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OIF Summary, Dec. 18, 2009: Forces in Iraq Target Assassination Cell

15 hours ago ago from THE TENSION

D ispatches from the Front: BAGHDAD, Dec. 18, 2009 -- Iraqi security forces arrested two suspected members of an al-Qaida in Iraq cell responsible for making bombs and attacking government officials during a combined security operation today in western Baghdad. Iraqi forces and U.S. advisors searched a building for a suspected terrorist who allegedly is part of a cell that manufactures magnetic bombs and attaches them to vehicles to kill ...

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OEF Update, Dec. 18, 2009: NATO Assesses Claims of Civilian Casualties; Operational Update

18 hours ago ago from THE TENSION

D ispatches from the Front: KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, 2009 -- ISAF is sending a team who will assess, with Afghan officials, reports of civilian casualties as a result of an ISAF operation in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar yesterday. Initial operational reports indicate that men were emplacing an IED next to the road. After firing on the men from a helicopter, ISAF forces discovered civilians in a car adjacent to the IED site. ...

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Iranian forces take over Iraq oil well

7 hours ago ago from Solid Principles

An Iraqi worker walks at the Halfaya oil field near the southern city of Amara. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091218/wl_afp/iraqiranoilborder _20091218153543 NASIRIYAH, Iraq (AFP) – Iranian forces took control of a southern Iraqi oil well on a disputed section of the border on Friday, US and Iraqi officials told AFP. There has been no violence related to this incident and we trust this will be resolved through peaceful ...

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Ju Sang-song Meets with China Public Security Minister

23 hours ago ago from North Korea Leadership Watch

The DPRK's Minister of Public Security, Gen. Ju Sang-song (also a member of the National Defense Commission) met with his Chinese counterpart on Thursday .  It is likely that the recent currency denomination in the DPRK was one of the issues discussed, as well as issues affecting Chinese trade.  Gen. Ju's arrival in Beijing was underscored that the DPRK was closing its border from in late December (which is not uncommon) until February (which ...

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Once again the world learns the lessons of Neville Chamberlain. Weakness in the face of evil leads to war.

10 hours ago ago from GOP Exiles — Give me liberty or give me death… Patrick Henry

NASIRIYAH, Iraq (AFP) – Iranian forces took control of a southern Iraqi oil well on a disputed section of the border on Friday, US and Iraqi officials told AFP. There has been no violence related to this incident and we trust this will be resolved through peaceful diplomacy between the governments of Iraq and Iran , a US military spokesman told AFP at Contingency Operating Base Adder, just outside the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah . ...

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