Bomb wounds French U.N. peacekeepers in South Lebanon

( Mohammed Zaatari / Associated Press ) - United Nations and emergency personnel gatherat the site of a roadside bomb attack on a U.N. peacekeepers’ vehicle in Bourj al-Shamali,near the port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. (Reuters) - A roadside bomb wounded five French peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Friday, in the third attack this year on United Nations...

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Mosque suicide attack kills six in Afghanistan

ASADABAD: A suicide bomber on Friday attacked a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least six people including a district police chief, a government official said. The attack happened as worshippers were leaving the mosque after the main Friday prayers in the Qazi Abad area of the eastern province of Kunar, which borders Pakistan, said provincial governor Fazullulah...

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Afghan police find huge opium stash in Helmand (+video)

The wet opium and weapons discovered at an address in Gereshk, in the northern part of Nahr-e Saraj district in Helmand province [Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2011] Afghan police mentored by British troops have discovered an opium stash worth millions of pounds, along with insurgent weapons, during an arrest operation in Helmand province. Afghan National Security Forces...

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Dec. 09., 2011. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 9) — In Shah Joy district, Zabul province, a combined Afghan and coalition security force discovered a drug cache and a marijuana field during a patrol yesterday.Officials were unable to determine the weight of the marijuana growing in the field; however, the estimate of the size of the field was about one half acre. The cache find yielded 440...

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Terror Mastermind Killed in IAF Air Strike

At least two Palestinian Authority Arab terrorists are dead in Gaza following a targeted, surgical air strike on a vehicle by fighter pilots of the Israeli Air Force. One of the two dead was a senior operative who had coordinated numerous attacks against Israeli civilians. Both were members of a terrorist cell belonging to the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades organization, according to the IDF, who added the cell had been planning to infiltrate Israel's border to carry out another attack. A Gaza Health Ministry official was quoted by...

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Jund al Khilafah confirms 5 members killed in Kazakhstan clash

Jund al Khilafah, or Soldiers of the Caliphate, a Kazakh terror group based in eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan's tribal areas, confirmed that five of its fighters were killed during a clash with police in southern Kazakhstan on Dec. 3. From the statement released by the group, which has been translated by the SITE Intelligence Group: On Saturday, the third of December ... the apostate forces of the Nazarbayev regime attacked a headquarters where five of the lions of the al Zahir Baibars Battalion were gathered from Jund al Khilafah, may Allah...

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29 NATO supply trucks torched in Quetta

QUETTA: Up to 29 trucks were set ablaze after a rocket attack Thursday on a NATO trucking terminal in Quetta, officials said. Pakistani police say as many as 20 trucks were ablaze after a rocket attack on a NATO trucking terminal in the southwestern city of Quetta in Baluchistan Province. Senior police official Malik Arshad said unknown gunmen fired bullets and a rocket...

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Iran Shows Off Captured U.S. Drone, Swears It’s No Fake (+video)

China and Russia are apparently chomping at the bit to get a look at the American spy drone that went down over Iran. But if Iranian officials are to be believed, all they have to do is fire up YouTube to get a glimpse. On Thursday, an Iranian news site quoted military sources as saying that Russia and China have already asked Iran to view the remains of an American RQ-170...

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Dec. 08., 2011. - ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan — A combined Afghan and coalition security force called for a precision air strike, Dec. 7, in Pech District, Kunar province, killing Taliban leader Ahmed Shah. Prior to his death, Ahmed Shah planned attacks against Afghan government officials and security forces. He recently constructed a plan to increase attacks in Pech district, and provided a safe...

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