Hezbollah chief makes a rare public address in Lebanon

 Tuesday, December 06, 2011 Sheikh Hassan Nasrullah Leader of the Hezbollah Shia Muslim political movement on the occassion of Ashura on Tuesday made a rare public appearance in Beirut afer several years. He has rarely been seen in public since Hezbollah’s war with Israel in 2006, and was normally speaking to his supporters via video-linke. The 34-day conflict...

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12 militants killed in southern Helmand province

Tuesday, December 06, 2011 –  According to local authorities in southern Afghanistan, at least 12 insurgents were killed following joint military operations by Afghan and NATO-led international security assistance force in southern Helmand province. Helmand provincial governor spokesman Daud Ahmadi said, the operations were conducted by Afghan and NATO-led coalition...

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***GRAPHIC IMAGES*** of today Kabul attack

WARNING! really graphic images, just over 18! http://t.co/V2FDS5uD Releated news: http://sgt-jim.blogspot.com/2011/12/48-people-killed-in-kabul-suicide.h...

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A Game of Honor - ARMY vs. NAVY football

from BLACKFIVE:It's Not Just A Game - Army vs. Navy Showtime SpecialShowtime shows us that playing for a military academy (not to mention in a time of war) is not like playing for any other team...The Army-Navy Game is this Saturday... Go behind the scenes of the feature length documentary A Game of Honor as the cameras of CBS Sports and Showtime capture the Army Navy...

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Triple bombings rock Afghanistan

Massive bombings rocked Kabul, Kandahar and Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan Tuesday, a day after the Bonn conference that focussed on the strife-ridden nation's future. An eyewitness said more than 30 people were killed in Kabul but there was no independent confirmation of this. 'The blast, believed to be a suicide bombing, happened at a shrine in Murad Khani area (of Kabul) where hundreds of mourners were observing Ashura,' an official told Xinhua. Karam Ali, an eyewitness, said more than 30 people were killed and several were injured. An...

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48 People Killed in Kabul Suicide Attack: Officials

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a shrine in Kabul on Tuesday killing 48 people who had gathered to mourn Ashura, local officials said. More than 100 people were wounded, according to officials. The suicide attack occurred at Abul Fazl shrine near the Presidential Palace at 11.45 am, Mohammad Zahir, head of the Criminal Investigation Department of Kabul said. Eyewitnesses...

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At least 25 killed and 48 injured in Iraq bombings

Monday, December 05, 2011 – According to Iraqi security officials, at least 25 people have been killed and 48 others were injured in a series of bomb attacks in central Iraq targeting Shia pilgrims marking the festival of Ashura. The officials further added, the incident took place in the Neel area north of Hilla which lies in the south of Baghdad after a car packed...

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