One dead, five wounded in S. Philippines grenade blast

Map of the Philippines with Zamboanga Sibugay highlighted (Photo credit: Wikipedia) COTABATO, Philippines, May 24 (Xinhua) -- A grenade attack staged by an unknown man on Wednesday night left one dead and five others wounded in the restive southern Philippines, local police said on Thursday. Senior Supt. Ruben Cariaga, police commander of Southern Philippine province of...

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2 Afghan police killed following suicide blast in Helmand

According to local authorities in southern Helmand province at least 2 Afghan national police forces were killed following a suicide bomb blast in this province.Provincial security chief spokesman Farid Farhang confirming the report said the incident took place around 10 am local time at Musa Qala district.Mr. Farhang further added the incident took place after a suicide...

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4 militants blown up by own explosives

Sangcharak District in Sar-e Pol Province. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) SAR-I-PUL CITY (PAN): Four mine planters were killed after the explosives they were trying to plant went off prematurely in the Kohistanat district of northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Thursday. The four were killed in the Kala Khana area of the district on Wednesday night, police spokesman...

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17 Taliban rebels killed, 54 detained in Afghan raids

KABUL, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Up to 17 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 54 others detained as Afghan forces and NATO-led coalition troops launched military operations in different provinces within the past 24 hours, the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Thursday. "Afghan police, army and international coalition forces launched nine cleanup operations in nine provinces,...

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5 killed, 29 injured in attacks in Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 23 (Xinhua) -- A total of five people were killed, including three Lebanese Shiite pilgrims, and 29 others injured in separate gunfire and bomb attacks in eastern and central Iraq on Wednesday, the police said.The deadliest attack occurred in Iraq's western province of Anbar when a roadside bomb struck a bus carrying Lebanese Shiite pilgrims in the provincial...

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US drones kill 10 in Mir Ali strike

By Bill Roggio - May 24, 2012 - LWJ The US launched another drone airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. The strike is the second in two days. The unmanned Predators or the more heavily armed Reapers fired a pair of missiles at a compound in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan in the middle...

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8 Yemeni soldiers, 25 al-Qaida militants killed in Abyan

ADEN, Yemen, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Clashes broke out outside the al-Qaida stronghold of Abyan in Yemen's southern regions on Wednesday, leaving about eight government soldiers and 25 terrorists killed, a military official said.The armed forces were advancing inside Zinjibar, Abyan's provincial capital, which has been under siege for about two weeks, and met with strong resistance...

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May 24., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – In Kajaki district, Helmand province, an Afghan and coalition security force conducted a security operation Monday. As a result of the operation, the Afghan and coalition security force discovered several narcotics production facilities and destroyed 1,410 kilograms (3,102 pounds) of poppy seed, 220 kilograms (484 pounds) of wet opium, 10 kilograms...

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May 23., 2012. - RC-East Operational Update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed six insurgents and detained 12 during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, May 23. Logar province Afghan National Army soldiers and coalition forces killed six insurgents during a small arms engagement in Pul-E Alam district. An assortment of small arms and a radio communication device...

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