Bedouins free kidnapped U.S. tourists in Egypt: security

Egyptian Bedouin tribesmen on Monday released two U.S. tourists who had been held in captivity for three days in the Sinai Peninsula, a senior security official told AFP.“The two have been released after successful negotiations with the Bedouins and they are now in the North Sinai security headquarters,” the official said.The negotiations were being mediated by Bedouin...

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Taliban suicide assault team strikes police station in Bannu

By Bill Roggio - July 16, 2012 - LWJ The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed credit for today's suicide assault on a police station in the northwestern district of Bannu. A five-man team of "Fedayeen," or "Martyrdom seekers," attacked the police station this morning in Bannu, a district that borders the Taliban-controlled...

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Suicide car bomb hits Mogadishu, kills attacker, wounds 6

MOGADISHU, July 16 (Xinhua) -- A suicide car bomb explosion hit the center of Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday, killing the bomber and wounding six others, police said. "A vehicle parked near a hotel Bin Ali in Hamarweyne district exploded, killing what we think the attacker and wounding six civilians. But the target of the attack was not immediately clear, " police officer...

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3 armed insurgents killed and 10 others arrested by ANP (Jul.16.2012.)

Publish Date: Jul 16, 2012 Three armed insurgents killed and 10 others arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched nine joint clearance operations in Kabul, Nangarhar, Laghman, Faryab, Zabul, Maidan Wardak, Logar, Ghazni...

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July 16., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force conducted a security operation in Maidan Shahr district, Wardak province, Saturday. Afghan and coalition security forces confirmed today that both Qari Ziauddin, a senior Taliban leader, and Tor Gul, a weapons smuggler, were killed along with several other insurgents during the operation. The operation also...

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6 insurgents killed, 6 detained in Wardak

KABUL (PAN): Six insurgents were killed and as many others injured during a security operation in Maidan Shahr city, the capital of central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Monday. The operation was conducted by the Afghan security forces in Kashmira Qala, Charki, Mulakhel, Ghonda Khel and Deh Afghanan areas on Sunday night, the governor's spokesman Shahidullah...

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Somalia: Kenyan Fighter Jets Target Al Shabaab in Southern Somalia

Kismayo, Somalia — For the second time Kenyan fighter jets have targeted districts in southern Somalia, Radio Garowe reports. Howsingo districts in the Lower Jubba region were targeted in the air strikes by Kenyan fighter jets on Sunday. Unconfirmed reports said that the air strikes successfully destroyed a training camp in the Howsingo district and killed over 18 Al Shabaab...

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July 15., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed two insurgents, detained two and cleared 14 improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, July 15. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared seven IEDs four in Giro district, one in Ghazni district, one in ...

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22 armed insurgents killed and wounded by ANP (Jul.15.2012.)

Publish Date: Jul 15, 2012 22 armed insurgents killed and wounded by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched 10 joint clearance operations in Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunduz, Uruzgan, Maidan Wardak, Ghazni, Herat and Helmand...

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Private security guards among 8 killed in Herat

Karokh District (in green) on Herat province map (Photo credit: Wikipedia) HERAT CITY/JALALABAD (PAN): Two guards of a private security company were killed and as many injured during a roadside bombing in Karokh district of western Herat province, an official said.Ghulam Farooq Rustavi, the town's administrative head, said the explosion took place in Aab Khoban area, where...

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