a policeman inBaqubah, seriously injuring him. Apolice patrol was in the area and wasable to arrest three of theperpetrators. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Jan-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed twopolicemen in the Hadid area ofBaqubah. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives5 2 A car bomb detonated outside theTurkman Front party offices inKirkuk, killing two people andwounding five others. Attacks onpolitical parties are frequent in Iraq.This attack may have also hadsectarian motivations.

14-Jan-07 NowsheraPakistan Unknown Explosives5 4 Four people were reported killed andfive others injured when a bombexploded at the house of a prayerleader in an Afghan refugee camp inNowshera on January 14. The prayerleader, Maulvi Masoodullah, wasarrested after the attack although itis unclear who is responsible for thebombing. Masoodullah's brother wasamong those who died, along withhouse guests. Nowshera is located inthe North West Frontier Province(NWFP).

14-Jan-07 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 The police found and defused abomb in front of the main entranceto the government meteorologicaloffice in Peshawar on January 14.The bomb, left in a shopping bag,was described as a time-controlleddevice that weighed one and a halfkilograms.

14-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Police report that a couple were shotdead and beheaded by Islamicinsurgents in the Muang district ofYala on Sunday morning. The twovictims -- a 39-year-old man and his35-year-old wife -- were shot in adrive-by shooting as they rode theirmotorcycle home after working at arubber plantation. Both victims wereshot three times and beheaded. Anote left near the heads of thevictims read as follows: You havekilled our colleagues in Europe. Wewill kill you all to revenge theirdeaths. The note was signed by thePattani warrior. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

14-Jan-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed a local tambonadministrative official as he rode hismotorcycle home on Sunday night inthe Yaring district of Pattani. Thebody of the 31-year-old administratorwas found lying near his motorcyclein what appeared to have been adrive-by shooting.Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

14-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Police report that Islamic militantsshot and killed a Buddhist man andhis wife in an orchard in the Muangdistrict of Yala on Sunday. Bothvictims were shot in the head andthe male victim was beheaded. Thescene of the killings was littered withnotes signed by the Pattani warriorsthat threatened further reprisalagainst all Buddhists. The text of thenotes read as follows: we will kill allof you in retaliation for murder inYupo, and as long as you don't leaveour country of Pattani, we will kill allof you crazy Buddhists. Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

14-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a man was shotdead by Islamic militants on Sundayin the district of Lidon as he pulledaway from a teashop on hismotorcycle. The assailants stole apistol from the deceased's bodybefore fleeing the scene onmotorcycles. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

14-Jan-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsmurdered a 27-year-old ice-creamvendor in front of his two-year-olddaughter in the Rusoh district ofNarathiwat on Sunday. The victimwas shot four times in the head andchest while riding his motorcycle towork with his young daughter in tow.Police found the little girl in tearsnext to her father's dead body.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

15-Jan-07 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a translatorwho worked with American troopsnear Kut. Attacks on those who workwith coalition forces, particularlytranslators, are frequent in Iraq.

15-Jan-07 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a garbagecontractor who worked with UStroops in Kut. Attacks on those whowork with coalition forces arefrequent in Iraq.

15-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen shot and wounded an armycolonel who served under SaddamHussein in Mosul. Attacks on formermembers of Hussein's regime arefrequent in Iraq.

15-Jan-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 Gunmen in Basra opened fire onLieutenant Colonel Aqeel Hasan, anofficial in the criminal intelligenceunit, wounding him and killing two ofhis guards. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

15-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 A roadside bomb targeting police inBaghdad injured two policemen andtwo civilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

15-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed an off-dutypoliceman in Mosul. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

15-Jan-07 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Saddam Hussein's Baathparty. Attacks on former members ofHussein's regime are frequent inIraq.

15-Jan-07 BaramullaKashmir Unknown Firearms0 1 Abdul Rehman Parry, a member ofthe National Conference, was shotand killed by unidentified gunmen inBaramulla. Parry was identified as acounter-insurgent with close ties tothe Ikhwan Group.

15-Jan-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 6 Gunmen opened fire on a group ofpolice at a bank in Baqubah, killingfive policemen and a banker.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Islamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for at least two attackson police in Baqubah on this day,however the group's desciption ofevents did not match this incident.

15-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 3 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Baghdad killed threepolicemen and wounded two others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

15-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Abd-al-Sami al-Janabi, the deputy president of theUniversity of Technology in Baghdad.Attacks on educational institutionsare frequent in Iraq, as militantsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.On 4 December Ansaral-Sunnah issued a video calling onSunni students and professors tosuspend all academic activities atBaghdad universities. The videodenounced killings by death squadsand asked those of all sects to abideby the decision. There is noindication that the group wasinvolved in this attack, however.

15-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Authorities found the body of apolicewoman in Mosul. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

15-Jan-07 Nangraj AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 Ahmad Shah Wakilzada, the deputychief of the Nurestan ProvincialCouncil, was shot and killed byunidentified gunmen while he wastraveling in Nangraj on January 15.No one claimed responsibility for thekilling. Members of provincialcouncils have come under attack inboth the Kandahar and Fariabprovinces.

15-Jan-07 Srinagar Kashmir SaveKashmirMovement

Explosives0 0 A grenade exploded in the Srinagarhome of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, thechairman of the All Parties HurriyatConference (APHC). The SaveKashmir Movement claimedresponsibility for the attack. No onewas injured, however. The APHC isan alliance representing variousKashmiri separatist groups.

15-Jan-07 IskandariyahIraq Unknown Other 0 1 Police found the body of a policemanhanging by electrical wire inIskandariyah. The victim had beenkidnapped by militants two daysearlier while returning to his home.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

15-Jan-07 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Falah Khalafal Diyali, a reporter for the al-Sahadaily newspaper, in Ramadi. Attackson journalists are frequent in Iraq.According to Reporters WithoutBorders, an advocacy group, at least146 journalists and media assistantshave been killed in Iraq since the USinvasion in 2003.

15-Jan-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentslaunched a bomb attack against abridge on a rural road in the Bachodistrict of Narathiwat on Mondaymorning. The bridge was seriouslydamaged, but no casualties werereported.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.


0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentslaunched a bomb attack against arailway near the Ban Bothong Villagein the Rangae district of Narathiwataround 9:30 on Monday morning. Asection of the railway was damaged,but no casualties were reported.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.


2 0 On Monday morning, two policeofficers were injured in a bombattack against a railway in theRangae district of Narathiwat. Policebelieve that Islamic insurgents wereresponsible for the attack. Policewere investigating reports of aburning tire on the track when thebomb exploded about 100 metersfrom where they stood. The 15kgbomb damaged the train track andcaused a suspension of servicebetween Tanyongmas and SungaiKolok. The bomb was remotelydetonated by mobile phone. Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.


0 0 Police report that a remote-detonated bomb exploded on abridge on the Ban Bacho-Ban Thornroad in the Bacho district ofNarathiwat on Monday afternoon. Nocasualties were reported, but thebridge was severely damaged. Theexplosion left a large pit (1.5 meterdeep and one meter wide) in themiddle of the road. Islamic militantsare believed to be responsible forthis attack as well as an attackagainst a railway earlier the samemorning.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

15-Jan-07 ClaverTown

PhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Police report that the New People'sArmy (NPA) was responsible for anarson attack against a mobile phonerelay tower near Claver Town on theisland of Mindanao on Monday. Anestimated 60 insurgents set fire to agenerator near the tower andplanted a mine that failed todetonate. A second explosive devicereportedly exploded withoutdamaging the tower. Snipers firedupon local police as they respondedto attack, but there were nocasualties sustained. Police indicatedthat eight similar attacks againstphone towers were committed by theNPA in 2006 in an attempt to extortrevolutionary taxes from thetelecommunications company thatowns the towers.

15-Jan-07 Yangon Burma(Myanmar)

VigorousBurmeseStudentWarriors


1 0 Police and eyewitnesses report that asmall bomb exploded at the BahanPost Office near downtown Yangonon Monday in the early afternoon,seriously injuring one postal worker.The post office sustained littledamage, but the explosion causedpanic in the building and surroundingarea.On Thursday, the VigorousBurmese Student Warriors -- anexiled activist group committed tothe overthrow of the military juntathat rules Burma -- issued astatement taking responsibility forthe post office attack and warning ofmore attacks in the future. The groupalso claimed to have sent parcelbombs to the Chinese embassy andthe headquarters of the UnionSolidarity Development Association --a political organization linked to thejunta.

16-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policecolonel killed one civilian andwounded two policemen and twocivilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

16-Jan-07 Ninawa Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Gunmen shot and killed a member ofthe Integrity Commission and one ofhis companions in Ninawa province.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

16-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen attempted to storm a girls'school in Baghdad but fled afterexchanging fire with the school'sguards. One of the guards waswounded in the shooting. Attacks oneducational institutions are frequentin Iraq, as militants attempt todisrupt the country's reconstruction.

16-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 4 Two explosive devices were plantednear a telecommunications center insoutheast Baghdad. Police were inthe process of defusing one of thebombs when the other exploded,killing two police and two civiliansand wounding three police and sevencivilians. It is unclear if the attacktargeted the telecommunicationscenter, or if the bombs were placedto attract the police. Attacks on bothtelecommunications installations andpolice are frequent in Iraq.

16-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A sniper shot and killed a guard atthe state-run al-Saba newspaperofficer in Baghdad. Attacks onjournalists and media assistants arefrequent in Iraq.

16-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives11 6 A bomb exploded inside a minibus asit drove through Sadr City, a Shiitearea of Baghdad, killing six peopleand wounding eleven others. Attackson transportation networks arefrequent in Iraq, however this attacklikely also had sectarian motivations.

16-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb attached to a motorcycleexploded in a motorcycle market inBaghdad. Shortly after, a suicidebomber detonated his explosivesamong police and first responderswho had arrived at the scene of theattack. A total of thirteen people,including three police, were killedand at least seventy wounded.Militants often coordinate bombingsto target police and first respondersafter an earlier attack.

16-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives70 13 Shortly after a bomb exploded in aBaghdad motorcycle market, asuicide bomber detonated hisexplosives among police and firstresponders who had arrived at thescene of the attack. A total ofthirteen people, including threepolice, were killed and at leastseventy wounded. Militants oftencoordinate bombings to target policeand first responders after an earlierattack.Note, casualties are for bothattacks.

16-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives170 70 Three explosive devices, includingone detonated by a suicide bomber,killed at least seventy students andinjured as many as 170 others atMustansiriya University in Baghdad.The attack occurred as students, themajority women, were leavingcampus for the day. The first bombexploded near the University'sentrance and the second close toanother exit. The suicide bomberwas discovered by guards anddetonated his device prematurely,killing himself but wounding only twopeople. Attacks on educationalinstitutions are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction. Thisattack, however, may have also hadsectarian motivations. MustansiriyaUniversity's students arepredominately Shiite, many from thenearby neighborhood of Sadr City.Students report that the Universityhas come under greater influence ofShiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, withsome reporting deputies enforcing astrict Islamic dress code andmonitoring of students' personallives. These changes would makethe campus a prime target for Sunnimilitants. The attack also occurredthe day after Barzan Ibrahim Hasanand Awad Hamed Bandar, two high-level Sunni officials under SaddamHussein, were executed for theirinvolvement in the 1982 massacre of148 Shiite men and boys in Dujail.Attacks were especially violent theday Hussein was executed in lateDecember.It is significant to notethat On 4 December 2006 Ansar al-Sunnah issued a video calling onSunni students and professors tosuspend all academic activities atBaghdad universities. The videodenounced killings by death squadsand asked those of all sects to abideby the decision. There is noindication that the group wasinvolved in this attack, however.

16-Jan-07 Bastar India Unknown Explosives0 7 A large Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) patrol was the target of animprovised explosive device (IED)attack in Bastar on January 16.Seven officers, including an AssistantCommandant and an Assistant Sub-Inspector, were killed. The numberof injuries was not reported.

16-Jan-07 Cagliari Italy Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device, made of a pipefilled with gunpowder and fixed totwo metal plates, was foundunexploded at the home of Secretaryof State for Defense, Emidio Casula,in Cagliari, on the island of Sardinia.The device failed to detonatebecause the trigger was not puttogether properly. This attack tookplace at roughly the same time thata similar device was found at thehome of a junior economy minister.

16-Jan-07 Carbonia Italy Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade explosive device, withan alarm clock and wires, was foundoutside the home of AntonangeloCasula, a junior economy minister.The device was left at the home inCarbonia, on the island of Sardinia.This was one of two similar attackstargeting government officials thattook place on this day.

16-Jan-07 PalaioFaliro

Greece Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade explosive device, madeof a gas canister, was placed at theentrance to a Eurobank branch in theAthens suburb of Palaio Faliro. Theblast caused fire damages to theentrance of the premises. This wasone of four arson attacks in Greeceon this evening.

16-Jan-07 ThessalonikaGreece Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade explosive device, whichconsisted of a gas canister,detonated outside a Postal SavingsBank in Thessalonika. The blastcaused fire damages to the bank.This was one of four arson attacks inGreece on this day.

16-Jan-07 ThessalonikaGreece Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade explosive device, madeof a gas canister, detonated at anEmporiki Bank branch inThessalonika, causing fire damagesto the premises. This was one of fourarson attacks in Greece on this day.

16-Jan-07 ThessalonikaGreece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group of unidentified attackers setfire to a vehicle belonging to aprivate security firm, in Thessalonika.This was one of four arson attacks inGreece on this day.


Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired a rocket from thenorthern Gaza Strip that landed nearSha'ar Hanegev, causing no injuriesor damage.

16-Jan-07 AshqelonIsrael Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired a rocket from thenorthern Gaza Strip toward Ashqelon,causing no injuries or damage.


2 0 A Thai TV journalist and a localassistant village chief were seriouslyinjured by a bomb explosion on aroad in the Bajoe district ofNarathiwat on Tuesday. The bombdetonated around half past eight thismorning as the two victims wereriding by on route to a kindergartenschool that had suffered an arsonattack the night before. Policebelieve that Islamic insurgentsplanted the bomb on the road in themiddle of the night in order to killpolice and soldiers that wereexpected to inspect the site of thearson attack. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

16-Jan-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsset fire to a building owned by thetambon administration organizationin Pasay Yawo, the localadministrative unit of thegovernment, in the early morninghours on Tuesday in Pattani. Thebuilding was not occupied and thusthere were no causalities.Firefighters were able to extinguishthe flames before they spread andthereby the scope of the damagewas limited.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

17-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed MajedNasser Hussein, a professor ofveterinary medicine at BaghdadUniversity. Attacks on educationalinstitutions are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.On 4December Ansar al-Sunnah issued avideo calling on Sunni students andprofessors to suspend all academicactivities at Baghdad universities.The video denounced killings bydeath squads and asked those of allsects to abide by the decision. Thereis no indication that the group wasinvolved in this attack, however.


Firearms0 2 A sniper shot and killed two police inBaghdad. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility foropening fire on several policepositions in the capital on this day.

17-Jan-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Militants kidnapped an engineer whoworked at the Najibiya power stationnorth of Basra. Attacks on engineersare frequent in Iraq, as militantsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction. Attacks on Iraq'sinfrastructure are also common.

17-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen kidnapped MohannadAmmanoiel, the head of the Mansourmunicipality, from the Hamraneighborhood of west Baghdad. Fourof Ammanoiel's guards were killed inthe attack. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

17-Jan-07 MahaweelIraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen opened fire on twoconstruction workers as they droveto work in Mahaweel, killing one andwounding the other. The men werereportedly brothers. Attacks onconstruction workers are frequent inIraq, as militants attempt to disruptthe country's reconstruction.


Explosives3 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in downtown Baghdad killedone policeman and wounded threeothers. The police were reportedlyworking for the Ministry of Electricity.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.The Islamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for targeting policewith explosives on al-Nidal road incentral Baghdad on this day. Thegroup stated that the attack killedone policemen and wounded threeothers. The group also claimed anattack on police in central Baghdad'sTayaran (Aviation) Square.

17-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives33 17 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives at a market in thepredominately Shiite Sadr Cityneighborhood of Baghdad, killingseventeen people and woundingthirty-three others. The attackoccurred at the Mereidi market, oneof the area's most popularcommercial districts. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

17-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives43 9 A suicide car bomber was shot andkilled by police as he attempted toram his vehicle into a checkpointoutside a Kirkuk police station,however his explosives detonated,killing eight additional people andwounding forty-three others. Fourpolicemen were killed and anotherfour were injured. The blast resultedin the collapse of part of the policestation, which caused the majority ofthe casualties. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.


Firearms2 4 Gunmen ambushed a convoytransporting an employee of theNational Democratic Institute, a USnon-governmental organization,killing Andrea Parhamovich, anAmerican, and three bodyguardsfrom the private security firm UnityResources Group. Two other guardswere injured in the shooting.Parhamovich was leaving a meetingwith Sunni politicians in the Yarmoukneighborhood of west Baghdad whenthe attack occurred. NDI runsprograms that promote civicparticipation and strengthendemocratic institutions.Parhamovich is the fifth Americancivilian woman killed in Iraq since theUS invasion in 2003.The Islamic Stateof Iraq claimed responsibility for theattack, stating that its operativesdestroyed two SUV vehiclesbelonging to the Zionist Mosad, areference to the Israeli intelligenceagency.

17-Jan-07 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 Police shot and killed a suicidebomber after he attempted todetonate his explosives at a policecheckpoint in Ramadi. No othercasualties were reported. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

17-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives11 4 A bomb exploded in a bus as ittraveled in Sadr City, apredominately Shiite area ofBaghdad, killing four people andwounding eleven others. The devicewent off near an office of Moqtada alSadr, a Shiite cleric. Attacks ontransportation networks are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

17-Jan-07 Hub Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded on a gas pipelinenear Hub, although gas supply wasnot disrupted. The explosionoccurred along the part of thepipeline in the Public HealthEngineering Colony. No injuries werereported.

17-Jan-07 Mastung Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 The police found and defused twobombs near a power transmissionpylon in Mastung. No injuries werereported.

17-Jan-07 Dispur India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives12 2 A bomb planted in a vegetablecarton by suspected members of theUnited Liberation Front of Assam(ULFA) exploded in a market inDispur on January 17. Two people,including a child, were killed and 12people were injured in the attack.

17-Jan-07 KarimganjIndia Unknown Explosives0 0 The building of the AssamCooperative Apex Bank in Karimganjwas the target of an attack when twobombs exploded on the ground floor.No one claimed responsibility fro theattack, however, and no injuries werereported.

17-Jan-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsset fire to a public school in theWaeng district of Narathiwat in theearly morning hours on Wednesday.The fire caused extensive damage totwo buildings at the Ban KayaengSchool -- a conference room and anumber of documents werecompletely destroyed. Theinsurgents ignited tires and hempsacks to carry out the arson attackagainst the school. Over 50 schoolsin Narathiwat have been struck byarsonists in the last three years sincethe insurgency broke out. Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.


2 0 Police report that two soldiers wereseriously wounded in a roadsidebombing attack carried out byIslamic insurgents against an envoythat was escorting a team of doctorsto a nearby village in Narathiwat onWednesday morning. The 5-kg bombwas detonated remotely by mobilephone and timed to strike the envoyof 16 soldiers and the medicalpersonnel that they were protecting.The doctors were in route to a localschool to provide medical treatmentto villagers.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

17-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed a Buddhist villager infront of his home shop in Yala onWednesday. The 43-year-old scrapdealer was the latest victim in arecent string of drive-by shootingsthat target ordinary citizens. The fourgunmen, reportedly teenagers,escaped on motorcycles beforepolice could arrive at the scene.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

17-Jan-07 SongkhlaThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed a Buddhist villager inSongkhla province on Wednesday.The 45-year-old worker at a rubberplantation was the latest victim in arecent string of drive-by shootingsthat target ordinary citizens.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.


2 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsdetonated a bomb in front of a localreligious school on Wednesday justbefore noon in the Joh I Rong districtof Narathiwat. Two soldiers who wereguarding the school, known as anIslammiyah, suffered serious injuriesfrom the blast. No civilian casualtieswere reported.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.


