Friday, January 6, 2012

Kenya's airstrikes kill over 60 Al-Shabaab fighters

Image via Wikipedia NAIROBI, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- More than 60 Somali militants have been killed in the latest airstrikes by Kenyan troops that targeted the militia's camp near Garbahare in southern Somalia. Military spokesman Major Emmanuel Chirchir confirmed on Friday the airstrikes which took place late on Thursday also saw more than 10 technical vehicles burnt down. "Kenya...

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Afghan police open fire on colleagues in Ghor province

According to local authorities in western Afghanistan, an Afghan police service member shot dead at least two Afghan police and an Afghan civilian in western Ghor province. The officials further added, another Afghan police was also injured during the incident. Provincial deputy police chief Abdul Rashid Bashir said, the incident took place at Shahrak district. Mr. Bashir...

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US Navy rescues Iranians held hostage by pirates

A US Navy ship has rescued 13 Iranians held hostage by Somali pirates for weeks in the Arabian Sea, US military officers said Friday. The USS Kidd, a destroyer, responded to a distress call from an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel and a Navy team boarded the boat, freeing the Iranian crew and detaining 15 suspected pirates, the Fifth Fleet said in a statement. ARABIAN...

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Suicide bomb kills 26 in Syria: interior minister (+video)

The Syrian government claimed that a "suicide terrorist" killed 25 people and wounded scores more in an attack in the capital of Damascus today. The blast took place near a school in the Maidan neighborhood, killing 25 people and wounding more than 40, according to Syrian news services.  'Suicide terrorist' kills 25 in Damascus: Syrian state TV By Bill Roggio -...

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5 NATO troops, 6 kids killed in Afghan attacks

KABUL, Afghanistan — Explosives hidden in a trash heap killed six children in southern Afghanistan Friday, police said, and five NATO troops were killed in roadside bombings in the volatile region. The children were rummaging through the trash for food scraps and bottles in the southern province of Uruzgon when the blast killed them, police spokesman Farid Ayal said....

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Jan. 06., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 6) – A combined Afghan and coalition security force discovered a drug cache while conducting a routine patrol in Panjwa ‘i district, Kandahar province, yesterday. The cache consisted of approximately 2,420 pounds (1,100 kilograms) of hash and approximately 880 pounds (400 kilograms) of marijuana seeds.  Security forces destroyed all...

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Army offensive kills 20 al-Qaida militants in southern Yemen

Image via Wikipedia At least 20 al-Qaida militants were killed early Thursday when the Yemeni army forces attacked various positions of the terrorist group in the turbulent southern province of Abyan, a senior army officer said Xinhua reported Various militant positions and fortifications on the northeastern outskirts of Zinjibar city, the provincial capital of Abyan,...

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Rwandan FDLR rebels 'kill 26 in DR Congo'

At least 26 people have been killed in attacks by a Rwandan militia group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Congolese army says. It says several remote villages in South Kivu province have been targeted since the start of January. An army spokesman blamed the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) - which has a history of attacking Congolese...

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DOD Releases Defense Strategic Guidance

the links: DOD Releases Defense Strategic Guidance President Barack H. Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey released an unclassified version of the defense strategic guidance today at a Pentagon press conference. The document, entitled “Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for...

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Pakistan Taliban free 17 kidnapped youths from Bajaur

The Taliban have freed 17 young men from north-west Pakistan who they seized four months ago, officials say. About 30 youths were abducted in early September after they inadvertently strayed across the Afghan border. Several managed to escape over the past few months. At least eight more are still being held by the militants, an official in Bajaur tribal area said. The...

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Ansar al Islam names new leader

The al Qaeda-linked Ansar al Islam released a statement announcing the name of its new leader. The Iraqi terror group also announced that it would fly a new flag. In a statement released on jihadist websites yesterday, Ansar al Islam named Abu Hashim Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman al Ibrahim as its leader. The brief statemen By Thomas Joscelyn & Bill Roggio - January 5,...

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US adds Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions to list of terror groups

Today under Executive Order 13224, the US State Department added al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions (AQKB) to the list of specially designated global terrorist entities. The designation allows the US to freeze any assets owned by AQKB and prohibits others from engaging in financial transactions with the terror group. By Bill Roggio - January 5, 2012, LWJ Today under...

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British Aid Worker Kidnapped in Pakistan

Khalil Dale ( Dr. Khalil Asa Jadi Yemeni), a British aid worker employed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), was kidnapped today at gunpoint while he was driving home from his office in Quetta, Pakistan. According to witnesses, eight masked gunmen were waiting for Dale in a Toyota Land Cruiser outside of the ICRC’s office in a well-protected neighborhood,...

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Bombings targeting Shiites kill 72 across Iraq

BAGHDAD — A wave of bombings targeting Shiites in Iraq killed 72 people on Thursday, deepening sectarian tensions that exploded just after the last American troops left the country in mid-December. The coordinated attacks targeting Shiites bore the hallmarks of Sunni insurgents linked to al-Qaida, although there was no immediate claim of responsibility. By Sameer N....

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Apache strikes senior Taliban commander

Soldiers from D Company, 5th Battalion The Rifles (5 RIFLES), and their partners from the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) have been taking the fight to the insurgents in the south of the Nahr-e Saraj district for the last few weeks. In the past two months, the combined forces have pushed the insurgency out of the Babaji area of the district, helping the Afgh A...

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Pakistani Taliban execute 15 Frontier Corps troops

Image via WikipediaThe Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed credit for executing 15 paramilitary Frontier Corps who were captured two weeks ago. The naked bodies of the 15 Frontier Corps soldiers were dumped in the town of Shiwa in the Miramshah area of Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan, By Bill Roggio - January 5, 2012, LWJ The...

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