Car bomb kills 25 in southern Iraq - officials

Iraq map karbala (Photo credit: Wikipedia) (Reuters) - A car bomb in a busy market in the southern Iraqi city of Diwaniya killed at least 25 people and wounded 50 others on Tuesday, police and a provincial council official said, the latest in a series of sectarian attacks. Earlier in the day, two roadside bombs targeting Shi'ite pilgrims killed four people and...

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82 armed insurgents killed, 8 wounded and 4 others arrested by ANP

Publish Date: Jul 03, 2012 82 armed insurgents killed, eight wounded and four others arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched 12 joint clearance operations in Kabul, Jowzjan, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Maidan Wardak,...

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July 03., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation in Shiray Kajaki and Baghran districts, Helmand province, Saturday. During the operation, the security force discovered a number of storage compounds containing narcotics, improvised explosive device components, weapons and ammunition. The items found in those compounds included 100...

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July 02., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed 16 insurgents, detained 15 and cleared eight improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, July 2. Ghazni province Afghan Uniformed Police and coalition forces killed two insurgents during a small arms engagement in Giro district. Afghan National Security Forces...

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Australian soldier killed in Chorah Valley

An Australian Special Forces soldier has been killed as a result of a small arms engagement in the Chorah Valley, Afghanistan, yesterday afternoon (2 July 2012). http://www.defence.gov.au/defencenews/stories/2012/jul/0703.htm The soldier was shot in the chest during an engagement with insurgents while on a partnered mission with the Afghan National Security Forces...

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R.I.P. - Staff Sgt. Robert A. Massarelli, Sgt. Michael J. Strachota

DOD Identifies Army Casualties            The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.            They died June 24, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.  They were assigned to the 96th Transportation...

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