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	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The nail bomb is an anti-personnel explosive device packed with nails to increase its wounding ability.
		The nails act as shrapnel, leading almost certainly to greater loss of life and injury in inhabited areas than the explosives alone would.
		Nail bombs are often used by terrorists, in particular by suicide bombers, since it causes large number of casualties when detonated in crowded places.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Nail_bomb (211 words)

	Nail bomb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A nail bomb is an explosive device packed with nails to increase its destructive power.
		The nails act as shrapnel, leading - almost certainly - to greater loss of life and injury in inhabited areas than would explosive alone.
		The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Nail_bomb.html (528 words)

	Courier, 11, seen as pawn in Mideast terror - The Boston Globe
		The incident, the first time a child was found carrying a bomb unknowingly, seems likely to revive long-standing concerns on both sides about the willingness of Palestinian terrorists to involve children in their operations.
		The bomb squad safely detonated the device, but only after those who gave the boy the bag tried and failed to detonate it by remote control while Bokent, Quran, and other soldiers and civilians were nearby.
		Bomb makers based in Nablus have attempted on at least two other occasions to smuggle bombs out of the city under cover of unknowing civilians, Eisen said.
	www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2004/03/17/courier_11_seen_as_pawn_in_mideast_terror (1008 words)

	Nail Summary
		Nails are epithelial cell structures that are composed of a fibrous protein called keratin.
		As the end of a nail extends beyond the nail bed, it is removed by filing or trimming, or is worn away.
		Nail (anatomy), a horn-like piece of toughened keratin, at the end of an animal or human digit (finger or toe) such as a fingernail, toenail, hoof or claw.
	www.bookrags.com /Nail (687 words)

	Nail Bomb Attack Update - Indonesia Matters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In an update to the Palu bomb story it appears Indonesian police have detained one man believed to have been involved in the attack that killed seven people in the central Sulawesi town.
		Typically, the authorities and religious leaders have claimed that the bomb attack was an attempt to stoke the fires of religious hatred in the religiously divided province.
		It now appears the bomb used in the blast was packed with the head of a mortar round and ball bearings, not nails and glass as earlier reported, police said today, Jan. 03.
	www.indonesiamatters.com /33/nail-bomb-attack-update (614 words)

	BBC News \| The nail bomb terror \| London bomb suspect still held
		Police investigating Friday's nail bomb attack in London in which three people died are continuing to question a suspect.
		It was followed a week later with a second nail bomb in Brick Lane, east London, which injured six people.
		A vigil for the injured was held on Saturday night in Soho Square, near the scene of the nail bomb.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/special_report/1999/05/99/the_nail_bomb_terror/333574.stm (544 words)

	Japan Forum - Sensationalism
		Police said the bomb that exploded in the video shop and the one he was carrying when he went to the police box were stuffed with nails and had been designed to be lethal.
		The bomb, which the youth said he had made at home, was constructed from a metal mug from which the handle had been removed.
		Police said the nail bomb was a crude device designed to be detonated with a string fuse.
	www.jref.com /forum/printthread.php?t=53 (2092 words)

	Learning English \| BBC World Service
		A nail bomb is a bomb which is filled with nails.
		It was the third in a series of three bombings in the capital in which ethnic minorities and homosexuals had been targeted.
		The Soho nail bomb caused particularly horrific injuries as a consequence of the confined space in which it exploded and because of the shrapnel effect of the long nails contained within it.
	www.bbc.co.uk /worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv16.shtml (163 words)

	news @marillo Globe-News: Atlanta remembers bomb victim with prayers 7/28/97
		The bomb killed 44-year-old Alice Hawthorne of Albany, Ga., who brought her 14-year-old daughter to the park as a pre-birthday treat.
		The wounds she suffered from the bomb's flying shrapnel have healed and she plans to undergo cosmetic surgery.
		Federal agents have released composite sketches of people who were in the park where the bomb was left, and have made worldwide appeals for film and videotape of the area.
	www.amarillo.com /test/bomb.html (464 words)

	Worldandnation: Nail bomb injures 22 in Germany
		Twisted carpenter's nails littered the street, leading police to conclude that they were part of an explosive device.
		A wrecked bicycle lay in front of the two most heavily damaged shops, prompting speculation that the bomb might have been on it.
		"Considering the current evidence, it was a nail bomb," Cologne police spokesman Juergen Goebel told ARD television.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/06/10/Worldandnation/Nail_bomb_injures_22_.shtml (194 words)