0 0 Police report that a truck carryinglocal government officials narrowlyescaped a 5-kilogram roadside bombattack in the Chanae district ofNarathiwat on Wednesday morning.Investigators believe that the officialswere targeted by the insurgents, asthey were in route to inspect reportsof a suspicious item placed in front ofa local school. The report was laterfound to be a hoax. Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

17-Jan-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Police believe that Islamic insurgentsare behind the latest in a string ofarson attacks against schools alongThailand's southern border. Around3am Wednesday, insurgents set fireto the Ban Kayaeng School in theWaeng district of Narathiwat. Twoclassrooms and a number of teachingmaterials were damaged by the fire.No casualties were reported.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

17-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Police report that a bomb planted byIslamic insurgents destroyed a truck,but caused no causalities, in anexplosive blast on Wednesday in theMuang district of Yala. The truckbelonged to a staff member of theSouthern Border ProvincesAdministrative Center, but it wasunoccupied at the time of theexplosion. However, the truck wasdestroyed and a nearby house wasalso damaged by the blast.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

17-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot a Buddhist villager in front of hishome in the Kabang district of Yalaon Wednesday. The 53-year-oldworker at a rubber plantation wasseriously injured in the latest of arecent string of drive-by shootingsthat target ordinary citizens.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.


0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentswere behind a bomb attack againstthe vehicle of the director of a localgovernment organization thatoccurred in the early morning hourson Wednesday in the Muang districtof Yala city. The car was unoccupiedand parked inside the house of thedirector's relative at the time ofexplosion. The house was damagedby the blast, but no injuries werereported.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

17-Jan-07 SongkhlaThailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Police report that a locally-reveredleader of the Muslim community wastargeted in a drive-by shooting onWednesday morning in the Saba Yoidistrict of Songkhla. The mansustained minor injuries in a drive-byshooting that occurred as he wasescorting his son to school in Yala.Islamic insurgents have beentargeting Muslim leaders that theyaccuse of supporting the Thaigovernment. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

18-Jan-07 IskandariyahIraq Unknown Firearms1 3 Gunmen opened fire on a policecheckpoint in Iskandariyah, killingthree police and wounding a fourth.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

18-Jan-07 Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Samarra wounded threepolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

18-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives6 2 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives near a police patrol inMosul, killing himself and a civilian,and wounding four police and twocivilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

18-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 Militants threw a bomb at a policecheckpoint in Mosul, killing apoliceman and wounding another.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

18-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed AhmadKadhim, a former member ofSaddam Hussein's Baath party,outside his home in the Zafaraniyaharea of southeast Baghdad. Attackson former members of Hussein'sregime are frequent in Iraq.

18-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 4 A car bomb exploded in acommercial district of Baghdad,killing four people and wounding tenothers. Attacks on crowded, publicareas are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations.

18-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 Militants killed two universityprofessors in Baghdad. Attacks oneducational institutions are frequentin Iraq, as militants attempt todisrupt the country's reconstruction.On 4 December Ansar al-Sunnahissued a video calling on Sunnistudents and professors to suspendall academic activities at Baghdaduniversities. The video denouncedkillings by death squads and askedthose of all sects to abide by thedecision. There is no indication thatthe group was involved in this attack,however.

18-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 2 A car bomb detonated near the mainpolice station in the al-Rashad areaof southeast Baghdad, killing twocivilians and wounding four others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

18-Jan-07 MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Mahmudiyah wounded threepolicemen and two civilians. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.


Firearms1 1 Gunmen opened fire on police in eastBaghdad, killing one policeman andwounding another. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.The Islamic Stateof Iraq claimed responsibility forshooting police commandoes on al-Qanat Road in east Baghdad on thisday.


Explosives10 4 A car bomb exploded near a policepatrol in central Baghdad, killing fourpeople and wounding ten others.Police were reported among thecasualties. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility fordetonating a motorcycle bomb andexplosives hidden inside a kiosk incentral Baghdad on this day. Thegroup stated that the attack killedmore than eight police commandoesand wounded many others.

18-Jan-07 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Militants kidnapped a trafficpoliceman in Ramadi. His body wasfound the next day. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

18-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives30 10 Three car bombs planted in avegetable market exploded in quicksuccession, killing ten people andwounding upwards of thirty others.The attack took place in the Douradistrict of south Baghdad. One bombwas reportedly placed at theentrance of the market, the secondin the center of the area, and thethird at the far end. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

18-Jan-07 NangarharAfghanistanTaliban Explosives2 0 Kama district chief, Mohammad Ali,was injured when a bomb explodedon his vehicle in Nangarhar onJanuary 18. Suspected Talibangunmen also opened fire on thevehicle. Ali's driver was also injured.

18-Jan-07 Kunar AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 1 A bomber was killed when the devicehe was attaching to a pipe under aroad in Kunar exploded prematurely.The pipe was part of a highway beingbuilt by an Indian road constructioncompany. One report indicated thattwo bombers may have been killedby the explosion.

18-Jan-07 DeraMuradJamali

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A section of railroad track near DeraMurad Jamali was blown up onJanuary 18, suspending railwaytransportation from Quetta. Theexplosion occurred before two trains,the Jaffar Express and theBalochistan Express, were scheduledto pass through the area. No injurieswere reported, however.

18-Jan-07 PashBogi

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Power was suspended in parts ofDera Bugti when an electric pylon inPash Bogi was blown up. No oneclaimed responsibility for the attackand no injuries were reported.

18-Jan-07 AbingdonUnitedKingdom

Unknown Explosives1 0 A letter bomb, sent by suspectedanimal rights activists, was sent toan office of Cellmark, a DNA testingcompany, in Abingdon. One womanwas injured in the hand when shewas opening the letter. Authoritiesfound the name Barry Horne writtenon the envelope. Horne was ananimal rights activist who wasconvicted of firebombing and laterdied in 2001. A second similardevice was found later this afternoonin Culham.

18-Jan-07 Culham UnitedKingdom

Unknown Explosives0 0 A letter bomb, similar to one thatdetonated earlier in Abingdon, wasfound at a company in Culham. Thedevice was not activated and causedno injuries. Police are linking thisbomb to the first, which injured awoman in the hand. Animal rightsactivists are suspected to be theassailants.

18-Jan-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Police report that two Muslimcivilians -- a father and son -- wereattacked by Islamic insurgents in adrive-by shooting on Thursdaymorning in the Chanae district ofNarathiwat. The men were ambushedwhile in route to conduct a realestate transaction. The father died atthe scene while the son was criticallyinjured from the gunshot wounds hesustained.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

18-Jan-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a woman sustainedsevere injuries in a drive-by attackperpetrated by Islamic insurgents inthe Sungai Padi district of Narathiwaton Thursday morning. The youngwoman, a volunteer at a health clinic,was on a shopping trip when she wasambushed by the insurgents.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

18-Jan-07 Daraga PhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Firearms0 1 Police report that Jose Loreno, aprominent grassroots politicalorganizer and anti-communistactivist, was shot and killed as hestood in front of his store in the townof Daraga near Legapspi lateThursday. The three assassins whoattacked Loreno are believed to beassociated with the New People'sArmy (NPA), the armed wing of theCommunist Party of the Philippinesthat has engaged in a Maoistinsurgency for nearly 40 years.Loreno was once a member of theNPA, but he left the group andbecame a major radio personalityand leader of the Movement AgainstCommunism.

19-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 A roadside bomb targeting trafficpolice in the Karada area of Baghdadkilled one policeman and injuredanother. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

19-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen stormed the home of thepreacher of a Sunni mosque in apredominately Shiite area of Kirkukand killed him. Attacks on religiousofficials are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.Note, this attack may have occurredon 18 January.

19-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Authorities found the body of a triballeader from Fallujah in westBaghdad. Attacks on tribal leadersare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations. Tribal leadersare also targeted because many areperceived as governmentcollaborators.

19-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed an officialfrom the Ministry of Tourism andArchaeology Affairs outside his homein western Baghdad. Attacks ongovernment officials are frequent inIraq.

19-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked the Shiite al-Sadreen mosque in south Baghdad,killing two guards. The perpetratorsthen detonated explosives as theyleft. Attacks on religious shrines arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

19-Jan-07 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formerpoliceman outside his home inFallujah. This was one of two attackson former police in Fallujah on thisday.

19-Jan-07 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formerpoliceman outside his home inFallujah. This was one of two attackson former police in Fallujah on thisday.

19-Jan-07 Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed SafaaFarhan, a pharmacist, in Baiji.Attacks on pharmacists and medicalprofessionals are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

19-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Militants kidnapped a truck driverwho worked for US troops in northBaghdad. Attacks on those who workwith coalition forces are frequent inIraq.

19-Jan-07 GuwahatiIndia UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives10 2 Two people were killed and ten wereinjured when a bomb exploded nearthe Adabari bus terminal in Guwahation January 19. The bomb was hiddenin a vegetable basket in a marketnext to the terminal. Members of theUnited Liberation Front of Assamwere suspected to be responsible forthe attack.

19-Jan-07 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Firearms4 1 Unidentified gunmen on motorcyclesopened fire on a police securitycheckpoint in Kandahar on January19. One police officer was killed andtwo civilians and two police officerswere injured in the attack.

19-Jan-07 Istanbul Turkey Unknown Firearms0 1 Turkish-American jounalist HrantDink was assassinated in Istanbul byunknown gunmen.

19-Jan-07 Markina Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A Molotov cocktail was thrown at aEuskaltel (Basque telecomscompany) station in Markina, inVizcaya province. The perpetratorssnuck across a fence protecting thestation and threw the device at theinstallation. The attack affected thetransformer and the wiring of thestation.

19-Jan-07 Istanbul Turkey Other Firearms0 1 Hrant Dink, a prominent Armenianjournalist was shot and killed outsidehis office in central Istanbul. Theshooter, Ogun Samast, a 17-year oldmiddle school graduate, confessed tothe murder. Authorities believeSamast committed the murder forultra-nationalist reasons. The victimwas shot in the head and neck threetimes. Since the murder, nine otheryouths have been arrested inconnection with the incident.

20-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 US troops detained two suspectsdriving a vehicle filled withexplosives as they attempted toenter the Green Zone, the heavilyfortified area of Baghdad that housesthe Iraqi government and the US andBritish embassies. The device wasdetonated in a controlled explosion.Attacks on the government andinternational targets are frequent inIraq.

20-Jan-07 MuqdadiyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Saad Husainal Shibani, an official at the Diyalapolice directorate, as he walked in amarket in Muqdadiya. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.


Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a seniorofficial from the Interior Ministry innorthern Baghdad. Attacks ongovernment officials are frequent inIraq.The Islamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for killing an officerfrom the Interior Ministry in the Al-A'zamiyah district of northernBaghdad on this day.

20-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Baha HusaynKhalaf, an employee in the projectsdivision of the Iraqi Media Network,outside his home in the Jihadneighborhood of western Baghdad.Attacks on journalists and mediaassistants are frequent in Iraq.

20-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Kirkuk wounded fivepolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.


Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed MuhammadNuri, a staff member at NinawaTelevision, as he left his home inMosul. Attacks on journalists andmedia assistants are frequent in Iraq.The Islamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for killing the TV andradio director's assistant and chiefengineer of the radio in Mosul on thisday.

20-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 3 Gunmen opened fire on a policecheckpoint south of Baghdad, killingthree policemen and wounding twoothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq. Note, theWashington Post reported that thecasualties were caused by a roadsidebomb.

20-Jan-07 Khalis Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed MohammedZeinel Abdin, a public prosecutor,and his young brother as they drovein Khalis. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

20-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed police MajorSalim Sattar in the Shaabneighborhood of northern Baghdad.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

20-Jan-07 Diphu India Unknown Explosives2 0 Two people were injured when agrenade was thrown at a market inDiphu on January 20.

20-Jan-07 Greshk AfghanistanUnknown Unknown0 1 The head of a Helmand Provincedetention center was killed whenambushed on his way home inGreshk on January 20.

20-Jan-07 Yaqubi AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 The security commander of Khostprovince was the target of a roadsideexplosion in Yaqubi. No one wasinjured, however.

20-Jan-07 BuenaventuraColombia FuerzasArmadasRevolucionariasdeColombia(FARC)

Explosives14 6 Members of the Fuerzas ArmadasRevolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)detonated explosives in front of apolice patrol, killing six and woundingat least fourteen people inBuenaventura. The attack occurredin a poor neighborhood of this cityand killed several civilians and twopolice officers. One child was killedin the incident.

20-Jan-07 Digboi India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Unknown0 1 A member of the local Congressparty, Bogadhar Moran, was killed athome in Digboi by suspectedmembers of the United LiberationFront of Assam (ULFA). The attackoccurred after the ULFA had issued awarning to kill Congress partymembers if the ULFA was targetedby the police.

20-Jan-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Police report that a 42-year-oldnoodle vendor was murdered onSaturday in a drive-by shooting byIslamic insurgents who had mistakenhim for a government informant. Theattack occurred on Chalusatien roadin the Cho Airong district ofNarathiwat as the vendor waswalking his daughter to school. Thevictim was shot three times bygunmen on motorcycles and hisdaughter sustained scrapes and cutsto her arms and face.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

21-Jan-07 PointPedro

SriLanka


Explosives0 0 A foreign commercial ship was hit bya boat filled with explosives in asuicide attack off of Point Pedro onJanuary 21. Casualties were notreported. The Liberation Tigers ofTamil Eelam (LTTE) were suspectedto be responsible for the attack. Thecrew of the ship included Indonesian,Indian, and Sri Lankan nationals.

21-Jan-07 Tank Pakistan Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 0 A remote-controlled bomb explodedon the side of a road in the town ofTank as a police van passed by. Twopolice officers were injured. Tank islocated near South Waziristan, whichwas the target of a Pakistani militaryaction against a suspected Al Qaedahideout the previous week.However, no one claimedresponsibility for the roadside bomb.

21-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in the Zayuna area of easternBaghdad killed one policecommando. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

21-Jan-07 Dibis Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen shot the deputy head of amunicipality in Dibis, northeast ofKirkuk. It is unclear if the victim waskilled or only injured in the attack.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

21-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Police found and defused a bomb leftoutside the Grand al-Nur mosque incentral Kirkuk. No casualties werereported. Attacks on religiousshrines are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations.

21-Jan-07 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen opened fire on a policepatrol in Fallujah, killing twopolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

21-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Other 0 1 Militants kidnapped an employee ofthe Sunni Waqf (religiousendowment) Office and five others inthe al-Mada'in area of southernBaghdad. The religious official waskilled after being tortured andmutilated. Attacks on religiousfigures are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations.

21-Jan-07 Dibis Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen opened fire on guards at anoil facility in Dibis. No casualtieswere reported, however theperpetrators set one of the oil wellson fire and stole the guards'weapons. Iraq's oil minister recentlyreported that 289 oil workers werekilled in 2006.

21-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 A car bomb targeting a police patrolin east Baghdad killed a civilian andwounded five others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.Note,several news agencies reporteddifferent targets for this attack.KUNA states that a court buildingwas the target; the Associated Pressreported that the bomb was leftoutside a restaurant.

21-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives15 6 A bomb left in a bag exploded in asmall bus as it traveled to thepredominately Shiite Karadahneighborhood of Baghdad, killing sixpeople and wounding fifteen others.Attacks on transportation networksare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

21-Jan-07 BongaigaonIndia UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives3 0 A bomb exploded at a railroadstation in Bongaigaon on January 21.At least three people were injured inthe attack that was carried out bysuspected members of the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA).Attacks attributed to the ULFA havebeen frequent in the last month.

21-Jan-07 Neiva Colombia FuerzasArmadasRevolucionariasdeColombia(FARC)

Explosives0 0 Members of the Fuerzas ArmadasRevolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)attacked a car dealership withgrenades in Neiva. Police sourcescite the car dealer's failure to payextorsions elicited by the FARC. Thisis the second of two attacks, the firstof which occurred in october 2006.

21-Jan-07 Barpeta India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives12 1 Suspected members of the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA)detonated a bomb in a fish market inBarpeta on January 21, killing oneperson and injuring 12 others.



Firearms3 2 Gunmen suspected to be from theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) killed a civilian and a policeofficer when they opened fire on apolice post in Vavuniya on January21. Three other people, includinganother police officer, were injured inthe attack.

21-Jan-07 NelumkulamaSriLanka


Firearms0 1 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)kidnapped a police officer, NelsonHevavitharana, in Nelumkulama onJanuary 21. The officer was shot andkilled by the kidnappers.

21-Jan-07 Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired a rocket from thenorthern Gaza Strip that landed in anopen field near Sederot, causing noinjuries or damage.

21-Jan-07 Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired two rockets fromthe northern Gaza Strip that landedin the northern Negev, causing noinjuries or damage.

21-Jan-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms2 0 Police report that two vendors ridingtogether on a motorcycle in the SaiBuri district of Pattani were shot andinjured in a drive-by shooting onSaturday morning. Both of thevictims, a 41-year old man and a 51-year-old woman, suffered gun shotsto the arm. Police believe thatIslamic insurgents were responsiblefor the attack.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

21-Jan-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Police report that a former volunteerfor the border defense militia forcewas shot in a drive-by shootingcarried out by Islamic insurgents onSunday in the Rangae district ofNarathiwat. The 34-year-old victim,the brother of a well-known policeofficer in the community, wascritically injured when he was shot atpoint blank range by two assailantson a motorcycle. The victim was inroute to his home from a rubberplantation at the time of the attack.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

22-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policeofficer and frequent lecturer at thepolice academy as he returned homein east Baghdad. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

22-Jan-07 Khalis Iraq Unknown Explosives26 12 A bomb hidden in a vegetable cart ina Khalis market exploded, killingtwelve people and injuring twenty-sixothers. Militants then fired mortarson the market. Attacks on crowded,public areas, particularly markets,are frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

22-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

160 88 Two car bombs detonated in the alHaraj market in Baghdad, killingeighty-eight people and wounding atleast 160 others. The explosivesdetonated around noon, one of thebusiest times of the day, and werepacked with metal objects to inflictmaximum casualties. While themarket is in a predominately Shiitearea of Baghdad, locals stated thatboth Shiites and Sunnis shop there.CNN reported that the bombs weredetonated remotely after theirdrivers were able to exit the area,however other media sources statedthat one of the bombs was detonatedby a suicide bomber. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.


Explosives1 0 A bomb targeting police in Mosulwounded one policeman. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for several bombattacks against police in Mosul onthis day.

22-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A car bomb targeting a police patrolin Kirkuk exploded, however did notresult in any casualties. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

22-Jan-07 Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Gunmen stormed the home of theDeputy Governor of Diyala, woundingtwo of his guards. The DeputyGovernor was not at home during theincident. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

22-Jan-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a liquor storeowner in a town just west of Basra.Attacks on those who sell alcohol arefrequent in Iraq, as some Islamicmilitants believe that consumingalcohol violates Islamic law.

22-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed an oiltechnician in Mosul. Attacks on theoil installations are frequent in Iraq,as militants attempt to disrupt one ofthe country's most profitableindustries.

22-Jan-07 Babil Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Saddam Hussein's Baathparty in Babil province. Attacks onformer members of Hussein's regimeare frequent in Iraq.

22-Jan-07 Babil Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a contractorwho worked with US troops in Babilprovince. Attacks on those who workwith coalition forces are frequent inIraq.

22-Jan-07 BaramullaKashmir Unknown Explosives15 0 A grenade attack in a major marketin Baramulla injured 15 people onJanuary 22. No one has claimedresponsibility for the attack,however.

22-Jan-07 Dhaka BangladeshUnknown Explosives0 0 The police found and removed twobombs from a shrine in Dhaka onJanuary 22. The police also removedother bomb making material andreportedly suspect that the deviceswere part for a plan to bomb aservice at the shrine on January 30.

22-Jan-07 Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Explosives9 3 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Tal Afar killed threepolicemen and wounded two others.Seven civilians were also injured.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

22-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a teacherwho worked at a girls' primary schoolin the Khadra area of Baghdad.Attacks on educators are frequent inIraq, as militants attempt to disruptthe country's reconstruction.

22-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants detonated explosives at aSunni mosque in the Doura district ofsouthern Baghdad, destroying thebuilding. No casualties werereported. Attacks on religiousshrines are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations. The NewYork Times reported that this attackwas likely in response to an attack ona Shiite mosque in the same area theweek before.

