Attacks lacked skill, but spread chaos
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The attempted attacks in London and Glasgow bore the hallmarks of an al-Qaida operation, but they lacked a key ingredient: professional execution.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 25 -- Two bombs in separate Iraqi cities ripped through crowds of people Tuesday, causing some of the worst carnage in the country in recent weeks and revealing that -- despite the relative calm of recent months -- insurgent groups remain capable of devastating attacks.
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The attack threatened to intensify the continuing unrest that has destabilized the struggling young nation.
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An escalation of ethnic violence is threatening to plunge the country into chaos.
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Infiltrating Al Qaeda and other terror groups will require changes in techniques and culture.
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The worst attack was a car bomb explosion outside a police training center in Baghdad. At least 47 people, mostly new recruits, were killed and more than 100 wounded.
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The attacks have troubled the nationâs leaders and inspired comparisons with the Unabomber.
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The attack, after a few weeks of relative quiet, raised fears that insurgents were resuming their campaign of suicide bombings.
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While attacks on U.S. soldiers remain fairly random and opportunistic, insurgent fighters are targeting places that Iraqis rely on for assistance, frustrating politicians, police and U.S. Army officers.
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The horrific day of carnage demonstrated the effortlessness with which insurgents are striking in the hearts of major cities.
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Iraq had a rare moment out of the world spotlight in the past week, eclipsed by the tsunami devastation in Southeast Asia. But the country saw a host of critically important political developments and deadly attacks that could cripple elections set for Jan. 30, and that suggest the insurgents are refining their strategy to wreck the vote.
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Monday's blast demonstrated the uneven vulnerability of U.S. forces, who are equipped with sophisticated weaponry and armor, and their Iraqi allies, who fight the same battles using inferior equipment.
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A closer look at what has unfolded since a deeply flawed election plunged Kenya into chaos, shows that some of the bloodletting may have been premeditated and organized.
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Tribal animosities are flaring anew just as security forces seem stretched too thin to react.
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BESLAN, Russia -- When ''the storm&quot; finally arrived as the adults feared it would, the bullets started flying, the bombs were exploding, and most of the children were unsure what to do.
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Several obscure Islamist groups have claimed credit for Thursday's suicide attacks.
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Violence throughout the country defied increased efforts to stanch the spread of sectarian bloodshed.