Horrendous is too mild a word for the slaughter of SP Khurshid Khan Alizai and then carrying away of his head by the 300 strong terrorists who attacked Matni police post near Peshawar as reported in the papers. It was simply a barbaric act smacking of some deep hatred for the law enforcing agencies ...

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Sunday condemned as "barbaric" the triple suicide car bombings targeting embassies in Baghdad that left 30 dead. The near-simultaneous blasts near the Egyptian, Iranian and German embassies left 224 people wounded, Iraqi officials said. "I strongly ...