from military.comNovember 22, 2011AP by Tom Hays NEW YORK -- Federal authorities declined to pursue a case against an "al-Qaida sympathizer" accused of wanting to bomb police stations and post offices in New York City because they believed he was mentally unstable and incapable of pulling off the alleged...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 -
Acording to local governmental officials in eastern Afghanistan, at least 9 militants including a local Taliban commander was killed following an air raid by NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in eastern Kunar province on Monday night.
A spokesman for the 201 Selab national army commandment Gen Sher Aqa said, NATO forces...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 –
According to local officials in eastern Afghanistan, at least three Afghan civilians were killed following a roadside bomb explosion in eastern Laghman province on Tuesday morning.
The officials further added, the incident took place around 10:00 am local time in Pul-e-Chinchar area of eastern Laghman province after a civilian vehicle...
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Pakistani security officials on Moday said, gunmen ambushed a paramilitary convoy in southwestern Baluchistan province, killing 14 soldiers.
Military spokesman Murtaza Beg said, attackers fired rockets at the camp and opened fire on a patrol vehicle in the southwestern province of Balochistan.Murtaza Beg further added,...
It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Private Thomas Lake, from 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday 20 November 2011.
Private Lake was taking part in a patrol to reassure the local population in the Jamal Kowi area of the Nahr-e Saraj district of central Helmand when he was caught...
2011-11-S-038
ISAF Joint Command - Afghsnistan
For Immediate Release
KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 22, 2011) — A combined Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation in search of a Taliban leader in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province,Tuesday.
The leader directs the placement of roadside bombs and plans attacks against coalition forces.
An individual...
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
News Release
IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 969-11
November 21, 2011
Statement by Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta on Supercommittee Negotiations
The failure of the Congressional Supercommittee to reach an agreement on deficit...