R.I.P. - Lance Cpl. Joshua D. Corral

DOD Identifies Marine Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Lance Cpl. Joshua D. Corral, 19, of Danville, Calif., died Nov. 18 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.  He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.           ...

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Explosions kills 3 Afghan civilians in Farah province

Monday, November 21, 2011 – Local security officials in western regions of Afghanistan on Monday said, at least three Afghan civilians were killed following an explosion in western Farah province. The officials further added, the incident took place early Monday in this province. Provincial security chief for western Farah province Gen. Mohammad Ghous Malyar confirming...

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Dozens killed as tribal forces seize military barracks north of Yemeni capital

SANAA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of people were killed and many wounded as anti-government tribal forces on Monday overran a barracks of the Yemeni Republican Guard in Nahm, 70 km north of the capital Sanaa, a local government official said. The barracks is believed to belong to the Yemeni elite Republican Guard's 63rd Mountaineer Infantry Brigade, the official told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The head of the brigade managed to escape, while dozens soldiers were held captive, the official said. The government forces' warplanes were...

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Al Qaeda linked suspect detained in New York city

Monday, November 21, 2011 – According to US officials, Jose Pimentel, 27, a Dominican-born convert to Islam, was on the verge of testing his homemade explosives in a mailbox when he was arrested Saturday in a Manhattan apartment. Jose Pimentel, 27, is in custody after authorities say he intended to target U.S. military personnel who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan....

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IED planters detained in Khost

Monday, November 21, 2011 – According to local security officials in eastern Afghanistan, at least two militants were detained in eastern Khost province early Monday morning by security forces. The officials further added, the two suspects were detained by Afghan security forces while they were planting improvised explosive devices in the area. Provincial police chief for eastern Khost province Gen. Sardar Mohammad Zazai confirming the report said, the two suspects were detained by Afghan security forces in eastern Khost province while...

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Senior Taliban commander killed in Ghazni province

Monday, November 21, 2011 – According to Afghan security officials in eastern Afghanistan, a senior Taliban commander was killed in eastern Ghazni province late Sunday night. Provincial national directorate for security chief in eastern Ghazni province Syed Amirshah Sadat confirming the report said, the senior Taliban commander was killed in Shahliz village of eastern...

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Mila Kunis keeps her date with Afghanistan vet

Mila Kunis made a Marine's YouTube wish come true on Friday night, when the actress kept her promise to be his date at the Marine Corps Ball in Greenville, North Carolina. Kunis attended the event at the Greenville Convention Center with Sergeant Scott Moore, Access Hollywood reported. The event was closed to media. Moore invited Kunis to the soiree in a YouTube video...

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How Aussie shot ANA traitor

thanks to Mickk from ApacheClips "Out of all the people that were here, I was the only one who wasn't shot. They all went down,'' Cpl Searle said. About 40 Australians live on the base built to block the flow of insurgents from Kandahar province into Oruzgan where most of the Australian contingent is stationed. Cpl Searle said the Afghan soldiers had been dismissed by...

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Gunmen on Sunday torched three Nato containers in Pakistan's Quetta

QUETTA: Gunmen on Sunday torched three trucks carrying supplies for Nato troops in Afghanistan in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan, officials said. Gunmen on a motorbike fired at the vehicles and then set them on fire after pouring petrol on them in the Dasht suburb of the provincial capital Quetta, local police official Ismail Sumalani told AFP. There...

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10 militants killed in NW Pakistan

Nov.20.,2011 - PESHAWAR: Security forces clashed with armed insurgents in Orakzai Agency on Sunday: At least ten terrorists were killed and four injured during an operation in the Orakzai Agency. According to media reports, security forces shelled the hideouts of terrorists in Mamozai, Addu Khail and Mir Khail areas of Orakzai Agency, killing ten and injuring four. Sources...

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Nov. 20., 2011. - ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan — A coalition security force discovered a weapons cache while conducting a patrol in Marjah district, Helmand province, today. The cache consisted of 700 7.62 mm rounds, nine 9 mm rounds, two AK-47 assault rifles, and five magazines. The weapons were seized by the security force to be destroyed at a later date. In other International Security Assistance...

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Suicide bomb attack injures 2 in Logar province

Sunday, November 20, 2011 – According to local security officials in eastern Afghanistan, at least two Afghan civilians were injured following a suicide bomb attack in eastern Logar province on Sunday. Officials in the ministry of interior affairs of Afghanistan following a statement confirmed the incident and said, the incident took place around 3:15 pm local time...

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Mysterious explosion: Iranian commander died during missile testing

STR/AP - Iranians carry the flag draped coffin of a member of Revolutionary Guard, who was killed in an explosion at an ammunition depot west of Tehran on Saturday together with 16 other Guard members. TEHRAN — A mysterious explosion at an Iranian military base last week was caused when a test of an experimental intercontinental ballistic missile...

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