Pirates raid ship in Nigeria, abduct two crew

LAGOS, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- Suspected pirates have attacked and robbed a cargo vessel at a Nigerian port, a spokesperson for the International Maritime Bureau said on Wednesday. Eight pirates armed with machine guns fired at a Curacao-flagged vessel anchored at southeast Nigeria's port Harcourt before boarding the ship Tuesday night, Micheal Howlet told Xinhua, adding...

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India Arrests Two Suspected Terrorists

Image via Wikipedia Indian officials say they have detained two men who were planning to carry out attacks in New Delhi. Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told reporters Wednesday that the men were affiliated with the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba.  "Our agencies, working together with police forces of three states, have busted an important...

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6 Taliban militants killed in eastern Nangarhar province

According to local authorities in eastern Nangarhar province, at least 6 Taliban militants were killed following armed clahes with the international coalition security forces in this province. The officials further added, the Taliban militants were killed in Khogyani district of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday night. Provincial governor spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdulzai...

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At Least 20 Injured In Afghan Attacks

KABUL -- At least 20 people have been reported injured in two explosions in Afghanistan -- one targeting a supply convoy for NATO-led forces, and the second targeting a bank in the northeast. The Interior Ministry said a suicide car bombing on February 29 targeted nonmilitary vehicles of a NATO provincial reconstruction team in Lashkar Gah, the capital of southern...

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Danish Navy rescues 16 hostages from pirates, 2 more captives killed

Danish navy Absalon (L16) with a Westland Lynx. - Image via Wikipedia The Danish Navy said on Tuesday it had freed 16 hostages held by pirates off the Somali coast the previous day, but that two more captives were killed in the rescue operation. During a rescue operation by the Danish navy, two people that were being held hostage by alleged Somali pirates were killed....

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Nigeria's Boko Haram sect razes another school

MAIDUGURI, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The militant Boko Haram sect responsible for the bombings in northern Nigeria on Tuesday razed the Gomari Costain Primary School in Borno State. The sect was linked to the razing of the Maiduguri Experimental School, a private institution in the state capital, on Monday. Pupils of the Gomari Costain Primary School woke up on Tuesday to discover...

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IED explosion kill Taliban leader and fighters in Helmand

A local Taliban commander was killed along with his three fighters in southern Helmand province, Afghan interior ministry said on Tuesday. According to a press release issued by the interior affairs ministry, the Taliban commander was killed along with his three fighters while he was planting improvised explosive device. The source further added, the incident took...

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Serving Our Troops - 2012 - St.Paul to Kuwait - videos

Serving Our Troops is embarking on their 9th project and largest since 2004, "Saint Paul to Kuwait," is happening now, February 25th, 2012, in both Kuwait and St. Paul, Minnesota. With more than 2,700 Minnesota National Guard soldiers from the 34th Red Bull Infantry representing over 500 Minnesota communities currently serving in Kuwait, Serving Our Troops and...

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7 Civilians Killed in Helmand Blast

At least seven civilians were killed on Monday in a blast in the southern Helmand province, local officials said on Tuesday. A provincial spokesman, Dawood Ahmadi, told TOLOnews that "seven civilians were killed when a blast occurred yesterday in Nawzad district of Helmand." Four women and three children are among the victims and the explosion took place in a house...

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18 killed as gunmen open fire on bus in Kohistan, Pakistan

At least 18 people have been killed after gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus in a northern Pakistan village in an apparently sectarian attack, police officials say. The incident occurred on Tuesday in the remote mountainous village of Harban Nala in Kohistan district, about 200km north of the capital Islamabad, as the bus was carrying at least 25 passengers from Rawalpindi...

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R.I.P. - Staff Sgt. Ahmed K. Altaie -- last missing soldier in Iraq

DOD Identifies Army Casualty              The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.        On Feb. 25, the armed forces medical examiner at the Dover Port Mortuary in Dover, Del., positively identified the remains...

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5 killed, 15 injured in Nowshera blast after ANP rally

NOWSHERA: A blast hit the site where Awami National Party (ANP) was holding a public rally that killed five persons and injured 15 others, including four policemen, our sources reported Monday. The bomb went off soon after chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Amir Haider Hoti, and other ministers in his provincial cabinet had left the meeting in the town...

