At least 5 killed, 36 wounded in car bombs in Iraq

BAGHDAD, March 5 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and 36 wounded in three car bomb explosions in northern and eastern Iraq on Tuesday, the police said.In Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a car bomb went off near a football field at the town of Bani Saad, west of the provincial capital city of Baquba, some 65 km northeast of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, killing...

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5 rebels killed, 3 surrender in Faryab

Districts of Faryab. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) MAIMANA (PAN): Five insurgents were killed and a sixth captured alive during an operation in northern Faryab province, where three rebels joined the peace process in Pashtunkot district, officials said on Tuesday. The operation was conducted in the Chakab area of the district, police spokesman Syed Masoud Yaqubi told Pajhwok...

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AQIM confirms French killed leader in Mali

Abdelhamid Abou Zeid (screen-grab) An Al Qaeda source has confirmed the death in Mali of Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, one of the leaders of Aqim, (al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb).An Aqim militant told the private Mauritanian news agency that he was killed in a French bombing raid last week in the Ifoghas mountains.The same source insisted however, that another Islamist leader,...

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In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 11 Armed Taliban Killed (Mar.,05.2013.)

Publish Date: Mar 05, 2013 In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 11 Armed Taliban Killed Counterterrorism: In past 24 hours, Afghan National Police conducted several joint clearance operations with the cooperation of Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces to clean some of the areas from terrorists and enemies of peace...

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Mar. 05., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban facilitator and detained two other insurgents during an operation in Kandahar City, Kandahar province, today. The insurgent is believed responsible for directing multiple suicide attacks against Afghan and coalition forces throughout Kandahar province. He has also been involved in the death...

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Mar. 05., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces located and safely cleared five improvised explosive devices, killed three insurgents, detained three suspected insurgents and discovered a weapons cache during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, March 4. Logar province Afghan Uniform Police found and safely cleared two IEDs during operations...

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Benghazi gunmen attack Coptic church

Libya on Sunday (March 3rd) condemned the recent attack on an Egyptian Coptic church in Benghazi that left two priests injured, Libya Herald reported. The government has "taken the necessary measures to secure the church and its occupants", the foreign ministry said.The Thursday attack by armed gunmen was "contrary to the teachings of our Islamic faith and customs and as...

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Pakistani Taliban execute, behead soldiers in South Waziristan

By Bill Roggio - March 5, 2013 - LWJ Warning: the video below contains graphic footage of the aftermath of the Taliban killing several Pakistani soldiers. The Taliban remove the heads of the Pakistani soldiers. link to the video: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f12_1362419460 The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan released a videotape on the fighting...

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