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Air Strike

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First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Mullah Mohammad Omar

Afghan village armies on self defence

KABUL (SANA): Villagers in the Kunduz region of Afghanistan are waging their own war against the Taliban, reports said.In villages across Kunduz province, where a misdirected Nato air strike killed 90 civilians in September, tribal elders say that they ... [South Asian News Agency - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Taliban, NATO, Air Strike, Mullah Mohammad Omar

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents (in New Business)

Ahmad Vahidi

Iran says Russian missile delivery six months overdue

Search All Our Sites - Powered By Bing MISSILE NEWS The S-300PMU1 -- codenamed the SA-20 Gargoyle by NATO -- is a mobile land-based system designed to shoot down aircraft and cruise missiles. by Staff WritersTehran (AFP) Nov 11, 2009Iranian armed forces ... [Space Daily - 11/16/2009]

Entities: Iran, Russia, Ahmad Vahidi

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

International Security Assistance Force

Body of missing US soldier found in Afghanistan

KABUL (AFP) - Military divers have found the body of a US soldier who went missing in Afghanistan last week, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Wednesday.The body was found Tuesday. Afghan and international forces are still ... [Borneo Bulletin - 11/16/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force, NATO, Close Air Support, 82nd Airborne Division

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents

Indian Air Force

Ex air chief: Govt was unsure about war

brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war, or so it was widely believed.A lot of emphasis, in those anxious days just after the attacks, had been laid on the Indian Air Force which was believed to be kept on standby and was all set to launch an attack ... [rediff.com - 11/16/2009]

Entities: Indian Air Force, Pakistan, Air Strike, Mumbai Attacks, Marshal

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents

Barack Obama

Has Obama scored a foreign policy success with Russia?

It’s not necessarily much but it’s something. Russia has announced today that it will not activate Iran’s first nuclear power plant by the end of the year as planned.This comes on top of the joint call by Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s president, and Barack ... [Telegraph - 11/16/2009]

Entities: Russia, Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Iran

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Afghan village armies fight Taliban

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (AFP) - War-weary villagers in northern Afghanistan are taking up arms against insurgents, sick of having the Taliban encroach on their once peaceful patch of the country.In villages across Kunduz province, where a misdirected NATO ... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Taliban, NATO, Air Strike, Mullah Mohammad Omar, Afghanistan

First Reported 11/07/2009 - Updated 11/08/2009 - 29 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

NATO

Afghan Taliban deny have missing U.S. troops' bodies (Reuters)

KABUL (Reuters) The Taliban denied on Sunday they were holding the bodies of two U.S. soldiers who had gone missing last week in northwestern Afghanistan after earlier claiming they had recovered the two dead servicemen.The disappearance of the two paratroopers ... [Yahoo! News - 11/08/2009]

Entities: Taliban, Air Strike, United States, NATO

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 11 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

No Afghan troop surge: Australia

SYDNEY Australia has ruled out sending extra troops to Afghanistan, despite US and Nato calls for reinforcements to shore up the campaign against a resurgent Taliban, a report said on Thursday.Defence Minister John Faulkner told US officials Australia ... [Oman Tribune - 11/06/2009]

Entities: Australia, John Faulkner, Air Strike, International Security Assistance Force

First Reported 11/08/2009 - Updated 11/09/2009 - 8 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Friendly fire deaths in Afghanistan probed

KABUL — Investigations were under way yesterday into the deaths of seven Afghan soldiers and police killed in what Afghan officials have called a mis-targeted North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) air strike, as allied casualty figures rose . The ... [Business Day - 11/09/2009]

Entities: Friendly Fire, NATO, Afghanistan

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/07/2009 - 24 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Afghans killed during search for missing U.S. troops (Reuters)

KABUL (Reuters) NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers in Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Saturday.The NATO-led force confirmed ... [Yahoo! News - 11/07/2009]

Entities: NATO, Air Strike, Todd Vician, Peter Graff

First Reported 11/07/2009 - Updated 11/08/2009 - 7 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Air strike by NATO kills Afghan soldiers and police

KABUL: Seven Afghan security personnel have been killed in a bungled NATO air strike in the country's remote north-west, the Defence Ministry said, signalling further trouble for a fraying Western military effort.The ''friendly fire'' incident occurred ... [Sydney Morning Herald - 11/08/2009]

Entities: NATO, Air Strike, Friendly Fire, Casualty, Military/Armed Forces

First Reported 11/10/2009 - Updated 11/11/2009 - 5 Documents

Two killed in Saudi air strike

SANAA - Yemeni Shiite rebels said two women were killed and a child was wounded in Saudi air strikes on Yemeni villages near the two countries' border on Tuesday.One of the raids "hit a house, martyring two women and wounding a child" in Shida, the rebels ... [Malaysian Mirror - 11/11/2009]

Entities: Air Strike, Riyadh, Shia Islam

Quotes

Pro-government lawmaker Mamdouh Abbadi warned that the government "must severely punish the perpetrators for their crimes and announce the findings of the policepolice investigation, or parliament will take action." Jordanian security forces had a major role in the U S -led global war on terrorism, including assisting Washington in its hunt for al-Qaida in Iraq leader...