22-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed RiyadhHussein al-Ogaidat, the leader of theOgaidat tribe, outside his home inBaghdad. Attacks on tribal leadersare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

22-Jan-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Upwards of twenty gunmen stormedthe offices of Khaled al-Sinjari, themayor of Baqubah, and kidnappedhim. They then detonated explosivesas they left, destroying the building.Mayor Sinjari's office is located in anarea controlled by armed militias andhad been raided the day before.Local residents reported that Sinjarihas ties to militias linked to SaddamHussein's former Baath party. Themayor has allegedly been detainedand questioned by police severaltimes but never held due to lack ofevidence. The mayor was releasedseveral days later, however wasdismissed as mayor by the Diyalagovernment because of suspicionsthat he was working with Sunniinsurgents.

22-Jan-07 GaboroneBotswanaUnknown Other 0 0 A man claiming to be a member ofal-Qa'ida hijacked a plane travelingfrom Gaborone, Botswana toJohannesburg, South Africa. Theman claimed to be carrying a bomb;however, after the event reach itsconclusion no bomb was found. Theplane landed in Johannesburg andthe hijacker let the passenger andcrew disembark then the policestormed the plan and arrested theman. There were no injuries and theman is know in custody.

22-Jan-07 Dhubri India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives0 0 A police outpost was the target of agrenade attack by suspectedmembers of the United LiberationFront of Assam (ULFA) on January 22.The police did not report any injuriesfrom the attack, however.

22-Jan-07 Dhaka BangladeshUnknown Explosives0 0 Two bombs and other bomb makingmaterials were found by the policenear the Bara Aulia shrine in Dhaka.The assembled bombs weredescribed as powerful time devices.No injuries were reported.

22-Jan-07 KarbiAnglong

India Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb explosion damaged a sectionof railroad track on the North EastFrontier Railway in Karbi Anglong onJanuary 22. No injuries werereported, although a wagon of a trainwas damaged.

22-Jan-07 Jorhat India Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was found and removed froma section of railroad track before itexploded in Jorhat.

22-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen kidnapped Hassan Hadi, awell-known Shiite boxer, as he drovein central Baghdad. Three days afterhis abduction, Hadi was found dead,apparently after having beenhanged. Officials reported that theperpetrators did not ask for a ransomand stated that Hadi had no politicalconnections. Attacks on sports starsand other public figures are frequentin Iraq.

22-Jan-07 PoonthottamSriLanka


Firearms0 1 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) shotand killed a manager from theVavuniya Central Transport Board inVavuniya on January 22.


Suyuf al-Haq al-Islamiyya

Explosives0 0 An explosion struck the offices of al-Arabiyah TV station in Gaza City; theexplosion was preceded by threatsagainst the station. An armed groupcalled Suyuf al-Haq al-Islamiyya orThe Swords of the Islamic Right,claimed responsibility. They statedthat their goal is to make the land ofRabat (the Muslim holy sites inJerusalem) pure from infidelity andcorruption.

22-Jan-07 AshqelonIsrael PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Explosives0 0 Palestine Islamic Jihad claimedresponsibility for firing a rocket fromthe northern Gaza Strip toward theAshqelon industrial zone, causing noinjuries or damage.

22-Jan-07 Negev Israel PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Explosives0 0 Palestine Islamic Jihad fired a rocketfrom the northern Gaza Strip thatlanded in the Western Negev,causing no injuries or damage.


6 0 Police report that a bomb planted byIslamic insurgents went off near theentrance of a restaurant in theMuang district of Narathiwat arounddinnertime on Monday evening. Thelarge bomb was hidden in a flowerpot. It caused a blast that injured atleast six people during therestaurant's busiest hour of the day.Police indicate that the bomb wasdetonated remotely by mobilephone. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

23-Jan-07 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A roadside bomb targeting a busexploded in Baiji. No casualties werereported. Attacks on transportationnetworks are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

23-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 4 A bomb exploded under a car parkedin a commercial district of Baghdad'sKaradah neighborhood, killing fourpeople and wounding seven others.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.Note, some mediasources reported that the bombtargeted pensioners waiting outsidea government office.

23-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting police inthe al-Baladiyat district of eastBaghdad wounded three policemen.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

23-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A bomb exploded near a gas stationin central Baghdad, killing oneperson and wounding three others.Attacks on gas stations are frequentin Iraq, as militants attempt todisrupt one of the country's mostprofitable industries. Gas stationsare also commonly targeted becausethey have long lines of patronswaiting to buy fuel.

23-Jan-07 MussayabIraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants used the body of apoliceman to lure police to a booby-trapped car in Mussayab, howeverpolice were able to defuse the devicebefore it could detonate. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

23-Jan-07 MussayabIraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Militants killed a policeman inMussayab and then left his bodyinside a booby-trapped car to attractpolice. Police were able to defusethe device, however, before it coulddetonate. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

23-Jan-07 Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed two teachersin Tal Afar. Attacks on educators arefrequent in Iraq, as militants attemptto disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

23-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives9 1 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives outside the KurdistanYouth Federation, an affiliate of theKurdish Democratic Party, in Mosul,killing himself and wounding nineothers. Attacks on governmentbuildings are frequent in Iraq. Thisincident may have also had sectarianmotivations.

23-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A car bomb exploded outside theMinistry of Finance in Baghdad,killing a civilian and wounding fourpeople, including a ministry guard.Attacks on government targets arefrequent in Iraq.

23-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Diya alMeqoter, an economics professor atal Mustansiriya University and a headof the Consumer Association, a non-government organization thatadvocates ob behalf of consumers, inthe Azamiyah neighborhood ofBaghdad. Al Meqoter was a popularfigure in Iraq and was the host of aprogram on al Sharqiya Televisionwhere he would interview poorpeople about starting smallbusinesses and then help themsecure loans. Attacks on educatorsand public figures are frequent inIraq.On 4 December Ansar al-Sunnahissued a video calling on Sunnistudents and professors to suspendall academic activities at Baghdaduniversities. The video denouncedkillings by death squads and askedthose of all sects to abide by thedecision. There is no indication thatthe group was involved in this attack,however.

23-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

17 0 A remote controlled bomb detonatedat a market in Kirkuk, injuringseventeen people. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.


Explosives2 1 A bomb targeting a police patrol inthe Al-Arbajiyah area of Mosulexploded. Gunmen then opened fireon the police, killing one andwounding two others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for several bombattacks on police in Mosul on thisday.

23-Jan-07 DibrugarhIndia UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Firearms0 1 Chandra Chutia, the leader of avillage section of the Congress Party,was shot and killed by suspectedgunmen from the United LiberationFront of Assam (ULFA) in Dibrugarhon January 23. The attack occurredafter the ULFA threatened to killCongress Party members if the Indianmilitary did not cease actions againstthe group.

23-Jan-07 GuwahatiIndia Unknown Explosives0 0 An improvised explosive device (IED)was found at the Guwahati Refinerycomplex in Guwahati. Police defusedthe device, which was described aspowerful. No injuries were reported.

23-Jan-07 KarbiAnglong

India Unknown Explosives0 0 A train carrying commercial goodswas bombed as it traveled throughKarbi Anglong. No injuries werereported, however.

23-Jan-07 BongaigaonIndia UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives0 0 A bomb planted by suspectedmembers of the United LiberationFront of Assam (ULFA) exploded in amarket place in Bongaigaon onJanuary 23. No injuries werereported, however. Attacks by theULFA have been frequent in recentweeks.

23-Jan-07 ImphalEast

India Unknown Explosives0 0 A hand grenade was thrown in a hallat the Irabot Memorial Trust Complexbuilding in Imphal East during anelection program for a candidatefrom the Communist Party of India(CPI). No injuries were reported,however, and no one has claimedresponsibility for the attack.

23-Jan-07 Pulwama Kashmir HizbulMujahideen(HM)

Explosives0 3 Three Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) officers were killed when animprovised explosive device (IED)exploded near their vehicles as theywere driving in Pulwama on January23. The group Hizbul Mujahideen(HM) claimed responsibility for theattack.


Explosives14 1 A bomb hidden in a bag in a tea stallin Guwahati exploded after theowner of the stall threw the bag in adrain. One person was killed and 14others were injured by the explosion.The bag was planted by suspectedmembers of the United LiberationFront of Assam (ULFA). Attacks bythe ULFA, particularly in marketplaces, have been frequent in recentmonths.

23-Jan-07 BongaigaonIndia Unknown Explosives6 0 A bomb hidden in a bag attached toa bicycle exploded in a market inBongaigaon, injuring at least sixpeople.

23-Jan-07 NallamalaIndia CommunistParty ofIndia-Maoists

Unknown0 1 Suspected members of theCommunist Party of India-Maoist(CPI-Maoist) killed Ranga Reddy, amember of the youth section of thePrakasam district Congress Party, inNallamala on January 23. It isunclear how Reddy was killed.

23-Jan-07 Kut Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Militants killed a former Baath partymember in Kut. Attacks on membersof Saddam Hussein's former regimeare frequent in Iraq.

23-Jan-07 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a translatorworking for US troops in Kut. Attackson those who work with coalitionforces, particularly translators, arefrequent in Iraq.

23-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives13 0 A bomb exploded outside the policeheadquarters in Kirkuk, woundingthirteen people. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.



Firearms4 1 Gunmen suspected to be from theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) opened fire on a RoadDevelopment Authority trucktraveling in Vavuniya. One civilianwas killed and four were injured inthe attack.

23-Jan-07 Thoubal India Unknown Explosives0 0 Police found and defused two handgrenades that were planted in thehome of a Manipur police constable,Mohammed Azad Khan, in Thoubal.The identities of those who plantedthe grenades is unknown.

23-Jan-07 Nablus WestBank/Gaza

Al-AqsaMartyrsBrigade

Firearms0 0 The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimedresponsibility for briefly abductingthe French vice consul and two of hisescorts from a restaurant and takingthem to an unknown location beforereleasing them an hour later.


al-QaedaOrganizationinPalestine

Explosives0 0 A large group of assailants,numbering near 40, attacked the al-Wahah tourist resort near Gaza,destroying it with explosives. No onewas injured. The group claimed tobe members of the al-QaedaOrganization in Palestine.


3 0 Police report that three officers onpatrol were injured when a bombexploded in front of a retail shoparound 9pm on Tuesday night in theTak Bai district of Narathiwat. The 5-kilogram ammonium nitrate bombwas triggered remotely by mobilephone. In addition to the threeinjuries, the blast caused damaged toa police car and to the roof of thestore.Islamic insurgents in Thailand'ssouth continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

23-Jan-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Police report that two Muslimcivilians were murdered by Islamicinsurgents in a drive-by shooting lateTuesday in Narathiwat. No furtherinformation was provided, but theincident is consistent with otherinsurgent attacks that target randommembers of the civilian population.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

23-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a Buddhist civilianwas shot and killed by Islamicinsurgents in a drive-by shooting onTuesday in Yala. The 47-year-oldvictim was driving his seven-year-oldson home from school when he wasambushed by insurgents.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

23-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms3 0 Police report that three Muslimteenagers in Yala were seriouslyinjured in a shooting late Tuesdaynight when a group of insurgentsbroke into their home and openedfire as they were watching television.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

24-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 5 A suicide bomber targeting a policepatrol in the Amiriya neighborhood ofBaghdad killed himself and fourpolicemen and wounded three otherpolice. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

24-Jan-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 Authorities found the body of auniversity professor and one of hisrelatives in a Baqubah suburb.Attacks on educators are frequent inIraq, as militants attempt to disruptthe country's reconstruction.

24-Jan-07 Baqubah Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Unknown1 1 Militants killed a policeman andwounded another in the al-Tahreerarea of Baqubah. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnahclaimed responsibility for attacking apolice station in the al-Tahreerneighborhood on this day. TheIslamic State of Iraq claimed anattack on police near al-Tahreer onthis day.

24-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen ambushed the convoy ofAbd Ziyab al-Ojeily, the Minister ofHigher Education, as it traveled insouth Baghdad. Militants reportedlyhid in the bushes along the highwayand opened fire as the Minister'svehicle passed, killing one of al-Ojeily's personal guards andwounding another. Al-Ojeily was notharmed in the incident. Attacks ongovernment officials are frequent inIraq, however the Education Ministryis often specifically targeted, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.Note, theIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for attacking a convoyof an official of the traitorgovernment in Baghdad on this day,however the group stated that theambush took place in the northernAzim district of the capital. Theclaim did not name the official.

24-Jan-07 Chirang India Unknown Explosives0 0 Police found and removed a bombnear a police station in Chirang onJanuary 24.

24-Jan-07 ImphalWest

India Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda member of the Congress party,Yumkhaibam Gopen Singh, outside ofhis home in Imphal West on January24.

24-Jan-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 23-year-oldMuslim civilian was murdered in adrive-by shooting by Islamicinsurgents in the Sungai Padi districtof Narathiwat on Tuesday afternoon.The victim was ambushed as he rodehis motorcycle home from work.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

25-Jan-07 NangarharAfghanistanHizbul-i-Islami

Explosives2 0 Sayed Rahman, the chief of Pachirwa Agam District, was injured when aroadside bomb exploded near hisvehicle as he traveled in Nangarharon January 25. The driver of thevehicle was also injured. The groupHizbul-i-Islami issued a statementclaiming responsibility for theincident

25-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives13 1 A bomb exploded in the Mureidimarket of Baghdad's predominatelyShiite Sadr City neighborhood, killingone person and wounding thirteenothers. Attacks on crowded, publicareas, particularly markets, arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations. Note, somenews reports stated that the bombexploded on a minibus as it passedthrough the market.

25-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives55 26 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives at a busy intersection inthe Karrada district of Baghdad,killing twenty-six people andwounding fifty-five others. Thebomber apparently targeted a policepatrol; two police were killed in theattack and three others wounded.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

25-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 Two rockets fell inside the GreenZone, the heavily fortified area ofBaghdad that houses the Iraqigovernment and the US and Britishembassies, wounding six people andcausing minor damage.

25-Jan-07 SultanAbdallah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Ali HusaynAbd-al-Aziz Ahmad, a councilmember from the Al-Qayyara districtin Mosul, while he was in the villageof Sultan Abdallah. Attacks ongovernment officials are frequent inIraq.

25-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Authorities found and defused a carbomb outside a Shiite mosque in theKarrada district of Baghdad. Attackson religious shrines are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

25-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives20 4 A bomb attached to a motorcycleexploded in Baghdad's Shorjamarket, killing four people andwounding twenty others. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

25-Jan-07 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 A bomb attached to a motorcycleexploded outside a high school inFallujah, killing two people. Attackson educational institutions arefrequent in Iraq, as militants attemptto disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

25-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives11 3 Two bombs detonated in the Ishrincommercial district in the al-Bayyaneighborhood of Baghdad, killingthree people and wounding elevenothers. Attacks on crowded, publicareas, particularly markets, arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

25-Jan-07 Diyala Iraq Unknown Unknown3 1 Militants attacked the assistant tothe Diyala chief of police, killing oneof his guards and injuring threeothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

25-Jan-07 Kamrup India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives8 1 An improvised explosive device (IED)planted by suspected members ofthe United Liberation Front of Assam(ULFA) exploded in a bus terminal inKamrup on January 25. One personwas killed and eight were injured bythe explosion.

25-Jan-07 Tank Pakistan Unknown Unknown1 1 One police officer was killed andanother injured when their vehiclewas attacked in Tank on January 25.Tank is located in the North WestFrontier Province (NWFP).

25-Jan-07 Shali ChechnyaUnknown Firearms3 0 The police checkpoint between thevillages of Chiri-Yurt and Duba-Yurtwas shot at using automatic weaponsand grenade launchers. Three policeofficers on a temporary assignmentfrom the Vologda Region wereinjured in the attack, which wasperpetrated from 150-200 metersaway from the direction of the Argunriver.

25-Jan-07 Saint-Florent

France CorsicanNationalLiberationFront(FLNC)

Explosives0 0 Three holiday villas in Saint-Florent,on the island of Corsica, weretargeted with bombs. The houseswere located in the sameneighborhood of the city andbelonged to families living inmainland France. At the scene ofone of the homes, authorities foundthe initials FLNC (Corsican NationalLiberation Front). Part of one of thehomes was destroyed, while onlyminor damages were caused to theothers.

25-Jan-07 Athens Greece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unknown assailants planted ahomemade explosive device made ofa gas canister at a branch of theEmporiki bank in central Athens.This was one of two attacks on bankbranches in Athens. These types ofattacks are typically the work ofanarchists and have increased inrecent months because of impendinghigher education reform policiescoming from the Greek Parliament.

25-Jan-07 Athens Greece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A homemade explosive device, madeup of a gas canister, detonated at abranch of the National Bank ofGreece, in central Athens and onlyone block from other bank that wastargeted in a similar attack. Thesetypes of attacks are typically thework of anarchists. There has been arecent increase in bank bombings asthe Greek Parliament is getting readyto pass a number of higher educationreforms.


Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired two Qassamrockets from the northern Gaza Striptoward Sha'ar Hanegev. There wereno reports of injuries or damage.

26-Jan-07 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Unknown0 1 Mawlawi Mohammad EslamMohammadi, a member ofParliament from Samangan, waskilled by unidentified attackers on hisway to a mosque in Kabul on January26. No one has claimedresponsibility for the attack.

26-Jan-07 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 Police opened fire on a suicide carbomber as he approached theircheckpoint in Ramadi. The vehicleexploded, however only the bomberwas killed. An unknown number ofminor injuries was reported. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

26-Jan-07 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Militants kidnapped and then killedSaad Hussein al-Alwani, a triballeader, in Ramadi. Attacks on triballeaders are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations. Triballeaders are also often targeted ifthey are suspected of supporting thegovernment.Note, media reportsstated that al-Alwani was the head ofthe Ramadi branch of the IraqiNational Congress, Ahmed Chalabi'ssecular political party. Al-Alwani'sbrother refuted that claim, however,stating that his brother had nopolitical connections.

26-Jan-07 LashkarGah

AfghanistanTaliban Explosives1 1 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives outside of a United Statesaid group office building for theAlternate Livelihoods Program inLashkar Gah. The explosion killedthe bomber and injured a policeofficer. The police had shot at thebomber as he tried to enter the officebuilding. The Taliban issued astatement claiming responsibility forthe incident, although the statementsaid that the attack had killed U.S.soldiers.

26-Jan-07 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Firearms1 2 The commander of a police unit waskilled in Kandahar when unidentifiedgunmen opened fire at him in amarket on January 26. An associateof the commander was also killed,and a civilian was injured. Thecommander's unit is in charge ofprotecting foreign agencies. No onehas claimed responsibility for theattack.

26-Jan-07 Mocache Ecuador Unknown Firearms1 0 Edson Donoso Andrade, the councilorof Mocache, was shot by anunidentified assailant while eatingbreakfast. The suspect fired 14 timesand then fled the scene. Thecouncilor remained in gravecondition.

26-Jan-07 MuqdadiyaIraq Unknown Unknown1 0 Militants attacked Raad Abid Jasim alTimimi, the head of the localMuqdadiya committee, as he left hishome for Friday prayers. Al Timimiwas injured in the incident. Attackson government officials are frequentin Iraq.


Firearms0 1 Gunmen opened fire on a policeofficial south of Baghdad, killing awoman in a passing vehicle. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic Army in Iraq claimedresponsibility for opening fire on apolice official in civilian clothing inthe Salman Pak area of southernBaghdad on this day.

26-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives66 15 A bomb exploded in Baghdad's Souqal-Ghazi, an animal market, killingfifteen people and wounding sixty-sixothers. The bomb was hidden in abox of pigeons and detonated at oneof the market's busiest hours. Thealleged suspect brought the box tothe area and then set it down to buya drink. The market is in a Shiitearea of the capital and sits next tothe Sunni Ulama Mosque. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

26-Jan-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb targeting a chieftain of theBani-Mansur tribe exploded in the al-Asma'i area of Basra but did notresult in casualties. Attacks on triballeaders are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations. Manytribal leaders are also targeted ifthey are perceived to be supportiveof the government.

