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Faces of Terror in 2008
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Torn in death: Women in Jaipur mourn the death of relatives who died in the May 13 Jaipur blasts; a series of seven bombs shredded the city, killing at least 60 people and wounding at least 150 in a terror attack. Home Ministry sources said that a Bangladesh-based organization, Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) or Islamic Holy War Movement, was suspected to be behind the attack and the police were also able to find credible evidence linking the suspected bombers to Bangladeshi militants which resulted in backlash against illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in Rajasthan.
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Shredded, scattered: With high political tensions ever intensifying, and torn by a recent spate of attacks in the background, Lebanese soldiers are seen securing the site where bomb blasts tore through two buses in the village of Ain Alak, in north east of Beirut, on February 13, 2007. These blasts came on the eve of the commemorations for the second anniversary of the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. .
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Living in fear: Shocked by the blasts that tore through two buses in the village of Ain Alak, north east of Beirut, a Lebanese woman escapes the site, crying, unbelieving, saved from the clutches of death.Throughout 2007, massive protest movements have flocked Lebanon, starting with demonstrations held in the Beirut central district seeking resignation of the government headed by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, a member of the majority coalition. The crisis began with the killing of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, along with 22 people, in February 2005, for which Syria was blamed. The country amidst conflicts continues to be engulfed in violence for which the innocents continue to suffer.
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Living in fear: Shocked by the blasts that tore through two buses in the village of Ain Alak, north east of Beirut, a Lebanese woman escapes the site, crying, unbelieving, saved from the clutches of death.Throughout 2007, massive protest movements have flocked Lebanon, starting with demonstrations held in the Beirut central district seeking resignation of the government headed by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, a member of the majority coalition. The crisis began with the killing of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, along with 22 people, in February 2005, for which Syria was blamed. The country amidst conflicts continues to be engulfed in violence for which the innocents continue to suffer.
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Farewell: Iraqi men put the corpse of their killed brother into a coffin outside Baghdad’s al-Kindi hospital; all that now remains, are tears, and a feeling of irreplaceable pain. Mentally disabled women were used as suicide bombers, in this catastrophe. The US ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, said Al-Qaida had found a different, deadly technique. Broken in grief: Ripping through two Baghdad markets, powerful blasts, one triggered by a female suicide attacker, killed at least 64 people; all that’s left over was trails of bloodied body parts, panicking crowds, and death that can now only be remembered, and mourned. Outside Baghdad’s al-Kindi hospital, on February 1, 2008. Brigadier-General Qassim al-Moussawi, Iraq's chief military spokesperson in Baghdad, said the women who carried the bombs were mentally handicapped and may have been unaware they were on a suicide mission. .
All that remains: A slipper and broken bangles are what’s left behind on a site, affected by a series of bomb blasts that took place through crowded markets in Jaipur, on May 13, 2008. The police revealed that by placing the bombs in highly crowded areas, the terrorists had ensured that the death toll would be high, though they were of low intensity..
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When tragedy calls: An Iranian couple sit under a picture of an injured Palestinian child during a protest in Palestine square in Tehran, on March 7, 2008. The UN Security Council has failed to agree on a condemnation of the Jerusalem attack which killed eight Jewish students on March 6, as Israel and Libya traded insults and accused each other of terrorism. The attack came at a time of increased Israeli-Palestinian tension, while the radical Islamic movement Hamas did not take responsibility for the attack but said in a text message, “We bless the operation. It will not be the last.” The Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was under pressure to respond on the face of criticisms from President Bush and the United Nations. The situation further complicates the political situation, which has also led to unrest in the occupied West Bank.