	Police release pictures of nail bomb 'prime suspect' \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		Detectives hunting the Brixton nail bomber have issued a video image of a white man in his 20s they believe to be the prime suspect.
		Assistant Commissioner David Veness said at a briefing at Scotland Yard that it was the "number one priority" to trace the man captured by video cameras in Brixton shortly before the blast two weekends ago.
		Although a bag carrying the bomb was not clearly visible in the three sections of time-delay footage released today, Mr Veness said: "The images we have seen certainly includes the possibility of the carriage of the bag.
	www.guardian.co.uk /bombs/Story/0,,204777,00.html (314 words)

	Nail bomb may link two attacks - World - smh.com.au
		Police have found at least one nail bomb, pieces of explosives and other bomb components in a car rented by the suspected suicide bomber Shehzad Tanweer and left at Luton station, north of London, before he and three others exploded devices in the capital on July 7.
		They also released a new closed-circuit television picture of the man who tried to blow up a train at Shepherd's Bush last week and confirmed that the man they arrested in a dawn raid in Birmingham on Wednesday is Yasin Hassan Omar, alleged to be one of the failed July 21 suicide bombers.
		The bomb pictures - as well as a graphic image of the train bombed at King's Cross station on July 7 - are believed to have been leaked to the ABC by US investigators working on the London bombings.
	www.smh.com.au /news/world/nail-bomb-may-link-two-attacks/2005/07/28/1122143966994.html?from=moreStories (809 words)

	Nail bomb injures 48 in London shopping centre blast
		Among others hurt were the 23-month-old boy who arrived in hospital with a nail sticking in his head, and Ijeoma Nwoklo, 17, who had nails embedded in her stomach and knee.
		Another woman had a nail embedded in her stomach, while a man received serious brain injuries.
		Sniffer dogs and bomb experts combed the area in a bid to eliminate fears of any further bombs, while temporary shelter was arranged for those unable to return to their homes.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/04/18/nbom18.html (734 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| world news Nail bomb injures 22 in Germany
		At least 22 people were wounded when a bomb packed with nails exploded in a busy shopping district in the western German city of Cologne, police said on Thursday, raising their casualty toll.
		However the condition of one of the wounded, who was in a critical state after the blast rocked a mainly-Turkish neighbourhood known as "Little Istanbul" on Wednesday, has stabilised.
		The bomb went off at 4pm on Wednesday in or in front of a three-storey building, with a hairdresser's shop on the ground floor bearing the brunt of the explosion.
	iafrica.com /news/worldnews/328227.htm (274 words)

	nail bomb definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		nail bomb definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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		bomb containing nails: a bomb packed with nails to cause widespread injuries among people who are near it when it goes off
	encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861696652/nail_bomb.html (85 words)

	More Blasts On Tube And Bus (from This Is Local London)
		Eyewitnesses said at least one man was cornered by armed police inside the hospital and another may have been hiding in a cupboard.
		Like the bombings of July 7, which killed 56 people, the attacks took place at around the same time - first on three Tube trains and then on a bus.
		Eye witnesses at the central London station reported that the bomb went off in a train just as it was approaching the platform.
	www.thisislocallondon.co.uk /news/topstories/display.var.616044.0.more_blasts_on_tube_and_bus.php (2551 words)

	EmergencyNet News Reports on Allegedly Racist Bombings in London, England: 17 April 99 and 24 April 99
		Police said the blast was caused by a bomb in a car that had been parked in the street shortly before the explosion.
		Among them was a 23-month-old boy who had a nail removed from his skull and underwent emergency surgery and an adult whose condition was described as "serious." Meanwhile, forensic teams were sifting through the evidence at the scene of the blast outside the Iceland store in Brixton on Electric Avenue.
		Finally, nine victims were taken to St Thomas's Hospital where four were detained, including a woman with a nail embedded in her abdomen, a man with a nail injury to his leg and a 23-month-old boy who had a nail stuck in his skull.
	www.emergency.com /1999/eracebmb.htm (1281 words)

	The nail bomb designed to maim and kill \| the Daily Mail
		This is the horrific picture of one of the bombs left behind by the July 7 suicide squad.
		Packed with nails intended to maim and kill, it was among 16 found in a car left at Luton station by the bombers.
		The haul was revealed as police arrested nine men this morning in connection with the bombings after a raid in south London.
	www.dailymail.co.uk /pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=357318&in_page_id=1770&ct=5 (1260 words)

	NRIOL.COM - Featured Article - Nail bombs or irregular water-supply. Which would you choose?
		People in London are used to bomb scares, and also the occasional bomb explosion, courtesy of the IRA (the Irish Republican Army).
		But the two 'nail' bombs that exploded in London in the past few days were different from the usual IRA bombs (a 'nail' bomb is exactly that a bomb which contains large nails, with obvious results).
		The fact that the bombs went off in areas with large immigrant populations appeared to indicate that the attacks were racist.
	www.nriol.com /content/articles/article6.html (605 words)