26-Jan-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives3 2 A suicide bomber targeting a Shiitemosque in Mosul killed himself andanother person and wounded three.Attacks on religious shrines arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

26-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb exploded outside amosque in the al-Bayyaneighborhood of Baghdad, woundingtwo people. Attacks on religiousshrines are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations.

26-Jan-07 SivasagarIndia UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives0 0 A grenade was thrown at a Congressparty office in Sivasagar on January26, although no injuries werereported. Members of the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA) aresuspected to be responsible for theattack.

26-Jan-07 IslamabadPakistan Unknown Explosives5 2 A guard was killed and five peoplewere injured when a suicide bomberblew himself up at the Hotel Marriottin Islamabad on January 26. It isunclear whether the intended targetof the attack was the hotel or aRepublic Day event planned at thehotel by the High Commission forlater in the day.

26-Jan-07 Mannar SriLanka


Unknown4 3 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)attacked a route clearing policepatrol party in Mannar on January 26.Two police officers and a civilianwere killed and four other people,including another officer, wereinjured.

26-Jan-07 Mannar SriLanka


Firearms2 1 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) openedfire on a bus traveling from Mannarto Colombo on January 26. Oneperson was killed and two wereinjured in the attack.

26-Jan-07 SivasagarIndia UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Firearms0 1 Gunmen suspected to be from theUnited Liberation Front of Assamshot and killed Sailadhar Rajkonwar,a member of the Congress party, inSivasagar on January 26.

26-Jan-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 0 Police report that two bombs went offwithin a 15-minute span of time infront of teashop in Pattani on Fridaymorning. The two devices wereplanted in rubbish bins outside of theteashop and remotely detonated bymobile phone. The first explosioncaused no injuries, but a pedestrianwas critically injured by the secondexplosion a few minutes later. Intotal, four people sustained injuries.Police believe that Islamic insurgentswere responsible for the attack. Theblast comes one day before the ThaiPrime Minister is scheduled to visitthe violent region. Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

26-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and injured a 67-year-oldcivilian in a drive-by shooting as hewas cycling along a road in theMuang district of Yala on Friday. Thevictim, who worked as a custodian,sustained wounds to his back andarm.Islamic insurgents in Thailand'ssouth continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

26-Jan-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Explosives0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsmurdered a police sergeant in adrive-by shooting late Friday night inPattani. The sergeant was on aroutine patrol when the insurgentsattacked him.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

26-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsset fire to a wooden building at anelementary school in Yala late Fridaynight. The building was burnt to theground, but no injuries werereported, as no one was present atthe time of the attack.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

27-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A rocket landed in the Green Zone,the heavily fortified area of Baghdadthat houses the Iraqi governmentand the US and British embassies,slightly wounding two people.

27-Jan-07 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Firearms1 1 The daughter of former Afghanpresident Borhanoddin Rabbani, andher husband were shot at byunidentified gunmen in Kabul onJanuary 27. Fatanah, the daughter,was injured, but her husband waskilled in the attack.

27-Jan-07 Progreso Mexico Unknown Explosives0 0 Two individuals attacked a SPV(Secretariat for Safety and Roads)office with grenades, only one ofwhich detonated. This is the firstincident in memory of an attacke ona public building in the Yucatan. Theincident occurred less than 24 hoursafter governor Patricio PatronLaviada declared that authorities arejustified in using violence to protectcitizens.

27-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 A car bomb exploded outside a Shiitemosque in southern Kirkuk, killingthe vehicle's driver and passenger. Itis unclear if the bombing was meantto be a suicide attack or if theexplosives detonated prematurely.Attacks on religious shrines arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

27-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives42 13 A suicide car bomber crashed hisvehicle into a commercial district inthe predominately Shiite NewBaghdad area of the capital, killingthirteen people and wounding forty-two. The attack occurred near acinema and a police station; twopolicemen were killed in the attackand four others wounded. Attacks oncrowded, public areas are frequent inIraq, as are attacks on police.

27-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Authorities arrested three peopledriving a car loaded with explosivesin the al-Rashid area of southernBaghdad. Police report that theindividuals were traveling to Karbalawhere they planned to carry out asuicide attack against Shiitescelebrating the Ashura holiday.

27-Jan-07 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Armed men attacked the al-Shakurmosque, burning part of thestructure and destroying a minaret.Attacks on religious shrines arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

27-Jan-07 Hillah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants fired rockets at the USconsulate in Hillah. No casualtieswere reported in the attack.

27-Jan-07 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives60 15 A suicide bomber blew himself up aspolice officers tried to stop him fromentering a religious processionleaving from the Qasim Ali KhanMosque in Peshawar on January 27.Fifteen people were killed and atleast 60 injured by the explosion.Among the dead were six policeofficers.

27-Jan-07 AmorebietaSpain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A Molotov cocktail was thrown at aTelefonica office in Amorebieta, inVizcaya province. The perpetratorsthrew the device after placing abucket of flammable liquid next tothe door the premises. The devicestarted a small fire that causeddamage to the door and blackenedthe front wall.

28-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives19 6 A car bomb exploded outside of a cardealership in Kirkuk, killing six peopleand wounding nineteen others.Attacks on crowded areas arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

28-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 A bomb exploded in a minibus as ittraveled in the Habibiya district ofeast Baghdad, killing one person andwounding five others. Attacks ontransportation networks are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

28-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped two truck driversin southern Kirkuk. Attacks on truckdrivers are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

28-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A bomb targeting a police patrol inKirkuk killed one person. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

28-Jan-07 Amara Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed the son of aformer member of Saddam Hussein'sBaath party in Amara. Attacks onformer members of Hussein's regimeare frequent in Iraq.

28-Jan-07 Kut Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Militants killed a former member ofSaddam Hussein's Baath party in Kut.Attacks on former members ofHussein's regime are frequent inIraq.

28-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives17 2 A bomb exploded in a market in theBayya neighborhood of Baghdad,killing two people and woundingseventeen others. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

28-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Gunmen in west Baghdad openedfire on a vehicle carrying an advisorwho worked with the Ministry ofAgriculture. The official and four ofhis companions were killed. Attackson government officials and theirstaff are frequent in Iraq.

28-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives9 1 A roadside bomb exploded near theal-Nedaa mosque in northernBaghdad, killing one person andwounding nine others. The explosionoccurred on a street that is oftencrowded with day laborers looking forwork. Attacks on religious shrines aswell as crowded, public areas arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.


Explosives39 4 A car bomb exploded at anintersection near a market in SadrCity, a predominately Shiite area ofBaghdad, killing four people andwounding thirty-nine others. Attackson crowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for detonating a carbomb in Sadr City on this day. Thegroup added that the extent ofdamage was not known.

28-Jan-07 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives4 2 A bomb exploded outside a mosquein Fallujah, killing two people andwounding four others. Attacks onreligious shrines are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations.

28-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Eight gunmen in two vehiclesambushed Adil Abdul-Muhssin al-Lami, the general director of theengineering directorate at theMinistry of Industry and Mines, as hetraveled to work in west Baghdad.Al-Lami's daughter, an engineer atthe ministry; another colleague; anda driver were also killed in the attack.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

28-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives15 5 A car bomb exploded outside apopular restaurant in Kirkuk, killingfive people and wounding fifteenothers. Attacks on crowded, publicareas are frequent in Iraq.

28-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 4 Militants kidnapped three professorsand a student (the son of one of theprofessors) as they left NahreinUniversity in the predominatelyShiite Kazimiyah district of Baghdad.Attacks on educational institutionsare frequent in Iraq, as militantsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction. According to theHigher Ministry of Education, morethan 185 professors have been killedsince the American invasion in 2003.Three days later the bodies of thefour victims were found in a Baghdadmorgue. It is significant to note thaton 4 December 2006 Ansar al-Sunnah issued a video calling onSunni students and professors tosuspend all academic activities atBaghdad universities. The videodenounced killings by death squadsand asked those of all sects to abideby the decision. There is noindication that the group wasinvolved in this attack, however.

28-Jan-07 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives0 16 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police rapid reactionforce compound northwest ofRamadi, killing sixteen people. Thenumber of injuries was not reported.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

28-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives16 6 A roadside bomb exploded near acentral market in Kirkuk, killing sixpeople and wounding sixteen others.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

28-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives20 5 A car bomb exploded in Kirkuk'sShorja market, killing five civiliansand wounding twenty others.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

28-Jan-07 Sui Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded on a gas pipeline,disrupting the gas supply to a mainpurification plant in Sui on January28. No injuries were reported,however.

28-Jan-07 DeraIsmailKhan

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Police arrested someone wearing asuicide belt in Dera Ismail Khan,reportedly preventing an attackagainst a religious procession.

28-Jan-07 Gnjilane Serbia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded outside the officesof the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo,injuring no one but damaging thebuilding and nearby buildings.

28-Jan-07 Cervione France Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated at arestaurant in Cervione, on the islandof Corsica, almost completelydestroying the premises. Authoritiesare describing the bomb as verypowerful. This was one of twoexplosive attacks on the island onthis night.

28-Jan-07 SanNicolao

France Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated at areal estate agent's office in thevillage of San Nicolao, on the islandof Corsica. The premises sufferedonly slight damages and a shatteredfront window. This was one of twoexplosive attacks on the island onthis night.


Explosives0 0 The militant arm of Palestine IslamicJihad claimed responsibility for firinga rocket from the northern Gaza Stripthat landed near Sederot, causing noinjuries or damage.

28-Jan-07 AshqelonIsrael PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Explosives0 0 Palestinians affiliated with PalestineIslamic Jihad claimed responsibilityfor firing a rocket from the northernGaza Strip that landed near the townof Ashkelon, causing no injuries ordamage.


3 0 Police report that a bomb explodedon the roof of a house near theintersection of a street leading to theIslamic college of the Prince SongklaUniversity in the Yarang district ofPattani on Sunday morning. Theexplosion occurred only 15 minutesafter a caravan carrying the ThaiInterior Minister and visiting Ministersof Islamic Affairs from three Arabcountries had passed the entrance tothe street. The Prime Minister ofThailand had visited the troubledregion the day before the attack.Three border policemen on patrolwere slightly injured by the blast. The4-kilogram bomb was detonated bymobile phone. Police found a notenear the scene of the incident thatthreatened further attacks againstanyone who harbored police orsoldiers in his home.

28-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms2 0 Police report that a 19-year-old manand his 47-year-old mother were shotby Islamic insurgents in a drive-byshooting in the Muang district of Yalacity on Sunday evening. The youngman was critically injured while hismother sustained minor injuries.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

28-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsattacked a motorcycle taxi driver anda former conscript soldier in a drive-by shooting in the Muang district ofYala late Sunday night. The taxidriver died immediately at the scenewhile his passenger also sustainedserious injuries.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

28-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 33-year-oldMuslim civilian was murdered byIslamic insurgents in a drive-byshooting late Sunday night in Yala.The victim was riding her motorcyclehome when the attack occurred.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

28-Jan-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed a Buddhist civilian ina drive-by shooting late Sunday inPattani. The victim was a 46-year-oldmale.Islamic insurgents in Thailand'ssouth continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

29-Jan-07 Kang AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 1 Five police officers were kidnappedwhen suspected members of theTaliban attacked a border policepatrol in Kang on January 29.Another officer was killed in theattack.

29-Jan-07 TuzKhormato

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 5 Militants fired a rocket-propelledgrenade (RPG) at a Shiite mosque inTuz Khormato, killing five people.Attacks on religious shrines arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.Note, the LosAngeles Times stated that the attackwas carried out by a suicide bomber,however reported fewer casualties.

29-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 4 A suicide car bomber crashed hisvehicle into a police checkpoint inthe Hurriyah neighborhood ofBaghdad, killing four people andwounding five others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

29-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A car bomb exploded near aprocession of Shiites marking theAshura holiday in the Zafaraniyahneighborhood of Baghdad.Casualties were reported, howeverspecific numbers were not given.The attack likely had sectarianmotivations.

29-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A bomb exploded behind alMustansiriya University in Baghdad,wounding three people. Earlier in theday a bomb exploded on a minibusnear the campus. Attacks oneducational institutions are frequentin Iraq, however MustansiriyaUniversity is often specificallytargeted because of itspredominately Shiite student body.On 4 December Ansar al-Sunnahissued a video calling on Sunnistudents and professors to suspendall academic activities at Baghdaduniversities. The video denouncedkillings by death squads and askedthose of all sects to abide by thedecision. There is no indication thatthe group was involved in this attack,however.

29-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb exploded near the convoy ofMuhammad Ahmad Husayn, a districtofficer from al-Riyadh, as he traveledin Kirkuk. Husayn and his driverwere seriously injured in the blast.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

29-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 A bomb exploded near a politicalparty's headquarters in Kirkuk, killingone person and wounding fiveothers. Attacks on political partiesare frequent in Iraq.

29-Jan-07 Fallujah Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanoutside his home in the Mualimeenneighborhood of Fallujah. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for raiding four homesof police officers in Fallujah on thisnight.


Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in the Qadisiya neighborhoodof southwest Baghdad wounded twopolicemen. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility fortargeting police in southern Baghdadwith explosives on this day.According to the group, sixpolicemen were killed.

29-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A sniper shot and killed a policemanwho was guarding a bank in theKarrada district of central Baghdad.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

29-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 4 A bomb exploded inside a minibus asit traveled in northeastern Baghdad,killing four people and wounding fiveothers. The vehicle was reportedlytraveling to Kazimiyah, an area thathouses the most important Shiiteshrine in Baghdad. The attack tookplace near al Mustansiriya University,the site of another bombing later onthis day. Attacks on transportationnetworks are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

29-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A bomb exploded at a busyintersection popular with daylaborers in east Baghdad, killing oneperson and wounding two others.Attacks on crowded, public areas arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

29-Jan-07 MahaweelIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a teachernear Mahaweel. Attacks oneducators are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

29-Jan-07 Pir Koh Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A section of gas pipeline in Pir Kohwas blown up on January 29, causinggas supply to be suspended innearby areas. No injuries werereported, however.

29-Jan-07 Sibsagar India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Firearms0 1 Khagen Charringia, a member of theCongress party, was shot and killedin Sibsagar by suspected members ofthe United Liberation Front of Assam(ULFA) on January 29.

29-Jan-07 DeraIsmailKhan

Pakistan Unknown Explosives7 3 A young suicide bomber blew himselfup after being stopped and searchedby police officers in Dera Ismail Khanon January 29. A police officer and acivilian were killed by the explosionand seven people, including twoother police officers, were injured.The bomber's intended target isunclear.

29-Jan-07 MohallahSikandarKhanShaheed

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Police found and removed a bombhidden in a mourning place inMohallah Sikandar Khan Shaheedthat is designated for women. Noinjuries were reported.



Explosives2 0 Suspected Liberation Tigers of TamilEelam (LTTE) members threwgrenades at a police post in Vavuniyaon January 29. Two police officerswere injured in the attack.

29-Jan-07 Eilat Israel Al-AqsaMartyrsBrigade

Explosives0 4 A Palestinian man crossed an opendesert section of the Egyptian borderinto Israel, hitched a ride from anIsraeli motorist, and then blewhimself up inside a bakery in Eilat,killing three people. The al-AqsaMartyrs Brigade and Palestine IslamicJihad claimed joint responsibility forthe attack.

29-Jan-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that an Islamicinsurgent gunned down a member ofthe Karubi sub-district council in adrive-by shooting in the Kapordistrict of Pattani on Mondaymorning. The victim was struck bytwo bullets as he drove his wife toschool in a pick-up truck. Theassailant fled the scene on amotorcycle. The victim later died atthe hospital, though his wife escapedunharmed.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.


1 0 Police report that a solider wasinjured by a bomb attack in theRangae district of Narathiwat onMonday morning. The team of eightsoldiers were escorting teachers tothe school where they worked whenthe roadside blast occurred. Theteachers were not injured in theattack. The bomb was detonated bymobile phone.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.


0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentswere responsible for a bomb attackagainst a group of officers in the TakBai district of Narathiwat earlyMonday morning. The police officerswere called to the site to inspectdamaged street signs, but a bombwas detonated by mobile phone asthey were conducting the inspection.No injuries were reported.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

29-Jan-07 SongkhlaThailand Unknown Firearms1 3 Police report that three people werekilled and one seriously injured whenIslamic insurgents attacked twocouples in a drive-by shooting earlyMonday morning in the Saba Yoidistrict of Songkhla. The two coupleswere riding motorcycles to therubber plantation where they workedwhen they were ambushed by atleast three insurgents on a villageroad. Three of the victims died at thescene while the fourth sustainedsevere injuries.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

29-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Police report that the body of anunidentified male teenager wasdiscovered around two in themorning on Monday along the side ofa road in the Muang district of Yala.The victim's throat had been slashedand his body was littered withmultiple stab wounds. Police believethat Islamic insurgents areresponsible for the attack.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

29-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed a 36-year-old civilianin a drive-by shooting on Monday inthe Muang district of Yala city. Thevictim was riding his motorcyclehome from work when he wasambushed by the insurgents on asmall village road.Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

29-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms3 0 Police report that three civilians wereseriously injured in a drive-byshooting in the Muang district of Yalacity on Monday. The three victimswere ambushed by Islamicinsurgents as they rode a tricycledown a village road. This was thethird such drive-by shooting in theMuang district on Monday evening.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

30-Jan-07 Mbarara Uganda Unknown Explosives5 0 A bomb exploded at BM Steel Limitedlocated in the Mbarara town, KakovaDistrict of southwest Uganda. Fiveworkers narrowly survived death inthe explosion.

30-Jan-07 ZemmouriAlgeria Unknown Explosives1 0 A remote control bomb was placed ina civilian's car in Zemmouri, Algeria.The device was remotely detonatedseveral minutes after the vehicledeparted. The blast slightly woundedthe driver, who is believed to havetargeted as a result of being a formersecurity agent. No one has claimedresponsibility for the attack but theSalafist Group for Call and Combat(GSPC), now known as the al-QaedaOrganization in the Islamic Maghreb,has been active in this area.


Explosives2 2 A car bomb exploded near a policepatrol in Mosul, killing two policemenand wounding two others. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for detonating a carbomb in the old industrial region ofMosul on this day.

30-Jan-07 KhanaqinIraq Unknown Explosives39 13 A roadside bomb targeting Shiitepilgrims commemorating the Ashuraholiday in Khanaqin, northeast ofBaghdad, killed thirteen people andwounded thirty-nine others. Theattack likely had sectarianmotivations and was one of severalbombings targeting Shiiteprocessions around the country.

30-Jan-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives30 15 A roadside bomb targeting Shiitepilgrims commemorating the Ashuraholiday in Baqubah killed fifteenpeople and wounded thirty others.The attack likely had sectarianmotivations and was one of severalbombings targeting Shiiteprocessions around the country.

30-Jan-07 Karbala Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Authorities found and defused twobombs that had been placed on themain highway north of Karbala. Thedevices likely targeted Shiite pilgrimsand other officials who were to arrivein the city to commemorate theAshura holiday. The attack probablyhad sectarian motivations and wasone of several bombings targetingShiite processions around thecountry.

30-Jan-07 Karbala Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Authorities arrested a man wearingan explosive belt as he attempted toenter the city of Karbala. Theperpetrator likely planned to targetShiite pilgrims and other officials whowere to arrive in the city tocommemorate the Ashura holiday.The attack probably had sectarianmotivations and was one of severalbombings targeting Shiiteprocessions around the country.

30-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives23 7 A roadside bomb targeting Shiitepilgrims commemorating the Ashuraholiday in Baghdad's Sadr City killedseven people and wounded twenty-three others. The attack likely hadsectarian motivations and was one ofseveral bombings targeting Shiiteprocessions around the country.

30-Jan-07 BaladRuz

Iraq Unknown Explosives57 23 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives outside the Shiite Ali al-Akbar mosque in Balad Ruz, killingtwenty-three people and woundingfifty-seven others. The attacktargeted Shiite pilgrimscommemorating the Ashura holiday.The attack likely had sectarianmotivations and was one of severalbombings targeting Shiiteprocessions around the country.

