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Coalition Forces Dispose of IED in Paktia Province
American Forces Press Service
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, March 24, 2006 – Coalition forces identified and disposed of an improvised explosive device near Forward Operating Base Zormat in Paktia province today after three people were seen emplacing it.
A combat patrol responded immediately to the scene, but the suspects fled before they could be captured.
"This is one more IED that will not harm Afghan civilians or coalition forces," said Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick, spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force 76.
Afghan and coalition forces have increased their ability to find and defeat IEDs, and Afghans report many to Afghan or coalition forces, he noted.
Also today, Afghans reported an IED to Afghan National Army soldiers in the Mata Khan District of Paktika province. The ANA soldiers disposed of the device, which had been emplaced outside a mosque.
On March 17, coalition forces disarmed an IED found in a mosque in Nangarhar province. An Afghan reported that IED to Afghan National Police officers.
(Based on a news release from Combined Forces Command Afghanistan.)
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March 24, 2006
Pakistan: President tells terrorists to leave
Only the foreign ones. What about the native Pakistani "militants"? "President tells terrorists to leave," from the TimesOnline, with thanks to Jihad Watch News Editor Rebecca Bynum:
President Musharraf of Pakistan, speaking in Lahore at a rally of about 80,000 people to mark the 100th anniversary of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League, ordered all foreign militants to leave the country. Tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan is mounting over allegations that President Musharraf is not doing enough to prevent Taleban and alQaeda forces from launching cross-border attacks from within Pakistan. “All foreign militants should leave Pakistan, otherwise they would be crushed,” the President said. “I will not tolerate the presence of these terrorists.”
...whereupon most of his government got up and walked out.
Posted at March 24, 2006 08:26 AM
ISLAMABAD, March 24 (KUNA) -- Over 18 militants and an army soldier were killed on Friday in a military operation in North Waziristan tribal agency bordering Afghanistan, launched following a militant attack on a military checkpost, officials said.
Suspected Islamist militants fired dozens of rockets at a military checkpost in Data Khel area of North Waziristan agency, security officials told KUNA.
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http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=841849
Woman charged over bomb plot
March 25, 2006
A WOMAN charged with plotting to bomb a public place faces a Sydney court today. The 26-year-old was arrested yesterday following a joint NSW and Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigation. A number of homes in Casula and Hoxton Park, in Sydney's south-west, were also searched in connection with the plot, the AFP said. The woman has been charged with conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosives to be placed in or near a public place.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18597220-29277,00.html
Germany: Islamists threaten EU, Israel
Germany's intelligence chief said on Thursday that the success of Germany and other countries in hunting down terrorists has done little to reduce the threat "Islamic terrorism" poses to Europe and Israel.
In a rare public appearance, Ernst Uhrlau, head of Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency, said Europe had been transformed from an Islamist recruitment and financing centre into a target of Islamist extremism.
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