2 Iraqi soldiers, 2 others killed in attacks in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Two Iraqi soldiers and two other people were killed in separate attacks in and near the restive capital city of Baghdad on Friday, said the police.A police officer, on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua that two soldiers were killed and two others wounded when a road side bomb hit their patrol in Mushahda area, some 20 km north of Baghdad.Unidentified...

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Yemeni air strikes kill two al-Qaida militants in south

map by Evan Centanni(www.polgeonow.com) ADEN, Yemen, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Two Yemeni airstrikes hit a gathering of al-Qaida militants in the troubled southern province of Abyan on Thursday, killing two insurgents, a security official told Xinhua. Fighter jets of the Yemeni air forces pounded a gathering of the al-Qaida militants on the eastern outskirts of Mahfad town...

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2 dead in Kandahar bike blast

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): A child and a policeman were killed when a bomb-rigged motorbike went off in the southern city of Kandahar late on Thursday, an official said.The explosives-packed bike had been parked on a road in the Brekhnakot area in the jurisdiction of the first police district, the governor’s spokesman said.Javed Faisal said another two children and a policeman...

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5 family members killed following blast in southern Afghanistan

According to local authorities in southern Uruzgan province of Afghanista, at least 5 members of a family were killed following a roadside bomb blast in this province. Provincial governor spokesman Abdullah Hemat confirming the report said the incident took place on Thursday afternoon in Herawod district. Mr. Hemat further added the deceased civilians including two women,...

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Sep. 21., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition security forces arrested the Taliban leader believed to be behind the Nov. 10, 2011, suicide attack in Tsamkani district, Paktiya province, killing a few Afghan police officers, during a security operation in Sayyid Karam district, Pakitya province, today. Furthermore, the security forces arrested a Haqqani leader and suspected ...

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Sep. 21., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces detained six insurgents, located two weapons caches and cleared eight improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Sept. 20. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces discovered a weapons cache in Ghazni district. The cache contained homemade...

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Suicide bombers kill 15 in Somali capital

(Reuters) - Two suicide bombers walked into a restaurant in central Mogadishu and killed at least 15 people on Thursday, police said, highlighting the security challenges facing the country's new president. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. However, suspicions will fall on the Islamist militant group al Shabaab which has carried out a campaign of suicide bombings...

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Nigeria: JTF Kills Suspected Terrorists' Commanders in Maiduguri

The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order said on Thursday that it had shot dead two suspected commanders of the Boko Haram terrorists group in Maiduguri. JTF spokesman Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa said in a statement in Maiduguri that the suspects were top commanders of the group in-charge of Yobe and Adamawa. "Two suspected Boko Haram top terrorists commanders were...

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Al Shabaab Rebels Pour Back Into Kismayu

Hundreds of Somali al Shabaab militants poured into the southern port city of Kismayu on Wednesday raising fears of a bloody showdown with African Union soliders for control of the rebels' last bastion, residents said. The al Qaeda-linked insurgents drove convoys of machinegun-mounted pickup trucks into the city and set about building defences, witnesses said. Somalia...

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