30-Jan-07 Gazipur BangladeshJamatulMujahedinBangladesh

Explosives2 1 A bomb was thrown at traffic policein an intersection in Gazipur onJanuary 30. The explosion killed onepolice officer and injured two others.A member of Amatol MujahedinBangladesh was arrested inconnection with the attack.

30-Jan-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A roadside bomb targeting theconvoy of Sadeddin Ergech, theleader of the Iraqi Turkmen Front,Kirkuk's largest political party,exploded as Ergech traveled nearKirkuk. No casualties, however, werereported. Attacks on governmentofficials and leaders of politicalparties are frequent in Iraq.

30-Jan-07 Baiji Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Baiji. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility forshooting several policemen invarious part of Baiji on this day.

30-Jan-07 Hafriya Iraq Unknown Explosives0 3 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a checkpoint protectingreligious pilgrims commemoratingthe Ashura holiday in Hafriya, killinghimself and two others. The attacklikely had sectarian motivations andwas one of several bombingstargeting Shiite processions aroundthe country.

30-Jan-07 Aziziyah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen shot and killed a policecommander and two of his guards asthey protected pilgrimscommemorating the Ashura holidayin Aziziyah, south of Baghdad. Theattack was one of several targetingShiite processions around thecountry.

30-Jan-07 Thoubal India Unknown Firearms1 0 A Congress Party candidate for theWang-khem Legislative AssemblyConstituency in upcoming electionsand his security escort came underattack by an unidentified gunman inThoubal on January 30. One securityforce officer in the escort wasinjured.

30-Jan-07 Thoubal India Unknown Explosives0 0 The home of a Communist Party ofIndia candidate in upcomingelections and a current governmentofficial was the target of an attackwhen a hand grenade was thrown atthe home and unidentified gunmenopened fire. Several family membersof the candidate were reported to beinjured.

30-Jan-07 Pulwama Kashmir Unknown Explosives2 0 On January 30, an improvisedexplosive device (IED) exploded as asecurity force patrol passed by inPulwama, injuring one security forceofficer and one civilian.

30-Jan-07 Corte France Unknown Explosives0 0 A small, homemade explosive device,made of a small pipe filled with anincendiary, was discovered outsidethe offices of the General Intelligence(RG) agency in Corte, on the island ofCorsica. The targeted building alsohouses the town's prosecutionofficer.


10 0 Police report that 10 soldiers in ateacher protection unit were injuredby a remote-detonated roadsidebomb early Tuesday morning in theSri Sakhon district of Narathiwat. Thesoldiers were escorting teachers toschool when the attack occurred.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.


5 0 Police report that five officers werewounded by an insurgent bombattack on Monday morning in the SriSakorn district of Narathiwat. Thepolice officers were assigned to thearea to escort teachers to the schoolwhere they work. Insurgentsdetonated the bomb by mobilephone when the police arrived, buteyewitnesses saw the assailants fleethe scene. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

30-Jan-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Police report that an unknownnumber of Islamic insurgents openedfire at a public school on Wednesdayin the Ruso district of Narathiwat. Ateam of defense volunteersprotecting the school fought off theinsurgents, forcing them to seekcover in the forest. The principal ofthe school was injured in the attackand rushed to the hospital. Theinsurgents also planted spikes alongthe road to the school to preventpursuit from the police. Severalpolice vehicles were damaged by thespikes.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

30-Jan-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsopened fire on a civilian couple in adrive-by shooting in the Khok Phodistrict of Pattani on Wednesday. Themale victim died at the scene fromhis wounds, while his wife wasrushed to the hospital for treatment.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

30-Jan-07 Bangkok Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Police report that two grenadesexploded in front of the offices ofThailand's second-largest newspaperand the Rama Garden Hotel in theLaksi district of Bangkok around 1:30am on Tuesday night. It is notclear why the two adjacent buildingswere targeted or who wasresponsible for the attack. No injurieswere reported, but the blasts causedminor damage to the buildings andto the road. Police believe that theperpetrators used an M79 grenadelauncher to carry out the attack froma nearby toll road. The attacks comenearly a month after several bombattacks on New Years Eve rattledBangkok and caused several deathsand injuries. Some speculate that theattacks could be linked to disgruntledelements within the formeradministration that oppose thepresent military-controlled interimgovernment.

31-Jan-07 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Explosives0 0 A grenade was thrown at theheadquarters of the Indian Kashmirmoderate separatist alliance onJanuary 31. The alliance hadrecently participated in Kashmir-related talks with India and Pakistan.No one was injured in the attack.


Explosives0 0 Police found and defused a bomblocated near a National Games sportsarena in Guwahati on January 3. Thebomb was planted by suspectedmembers of the United LiberationFront of Assam (ULFA). The ULFAhad issued threats targeting theNational Games, scheduled to beginFebruary 9.

31-Jan-07 Barmal AfghanistanTaliban Unknown2 3 A police checkpoint in Barmal wasattacked by suspected members ofthe Taliban on January 31. Threepolice officers were killed and twowere injured in the attack.

31-Jan-07 NangarharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was found and defusedoutside of an Iranian consulatebuilding in Nangarhar on January 31.The building was abandoned,although an Iranian flag was stillflying above the building. No injurieswere reported.

31-Jan-07 Morang Nepal TeraiJanatantrikMuktiMorchaJwalaSingh

Unknown0 1 Naresh Jung Karki, the police sub-inspector at a police installation inMorang, was killed when theinstallation was attacked on January31. The group Terai JanatantrikMukti Morcha Jwala Sing claimedresponsibility for the incident.

31-Jan-07 Rajbagh Kashmir Unknown Explosives0 0 The party office headquarters of theHurriyat Conference was the targetof a grenade attack on January 31.No injuries were reported, however.The Hurriyat Conference is amoderate separatist party inKashmir. Recently the chief of theparty, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, made astatement against separatist violencein the area. The grenade attack mayhave been in retaliation to thisstatement.

31-Jan-07 Suwayra Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting policenear Suwayra injured threepolicemen. The officers wereresponding to reports of a car bombin a Sunni village when they wereattacked. Four suspects weredetained. Militants often coordinateattacks to target police and firstresponders.

31-Jan-07 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 A roadside bomb targeting police inBaiji wounded six policemen. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

31-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 2 A car bomb detonated near acommunication tower in the Mamounneighborhood of west Baghdad,killing two people and woundingthree others. Attacks on Iraq'sinfrastructure are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.


Explosives2 1 A car bomb targeting police in Mosulkilled a policeman and wounded twoothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility fordetonating a car bomb targetingpolice in the Wadi Hajjar region ofMosul on this day.

31-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

10 2 A car bomb detonated in a crowdedarea of New Baghdad's Amin district,a predominately Shiite area, killingtwo people and wounding ten others.Witnesses reported that a manparked the vehicle outside acurrency exchange and then left,telling people nearby that he wouldreturn shortly. After twenty minutes,they became alarmed and called thepolice, afraid that the vehicle wasbooby-trapped. The explosivesdetonated, however, before thepolice could arrive. Iraqi mediareported that the device was remote-controlled. Attacks on crowded,public areas are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

31-Jan-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives12 4 A car bomb detonated outside atransit area in central Baghdadwhere people wait for buses to eastBaghdad, a predominately Shiitearea of the capital. Four people werekilled and twelve injured in the blast.Attacks on transportation networksare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

31-Jan-07 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms1 2 Gunmen shot and killed twopolicemen and wounded a third inDiwaniya. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

31-Jan-07 DhenkanalIndia CommunistParty ofIndia-Maoists


0 3 Suspected members of theCommunist Party of India-Maoist(CPI-Maoist) attacked a group ofKandhar Forest employees in theDhenkanal district on January 31.Three employees were killed byhaving their throats slit. Two otheremployees escaped the attack. Thebodies of the three employees werefound with leaflets indicating that theattack was in retaliation for recentdeaths of CPI-Maoist members by thepolice.

31-Jan-07 Senapati India Unknown Firearms2 1 Unidentified gunmen opened fire at afoot patrol of security forces inSenapati on January 31. One civilianwas killed and two were injured inthe attack.

31-Jan-07 Nazran Russia Unknown Firearms2 0 Gunmen opened fire on the car of IsaKhamkhoyev, mufti of Ingushetia, ashe was driving in Nazran, injuringhim and his son.


2 1 Police report that a bomb planted byIslamic insurgents in front of a localgovernment building exploded onWednesday morning in the Yaringdistrict of Pattani. The blast killed alocal villager who was passing by andinjured two police officers. The bombwas detonated by mobile phone andit exploded as a team of policeofficers walked by the building whichhoused offices of the TambonLaempho AdministrativeOrganization.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.


2 1 Police report that one merchant waskilled and two security volunteerswere injured by a roadside bomb inthe Yaring district of Pattani onWednesday. The bomb, which wasplanted by Islamic insurgents,detonated as a convoy of securityofficials and teachers passed thesite. The 28-year old merchant whowas killed was riding his motorcyclebehind the envoy when the blastoccurred. Schools in the area wereforced to close after the incident.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.


6 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsplanted a bomb that exploded behinda roadside food stall on Wednesdayaround noon in the Muang district ofYala. The blast injured six civiliansincluding the 62-year-old owner ofthe food stall and his 65-year-oldwife. Islamic insurgents in Thailand'ssouth continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

31-Jan-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed a prominent localreligious leader in a drive-byshooting in the Kabang district ofYala around 2pm on Wednesday. Thevictim was riding his motorcyclewhen he was shot twice in the headby an unknown number of assailants.He died at the scene.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

31-Jan-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsambushed two civilians as they rodetheir motorcycle through the KhokPho district of Pattani on Wednesday.One of the two men, a 60-year-oldvillager, died at the scene while his55-year-old brother suffered criticalinjuries.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

1-Feb-07 Rajshahi BangladeshIslamChhatraShibir(ICS)


1 0 A professor in the law department atRajshahi University (RU) was injuredwhen he was stabbed by suspectedmembers of Islam Chhatra Shibir(ICS) on February 1. The professor,Abdul Alim, may have been targetedfor his refusal to join ICS. Otherprofessors who have not joined thegroup have been threatened in thepast. ICS is the student wing ofJamaat-e-Islami.

1-Feb-07 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed twopolicemen in Diwaniya. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

1-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives12 6 A car bomb detonated on RashidStreet, a commercial area in apredominately Shiite area of centralBaghdad, killing six people andwounding twelve others. Attacks oncrowded, public areas are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

1-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives8 6 A bomb exploded inside a bus as ittraveled in the predominately ShiiteKarradah neighborhood of Baghdad,killing six people and woundingeight. The explosives werereportedly left in a bag by apassenger who got off the bus justbefore they detonated. Attacks ontransportation networks are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

1-Feb-07 Mosul Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms0 0 Gunmen opened fire on a policepatrol in the Risalah neighborhood ofsouthwest Mosul, however did notcause any injuries. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.The Islamic Stateof Iraq claimed responsibility for thisattack.

1-Feb-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Five gunmen stormed the PhysicalEducation College of Diyala inBaqubah, seized the son of thecollege's dean, Walhan Hamed al-Rubaie, took him to his father'soffice, and then shot them both.Attacks on educators are frequent inIraq, as militants attempt to disruptthe country's reconstruction.

1-Feb-07 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives6 1 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives outside Tikrit University asHamad Humood, the governor ofSalahuddin province, took an examfor his master's degree inside. Theexplosion killed the bomber andwounded six students. Attacks ongovernment officials are frequent inIraq.

1-Feb-07 Hillah Iraq Unknown Explosives163 73 Two suicide bombers detonated theirexplosives at an outdoor market inHillah, killing 73 people andwounding 163 others. The twoperpetrators entered the marketaround 6pm when it was crowdedwith shoppers. One detonated hisexplosives after being approached bypolice and the other shortlythereafter. Attacks on crowded,public areas, particularly markets,are frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

1-Feb-07 BaladRuz

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Waleed al-Zihairi, a lawyer, in Balad Ruz.Attacks on professionals are frequentin Iraq, as militants attempt todisrupt the country's reconstruction.

1-Feb-07 Golaghat India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Firearms0 1 Suspected gunmen from the UnitedLiberation front of Assam (ULFA) shotand killed a member of Congress,Abdul Bashar, in Golaghat onFebruary 1. Bashar was traveling toKacharipam when the attackoccurred.

1-Feb-07 Ariyalai SriLanka


Firearms0 1 The president of the Jaffna MultiPurpose Co-operative Society waskilled by suspected gunmen from theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) on February 1. The president'sbody was found in Ariyalai. TheSociety works to provide supplies tocivilians in Jaffna.

1-Feb-07 Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired two Qassamrockets from the Gaza Strip towardSederot. No injuries or damage werereported.

1-Feb-07 Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired one Qassam rocketfrom the Gaza Strip toward thewestern Negev. No injuries ordamage were reported.

1-Feb-07 Zahedan Iran Unknown Firearms0 4 Armed bandits ambushed a policepatrol in the southeastern Iraniancity of Zahedan. The police werepatrolling the streets in a policevehicle when armed men in two carssurrounded the vehicle and shot theofficers.

1-Feb-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed a 45-year-old icecream vendor in a gruesome drive-byshooting in the Muang district ofPattani on Thursday morning.Insurgents decapitated the victimand fled the scene with his head. Theattack occurred in front of the homeof the leader of the TambonPakaharng village.Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

2-Feb-07 BenchoudAlgeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb

Explosives2 0 A bomb exploded in the municipalstadium of Benchoud during a soccermatch. The blast slightly injured twopeople and caused damaged to thestadium.Authorities believe theSalafist Group for Call and Combat(GSPC), now known as the al-QaedaOrganization in the Islamic Maghreb,is responsible for the attack. Thegroup recently posted on messagesboards that they planed to attackpublic places.

2-Feb-07 Pulwama Kashmir HizbulMujahideen(HM)

Unknown2 3 Members of the Hizbul Mujahideen(HM) attacked a police patrol inPulwama on February 2. Threepolice officers were killed and twowere injured in the attack. HM laterissued a statement to the mediaclaiming responsibility for theincident.

2-Feb-07 NorthWaziristan

Pakistan Unknown Unknown0 1 The body of Abdul Ghafoor, anAfghan national, was found in NorthWaziristan on February 2. A note onthe body said that Ghafoor was killedin retaliation for spying for the UnitedStates. Attacks of this nature haveoccurred frequently in the region,despite a recent peace agreementdeclaring that violence againstalleged spies would not occur.

2-Feb-07 Mosul Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Explosives0 1 A roadside bomb targeting police inMosul killed a policeman. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnah claimed responsibility fortargeting police in Mosul withexplosives on this day. The groupclaimed that three police were killed.

2-Feb-07 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Abbas AliHussein, the Sunni chairman of theFallujah city council and a vocal criticof al Qaeda. According to theAssociated Press, Hussein is the thirdcouncil leader to be killed in a year.

2-Feb-07 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen shot and killed Jayshi alAmir, a lawyer, as he left his office inthe al Mashru area of Kut. Amir'sdriver and guard were seriouslywounded in the attack. Attacks onprofessionals are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

2-Feb-07 Thoubal India People'sLiberationArmy(PLA)

Firearms2 1 Suspected gunmen from the People'sLiberation Army (PLA) opened fire ona Border Security Force (BSF) patrolat a local playground in Thoubal onFebruary 2. One BSF officer waskilled and two were injured in theattack.

2-Feb-07 KokrajharIndia Unknown Explosives0 0 Security forces found and removedtwo improvised explosive devices(IEDs) from a passenger bus inKokrajhar on February 2. Thedevices, hidden in boxes, had activetimers attached to them and weighedsix kilograms. The bus was travelingbetween North Bengal and Kokrajhar.The police arrested two passengers,indicating that the passengers weretransporting the IEDs to be plantedat railroad stations in Assam.

2-Feb-07 ImphalEast

India Unknown Firearms0 0 A member of Congress, Oinam IbohalSingh, was the target of an attackwhen an unidentified gunmenopened fire at his house in ImphalEast on February 2. No one wasinjured, however.

2-Feb-07 SanSebastian


0 0 Two hooded perpetrators set fire to apost office van in the city of SanSebastian. The van was completelyburned out but there were noreported casualties.

3-Feb-07 Cauca Colombia FuerzasArmadasRevolucionariasdeColombia(FARC)

Other 0 0 An attack by members of the FuerzasArmadas Revolucionarias deColombia (FARC) left 64municipalities without power. Theinsurgents toppled two electricitypylons. Power was partially restoredtwo hours after the incident, whichoccurred at 9pm.

3-Feb-07 Dhuluiya Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin the town of Dhuluiya, north ofBaghdad. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

3-Feb-07 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms6 6 Gunmen opened fire on a policecheckpoint in Samarra, killing sixpolicemen and wounding six others.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

3-Feb-07 MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Explosives12 8 A car bomb exploded at a market inMahmudiyah, killing eight people andwounding twelve others. Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

3-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives305 137 A dump truck full of explosivesdetonated in a crowded Baghdadmarket, killing at least 137 peopleand wounding upwards of 305others. A suicide bomber drove thevehicle into the market tellingbystanders that he was deliveringfood to shops in the area. Thevehicle was reportedly loaded withlandmines, ammunition, rockets andmortars in order to inflict maximumcasualties. Attacks on crowded,public areas, particularly markets,are frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations. The Sadriyamarket has been targeted in thepast: in December 2006 over fiftypeople were killed and in June fourwere killed in bombings. The attackwas the deadliest single bombing inIraq since the American invasion in2003. (A coordinated attack on SadrCity in November 2006 killed 215people, however five car bombs weredetonated in this incident).

3-Feb-07 Diyala Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Six gunmen riding in two vehiclesopened fire on a police checkpointbetween Khalis and Baqubah,wounding two policemen. Three ofthe assailants were later arrested byauthorities. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.


Explosives3 0 A bomb targeting police in Mosulinjured three policemen. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for targeting policewith explosives in several incidentsin Mosul on this day.

3-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A roadside bomb targeting a minibusin Baghdad killed one person andinjured four others. The bus wastraveling through Beirut square ineast Baghdad and was headed forSadr City, a predominately Shiitearea of the capital. Attacks ontransportation networks are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

3-Feb-07 Amriyatal-Fallujah

Iraq Unknown Explosives8 1 A suicide car bomber crashed hisvehicle into a police station inAmriyat al-Fallujah, south of Fallujah,killing himself and wounding eightpolicemen. The attack occurred asmilitants fired mortars at anotherpolice station in the same area.

3-Feb-07 Amriyatal-Fallujah

Iraq Unknown Explosives6 1 Militants fired mortars at a policestation in Amriyat al-Fallujah, southof Fallujah, killing a civilian andwounding six others. The attackoccurred as a suicide car bombercrashed his vehicle into anotherpolice station in the same area.

3-Feb-07 Kirkuk Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Explosives0 0 A roadside bomb targeting police inKirkuk exploded but did not result incasualties. This was one of twoattacks on police in Kirkuk on thisday and one of eight bombingsaround the city. The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsbility for six ofthe bombings, claiming that theoperation, called karama, or dignity,was meant to eradicate theAmericans and their followers. Thegroup, however, did not say that theytargeted police. The attacks mayhave also been perpetrated inresponse to calls by Kurdishlawmakers to fully annex the city.


Explosives0 0 A roadside bomb targeting police inKirkuk exploded but did not result incasualties. This was one of twoattacks on police in Kirkuk on thisday and one of eight bombingsaround the city. The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsbility for six ofthe bombings, claiming that theoperation, called karama, or dignity,was meant to eradicate theAmericans and their followers. Thegroup, however, did not say that theytargeted police. The attacks mayhave also been perpetrated inresponse to calls by Kurdishlawmakers to fully annex the city.


Explosives4 0 Two car bombs detonated outside apastry shop in Kirkuk, wounding fourpeople. This was one of eightbombings in Kirkuk on this day. TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for six of the attacks,claiming that the operation, calledkarama, or dignity, was meant toeradicate the Americans and theirfollowers. The attacks may have alsobeen perpetrated in response to callsby Kurdish lawmakers to fully annexthe city.


