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Lawmakers: Stop insider attacks by Afghan troops (AP)

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:02:42 +0000

AP – Lawmakers are telling the U.S. military to do more to screen Afghan security forces to prevent those supposedly friendly troops from killing Americans fighting alongside them.

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Attacks by Afghans on US troops often personal (AP)

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:06:41 +0000

AP – Supposedly friendly Afghan security forces have attacked U.S. and coalition troops 45 times since May 2007, U.S. officials say, for the first time laying out details and analysis of attacks that have killed 70 and wounded 110.

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Syrian troops push back in fight on Damascus edges (AP)

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:54:26 +0000

AP – Syrian forces heavily shelled the restive city of Homs on Monday and troops pushed back dissident troops from some suburbs on the outskirts of Damascus in an offensive trying to regain control of the capital’s eastern doorstep, activists said.

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Syria troops push back in fight on Damascus edges (AP)

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:40:24 +0000

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Syrian troops storm areas near capital of Damascus (AP)

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:23:44 +0000

AP – In dozens of tanks and armored vehicles, Syrian troops stormed rebellious areas near the capital Sunday, shelling neighborhoods that have fallen under the control of army dissidents and clashing with fighters. At least 62 people were killed in violence nationwide, activists and residents said.

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10 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan in 24 hours (AP)

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:19:01 +0000

AP – An Afghan soldier shot and killed four French troops Friday in eastern Afghanistan and a helicopter crash killed six more NATO service members in the south, officials said, marking a particularly deadly 24 hours for coalition forces.

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Nigeria troops appear; president offers concession (AP)

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:48:42 +0000

AP – For the first time since protests erupted over spiraling fuel prices, soldiers on Monday barricaded key roads in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos as the president offered a concession to stem demonstrations that he said were being stoked by provocateurs seeking anarchy.

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Syrian troops kill 10 in eastern city (AP)

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:34:57 +0000

AP – Activists say Syrian security forces have shot dead at least 10 people in an eastern city despite the presence of an Arab observer mission in the area.

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Activists: Syrian troops kill more protesters (AP)

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:12:43 +0000

AP – Arab League monitors gathered accounts about the Syrian government’s crackdown on dissent in the central city of Homs Wednesday as fresh violence flared just dozens of miles away. Activists said troops opened fire on thousands of unarmed protesters, killing at least six.

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Troops hit protesters marching into Yemen capital (AP)

admin — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:46:50 +0000

AP – Yemen’s outgoing president said Saturday he would leave the country for the United States to help calm tensions in his country as forces commanded by his son and nephew opened fire on more than 100,000 protesters marching into the capital, killing at least nine.

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