"Colombia's Farc rebels say betrayal by two of their own fighters led to the dramatic release of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages last week. The two guerrillas were captured by Colombian soldiers posing as aid workers, in a move which freed the hostages without a shot...
Sudan has now officially blamed rebel groups for at attack on the United Nations-African Uion peace mission in Darfur. Seven peacekeepers were killed in that attack."Sudan's foreign ministry condemned the attack, and...
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Like father, like son..." The teen declared in his demented ditty to fanatics: “Accelerate the destruction of America, Britain, France and Denmark.” He continued: “Oh God, reward the fighters hitting the infidels and defectors. Oh God, guide the youth of the Islamic...
BigT's OPINION:"In a joint effort between the Iraqis and the Americans al Qaeda in Iraq has lost its last stronghold in the city of Mosul. Here, from the July 6th Edition of the (London) Times: "American and Iraqi forces are driving Al-Qaeda in Iraq out of its last redoubt in...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIn the "Immortal Words" of "The Cable Guy"!!It looks like Pakistani forces are "Git'in Er Done!!"The Taliban have pockets of their own in various villages, and routing them...
Pakistani forces striking back at the Taliban, certainly a striking contrast since recent stories by captured Taliban which state Pakistani Military were training the Taliban to Kill as many Foreigners, including...
If heads must roll, it makes sense to go for the top man."Police chief sacked in aftermath of Afghan prison break Last Updated: Thursday, June 26, 2008 | 8:35 AM ET Comments0Recommend0 CBC News ...
I'm thinking some of the water cooler talk around the terrorist office went something like this: "We should have stayed in jail." They've been routed."Afghan and NATO-led forces killed or wounded hundreds of Taliban on Thursday in an offensive to clear the militants from...
After staging a coup of Jail raid more than 350 Taleban fighters had escaped with other intimates from a prison in Kandhar. Now Afghan forces have claimed to capture or clear the area form Taleban. Taleban which draws its power from south of country is still very active. "A...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell this certainly flies in the face of logic by NATO Gen. Carlos Branco Mark Laity who stated, there is nothing to worry about in regards to the Taliban launching an...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorLast week's prison escape in Kandahar by Taliban forces it is said are regrouping for a major attack to get their stronghold back, a stronghold held by Canadian Troops does...
Around 500 taliban fighters are reported to be massing to attack Kandahar after seizing control of 8 villages in Afghanistan on Monday. The Arghandab district is located 30km north of Kandahar city. Joint Afghan and...
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"Afghan and foreign troops were hunting on Saturday hundreds of prisoners, including militants, who escaped the main prison in southern Kandahar city after a raid by Taliban insurgents, the government said....
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Presidential candidate John McCain jumped into the Guantanamo fray with his usual candor today as he criticized the Supreme Court's 5 to 4 ruling that terror suspects are entitled to the same right as American citizens. Yesterday I reported on this landmark Supreme Court...
Killing of Pakistani soldiers by America led Nato forces have angered residents of frontier town of Pakistan bordering Afghnistan.Dead soldiers include a major were belonging to the Mohmand Rifles. The incident has infuriated the Pakistani government and they...