Explosives30 2 A suicide car bomber attempted tocrash his vehicle into the offices ofthe Kurdish Democratic Party inKirkuk, however guards opened firebefore he could reach the building.His explosives detonated fifteenmeters from the offices, killing twopeople and wounding thirty others.This attack was one of eightbombings in Kirkuk on this day. TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsbility for this attack and fiveothers, claiming that the operation,called karama, or dignity, was meantto eradicate the Americans and theirfollowers. The attacks may have alsobeen perpetrated in response to callsby Kurdish lawmakers to fully annexthe city.


Explosives5 0 A car bomb exploded near a mosquein the predominately Arab al-Wasitineighborhood of southern Kirkuk,wounding five people. This was oneof eight bombings around the city onthis day. The Islamic State of Iraqclaimed responsibility for six of thebombings, claiming that theoperation, called karama, or dignity,was meant to eradicate theAmericans and their followers. Theattacks may have also beenperpetrated in response to calls byKurdish lawmakers to fully annex thecity.


Explosives4 0 A car bomb exploded at a gas stationin Kirkuk, wounding four people. Thiswas one of eight bombings in the cityon this day. The Islamic State of Iraqclaimed responsibility for six of theattacks, claiming that the operation,called karama, or dignity, was meantto eradicate the Americans and theirfollowers. The attacks may have alsobeen perpetrated in response to callsby Kurdish lawmakers to fully annexthe city.


Explosives2 0 A car bomb exploded outside of agirls' school in Kirkuk, wounding twopeople. This was one of eightbombings in the city on this day. TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for six of the attacks,claiming that the operation, calledkarama, or dignity, was meant toeradicate the Americans and theirfollowers. The attacks may have alsobeen perpetrated in response to callsby Kurdish lawmakers to fully annexthe city.

3-Feb-07 Ukhrul India NationalSocialistCouncil ofNagaland-Isak-Muivah

Unknown0 0 Three members of the Congress werekidnapped by suspected members ofthe National Socialist Council ofNagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) inUkhrul on February 3. The Congressmembers were traveling in a carbelonging to a candidate running forParliament.

3-Feb-07 LakkiMarwat

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 1 An unidentified individual was tryingto plant a bomb outside of a videoand music shop in Lakki Marwatwhen the bomb prematurelyexploded, killing the individual.Nearby shops were also damaged.

3-Feb-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants detonated explosives at theMinistry of Education in Baqubah. Nocasualties, however, were reported.Attacks on government targets arefrequent in Iraq. A fire departmentwas also bombed in the same areaon this day.

3-Feb-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants detonated explosives at afire department in Baqubah. Attackson government targets are frequentin Iraq. The Ministry of Educationwas also bombed in the same areaon this day.

3-Feb-07 MakhachkalaRussia DagestaniShari'ahjamaat

Explosives0 3 Three policemen died in a terroristincident apparently aimed at luringDagestani Interior Minister AdilgereyMagomedtagirov to the scene of thecrime in order to attempt to kill him.The car of police captain MaksoudMagomedov was shot at fromautomatic weapons, as it was drivingon the outskirts of Makhachkala,killing him. Magomedov was the sonof a close friend of Magomedtagirov,which is why investigators thoughtthat Magomedtagirov would show upto the scene of the crime. WhenMagomedtagirov's car drove up tothe scene, a massive explosionoccurred, creating a hole 4 meterswide and 1.5 meters deep. It wasdetermined that there were twobombs laid on the side of the roadwith a combined load ofapproximately 15kg of TNT. Seniorpoliceman Magomed Osmanov waskilled in the explosion and policedriver Alexei Zhdanov succumbed tohis wounds in the hospital later thatday. Magomedtagirov was already atthe scene when the explosionoccurred, having arrived in adifferent car, and thus was notinjured. This assassination attemptfollows a very similar one on Aug. 8,2006, when republic prosecutor BitarBitarov was killed in order to lureMagomedtagirov to the site of thecrime. According to the Kavkaz-Tsentr website, the DagestaniShari'ah Jamaat has takenresponsibility for the attack whichwas revenge for the storming of ourbrothers in Shamilkala, a referenceto the January 11th police operationin Makhachkala which killed 4 rebels.

3-Feb-07 Qalqiliya WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified men attacked the houseof Qalqilya's mayor, firing severalshots at his home before runningaway. No injuries were reported.

4-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 An explosive device in the Waziriyaneighborhood of Baghdad killed twopolice. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

4-Feb-07 AnantnagKashmir Unknown Explosives7 1 A grenade exploded in a man's handas he tried to throw it at a courtcomplex building in Anantnag onFebruary 4. The man died and sevenpeople were injured by the explosion.

4-Feb-07 BiratnagarNepal MadhesiPeople'sRightsForum(MPRF)

Other 5 0 Five journalists were injured whenthey were beaten up at goodwill rallyin Biratnagar on February 4. Thejournalists, who were covering theevent, were targeted by suspectedmembers of the Madhesi People'sRights Forum (MPRF).

4-Feb-07 GuwahatiIndia UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives0 0 Suspected members of the UnitedLiberation front of Assam (ULFA)detonated a car bomb in front of themain police station in Guwahati onFebruary 4. No injuries werereported, however. The bombing isreported as the first car bomb set offby the ULFA. The group possibly hadassistance from jihadi groups. Theattack also occurred before start ofthe National Games. The ULFA hadissued a boycott of the Games, butlater retracted it.

4-Feb-07 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 Mawlawi Sayed Amam Mutawal, thedeputy head of the Kandaharprovince religious council, and ShafiAkhund Zada, the caretaker of DaKherqa Sherif Ziarat shrine, werekilled when suspected Talibangunmen opened fire on them in amarket in Kandahar on February 4.Da Kherqa Sherif Ziarat shrine isconsidered one of the holiest shrinesin Afghanistan as it has a cloak thatreportedly belonged to the ProphetMohammad.

4-Feb-07 VavuniyaSriLanka


Explosives1 0 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) threw ahand grenade at a police post inVavuniya on February 4. One civilianwas injured in the attack.

4-Feb-07 Wanni SriLanka


Explosives1 0 Suspected members of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) threw ahand grenade at a police post inWanni on February 4. A police officerwas injured in the attack.

4-Feb-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Sheikh Khalilal-Maliki in Basra. Al-Maliki was thelocal leader of Shiite cleric Moqtadaal Sadr's political group. Attacks onreligious figures and theirrepresentatives are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations.

4-Feb-07 Khalis Iraq Unknown Explosives20 4 A bomb exploded near a bus stationin Khalis, killing four people andinjuring twenty others. Attacks ontransportation networks are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

4-Feb-07 Kanan Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A bomb attached to a motorcycledetonated outside a market inKanan, east of Baqubah, woundingfive people. Attacks on crowded,public areas, particularly markets,are frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

4-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated nearthe Iranian embassy in centralBaghdad. The blast caused damagebut no injuries were reported.Attacks on diplomatic targets arefrequent in Iraq. This attack mayhave also had sectarian motivations.

4-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A bomb exploded outside the Faihaabakery in the Elaam neighborhood ofsouthern Baghdad, wounding fivepeople. Attacks on bakeries arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations, as bakers aretraditionally Shiite.

4-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms3 2 Gunmen opened fire on a vehiclecarrying officials from the Ministry ofLabor and Social Affairs in Baghdad,killing Muhammad Habib Hassan, adirector general at the Ministry.Another ministry employee was alsokilled and three others wounded.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

4-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 2 A car bomb detonated near the alSumoud gas factory in the Douradistrict of southern Baghdad, killingtwo people and wounding sevenothers. Attacks on Iraq'sinfrastructure are frequent, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

4-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 4 A car bomb exploded in the parkinglot of a main bus terminal in centralBaghdad's Bab al-Mu'azzamneighborhood, killing four people andwounding seven others. Attacks ontransportation networks are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

4-Feb-07 Khalis Iraq Unknown Explosives20 5 A car bomb targeting police in Khaliskilled five people and injured twentyothers. The police were reportedlynear a government healthcare centerat the time of the explosion. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.Reuters reported that four policemenwere killed in this attack.

4-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 4 A roadside bomb targeting police inthe predominately Sunni Azamiyahneighborhood of northern Baghdadkilled four policemen and woundedthree others. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

4-Feb-07 Samawa Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen opened fire on police inSamawa, killing one policeman andwounding another. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

4-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Explosives3 1 A roadside bomb targeting police inBaghdad killed a civilian andwounded three others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.TheIslamic State of Iraq claimedresponsibility for targeting InteriorMinistry (police) commandos withexplosives in the Sab'a Abkar area ofBaghdad on this day.

4-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 5 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives outside a court building inBaghdad, killing himself and fourother people. Attacks on courtbuildings and other governmenttargets are frequent in Iraq.

5-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Basim AbdulHussain, a director of landtransportation at the Ministry ofTransportation, in central Baghdad.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.

5-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 4 A car bomb detonated at a gasstation in Baghdad, killing fourpeople and wounding ten others.This was one of two bombings at gasstations in the capital on this day.Attacks on the oil industry in generaland gas stations in particular arefrequent in Iraq, as militants attemptto disrupt one of the country's mostprofitable industries. Attacks on fuelstations are also common as theyattract long lines of patrons.

5-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives15 5 A car bomb exploded at a minibusterminal in Baghdad, killing fivepeople and wounding fifteen others.Attacks on transportation networksare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

5-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives11 7 A car bomb exploded near the al-Saharwardi Mosque in Baghdad's Babal-Sheikh neighborhood, killing sevenpeople and wounding eleven others.Attacks on religious shrines arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

5-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A bomb exploded near alMustansiriyah University in eastBaghdad, killing one person andwounding three others. Attacks oneducational institutions are frequentin Iraq, as militants attempt todisrupt the country's reconstruction.Al Mustansiriyah University is oftenspecifically targeted because of itspredominately Shiite student bodyand its relationship with Shiite clericMoqtada al Sadr.

5-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A car bomb exploded in a popularmarket in the Amil district ofBaghdad, wounding one person.Attacks on public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

5-Feb-07 KhanaqinIraq Unknown Firearms1 2 Gunmen opened fire on police nearKhanaqin, in Diyala province, killingtwo policemen and wounding a third.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.


Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting policeexploded in east Baghdad, woundingtwo civilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility fortargeting police with explosives inthe Jadidah district of east Baghdadon this day.

5-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants fired a mortar on a watertreatment plant in the Bab al-Sharqiarea of Baghdad. No casualties werereported. Attacks on utilityinfrastructure are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.


Explosives4 0 A roadside bomb targeting a vehiclecarrying Layth al Uthman, the deputygovernor of Ninawa province,wounded Uthman and three of hisguards as they traveled in the alZira'ah neighborhood of Mosul.Attacks on government officials arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility for theattack.

5-Feb-07 Khar Pakistan Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 2 Two tribal elders were killed andanother was injured when a remote-controlled bomb exploded as theyleft a house in a village outside ofKhar on February 5. The tribal elderswere described as being pro-government and the attack mayhave been in retaliation forPakistan's recent efforts to target AlQaida and the Taliban in the region.No on has claimed responsibility forthe attack, however.

5-Feb-07 DeraGhaziKhan

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Train service was suspended when aportion of railroad track betweenQuetta and Multan in Dera GhaziKhan was blown up on February 5.No injuries were reported, however.

5-Feb-07 JalpaiguriIndia Unknown Explosives3 0 A bomb exploded at a railroadstation in Jalpaiguri on February 5.Three people were injured by theexplosion. No one has claimedresponsibility for the attack.

5-Feb-07 Zarmali AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 A member of the Paktia Provincesingers' union was shot and killed byunidentified gunmen in Zarmali onFebruary 5. The identities of theattackers are unclear, but the singerhad been warned in the past to stopsinging and making music. Someextremists believe that musicviolates Islamic law.

5-Feb-07 Thoubal India Unknown Explosives0 0 A candidate from the CommunistParty of India (CPI) in the WangjingTentha Assembly Constituencyelections was the target of an attackwhen a hand grenade was thrown athis home in Thoubal on February 5.No one was injured, however.

5-Feb-07 Kamrup India Unknown Explosives0 0 An improvised explosive device (IED)was found and removed from apassenger bus in Kamrup onFebruary 5.

5-Feb-07 Gardez AfghanistanTaliban Unknown1 1 A police officer was kidnapped fromhis home in Gardez by suspectedmembers of the Taliban. Theofficer's brother was injured duringthe kidnapping. The body of theofficer was found about a week lateron February 5 in Zormat. Note, theincident date is the date the deathwas reported.

5-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives14 4 A car bomb exploded near alUlwiyyah Maternity Hospital incentral Baghdad, killing four peopleand wounding fourteen others.Attacks on hospitals and healthprofessionals are frequent in Iraq, asmilitants attempt to disrupt thecountry's reconstruction.

5-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives15 10 A car bomb exploded among vehiclerepair shops in a commercial districtof central Baghdad, killing ten peopleand wounding fifteen others. Anearby mosque was damaged in theexplosion. Attacks on crowded,public areas are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

5-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives62 10 A car bomb exploded outside a gasstation in the Saydiya neighborhoodof southern Baghdad, killing tenpeople and wounding sixty-twoothers. Attacks on fuel installationsare frequent in Iraq.Note, AFPreported that the attack was carriedout by a suicide bomber. Xinhuareported that the bombing targeted apassing police patrol.

5-Feb-07 BarakaldoSpain Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade explosive devicedetonated at the Luchana railwaystation in Barakaldo, starting a firewhich caused material damages, butinjuring no one. An anonymousinformant claimed responsibility forthis attack and stated that he wasnot representing the BasqueFatherland and Freedom (ETA) group.The informant said that this type ofattack is a way of responding to thearrests of members of the outlawedorganization, Jarrai, Haika and Segi.

5-Feb-07 Athens Greece Unknown Explosives0 0 Two banks, the National Bank ofGreece and Egnatia Bank weretargeted by an explosive device leftin an arcade in the Peristerineighborhood of Athens. The devicewas made of a gas canister andexplosives. These types of attacksare usually the work of anarchistsand have increased since twosuspected anarchists are on a hungerstrike in Korydallos Prison.

5-Feb-07 London UnitedKingdom

Unknown Explosives1 0 A small letter bomb was sent toeCaptia, a business outsourcing firm incentral London. One woman wasslightly injured when the bombexploded. Captia operates London'straffic-charging system. This was thefirst of three sucessive letter bombsin three days.

5-Feb-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 Police report that a well-knownvillage leader, Kuheng Sahi, wasinjured along with two of hispassengers when a roadside bombexploded around 8:30 Mondaymorning in the Khok Pho district ofPattani. The incident marked thesecond time that Islamic insurgentshave targeted Kuheng, as he wasambushed by insurgents inDecember. He killed two insurgentsin the gunfight and was awarded amedal for bravery from the ThaiPrime Minister.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

5-Feb-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 0 Police report that a 22-year-oldsoldier was injured when a roadsidebomb exploded in the Rangae districtof Narathiwat on Monday afternoon.The soldier was escorting teachers totheir homes at the time of theincident. The teachers escapedunharmed. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.


0 0 Police report that a convoy carryingseven district officials narrowlyescaped injury when a roadsidebomb exploded in the Bacho districtof Narathiwat early Monday morning.Police believe that the bomb wasplanted by Islamic insurgents.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

5-Feb-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that a 19-year-oldstudent was murdered by insurgentsas he sat in front of his house lateMonday night in the Khok Pho districtof Pattani. Two gunmen opened fireon the victim using an AK-47 assaultrifle before fleeing the scene bymotorcycle. The victim died instantlyfrom the bullet wounds.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

6-Feb-07 BenchoudAlgeria Unknown Firearms0 1 The mayor of Benchoud wasassassinated outside his home. Theattack was the second to occur inBenchoud in four days. The firstoccurred at the soccer stadium.Noone has claimed responsibility for theattack but the Salafist Group for Calland Combat (GSPC) or the al-QaedaOrganization in the Islamic Maghrebhas been active in this area.

6-Feb-07 NorthWaziristan

Pakistan Unknown Firearms0 2 The bodies of two Afghan nationalswere found in North Waziristan onFebruary 6. The bodies were foundon the side of a road with multiplebullet wounds. Like recent similarincidents in the region, a note wasplaced with the bodies accusing theAfghanis of being spies for the UnitedStates.

6-Feb-07 IslamabadPakistan Unknown Explosives3 1 Police officers and Airport SecurityForce (ASF) officers fired at a manattempting to throw a grenade in theVIP lounge area of the Islamabadairport on February 6. The man diedwhen the grenade he was carryingexploded. It is unclear whether theman intentionally blew himself upafter being stopped or if he droppedthe grenade by accident. Threeofficers were injured in the incident.

6-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A car bomb detonated at anintersection in a commercial districtof Baghdad's al Bayaa neighborhood,wounding five people. Attacks oncrowded, public areas are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

6-Feb-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Police found the body of an Iraqiinterpreter who worked with Britishforces in Basra. He had beenabducted by gunmen two daysbefore. Attacks on those who workwith coalition forces, particularlytranslators, are frequent in Iraq.

6-Feb-07 Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Militants attacked Husayn al Tahhan,the governor of Baghdad, as hetraveled to Wasit province toparticipate in a governorsconference. No casualties werereported and additional informationwas not provided. Attacks ongovernment officials are frequent inIraq.

6-Feb-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Armed militants kidnapped fourpolicemen from Basra province.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

6-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A roadside bomb targeting police insouthern Baghdad killed onepoliceman and wounded threeothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

6-Feb-07 KhasavyurtRussia Unknown Firearms3 1 The police car of Khasavyurt chief ofpolice Raip Ashikov (who happenedto not be in the car at the time) wasshot at on Groznenskaya street incentral Khasavyurt. Of the threepolicemen inside the car, one waskilled and the other two wounded; apasserby was also wounded.

6-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq RighteousArrowsBattalions

Firearms0 0 As many as six armed men stormedthe Baghdad home of HannfloreKrause, a German citizen who ismarried to an Iraqi professor who haslived in Iraq for more than twentyyears, and kidnapped her and herson, Sinana Kadhim. The attackoccurred in a predominately Sunnineighborhood and it is suspectedthat the perpetrators may have tiesto a local Sunni militia, as they arereported to have acted calmly andeven spoken with neighbors duringthe abduction. Krause's husbandwas at home during the raid,however was not kidnapped.Newsagencies later reported that Krauseholds a senior position at theAustrian Embassy in Baghdad. Herson works at the Iraqi ForeignMinistry.Within days of theabduction, one of Krause's daughtersin Berlin made contact with theperpetrators and one of the victimsby cell phone. It is unclear whoinitiated the contact.On 10 March, apreviously unknown group called TheRighteous Arrows Battalions (KataebSiham al-Haq) posted a videoshowing Krause and her son. Thegroup stated that the Germangovernment had ten days towithdraw its troops from Afghanistanor the two hostages would be killed.On 3 April the Righteous ArrowsBattalions released a second videoshowing Krause and her son and seta new ten day deadline for Germantroops to withdraw from Afghanistan.Some analysts believe that theextended deadlines may suggestthat the perpetrators are moreinterested in a ransom payment thanachieving their political objectives.

6-Feb-07 Lemona Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A Molotov cocktail was thrown at atelecommunications booster stationin the city of Lemona, in Vizcayaprovince. The attack causeddamages to the station's electricalpanel but did not prevent the stationfrom functioning as normal.

6-Feb-07 WokinghamUnitedKingdom

Unknown Explosives2 0 A letter bomb, the second of its kind,detonated at Vantis PLC, a tax andaccounting firm in Wokingham,Berkshire, injuring two people. Thetwo victims suffered injuries to theirhands and upper bodies. This wasthe second letter bomb in a series ofthree.

6-Feb-07 Negev Israel PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired one Qassam rocketfrom the Gaza Strip toward thewestern Negev. No injuries werereported, but the rocket did damagea local health clinic and nearbyhouses. The attack was claimed byPalestine Islamic Jihad.

6-Feb-07 Negev Israel PalestineIslamicJihad (PIJ)

Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired one Qassam rocketfrom the Gaza Strip toward thewestern Negev. No injuries ordamage were reported. The attackwas claimed by Palestine IslamicJihad.

