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Paris is once again the victim of terrorist attacks in three incidents involving shootings, explosions, and hostage taking.

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Witnesses said the men first became engaged in a verbal altercation before it turned physical and eventually resulted in at least one of the explosive vests detonating.

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While there are some obvious dangers to volunteering for an ISIS suicide bombing mission, sometimes things don't go as planned and the results are an epic fail.

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CCTV monitors captured the moment a suicide bomber detonated just outside the gates of a Shiite college in Baghdad Sunday. The attack killed at least 18 people and wounded nearly 50 more. Mere hours later the Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility, claiming the college’s professors were teaching the students to “curse” the prophet Muhammad. […]

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According to the National Institute of Health, “The increase of gangs, teenage homicide, teenage suicide, teenage pregnancy, school drop-out, and other problems are a reflection of a rapidly changing society and family structure.”

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A teen died after confronting a suicide bomber at the main gates of his high school in Pakistan Monday morning. Aitazaz Hassan Bangash was a 17-year-old student in the Hangu district who, along with others, challenged a suspicious person that was trying to gain entrance to their school. The bomber, dressed in a school uniform […]

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CCTV footage of the Dec. 5 militant attack on a Yemeni hospital that killed 63 people was released Thursday. The attack took place at the Ministry of Defense compound in Sana’a. Militants used rocket launchers and detonated car bombs to gain entry into the compound. Once inside, another gunman lobbed a live grenade into a […]

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Though this Army Ranger’s right hand was heavily bandaged, a breathing tube jutted from his mouth, and he was lying in a hospital bed wounded and barely awake, Josh Hargis gave what many are calling “the salute seen around the world.” Hargis, whose special operations unit is based out of Fort Benning, Georgia, was badly […]

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Monday, an armored vehicle – packed with explosives and driven by two suicide bombers – breeched the defenses of the Minakh air base in Beirut, Lebanon, affording Syrian rebel fighters the opportunity to launch their offensive attack. The isolated government soldiers in northern Syria had defended Minakh against the rebels for nearly a year, but […]

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