2nd Jordanian this week dies from police beating [Washington Post - 11/15/2009]

...'The greatest risk we can accept is to lose the support of the people here,' McChrystal told CBS's 60 Minutes program in September. "If the people view us as occupiers and the enemy, we can't be successful." But even in the few months since this new strategy was articulated, several incidents have provoked Afghan anger against the foreign military...

US air supply drop turns deadly [Asia Times Online - 11/12/2009]

Asked whether he would join Karzai in government, the ex-foreign minister reiterated his refusal but said he will promote ideas for change "perhaps in form of loyal opposition, and thatâs in the best interests of the country." In the latest unrest, a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed two civilians and wounded international soldiers while targeting Nato troops in southern...

Pressure mounts on Karzai [Zimbabwe Herald - 11/11/2009]

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Afghan village armies on self defence [South Asian News Agency - 18 hours ago]
Bipartisan Policy Center and United Against Nuc... [Houston Chronicle - 11/18/2009]
Afghan village armies fight Taliban [Yahoo! Canada - 11/18/2009]
'Northern Taliban' threatens Central Asia [Asia Times Online - 11/17/2009]
Spiritual messenger or political messiah? [The Statesman - 11/17/2009]
Venezuela/Colombia politics: Jaw-jaw war [Poten & Partners - 11/16/2009]
Has Obama scored a foreign policy success with ... [Telegraph - 11/16/2009]
Ex air chief: Govt was unsure about war [rediff.com - 11/16/2009]
Iran says Russian missile delivery six months o... [Space Daily - 11/16/2009]
Body of missing US soldier found in Afghanistan [Borneo Bulletin - 11/16/2009]
2nd Jordanian this week dies from police beating [Washington Post - 11/15/2009]
Bees provide pain relief to Gazans [Oman Tribune - 11/15/2009]
Bees provide pain relief in Israeli-besieged Gaza [Middle East Online - 11/15/2009]
Bees provide pain relief in beleaguered Gaza ... [Yahoo! News - 11/14/2009]
Germany sends 120 fresh troops to Afghanistan [The Local Germany - 11/13/2009]
Germany sending 120 more troops to Afghanistan [Khaleej Times - 11/13/2009]
Guttenberg makes surprise Afghanistan visit [The Local Germany - 11/12/2009]
Afghanistan: Coin or concord [The Nation Pakistan - 11/12/2009]
Russia urges Iran to agree nuclear deal soon [Space Daily - 11/12/2009]
US air supply drop turns deadly [Asia Times Online - 11/12/2009]
US soldier's body found in Afghan river [Daily Times - 11/12/2009]
German defence minister defends Kunduz massacre [World Socialist Web Site - 11/12/2009]
Pressure mounts on Karzai [Zimbabwe Herald - 11/11/2009]
The Strange Case of Bala Murghab [IWPR - 11/11/2009]
Global pressure mounts ahead of Karzai inaugura... [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/11/2009]
8 Pakistani soldiers killed in roadside bomb at... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/11/2009]
Daily brief: Obama reportedly considering 4 Afg... [Foreign Policy Magazine - 11/11/2009]
Iran backs Saudis as air strikes pummel rebels [Sydney Morning Herald - 11/11/2009]
Body of U.S. soldier found in Afghan river [CBC - 11/11/2009]
Russia must ignore Israeli pressure: Iran [Yahoo! Canada - 11/11/2009]

Blogs

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Bad idea [EU Referendum - 11/17/2009] " ... in a move designed to address public fears that allied troops could become bogged down in Afghanistan for years to come," reports The Daily Telegraph (and ...
Should C Asia Fear Taliban Spillover? [IntelliBriefs - 11/12/2009] 12 Nov 2009 Upsurge in militant activity in Central Asia will be contained, although security should be stepped up in border areas, writes Sanobar Shermatova for ...
'Operation Orchard': How Israel Destroyed Syria... [IntelliBriefs - 11/09/2009] SPIEGEL ONLINE 11/02/2009 04:53 PMThe Story of 'Operation Orchard'By Erich Follath and Holger StarkIn September 2007, Israeli fighter jets destroyed a mysterious ...
Even Joe Scarborough Knows It’s Wrong [Firedoglake - 11/09/2009] Jane Mayer has an important article in The New Yorker, The Predator War, in which she reports on the increase in deadly unmanned drone strikes in Pakistan: During ...
Poland: prejudice and pride [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11/04/2009] The attempts to cast Michal Kaminski as a racist bigot have played on a vile stereotype that slanders all Poles as antisemitesFive years ago, I administered CPR ...

Audio/Video

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Merkel regrets Afghan casualties [Reuters Video: Top News - 09/08/2009]
Many dead in NATO Afghan blast [Reuters Video: Top News - 09/04/2009]
The Marble Cake Drop [Mefeedia Video Tag : physics - 05/04/2009]
Israeli air strike hits Gaza [Reuters Video: Top News - 05/02/2009]

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