6-Feb-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Police report that the body of 37-year-old Muslim worker was foundalongside a road in the Rangaedistrict of Narathiwat on Tuesdaymorning. The male victim wasidentified as Kachane Nimitsakul.Police believe that he was involvedwith insurgents. The victim's bodyhad been beaten to death byinsurgents and stabbed in numerousplaces with a machete.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

6-Feb-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsambushed and opened fire on a citygarbage collection truck in the Rusodistrict of Narathiwat on Tuesdaymorning. No casualties werereported, but the vehicle wasdamaged by the gunfire.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

6-Feb-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Police report that a local firefighterwas killed and his wife was injured ina drive-by shooting carried out byIslamic insurgents in the Khok Phodistrict of Pattani on Tuesdaymorning. The 34-year-old victim wasshot dead while riding his motorcyclewith his wife and daughter.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

7-Feb-07 BatticaloaSriLanka


Firearms0 1 Selliah Parameswar, a Hindu priest,was shot and killed at his home inBatticaloa by suspected members ofthe Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) on February 7. Parameswarhad recently welcomed Sri LankanPresident Mahinda Rajapakse to thearea, and the attack may have beenin response to this action.

7-Feb-07 DarraAdamkhel

Pakistan Taliban Firearms1 1 Nazar Muhammad, an official fromthe Intelligence Bureau, was killedwhen suspected Taliban gunmen onmotorcycles shot at him as he wastraveling in his car in Darra AdamKhel on February 7. Muhammad wason his way to Peshawar. His driverwas injured in the attack.

7-Feb-07 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 1 The Taliban claimed responsibility forkilling Abdor Rahim, allegedlybecause he was a government spy.Rahim's body was found in Ghazni.He had previously worked as apoliceman.

7-Feb-07 MaywandAfghanistanUnknown Explosives6 3 A bomb attacked to a motorcycleplaced on the side of the road inMaywand blew up as a vehicle fromthe United States Protection andInvestigations (USPI) security firmpassed by. Three USPI Afghanguards were killed and six wereinjured by the explosion. No one hasclaimed responsibility for theincident. Other reports indicate thatone USPI guard may have been killedand four injured, instead.

7-Feb-07 Zahri AfghanistanTaliban Explosives3 4 Three police officers were killed andthree others were injured when asuicide bomber in a car blew himselfup at a police checkpoint in Zahrioutside of Kandahar city on February7. The bomber was suspected to bea member of the Taliban.

7-Feb-07 Chatra India CommunistParty ofIndia-Maoists

Firearms2 1 Suspected members of theCommunist Party of India-Maoist(CPI-Maoist) opened fire on a securityforce picket in Chatra, killing onecivilian and injuring two others.

7-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A roadside bomb targeting police incentral Baghdad killed one policemanand wounded three others. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

7-Feb-07 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A car bomb exploded near a mosquein a town outside Fallujah, killing oneperson and wounding four others.Attacks on religious shrines arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

7-Feb-07 Suwayra Iraq Unknown Explosives20 8 Two bombs detonated consecutivelyon a main street in Suwayra, killingeight people and wounding twentyothers. Attacks on crowded, publicareas are frequent in Iraq and oftenhave sectarian motivations. Note,Iraqi media reported that thebombings occurred in an area whereShiite cleric Moqtada al Sadr has anoffice. It was also reported that thebombs were coordinated to targetcivilians who had gathered at thescene.

7-Feb-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives near a police patrol inMosul. The police were reportedlymembers of an explosives unit andwere defusing a device when theattack occurred. The bomber waskilled in the blast, however noadditional casualties were reported.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

7-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Explosives3 1 A bomb targeting an official from theMinistry of the Interior exploded incentral Baghdad, killing the officialand wounding three others. Attackson government officials are frequentin Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnah claimedresponsibility for bombing a patrolassigned to the protection ofgovernment officials in the al-Jadiriyah area of central Baghdad onthis day.

7-Feb-07 Vedeno ChechnyaUnknown Explosives0 1 Deputy Head of Vedenskiy DistrictMairbek Murtagamov was killed in anexplosion when he walked out of hishouse in the morning to go to work.The explosion was caused by a bombplaced on Murtagamov's doorstep.

7-Feb-07 Swansea UnitedKingdom

Unknown Explosives3 0 Three people were injured when aletter bomb detonated at the U.K.Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agencyin Swansea. The bomb was the thirdof its kind that detonated in threedays. Authorities believe theseattacks may be the work of animalrights activists.

7-Feb-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentswere behind an explosion thatoccurred near a helicopter landingpad just minutes before Thai PrincessMaha Chakri Sirindhorn wasscheduled to land in the Yaringdistrict of Pattani on Wednesdaymorning. Two police officers wereinjured by the explosion. The three-kilogram bomb was hidden under atree and detonated remotely bymobile phone. The blast left a craterin the ground measuring one meterby 35 centimeters.Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

7-Feb-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Police report that a 30-year-oldworker at a rubber plantation wasshot and seriously injured in a drive-by shooting in the Than To district ofYala on Wednesday. The victim wasshot by two or three Islamicinsurgents while riding hismotorcycle to the plantation.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

7-Feb-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Explosives2 0 Police report that two defensevolunteers were seriously injuredwhen Islamic insurgents threw agrenade into a tea shop next to aschool in the Khok Pho district ofPattani around 10:30 on Wednesdaynight.Islamic insurgents in Thailand'ssouth continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.


0 0 Police report that a electricity polewas damaged by an explosion in theRueso district of Narathiwat onWednesday. Police found a Thainational flag at the scene that hadbeen burned and vandalized withanti-government graffiti. IslamicInsurgents had apparently hoped tobring down the power lines and cutelectricity service to a nearby village,but the bomb did not detonateproperly.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

8-Feb-07 Hajin Kashmir Unknown Firearms2 1 Mohammad Yousuf Dar, a pro-Indiapolitician in Kashmir, was shot andkilled in Hajin by unidentifiedgunmen while he was traveling in hiscar. Dar was the vice-chairman ofthe Awami League party. Dar's wifeand bodyguard were injured in theattack.

8-Feb-07 BuenaventuraColombia FuerzasArmadasRevolucionariasdeColombia(FARC)

Firearms5 1 A police patrol in Buenaventura wasattacked by members of the FuerzasArmadas Revolucionarias deColombia (FARC). One officer waskilled and five others injured. Theinsurgents were armed with some 70grenades, 34 firearms, and a varietyof other weapons.

8-Feb-07 Haditha Iraq Unknown Explosives3 8 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives at a police checkpointnorth of Haditha, killing himself andseven policemen and wounding threeothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

8-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen opened fire on the convoyof Ammar Tu'uma, a member of theShiite Fadhila political party, as ittraveled in the Mansour district ofwestern Baghdad, wounding one ofTu'uma's guards. Attacks ongovernment officials and members ofpolitical parties are frequent in Iraq.

8-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 6 A car bomb detonated outside the alIsra wa al Mi'raj Mosque in thepredominately Shiite Aminneighborhood of southwest Baghdad,killing six people and wounding tenothers. Attacks on religious shrinesare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

8-Feb-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Gunmen attacked a police patrol inBaqubah, killing four policemen anda civilian. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

8-Feb-07 Aziziyah Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

27 17 A remote-controlled car bombexploded in a vegetable market inAziziyah, killing seventeen peopleand wounding twenty-seven others.Police arrested four men and awoman in connection with the blast.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

8-Feb-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Armed men attempted to kidnap twodoctors and their secretary from aclinic in the al-Zuhur neighborhood ofwest Mosul. Police soon arrived atthe scene and the perpetrators fled,leaving the victims behind. Attackson medical professionals arefrequent in Iraq, as militants attemptto disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

8-Feb-07 Sederot Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired one Qassam rocketfrom the Gaza Strip toward the townof Sederot. No injuries or damagewere reported.

8-Feb-07 Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired two Qassam rockesfrom the Gaza Strip towardunidentified locations in Israel. Noinjuries or damage were reported.

8-Feb-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsstabbed and decapitated a 72-year-old Buddhist owner of a rice mill onThursday evening in the Kok Phodistrict of Pattani. A note left at thescene claimed that the murder wasin retaliation for a recent bombattack against a tea shop owned byMuslims.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

9-Feb-07 GuwahatiIndia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded at the Kamakhyarailroad station outside of Guwahation February 9. No one was injured,however, and the train schedule wasnot disrupted. The attack occurredhours before the start of the 33rdNational Games. The head of theUnited Liberation Front of Assam(ULFA) issued a statement to thepolice indicating that the ULFA wasnot responsible for the attackbecause the group had retracted itsboycott of the National Games.

9-Feb-07 Attock Pakistan Unknown Firearms2 6 Six members of the Pakistan People'sParty were killed and two wereinjured when unidentified gunmenopened fire on their vehicle in Attockon February 9. The attack may havebeen related to the elections, whichare scheduled for later in 2007 or in2008.

9-Feb-07 Khar Pakistan Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 A remote-controlled bomb explodedin a suburb of Khar after a cartransporting a senior governmentofficial passed through the area. Noone was injured in the attack,however, as the blast missed theofficial's vehicle. The incidentoccurred days after another remote-controlled bomb exploded in the areakilling two tribal officials.

9-Feb-07 Panjwai AfghanistanTaliban Unknown3 4 Four police officers were killed andthree were injured when suspectedmembers of the Taliban ambushed agroup of police officers in Panjwai.

9-Feb-07 Tinsukia India Unknown Explosives0 0 On February 9, an improvisedexplosive device (IED) was found andremoved from a railroad track inTinsukia. The device weighed 12kilograms.

9-Feb-07 Ukhrul India UnitedNationalLiberationFront(UNLF)

Unknown1 5 An election polling party wasattacked by members of the UnitedNational Liberation Front (UNLF) inUkhrul on February 9. Three CentralReserve Police Force (CRPF) officers,one election official, and one civilianwere killed in the attack. A CRPFofficer was also injured. The pollingparty was transporting electronicvoting machines when it wasattacked. The UNLF later claimedresponsibility for the attack.

9-Feb-07 Hazwa Iraq Unknown Explosives8 2 A roadside bomb exploded in amarket in Hazwa, near Hilla, killingtwo people and wounding eightothers. Attacks on crowded, publicareas, particularly markets, arefrequent in Iraq.

9-Feb-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives8 0 A car bombed detonated outside thehome of Colonel Adnan Muha Khayru,a police colonel at Kirkuk's policeacademy, wounding Khayru andseven others. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

9-Feb-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Two explosives detonated near apolice patrol in Mosul, however nocasualties were reported. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

9-Feb-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives17 0 A bomb exploded near thegovernor's office and a policedirectorate in Mosul, wounding tenpolicemen and seven civilians. It isunclear if the bombing targetedpolice or the government building.

9-Feb-07 Basauri Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group of unidentified perpetratorsset fire to a station of the SpanishNational Railways Network (RENFE)in the town of Basauri. Theassailants poured flammable liquidon the station and then set it alight.The fire damaged a ticket machine.There were no reported casualties.

9-Feb-07 Sha'arHanegev

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired a Qassam rocketfrom the Gaza Strip toward Sha'arHanegev. No injuries or damagewere reported.

9-Feb-07 Qalqiliya WestBank/Gaza

Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Palestinians threw Molotov cocktailsat Israeli cars near the West Bankcity of Qalqilya, damaging twovehicles but causing no injuries.

9-Feb-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed a Muslim civilianoutside a local mosque on Friday inNarathiwat. The victim was onlytwenty years old.Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

10-Feb-07 Sariab Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Gas supply was disrupted to the areaof Sariab when a bomb exploded ona gas pipeline belonging to SuiSouthern Gas Company. No injurieswere reported, however.

10-Feb-07 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosion occurred at theInternational Committee of the RedCross (ICRC) office in Peshawar onFebruary 10. No injuries werereported, although the blastdamaged vehicles near the office. Itis unclear whether the explosion wascaused by a gas cylinder thrown inthe nearby parking lot or by anexplosive device.

10-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 5 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives outside a bakery in thepredominately Shiite Karrada districtof Baghdad, killing five people andwounding ten others. Attacks onbakeries are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations, asbakers are traditionally Shiite. Note,the Associated Press reported thatthe attack targeted a nearby policepatrol.

10-Feb-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen in western Baghdad openedfire on a police car, killing onepoliceman and wounding another.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

10-Feb-07 AbuGharid

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanas he drove to work in Abu Gharid,twenty kilometers west of Baghdad.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

10-Feb-07 Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 A car bomb detonated near a policepatrol in the al-Alwah neighborhoodof Tal Afar, killing a policeman andwounding two police and threecivilians. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

10-Feb-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device detonated neara police patrol in the al-Nabi Yunusdistrict of Mosul. No casualties werereported. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

10-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 3 A car bomb exploded on acommercial street lined with autorepair shops in the Kamaliya districtof east Baghdad, killing at least threepeople and wounding five others.Attacks on crowded, public areas arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

10-Feb-07 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 8 Gunmen ambushed a vehiclecarrying civilians who had justregistered at a border guardrecruitment center in Sinjar, killingeight people. Police stated that therecruits were intentionally followedby the perpetrators as they left thecity. Attacks on police and policerecruits are frequent in Iraq.

10-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen shot and killed Hatam AbdulHussein, a colonel at Kerbala policeheadquarters. The incident occurredin the Mansour district of westBaghdad and wounded Hussein's sonand an aide. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

10-Feb-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A bomb exploded near the al-Shamalbus terminal in western Mosul, killinga civilian. Attacks on transportationnetworks are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

10-Feb-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed a Buddhist truckdriver on Saturday in a drive-byshooting in Pattani. The victim was56-years-old. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

10-Feb-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Police report that a 40-year-oldvillager was shot and seriouslyinjured in a drive-by shooting in theYaha district of Yala on Saturday. Thevictim came under fire from Islamicinsurgents as he and a friend drovehome from a teashop. The victim'sfriend escaped without injury.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

11-Feb-07 Zabol AfghanistanTaliban Unknown1 2 Suspected members of the Talibanambushed a police patrol on theKabul-Kandahar highway in Zabol onFebruary 11. Two police officerswere killed and a suspected Talibanmember was injured.

11-Feb-07 Srinagar Kashmir Unknown Firearms0 1 Shabir Ahmad Bhat, a police officer,was shot and killed by unidentifiedgunmen in Srinagar on February 11.Bhat was a member of the SpecialOperation Group with the Jammu andKashmir Police department.

11-Feb-07 ImphalWest

India Unknown Firearms0 0 The polling office of a Congress Partycandidate for the upcoming electionfor the Mayang Imphal Assemblycame under attack when anunidentified gunman fired at theoffice. No one was reported to beinjured, however. The incidentoccurred in Imphal West on February11.

11-Feb-07 Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Lt. Col. JamalMohammad, the chief of the seriouscrimes office in Baiji. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

11-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives near a Shiite mosque inthe Ilaam neighborhood of southernBaghdad, killing himself andwounding a policeman. It is unclearif the attack targeted the mosque ora nearby police checkpoint.Note, thisattack may have occurred onFebruary 10.

11-Feb-07 Dour Iraq Unknown Explosives18 9 A suicide car bomber crashed hisvehicle into the Adwar police stationin Dour, near Tikrit, killing himselfand eight policemen. News agenciesreported as many as twenty-oneadditional casualties, however thesecould not be confirmed. At leasteighteen people were injured,including eight policemen. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

11-Feb-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting theconvoy of Colonel Faris al Ameri, thechief of police in Balad Ruz, woundedtwo of al Ameri's bodyguards as theirconvoy entered the city of Baqubah.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

11-Feb-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed AzhaarMunaim, a government securityguard who searched women enteringa government building in the NewBaqubah area of Baqubah. Attackson government targets are frequentin Iraq.

11-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Gunmen opened fire on a vehiclecarrying Brigadier General AyadFadil, the administration manager ofthe criminal evidences directorate,and Colonel Abdul Kareem AbdulAbbas of the same office. Theincident wounded both men andoccurred as the two traveled in theZayuna neighborhood of Baghdad.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

11-Feb-07 Amara Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Jihad al-Sa'idi, a former member of SaddamHussein's Baath Party, near his homein the Mu'allimin neighborhood ofAmara. Attacks on former membersof Hussein's regime are frequent inIraq.

11-Feb-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Authorities found three bodies ofpolicemen in Mosul bearing gunshotwounds. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

11-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 4 A car bomb detonated in a busycommercial area of west Baghdad'sMansour district, killing four peopleand wounding five others. Attackson crowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

11-Feb-07 Samawa Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formerintelligence officer under SaddamHussein in Samawa. Attacks onmembers of Hussein's former regimeare frequent in Iraq.

11-Feb-07 Samawa Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Samawa. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

11-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen ambushed Hussein al-Jaburi,the editor of the al-Safir daily,outside his home in Baghdad. Al-Jaburi was seriously wounded in theattack and transported to Amman,Jordan for medical care. He died inMarch from his injuries.

11-Feb-07 PamplonaSpain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group of masked perpetratorsattacked the Pamplona Town Hallwith firebombs, causing only slightdamages. The group also attackedfour ATM machines during their raidof the city.

11-Feb-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 3 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed three Muslim workersin a drive-by shooting at a rubberplantation in the Than To district ofYala on Sunday. Two of the victimswere in their mid-thirties while thethird victim was the 52-year-oldmother of one of the other victims.The three victims were ambushed asthey arrived at their place of workaround 7:30 Sunday morning.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

11-Feb-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsopened fire on a four-car passengertrain in the Rangae district ofNarathiwat as it was pulling out ofthe Salortradae station on Sundaymorning. A 40-year-old trainconductor sustained critical injuriesfrom the gunfire. Islamic insurgentsin Thailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

12-Feb-07 RupandehiNepal CommunistParty ofNepal-Maoists(CPN-M)

Unknown0 0 Kaji Pun, a member of the GajediVillage Development Committee, waskidnapped in Rupanedhi bysuspected members of theCommunist Party of Nepal-Maoists(CPN-M).

12-Feb-07 Dilaram AfghanistanTaliban Unknown2 1 Suspected members of the Talibanambushed a police check point inDilaram on February 12, killing asenior police officer and injuring twoother police officers.

12-Feb-07 Falahiya Iraq Unknown Other 0 1 Militants kidnapped a policeman fromFalahiya, south of Baghdad. Hisbody was later found bearing signs oftorture. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.Note, the incidentdate is the date the death wasreported.

12-Feb-07 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Saddam Hussein's BaathParty in Kut. The victim was also aguard at a local primary school.Attacks on members of Hussein'sformer regime are frequent in Iraq.

12-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives20 9 A roadside bomb exploded outside afalafel shop in Baghdad's Bab al-Sharqi commercial district, killingnine people and wounding at leasttwenty others. This was one ofseveral violent attacks in Baghdad onthis day and came on the one yearanniversary (according to the Islamiccalendar) of the bombing ofSamarra's Golden mosque.

12-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq TanzimQa’idatal-Jihad fiBilad al-Rafidayn

Explosives170 79 Three car bombs exploded inBaghdad's Shorja market, killing atleast seventy-nine people andwounding 170 others. This was oneof several violent attacks in Baghdadon this day and came on the oneyear anniversary (according to theIslamic calendar) of the bombing ofSamarra's Golden mosque. TheInterior Ministry accused al Qaeda inIraq for the blast and reported thatthree people, including twoforeigners, had been detained assuspects.

12-Feb-07 Diyala Iraq Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Militants beheaded a policeman in apublic square in Diyala province. Theattack occurred on the same day thatseven people were publiclybeheaded in Baquba. In bothincidents, local residents were forcedto watch the beheadings.

12-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Baghdad killed two civilianstraveling in another vehicle. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

12-Feb-07 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives near a convoy of tribalchieftains on their way to a meetingat the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan'sheadquarters in Khanaqin. Theattack killed the bomber but did notresult in any other casualties.Attacks on tribal leaders are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

12-Feb-07 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms3 1 Gunmen opened fire on a policecheckpoint in Kut, killing onepoliceman and wounding threeothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

12-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen opened fire on a vehiclecarrying an official at the InteriorMinistry as she traveled in theZayyunah neighborhood of easternBaghdad, killing one of her guardsand wounding another. Attacks ongovernment officials and their staffare frequent in Iraq.

