It is Better to Give than to Receive

  By ashmccall – December 1, 2011 from DODLIVE.com ---- There are officially 24 days left before Christmas! While we hustle and bustle to put up our tree and buy gifts for the family, let us not forget about the men and women who will be deployed this season defending our country. And while they may not be in the comforts of their own homes, we can send them...

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Young boy injured by IED, treated by coalition forces near Siab Jan

ZHARAY DISTRICT, KANDAHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A pressure-plate improvised explosive device near Siab Jan malfunctioned but still exploded, Nov. 21, injuring a young boy whose injuries could have been drastically worse. The boy was brought by a relative to a nearby coalition forces’ base where he was treated and released the same day. Soldiers from Combined Task Force Spartan’s 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, heard an audible explosion directly east of their position near Siab Jan. Moments later, a man named Abdul Kayum brought...

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Second Phase of Security Transition Starts from Northern Province

Image by The U.S. Army via FlickrAfghan government started the second phase of security transition on Thursday from northern Parwan province, officials said. Afghan troops, in a ceremony today, took security responsibility of Parwan. Afghan officials, US ambassador Ryan Crocker, US General John Allen, commander of foreign troops in Afghanistan and tribal leaders attended...

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Combined Forces locate drug cache in Panjwa’i

Image by JIEDDO via FlickrKANDAHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan (November 30, 2011) –  The Afghan National Civil Order Police and Afghan National Police, combat advised by coalition Special Operations Forces (SOF), conducted a joint security operation in Panjwa’i district, Nov. 25-27.            During the operation,...

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8 Pakistani citizens kidnapped in Logar province

Thursday, December 01, 2011 –  Local security officials in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday said, Eight Pakistani workers have been kidnapped in an area troubled by the Taliban near the Afghan capital Kabul. Mohammad Jan Abid Chief of the fight against crime department in provincial security commandment for Logar province said, the detained Pakistanis included 2...

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Explosion kills at least 10 Iraqi town of Khalis

 Thursday, December 01, 2011 – According to Iraqi security officials, a car bomb exploded in a street market in the Iraqi town of Khalis on Thursday, killing 10 people and wounding 25. Major Ali al-Temimi of the Khalis police said, “according to the witnesses, there was a parked civilian car bomb in the street market and it blew up and led to the deaths of 10 people.”Meanwhile, A...

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Yemeni Forces Shell City of Taiz, 5 Killed

 SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni government forces shelled the city of Taiz overnight, killing at least five civilians, medics said, while politicians raced to implement a Gulf-brokered plan that eased former President Ali Abdullah Saleh out of office last week. Saleh finally gave in to international pressure and 10 months of protests against him, handing power over to his deputy to end 33 years of rule, during which he enmeshed family, friends and allies in the nation's economy and military. The plan's sponsors hope it will halt...

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Somali Pirates Release Singaporean Tanker, Keep 4 Hostages

Image via WikipediaSomali pirates have released a Singapore-owned hijacked chemical tanker, but continue to hold four South Korean sailors as hostages. The Singapore-based firm Glory Ship Management, which owns the ship, said Thursday that the pirates had promised to release all 25 crew members, but instead took the remaining four “ashore at the last moment.” The company...

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Oliver North, US Troops Veterans Day Video

this video is posted by Omega on Apacheclips so now i'm sharing this great speech here too.... This video tribute on the front lines is the story of true patriots, told by Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North at the NRA Annual Meetings in 2009. It's a stirring profile of the spirited, courageous guardians of our precious freedoms. America's best ... absolutely actual today.... over...

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12 Insurgents Renounce Violence in Balkh

Image via Wikipedia - districts of BalkhA 12-member insurgent group laid down its weapons and surrendered to Afghan forces in northern Balkh province on Wednesday, local officials said. Now that these men have joined the peace process, security will be improving in Balkh province, officials added. Local officials said the armed insurgents under Sardar Mohammad handed...

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Russia may block NATO supply routes over missile shield dispute

Image via WikipediaRussia has threatened that it might not allow NATO to use its territory for supplying troops in Afghanistan if the alliance does not seriously consider its objections to a US-led missile shield for Europe, Russia's ambassador to NATO has confirmed. If NATO doesn't give a serious response, "we have to address matters in relations in other areas," The...

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Bomb targets official in Pakistan's Peshawar: police

Photographers stand overhead as a police official surveys the site of a bomb explosion which struck the walls of the district coordination officer building in Peshawar on December 1, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Fayaz Aziz By Jibran AhmadPESHAWAR, Pakistan | Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:54pm EST  ...

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Anti-Taliban leader killed in Pakistan car bombing

Pakistan News: Islamabad, Nov 30 (IANS) Hashim Khan, an anti-Taliban tribal leader in northwest Pakistan, was killed Wednesday when a bomb hidden in his car detonated, CNN reported. Two of Khan's colleagues travelling with him were injured, said police official Abdul Rashid. The explosion took place around 1 p.m. in Hangu city in Orakzai agency, a tribal region known to be a hotbed of militancy. CNN said Khan was an influential tribal elder who led a local resistance against the Taliban and its many factions. No one has taken...

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Jihadists announce deaths of 21 Turks linked to the Haqqani Network

Image via Wikipediaa report from Bill Roggio at LWJ just added some wikipedia and maps links A jihadist media outlet that supports Turkish terrorists fighting along the Afghan-Pakistan border said that 21 of its fighters were killed in a US airstrike in Afghanistan, while another fighter was killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan, Pakistan. All of the Turkish...

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ANP and ANA discover four IEDs and 100 kg of homemade explosives

ZABUL PROVINCE, Afghanistan (November 30, 2011) –  The Afghan National Police (ANP) and Afghan National Army (ANA) discovered four pressure-plate Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and homemade explosives near the Yosef Kheyl village, Nawbahar district, Nov. 26.            The ANP and ANA were conducting...

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Dec. 01., 2011. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 1, 2011) — While on patrol in Sharan district, Paktika province, a combined Afghan and coalition security force encountered two armed suspected insurgents displaying hostile intent, yesterday. Assessing an immediate threat, the security force fired, killing the individuals. When the force moved in closer, they discovered the insurgents...

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