5 people killed, 27 wounded in car bombs south of Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and some 27 wounded in two car bomb attacks in two towns south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday, the police said.In one of the attacks, at least five people were killed and 10 wounded when a car bomb went off near al-Qasim Football Stadium in the southern part of Hilla city, the capital of Babil province,...

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Jan. 17., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader and detained several suspected insurgents in Panjwa’i district, Kandahar province, Jan. 17. The leader oversaw insurgents conducting direct fire and improvised explosive device attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. He facilitated the transfer and delivery of weapons and IEDs...

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Jan. 17., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces detained six insurgents, located one weapons cache and cleared two improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Jan. 16. Khowst province Afghan National Security Forces discovered a weapons cache in Nadir Shah Kot district. The cache contained mortar rounds, ammunition...

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Insider Attack: Afghan police kill commander in Kandahar

Districts of Kandahar. Panjwai is shown in dark green (Photo credit: Wikipedia) According to local authorities in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, a local police officer opened fire on his commander and killed him.The officials further added the incident took place late Tuesday night in Panjwai district.Provincail governor spokesman Javid Faisal confirming the...

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Bomb explosion kills 2 suspected terrorists in Kenya

GARISSA, Kenya, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least two suspected terrorists died early Thursday when bombs they were carrying exploded in a refugee camp in northern Kenya.Charlton Mureithi, a regional police commander, confirmed the incident at the Hagdera refugee camp in Dadaab by telephone, saying the suspects were believed to be suicide bombers."We have not established what...

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Al Qaeda-linked group claims credit for kidnappings in Algeria

By Thomas Joscelyn & Bill Roggio January 16, 2013 - LWJ Al Qaeda commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group A notorious al Qaeda commander named Mokhtar Belmokhtar has claimed credit for kidnapping more than 40 foreign nationals at a BP oil field in eastern Algeria today, according to multiple...

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