One of Osama bin Laden’s sons may have been killed by a US missile strike in Pakistan earlier this year, National Public Radio reported Wednesday. Saad bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda leader’s third-oldest son, is “believed” to have been killed by Hellfire missiles fired from a US Predator drone
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US strike may have killed bin Laden’s son
July 23rd, 2009 |
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US strike may have killed bin Laden’s son
July 23rd, 2009 |
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One of Osama bin Laden’s sons may have been killed by a US missile strike in Pakistan earlier this year, National Public Radio reported Wednesday. Saad bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda leader’s third-oldest son, is “believed” to have been killed by Hellfire missiles fired from a US Predator drone
100 Taliban militants killed in heavy fighting in NWFP
July 21st, 2009 |
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Islamabad, Jul 21 (PTI) In a major flare up, Pakistani forces have killed around 100 Taliban militants and lost three soldiers in two days of fighting in the restive Malakand division, which the army had claimed to have cleared of insurgents some time ago.
A “massive military operation” was launched yesterday in five villages in Maidan [...]
Over 50 militants killed in Pakistan’s Lower Dir
July 21st, 2009 |
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Pakistani troops have killed over 50 militants in two days of fighting in the Lower Dir district, the military said. The security forces conducted a search and cordon operation in several villages of Lower Dir on July 19 and 20 against militants who had fled a military offensive in the
16 killed in Afghanistan civilian helicopter crash
July 20th, 2009 |
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A civilian helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan, killing 16 people and injuring five others. The crash occurred as U.S. military officials condemned the Taliban’s release of a video showing an American soldier captured in Afghanistan.
Jakarta Bombing: 6 Killed At 2 Hotels In Indonesian Capital
July 17th, 2009 |
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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s security minister says nine people have been killed and 50 wounded in hotel blasts in downtown Jakarta.
The minister says a New Zealander was among those killed. Thirteen other foreigners were among inju…
8 militants killed in Chechnya special op
July 12th, 2009 |
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8 militants have been killed in special operations in three regions of Chechnya since last night, the North Caucasus republic’s interior ministry said Sunday. During the night, police tried to stop a car for a search in the Zavodsky district of the capital, Grozny. Shots were fired from the car, and “in the return fire three members of armed groups were killed,” the ministry said in a statement.
John R. Price: Who Killed Obama’s Health Care Reform?
July 10th, 2009 |
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Is health care reform best left to the capitalists, or to the government? These are not appealing choices. They might have been when we still naively believed that both were competent.