Wave of bomb attacks in Iraq kill 32, injure over 100

BAGHDAD, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- A new wave of bomb attacks, including 10 car bombings, targeted both Iraqi security forces and civilians across the country on Monday, killing a total of 32 people and wounding more than 100 others.Such deadly attacks are seen as apparent attempts by insurgent groups to stir up sectarian strife among Iraqis to push the country to the brink of...

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Military intelligence officer shot dead in southeast Yemen

map by Evan Centanni (www.polgeonow.com) ADEN, Yemen, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Unidentified gunmen shot dead an intelligence officer in Yemen's southeastern province of Hadramout on Monday, a government official told Xinhua.The masked assailants, who were on a motorcycle, shot and killed Shaker Bani, an inspector in the military intelligence agency in Bawazir neighborhood in...

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Landmine blast kill 10 Afghan girls in Nangarhar province

According to local authorities in eastern Nangahar province of Afghanistan, at least 10 Afghan kids were killed and two others were injured following a blast in Chaparhar district in this province.Provincial governor spokesman Ahmad zia Abdulzai confirming the report said the incident took place early Monady morning in Karnaw area, killing 10 Afghan girls and injuring two...

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Taliban say suicide bomber targeted US company in Kabul

Afghanistan's Taliban movement claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Kabul on Monday which targeted a U.S. contracting company and killed two Afghan civilians, underscoring security challenges ahead of a NATO pullout.Hours earlier, a blast in eastern Afghanistan killed 10 Afghan girls, between nine and 11 years old, as they collected firewood.The Taliban and its...

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Dec. 17., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader in Nad ‘Ali district, Helmand province, today. The leader emplaced improvised explosive devices and coordinated attacks against Afghan and coalition forces throughout Nad ‘Ali district. During the operation the security force also detained one suspected insurgent. In other International...

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Dec. 17., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed two insurgents, detained one, located one weapons cache and cleared three improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Dec. 16. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared one IED in Qarah Bagh district. ...

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Over a dozen killed in Jamrud bombing

ISLAMABAD (PAN): More than a dozen people were killed in a massive bomb explosion in Pakistan’s restive northwestern tribal region of Khyber near the Afghanistan border on Monday, officials said.At least 17 individuals were killed and nearly 40 others, including women and children, wounded in the blast that damaged several shops, vehicles and offices in the Jamrud sub-district,...

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Series of blasts in Iraq’s Kirkuk kill 6, wounds 30

Bombings against two Shiite places of worship in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk killed 6 people Sunday, while an attack on a Kurdish political office left two dead, police and doctors said.Three roadside bombs exploded near a Shi'ite mosque in the city, and a car bomb and a roadside bomb detonated near a Kirkuk television channel, according to police officials.Omar Sideeq,...

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

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban facilitator during an operation in Jalalabad district, Nangarhar province Dec. 16. The facilitator provided direct support to the insurgents who conducted the Dec. 2 attack on Jalalabad Airfield. In other International Security Assistance Force news throughout Afghanistan: South An Afghan...

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R.I.P. - Sgt. 1st Class Kevin E. Lipari

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Sgt. 1st Class Kevin E. Lipari, 39, of Baldwin, N.Y., died Dec. 14 in Logar province, Afghanistan....

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R.I.P. - Staff Sgt. Nicholas J. Reid

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Staff Sgt. Nicholas J. Reid, 26, of Rochester, N.Y., died Dec. 13 in Landstuhl, Germany from wounds...

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R.I.P. - Sgt. Michael J. Guillory

DOD Identifies Marine Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Sgt. Michael J. Guillory, 28, of Pearl River, La., died Dec. 14 while conducting combat operations...

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R.I.P. - Staff Sgt. Nelson D. Trent

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Staff Sgt. Nelson D. Trent, 37, of Austin, Texas, died Dec. 13 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, when enemy...

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