Two female suicide bombers detonated blasts during morning rush hour in central Moscow. The first explosion was at the Lubyanka metro station near the headquarters of the Russian State Security Service FSB (Federal Security Service), formerly known as the Soviet KGB. The second blast came 40 minutes later at the Park Kultury station near Gorky Amusement Park.

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Colleen R. LaRose, a resident of Pennsylvania, was charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official, and attempted identity theft, according to the indictment, unsealed Monday.

Also known as ‘Jihad Jane’ or “JihadJane” (a YouTube user name that is suspended) was allegedly looking to kill Lars Vilks — the artist who drew one of the controversial Prophet Muhammad cartoons.

‘Jihad Jane’ was also know to authorities as “Fatima LaRose.”

SOURCE: FOXNews: Pennsylvania Woman Charged With Recruiting Violent Jihadist Fighters

Pakistani officials reversed course Monday on a recently captured American suspected of being a member of al-Qaida, saying the man is not the terror network’s U.S.-born spokesman, Adam Gadahn.

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A suicide bomber has attacked a police building in Lahore used to interrrogate suspects. At least 15 people were killed and at least 70 injured in Monday’s blast. Women were among the wounded. The Taliban in Pakistan has claimed responsibility. The attack on the Special Intelligence Agency (SIA) office in Model Town on Monday is the first terrorist attack in the city in 2010.

Suicide bomb blast in Lahore — the second largest city in Pakistan.

Wikipedia: Lahore

SOURCES:
Daily Times (Pakistan) Lahore: city of life threatened once again
DNA Suicide attack on Lahore police intelligence unit kills 15

Bomb and mortar attacks killed at least 24 people in Iraq yesterday during its second parliamentary election since US-led forces ousted dictator Saddam Hussein.

Baghdad, Fallujah, Baquba, Samarra and other cities in Iraq were hit by mortar rounds or bombs, many of them exploding near polling stations.

In Baghdad, a Katyusha rocket flattened a residential building, killing 12 people and wounding 10.

Iraq has held its parliamentary elections, amid threats and violence aimed at keeping voters from the polls. Results are expected in the coming day. The AP’s Matt Ford has more from Southern Iraq. Nasiriyah, Iraq festive … music in streets to encourage people to vote.

Nasiriyah is Iraq’s fourth most populated city after Baghdad, Basra and Mosul. Seven years ago, March 23, 2003, a supply convoy of the U.S. Army took a wrong turn into Nasiriyah and was ambushed. Eleven soldiers were killed and six soldiers, including Private Jessica Lynch, were captured. The convoy fought off Iraqi counterattacks for several hours, until being rescued by the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. During heavy urban fighting, 18 Marines were killed including at least one Marine who was killed when A-10s mistakenly strafed a company of Marines north of the Saddam Canal.

Wikipedia: Nasiriyah | Battle of Nasiriyah

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The Australian Iraq poll marred by blast deaths

Reuters/Yahoo! News Iraq holds landmark vote, attacks kill 38

The American-born spokesman for al-Qaida, Adam Gadahn, 31, has been arrested by Pakistani intelligence officers in Karachi, according to Pakistani officials. The word of his arrest, reported to have occurred in the past few days, occurred just after a video was released showing him urging U.S. Muslims to attack their own country. U.S. defense and intelligence officials have not verified the report from Pakistan.

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A car bomb exploded about 100 yards from a bus for pilgrims in the Shiite holy city of Najaf (100 miles south of Baghdad) Saturday, killing at least three people — including two two Iranian pilgrims.

Injured people from the blast were transported to al-Hakeem hospital.

The car bomb was detonated one day before Iraqis vote in key parliamentary elections. More than 6,000 candidates are competing for 325 seats in the Iraqi parliament.

Wikipedia: Najaf

SOURCE: CBS Car Bomb Kills 3 Before Iraq Election Day

Video outside the Pentagon Metro subway station immediately after the shooting.

Two Pentagon police officers were shot outside the Metro subway station near the Pentagon about 6:30 p.m. Thursday. A third person — a civilian — has also been shot. The attack occurred at the subway entrance near the main entrance to the Pentagon. Three people were transported to Georgetown University Hospital, just across the Potomac River. The suspect died overnight.

He just reached in his pocket, pulled out a gun and started shooting. He walked up very cool. He had no real emotion on his face.

– said Richard Keevill, chief of Pentagon police.

A male offender calmly and cooly approached the officers Thursday, before pulling a gun out of his pocket and grazing them, authorities reported. The two Pentagon Force Protection Agency officers returned fire with their semi-automatic weapons, mortally wounding him. The offender is identified as John Patrick Bedell, 36, of Hollister, California.

In an Internet posting, a user by the name JPatrickBedell wrote that he was “determined to see that justice is served” in the death of Marine Col. James Sabow, who was found dead in the backyard of his California home in 1991. The death was ruled a suicide but the case has long been the source of theories of a cover up.

The user named JPatrickBedell wrote the Sabow case was “a step toward establishing the truth of events such as the September 11 demolitions.”

No people were allowed out of the Pentagon or into the Pentagon during the lockdown. Later, people were allowed to leave the Pentagon at exits that were not near the Metro station.

Transit Hub Closed Friday for Investigation
An investigation Friday into the shooting of two police officers outside the Pentagon subway station will close the transit hub Friday, affecting the commute of thousands of Washington-area residents.

View GlobalConflictMap.com — Global Conflict Map by Region showing approximate shooting location at Metro Station Near Pentagon in a larger map

Allegations, made by former rebel compatriots of Meles Zenawi, detail how millions raised by Bob Geldof’s Live Aid were diverted to arm the rebels against the army of Mengistu Haile Mariam.

Although millions of people were saved by Western aid that was donated for Ethiopia after Live Aid, evidence from the BBC investigation suggests that not all of it went to the starving citizens of Ethiopia.

Aregawi Berhe, former military commander of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), claimed that 95 per cent of the $100 million that went through the rebels’ hands was diverted to buy weapons or recruit Ethiopians.

SOURCE: TIMESONLINE Live Aid donations ‘were diverted to arm Ethiopian rebels’

AP VIDEO: At least 32 people were killed by a triple suicide bombing northeast of the Iraqi capital. The blasts in Baqouba, including one at the emergency hospital, come days ahead of key elections.

Suicide bombers attacked two police stations and a hospital Wednesday in Baqubah, Iraq, killing at least 32 people. Bombings to disrupt upcoming elections are anticipated, and this attack on security forces who guard the polling stations on Sunday, confirms those suspicions.

Two suicide bombers struck almost simultaneously at police stations in the center of the city. As emergency workers were transporting the wounded in ambulances, another suicide bomber detonated a vest rigged with explosives at the gates of the hospital, injuring and killing more. Twelve policemen were among those killed.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times Iraq suicide bombings kill 31 as elections near