	London nail-bomber arrested--What shapes the psychology of hate? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The nail bomb attacks in Brixton on April 17, Brick Lane on April 24 and Soho last Friday evening were targeted at fl, Asian and other ethnic minorities, along with homosexuals.
		Police said the devices used were "crude and unsophisticated", made up of shoe boxes containing hundreds of pieces of shrapnel including nails and a detonating charge packed in a sports bag.
		He neglected to say that they were doing so by raining bombs down on those considered to be a threat to British values.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/may1999/lond-m04.shtml (1254 words)

	London nail bombs Archive \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		Nail bomber 'was sent by God to start race wars'
		Soho bomb survivor commemorates dead as 'queer nation' marches on
		Bomb factory man seized as death toll rises
	www.guardian.co.uk /bombs/Index/0,,204759,00.html (223 words)

	American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee: Israel Admits Using Nail-Bomb to Kill 3 Palestinian Women
		Flechette shells, considered one of the most ruthless anti-personnel weapons, spray hundreds of dart-like nails in the general area at which they are fired.
		Nails had penetrated concrete, were stuck in a stone, in planks, a tree, a television antenna." Muawiya Hassanein, the doctor in charge of emergency services at Gaza City's Shifa hospital, said "There were more than a dozen nails in each one.
		All three had nails in the head, chest and abdomen," and said it was the fourth time he has treated people with nail wounds from Israeli shells.
	www.adc.org /index.php?id=1933 (633 words)

	Rochdale Observer - knifing led to nail bomb revenge
		A MAN hurled a nail bomb into a busy Asian takeaway in a revenge attack after being stabbed there 48 hours earlier.
		He was stabbed in the neck and shoulder and later told police he was furious with the workers for not helping him.
		Bomb disposal experts were also called in to examine the device.
	www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk /news/s/33/33036_knifing_led_to_nail_bomb_revenge.html (890 words)

	RTE News - Saville Inquiry hears nail bomb claims
		According to Mr Ward, one of those given bombs was Gerald Donaghy who was later shot dead.
		The 17-year-old was photographed with nail bombs in his pockets when his body was brought to an army post but others have already given evidence to the inquiry denying that he had nail bombs when he was shot.
		Mr Ward said that he and others were briefed by Martin McGuinness on the day before Bloody Sunday and that Mr McGuinness issued the nail bombs an hour before the civil rights march began.
	www.rte.ie /news/2003/1020/bloody.html (269 words)

	Neo-Nazi nail bomb suspect arrested as third victim dies
		A MAN was being questioned by anti-terrorist detectives last night over the spate of nail bombings in London as a third victim of the latest attack died in hospital.
		Armed officers smashed down the door of a house in Cove, sealed off the street and seized the man, believed to resemble the suspect in a white baseball cap who was shown on closed-circuit television film recovered from the Brixton bombing on April 17.
		The three bomb attacks over the past fortnight have been aimed at immigrant and homosexual groups.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/05/02/nsoho02.html (750 words)

	Flickr: Photos from S.pet
		Naseer Arafat explains the effects of the illegal nail bombs used by the Israeli military to cause...
		Effects of an illegal nail bomb used by the Israeli army in a corridor of Nablus' Old City.
		Close-up of the effects of an illegal nail bomb used by the Israeli army in a corridor in Nablus'...
	www.flickr.com /photos/42468014@N00 (283 words)

	Dust my Broom » In the Groove » Nail Bomb
		The terrorist cell that killed 52 people in London may have been planning to throw nail bombs into a nightclub or crowds of people, new evidence suggests.
		The possible intention of bombs like this are pure evil, nothing less.
		What’s even scarey is that the nails and scrape metal fragments used in Israel are soaked in rat poison which is done to ensure that the victim’s blood does not clot - cheap, nasty and highly effective.
	dustmybroom.com /?p=1371 (231 words)

	BBC News \| The nail bomb terror \| Two dead in London nail bomb
		Two people have been killed and more than 80 injured in a nail bomb blast at a gay pub in Soho, central London.
		Police said the bomb had been placed next to the bar at the Admiral Duncan in Old Compton Street, exploding at around 6.35pm.
		It was the third nail bomb attack in London in the past fortnight.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/332743.stm (696 words)

	CNN - Bomb explodes in central London - April 30, 1999
		Police have been investigating two bomb attacks in racially mixed districts in London in the past two weeks.
		Last Saturday, a nail bomb explosion in Brick Lane, the east London heart of the capital's Bangladeshi community, injured seven people.
		On April 17th, a nail bomb injured 39 people in Brixton, a south London district which has a large Afro-Caribbean population.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/europe/9904/30/london.blast.02/index.html (365 words)

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