The FBI has been called in to investigate a bombing in the Maldives that injured Chinese, Japanese and British tourists over the weekend. The Indian Ocean archipelago could be a crossroads for translational jihadists but has not been a target of foreign militants. This attack, then, probably was carried out by a local group -- one that has much to learn about the art of bombmaking. [more]
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