R.I.P. - Capt. Michael C. Braden

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.              Capt. Michael C. Braden, 31, of Lock Haven, Pa., died April 18 in Bagram, Afghanistan. ...

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Yemen says air raids, army kill 27 militants in south

Aden, Yemen (Reuters) - The Yemeni air force killed nine suspected militants in two air raids in southern Yemen's restive Abyan province on Friday, a local official said, a day after the army said it killed 18 insurgents in a counter-offensive in the same area.More than 200 people have been killed since government forces stepped up their attacks on al Qaeda-linked militants...

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Three U.S. service members, three civilians die in Mali vehicle accident

Three U.S. Military Service Members Killed in Auto Accident STUTTGART, Germany, Apr 20, 2012 — Three U.S. military members and three civilians died in a vehicle accident in Bamako, Mali today. The U.S. military members were in Mali as part of an on-going engagement prior to the unrest that occurred in Mali on March 21. Though U.S. military engagement has been...

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Wanted Pakistani man surfaces in video

Adnan Rashid, one of Pakistan's most-wanted persons, has made a brazen appearance on a Pakistani Taliban video days after escaping a northwestern Pakistan prison. Rashid, one of the orchestrators of a plot to assassinate Pervez Musharraf, the former Pakistani president, was freed eight years and four months into a death sentence when armed men associated with the Pakistani...

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NATO Helicopter Crashes in Southern Afghanistan

Helmand Province. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) UPDATE:  ISAF Joint Command release: KABUL, Afghanistan – Four International Security Assistance Force service members died following a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan yesterday. It is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities. --- DoD release: Four...

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Recording the stories of British troops in Afghanistan

16 April 2012 by britisharmy Corporal Georgina Coupe Corporal Georgina Coupe is the video camerawoman for the British Army’s Combat Camera Team (CCT) based in Afghanistan throughout summer 2012 as part of 12th Mechanized Brigade. The current CCT includes me Corporal Georgina Coupe, camerawoman, Sergeant Andy Reddy, photographer, and our team leader Captain Will...

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R.I.P. - Sapper Connor Ray

Sapper Connor Ray dies from wounds sustained in Afghanistan A Military Operations news article 19 Apr 12 It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Sapper Connor Ray, from 33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), died in hospital in Birmingham on 18 April 2012 from wounds sustained in Afghanistan. ...

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DOD Identifies Unit for Upcoming Afghanistan Rotation

Unit Creat for 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division "Raiders" (Photo credit: Wikipedia) DOD Identifies Unit for Upcoming Afghanistan Rotation            The Department of Defense announced today one Army brigade combat team to deploy as part of the upcoming rotation of forces operating in Afghanistan.  The...

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Taliban release photos, videos of Kabul suicide teams

By Bill Roggio - April 19, 2012 - LWJ Photographs of the suicide assault teams that struck in Kabul, Paktia, Logar, and Nangarhar on April 15, 2012. Photos from Voice of Jihad. The Afghan Taliban have released photos and videos of members of the suicide assault teams that attacked Kabul and the provincial capitals...

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10 armed militants killed in southern Helmand province

Local security officials in southern Helmand province on Thursday announced at least 10 militants were killed following military operations by Afghan national army soldiers. According to a statement released by 215 Maiwand Afghan National Army Brigade media office the militants were killed following a joint military operation by Afghan national army and Afghan national...

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Yemen army kills 13 Islamists in south

Yemen(Reuters) - At least 13 Islamist fighters linked to al Qaeda were killed in clashes with Yemen's army in the impoverished country's south on Thursday, the government and militants said.Yemen has launched an offensive against Islamist insurgents in the territory who have taken advantage of the chaos surrounding more than a year of mass protests and fighting that unseated...

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Deadly attacks hit 6 Iraqi provinces, 43 killed

BAGHDAD, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Deadly attacks struck six Iraqi provinces on Thursday, killing at least 43 people and wounding some 155, in what appeared to be an attempt by insurgent groups to destabilize the country and undermine confidence in the Iraqi government. In the capital Baghdad, one of the deadliest attack occurred in the morning in the northern neighborhood of...

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Afghan police kill 25 militants

KABUL, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police backed by national army and the NATO-led forces have killed 25 Taliban militants and wounded nine other over the past 24 hours, Interior Ministry said in a statement released here on Thursday. "During the past 24 hours, Afghan Police backed by National Army and the NATO-led Coalition Forces launched 15 joint clean up operations...

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