Somalia: Mogadishu Bomb Hits AU Peacekeepers

Mogadishu — A roadside bomb was targeted a military convoy belonging to African Union peacekeeping forces in Mogadishu, causing an unconfirmed casualty, witnesses said on Saturday.The AMISOM convoy came under the attack while they were on their way to a military base in Mogadishu's northern Shibis neighborhoods.Da'ud Abdulle Ahmed, the district commissioner of Shibsi for...

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Security forces kill 4 militants in South Waziristan

Image via Wikipedia PESHAWAR: At least four militants were killed in an early morning attack on a security check post in Laddha district of South Waziristan agency on Saturday, officials said. The militants, whose exact number could not be identified, attacked a military check post in the Zangarra village of Ladha in South Waziristan. “Four militants were...

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10 killed, 5 injured in northern Nigeria overnight attacks

Image via Wikipedia KADUNA, Nigeria, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Ten people were killed and five others severely injured in three overnight attacks by gunmen in north west Nigeria's Kaduna State. A witness, Sunday Amos, who claimed to have escaped death by the whiskers told Xinhua late on Friday that the suspected gunmen numbering 20 raided three villages in Chikun local government...

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Blasts kill at least 27 in Syrian capital

DAMASCUS, March 17 (Xinhua) -- At least 27 people were killed and another 97 reported injured when two suicide bombings occurred Saturday morning in a swift succession, targeting two security agencies in the capital of Damascus, Syria's Ministry of Health said in a televised statement. The official news agency SANA said one blast took place at al- Jamarek roundabout, targeting...

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Explosion injure 3 Afghan civilians in Khost province

According to local authorities in eastern Khost province, at least 3 Afghan civilians were injured following an explosion in this province.The officials further added, the incident took place around 11:00 am local time in a shop located near the Medicins San Frontieres hospital.Provincial security chief and acting provincial police chief Mohammad Yaqoob said, the explosives...

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Faryab Raid Kills 4 Insurgents

Image via Wikipedia Four armed insurgents were killed and a civilian woman was injured during a joint Afghan and Nato forces operation in Faryab province's Shirin Tagab district on Saturday, according to Isaf. The operation was targeting an insurgent leader of the Taliban-affiliated militant group Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Isaf said in a statement released Saturday. Four...

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Mar.17., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Mar. 17) — An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation in search of an insurgent leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in Shirin Tagab district, Faryab province, today. The leader plans and conducts attacks against coalition troops throughout northern Afghanistan and is suspected in plotting an attack against a senior Afghan...

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AQI claims attacks on Haditha, Barwana

By Bill Roggio - March 16, 2012 - Threat Matrix/LWJ Al Qaeda in Iraq's political front, the Islamic State of Iraq, claimed credit for the series of recent attacks in the western cities of Haditha and Barwana in Anbar province that killed 27 Iraqi policemen. AQI called the attacks the "Invasion of Commander Jarrah al Shami," according to the SITE Intelligence...

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American terrorist feels 'life may be endangered' by Shabaab

By Bill Roggio - March 16, 2012 - LWJ An American who quickly rose through the ranks in Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, now says he fears the terror group may kill him. Omar Hammami, who is also known as Abu Mansour al Amriki ("the American"), released a short, 1:09-minute-long video in which he said he fears Shabaab may kill him due to differences with...

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Marine Killed by Afghan Soldier Last Month

Military initially listed his death as combat related. http://sgt-jim.blogspot.com/2012/02/rip-lance-cpl-edward-j-dycus.html Lance Cpl. Edward J. Dycus was shot in the back of the head while standing guard at Afghan-US Base WASHINGTON – An Afghan soldier shot to death a 22-year-old Marine at an outpost in southwestern Afghanistan last month in a previously undisclosed...

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