Afghan Spy Agency Says Huge Truck Bomb Defused In Kabul

Weapons and ammunition seized from captured suspected Taliban are presented to the media at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) headquarters in Kabul on March 15. Afghanistan's intelligence agency says security forces in Kabul have defused a massive truck bomb with nearly eight tons of explosives.Shafiqullah Tahiri, a spokesman for the National Directorate of...

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Benghazi suspect fled to Pakistan, recently detained in Libya

By Thomas Joscelyn - March 14, 2013 - LWJ A suspect in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi has been detained in Libya, according to multiple press outlets. CNN reports that, according to one source, Faraj al Chalabi (or al Shibli) "was detained within the past two days and had recently returned from a trip to Pakistan." Reuters...

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Mar. 15., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban facilitator and detained one other insurgent during an operation in Kandahar district, Kandahar province, March 14. The facilitator is accused of acquiring and distributing lethal aid to fighters in Kandahar and Uruzgan provinces. In the past, he has also provided grenades, ammunition, home-made...

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Mar. 15., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces found and safely cleared two improvised explosive devices and killed one insurgent during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, March 14. Ghazni province Afghan and coalition forces found and safely cleared an IED during operations in the Gelan district. Khowst province Afghan and coalition...

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Pentagon: Iranian Warplane Moves Against US Drone in Gulf

MQ-1 Predator  (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Pentagon says an Iranian warplane approached an unarmed U.S. military surveillance drone earlier this week over international waters in the Persian Gulf.A U.S. spokesman said the U.S. drone - under escort by two U.S. military aircraft - was conducting routine classified surveillance on Tuesday when the Iranian plane closed...

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R.I.P. - Chief Petty Officer Christian Michael Pike

DOD Identifies Navy Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Chief Petty Officer Christian Michael Pike, 31, of Peoria, Ariz., died March 13 in Landstuhl, Germany,...

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R.I.P. - Spc. David T. Proctor

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Spc. David T. Proctor, 26, of Greensboro, N.C., died March 13, at Walter Reed National Military...

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