Twin Car Bombings Hit in Southern Iraq

Iraqi officials say twin car bombings have killed at least five people and wounded dozens more at a busy livestock market in the south.Police say the attack occurred early Friday in Diwaniyah province, about 130 kilometers south of the capital, Baghdad.No one has claimed responsibility for the attack in the predominantly Shi'ite area. Sunni militants recently have carried...

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Nigeria: Ex-Militants - Why We Rescued Kidnapped Foreigners

Bayelsa State Nigeria (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Former leaders of militant camps in the Niger Delta have said they decided to be involved in the rescue of six foreigners who were kidnapped in Bayelsa State last week because of the negative impact the crime was having on the people of the area.The ex-militants, under the aegis of Leadership Forum for Peace in the Niger Delta,...

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4 schools blown up in Pakistan’s northwest

KABUL (PAN): Suspected militants have blown up four more government-run schools in Pakistan’s restive northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a media report said on Friday.The schools -- two primary and as many middle -- were destroyed in the Safi sub-district of Mohmand Agency near the Afghanistan border late Wednesday night, the Express Tribune reported.A search...

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Mar. 01., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed Taliban leader, Sadiq, and wounded another insurgent during an operation in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, Feb. 28. Sadiq was an experienced leader responsible for procuring and distributing small arms and improvised explosive devices to Taliban fighters for use in attacks against Afghan and coalition...

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Mar. 01., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces detained three suspected insurgents, located one weapons cache and cleared four improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Feb. 28. Khowst province Afghan National Security Forces detained three suspected insurgents in Gurbuz district. The detained suspects were...

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Nigeria: Multiple Explosion in Maiduguri

About four Improvised Explosive Devices suspected to have been planted by terrorists in Maiduguri the Borno state capital , Thursday, exploded at different locations within the metropolis. The explosions occurred simultaneously at Baga road, Customs, Gamboru general areas at about 3pm, while that last one in London ciki happened at about 6pm. An unconfirmed report from...

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Bombs kill at least 22 in Iraqi capital

(Reuters) - At least 22 people were killed in a series of blasts in Shi'ite neighbourhoods of Baghdad on Thursday, police sources said, as Iraq's precarious sectarian balance comes under growing strain.No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Sunni Muslim insurgents have been redoubling their efforts to undermine the Shi'ite-led government and spark...

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Senior Al-Qaeda leader Abu Zeid killed in northern Mali

This Al-Andalus image grab taken on September 30, 2010 from a video released today shows Abu Zeid (L), also known as Abid Hammadou, posing with fighters of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and hostages (unseen) seized two weeks ago, among whom are five French. A senior leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has been killed in northern Mali: Algeria-based...

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Twin blasts kills 9 in Kunar province

Districts of Kunar. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) According to local authorities in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, a heavy explosion rocked Damkan district on Thursday evening.The incident took place in Derki area killing at least 7 Afghan border protection police forces, district security chief for Derki said.In the meantime eyewtinesses and local residents said the...

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