Algerian security forces identify 28 potential suicide bombers

Image via Wikipedia ALGIERS, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Algerian counterterrorism services have set up a new list of 28 potential suicide bombers, including three Libyan militants, local Echorouk newspaper reported Tuesday.The newspaper quoted a security source as saying that the list identifies 28 militants, bringing the number of potential suicide bombers in the North African...

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Military members honor American freedom while deployed

U.S. Army Capt. John Stehulak (left), Optometry Clinic optometrist, and Staff Sgt. Joseph Hagan, Optometry Clinic Detachment sergeant, stand in front of their creation of a snow version of the Statue of Liberty on Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 20, 2012. Stehulak and Hagan are attached to the 124th Medical Detachment based out of Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Photo by...

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Angry Afghans protest Quran disposal at US base

Riot police head to the front gate of Bagram - photo: Ksieff Hundreds of Afghans staged angry protests at two sites in and around the capital Kabul, incensed by reports that NATO troops had set fire to copies of the Quran. Protesters shouting "Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar" (God is great) besieged the US-run airbase in Bagram on Tuesday, firing slingshots and petrol bombs. Guards...

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Militants kill 4 civilians on spying charges in S. Afghanistan

Image via Wikipedia LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Taliban militants killed four civilians for allegedly spying for the government in southern Afghan province of Helmand, a spokesman for provincial government said on Tuesday."Four innocent civilians were beheaded by militants in Washer district on Sunday night," Daud Ahmadi told Xinhua.He said the victims...

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Feb.21., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Feb. 21) – An Afghan Provincial Response Company, partnered with coalition forces, detained two criminals during an operation in Baad Pukh district, Laghman province, Sunday. One detainee was tried and convicted in an Afghan court of law for multiple crimes against Afghan people in Laghman province. The crimes included theft of grain and weapons,...

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30 Insurgents Surrender to Afghan Authorities

Insurgents in Kandahar and Herat on Monday laid down their weapons and agreed to support the Afghan government.Ten insurgents laid down their weapons and surrendered to authorities in southern Kandahar province, local officials said.The men were active in the Panjwaye district of Kandahar and organised anti-government activities there, provincial spokesman Zulmai Ayoubi...

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