A specific terrorist threat had been made against Kampala for New Year’s Eve and there was an element of tension in the air, writes Rafiq Copeland in northern Africa.
Suicide bombers
Why are Chechen women so dangerous?
Over 40% of Chechen suicide bombers over the past decade have been women, almost all of them from the Caucases. This isn’t about global jihad, say a team of Chicago University researchers — it’s women hitting back against the occupation of their land and slaughter of their families.
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Raw video of the Moscow bombing aftermath
Russians caught up in the suicide bomb attacks on Moscow trains have been posting graphic videos and images of the chaos online. The NYT’s Lede blog collects some of the most shocking.
The hunt for Russia’s black widows
Russia believes the women who blew themselves up on Moscow trains on Monday were part of a 30-person “black widow” cell of suicide bombers. Nine are dead — so where are the other 21 waiting? And when will they strike?
Pakistan’s martyrs and the image problems of suicide bombers
How long can we delude ourselves that doing this will improve the lives of ordinary Pakistanis when we prop up those who oppress them?, asks Benjamin Gilmour.
How Islamabad went from boring and green to violent and mean
Islamabad in Pakistan wasn’t always known as a scene of suicide bombings and security checkpoints. NY Times journo Salman Masood looks back on the “laidback, dull” city of his youth.
Why Islamic extremists hate India
India doesn’t have a single soldier fighting in Afghanistan — so why are suicide bombers targetting the Indian Embassy in Kabul? Salil Tripathi explains the long and complex relationship between India and the Islamic world.
Trained for terror: the Taliban’s brainwashed boys
CNN meet a group of Pakistani boys who say they were kidnapped by the Taliban and groomed as suicide bombers. Rescued by the army, a team of psychologists are attempting to bring them back from the brink of brainwashing and repair their shattered lives.
Media briefs and TV ratings
The Oz goes over the top in Pakistan … Cricket helps Nine to a first-up ratings win … Sunday lifts, but so does everything else … Not happy Kerry … Last night’s TV ratings.
Airports not planes the new terror target
A House of Commons Report that was finished before the attack on Glasgow Airport has spelled out the real terrorism risk that Australian authorities seem frightened to discuss: security screening lines.
