New Mali Rebel Group Seeks Negotiations

map by Evan Centanni (www.polgeonow.com) A portion of Mali's Ansar Dine rebel group has broken away to form its own movement, and is expressing a willingness to seek a negotiated solution to the country's crisis.In a statement issued Thursday, the newly formed Islamic Movement for Azawad also said it is ready to fight extremism.​​Ansar Dine rebels joined with ethnic Tuaregs...

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Somali militants threaten to kill Kenyan hostages

NAIROBI, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Somalian Al-Shabaab militants who kidnapped two Kenyan civil servants a year ago have threatened to kill them unless Kenya releases all Muslim prisoners held on terrorism charges. In a statement posted on the militants' Twitter account Wednesday night, the Al-Qaida-allied group gave Kenya, which launched a military campaign in southern Somalia...

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US drones strike again in Yemen, killing 6 AQAP fighters near capital

By Bill Roggio - January 23, 2013 - LWJ US drones yet again targeted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Yemen, this time outside the capital of Sana'a. The strike today is the fourth by the US in Yemen in five days. The US has expanded the drone campaign throughout all of Yemen over the past year. The CIA-operated, remotely...

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Jan. 24., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 24) – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Haqqani facilitator in Sabari district, Khost province, today. The facilitator was responsible for purchasing and selling weapons to support the insurgency. He coordinated the movement of improvised explosive device materials and ammunition to insurgents operating in the district. The...

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Jan. 24., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces detained one suspected insurgent and cleared an improvised explosive device during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Jan. 23. Parwan province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces detained a suspected insurgent in Bagram district. The detained suspect was transferred to a...

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Pakistani Taliban vow to attack “BJP-backed terror camps in Kashmir”

Photo shows spokesman for banned militant outfit, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Ehsanullah Ehsan.—File Photo PESHAWAR: Pakistani Taliban have said the UN bodies and the United States should stop the “BJP-sponsored state terrorism in Kashmir,” otherwise the TTP has the ability to strike inside Indian-administered Kashmir.Speaking to Dawn.Com on Wednesday, the TTP spokesman...

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R.I.P. - Sgt. Mark H. Schoonhoven

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Sgt. Mark H. Schoonhoven, 38, of Plainwell, Mich., died Jan. 20, at Brooke Army Medical Center,...

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