Saudi Arabia considered the takeover of large parts of Yemen by the Houthis and pro-Saleh forces, linked to Iran, as a threat to its interests.Days later the kingdom led a high-intensity bombing campaign against the rebels, at times flying up to 100 sorties on a single day.
Nine low intensity bombs went off within fifteen minutes early Sunday morning inside the Mahabodhi temple complex, a Unesco World Heritage site, and one of the holiest sites associated with the life of Buddha in Bodh Gaya in the northern Indian state of Bihar.
Problems of acquiring permission to base combat aircraft have sorely complicated the operation, limiting the intensity of bombing raids, officials said.
The ferocity and intensity of bombing raids increased, and with many airstrikes hitting civilian targets, including homes, markets, hospitals and schools, the orphanage decided it was no longer safe to trust the children's lives to an ordinary routine.
"Low-intensity bomb," said one.
On Thursday October 30th, at least 11 high-intensity bombs exploded in quick succession in four towns in the state of Assam, including the capital Guhawati.
He was accused of masterminding 17 low-intensity bomb blasts that occurred in Delhi and neighboring states between December 1996 and December 1997.
A few months later, a series of low-intensity bombs — also attached to bicycles — killed 56 people and injured more than 200 in the city of Ahmedabad; some journalists received an e-mail saying Indian Mujahedeen was responsible.
NEW DELHI — A series of low-intensity bombs exploded on Sunday in the northeastern city of Patna, apparently targeting a vast rally featuring the opposition leader Narendra Modi, whose Bharatiya Janata Party hopes to unseat the long-dominant Congress Party in national elections next spring.
Mr. Modi's rally on Sunday, marred by a series of low-intensity bomb blasts, was seen as an important opportunity for Mr. Modi to woo voters in Bihar, a state with over 100 million people considered crucial to his party's chances of taking power from the long-dominant Congress Party, which faces growing unpopularity amid corruption scandals and weak economic growth.
Following the murder of Liberal Party Presidential candidate Luis Galan on Aug. 18th, President Barco revived extradition procedures for drug traffickers facing charges in the U.S. In Bogota the drug traffickers have responded with low-risk, low-intensity bomb strikes against almost every area of public life.
