Suspected US drone Missiles Kill 16 in Pakistan - 2xUPDATED

Suspected US drone Missiles Kill 16 18 in Pakistan - 2xUPDATED DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Suspected U.S. drones fired four missiles at two compounds in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border, killing 16 alleged militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said Wednesday. The strikes occurred just before midnight Tuesday in Bobar village in the South Waziristan...

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Valor awards go to MEDEVAC crew

Combined Joint Task Force 1 - Afghanistan Story by Sgt. 1st Class Eric Pahon BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — A French platoon-sized element was guarding a small compound, Sept. 7, when an insurgent threw a grenade over the wall.  “Yesterday was hell,” said Maj. Cyrille, a French medical officer in a Sept. 8 letter. The explosion killed one, and injured one other....

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Four men in Birmingham were arrested

Nov.15., by DailyMail Four men have been arrested on suspicion of travelling to Pakistan to undertake terrorist training and of raising funds for terrorist purposes. They were arrested under the Terrorism Act today as part of a major ongoing investigation, police said. Officers from the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit detained the men at their homes in the Sparkhill...

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Al Qaeda captured the town of Al Khoud/Yemen

Yemen: Militants capture another city in south Sanaa, 15 Nov. (AKI) - Al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen have captured the town of Al-Khoud in the southern Abyan province, according to news reports.Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the local branch of the terrorist group, resisted bombing since Monday afternoon by the Yemeni airforce, Xinhua news agency...

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Syrian soldiers killed...

By Associated Press, Published: November 15Syrian soldiers killed as crisis spins out of Assad’s control BEIRUT — Army defectors ambushed dozens of Syrian troops and regime forces gunned down civilians during one of the bloodiest days of the 8-month-old uprising, which appeared Tuesday to be spiraling out of President Bashar Assad’s control. Up to 90 people were killed in a gruesome wave of violence Monday, activists said. The extent of the bloodshed only came to light Tuesday, in part because corpses lying in the streets...

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American service member dies in Iraq

November 15, 2011|Associated Press The U.S. military says an American service member has been killed while conducting military operations in central Iraq. The military statement released Tuesday said the death occurred Monday. It gave no further details of the incident. Violence has dropped dramatically across Iraq, but deadly bombings and shootings still happen nearly every day. Some officials have warned of an increase in attacks as the U.S. withdraws all of its troops from Iraq by the end of the year. The statement said the incident is...

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Nov. 16., 2011. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

2011-11-S-024 ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan  For Immediate Release KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 16, 2011) — A combined Afghan and coalition security force captured a Haqqani network facilitator during an operation in Pul-e ‘Alam district, Logar province, Tuesday. The facilitator participated in attacks, provided materials for building roadside bombs, and supplied...

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