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Forces Kill Insurgent in Baghlan Province Compiled from International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Releases WASHINGTON, March 21, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces today killed an insurgent and detained several others in the Burkah district of Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, military officials reported. Troops were searching for a senior leader with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan terrorist group in northern Afghanistan when they came under fire from attackers in a nearby field. The enemy fighters maneuvered to a house in the area, where security forces killed one fighter and eventually overcame the insurgent force. In other operations today in...

WASHINGTON, March 18, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces killed two insurgents yesterday in the Reg-e Khan district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province, military officials reported. Troops spotted several insurgents setting up an enemy fighter position and requested close-air support to disrupt their activities. In other operations yesterday throughout Afghanistan: -- Security forces killed one insurgent and detained several other suspects while searching for a senior Taliban leader in Sar-e Pul province’s Sayyad Valley district. The Taliban leader is linked to trafficking foreign fighters and training suicide bombers in camps in northern Afghanistan. -- Forces captured numerous insurgents while searching for...

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2011 – International Security Assistance Force troops killed more than 30 insurgents in an ongoing offensive operation in the Reg-e Khan Neshin district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province during the past two days, military officials reported. The ongoing operation is focused on disrupting the insurgents’ ability to traffic narcotics and weapons, as well as destroying enemy bomb-making facilities, officials said, noting that no injuries to civilians or property damage have been reported in connection with the operation. In operations around Afghanistan yesterday: -- Coalition forces killed more than 10 suspected insurgents in Kunar province’s Shigal wa Sheltan district...

WASHINGTON, March 11, 2011 – International Security Assistance Forces conducted a precision airstrike yesterday targeting two Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan terrorist organization leaders in the Dara Soof Payan district of Afghanistan’s Samangan province yesterday, military officials reported. Bilal Konduzi, a senior leader in the organization and liaison to the Taliban network in Kunduz, was involved in the facilitation and planning of suicide-bomber operations throughout northern Afghanistan and maintained contact with other senior leaders in the group to coordinate logistics and personnel, officials said. He also trained suicide bombers to conduct attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. Shad Mohammad, the other...

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces killed eight enemy fighters and detained several others yesterday in operations throughout Afghanistan, military officials reported. -- A coalition air weapons team in Helmand province’s Sangin district killed five insurgents after spotting the men with a bomb detonator and an automatic machine gun mounted on their truck. -- Security forces killed two insurgents linked to a senior Taliban weapons smuggler during a shootout in Zabul province’s Shamulazai district. Troops opened fire on the insurgents after one brandished a weapon and the other appeared to attempt to detonate a suicide vest. --...

WASHINGTON, March 9, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces killed two enemy fighters and detained several others, including a Haqqani network terrorist leader, in the Sabari district of Afghanistan’s Khost province yesterday. The Haqqani leader is linked to several bombing attacks on security forces and to weapons smuggling throughout the province. Troops captured him and the other suspected insurgents after receiving tips about his whereabouts from local residents. Forces killed two armed insurgents in a shootout as they were departing the area. In other operations yesterday throughout Afghanistan: -- Security forces searching for a Taliban leader with 80 foreign fighters...

A military policeman from Rosemount has died in an attack in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense says Spc. Andrew C. Wilfahrt died Sunday when insurgents attacked his unit in Kandahar province using a homemade bomb. The 31-year-old Wilfahrt was assigned to a military police battalion based in Hawaii. He enlisted in the Army in January 2009 and was deployed to Afghanistan last July. Principal John Wollersheim says Wilfahrt graduated from Rosemount High School in 1997.

A 265-pound Queens man was arrested by the ASPCA Friday for fatally beating his 8-pound Chihuahua. The tiny pooch, named Spotye, was so severely injured he had to be euthanized. Jerry Melendez, 33, was charged with felony animal cruelty after ASPCA investigators determined the pup suffered a fractured skull caused by blunt force impact and a hemorrhage in his left eye. A necropsy also showed the dog had blood in his abdominal cavity. The 5-year-old Chihuahua was brought to a veterinarian on Feb. 10 and was treated for seizures and head trauma, according to ASPCA Assistant Director Joseph Pentangelo. The...

Green River Killer Gary Ridgway is facing his 49th murder charge for the death of a woman whose skull was found by teenagers in a ravine, 28 years after she went missing. Ridgway, 61, is already serving 48 consecutive life sentences after being jailed in 2003 for a strangling spree which terrorised Seattle and its northern suburbs in the early 1980s. He once said he killed so many women he could not keep track of them all. He had previously confessed to killing Rebecca 'Becky' Marrero, a 20-year-old mother and prostitute last seen when she left a motel in 1982.