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R.I.P. - Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II

DOD Identifies Army Casualty               The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.                Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II, 48, of Baltimore, Md., died Feb. 25,...

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24 armed militants join peace process in Baghlan province

Around 24 armed insurgents in northern Baghlan province surrendered to Afghan government and joined the Afghan peace process. The militants group under the commandment of Mawlai Jalaluddin, were actively plotting and carrying out insurgency activities during the past 3 years at Tala Barfak district of northern Baghlan province. The militants also handed over 19 different...

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Three killed in bomb explosion in Nepali capital

KATHMANDU, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- At least three people were killed after a powerful petrol bomb exploded in the Nepali capital Kathmandu Monday afternoon, police said. Two of them died on the spot while the third died at a local hospital. More than six people were injured and five of them were said to be in very critical condition at Bir Hospital in the capital. The three...

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HMS Somerset welcomed home from counter-piracy mission

A Military Operations news article 27 Feb 12 More than 600 joyous family members and friends greeted their loved ones on the jetty at HM Naval Base Devonport in Plymouth on Friday when HMS Somerset returned from a six-month counter-piracy mission. HMS Somerset sails past Plymouth Hoe [Picture: LA(Phot) Joel Rouse, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012] Throughout...

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Senior Taliban commander killed in Ghazni province

According to local authorities in eastern Ghazni province, a senior Taliban commander was killed following a military operation by Afghan National Police forces in this province. The officials further added, the Taliban commander was killed on Sunday evening at the eastern outskirts of Ghazni city. Provincial Police Chief for eastern Ghazni province Zarawar Zahid said,...

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Feb.27., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – Several insurgents were captured by an Afghan Provincial Response Company working with coalition forces during execution of a search warrant in Bala Boluk district, Farah province, Saturday, Feb. 25. All of the detained insurgents were directly tied to IED and complex attacks against Afghan and coalition forces, as well as crimes against local...

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9 Killed in Jalalabad Suicide Attack (+video)

At least nine civilians were killed and 21 others were wounded in a suicide bomb attack in eastern Jalalabad city of Nangarhar province on Monday, a local official said. The incident took place just before 9:00 am local time when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the gates of Jalalabad airport, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, a provincial spokesman, told TOLOnews. Two...

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Nine killed in fresh sectarian fight in northwest Yemen

Image via Wikipedia SANAA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least nine gunmen were killed Sunday in clashes between Shiite rebels and Sunni fundamentalists in Yemen's northwestern province of Hajja, a security official said, underscoring severe sectarian tension laying before the country's newly-elected president. "Seven Sunni armed tribesmen and two Shiite rebels were killed early...

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F-35 Local Area Flights Could Start This Week

Image via Wikipedia By DAVE MAJUMDAR - DefenseNews F-35A Lightning II local area flights might start as early as this week at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Fla., an Air Force source said. Such flights would commence once the Air Force issues a military flight release (MFR). The Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center at Ohio’s Wright-Patterson Air Force Base might issue such...

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R.I.P. - Lt. Col. John D. Loftis

DOD Identifies Air Force Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.            Lt. Col. John D. Loftis, 44, of Paducah, Ky., died Feb. 25 from wounds received during an attack at the Interior Ministry, Kabul, Afghanistan....

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Blast kills four, wounds nine in Iraqi market

Image via Wikipedia BAGHDAD, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- An explosion ripped through a shop at a popular market in eastern Iraq Sunday evening, leaving four dead and nine injured, a local police source said. The blast, believed to be caused by a bomb, destroyed the shop and levelled two adjacent shops in a town located in Diyala province, the source told Xinhua on condition...

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Six militants killed in Khyber Agency, Pakistan

PESHAWAR: Six militants were killed and numerous of their hideouts were destroyed in an aerial operation in Bara subdivision of Khyber Agency on Sunday, confirmed officials. After a week of turmoil in Khyber Agency in which three security officials were killed, three others injured and numerous clashes took place between the local peace committee and the militants,...

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