3 policemen killed, 3 injured in twin bomb attacks in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- A total of three policemen were killed and three others injured Sunday in two successive roadside bomb attacks in Iraq's central province of Babil, a local police source said. The attack occurred in the morning when a roadside bomb was detonated near a police patrol in the town of Jurf al-Sakhr, some 50 km south of Baghdad, killing three policemen,...

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Yemen's al-Qaida releases kidnapped Saudi diplomat

ADEN, Yemen, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Yemen-based al-Qaida branch released on Saturday night a Saudi diplomat they had held hostage for more than four months in the country's restive south, a government official said Sunday. "The abducted Saudi diplomat has been released and is now in with tribal mediators... maybe he will travel home in a few hours, " the local government...

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Aug. 12., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (August 11) – An Afghan and coalition security force detained three suspected insurgents during an operation to arrest an al-Qaida associated insurgent who is responsible for planning attacks against Afghan and coalition forces in Gelan district, Ghazni province, today. The al-Qaida associated insurgent also coordinates the movement of al-Qaida terrorists...

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Aug. 12., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed four insurgents, detained three and cleared five improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Aug. 11. Khowst province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared three IEDs, two in Terezayi district and one in Khowst district. Afghan...

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Nigeria security forces raid bomb factory in Kano

KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian security forces discovered a bomb-making factory on Saturday in Kano, a northern city that has been plagued by an Islamist insurgency, the secret service said. Boko Haram, a group styled on the Taliban, is waging an insurgency against President Goodluck Jonathan's government with the avowed aim of carving an Islamic state out of Nigeria,...

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40 Armed Taliban Killed, 3 Wounded and 30 Arrested by ANP (Aug.12.0212.)

Publish Date: Aug 12, 2012 40 Armed Taliban Killed, Three Wounded and 30 Arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched seven joint clearance operations in Kunar, Laghman, Takhar, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Logar and Ghazni provinces.   ...

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District chief killed following blast in Laghman province

Districts of Laghman. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) An heavy explosion rocked easter Laghman province of Afghanistan on Sunday morning. The incident took place at Alisheng area. Local authorities confirmed the report however they did not disclose further information regarding the exact number of casualties as a result of the incident. In the meantime reports suggest district...

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R.I.P. - Master Sgt. Gregory R. Trent

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Master Sgt. Gregory R. Trent, 38, of Norton, Mass., died Aug. 8 in Bethesda, Md., from wounds suffered...

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