French Planes Bomb Rebel Positions in Mali

PARIS — France attacked Islamists targets in Mali for the third straight day on Sunday, bombing an key northern town held by the extremists. French fighter jets bombed the northern Malian town of Gao, even as West African troops were due to arrive to help Bamako beat back an Islamist insurgency. In a television interview, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said...

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3 soldiers killed in attack in central Iraq

TIKRIT, Iraq, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- At least three soldiers were killed by gunmen near the city of Samarra in Salahudin province which lies to the north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Sunday, a provincial police source told Xinhua. The attack occurred in the morning when gunmen opened fire and threw hand grenades at an Iraqi army checkpoint on a highway near Samarra,...

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Blast in Afghanistan kills seven civilians

Districts of Wardak. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) KABUL: An explosion killed seven Afghan villagers Sunday as they tried to pull bodies of insurgents killed from the rubble of a village mosque after a night raid by Nato and Afghan troops in the country’s east, officials said.The predawn operation in Sayedabad district was aimed capturing a Taliban fighter who had holed up...

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Jan. 13., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader in Nad ‘Ali district, Helmand province, Jan. 13. The leader transported and emplaced improvised explosive devices and armed insurgent fighters in the district. The security force also detained two suspected insurgents as a result of the operation. In other International Security Assistance...

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Jan. 13., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces cleared three improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Jan. 12. Kapisa Province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared one IED in Tagab district. Khowst Province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found...

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Bomb kills 14 Pakistani soldiers in North Waziristan

(Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed as many as 14 Pakistani soldiers in the northern border region of North Waziristan on Sunday, military officials said, a day after the Pakistani Taliban leader called for attacks on the military in the area to stop. The explosion occurred on a road about 50 km (30 miles) south of the provincial capital of Miranshah. Twenty-one soldiers...

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Mali: French Fighter Jets Pound Mali, Top Islamist Leader Reported Killed

French Mirage fighter jets on Sunday pounded Mali for a third day and a top Islamist leader was reported killed as African troops headed to the west African country. "There were [air strikes] last night, there are now and there will be today and tomorrow," Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in televised remarks. "Our intervention is ongoing and we will continue...

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What Led the French Commando Raid On Al Shabab to Be a Botched One?

map by Evan Centanni (www.polgeonow.com) Bulomarer — Reliable sources in and around BuloMarer town in South Somalia where French commandos raided late last night, say that the French commandos first landed at a village called Daaydoog which is located at the seaside and three kilometers away from BulMarur where the French intelligence officer was held by Al Shabab militants.According...

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Over 100 dead in French strikes and fighting in Mali

(Reuters) - More than 100 people including rebels and government soldiers were killed in Mali during French air strikes and fighting over the strategic town of Konna, Malian military sources and witnesses said on Saturday. An army officer at the headquarters of Mali's former military junta in Bamako said nearly 30 vehicles carrying Islamist fighters had been bombed and...

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