R.I.P. - Captain Rupert Bowers

It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Captain Rupert William Michael Bowers was killed in Afghanistan on 21 March 2012. Captain Rupert William Michael Bowers. Picture via MOD Captain Bowers, of 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters) (2 MERCIAN), was attached to 2nd Battalion The Rifles (2 RIFLES), operating as...

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Mar.22., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – In Nad ‘Ali district, Helmand province, a coalition security force discovered a drug cache during routine operations March 22. The cache consisted of 1,300 pounds (590 kilograms) of opium. A small quantity of the opium was confiscated for examination and the remainder of the cache was destroyed. In other International Security Assistance Force...

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U.S. drone strikes al-Qaida bases in southern Yemen, 30 killed

ADEN, Yemen, March 22 (Xinhua) -- A missile strike launched by a U.S drone targeted al-Qaida bases in Yemen's war-torn southern province of Abyan on Thursday, killing at least 30 fighters of the terrorist group, officials and witnesses told Xinhua. A compound used by the al-Qaida group along with two positions in Zinjibar city, Abyan's provincial capital, were...

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Jund al Khilafah claims French shooting

By Bill Roggio - March 22, 2012 - LWJ Jund al Khilafah, or Soldiers of the Caliphate, an al Qaeda and Haqqani Network-linked terror group that is based along the Afghan-Pakistan border, claimed credit for one of the shootings attributed to Mohamed Merah, a French citizen and resident of Toulouse who was killed in a shootout by French police earlier today after a two-day-long standoff. The terror group released a statement today that was published on several jihadist web forums. A portion of the statement, translated...

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R.I.P. - Sgt. Jamie D. Jarboe

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Sgt. Jamie D. Jarboe, 27, of Frankfort, Ind., died March 21 in Topeka, Kan., from wounds suffered on April 10, 2011 in Kandahar province,...

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12 militants killed and detained in Afghan operations

According to a statement issued by the Afghan interior ministry, at least 3 armed militants were killed and injured and 10 others were detained across the country during the past 24 hours.The source further added, the militants were killed, injured and detained following joint military operations conducted by Afghan police, Afghan army, Afghan intelligence and international...

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6 PKK members killed in clashes with security forces in southeastern Turkey

Shows the location of the Şırnak province in Turkey (Photo credit: Wikipedia) ANKARA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Six members of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in clashes with security forces in Turkey's southeastern region, private Dogan news agency reported Thursday.The clashes erupted Wednesday between PKK members and security forces on Mount Cudi in...

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Al-Qaida confirms it has detained German engineer in Northern Africa

NOUAKCHOTT, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The North African wing of al- Qaida (AQMI) has confirmed that it's holding German engineer Edgar Fritz Raupach who was kidnapped in January near Kano state in Nigeria, a statement from this organization cited by the Nouakchott Information Agency as saying on Wednesday.In the statement written in Arabic, AQMI asked the German authorities to...

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Khyber Agency: Three bodies found – killed by tribal militia

LANDIKOTAL: Villagers found three bodies on Wednesday in an area in the Khyber tribal region where a tribal militia had publicly executed three men earlier this week after accusing them of being cohorts of a powerful militant commander. The bodies, bearing gunshot wounds, were discovered in the Zakhakhel bazaar area of Landi Kotal subdivision. An official of the...

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ISAF's new plan for Afghanistan

By CJ Radin - March 22, 2012 - LWJ A change in plan When the "surge" of US troops to Afghanistan was authorized in 2009, an operational plan was created also. Operations would concentrate first on suppressing the Taliban insurgency in South Afghanistan. In 2010 and 2011, the majority of US "surge" troops would be concentrated there. In 2012, after the...

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