12-Feb-07 SiMustafa

Algeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb

Explosives3 4 Seven bombs targeting Algerianpolice exploded across thecountryside east of Algiersthroughout the morning. Five of theseven bombs were car bombs. Atotal of six people were killed, two ofwhom were police officers. Thirteenwere wounded, ten of whom werepart of the security forces.Theattacks were claimed by the SalafistGroup for Call and Combat (GSPC)now called the al-QaedaOrganization in the Land of theIslamic Maghreb.

12-Feb-07 DraaBenkheda



12-Feb-07 Meklaa Algeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb

Explosives0 0 Seven bombs targeting Algerianpolice exploded across thecountryside east of Algiersthroughout the morning. Five of theseven bombs were car bombs. Atotal of six people were killed, two ofwhom were police officers. Thirteenwere wounded, ten of whom werepart of the security forces.Theattacks were claimed by the SalafistGroup for Call and Combat (GSPC)now called the al-Qaeda Organizationin the Land of the Islamic Maghreb.

12-Feb-07 IlloulaOumalou



12-Feb-07 Meklaa Algeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb


12-Feb-07 Souk ElHad



12-Feb-07 Souk ElHad



12-Feb-07 Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired five Qassamrockets from the Gaza Strip towardthe western Negev. No injuries ordamage were reported.

12-Feb-07 EasternSamar

PhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Firearms0 2 Police report that insurgents from theNew People's Army murdered avillage councilor and his daughter onMonday night in the village ofAntipolo in the province of EasternSamar. The assailants broke into thevictims' home and opened fireimmediately, killing the father anddaughter within seconds. Theinsurgents were reported to haveshouted slogans such as Long thelive the NPA, long live the CommunistParty of the Philippines, as theycarried out the attack. The assailantsfled the scene before the authoritiesarrived.

13-Feb-07 MalkangiriIndia CommunistParty ofIndia-Maoists

Firearms3 0 Suspected gunmen from theCommunist Party of India-Maoist(CPI-Maoist) opened fire on a groupof police officers who were escortingelection officials in Malkangiri onFebruary 13. Three police officerswere injured in the attack. Theelection officials were conducting thefirst set of polls for village-levelelections.

13-Feb-07 Samawa Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Saddam Hussein'ssecurity forces in Samawa. Attackson former members of Hussein'sregime are frequent in Iraq.

13-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 4 A bomb exploded outside a bakery ina predominately Shiite neighborhoodof southeastern Baghdad, killing fourpeople and wounding four others.Attacks on bakeries are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations, as bakers aretraditionally Shiite. It was alsoreported that this attack targeted aschool.

13-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives27 15 A suicide truck bomber detonated hisexplosives near civilians waiting forration cards outside a Trade Ministryoffice in a predominately Shiite areaof Baghdad. The blast occurred nearthe College of Economic Sciences,however no students were reportedamong the casualties. Authoritiesalso found and defused a booby-trapped ambulance near thebombing; it is unclear if the devicewas meant for a separate attack orfailed to detonate. Attacks oncrowded, public areas are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

13-Feb-07 Samawa Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Samawa. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

13-Feb-07 Khalis Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A policeman shot and killed a suicidebomber before he could detonate hisexplosives among civilians waiting toreceive kerosene in Khalis. Attackson crowded, public areas arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

13-Feb-07 KharnabatIraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Militants entered a mosque andasked guards to hold a coffin whilethey attended a funeral. The guardswere suspicious of the men andfound explosives and a timing deviceinside the coffin. The militants thenshot and killed two of the guards andkidnapped a third. Police were ableto defuse the explosives withoutincident. Attacks on religious shrinesare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

13-Feb-07 Ein Alaq Lebanon Fatah al-Islam

Explosives20 3 Two minibuses exploded as theywere passing through the town of EinAlaq, a Lebanese Christian mountaintown northeast of Beirut. Theexplosions occurred moments apart,killing 3 people and injuring 20. Thebombs were placed inside the busesand detonated when the two vehicleswere about 30 meters apart. Theexplosions took place just one daybefore the second anniversary of theassassination of former primeminister Rafiq Hariri.

13-Feb-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives2 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and injured a 40-year-oldsecurity volunteer and his 46-year-old neighbor in the Raman district ofYala around eight on Tuesdaymorning. The shooting occurred asthe victim was parking his car infront of his home. He was shot in thetorso while his neighbor was shot inthe leg.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

13-Feb-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Unknown2 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsambushed a couple as they drovehome on a motorcycle in the earlymorning hours on Tuesday in theThan To district of Yala. The couplesustained severe blows to the headby an unknown hard object, but theysurvived the attack.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

14-Feb-07 Arauca Colombia FuerzasArmadasRevolucionariasdeColombia(FARC)

Explosives0 1 An attack on an oil pipeline bymembers of the Fuerzas ArmadasRevolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)was thwarted when the Colombianmilitary found and deactivated anexplosive device at the 19 kilometermarker of the pipeline in Arauca. Oneinsurgent was killed in the militaryoperation to deactivate theexplosive.

14-Feb-07 DeraIsmailKhan

Pakistan Unknown Firearms0 1 Jawad Hussain, a Shiite Muslimleader, was shot and killed in DeraIsmail Khan by unidentified gunmenon motorcycles. The incidentoccurred on February 14. Hussainhad accused a Sunni group of killinga Shiite professor from the area atthe end of 2006.

14-Feb-07 Nad Ali AfghanistanUnknown Explosives3 2 A remote-controlled bomb targeted avan carrying counter-narcotics policeofficers traveling in Nad Ali. Twoofficers were killed and three werewounded by the explosion. Nad Ali islocated in Helmand province, whichis known for producing a largeamount of opium.

14-Feb-07 Sui Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb planted under a gas pipelinethat supplies gas to a purificationplant in Sui exploded on February 14.No injuries were reported, but gassupply was disrupted to the plant.

14-Feb-07 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanoutside his home in Diwaniya.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

14-Feb-07 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen opened fire on a policepatrol in Fallujah, killing fourpolicemen and wounding severalothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Feb-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed NazinMuhammad Ahmad, a female lawyerin Kirkuk. Attacks on professionalsare frequent in Iraq, as militantsattempt to disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

14-Feb-07 Hawija Iraq Unknown Explosives4 2 A car bomb targeting police in Hawijakilled two police officers andwounded four others. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

14-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 2 A car bomb exploded in a Baghdadmarket, killing two people andwounding seven others. The attackoccurred in the Bayaa district ofsouthern Baghdad. Attacks onmarkets are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

14-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A roadside bomb targeting police innorthern Baghdad's al-Sulaikh districtkilled a civilian and wounded threeothers. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 4 A car bomb exploded outside the al-Ulwiyyah Children's Hospital insouthwest Baghdad, killing fourpeople and wounding ten others.Attacks on medical facilities arefrequent in Iraq, as militants attemptto disrupt the country'sreconstruction.

14-Feb-07 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives7 9 A suicide car bomber detonated hisexplosives at the Warar police stationin central Ramadi, killing eightpolicemen, including police chief Lt.Col. Salim Abbas, and woundingseven others. The station had beenrebuilt just three months before thebombing. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

14-Feb-07 MakhachkalaRussia Unknown Firearms3 0 An attempt was made on the life ofEduard Khidirov, leader of theDagestan branch of the Patriots ofRussia party. Khidirov was at thecrossroads of Prospekt ImamaShamilya and Ulitsa Ganidova in aMercedes 600 owned by his brotherwhen unidentified attackers openedfire on the car. Khidirov, his brother,and another woman that was in thecar at the time of the incident werewounded in the attack.

14-Feb-07 SanSebastian


0 0 A group of unidentified individualsthrew Molotov cocktails at two officesof the Socialist Party of the BasqueCountry (PSE) and one office of theBasque Nationalist Party (PNV), inSan Sebastian. The devices did notcause any major damages orcasualties.

14-Feb-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Police report that a married civiliancouple were victims of a drive-byshooting carried out by Islamicinsurgents on a rural road in theRusoh district of Narathiwat onWednesday afternoon. The couplewere riding their motorcycle homewhen the attack occurred. The 48-year-old female victim died at thescene from bullet wounds to her backwhile her 71-year-old husband wasleft in critical condition.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

14-Feb-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed a Muslim plantationworker in a drive-by shooting in theKrong Penang district of Yala earlyWednesday morning. The 30-year-oldvictim was commuting to work at arubber plantation when Islamicinsurgents in a pick-up truck droveby and shot him.Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

14-Feb-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed a 30-year-old Islamicreligious teacher in a drive-byshooting early Wednesday morningin Yala. Islamic insurgents inThailand's south continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004.

14-Feb-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

5 0 Police report that five soldiers werewounded by a roadside bomb in theBannang Sata district of Yala as theyescorted teachers to school earlyWednesday morning. The bombreportedly weighed about twentykilograms and was detonated by atrip wire. In addition to the woundssuffered by the soldiers, the blast lefta crater in the road that was threemeters wide and two meters deep.There were no teachers injured.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

14-Feb-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that one of their chiefinvestigators was shot and killed byIslamic insurgents in a drive-byshooting late Wednesday in Pattani.The victim was 41-years-old.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

14-Feb-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsopened fire on a night market in Yalaon Wednesday night. A 27-year-oldfruit vendor was killed by the gunfire.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

15-Feb-07 Bogota Colombia Unknown Explosives1 0 An explosive device was detonatedat the Cundinamarca Deparmentheadquarters in Bogota, injuring oneperson. The explosive was placed ina trash recepticle in the basement ofthe building, which is located close tothe US Empbassy. Police continue toinvestigate in order to determinethose responsible for the blast,although the explosive contained 250grams of indugel, a substancemanufactured by the Colombianmilitary. Two people have been takeninto custody in conjunction with theincident.

15-Feb-07 Farah AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

7 0 Six police officers and an employeeof a non-governmental organization(NGO) that was traveling with themwere injured when a remote-controlled roadside bomb explodedon their vehicle in Farah on February15. The vehicle belonged to theFarah Province security commander.No one has claimed responsibility forthe incident.


Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin Mosul. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility forshooting a policeman in the tunnelleading to al-Qasr (the castle) inMosul on this day.

15-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin the Amin neighborhood ofBaghdad. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

15-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives15 4 Two car bombs parked near a majorintersection in Baghdad's Douradistrict killed four people andwounded fifteen others. Attacks oncrowded, public areas are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations. The Associated Pressnoted that the attack occurred nearan Iraqi checkpoint as patrols werepassing, however other mediasources reported that the blaststargeted civilians.

15-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives25 3 A bomb exploded inside a bus in thepredominately Shiite Sadr Cityneighborhood of Baghdad, killingthree people and wounding twenty-five others. The attack occurred nearthe al Hay market. Some newssources reported that the blast wascaused by a roadside bomb in themarket.

15-Feb-07 Samawa Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A stun grenade detonated outsidethe Samawa police directorate,wounding a security guard. Attackson police are frequent in Iraq.

15-Feb-07 Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Sheikh Abd-al-Raziq al-Rahud, the chieftain ofthe Quraysh tribe, as he traveled onthe Baghdad-Kut highway. Attackson tribal leaders are frequent in Iraq.

15-Feb-07 Khalis Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen opened fire on a vehiclecarrying police in Khalis, killing oneand wounding another. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

15-Feb-07 SulaimanBeq

Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah

Firearms5 3 Gunmen opened fire on agovernment convoy in the village ofSulaiman Beq in Salahaddinprovince, killing three of ForeignMinister Hoshiyar Zebari's guardsand wounding five others. Zebariwas not in the convoy at the time ofthe attack. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.Ansar al-Sunnah claimed responsibility for anattack on Zebari's convoy on thisday, however stated that explosiveswere used. The group stated thatfour guards were killed.

15-Feb-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 An explosive device targeting apolice patrol in the al-Shuhadaneighborhood of Mosul killed apoliceman and wounded another.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

15-Feb-07 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Police officers defused a bomb madefrom a hand grenade that had beenplaced with trash in the Muslim MinaBazaar in Peshawar.

15-Feb-07 Birgunj Nepal HinduDefenseArmy

Explosives0 0 A bomb planted by the HinduDefense Army exploded at an officeof the Communist Party of Nepal inBirgunj on February 15. The DistrictDrug Administration Office and theDistrict Education Office were alsobombed in other attacks in Birgunj.The Hindu Defense Army claimedthat these attacks were to warnpeople against labeling Hindus asextremists.


Explosives0 0 A bomb planted by members of theHindu Defense Army exploded at theDistrict Drug Administration Office inBirgunj on February 15. Two otherattacks occurred in Birgunj on thesame day. The Hindu Defense Armyclaimed that the attacks were towarn people to not label Hindus asextremists.


Explosives0 0 A bomb placed by members of theHindu Defense Army exploded at theDistrict Education Office in Birgunj onFebruary 15. Two other attacksoccurred in Birgunj on the same day.The Hindu Defense Army claimedthat the attacks were to warn againstpeople labeling Hindus as extremists.

15-Feb-07 Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired one Qassam rocketfrom the Gaza Strip toward thewestern Negev. No injuries ordamage were reported.


Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired one Qassam rocketfrom the Gaza Strip toward Sha'arHanegev. No injuries or damagewere reported.


Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians fired one Qassam rocketfrom the Gaza Strip toward Sha'arHanegev. No injuries or damagewere reported.

16-Feb-07 Tagab AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 Two police officers were shot andkilled by gunmen in Tagab onFebruary 16. It is unclear whetherthe gunmen are members of theTaliban or were targeting the policeofficers for personal reasons.


Explosives0 1 An explosive device targeting policein southeastern Baghdad killed apolice officer. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.The Islamic State ofIraq claimed responsibility fordetonating explosives targetingpolice in the al-Ghadir neighborhoodof southeastern Baghdad on this day.

16-Feb-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A bomb exploded outside the homeof Ahmad Izz-al-Din Yahya, aprofessor in the engineering facultyat Kirkuk University, killing him.Attacks on professors andeducational institutions are frequentin Iraq, as militants attempt todisrupt the country's reconstruction.

16-Feb-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 3 The bodies of three policemen werefound in Mosul. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

16-Feb-07 Hillah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed apolicewoman in her home in Hillah.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.Note, this incident may haveoccurred on 15 February.

16-Feb-07 SulaimanBeq

Iraq Unknown Explosives3 3 A roadside bomb targeting theconvoy of Hoshyar Zebari, the IraqiForeign Minister, killed three ofZebari's guards and wounded threeothers. The attack occurred inSulaiman Beq, near Tuz Khurmato.Zebari was not in the convoy at thetime. Attacks on governmentofficials are frequent in Iraq.

16-Feb-07 Tank Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded in a market in Tankon February 16. The target of theexplosion may have been the nearbyhouse of Akhter Nawaz, although it isunclear why Nawaz would have beentargeted. No one was injured by theexplosion.

16-Feb-07 ChurachandpurIndia Unknown Unknown0 0 Ngamkholun Haokip, a candidatefrom the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)running for the Saikot Assembly, waskidnapped in Churachandpur onFebruary 16. No one has claimedresponsibility for the kidnapping.

16-Feb-07 Zahedan Iran Unknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified men exploded apercussion bomb in the Iranian cityof Zahedan. The bombing took placenear a residential block, but causedno damage or injuries.

16-Feb-07 BulalacaoPhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Firearms2 2 An ambush by suspected communistinsurgents left two policemen deadand two others with serious injurieson Tuesday in the town of Bulalacaoon the island of Oriental Mindoro,according to a report from thePhilippine Daily Inquirer. Policeindicate that the officers were ridingin a patrol car in the Nasukob Villageof Bulalacao when the insurgentsattacked the vehicle. Police believethat the New People's Army wasbehind the attack.

16-Feb-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Police report that Islamic insurgentsopened fire on a local villager leaderas he participated in Friday prayersat a mosque in the Kapor district ofPattani. The 55-year-old victim wasseverely wounded after sufferingseveral shots to his torso. He wasrushed to the hospital, but his finalcondition is unknown.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

16-Feb-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

6 0 Police report that six border policeofficers were seriously woundedwhen a bomb exploded on theSaipatae-Yaha Road in the Yahadistrict of Yala on Wednesday. Thepolice were summoned to the sceneto inspect an area where an earlierbomb had wounded two soldiers.Insurgents placed spikes across theroad to prevent police from pursuingthem and reaching the hospital intime to treat the injuries.Islamicinsurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

16-Feb-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed a 33-year-old Muslimvillager in a drive-by shooting inNarathiwat late Friday evening.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

17-Feb-07 Fariab AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 Two gunmen suspected to be fromthe Taliban shot and killed RahmanQul, the editor of a Andkhoymagazine. The incident took place inFariab on February 17. Andkhoy is agovernment-run magazine. Qul alsoworks with a German non-governmental organization (NGO).

17-Feb-07 Hillah Iraq Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 2 Militants stormed the home of apolicewoman in Hillah and thenstabbed the officer and her daughterto death. Authorities later reportedthat the perpetrators had beencaptured. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

17-Feb-07 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanas he returned to his home in theJihad district of Kut. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

17-Feb-07 HusaniyaIraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A suicide car bomber attempted todenote his explosives at a policecheckpoint but was shot and killed bypolice. The Associated Pressreported that there were no othercasualties, however Reuters statedthat two policemen were wounded.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

17-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A roadside bomb targeting policedetonated near the al Ghadir bridgein east Baghdad, wounding twopolicemen and three civilians.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

17-Feb-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

78 10 Two remote-controlled car bombsdetonated in the Rahim Awa districtof northern Kirkuk outside theheadquarters of two Kurdish politicalparties, killing ten people andwounding seventy-eight others.Several news agencies reported thatthe blasts targeted nearby markets.Attacks on political parties arefrequent in Iraq.

17-Feb-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanin the Amil neighborhood ofsouthwest Baghdad. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

17-Feb-07 Sangin AfghanistanTaliban Other 0 1 Mir Amza, an Afghan national, washanged by members of the Taliban inSangin. The Taliban claimedresponsibility for the incident,accusing Amza for spying forforeigners.

17-Feb-07 Greshk AfghanistanTaliban Other 0 1 A man accused by the Taliban forcooperating with foreigners washanged in Greshk. The man was anAfghan national. The Talibanclaimed responsibility for the attack.

17-Feb-07 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives35 15 A bomb exploded at a civil courtbuilding in Quetta on February 17,killing 15 people and injuring at least35 others. The building is alsoshared with police offices. No on hasclaimed responsibility for theincident.

17-Feb-07 Vitoria Spain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group of unidentified perpetratorsthrew Molotov cocktails at an officeof the central government sub-delegate in Vitoria. The explosivesstarted fires to the blinds andwindow sills of the building, but therewere no reported casualties.

17-Feb-07 AmorebietaSpain Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A group of perpetrators threwflammable liquid and Molotovcocktails at a control stationbelonging to the Eusko Tren railwaycompany in Amorebieta. The groupalso set fire to a ticket machine inthe train station. The attack causeddamages to the station, but therewere no reported casualties.

17-Feb-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Police report that Islamic insurgentsshot and killed a teenage Buddhistcivilian in Narathiwat on Saturday.The 19-year-old victim was shot inthe head and his body was burned.Islamic insurgents in Thailand's southcontinue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004.

18-Feb-07 Diwana India Unknown Explosives13 66 A series of bombs exploded on atrain near Diwana, causing a fire thatkilled at least 66 people and injuring13 others. The train, the SmajhautaFriendship Express, was travelingfrom Delhi to Pakistan and carryingover 750 people. This service wasrecently resumed in January 2004after it was shut down for 30 yearsbecause of the conflict between thetwo countries over Kashmir. Thebombs on the train were attached tobottles of kerosene. The police foundand defused two bombs that did notexplode. The attack occurred atmidnight, the night before Pakistan'sForeign Minister Khurshid Kasuri wasscheduled to visit India. No one hasyet claimed responsibility for theincident.

18-Feb-07 Samawa Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 A roadside bomb targeting ColonelAli Mutashar, the police commanderin Samawa, wounded four ofMutashar's guards. Attacks on policeare frequent in Iraq.

18-Feb-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A bomb targeting police in theWihdah area of western Mosul killeda policeman. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

a collection of terrorist attacks, aug-2006 to feb-2007 by cpact

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