Two teachers and a bus driver were killed when their bus was struck by an 18-wheeler at an intersection near Calhoun County, Miss. The students, 62 seniors from Ackerman High School travelling in two buses, were returning from a career day event prior to the collision.

FISHERMEN use tarpaulins in a bid to cover up the slaughter of dolphins - as secret filming exposes their horrific killing methods. Officials had claimed the mammals were destroyed humanely after 2009 Oscar-winning documentary The Cove told how 2,000 were killed every year in Taiji, Japan. Video's and Pictures at the site, not pretty

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2011 – International Security Assistance Force troops killed numerous insurgents during separate clearing operations in southern and eastern Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, military officials reported. In Helmand province’s Musa Qalah district insurgents engaged two ISAF patrols with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. After gaining positive identification, coalition forces returned fire and called for air support. An air weapons team supporting ground forces engaged the enemy position, killing several insurgents. An ISAF patrol killed two armed insurgents moving toward a fighting position used in the past in Khandar province’s Zharay district. Also today, an ISAF patrol...

KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 24, 2011) – Coalition forces killed Abdul Bari, a Taliban leader, with a precision air strike in Logar province yesterday. Abdul Bari was a Taliban logistics leader in the province’s Pul-e ‘Alam district where he facilitated weapons and vehicles on behalf of Taliban leaders. He was directly associated with leaders of the Kabul attack network. Additionally, he collected information regarding coalition forces’ movements to be used in attack coordination. Surveillance reports identified Abdul Bari moving in a vehicle through a rural area in Pul-e ‘Alam district. Coalition forces called in the air strike once they determined there...

KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 24, 2011) — International Security Assistance Force confirmed Maulawi Anwar, a Taliban shadow district governor for Hisarak was killed during a precision air strike in Laghman province Jan. 21. Maulawi Anwar conducted attacks against Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan officials and coalition forces. He posed a threat to the security of Afghan officials and coalition forces in Hisarak and Sherzad districts in Nangarhar province. According to recent reporting, he had acquired improvised explosive device material, machine guns and rockets for future attacks.

Compiled from International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Releases WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2011 – A coalition airstrike yesterday in the Pol-e Alam district of Afghanistan’s Logar province killed a Taliban logistics leader, military officials reported. Abdul Bari facilitated weapons and vehicles on behalf of Taliban leaders and was directly associated with leaders of the attack network in and around the Afghan capital of Kabul, officials said. He also he collected information regarding coalition forces’ movements to be used in attack coordination, officials added. In other operations yesterday: -- Afghan and coalition forces detained a Taliban leader responsible for suicide...

ZABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 21, 2011) — Members of the Afghan National Police and U.S. Navy SEALs killed eight insurgents Jan. 19 in Arghandab district, Zabul province. The Afghan-led force was conducting a routine patrol to address villager’s concerns regarding security in this remote region of the country when they were engaged by an insurgent force. After returning fire, the combined force called in an air weapons team to suppress the enemy’s fire, killing the eight insurgents. There were no civilian casualties or collateral damage during the engagement.

LAGHMAN, Afghanistan (January 20, 2011 ) — Soldiers from 1st and 2nd Companies, 1st Commando Kandak and Special Operations Task Force – East killed approximately 13 insurgents in Ali Shang district, Laghman province Jan. 20. The Afghan-led force received small-arms fire as they air assaulted into Mayl Valley to conduct clearing operations. The force requested support from an air weapons team that returned fire, killing an estimated 13 insurgents in three locations. Capt. Andura and Capt. Sarbiland, the Afghan company commanders, and an U.S. Special Forces officer conducted a key-leader engagement with village elders from Parmawan and Kanday villages following...

A follower of Charles Manson who has been imprisoned longer than any other woman in California is facing a parole hearing on her conviction in the Sharon Tate killings.

Abortion Practitioner Killed Seven Babies With Scissors Today, abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell was charged with murder in the death of a woman from a botched abortion, but the charges also include seven horrifying cases of infanticide. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/01/19/abortion-practitioner-killed-seven-babies-with-scissors/

KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 16) – Numerous insurgents were killed and wounded by Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance Forces during separate clearing and security operations in southern and eastern Afghanistan over the past 24 hours. In Helmand province, an Afghan National Army and ISAF patrol was engaged by several insurgents hiding in a building in Musa Qal’ah district. After gaining positive identification, coalition forces returned fire with anti-armour missiles and called for air support. The air weapons team on scene engaged the enemy position, destroying the building and killing two insurgents. In Dangam district, Kunar province, an air weapons...