“The Whole House Is an IED!”

Chilling

Updated Apr. 25, 2017 4:58PM EDT / Published Oct. 08, 2008 3:14AM EDT

Harrowing report in this morning’s Wall Street Journal: In Tahwilla, one of Al Qaeda in Iraq’s last major strongholds, insurgents have a fiendish tactic—rigging abandoned houses with explosives and trying to draw troops inside. In this piece, reporting an incident from the summer, soldiers from the 1st Armored Division's 1-6 Infantry Battalion find an empty home that seems too perfect—large and cool, with a walled backyard. Soon they discover copper wires running into the property. Turns out the mousetrap is filled with artillery shells, bombs, and barrels of explosives. The soldiers escape, narrowly averting what a colonel calls “an al-Qaeda grand slam."

Read it at The Wall Street Journal

NBC’s Wacky Plans to Earn More Olympics Viewers Revealed

NBC’s novel approach will be a change from the relatively sober coverage garnered by past Olympic games.

Ted Kaczynski Was Depressed, Had Rectal Cancer Before Death

Kaczynski’s autopsy report says he “was noted to be depressed and sent for psychiatric evaluation” before his death last June.

Quentin Tarantino Is Scrapping ‘The Movie Critic’: Report

The director “simply changed his mind” on the project, which was set to shoot this year with Brad Pitt in the leading role, according to Deadline.

Texas Water Hack Likely Linked to Russian Spy Agency: Report

The infamous hacking group Sandworm may be branching out, a Mandiant report finds.

Dutch Princess Reportedly Fled to Spain Over Kidnap Fears

Alarming threats interrupted her studies at Amsterdam University.

Menendez May Blame His Wife During Bribery Trial: NYT

He will likely argue that she “withheld information” and “led him to believe that nothing unlawful was taking place,”according to a newly unsealed filing.

Olivia Munn Told Docs to Do ‘Smaller’ Breast Reconstruction

“Even as the anesthesia was making its way into my body, the last thing I said was ‘Please go smaller,’” she recalled.

Scorsese Eyes Sinatra Biopic With DiCaprio and J. Law

The aging director wants to make a movie about Frank Sinatra’s life, but he’ll have to go through Sinatra’s daughter Tina, who controls his estate.

“The Whole House Is an IED!”